May 30, 2024
WEEKEND!
Got some new items in for you guys, along with a ton of restocks of cheapo cds too. The new GEAR FAR title sold out fast, we got more along with a lot of other GEAR FAB titles, check them all here.
Also a shipment from our friends at GET HIP, all at the $10 price point! Check all of our $15 and under stock here.
And a few more of the ARCHIVAL SETS you love so much, this time with the Runaways, Lord John, The Things, and the obscure Bomp Band 3 Legged Dog. Check all of our sets here.
Thanks for supporting the last of indies!
Suzy Shaw
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NEW ARRIVALS
27206, 27210, 27211, 27212, 25979, 26275, 22491, 12292
RESTOCK SKUS
17137, 10897, 10901, 24914, 11402, 12871, 13646, 21185, 20058, 21815, 22978, 23607, 23631, 26971, 26978, 27018, 27036, 27037, 27038, 27041, 27046, 27154, 27158, 24727, 14699, 13555, 18658, 23376, 13698, 23802, 18600, 18607, 18608, 26470, 27134, 20325, 21708, 26826
NEW ARRIVALS
CYRIL LORDS -MOTHERLAND (Detroit sound, rock & roll)Label:NO FUN A collection of some of the band's more well-known tracks from live performances over the years, combined with new songs that reinforce what the Detroit sound is all about. "Through the Looking Glass" is the opening track and gives the listener a sampling of the frantic rock & roll to come throughout the album. CD $10 SKU:27206
PATTERSON, THUNDERBOLT - LP IS DEAD -(DICTATORS DRUMMER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM!)Label:no fun DICTATORS DRUMMER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM! 11 original pure powerpop-punk gems that bleed the best of the Dictators/Heartbreakers NYC sound, composed and produced by the man himself. Thunderbolt Patterson's work is solid and spot on all around! CD $10 SKU:27210
PEYOTES, LOS -CAVERNICOLA! (60S GARAGE STYLE FROM ARGENTINA)Label:NO FUN Amazing crude, raw & wild Garage-punk from Buenos Aires, Argentina! Debut album by a seasoned veteran combo that combines the best of the 60's garage scene and delivers a fuzzed-out stormy sound! CD $10 SKU:27211
VENTURAS -HERE THEY ARE! (60s guitar)-Label:DBM 60'S GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS AT ITS BEST! CD $10 SKU:27212
LORD JOHN Six Days of Sound ARCHIVAL SET WITH PHOTOS, LETTERS, AND PRESS KIT-Label:VOXX BLP 4024 - Rare 80s psych! LP $75 SKU:25979
RUNAWAYS - BORN TO BE BAD 10” - SET WITH RARE PHOTOS, LETTERS AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS ! LP $100 SKU:26275
THINGS - COLOURED HEAVEN- ARCHIVAL SET- 40TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE with bonus tracks and insert - FORMER VOXX BAND! Label:TEEN SOUNDS 40 YEARS ANNIVERSARY Deluxe edition! DIFFERENT MASTERING from the original on Voxx Records (1984) INCLUDES 3 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Power-Pop gems! 14 SONGS LP - Reissue of seminal Paisley Underground/Neo Sixties Garage Folk Psych masterpiece "Colored Heaven", originally released by THE THINGS on the legendary VOXX Records in 1984. This expanded version come with different new mastering, artwork and THREE BONUS TRACKS. LP $50 SKU:22491
THREE LEGGED DOG- Loaded -ARCHIVAL SET WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS, ARTWORK, PRESS RELEASE AND MORE FROM OUR FILES(RARE BOMP punk/hard rock release) Label:BOMP LP $100 SKU:12292
GEAR FAB BACK IN STOCK
BRIGG- ST (1973 folk tinged psych)Label:GEAR FAB Brigg, a rural Pennsylvania Folk-Tinged Psychedelic band released this rare gem in 1973. First legitimate and authorized version by the band members themselves. CD $10 SKU:24727
COSMIC TRAVELERS - Live At The Spring Crater Celebration (70s psych with Drake of Paul Revere and the Raiders)Label:GEAR FAB Between 1965-67, Drake Levin made his name as the lead guitarist for Paul Revere & The Raiders during their heyday. Joel Christie played bass as a session player for Lee Michaels. Dale Loyola was the drummer for Hook and many other LA-based bands. In 1972, they formed The Cosmic Travelers and relocated to Oahu, Hawaii. This Ultra-Rare live 1972 recording of them in the extinct crater of Diamond Head in front of 7,000 fans is full of long, crazed fuzzed outguitars, thundering bass, and pounding drum jams. The liner notes are written by Drake’s widow Sandra who was there with them and tells the whole story of this psychedelic adventure in the tropics!! CD $10 SKU:14699
