Not Just A Pretty Face

Maya Gabeira

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 1 November, 2007 : – - Given her background, you’d expect Maya Gabeira to be a politician. An activist, perhaps. Or even an academic. But that’s hardly the case. The daughter of Fernando Gabeira, a famous political dissident and founder of the Brazilian Green Party, Maya has avoided the country’s turbulent politics to negotiate another equally treacherous environment: the ocean.

And it’s not your average beachbreak we’re talking about here. Maya, you’ll be intrigued to learn, is all about big waves. How big? Really freaking big. “I get this incredible adrenaline rush every time I see a rising swell,” says Maya. “There’s no way I’m gonna stay on the beach if the waves are pumping – it makes me really excited and I just gotta get out there.”

It’s this kind of attitude that led Maya to win the Women’s Best Overall Performance in the 2007 Billabong Global Big Wave Awards, bagging 5,000 bucks and a truckload of kudos in the process. For those in the know, the award is hardly a surprise, as the twenty-year-old Rio de Janeiro local has gained notoriety for riding some of the world’s hairiest waves.

Her recent roster includes all the heavy-hitters: Mavericks, Waimea, Todos Santos, as well as the horrendously sketchy and shark-infested Dungeons, in South Africa. Where does she find the courage? “Surfing big waves is reflective of your attitude towards life. I think it’s something you learn at home. My dad has a really strong character, is incredibly bright and I’ve learned a lot from him.”

Ouch!

Burke's Law

Gene Barry

1919-2009
R.I.P.

One of the coolest guys on TV when I was a little nipper. (pre-James Bond)

LOS ANGELES – Gene Barry, who played the well-dressed man of action in the television series "Bat Masterson," "Burke's Law" and "The Name of the Game," has died at age 90 of unknown causes, his son said Thursday.

Gene Barry essentially played the same character in all three series, which spanned the 1950s to the 1970s. Always fashionably dressed, the tall, handsome actor with the commanding voice dominated his scenes as he bested the bad guys in each show.

In the first of the three, the Western "Bat Masterson," he was a frontier dandy who rarely resorted to gunplay, choosing instead to beat his rivals senseless with a gold-handled cane.

Another of his TV roles was the always cool Burke's Law. 

This is the first episode of the first season. Series ran from 1961 to 1966.

"Who Killed Holly Howard?"
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http://rapidshare.com/files/319254657/BurkesLaw-1x01.WhoKilledHollyHoward.part1.rar

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http://rapidshare.com/files/319268747/BurkesLaw-1x01.WhoKilledHollyHoward.part2.rar

Name That Hat!

OK folks, I need some help..... I know, I know "He needs LOT'S of help".

I'm working on my Christmas list for Santa and one of the things I really want is a hat like this one that Woody Harrelson wore in the movie 2012. I don't know what the style is to give anyone a clue. (I know, Santa knows all that stuff!) It's embossed or broqueted around the lower 3-4"

If anyone out there can help a poor alter boy out I would be eternally grateful. (or at least until the year 2012)

T

Eddie Would Go!

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It's A Killer

On a tip from BruceF, who commented on The Civil Tones post, I checked into Crispy's more recent group, Killer Filler. This is the treasure I found.

You can also find their CD "Filler Up!" over at Fat City Guitar Lounge. (http://fatcitycigarlounge.blogspot.com/2009/06/killer-filler-filller-up.html)

Kick This Bucket

The Civil Tones

Soul Bucket

1998
Re-post (This is one that needs to be heard)Even though this album has been posted up here before and over at D'Boss' Fat City Cigar Lounge it needs to be out there as much as possible for all to hear. One of my favorites. Make it yours.

Review:

Have you ever slapped a record on your old turntable, hit play, and suddenly lost all control of your body, then found yourself sweating on the dance floor, uncontrollably shaking your money-maker? Did your lack of rhythm, style, coordination make you look like a complete fool? Did you dig the groove so much that you didn't care? Well, if you answered YES to any of these questions, then the new long-player Soul Bucket by The Civil Tones is for you! Soul Bucket will go down as the hottest "get off your ass and dance record" of the year!!!

The Civil Tones are back! The boys from St. Louis stocked the pond full of soul-soaked R&B instrumental grooves and pulled out some fresh catches. The Civil Tones mix together southern soul from the 60s (stuff you might find on old Stax or Hi records labels), early funk, latin grooves, and surf sounds, with arrangements that take sudden twists and turns in tempo, feel, and style. Hey, and they don't have a pretty-boy, ego-inflated lead vocalist to get in the way, but take the most melodic and catchiest parts of their Hammond organ, bass, guitar and drums to fuel the "Civil Tone" sound.

OK, enough talkin', now put Soul Bucket in that CD player and start groovin'!!!



Tracklist:

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1 Soul Bucket
2 Tubed
3 Joe Flamingo
4 Sarcasm
5 East of East St. Louis
6 Papa Burger
7 Road Rage
8 The Return of Sugar Dumplin'
9 Wings for Wanda
10 A Short Hello and a Long Goodbye
11 Billy Juarez
12 Strawberry Hill
13 Soul Bucket (Southside)

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http://rapidshare.com/files/318591433/The_Civil_Tones_-_Soul_Bucket.rar 

The Colorado Balloon Incident - The Truth

Stand Up Tall To Be Heard!

Jethro Tull

Stand Up (w/ Bonus Tracks)
1969
Ripped @ a towering 320 w/ 3% Recovery
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Review by Bruce Eder

The group's second album, with Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitars, keyboards, balalaika), Martin Barre (electric guitar, flute), Clive Bunker (drums), and Glen Cornick (bass), solidified their sound. There are still elements of blues present in their music, but except for the opening track, "A New Day Yesterday," it is far more muted than on their first album -- new lead guitarist Martin Barre had few of the blues stylings that characterized Mick Abrahams' playing. Rather, the influence of English folk music manifests itself on several cuts, including "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" and "Look Into the Sun." The instrumental "Bouree," which could've passed for an early Blood, Sweat & Tears track, became a favorite concert number, with an excellent solo bit featuring Cornick's bass, although at this point Anderson's flute playing on-stage needed a lot of work. As a story-song with opaque lyrics, jarring tempo changes, and loud electric passages juxtaposed with soft acoustic-textured sections, "Back to the Family" is an early forerunner to Thick As a Brick. Similarly, "Reasons for Waiting," with its mix of closely miked acoustic guitar and string orchestra, all hung around a hauntingly beautiful folk-based melody, pointed in the direction of that conceptual piece and its follow-up, A Passion Play. The only major flaw in this album is the mix, which divides the electric and acoustic instruments and fails to find a solid center, but even that was fixed on later CD editions. (The original LP had a gatefold jacket that included a pop-up representation of the band that has been lost on all subsequent CD versions, except for the Mobile Fidelity audiophile release.) [In late 2001, Stand Up was re-released in a remastered edition with bonus tracks that boasted seriously improved sound. Anderson's singing comes off richer throughout, and the electric guitars on "Look Into the Sun" are very well-delineated in the mix, without any loss in the lyricism of the acoustic backing; the rhythm section on "Nothing Is Easy" has more presence, Bunker's drums and high-hat playing sounding much closer and sharper; the mandolin on "Fat Man" is practically in your lap; you can hear the action on the acoustic guitar on "Reasons for Waiting," even in the orchestrated passages; and the band sounds like it's in the room with you pounding away on "For a Thousand Mothers." Among the bonus tracks, recorded at around the same time, "Living in the Past," "Driving Song," and "Sweet Dreams" all have a richness and resonance that was implied but never heard before.

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Tracklist:
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1 A New Day Yesterday
2 Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square
3 Bourée
4 Back to the Family
5 Look into the Sun
6 Nothing Is Easy
7 Fat Man
8 We Used to Know
9 Reasons for Waiting
10 For a Thousand Mothers
11 Living in the Past
12 Driving Song
13 Sweet Dream
14 17

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http://rapidshare.com/files/316936554/Jethro_Tull_-_Stand_Up.rar

Your Such A Stupid Girl

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Zuma

1975

Ripped @ 320

W/ 3% Recovery

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Review by William Ruhlmann

Having apparently exorcised his demons by releasing the cathartic Tonight's the Night, Neil Young returned to his commercial strengths with Zuma (named after Zuma Beach in Los Angeles, where he now owned a house). Seven of the album's nine songs were recorded with the reunited Crazy Horse, in which rhythm guitarist Frank Sampedro had replaced the late Danny Whitten, but there were also nods to other popular Young styles in "Pardon My Heart," an acoustic song that would have fit on Harvest, his most popular album, and "Through My Sails," retrieved from one of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's abortive recording sessions. Young had abandoned the ragged, first-take approach of his previous three albums, but Crazy Horse would never be a polished act, and the music had a lively sound well-suited to the songs, which were some of the most melodic, pop-oriented tunes Young had crafted in years, though they were played with an electric-guitar-drenched rock intensity. The overall theme concerned romantic conflict, with lyrics that lamented lost love and sometimes longed for a return ("Pardon My Heart" even found Young singing, "I don't believe this song"), though the overall conclusion, notably in such catchy songs as "Don't Cry No Tears" and "Lookin' for a Love," was to move on to the next relationship. But the album's standout track (apparently the only holdover from an early intention to present songs with historical subjects) was the seven-and-a-half-minute epic "Cortez the Killer," a commentary on the Spanish conqueror of Latin America that served as a platform for Young's most extensive guitar soloing since his work on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.
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  1 Don't Cry No Tears 
  2 Danger Bird 
  3 Pardon My Heart 
  4 Lookin' for a Love 
  5 Barstool Blues 
  6 Stupid Girl 
  7 Drive Back 
  8 Cortez the Killer  
   9 Through My Sails

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Early Daze

Some Like It Wet

1963

The dawn of surfing from Malibu to Hawaii with some excellent sounds by The Aqua Velvets. Old school surfers like Mickey Dora, Dewey Weber, Tubesteak, Don F. Steele and Chubby Mitchel.

Get it HERE, HERE,HERE & HERE

Baby You Can Drive My Car

The Cars
The Cars Deluxe Edition
1999
Ripped @ an ass-haulin' 320
5% Recovery

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Review by Greg Prato

Back in 1996, Rhino Records had plans for a Cars rarities disc entitled Prototypes, which was to include their entire first album in demo form, as well as other rarities from all eras of the band. And even though Ice magazine ran a story on it and a track listing was set, the album never saw the light of day for reasons unknown. Three years later, Rhino reconsidered (helped by a fan write-in campaign), and issued a similarly assembled package, The Cars: Deluxe Edition. A two-CD set, it contains their classic 1978 self-titled debut in its entirety (an album you just can't hear enough), while the second disc presents the complete album in demo form, with an additional five early demos of previously unreleased compositions tacked on at the end. Diehard fans will have a feast with disc two, the demos for such radio standards as "My Best Friend's Girl," "Just What I Needed," "You're All I've Got Tonight," and "Bye Bye Love" capture the songs in their rawest form -- akin to what they must have sounded like back in the band's club days. Out of the five unissued songs, two are instant classics (the amiable "Wake Me Up" and the red-hot rocker "Hotel Queenie"), while "They Won't See You" proves interesting, despite an underdeveloped chorus -- which is forgivable, since these are demos, after all. [Note: since a demo version of "Good Times Roll" couldn't be found, a live take from 1978 is used on disc two.]
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Tracklist:

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1 Good Times Roll
2 My Best Friend's Girl
3 Just What I Needed
4 I'm in Touch With Your World
5 Don't Cha Stop
6 You're All I've Got Tonight
7 Bye Bye Love
8 Moving in Stereo
9 All Mixed Up
10 Good Times Roll [live/demo version]
11 My Best Friend's Girl [demo version]
12 Just What I Needed [demo version]
13 I'm in Touch With Your World [demo version]
14 Don't Cha Stop [demo version]
15 You're All I've Got Tonight [demo version]
16 Bye Bye Love [demo version] Ocasek 4:07
17 Moving in Stereo [demo version]
18 All Mixed Up [demo version]
19 They Won't See You [#/demo version]
20 Take What You Want [#/demo version]
21 Wake Me Up [#/demo version]
22 You Just Can't Push Me [#/demo version]
23 Hotel Queenie [#/demo version]

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2 CD's

Get it HERE & HERE

Smell The Rubber Coming Out Of Akron

The Black Keys

Rubber Factory

2004

VBR

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

It's easy to think of the Black Keys as the flip side of the White Stripes. They both hail from the Midwest, they both work a similar garage blues ground and both have color-coded names. If they're not quite kissing cousins, they're certainly kindred spirits, and they're following surprisingly similar career arcs, as the Keys' third album, Rubber Factory, is neatly analogous to the Stripes' third album breakthrough, White Blood Cells. Rubber Factory finds the duo expanding, stretching, and improving, coming into its own as a distinctive, original, thoroughly great rock & roll band. With 2003's Thickfreakness, guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney delivered on the promise of a raw, exciting debut by sharpening their sound and strengthening the songwriting, thereby upping the ante for their next record, and Rubber Factory doesn't disappoint. Instead, it surprises in a number of delightful ways, redefining the duo without losing the essence of the band. For instance, the production has more shades than either The Big Come Up or Thickfreakness — witness the creepy late-night vibe of the opening "When the Lights Go Out" or how the spare, heartbroken, and slide guitar-laden "The Lengths" sounds like it's been rusted over — but it's also harder, nastier, and uglier than those albums, piled with truly brutal, gut-level guitar. Yet through these sheets of noise, vulnerability pokes through, not just on "The Lengths," but in a lazy, loping, terrific version of the Kinks' "Act Nice and Gentle." And, like their cover of the Beatles' "She Said, She Said" on their debut, "Act Nice and Gentle" illustrates that even if the Black Keys have more legit blues credentials than any of their peers, they're nevertheless an indie rock band raised with not just a knowledge of classic rock, but with excellent taste and, most importantly, an instinct for what makes great rock & roll. They know that sound matters, not just how a band plays but how a band is recorded, and that blues sounds better when it's unvarnished, which is why each of their records feels more like a real blues album than anything cut since the '60s. But they're not revivalists, either. They've absorbed the language of classic rock and the sensibility of indie rock — they're turning familiar sounds into something nervy and fresh, music that builds on the past yet lives fearlessly in the moment. On a sheer gut level, they're intoxicating and that alone would be enough to make Rubber Factory a strong listen, but what makes it transcendent is that Auerbach has developed into such a fine songwriter. His songs have enough melodic and lyrical twists to make it seem like he's breaking rules, but his trick is that he's doing this within traditional blues-rock structures. He's not just reinvigorating a familiar form, he's doing it without a lick of pretension; it never seems as if the songs were written, but that they've always existed and have just been discovered, which is true of any great blues song. Carney gives these songs the production they deserve — some tunes are dense and heavy with guitars, others are spacious and haunting — and the result is the most exciting and best rock & roll record of 2004.
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  1 When the Lights Go Out 
  2 10 A.M. Automatic 
  3 Just Couldn't Tie Me Down 
  4 All Hands Against His Own 
  5 The Desperate Man 
  6 Girl Is on My Mind 
  7 The Lengths 
  8 Grown So Ugly 
  9 Stack Shot Billy 
  10 Act Nice and Gentle 
  11 Aeroplane Blues 
  12 Keep Me 
  13 Till I Get My Way

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Get it HERE

Dude! Where's The Water???

The Aqua Velvets

Nomad

1996

Ripped @ a gritty 320

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Review by Hal Horowitz 

Despite their watery name, the Aqua Velvets don't spend the bulk of this album riding the waves. In fact, the title and desert cover art seem to point in the opposite direction. And although they still obviously love reverb and twang, the band, led by guitarist Miles Corbin, proves it is more diverse than previous albums might indicate. Sure, there's plenty of Duane Eddy/Ventures licks, but the Aqua Velvets introduce them to a world music palette. This is surf-influenced music that transcends its previous limitations. To emphasize that, the disc kicks off with the spaghetti Western atmospherics of the title track before the group gets its collective feet wet in "Surf Nouveau"'s more straightforward, Shadows-style approach. But they really wander off the beach on the bongo-infused slow burn of "Snorkle Mask Replica," where backwards tapes provide an eerie backing for the multiple, overdubbed guitar solos. Ennio Morricone is referenced often here, especially in the dusty "Return to Paia," a high, lonesome mood piece. "In a Spanish Mood" is just that, with a vague flamenco groove that snakes through drum-less percussion with Corbin's echo-heavy solo. With one foot on an American surfboard and the other on foreign soil, the Aqua Velvets show they are ready to push the envelope of their often constricting field without abandoning it. The closing tracks tread water, swimming in calm seas, yet not really going anywhere, although the reggae rhythm of "Shrunken Head" is a calm coda. But Nomad is an eye-opening, if not quite groundbreaking album in a genre that has far too few of them.
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1 Nomad
2 Surf Nouveau
3 Smoking Panatelas on the Blue Mediterranean Sea
4 Holly Tiki
5 Snorkel Mask Replica
6 Return to Paia
7 Ho'okipa
8 In a Spanish Mood
9 Nervous on Neptune
10 Summer at Dreampoint
11 Shakahoochie
12 Shrunken Head

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Get it HERE

What Do You Get When You Put A Corvette and A Gore Girl Together?

Gorevette

Preview Video & MP3 Track

2009

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Some things are just meant to be. When the legendary Nikki Corvette arrived with equally revered rock critic Robert Matheu at a Gore Gore Girls show in Los Angeles, he instinctively knew that she and bandleader Amy Gore would be natural compatriots. Both women have toured the world, rejecting trends and gimmickry to play the authentic, powerful rock n’ roll they’ve made their religion. They became friends that night, not industry associates but real pals. When Corvette relocated to her native Detroit for family reasons, she and Gore began to spend time together, spending hours talking about music while hanging out by the record player. With members of each woman’s bands in different cities, they originally conceived the idea of doing a punk cover band, playing their favorite songs from bands like the Buzzcocks and the Damned. That soon changed when Nikki brought her tune “Lustfully Yours” to the table. Amy Gore, a formidable guitarist and writer, began writing songs specifically for Nikki that carry on the ‘Shangri-Las meets Ramones’ v sound she is famous for while incorporating lyrics rejecting the artificiality of current feminine ideals (“Fake It”) and making stand for the hedonistic fun of dancing, cars and staying up all night. “Rock n’ roll, above all else, should be fun,” said Gore. 

The new tracks are compiled for The Lustfully Yours EP on Strange Girl Recordings, available Tuesday, January 26th on itunes USA and Internationally, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, LimeWire Store, Amazon MP3 & Amazon on Demand.

Space Trackin'

Jamiroquai

A Funk Odyssey

2001

Ripped @ a spacey 320
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Review by MacKenzie Wilson

After the jarring reception of 1999's Synkronized, Jamiroquai constructed A Funk Odyssey, something more polished and slick inside the band's own brand of funky disco-rock. Jason Kay and keyboardist/songwriter Toby Smith perfected a maturation that was left keyed in Travelling Without Moving but left open-ended on Synkronized for a wide scope of musical delight. A Funk Odyssey taps into various illustrious grooves of the Latin world, classic rock, and mainstream club culture, and Jamiroquai is tight and eager to make everyone shake their groove thing in their own light. The first single, "Little L," beams with Kajagoogoo-like synths while warping into a funk-driven hue of orchestral whirlpools, but Jamiroquai allows the band's extroverted and unattached personality to shine on the worldbeat-tinged "Corner of the Earth." Kay strips aside all disco humor and grandeur for something personally inviting, something that's heartfelt too. A Funk Odyssey sparks classic enthusiasm, and it feels good. Dance music is not just a design, it's something far more tangible, and Jamiroquai surely captures a fierce desire to make it more emotional on the band's own level.

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Tracklist:

  1 Feel So Good 
  2 Little L 
  3 You Give Me Something 
  4 Corner of the Earth 
  5 Love Foolosophy 
  6 Stop Don't Panic 
  7 Black Crow 
  8 Main Vein 
  9 Twenty Zero One 

  10 Picture of My Life

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Get it HERE

Let These Little Dittys Pierce Your Brain

The Coffin Daggers

The Coffin Daggers EP

2005

Ripped @ a piercing 320

Re-upped

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The Coffin Daggers are a self-proclaimed surf/punk/sci-fi band from New York City. The band was formed in 1999 in New York City, in which it has grown a supportive following. The band has toured America and Europe and often performs with horror film footage as part of their act. The Coffin Daggers' energy-driven and fast-paced performances are able to satisfy the needs of even the biggest surf-a-billy junkies.

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Tracklist:

1    Coffin Dagger

2    Shark Attack

3    Parasite

4    Cats Eye

5    Monster from ID

6    Caravan

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Get it HERE

These Guys Packed A Punch Like Manny Paquiao!

Juan DeLa Cruz

Maskara

1974

Ripped @ 256

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 If Himig Natin is the first, then this is the second and only other official compact release of music by hard-rock powerhouse power trio (a band, not a man) from the Phillippines, who flourished in the 1970's. Totally rocked out bluesy stoner jams, with sex and party obsessed lyrics that are pure rock 'n' roll. Maskara was originally released in 1974. It's the band's second studio album, and is another outstanding collection of heavy duty rockers featuring the classic band line-up of Wally Gonzales, Mike Hanopol, and Joey "Pepe" Smith. Highlights abound: Pinoy Blues, Nadapa Sa Arina, Beep Beep, We Love You, Palengke, and Pagod Sa Pahinga, quite a few of which were featured on the unofficial Shake Your Brains disc from a few years ago. 

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Tracklist:

1. Maskara
2. Pinoy Blues
3. Nadapa Sa Arina
4. Nakatagong Mata
5. Beep Beep
6. We Love You
7. Pagod Sa Pahinga
8. Rak En Roll Sa Mundo
9. Balong Malalim
10. Palengke
11. Naglalakbay
12. Last Song

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Get it HERE

Classic,Stompin' Groove

Edgar Winter's White Trash

Roadwork

1972

@192

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Before Edgar Winter had his massive commercial success that began with the instrumental “Frankenstein”, he put together an amazing array of musical talent called White Trash. Blending gospel, soul, blues, funk, r&b and rock and roll, Winter’s hard-charging combo offered blazing guitar (Rick Derringer and the amazing but little-known Floyd Radford), a killer horn section and a majestic in-your-face sound that could raise the dead.

The first studio album was a classic and the reunion record enjoyable, but the live album Roadwork is one of the best concert discs ever made. Jerry LaCroix and Edgar Winter handle most of the vocals, and you’re unlikely to find two better throaty shouters . The song selection includes classic like “Tobacco Road” and “I Can’t Turn You Loose” in addition to material from Rick Derringer and the Winter brothers.

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Review by Michael B. Smith

The live follow-up to 1971's Edgar Winter's White Trash finds the group running through a handful of the tunes from their debut album, as well as rocking things up a bit with "Still Alive and Well" (a track later recorded by Edgar's brother Johnny) and "Back in the U.S.A." One of the most immortal lines for any live rock album has to be "People keep askin' me -- where's your brother?" The introduction of guest artist Johnny Winter by his brother Edgar sets the stage for a rousing rendition of Rick Derringer's "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo." The extended version of blues classic "Tobacco Road" is one of the finest moments on this album, which is itself a classic.
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Tracklist:

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  1 Save the Planet 
  2 Jive, Jive, Jive 
  3 I Can't Turn You Loose 
  4 Still Alive and Well 
  5 Back in the U.S.A. 
  6 Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo 
  7 Tobacco Road 
  8 Cool Fool 
  9 Do Yourself a Favour 
  10 Turn on Your Love Light

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Get it HERE

Stomp Your Feet & Shake Your Brains!

Juan DeLa Cruz

Shake Your Brains

1972

Ripped @ 320

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I was on a job with several Phillipino co-workers. We happened to begin talking about music (duh!) and I asked them if they had ever heard of Juan De La Cruz. They both looked at each other and began laughing. They said "of course we know about Juan De La Cruz!" As they did not seem the type who liked heavy rock I asked them how they knew about them. I was then informed that Juan De La Cruz is the name of the national icon of the Phillipines, the same as Uncle Sam in the U.S.. Now didn't I feel stupid and enlightened at the same time. Every time I hear this album I start laughing again. Hope you enjoy it. (I have several more if the response is there).
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Juan De La Cruz (a band, not a man, so it's filed under "J") was a hard-rock powerhouse powertrio from the Phillippines who flourished in the nineteen seventies. If you're hip to other obscurites from the era, imagine a cross between Buffalo and Los Dug Dug's! This bootleg-looking disc reissues one of their earliest albums (no date given, sorry, but we'd guess '71 or so), and it's a killer. Totally rocked out bluesy stoner jams, with brilliantly fucked sex and party obsessed lyrics ("get drunk all day, get down all night", "I'll just wait for you down in the alley / and I'll show you how it can be"). And guitarist Wally Gonzales has got his acid-psych leads down, man! It's not clear who's singing (it might be the drummer, an American who previously played in the equally primal Japanese psychrock band Speed, Glue, & Shinki) but whoever it is, he's got the perfect delivery for this stuff, which includes one of our all-time favorite garage-psych songs, "I Wanna Say Yeah" -- perhaps the ultimate rock n' roll song title/lyric *EVER*. I mean, yeah! None of today's punks, stoners, or garage revivalists can touch that. text from Aquarius records SF.
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The Smith-penned 'Shake Your Brain' is another gem that deserves 'classic' recognition. The spotlight though, is on the title song. A song about how important music is to the Filipino and should be one of the top 5 best Filipino songs ever written. All the planets were definitely aligned when JDLC recorded this masterpiece. From the opening acoustic guitar riff and piano accompaniment to it's beautiful lyrics and Wally Gonzales' awe-inspiring guitar solo, it is the perfect song that touches the very core of being Filipino. The impact that this song and album made on Pinoy Rock was never imitated and can never be duplicated.