EVOL - ST digipack (1970 Byrds style) -Label:GEAR FAB One of a kind acetate recording from an obscure West Virginia band. Recorded in 1970 and sounding remarkably like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and early Grass Roots, their effective blend of 12 string guitar, haunting harpsichord, and beautiful harmonies definitely will have this band near or at the top of 2012’s most popular and best-selling reissues!! A terrific follow-up to the previously released version on lp CD $10 SKU:13555
FEVER TREE - San Francisco Girls (TEXAS 1968)-Label:GEAR FAB The great Houston, Texas band that had a slew of 45's, EP's and LP"s out between 1967-1970. Collection contains all the original 10 tracks from their first self-titled 1968 LP on UNI + 5 previously unre. tracks. From the original mastertapes.17 tracks CD $10 SKU:18658
HAYMARKET SQUARE- Magic Lantern (60s Acid Psych ) Label:GEAR FAB An Official CD reissue of this brilliant US '60s acid psych album. US '60s acid psych album.Magnificent and powerful classic by this Chicago area band. Catchy drumming, screaming fuzz guitar, and the beautiful and powerful voice of Gloria Lambert make this one of the most sought after releases of the late 60's. And finally the whole story told by the band members themselves!! CD $10 SKU:23376
IMPALA SYNDROME - ST (ultra rare 60s Venezuelan Cream style psych gem) mini lp slv - Label:GEAR FAB Reissue of ultra rare psych gem. Finally, on Compact Disc and in Mini-LP Cardboard Sleeve Format, the classic and ultra-rare 1969 recordings from this Venezuelan band that made more impact on 1960’s Psychedelic Music than most American-born bands. Sounding very much like Cream, their effective blend of melodic, laid-back songs combined with fuzz guitar numbers left a resounding impact on the American Pop culture of the 60’s. CD $10 SKU:13698
PALACE GUARD- ST (so Cal 60s garage)-Label:GEAR FAB Featured on NUGGETS Yes, the great Southern California band that featured Don Grady of Yellow Balloon & "My Three Sons" fame, Emitt Rhodes of The Merry-Go-Round, and Terry Rae of Jamme. They were the featured band at The Hullaballoo club in LA in the 1960's. CD $10 SKU:23802
PSYCHEDELIC STATES- COLORADO In The 60’s DOUBLE CD Label:GEAR FAB This Two Disc CD contains 48 rare and previously unreleased tracks from the Centential State!! More great unearthed 60's stuff, featuring many never before heard bands. Many unseen photos and stories COMP CD $14 SKU:18600
PSYCHEDELIC STATES- NEW YORK In The 60’s VOL 1-Label:GEAR FAB More obscure, rare and unreleased 60's music from the Empire State. 28 tracks,many unseen photos and stories COMP CD $10 SKU:18607
PSYCHEDELIC STATES- NEW YORK In The 60’s VOL 3-Label:GEAR FAB Third Installment of the New York Series and Nineteenth of the series to date. featuring many never before compiled tracks from 1965-1970!! Many unseen photos and stories COMP CD $10 SKU:18608
PSYCHEDELIC STATES-NEW JERSEY IN THE 60S-Label:GEAR FAB We make it to the Garden State and boy did we find some fantastic unreleased tapes and Acetates, as well as some rare and uncompiled 45s. Featuring 32 tracks and lots of band photos and bios! COMP CD $10 SKU:26470
PSYCHEDELIC STATES-NEW JERSEY IN THE 60S VOL 2 Label:GEAR FAB We make it back to the Garden State and boy did we find some fantastic unreleased tapes and Acetates, as well as some rare and uncompiled 45s. Featuring 29 tracks and lots of band photos and COMP CD $12 SKU:27134
Rodney and The Blazers- COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1962- 65 surf/frat/pop band - Label:GEAR FAB From Coffeyville, Kansas,this great surf/frat/pop band released over 8 45s on the Kampus label between 1962-1965, including the National charting "Teenage Cinderella". They toured extensively with both Bill Haley & The Comets as well as Jerry Lee Lewis!!! All their 45s, unreleased studio and acetates...the complete collection!! CD $10 SKU:20325
UNDERGROUND ELECTRICS/THE GENERATION GAP- HEY JUDE/UP UP & AWAY (1960s two great psych/exploito LPs on one CDLabel:GEAR FAB From the great period of the late 1960s, two great psych/exploito LPs on one CD, in mini-LP cardboard sleeve format. The Electric Underground & The Generation Gap attempted to cash in on the Summer Of Love sound, outrageous color designs, and real groovy song titles!! CD $10 SKU:21708
GET HIP BACK IN STOCK CHEAP CDS!