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Tracklist

01 - Take You Home
02 - I Wanna Say Yeah
03 - Palengke
04 - Shake Your Brains
05 - Himig Natin
06 - Pagoda De Pahinga
07 - Pinoy Blues
08 - Beep Beep
09 - We Love You
10 - Last Song

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Get it HERE

The Waters Risin'

Boris

Flo0d

2005

@ 192

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Biography by William York

Japanese cult favorite sludge/doom rock trio Boris takes their name from a song on grunge godfathers the Melvins' Bullhead album. They also have a lot in common with the Melvins musically, including a fondness for heavily down-tuned guitar/bass tones and exceedingly slow tempos. But they also incorporate elements variously drawn from other sources, including psychedelic rock, punk, noise, minimalism, pure sludge-drone music à la Earth, and more. Also, despite the unpretentious psychedelic/stoner rock imagery that accompanies much of their work, there is an ambitiously experimental aspect to much of it. Their albums, for example, have tended to be massive conceptual projects: Absolutego, in its original form, was a feedback-heavy drone exploration consisting of a single 65-minute track; Flood consists of another extremely long track, 70-plus minutes in length, exploring the band's quieter sides with a minimalist/phase music slant. Also on the more experimental end of their discography are collaborations with Japanese avant-garde enigma Keiji Haino and power electronics/noise legend Merzbow.

Boris formed during the early '90s and consists of guitarist Wata, bassist Takeshi, and drummer/vocalist Atsuo. They made their first recorded appearance on an obscure 1994 compilation entitled Take Care of Scabbard Fish, released only in Japan and now out of print. Absolutego, their full-length debut, came out in 1996 on the band's own Fangs Anal Satan imprint but was unavailable in the U.S. for years, a situation that was remedied when the Los Angeles-based Southern Lord label reissued the album in early 2001 along with a bonus track and new packaging. Their next album, Amplifier Worship, came out on the Mangrove label in 1998 and was also unavailable in the U.S. for several years; San Francisco's Man's Ruin had planned to reissue it in the fall of 2001, but the label folded before that could happen. 1998 also saw the release of the Boris/Keiji Haino collaboration, a live disc entitled Black: Implication Flooding, which came out on Japan's Inoxia Records. In 1999, Boris issued a split CD with fellow Japanese band Choukoko No Niwa, More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape, which also came out on Inoxia and featured Boris weighing in with a brief (for them) 28-minute contribution. Their third full-length album, Flood, was released two years later on the MIDI Creative label. Their 2006 album Pink put them back on Southern Lord and featured some shoegaze-influenced sounds. A year later Rainbow appeared with Michio Kurihara from the Japanese band Ghost contributing to the soundscapes. Also in 2007, they released a limited-edition recording of a live performance with Japanese noise master Merzbow in Tokyo titled Rock Dream.Smile, the group's fourteenth album was released in spring, 2008.
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Review

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It's great to finally see some of this classic Boris material finally surface from its Japanese home, and Flood is one of the undiscovered gems of the early catalog. Comprised of four 'movements' (don't worry they're all around fifteen-twenty minutes in length) this shows Boris at their most sedate, moving between simple picked guitar compositions, lengthy psychedelic freak-outs and deep, haunting and somewhat spiritual drone compositions that wouldn't sound out of place on a Mirror album. Opening with a hypnotic guitar riff which tumbles around itself in an almost Reich-like manner we are gradually introduced to some simply startling, cavernous percussion before being coaxed into the utter beauty of the album's second piece. This is Boris at their friendliest with a slice of ebow-heavy instrumental guitar music maybe closer to Mogwai's quieter moments than the metal-flecked and Melvins-worshipping Boris we all know so well. Don't worry though, the distortion pedals are back for the third part as the band push their amps to eleven for the album's heaviest and most psychedelic moment, before bowing out on an extended and almost melancholic drone workout. A rich and varied body of work which indicates well how the band were to progress in the future recordings, this is an essential part of any self respecting Boris fan's collection.
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Tracklist

1  Flood I

2  Flood II

3  Flood III

4  Flood IV

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Hey, Is That Neu?

Neu

Neu

1991

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Biography by Jason Ankeny

While little known and relatively unheralded during its brief existence, the Krautrock duo Neu! cast a large shadow over later generations of musicians and served as a major influence on artists as diverse as David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Pere Ubu, Julian Cope, and Stereolab. Neu! formed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1971 after multi-instrumentalists Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger both split from Kraftwerk. Recorded in the space of four days with Can producer Conrad Plank, the duo's self-titled debut appeared early in 1972 and quickly established their affection for minimalist melodies and lock-groove rhythms. While virtually ignored throughout the rest of the world, the album sold extremely well in West Germany, resulting in a tour with support from Guru Guru's Uli Trepte and Eberhard Krahnemann.

Rother and Dinger returned to the studio in 1973 for Neu! 2, but a shortfall of cash allowed the duo to complete only two songs, "Super" and "Neuschnee," which they subsequently remixed at varying and disorienting speeds in order to flesh out a full-length album. After the record's release, Rother joined Dieter Moebius and Joachim Roedelius of Cluster to form Harmonia, but Neu! officially reunited in 1975 to record Neu! 75. After its release, they again disbanded; Rother continued on as a solo performer, while Dinger and drummer Hans Lampe formed La Dusseldorf. In the mid-'80s, Rother and Dinger re-formed yet again, although the recording sessions, titled Neu! 4, did not officially surface until 1996.

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Review by Thom Jurek

Fresh after leaving Kraftwerk in the fall of 1971 for what they perceived to be a lack of vision, guitarist Michael Rother and drummer Klaus Dinger formed their own unit and changed the face of German rock forever -- eventually influencing their former employer, Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk. The 1974 album Autobahn was a genteel reconsideration of the music played here. Neu! created a sound that was literally made for cruising in an automobile. While here in the States people were flipping out over "Radar Love" by Golden Earring, if they'd known about this first Neu! disc, they would never have bothered. Dinger's mechanical, cut time drumming and Rother's two-note bass runs adorned with cleverly manipulated and dreamy guitar riffs and fills were the hallmarks of the "motorik" sound that would become the band's trademark. On "Hallogallo", which opens the disc, the listener encounters a timeless rock & roll sound world. The driving guitar playing one chord in different cadences and rhythmic patters, the four-snare to the floor pulse with a high hat and bass drum for ballast, and a bassline that is used more for keeping the drummer on time than as a rhythm instrument in its own right. These are draped in Rother's liquidy, cascading single note drones and runs, so even as the tune's momentum propels the listener into a movement oriented robotic dance, the guitar's lyrical economy brings an aesthetic beauty into the mix that opens the space up from inside. The tense ambient soundscape of "Sonderangebot" balances things a bit before the slower-than-Neil Young "Weissensee" opens with a subtle industrial clamor and opens up into a lyrical exploration of distorted slide guitar aesthetics with an uncharacteristic drum elegance that keeps the guitar in check. "Im Glück" tracks a restrained, droning path through the textural palette of the guitar, treated with whispering distortion and echo. All hell breaks loose again on Dinger's "Negativland" as an industrial soundscape eventually gives way to a bass and guitar squall as darkly enticing as anything on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. It's really obvious now how the JD's sound was influenced by this simply and darkly delicious brew of noise, bass throb, percussive hypnosis, and an oddly placed, strangely under-mixed, guitar. Rother's style had as much to do with not playing as it did with virtuosity, and his fills of open chords, stuttered cadences, and broken syntax provided a much needed diversion for the metronymic regularity of the rhythm section. Rother didn't riff; he painted a mix with whatever was necessary to get the point across. His mannerisms here are not to draw attention to himself, but rather to that numbing, incessant rhythm provided wondrously by Dinger. Neu!'s debut album was driving music for the apocalypse in 1971. These official CD reissues, remastered by Neu! with Herbert Gronmeyer, are the first official ones. Their sound is phenomenal and the strange dropouts and fades are intentional. They are worthy packages. Oddly enough, after a millennial change and a constant stream of samples being taken from it, and its influence saturating both the rock and electronica scenes, it still sounds ahead of its time.

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Tracklist:

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  1 Hallogallo 
  2 Sonderangerbot 
  3 Weissensee  
  4 Im Glück  
  5 Negativland 
  6 Lieber Honig

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Get it HERE

Who Moved My Cheese?!

Mouse & The Traps

The Fraternity Years

1997

Ripped @ 192

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Biography by Richie Unterberger

This Tyler, TX, group from the mid-'60s is most known for their uncanny imitation of Highway 61-era Dylan, "A Public Execution." Featured on the Nuggets compilation, it is to Dylan what the Knickerbockers' "Lies" is to the Beatles: one of the few rip-offs so utterly accurate that it could easily fool listeners into mistaking it for the original article. Spearheaded by singer/songwriter Ronnie Weiss, the group actually recorded quite a few decent singles between 1965 and 1969 without approaching any sort of national recognition. "Mouse" never got as explicitly Dylanesque again, but there's no doubt that Weiss often recalled a non-atonal Dylan with his nasal delivery, and several of their singles were a much more melodic, pop-oriented extension of Dylan's mid-'60s sound. Recording almost exclusively original material, they were one of the better regional groups of the time, and also waxed some capable Texas punk-psychedelia and good-time pop/rockers.

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Review by Richie Unterberger

Fraternity Years is the first Mouse & the Traps compilation of a truly official nature, taken right from the master tapes. The 25 tracks do miss a few of their least essential cuts, like the awful country novelty "Would You Believe," their mediocre final single for Bell, and the "Psychotic Reaction" single they recorded under the pseudonym of Positively 13 O'Clock. But everything else is here, with the neat bonuses of a 1967 single credited to another pseudonym (Chris St. John) and seven interesting, previously unreleased sides, including the moving folk-rock-protest number "Nobody Cares" and a you-gotta-hear-it-to-believe-it cover of "You Are My Sunshine" (set to the arrangement of James Brown's "I Got You"!). The lengthy liner notes present the best history of the group ever written, capping an excellent reissue of a fine band who were probably too chameleon-like to find their niche in the national market.
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Tracklist: 

  1 A Public Execution 
  2 Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice 
  3 Nobody Cares 
  4 Cryin' Inside  
  5 I'm a Man  
  6 Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal 
  7 I've Got Her Love 
  8 I Am the One 
  9 Like I Know You Do 
  10 Sometimes You Just Can't Win 
  11 All for You 
  12 Do the Best You Can 
  13 Look at the Sun  
  14 You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) 
  15 Promises, Promises 
  16 I Satisfy  
  17 Requiem for Sarah 
  18 L.O.V.E. Love 
  19 Ya Ya  
  20 Good Times 
  21 Hand in Hand 
  22 You Are My Sunshine 
  23 I Wonder Where the Birds Fly 
  24 Mohair Sam 
  25 As Far as the Sea

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Get it HERE

Just To Damn Cool

Miles Davis

The Complete Birth of The Cool  (Blue Note)

1998

Ripped @ a smooth 320

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Capitol's The Complete Birth of the Cool is a double-disc set that's separated into two halves. The first contains all 12 tracks Davis cut in the studio in January 1949 with Gil Evans. The second contains three radio broadcasts that the Birth of the Cool nonet performed in September 1948 at the Royal Roost in New York City. All the recordings have been completely remastered, resulting in the best ever sound for these recordings. The set also features brand new liner notes from Phil Schapp, plus the original liners. All the added features help make The Complete Birth of the Cool the definitive chronicle of one of the most important eras in jazz history.
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Tracklist: 

1 Move 
2 Jeru 
3 Moon Dreams 
4 Venus de Milo 
5 Budo 
6 Deception 
7 Godchild 
8 Boplicity 
9 Rocker 
10 Israel 
11 Rouge 
12 Darn That Dream 
13 Birth of the Cool Theme [live] 
14 Symphony Sid Announces the Band [live] 
15 Move [live]
16 Why Do I Love You? [live] 
17 Godchild [live] 
18 Symphony Sid Introduction [live] 
19 S'il Vous Plait [live] 
20 Moon Dreams [live] 
21 Budo (Hallucination) [live] 
22 Darn That Dream [live] 
23 Move [live] 
24 Moon Dreams [live] 
25 Budo (Hallucination) [live]

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Get it HERE

Brand Spankin' New!

Tommy T

The John Preston Sessions

2009

Release Day (11/10/2009) Sampler

For the past three years, Tommy T (Thomas T Gobena) has been the bass player for gypsy punk powerhouse Gogol Bordello. Tommy was born and raised in Addis Abada (Ethiopia's capital city) and the knowledge of global rhythms he brings to Gogol's sound has become part of their unclassifiable approach to music making. "The Prester John Sessions" is an aural travelogue that ranges freely through the music and culture of Ethiopia, the album is a collection of 11 songs including a remix of the track "Oromo Dub (Cushitic Dub)," featuring fellow Gogol Bordello band mates Eugene Hutz and Pedro Erazo and mixed by Michael Goldwasser of the Easy Star All-Stars.

In the 70s, funk, wah-wah pedals, and jazz had a huge impact on Ethiopian music," Tommy explains. "The Prester John Sessions will give people an idea about the musical diversity of Ethiopia, which includes influences and ideas borrowed from the sounds of the 70's with the added bonus of up-to-date production values."

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Sampler Tracks:

I picked out these four tracks to give you all a taste of the different grooves Tommy has put together. Fine stuff. I'm sure you'll enjoy them. Available on iTunes.

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1    Brothers

5    Oromo Dub  (Cushitic Dub)

6    East West Express

10  Eden

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Psychedelic Geckos or Blacklight Chameleons?

Blacklight Chameleons

Blacklight Chameleons

1984

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Wasting no time from the breakup of the Mad Violets in late 1984, guitarist and now vocalist Dino Sorbello grabbed Andrea Mathews on drums from the recently broken up Outta Place, and added Noreen Lewis on bass and located Bill Ebauer for keyboards in a Village Voice ad. After a quick gig or two at the Dive they set about recording their first self-titled Ep (released on Voxx Records March 1985) which continues to sell to this very day. An article in Vanity Fair magazine in June 1985 about the big 60s style resurgence featured a two-page color photo by Mary Ellen Mark, and some copy about the band, so instead of a kit, the band showed the mag around town to score some prestigious gigs.

By1986 the group had new drummers, bassists, and finally decided to add a lead singer,former Ford model Sharon Middendorf. They were featured in a High Times cover story about the "Minds Eye" shows happening at the old Tramps Club (where Joey Ramone, after seeing them, is quoted as as saying:" I was transported..."). Spring of 1987 saw the release of 'Inner Mission' (USA : NBC Records, Europe : Semaphore Records). Two tours each to Florida and California, a fair amount of US airplay on college stations, and quite a lot of airplay in Europe, especially Greece(!?) let a lot of folks hear their brand of psychedelically inflected 60s pop originals. A few months after playing the Mind Circus event at Temple Universty in Philadelphia during spring 1988 the group was disbanded by Dino after certain members failed to commit for the next tour.

Now you can hear all the previous vinyl-only releases along with a couple of previously unreleased studio and live rehearsal cuts combined on a brand new CD release from Tripwave! Records entitled 'A Field Guide To Blacklight Chameleons' (TWR 002).
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Tracklist:

1    Door

2    Xmvt

3    Journey To Love-In

4    Arms

5    Tripwave

6    Positive Source (X-Marks The Spot)

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Get it HERE

Tunes From A Different Sea Re-up

Thes Siniestros

Mar de Galilea EP  (Sea of Galilee)

1999

The holy trinity consists of: Jack Of Jesus Christ (low guitar and vocals) Il Marto (guitarron and voice) The Flav Flav (drums and howling). 

- Influences: 
Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Surf, Garage, Psychedelic Drugs. 

- Sounds like: 
Masked in black jackets and silver crosses, Thes Siniestros puts on stage with his combo amphetamine influences of Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, garage and surf music. 
Their language is a mixture of several cultures, and their songs tell stories that do not cease to be strong in our own time. Murderers, romantic cowboys, gauchos marijuana, drug traffickers or the saints who are devout, appear frequently and are exposed to an audience that moves his feet from the first chords. 
On February 29 of 2008, a leap-day, Thes Siniestros released his first LP, under the name "Rhythm Vertigo," a manifesto for rhythm and sound hallucination. It is sixteen sonatas cathartic coming in the form of conceptual narrative, resulting in the audience after ingesting a drug-hallucinatory journey toward land sinister.

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01 - Rhythm vertigo! 
02 - The bronco. 
03 - See you in hell. 
04 - bufo. 
05 - The dance of Jesus Christ. 
06 - bank robber. 
07 - The laughter of hyenas. 
08 - No surprises. 
09 - The Judas. 
10 - The dance of the burrito. 
11 - Justiciero crazy.

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La santísima trinidad está compuesta por: Jota De Jesucristo (guitarra baja y voz) Il Marto (guitarrón y voz) Flav The Flav (batería y aullidos).

- Influencias:
Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Surf, Garaje, Psychedelic, Drogas.

- Suena como:
Enmascarados de chaquetas negras y cruces plateadas, Thes Siniestros pone en escena su combo anfetamínico con influencias de Rhythm & Blues, Rockabilly, Garage y música Surf.
Su lenguaje es la mezcla de varias culturas, y en sus canciones cuentan historias que no por fuertes dejan de ser propias de nuestros tiempos. Asesinos, vaqueros románticos, gauchos marihuanos, narcos o santos de los que son devotos, aparecen con frecuencia y son expuestos ante una audiencia que mueve sus piecitos desde el primero de los acordes.
El 29 de Febrero de 2.008 -día bisiesto-, Thes Siniestros editó su primer LP, bajo el nombre de "¡Ritmo Vértigo!", un manifiesto en favor del ritmo y la alucinación sonora. Se trata de dieciséis sonatas catárticas que llegan en forma de narración conceptual, provocando en la audiencia -previa ingesta de drogas- un viaje alucinatorio hacia las tierras siniestras.

01- ¡Ritmo vértigo!
02- El bronco.
03- Te veo en el infierno.
04- El bufo.
05- El baile de Jesucristo.
06- Ladrón de bancos.
07- La risa de la hiena.
08- Sin sorpresas.
09- El de Judas.
10- El baile del burrito.
11- Justiciero loco.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/304271872/Thes_Mar_de_Galilea_EP.rar 

What's Crazier Then A Box of Frogs?

Box of Frogs

Box of Frogs

1984

Ripped @ 320

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Box of Frogs was a band formed in 1983 by former members of The Yardbirds, who released their first album in 1984. The core group comprised Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, and Jim McCarty. Vocals on their eponymous album were done by John Fiddler, formerly of Medicine Head and British Lions (who were essentially Mott the Hoople without Ian Hunter); on the second album Fiddler sang on five tracks with guests including Graham Parker, Ian Dury and Roger Chapman singing lead on the others. Many musicians guested on their albums (including Rory Gallagher and Mark Feltham), with several tracks featuring Steve Hackett. Former Yardbirds guitarists Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page guested on their first and second albums respectively.

The group showed promise on the first album of rock radio friendly tunes, featuring Jeff Beck. "Back Where I Started" was in the top ten in the U.S. and the album was a featured number one on college campusese. Plans were made for a U.S. tour, but it is alleged that Samwell-Smith, Dreja, and McCarty nixed the idea of the tour, much to John Fiddler's dismay. Jeff Beck, who along with Dzal Martin was considered as the lead guitarist for such a tour, was reportedly disgusted at his ex-bandmates' refusal to tour America. He took no part on the second album, and Fiddler barely chose to do so before walking out. "Asylum" is one of the few songs Fiddler sang on, and was the only one featuring Page.

The track Back Where I Started is regularly included in the set-list of the revived Yardbirds.

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Tracklist:

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1    Back Where I Started  
2    Harder  
3    Another Wasted Day  
4    Love Inside You  
5   The Edge  
6    Two Steps Ahead  
7    Into the Dark  
8    Just a Boy Again  
9    Poor Boy

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Get it HERE

Yuzo Knows!

Yuzo Kayama

Black Sand Beach
1994
Shared @ 320 by those macabre masters AlZombie & Teisco del Mar
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Wiki says:

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Yūzō Kayama (加山 雄三 Kayama Yūzō?) is a Japanese popular musician and film star, born on April 11, 1937. His father, Ken Uehara, was one of the most popular film stars in Japan during the 1930s. Yuzo Kayama became one of Japan's biggest stars of the 1960s in the "Wakadaishô" or "Young Guy" film series.

He showed his ability for drama when Akira Kurosawa cast him for his 1965 film, Red Beard (赤ひげ Akahige?), starring Toshiro Mifune. Kayama reported that he found the two years spent making this film the most difficult, but proudest work of his life.

As a guitarist, he took inspiration from the American surf group The Ventures, and performed a distinctly Japanese form of psychedelic surf music in the 1960s with his Mosrite guitar. This triggered a big fashion statement in Japan, mainly in Osaka where younger men would walk around with surfboards, despite the lack of any nearby beaches. One of Kayama's best-known instrumentals is "Black Sand Beach". As a singer, he is best known for the Japanese ballad, "Kimi To Itsumademo". Several renditions of this song, as covered by various artists over more than 40 years since the release of the original, can be found on the internet.

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Yuzo Kayama first came to fame in 1961 as the dashingly handsome young star of the "Wakadaisho" ("Young General") series of teen films. Heavily influenced by the Ventures he formed a backing group, the Launchers and started recording for Toshiba Records.

In Yuzo Kayama's second "Wakadaisho" film, the 1965 feature, "Eleki No Wakadaisho" ("The Young General's Electric Guitar"), Kayama and Takeshi Terauchi perform together backed by the Launchers and they really blast the place to pieces!

Two of Yuzo Kayama's best known instrumentals, "Black Sand Beach" and "Yozora No Hoshi," were even covered by the Ventures, who were so impressed with Kayama and the Launchers that they presented him with one of their own signature-model Mosrite guitars!

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Tracklist:

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1    Black Sand Beach '94

2    Three Blue Stars

3    Violet Sky

4    Running Donkey

5    Hello Suzie

6    Crazy Driving

7    Four O Clock

8    Demure Damsel

9    Krisame No Hodou

10   Black Sand Beach

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Yuzo knows twang!

And some very bitchen' FUZZ!

Shiny, Like A New Dime

The Dimes

The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry

Release scheduled for December 1st 2009

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A Union soldier who lay dying on the battlefield calls out to his lover, a young Miss Clara Barton - pioneer, nurse, and founder of The American Red Cross. A fireman paints a vivid impression of The Great Boston Fire of 1872, before it "swallowed him whole." Glowing four-part harmonies

and an enchanting melody escort Mary Dyer to the gallows in 1660, retelling her tragic tale and saluting her courage and martyrdom. A brave abolitionist battles slavery with words, ink, and his printing press - taking shape as a radical newspaper known as “The Liberator.”

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Playfully titled, "The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry," it's no exaggeration to say The Dimes' new record is a musical Cliffs Notes for an early American History class. A sonic adventure with influences ranging from Simon and Garfunkel to The Beatles' White Album, it's the distinct lyrical

musings that set it apart from other folk-pop albums this year. Singer-songwriter Johnny Clay delivers a dramatic history lesson with a baroque assortment of instruments, sixties pop harmonies, and delightfully simple arrangements as though he’s channeling the spirits of people, places and events from early day Boston, Massachusetts.

Amidst all of the storytelling and folky, avant-garde arrangements, at its core the record maintains a pastoral, old-country meets sixties pop goodness that cannot be denied. The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry is the Portland, Oregon-based band's second full-length release. Originally a
four-piece, The Dimes have recently evolved to a seven-piece, adding a cello, pedal steel, and a revolving cast of artists and instruments, representing all the layers, pastoral elements, and lush harmonies found on the record. Early comparisons of The King Can Drink The Harbour Dry have groupd it with the likes of Andrew Bird, Great Lake Swimmers, Destroyer, Bowerbirds and even Iron and Wine. The band's debut release, The Silent Generation, garnered national attention from SPIN, Magnet,
Under the Radar, NPR, USA Today, and a long list of music blogs. SPIN described it as a "...sparkling pop gem...with its cascading guitars, sweet harmony vocals and Big Country-esque

proportions." The Dimes also released a couple of singles and a four-song EP (New England) in early 2009 as a precursor to the new record.