AVENGERS-ST (70S PUNK)Label:GET HIP FANTASTIC SEMINAL CALIFORNIA 70'S PUNK-ROCK CD $10 SKU:27154
BLUE SANDELWOOD SOAP - Loring Park Love-Ins (1968 us, groovy beat psych with baroque folk sparkles) )-Label:GET HIP From the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Blue Sandlewood Soap was one of relatively few '60s psychedelic groups from the region (though there were others, such as C.A. Quintet and, on some of their records, the Litter and T.C. Atlantic).Groovy 12-string guitar, subtle bass work, and far-out Farfisa solos are woven together by truly strange tempos and surprising breaks, about half of this release was recorded in the basement of organist Harley Toberman's apartment around 1967 CD $10 SKU:22978
CYNICS- Here We Are (60s style garage)Label:GET HIP .. probably the best Cynics record ever, on par with their classic Rock’n’Roll LP.Along with The Fuzztones, The Lyres, and The Chesterfield Kings, The Cynics have always been regarded as garage rock royalty. CD $10 SKU:17137
CYNICS- Get Our Way ( 60s style garage psych )- Label:GET HIP Return to their garage roots with tinges of psychedelia sprinkled in for good measure. CD $10 SKU:10897
CYNICS- No Siesta Tonight (60s style garage )-Label:GET HIP 15 tracks of wild garage punk recorded live in Madrid during the Cynics 1990 Rock ‘N’ Roll tour. This album catches the Cynics at their high-energy best; in front of a live crowd CD $10 SKU:10901
CYNICS- CYNICISM--JAPANESE RELEASE- Label:1&2 BEST OF COMPILATION RELEASED BY JAPANESE LABEL IN 1994 FEAT. CYNICS CLASSIC HITS + NON-ALBUM TRACKS FROM SINGLES AND COMPILATIONS CD $10 SKU:26971
CYNICS - Spinning Wheel Motel (garage ) - Label:GET HIP CD w/ Gatefold Jacket New studio album by Pittsburgh Garage Rock legends! Recorded in October 2010 at Ghetto recorders in Detroit and produced by Jim Diamond CD $10 SKU:12871
CYNICS -16 FLights Up (garage ) - Label:GET HIP The Cynics’ second is pure psych/fuzz garage rock, buoyed by marvelously cheesy organ work and hooky Sunset Strip simplicity, just reeking of The Seeds and Standells MORE INFO ON SITE CD $10 SKU:13646
DEAD BOYS--3rd Generation Nation (rare outtakes and liners by Cheetah Chrome)-Label:BAD BOY THESE ARE PRE-MIX RARE OUTTAKES OF “WE HAVE COME FOR YOUR CHILDREN”. RAW AND UNADULTERATED, THESE ARETHE REAL THING FOR TRUE PUNK-ROCK FANS. CHEETAH CHROME’S LINER NOTES: CD $10 SKU:21185
EXPLODING WHITE MICE -WE WALK ALONE- (AUSSIE PUNKERS) Label:LUCKY FAST & CATCHY AS HELL AUSTRALIAN PUNK CD $10 SKU:27158
FLOWERZ-FLYTE 1967-1968 Garage Rock From Reading PALabel:ARF ARF This CD is proof why Reading, PA's Flowerz may be one of the coolest '60s combos this planet has ever produced. What sets Flowerz apart from the masses is they're just so damn good! Fortunately, this body of work recorded by engineer Clay Barclay captures their fired-up raw energy at its peak. Not only do Flowerz blossom with some mighty originals (Flyte, I Need Love Now, Talkin' About Love) but they plow through high-octane covers including plenty of Stones, Animals, Kinks, Byrds plus the rockin' hits of the day. Vocalist Jeff Stout bleeds teen spirit (Mick who') while the band kicks royal butt, creating a solid 10 on the Richter and Roll scale. (Attention garage-a-holics: No Justice mediocrity here.) Added bonus is priceless on-stage banter by local WXAC emcees during Flowerz performance on February 18th, 1968 at the Albright College Field House. All 22 tracks are actual studio recordings which were piped through the gymnasium's PA system while the band that night performed [mostly] in sync with the pre-recorded tape--thus creating twice the energy! A truly amazing historical document wrapped in a groovy 16-page fact-filled booklet.Flowerz rule! CD $10 SKU:11402