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Sample Tracks:

Damrells Fire

Save Me Clara

Walden and The Willow Tree

Don't Even Touch My Guitar!

Six-String Samurai

1998

w/ 5% Recovery

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Last year I posted the soundtrack for this flick. 

Now you can experience it in it's full glory. A very fun romp.

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Six-String Samurai is a 1998 post-apocalyptic action/comedy film directed by Lance Mungia. Brian Tyler composed the score for this film along with the Red Elvises, the latter providing the majority of the soundtrack.

Six-String Samurai was greeted with a great deal of excitement when shown at Slamdance in 1998, winning the Slamdance awards for best editing and cinematography, and gathering extremely favorable reviews from influential alternative, cult and indie film publications such as Fangoria, Film Threat[1] and Ain't It Cool News.

In a limited theatrical release the film ran for several months in a few theaters, gaining a reputation as a minor cult film; having a budget of $2,000,000, it only made a mere $124,494 at the box offices. An intended trilogy has been discussed but not yet realized, just like the predicted launching of the career of the film's star, Jeffrey Falcon, a martial artist who had appeared in several Hong Kong action movies in the 80s and early 90s. While Mungia made several music videos, he did not direct another feature until the 2005 film, The Crow: Wicked Prayer.

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Six-String Samurai is set in an alternate history America, in which Russia launched several nuclear warheads at the U.S. in 1957, reducing most of the United States to an inhospitable desert. The government has entirely collapsed save for the Kingdom of Elvis, who rules from "Lost Vegas" to California. The Red Army is besieging Vegas, but the lack of supplies and equipment ("We haven't had bullets since 1957," comments a Russian general in the movie) from the Soviet Union has caused them to degenerate into just another gang squabbling for territory. As the movie begins, Elvis has died and a radio disc jockey (voiced by Keith Mortimer and sounding suspiciously like Wolfman Jack) announces a call for all musical virtuosos to come to Lost Vegas to try to become the new King of Rock'n'Roll.

Buddy (Jeffrey Falcon), a Buddy Holly look-alike with a katana taped to the back of his guitar, is one of the musicians converging on Lost Vegas on the death of The King. Early in his travels, he finds himself obliged to take care of a kid, simply called "Kid" (Justin McGuire). While Buddy resents having to look after the Kid, the Kid turns out to prove his worth in a few key situations.

Buddy comes across many people in his travels, ranging from a zombie-like, cannibal suburban family to the 'windmill people' who are dressed like astronauts, to the filthy tribals that make up most of the civilian population. He also combats many foes, including a samurai, a bowling team of bounty-hunters, a Russian surf band (played by the Red Elvises), and the Russian army laying siege to Lost Vegas. Throughout his journey, Buddy is stalked by his greatest foe: a sinister Slash look-alike who might be the personified Grim Reaper, and his grungy group of guitarists/archers; the goal of "Death" is the elimination of all King-wannabe rivals and the conquest of Vegas (this being allegorical to the actual motive, that of removing rock'n'roll music from society and replacing it with the sound of heavy metal)

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Directed by Lance Mungia
Produced by Michael Burns Leanna Creel
Written by Jeffrey Falcon Lance Mungia
Starring Jeffrey Falcon
Music by Red Elvises Brian Tyler
Cinematography Kristian Bernier
Editing by James Frisa
Distributed by Palm Pictures
Release date(s) 1998
Running time 91 min
Country USA
Language English
Budget $1 million+ USD

Get the movie HERE, HERE and HERE

Get the soundtrack ripped @320 HERE

"Follow the yellow brick road homie"

Damn Yankees!

Damn Yankees

1958

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Damn! They did it again! Arghhhhh!

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Damn Yankees is a 1958 musical film made by Warner Bros., a modern version of the Faust legend set in 1950 involving the New York Yankees baseball team. The film is based on the 1955 Broadway musical of the same name.

The film version was directed by George Abbott, as he did the earlier stage version, with assistance from Stanley Donen. With the exception of Tab Hunter in the role of Joe Hardy (replacing Stephen Douglass), the Broadway principals reprised their stage roles. The film is very similar to the stage version. A notable difference between film and stage versions, however, was Gwen Verdon's performance of the song, “A Little Brains”. For the film version, Verdon’s suggestive hip-movements (as choreographed by Bob Fosse and performed on stage) were considered too risqué for a mainstream American film in 1958, and so, in the film, she simply pauses at these points. Similarly, the film was released in the United Kingdom under the title What Lola Wants, to avoid use of the word "Damn" on posters, hoardings and cinema marquees.

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Plot synopsis
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Joe Boyd, a middle-aged fan of the ill-fated Washington Senators baseball team, wishes he could help them out. His wishes suddenly come true when "Mr. Applegate" magically appears, and offers to turn old Joe into a young baseball slugger "Joe Hardy", with the catch that he must give his soul to Applegate and leave his beloved wife Meg. Joe agrees, but with an escape clause: by a certain time he can renounce the deal and return to his wife and former life.
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As young Joe becomes a star on the Washington Senators, he misses his wife and wants to return. Applegate has "Lola", another of his "Lost Souls", seduce Joe and convince him to stay with Applegate ("Whatever Lola Wants"). Joe misses the deadline and appears to be lost forever, but Lola helps him. He both helps the Senators beat the New York Yankees and break the spell and return home.

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Think Link!

Are you ready to RUMBLE?

The 4th annual 13 GUITAR RUMBLE - THE LINK WRAY TRIBUTE
will take place this Thursday evening at 9:30 at the Redwood Bar & Grill in
beautiful downtown Los Angeles. Come out and join some of L.A.'s hottest pickers in celebrating the music and life of one of rock and roll's true pioneers.

Lincoln Wray had the unique distinction of having the only instrumental tune banned from radio (Rumble!)

After everyone puts their own twist on their fave LW songs all 13 guitars will join together to play "Rumble" at one time - we might just bust the Richter scale WIDE OPEN!

In addition, Eric Moore is flying in from Cleveland to help out with his
petition to induct Link Wray into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame project. If you can't make this show please go to Eric's site and sign the petition!
http://inductlinkwray.com/2009/10/25/13-guitar-rumble-november-5-2009/

Check out this stellar line up and hope to see you there!

3 Balls of Fire
Davie Allan & The Arrows
Dusty Watson (Dick Dale, Slacktone)
Pete Curry (Los Straitjackets, Halibuts)
Paul Johnson (Surfaris, Belairs)
Dave Arnson (Insect Surfers)
Rick Holmstrom (Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal)
Tony Fate (Black Widows)
Eddie Bertrand (Eddie & the Showmen, Belairs)
Big Manny Gonzales (Blazers)
JonPaul Balak (Tikiyaki Orchestra)
Sylvia Juncosa (Sylvia Juncosa Band)
John Blair (Jon & the Nightriders)
Dave Wronski (Slacktone)
plus special MYSTERY GUESTS!

BIG ASS Surf Jam at midnight

Head over to the Redwood Bar
http://www.theredwoodbar.com

Bustin' Out

Tommy Bolin
Private Eyes
1976
Ripped @ 320

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Review by Greg Prato

After the breakup of Deep Purple in 1976, guitarist Tommy Bolin wasted little time beginning work on his second solo album, Private Eyes. While it was more of a conventional rock album than its predecessor, Teaser (which served primarily as a showcase for his guitar skills and contained several jazz/rock instrumentals), it was not as potent. The performances aren't as inspired as those on Teaser or even those on Bolin's lone album with Deep Purple, Come Taste the Band, although there a few highlights could be found. The nine-minute rocker "Post Toastee" merges a long jam section with lyrics concerning the dangers of drug addiction, while "Shake the Devil" is similar stylistically. But Bolin wasn't simply a hard-rocker; he was extremely talented with other kinds of music: the quiet, acoustic-based compositions "Hello, Again" and "Gypsy Soul," and the heartbroken ballad "Sweet Burgundy." With his solo career starting to take shape (after the album's release, he opened for some of rock's biggest names: Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Rush, ZZ Top, etc.), Bolin's life was tragically cut short at the end of the year due to a drug overdose in Miami, FA.
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Tracklist:

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1 Bustin' out for Rosey 
2 Sweet Burgundy 
3 Post Toastee 
4 Shake the Devil
5 Gypsy Soul
6 Someday, We'll Bring Our Love Home
7 Hello, Again 
8 You Told Me That You Loved Me

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Get it HERE

What's In Your Wallet?

Alice Cooper

Billion Dollar Babies (Deluxe Edition)

2001

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Xtra Hot Tune - Coal Black Model T

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Review by Greg Prato
It's universally agreed among longtime Alice Cooper fans that the best "Alice era" was in the early '70s, when Alice fronted the original Alice Cooper Band including guitarists Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith. When the band broke up for good and Alice set out on a solo career in 1974, the A.C. Band had released a total of seven studio albums, but never an official live recording (despite the fact that the group's live show was one of rock's best and most theatrical of the whole era). But this all changed with the release of 2001's double disc Billion Dollar Babies Deluxe Edition. Disc one contains a remastered version of the Alice Cooper Band's '73 classic, Billion Dollar Babies, which has been expertly cleaned up by the album's original producer, Bob Ezrin. This is the album that put Cooper over the top, hitting the number one spot and spawning such rock standards as "Elected," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," and the title track. The new version only improves on the original, still packing quite a sonic punch all these years later. But the real story for hardcore Alice fans will be disc two, comprised of 11 tracks recorded live in Texas during the band's mammoth '73 tour, as well as a pair of demos and one outtake -- the twisted Elvis-esque rocker "Slick Black Limousine" -- previously available only in England as a flexi-disc and on the 1999 four-disc boxset The Life & Crimes of Alice Cooper. While this CD's listeners are obviously missing out on the visual aspect of the Cooper stage show, it's still clear that the band was one of rock's all-time-bash-'em-out best, as evidenced by such sleazy garage rockers as "Billion Dollar Babies," "Elected," "I'm Eighteen," "Raped and Freezin'," and "No More Mr. Nice Guy." Also included are a few numbers that were made with the concert stage in mind, namely such epics as "My Stars," "Unfinished Sweet," "Sick Things," "Dead Babies," and "I Love the Dead." Warner Archives/Rhino should also be commended for doing a splendid job on the packaging; the original album art and contents have been restored, including little punch out "photo cards" of individual band members and in-concert shots, as well as a 23-page booklet with an essay, photos, and lyrics. Billion Dollar Babies Deluxe Edition is classic Alice Cooper.

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Tracklist:

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1 Hello, Hooray

2 Raped and Freezin'

3 Elected

4 Billion Dollar Babies

5 Unfinished Sweet

6 No More Mr. Nice Guy

7 Generation Landslide

8 Sick Things

9 Mary Ann

10 I Love the Dead

11 Hello, Hooray

12 Billion Dollar Babies

13 Elected [live]

14 I'm Eighteen

15 Raped and Freezin'

16 No More Mr. Nice Guy

17 My Stars

18 Unfinished Sweet

19 Sick Things

20 Dead Babies

21 I Love The Dead

22 Coal Black Model T

23 Son Of Billion Dollar Babies (Generation Landslide)

24 Slick Black Limousine

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Get it HERE

Get Down

Trippin' To The Brazilian Beats

Matemotos

Au Vivo No Lino's

2005

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Formed by veteran musicians Mutant Cox [guitar, also a member of Hillbilly Rawhide, Sick Sick Sinners, Psycho Classics, V8 and the Catalépticos], Mark [Guitar, former Stanley Dix, another member of the Hillbilly Rawhide and Folk Trio], Mr. X [low, former Kozmic Gorillas] and Coelio [drums, also ex-kozmic Gorillas, is a member of The Boys and the Chinese duo Fabyote Y Coeyote], the tidal waves came up with a proposal to rescue the classic surf music of the 60s . Since then he has performed frequently in nightclubs most renowned of the city, and shows the south and southeast. Being an instrumental band also influenced the choice of instruments of musicians, who seek the fidelity of the 60s. For this, the guitars are covered with sounds typical of the time, high notes and reverb SuperIntensiv. However, what really draws attention is the empathy that musicians have with the public, making virtually all people dance during the concerts. In 2004 the quartet released their first official album, entitled Baile. The work brings ten songs by the author and had the help of friends and sponsors. However, they had already released the first CD recording of the band in 2003. The demo Live at Lino's, which has 25 songs and five original compositions, was made for the Tsunami could begin to disseminate the work in nightclubs in the city. The public soon adopted and the musicians began to market the album, selling nearly a million copies. The band also participated in the project The Great Garage What Records. The project goal is to record audio and video in some bands curitibanas in the garage of a studio [Sheriff], which was transformed into a black box equipped with sound and light quality. The audio is recorded live and the first copies of the discs are sold immediately after the show with an initial print run of 35 copies. At the end of 2006 was released the compilation "Reverb Brazil: A collection of surf bands", with the participation of 13 bands of Santa Catarina, Parana, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, and is a small sample the production of the surf music scene in Brazil, are present in the collection of two songs Tsunamis: Anonymous Surfer and Tsunami. In early 2007 the band played in GDP (festival of instrumental music) in SP and meanwhile the Tsunami continue to cause major waves of dance at night in cities.
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Tracklist:

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01 Tiki Man / Planet Claire

02 You Don't Scare Me / Voodoobillyman

03 Thee Mighty Jaws

04 Baile

05 Return of Ethel Merman

06 Hot Line

07 Damaged Goods

08 Maremoto

09 Osama

10 Raining Blood(Intro) / Ma Johnson Meets the Razorback

11 Folk Jovem

12 Revenge of el Trio Los Bastardos

13 Surf Rider

14 Surfista Anônimo

15 You're Wondering Now

16 Hot Foot

17 Greensleaves

18 Perdi Você

19 Die World

20 Runaway

21 Exodus

22 Ghost Riders in the Sky

23 Bubble Bee Twist

24 Batman

25 Theme from 'The Hypnotist'

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Take A Giant Step And Listen To The Future

We are pleased to launch the first podcast in a new series called SVEDKA Vodka Future Music Series. The podcasts are hosted by acclaimed London-based DJ, Benji B of Deviation on BBC 1Xtra. Each episode will feature a variety of artists and emerging acts from around the globe, crossing genres from soul and hip hop, to electronica and dubstep, to rock and much more. The best in future sounds, the SVEDKA Vodka Future Music Series presents just-released and unreleased music.

-In the first podcast, Benji B highlights the music of Kylie Auldlist, Silky, Silhouette Brown, Wale, The Hawthorne Headhunters, Kareem Riggins and The Pimps of Joytime.

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Enjoy the sounds of 2033 and expect the second podcast in four weeks

Get it HERE

The Sounds of Hot Chile

FIESTA EXÓTICA! Sampler

Skulos Surf Power Trio

Los Vibradores

Los Carburadores

2009

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Served by the exotic Ladypuaj. Besos!

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Nice little EP showcasing some of the talent at last weeks Fiesta Exotica show in Santiago, Chile. With this kind of line-up it's sounds like I missed a great one! Have a nice cool libation and listen to the hot sounds of Surf de Chile'.

Salude!

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Tracklist:

1 Skualos Surf Power Trio - Indio Pistolero

2 Skualos Surf Power Trio - Chocota Beach

3 Los Vibradores - El Intrascendente Momento En Que El Hedonista Pensó En Rehacer Su Vida Y Luego Se Arrepintió

4 Los Vibradores - Entre Coagulos De Sangre Y Gritos Desgarradores Nace La Guagua De La Mujer Gallina

5 Los Carburadores - Intro

6 Los Carburadores - Eres Un Rockers

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Get it HERE

Don't Touch That Dial!

Los Straitjackets

Mas alla del Limite

2008

Only @ 128 but well worth the d/l
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Served courtesy of surfmexico. Gracias mi amigo.
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The album called "The Outer Limits", second live album, and album that was done in Mexico and also was distributed only in Mexico ...

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With the cover art by Jorge Alderete http://www.jorgealderete.com/

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Edited by Isotonic Records (2008) http://www.myspace.com/isotonicrecords

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Recorded at the Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
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"Nothing is happening to your TV. Now we control the transmission. We can make you see anything that our imagination conceives. During the next hour will control everything you see and hear. You are about to experience the vertigo of the mystery expands from the depths of his mind to beyond the limit ... "

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1- intro

2- outta gear

3- state fair

4- casbah

5- calhoun surf

6- itchy chicken

7- can you dig it?

8- kawanga

9- university blvd.

10- rockula

11- isn't love grand

12- tempest

13- tailspin

14- pacifica

15- sing sing sing

16- out of limits

17- theme from magnificent 7

18- theme from midnight cowboy

19- batman

20- sleepwalk

21- telstar

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Get it HERE

Another Wasted Friday Night

And I thought I tied on a few in my younger days.....!

Can you just imagin the pounder he's going to have in the morning?

Ouch!!!!

Remember This One?

Space

Spiders (Intercord Edition)

1997

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Heard the tune The Female of The Species in the background of the recent Brit zombie/comedy movie DogHouse. I used to have it somewhere but had to go dig for it in outer space. Still a very cool song.

Review by Alex Henderson
Quirky and often highly clever, Space had one of the most appealing alternative rock releases of 1996 in Spiders -- which grossed some listeners out with a cover depicting tarantulas. This eccentric, risk-taking band (not to be confused with the late-'70s disco group Space) doesn't take itself too seriously, and brings an enjoyably twisted sense of humor to such goofy numbers as "Female of the Species" (an ode to a lover who practices witchcraft), "Mr. Psycho," and "Voodoo Roller." Space's inspirations range from hip-hop to brooding East European folk, which is incorporated with inspired results on "Money" and "Lovechild of the Queen." To be sure, the rockers can be overly self-indulgent, but like Frank Zappa and George Clinton, generally use their eccentricity advantageously. [Intercord reissued the album as a 14-track edition in 1997.]

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Tracklist:

1 Neighbourhood

2 Mister Psycho

3 Female of the Species

4 Money

5 Me & You vs. The World

6 Lovechild of the Queen

7 No-One Understands

8 Voodoo Roller

9 Drop Dead

10 Dark Clouds

11 Major Pager

12 Kill Me

13 Charlie M

14 Growler

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Sorry To See You Go Soupy

R.I.P. Soupy

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Another individual who left a big impression on my wee younger years, gone.

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Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83

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DETROIT – Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He was 83.
Sales died Thursday night at Calvary Hospice in the Bronx, New York, said his former manager and longtime friend, Dave Usher. Sales had many health problems and entered the hospice last week, Usher said.
At the peak of his fame in the 1950s and '60s, Sales was one of the best-known faces in the nation, Usher said.
"If President Eisenhower would have walked down the street, no one would have recognized him as much as Soupy," Usher said.
At the same time, Sales retained an openness to fans that turned every restaurant meal into an endless autograph-signing session, Usher said.
"He was just good to people," said Usher, a former jazz music producer who managed Sales in the 1950s and now owns Detroit-based Marine Pollution Control.
Sales began his TV career in Cincinnati and Cleveland, then moved to Detroit, where he drew a large audience on WXYZ-TV. He moved to Los Angeles in 1961.
The comic's pie-throwing schtick became his trademark, and celebrities lined up to take one on the chin alongside Sales. During the early 1960s, stars such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Shirley MacLaine received their just desserts side-by-side with the comedian on his television show.
"I'll probably be remembered for the pies, and that's all right," Sales said in a 1985 interview.
Sales was born Milton Supman on Jan. 8, 1926, in Franklinton, N.C., where his was the only Jewish family in town. His parents, owners of a dry-goods store, sold sheets to the Ku Klux Klan. The family later moved to Huntington, W.Va.
His greatest success came in New York with "The Soupy Sales Show" — an ostensible children's show that had little to do with Captain Kangaroo and other kiddie fare. Sales' manic, improvisational style also attracted an older audience that responded to his envelope-pushing antics.
Sales, who was typically clad in a black sweater and oversized bow-tie, was once suspended for a week after telling his legion of tiny listeners to empty their mothers' purse and mail him all the pieces of green paper bearing pictures of the presidents.
The cast of "Saturday Night Live" later paid homage by asking their audience to send in their joints. His influence was also obvious in the Pee-Wee Herman character created by Paul Reubens.
Sales returned from the Navy after World War II and became a $20-a-week reporter at a West Virginia radio station. He jumped to a DJ gig, changed his name to Soupy Heinz and headed for Ohio.
His first pie to the face came in 1951, when the newly christened Soupy Sales was hosting a children's show in Cleveland. In Detroit, Sales' show garnered a national reputation as he honed his act — a barrage of sketches, gags and bad puns that played in the Motor City for seven years.
After moving to Los Angeles, he eventually became a fill-in host on "The Tonight Show."
He moved to New York in 1964 and debuted "The Soupy Sales Show," with co-star puppets White Fang (the meanest dog in the United States) and Black Tooth (the nicest dog in the United States). By the time his Big Apple run ended two years later, Sales had appeared on 5,370 live television programs — the most in the medium's history, he boasted. He had a pair of albums that hit the Billboard Top 10 in 1965; "Do the Mouse" sold 250,000 copies in New York alone.
Sales remained a familiar television face, first as a regular from 1968-75 on the game show "What's My Line?" and later appearing on everything from "The Mike Douglas Show" to "The Love Boat." He played himself in the 1998 movie "Holy Man," which starred Eddie Murphy.
He joined WNBC-AM as a disc jockey in 1985, a stint best remembered because Sales filled the hours between shock jocks Don Imus and Howard Stern.
Sales is survived by his wife, Trudy, and two sons, Hunt and Tony, a pair of musicians who backed David Bowie in the band Tin Machine.

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Always Have Fun!

No Big Thang!

With all of the worry and wringing of hands that has been going on over the last few weeks, the "big purge" on Rapidshare was a mere plink. In total I "lost" 22 files that had not been downloaded in the last 90 days, 99% of which were one shot files that I had done for friends and smaller mail-outs. It was a needed clean-up that I had just not botherd with.

At this time Rapidshare is telling us that as long as a file is active within that 90 day window all is good. With over 725 files up and only loosing 22 I'm feeling pretty damn good about it. It also shows that the majority of the posts, some over 2 1/2 years old, are still being downloaded and enjoyed.

Thanks for checking the archives for buried treasure.

p.s. I did notice that the beginning of the Ultra Lounge series is hitting the 60 day window. If you have missed any of these gems, jump on them soon.

Later

T

What You Get When You Rub 4 Dimes Together

The Dimes

New England EP

2008

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Based on real stories and events born of and around Boston, Massachusetts, this 4-song EP, titled "New England," is rich with texture and an consistent pastoral thread, complete with mandolins, acoustic guitars, stomps, claps, banjos, melodicas and more pop-laden harmonies than you'll know what to do with. The record reveals a glimpse of the latest material from The Dimes, whom are currently working on a new full-length record based of the same themes, due out Summer 2009. The New England EP also contains a special John Lennon cover of Watching the Wheels - a song that is near and dear to Dimes singer-songwriter, Johnny Clay's heart.

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, The Dimes are a quirky, harmony-driven, indie-pop five-piece with influences and sounds-like comparisons ranging from The Decemberists to Iron and Wine, Spoon, Tom Petty, and even The Beatles.

The band's 2007 debut, The Silent Generation, captured widespread praise and acclaim from SPIN, Magnet, Under the Radar, NPR, The BBC, USA Today, MTV.com and made some rather big waves on music blogs everywhere, both in the United States and in Europe. The album's singles, "Catch Me Jumping" and "Paul Kern Can't Sleep" have been darlings of multiple commercial licenses, including several MTV and NBC shows, and some independent films.

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Tracklist:

1 The Liberator

2 Clara

3 Ballad of Winslow Homer

4 Watching The Wheels

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Something To Move Your Meat

DJ AldoX
Commercial & Electro Bangers House Mix
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My friend DJ AldoX is at it again.
He's been burning up the airwaves with this new mix on DJ James Leo's "Pure Sessions" radio show this weekend. Put some thump in your rump with a solid hour of these bangin' beats.