FREE FLIGHT- UNRELEASED DOVE RECORDING STUDIO CUTS 1964-69( rare 70s power-pop, mod, and new wave singles )Label:GET HIP ARCHIVE AMAZING COMPILATION FROM MINNESOTA 60s LABEL! SUPERB PACKAGE/ 25 TRACKC FEAT. CALICO WALL, MICHAEL YONKERS, MAGPIES, MIKE WAGGONER, MERCYMEN and many more COMP CD $10 SKU:21815
GARGOYLES- INFLEXIBLE -JAPANESE PRESSING (LATE 80s PUNK) Label:1&2 SEMI-LEGENDARY PUNK ROCK BAND FROM LATE '80S-EARLY '90S SAN FRANCISCO SCENE CD $10 SKU:26978
MANITOBA'S WILD KINGDOM AND YOU- ST (HARD ROCK'N'ROLL W Dicatators members) Label:AMERICAN BEAT A BLAST OF HARD-ROCK'N'ROLL WITH ATTITUDE! DICTATORS MEMBERS DICK MANITOBA, ANDY SHERNOFF, ROSS THE BOSS AND JP PATTERSON FANTASTIC SIDE PROJECT. 10 KILLER TRAX CD $10 SKU:23607
MARIJUANA UNKNOWNS - VA ( 60s Psych ) -Label:STONED RECORDS An album with a theme, “Marijuana Unknowns” features obscure bands from the sixties toting tunes referencing the heady herb. Subject aside, which is not nearly as shocking or rebellious as it was when these tracks were conceived, this is a really great collection of songs as it examines an array of musical moods and measures. Expected to be a series, no additional installments ever appeared, which leads me to believe there were simply no funds to keep the project going. Perhaps the record label’s money all went up in smoke - pun purposely intended!
Marked of mouth-watering bubblegum ingredients, it’s no surprise Ron Dante, whose merry pipes inhabit sugar-coated ear candy by the likes of the Archies and the Cufflinks, is the vibrant vocalist behind the Two Dollar Question’s hook-happy “Aunt Matilda‘s Double Yummy Blow Your Mind Out Brownies,” and then there’s The World’s hilarious “Pot Party,” which should actually be called “LSD Party,” as it consists of a gaggle of people laughing themselves silly while a bluesy surf rock band noodles away in the background. COMP CD $10 SKU:27018
MICHIGAN MAYHEM!- Vol 1 (top notch 60S compilation, featuring garage, psych and hard rock entries)Label:MORE FUN 28 forgotten 60’s Michigan garage gems. TRACKS: Sweet Cherry – Eight Day Blues, Blues Co. – Love Machine, Illusions – City Of People, James T. & The Workers – I Can’t Stop, Quests – Scream Loud, Outcry – Can’t You Hear, Psychotics – If You Don’t Believe Me Don’t, Chevrons – Hey Little Teaser, Grifs – Catch A Ride, Undecided – Make Her Cry, Aardvarks – I’m Higher Than I’m Down, Black Rose – Love Handles, Pagens – Mystic Cloud, Jammers – You’re Gonna Love Me Too, Ebb Tides – Séance, Terry Knight & The Pack – How Much More, Olivers – I Saw What You Did, Quests – I’m Tempted, 9th Street Market – I’m A Baby, Beaubiens – Times Passed, Rationals – Little Girls Cry, Sweet Cherry – Funny Things Floating, 9th Street Market – You’re Gone, Ruby – Confusion, The Old Exciting Scot Richard Case – Get The Picture, Rationals – I Need You (alternate take), Ascots – So Good, and Pleasure Seekers – What A Way To Die. DESCRIPTION: For fans of riff-driven, raw garage rock, Michigan Mayhem Vol. 1 is a good place to start. Most of the tracks on this are good and it's a fairly eclectic compilation—from the acid rock of Black Rose to the psych-pop of the Pagens to the to the R&B-influenced garage rock of the Rationals to the countrified homage to beer by the Pleasure Seekers. Not all of the tracks on Michigan Mayhem Vol. 1 work but the range of styles represented here makes this compilation an interesting and essential documentation of the time period. Seance by the Ebb Tide provides an example of the low-budget horror film music that a number garage revival bands focused on several years later. I'm not sure why this was the case—music like this too often just plods along. The last track in this collection What a Way to Die by the Pleasure Seekers is notable because they were an all-female band with a young Suzi Quatro on bass. The song asks her boyfriend not to make her choose between him or beer, which she loves above all, apparently. The title comes