Listen and download HERE

Tracklist:

(((((Intro)) Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Rockit Miss USA ((Intro)))))

1. Pepper Mashay - Freeway Of Love (Steely M. & Cary)

2. Laura Izibor – Shine (Digital Dog)

3. Jada – American Cowboy

4. Horny Utd – L.O.I (Mike Candys & Christopher S.)

5. David Guetta – Grrrr

6. Amy Pearson - Butterfingers (Wawa)

7. Muttonheads - Shine Blue (Ermac)

8. Stefy De Cicco Ft. Tom Stone - Keep on Jumpin’ (Elegance)

9. Madonna – Celebration (Felguk)

10. Chipmunk – Oopsy Daisy (Digital Dog)

11. Dizzee Rascal – Holiday (Liam Keegan)

12. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad (Mike Rizzo)

13. Alexandra Burke ft Flo-Rida – Bad Boys (Moto Blanco)

14. David Jordan - Dont Wanna Hear You Say (Wideboys Stadium)

15. Trilogy - Nobodys Business (7th Heaven)

16. Shanie – Piano In The Dark (7th Heaven)

17. Leggz ft Stephanie– La La La – (BIB Dub)

18. Wayne vs Raindropz - Numb (Alex Gap Tratment)

19. David Guetta ft Will-i am - On The Dancefloor (Extended)

20. Kathy Brown - Turn Me Out (Alex Chief 2009)

21. Taio Cruz - Break My Heart (Cassette Club)

22. Marc Mysterio - Sunshine (Playmaker)

23. Natalie Imbruglia – Want (Shapeshifters)

24. Laidback Luke - My G.O.D

25. Neelix - Disco Decay (Felguk)

26. Ariana - Do You See It (Giuseppe D)

27. Flo Rida & Nelly Furtado - Jump (Chocolate Puma)

((((Outro Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Sex Bomb Boogie Sample))))
Mix Length 1hour @192kbps

The Band Who Would Not Sing

The Charles Napiers

Killing Time

2008

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The Charles Napiers were a 'Mondo Wray' instrumental band that existed from 1991 to 2005. In those 14 years we NEVER played a single vocal number. Can you name any other instrumental band who resisted the temptation of the microphone for that length of time? No, thought not. And other than a couple of regrettable drunken occasions, we never spoke between songs. The reason why? Because there's nothing worse than watching a decent band on stage but having to put up with some tool saying 'This next one's called blah blah blah, hope you like it' or some similar cobblers.

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Tracklist:

01. Harry Sledge [Toe Rag 1994]
02. Moon Over Shoreditch [Toe Rag 1994]
03. Blue Onions [Toe Rag 1994]
04. Don Juan [Toe Rag 1994]
05. Sultan Of Sentiment [Toe Rag 1994]
06. Eight Minus One [Toe Rag 1995]
07. Things've Changed Round Here [Toe Rag 1995]
08. Rianna Scipio Theme [Toe Rag 1994]
09. The Green Ray [Toe Rag 1996]
10. Dragnet [Toe Rag 1996]
11. Full Inch Of Tongue [Toe Rag 1995]
12. Bounds Green City Limits [Toe Rag 1995]
13. Faceful Of Pasta [Toe Rag 1996]
14. The Missing Link [Toe Rag 1995]

15. The Sinister IV [Pathway 1998]
16. Fucked Up Fords [Pathway 1998]

17. The Jap Spy [Pathway 1998]
18. Eat Lead [Pathway 1998]

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Get it HERE

Back With The Black Angels

The Black Angels

Directions To See A Ghost

2008

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Review by Stewart Mason
Name yourselves after one of the Velvet Underground's most aggressively amelodic songs and package your second album in an op art burnt orange and chartreuse freakout and you'd better be able to deliver the psych-drone goods. What's most impressive about the Black Angels' Directions to See a Ghost is that not only does the Austin-based sextet deliver like few bands have been able to manage since Spacemen 3 split -- see the dark, doomy "Science Killer" and the epic 16-minute closer "Snake in the Grass" for details -- but the group also leavens its heaviness with a functioning knowledge of pop hooks and how to deploy them: as a result, songs like "You in Color" and "You on the Run" not only buzz and howl in a manner suitable for nodding along, they're also unexpectedly catchy in a style reminiscent of Love or the Doors. The sitar-laced two-chord stomp of "Never/Ever" sits comfortably alongside the post-punky desperation of "Doves," testament to the variety of sounds and moods the Black Angels squeeze out of their chosen idiom. This is the sort of psychedelia that space rockers and Nuggets fans alike can come together over.

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Tracklist:

1 You on the Run

2 Doves

3 Science Killer

4 Mission District

5 18 Years

6 Deer-Ree-Shee

7 Never/Ever

8 Vikings

9 You in Color

10 The Return

11 Snake in the Grass

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Echo Of Dub

Dub Syndicate

Echomania

1994

Only @ 128 but still kickin'

Review by Rick Anderson
This disc finds Dub Syndicate back to full strength. Thanks to an all-too-brief distribution arrangement with Restless Records in the U.S., this is one On-U title that should be relatively easy to find in the States, and it will make a fine introduction for newcomers to the band's strange but wonderful art. Drummer "Style" Scott and bassist "Flabba" Holt keep everyone together with monstrous reggae riddims, while Adrian Sherwood tears things up around them from his perch at the mixing board. Lee "Scratch" Perry makes a couple of hilarious cameo appearances, in one case sentencing all "heads of government" to "poverty and famine and hardship and bad luck." When guitarist Skip McDonald sings, you can hear echoes of his past work with Tackhead and intimations of what will come with Strange Parcels. Everywhere the rhythms are airtight and relentlessly propulsive. One song manages to quote successfully the American gospel standard "Walking in Jerusalem Just Like John." A rare and wonderful recording.

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Tracklist:

1 Roots Commandment

2 Dubbing Psycho Thriller

3 Dubaddisababa

4 Walking Jerusalem

5 No No

6 '93 Struggle

7 2001 Love

8 What Happened ?

9 Green Stick

10 Rock Back

11 Echomania

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Get it HERE

Dub Out To Your Hearts Content

Dub Anthology

4 CD Set

2007

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French only four CD set filled with massive Dub experiments by some of the greatest names in the genre including Lee Perry, Mad Professor, Roots Manuva, Sugar Minott and more. This set contains four separate discs, each featuring 15 tracks: Dub Roots, International Dub, French Scene and Nouvelle Scene. This set also features Dub from Scientist, Tosca, High Tone, Zenzile, Ez3kiel, Fedayi Pacha, Casuality and Jah Mason.

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Tracklist:

1. Cassava Piece - Augusto Pablo

2. Hungry Belly Dub - King Tubby

3. Baby I Love You So - Jacob Miller

4. Goldmine - The Revolutionaires

5. Dub Of Gold - Sly & Robbie

6. Tell Me Why - Horace Andy

7. Jah Marley - The Abyssinians

8. President In Dub - U Brown

9. Slavery Dub - Skin Flesh & Bones

10. Lying Girl Dub - Leroy Sibbles & Roots Radics

11. Half Dub - Dennis Brown

12. Let Go The Dread - Sugar Minott

13. Realise - Glen Brown

14. Get Up, Stand Up Dub - The Wailers

15. Bird In Hand - Lee Perry & The Upsetters

16. Asian Dub Foundation - Jericho

17. Roots Manuva - Witness Dub

18. Bush Chemist - East Of Jaro

19. Rhythm & Sound - Mango Drive

20. Junkyard Productions - Sister Let Him Go

21. Alpha & Omega - Rastafari (From Watch And Pray)

22. Iration Steppas - Wat Dem A Go When Di Right Time Come Dub

23. Dr. Isral - Survivor

24. Oku Onuoara - Sun Dub (Solar Dub)

25. Funki Porcini - Dubble

26. Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players - Worldwide Watchdog Peepshow

27. Lotek Hi-Fi - Different Style

28. Twilight Circus Ft. Ranking Joe - Don't Follow Babylon

29. Thievery Corporation - The Outernationalist

30. Tosca - Annanas (G-Corporation Dub)

31. High Tone - Bad Weather

32. Zenzile Ft. Jamika - Smell The Roses

33. Improvisators Dub Meets The Disciples - Bass-Batt

34. Ez3kiel Ft. Anglique Wilkie - Phantom Land

35. Kanka Ft. MC Oliva - A Ticket To Die?

36. Yosh Ft. Sonia Gomez - Sacar El Tigre

37. Hybrid Sound System - L'Uzure

38. Pilah Ft. Leeroy Green (Dub Addict) - Conscious Man

39. Lbe Radiant Dub System - Seaboard Costline

40. Brain Damage Ft. Giovani Mark - Embolism

41. DJ Twelve - In Trouble

42. Dubphonic - Galactic Sushi Man

43. Lab - Crystal Krill Killer

44. Junior Cony Meets Shanti D. & Mister Irie - No More A Dat

45. GG Project - Step Around GG Mix

46. Dubmatix - Champion Sound

47. Bauchklang - Barking News (DJ Vadim Mix)

48. L'oeuf Raide - Vu La TV

49. Nucleus Roots - Dub Rule

50. X-Echo - Listen Dis!

51. Noiseshaper Ft. Ari Up

52. Lena - A Troll's Trail

53. Fedayi Pacha - Yallah, Cowboy !

54. Roots Massacre Ft. The Pilgrim (Dub Addict) - In Our Dub

55. Casualty - Military Intervention

56. Tcha K Fdrateur - Magnum Bass

57. Dynamics - Music (Dub Edit), The

58. Prezident Brown - Glory Dub

59. Molecule Ft. Zigzag - Babygirl

60. Iota - Perdu

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Tech Talk

Got to get one of these. I ran across this pic doing a browse for USB hubs. Who would have thought someone would go to this extreme!

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What’s a modern computer user to do? You’ve got your thumb drives, your backup drives, your joystick, your drink warmer, your drink cooler, your USB humping dog, your USB blow-up doll, and a hundred other things littering your desk. And even the best motherboards only come with 10 or 15 USB ports. If only there were some way to plug in all of these things at once, in some sort of… hub. Brother, your prayers are answered at last! With this 49-port powered USB hub, you can live it up and never worry about unplugging anything ever again.

Hard To OutDraw This Gunslinger

Eric Sardinas

Rockpalast Crossroads DVD

DVD 720x480 VOB 6856 kbps 25 fps

Aspect ratio: 16:9 MP3 192 kpbs 4.09 GB

-I' ve posted some of Eric Sardinas' tunes before. After finding this DVD had to share it. I saw him again several months ago and he puts on an energenic, high powered show. If you get the chance, see him live. Until then you'll just have to watch this again and again!

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What is Rockpalast? It is the famous German rock music TV show which broadcasts live to viewing audience of millions all over Europe. With legions of corporate-fueled, musical puppets littering our stages and airways, originality has become virtually extinct within the landscape of today's popular music. Fortunately there's Eric Sardinas. His unique sound and honest delivery are breathing life back into the lungs of a stale industry on the verge of collapse. Sardinas is both a welcome reminder of the finest unfiltered music from an era bygone, as well as, a glimpse into a future realm of infinite sonic liberty. He's a courageous trailblazer who's constant repudiating routine limits and challenging all genre inherent boundaries with his wild innovations. So, if you find yourself understandably lost and aimlessly drifting through a sad sea of musical mediocrity ... find Eric Sardinas.

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Eric Sardinas - vocals, guitar.

Levell Price - bass, backing vocals.

Patrick Caccia - drums, backing vocals.
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Track List:

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Worried Mind Blues

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning

Jelly Jam

Hellhound On My Trail

I Can't Be Satisfied

Find My Heart

Ride

Texola

8 Goin' South

As The Crow Flies

Down In The Bottom

If You Don't Love Me

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You are d/l a text document with the list of links. Best bet is to use something like JDownloader for this type of file. http://jdownloader.org/

Last Chance

Like most bloggers who utilize Rapidshare, effective October 20th all links that have not been accessed in over 90 days will be removed. This is being done due to the fact that I have over the 25 GB limit in stored files. I don't think this is a bad thing at all. Using the BETA File Manageer I ran a listing of downloaded files in inverse order. There will be very little lost. This will mainly provide a much needed housecleaning.

Some of the items that do seem to be underaccessed lately are The Surf Coasters collection. They all have been hevily downloaded in the past but little in the last 90 days.
Get 'em while you can!

Take a peek at the archives. There are over 700 files there for your listening pleasure.

Don't be a lagger!

Beat Club '68

The Beat Club

Rock Archives

Jahresende '68

44:22 min

With 3% Recovery

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Very hip for the time, music show in Germany. More to come if response is good.

***This video is NOT "The Story of Beat Club". It's a segment of the Rock Archive editions covering November and December 1968****

It's the only decent artwork I could find.