from the acknowledgement that beer does not lead to a healthy lifestyle, "I may not make it to 21 but what a way to die" (Hey, remember when alcoholism was funny?) The flip side of this single is much better but not included here. Both sides of the Pleasure Seekers' single are available (with much better sound quality) on the compilation Friday at the Hideout, but that's not to say that Friday at the Hideout is a better compilation than this one. The driving, infectious garage rock on Michigan Mayhem Vol. 1 more than compensates for its occasional inconsistency and less-than-perfect audio quality. As indicated in the title, all of the bands on this compilation came from Michigan, which had thriving scenes of all sorts of music, particularly in Detroit. Perhaps what makes Michigan such a good source of garage rock of the sort on this compilation is that it incorporates eclectic influences while still retaining the inspired amateurism of garage rock. Highly recommended! COMP CD $10 SKU:27046
ORIGINAL SINS- Self Destruct (60s dedicated to Velvets, Stooges, Seeds, Ramones) - Label:SKYCLAD Guitar/power/pop BLAST from one of the best rock bands from PennsylvaniaThis album is heavier and rawer then the previous releases. Thick psychedelic rocksound with wailing organs and majestic blasts of sneering fuzzoverkill guitars. This record is dedicated to Velvets, Stooges, Seeds, Ramones and Bo Diddley. CD $10 SKU:23631
RARE SURF VOL. 1-THE SOUTH BAY BANDS (rare vintage surf tracks)Label:AVI Mostly unreleased tunes! 25 tracks! COMP CD $10 SKU:27036
RARE SURF VOL. 2- THE SOUTH BAY BANDS (rare vintage surf tracks)-Label:AVI Another great selection of 28 rare and vintage surf tracks from bands like The Nocturnes, Wheely McSidewalk & The Ball Bearings, The Revelairs, and The Vibrants! COMP CD $10 SKU:27037
RARE SURF VOL.3 -Johnny Fortune & Johnny Barakat & The Vestells (rare vintage surf tracks)Label:AVI KILLER out of print comp of out of print and previously unreleased First Wave Surf!!
Outstanding 24 song CD featuring 12 songs from the Johnny Fortune Soul Surfer LP plus an additional 24 songs recorded by Johnny Barakat & The Vestells, including alternate takes and rarities! COMP CD $10 SKU:27038
SIGH CRY DIE 29 Tales of Woe and Despair (60s garage classics )Label:ARF ARF Subtitled "29 Tales of Woe and Despair," Sigh Cry Die has 78 minutes of the stuff, which -- in keeping with most Arf! Arf! '60s compilations -- is populated with bands mostly unknown even to the '60s garage buff. When King's Ransom and Fenwyck are about the most familiar bands, you know this music is way-obscure. The influence of the Beatles, the British Invasion, and the Byrds permeates much of the material, with some side nods to the Beau Brummels and the Zombies, COMP CD $12 SKU:20058
ULTRA CHICKS - VOL 2 - VOL 2 lolita ( 60s French pop ) - Label:MATRIX
French-language, female-sung '60s pop and rock on this 24-track collection, subtitled "Lolita Ya-Ya!" Not a name here that'll be familiar to anyone except the French and hard-bitten collectors of the ye-ye style, although there's a novelty song by actress Anna Karina (Serge Gainsbourg's knowingly ludicrous "Roller Girl," which despite the title is in French). You might also recognize the name Gillian Hills, the British actress who starred in Beat Girl, and who offers one of the best songs, a pretty bluesy, menacing item called "Maintenant Il Telephone." Much of this sounds caught between lightweight early-'60s twist music, continental European pop, and mid-'60s mod rock (there's some pretty scorching guitar and organ), performed by one-named singers such as Dani, Ariane, Aline, Elsa, Clothilde, Cleo, Eileen, and Joanna. T COMP CD $10 SKU:24914
YEAH YEAH YEAH- 28 Mega-Manic & Elusive '60s Garage Punkers- Label:ARF ARF Vintage punkers and bona fide garage monsters . COMP CD $12 SKU:27041