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Beat-Club - musical program left into ether of German television from 1965 until 1972. The idea of the creation of Bit- club belongs to Gerhard Augustin and Mike To [lekebushu]. Premier showing took place on September 25, 1965. German television worker Wilhelm [Veben] opened show by these words: “Good day, dear bit- friends! Time came! Through several seconds of [nachnetsya] the first show on the German television, made specially for you. However, concerning those I will give gentlemen whom it does not please Bit- music, we hope for their understanding: this is [layv]- show for the young people. And so we take off…”
The earliest episodes were the actually living appearances of musicians and were removed simply before the brick wall… by 67 on rear [pllane] showed the names of [isponiteley], sound and picture were well synchronized and on the scene they danced the girl “Of go-Go-Girl”

The Easybeats - Goot Times

Spooky Tooth - The Weight

Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - The Wreck of The Antoinette

The Bee Gees - Got To Get A Message To You

The Hollies - Listen To Me

Barry Ryan - Eloise

The Equals - Softly Softly

Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run

Joe Cocker - I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

The Marmalade - Ob-la-di, Ob -la-da

The Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountains

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More From Those Wacky O.C. Dudes

The Ziggens

Rusty Never Sleeps

1998

VBR w 3% Recovery

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Biography
Known for their eccentric, goofy, humorous way of blending punk and surf rock (sometimes with a definite country influence), the Ziggens aren't a major name in the rock world but have enjoyed a small cult following since the early '90s. The Ziggens have always been based in Orange County, CA, just south of Los Angeles -- a logical place for artists who are into surf rock -- and the four-man band has a long list of influences from different musical eras. Clearly, they're into '60s surf favorites like the Ventures, Jan & Dean, and the Beach Boys -- they've even been compared to Annette Funicello -- but they're hardly an exact replica of artists from the Lyndon Johnson years; their sound also owes a lot to old-school punk bands of the '70s and '80s. The Ziggens (who like to describe their quirky approach as "cowpunksurfabilly") have never been known for taking themselves too seriously; they obviously identify with punk's more fun and lighthearted side, which means that they have more in common with the Ramones and the Dickies than with militant, angrily sociopolitical agitators like the Sex Pistols, the Dead Kennedys, the Clash, and early T.S.O.L. (before T.S.O.L. got away from left-wing politics and reinvented themselves as a heavy metal band along the lines of AC/DC, Accept, and Dokken). Think of the Ramones performing "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" and "Rockaway Beach" or the Dickies pounding out the nutty "You Drive Me Ape, You Big Gorilla" -- that's the type of wacky, absurdist punk that has had a major impact on the Ziggens. And when the Orange County residents incorporate country influences, one is reminded of rockabilly and classic honky tonk rather than slick, glossy country-pop or countrypolitan -- in other words, they sound like they've more likely to listen to Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, or Merle Haggard than Kathy Mattea or Trisha Yearwood. After their formation in 1990, the Ziggens provided several albums in the '90s and early 2000s and recorded for the Skunk and Cornerstone labels. In 2003, Cornerstone released a best-of collection titled Greatest Zits: 1990-2003, which spanned 13 years and contained a variety of material that the Ziggens had selected themselves. The Ziggens' lineup has included head honcho/founder Bert Susanka, aka Bert Ziggen, on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Jon Poutney, aka Jon Ziggen, on bass, Dickie Ziggen on lead guitar, and Brad Conyers, aka Brad Ziggen, on drums and background vocals. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracklist:

1 Ride the Wild Surf 

2 Call It Quits

3 Barefoot on Hot Cement

4 On the Way

5 Gilligan

6 Couldn't Get a Date

7 Dandruff

8 When I Die

9 Bin Loop Baby Pt. II

10 Dickie Built a Halfpipe

11 Go Wild at the Beach

12 Buttermilk

13 Ed Gein

14 I'm Tryin'

15 Carry Your Cross

16 Females

17 High School Love

18 I Hit My Head (On the Corner of a Kitchen Cabinet)

19 Outside

20 Mississippi

21 End of the Summer

22 The Lottery Song

23 Sue Got the Flu

24 Gravel Song

25 Memphis

26 All the Fun That We Missed

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“Atta boy, Luther!”

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Don Knotts

1966

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A definite favorite of mine. Good, clean, scary fun for all.

Don't be afraid of the movies folks! It might take a little time for you to d/l each of the files but they unpack just like a regular multiple .rar file.

Plot Outline (IMDb): Luther Heggs is a jerky, quirky typesetter for the town paper who aspires to move up from his basement office to be a full-fledged reporter. He also pines for town babe Alma, who's already seeing the newspaper's main writer, Ollie. The film is centered around the Old Simmons House, which is known as a "murder house" around town due to the murder/suicide of Mr. and Mrs. Simmons 20 years earlier. Rumor has it that you can hear the ghost of Mr. Simmons playing the organ at midnight. To boost newspaper sales, Luther is assigned to spend the night in the house on the night of the 20th anniversary of the murders. All is well until midnight, when Luther sees the old organ begin to play by itself (the film's title tune is used in this and other scences). His story makes him the town hero until Nicholas Simmons, nephew of the deceased couple, sues Luther for liable. In the courtroom, Luther is made to look the fool, but the judge orders the courtroom to the Simmons House at midnight to allow Luther to prove his story. Nothing happens, of course, but after everyone but Luther leaves, the old organ begins to play and he finds Mr. Kelsey, the newspaper's janitor, tickling the keys...

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Los Pegajosos - Antropofagia

Courtesy of the mysterious Charles Vine.

Los Pegajosos en El Fusil Parte II

Do You Follow?

Wanted to welcome the new folks who joined as followers over the last couple of weeks

ariel

Psycho Boy

Frank Black

Good to have you along for the ride.

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"Following" is one of the easiest ways to keep up with all of the quirky sites that you just can't do without each day.

And it don't cost a thing!

Hop "on board"

October Swells

Surfer

October 2009

PDF

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"See Ya At Ronnie's"

Jeff Beck
Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
2009
DVD
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Companion DVD of the live cd that was released in December 2008.

JEFF BECK Performing This Week... Live At Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club (2008 UK 16-track CD album - In 2007 Jeff Beck performed a series of concerts at the renowned Ronnie Scott's club in London. They became the must have ticket of the year with a packed audience every night of the famous and the fans. This CD features performances recorded across the different nights and presents what Jeff Beck considers the best version of each track. Including 'Beck's Bolero', 'Led Boots', 'Scatterbrain', 'Where Were You', 'Angels [Footsteps]', 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers' and his now iconic version of 'A Day In The Life'.).

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This DVD features over two hours of Jeff Beck’s searing rock-jazz-fusion guitar playing as follow-up to a CD released under the same title in ‘08.

This 2007 live gig at the famed jazz club Ronnie Scott’s in London features the legendary guitarist that incorporates Rock, Jazz, and Blues. Joining Beck is the young bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and keyboardist Jason Rebello. Jeff is also joined by guests Joss Stone, Imogen Heap and Eric Clapton.
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Track Listing:

1) Beck's Bolero
2) Eternity's Breath
3) Stratus
4) Cause We've Ended As Lovers
5) Behind The Veil
6) You Never Know
7) Nadia
8) Blast From The East
9) Led Boots
10) Angel (Footsteps)
11) People Get Ready - with Joss Stone
12) Scatterbrain
13) Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Brush With The Blues
14) Space Boogie
15) Blanket - with Imogen Heap
16) Big Block
17) A Day In The Life
18) Little Brown Bird - with Eric Clapton
19) You Need Love - with Eric Clapton
20) Rollin' And Tumblin' - with Imogen Heap
21) Where Were You

Bonus Material: Jeff Beck Interview: rare in depth interview talking about Ronnie Scott's, his band, the setlist and his guest performers. Interviews with the band members.

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Was informed today that Part 3 was duplicated instead of Part 2. All is well now.

Thx thai sky guy!

Get it

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"Laws, yes!"

Stephen King

The Stand - Unabriged

1978/1990

Audio Book - English

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail -- and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.

In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Now Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral comlexity of a true epic.For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are reading The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.

In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.

The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.

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CD 01

CD 02

CD 03

CD 04

CD 05

CD 06

CD 07

CD 08

CD 09

CD 10

CD 11

CD 12

CD 13 

CD 14

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For Those Who Seek Beyond The Legend

Bob Marley
Songs of Freedom Box Set
1992
Ripped @ a dreadful 320
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Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally released as a limited-edition box set in 1992, Songs of Freedom presents an alternate history of Bob Marley's career, tracing his progression with outtakes, rare singles, alternate mixes, live tracks, and album tracks instead of the songs that formed the bulk of his legacy, as it were. The question is, is this a reasonable track to take? For the most part, yes it is, even if it tends to be a little misleading. That problem isn't too great, since Songs of Freedom isn't targeted at the audience that would want just the basics — Legend already exists for them, and that sums up everything they need to know about Marley, the ambassador of reggae. The remainder of Marley's audience realizes this box exists just to get rarities to the diehards, and they're thrilled that it exists for that purpose. Because of its nature, Songs of Freedom isn't especially compelling to anyone that isn't a hardcore fan — although the first disc of ska and rocksteady material will be delightful to anyone that likes early reggae and isn't thrilled by Marley's rock-star posturing in the '70s — but for those very fans, it's a valuable addition to their collection, since it rounds up rarities with ease and purpose. What Songs of Freedom should not be seen as is a definitive overview of Marley's career — it's just for collectors and hardcore fans, the kind of listener who has memorized the original studio albums. For those listeners, it's hard to resist Songs of Freedom, but everybody else will be able to safely pass it by.

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CD 1

1 Judge Not
2 One Cup of Coffee
3 Simmer Down
4 I'm Still Waiting
5 One Love/People Get Ready
6 Put It On
7 Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)
8 Mellow Mood
9 Bend Down Low
10 Hypocrites
11 Stir It Up
12 Nice Time
13 Thank You Lord
14 Hammer
15 Caution
16 Back Out
17 Soul Shakedown Party
18 Do It Twice
19 Soul Rebel
20 Sun Is Shining
21 Don't Rock the Boat
22 Small Axe
23 Duppy Conqueror
24 Mr. Brown

CD 2

25 Screwface
26 Lick Samba
27 Trench Town Rock
28 Craven Choke Puppy
29 Guava Jelly
30 Guava Jelly/This Train/Cornerstone/Comma Comma/Dewdrops/Stir It up/L'M
31 I'm Hurting Inside
32 High Tide or Low Tide
33 Slave Driver
34 No More Trouble
35 Concrete Jungle
36 Get up, Stand Up
37 Rastaman Chant
38 Burnin' and Lootin'
39 Iron Lion Zion
40 Lively Up Yourself
41 Natty Dread
42 I Shot the Sheriff

CD 3

43 No Woman, No Cry
44 Who the Cap Fit
45 Jah Live
46 Crazy Baldhead
47 War
48 Johnny Was
49 Rat Race
50 Jamming
51 Waiting In Vain
52 Exodus
53 Natural Mystic
54 Three Little Birds
55 Running Away
56 Keep on Movin'
57 Easy Skanking
58 ls This Love
59 Smile Jamaica
60 Time Will Tell

CD 4

61 Africa Unite
62 Survival
63 One Drop
64 One Dub
65 Zimbabwe
66 So Much Trouble In the World
67 Ride Natty Ride
68 Babylon System
69 Coming In from the Cold
70 Real Situation
71 Bad Card
72 Could You Be Loved
73 Forever Loving Jah
74 Rastaman Live Up!
75 Give Thanks and Praise
76 One Love/People Get Ready
77 Why Should I
78 Redemption Song [live]

Get them HERE HERE HERE & HERE

Wisconson's Own Surf Dynamos

The Dynamic Subarashii
The Dynamic Subarashii
1999
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For Stef
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The Dynamic Subarashii is made up of Jim Butler on guitar, Rick Kubly on bass and Steve Dougherty on drums. Their self-titled CD was recorded in 1999 and has twenty-two tracks, including eight originals. A brief twenty-third track consists of the ocean washing ashore. The recordings were made at Allegro Studios in Janesville, WI, with final mixing at Boombox Productions in Madison, WI. The overall quality is excellent.
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Tracklist:

1 Tsunami Sunrise
2 Walk, Don't Run '64
3 The Cruel Sea
4 Penetration
5 Tex-Mex Surf
6 Nutty
7 Rock The Surf
8 Mission Impossible
9 Cowboy Surf
10 Apache
11 Misirlou
12 Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
13 Journey To The Stars
14 Bumble Bee Twist
15 The Rushin' Bee
16 Moonlight Over Mombasa
17 Out Of Limits
18 Pipeline
19 Rap City
20 Surf The Casbah
21 Surf Rider
22 Sunset Rider
23 Waves
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Doin' It From The Left - Doin' It From The Right

Super Stereo Surf

Caçadores de Emoção

2003

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Who is Super Stereo Surf? According to reports, they appeared out of nowhere and slowly, managed to ride the waves of Surf Music, even though the miles and miles away from the beach closer. Some say it is something of a legend urban, other guarantee: they exist.

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1 Fuga Das Galinhas

2 Tuff Turf, O Rebelde

3 Tango & Cash

4 Aventureiros Do Bairro Perdido

5 Na Morada Dos Covardes

6 Top Gear

7 Namorada De Aluguel

8 Te Pego Lá Fora

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This Moves Me

Autoramas

Teletransporte

2007

@192

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About Autoramas:
AUTORAMAS was the brain child of GABRIEL THOMAZ the first gig happened in 1998 and as quick as they could get a second gig together they already had a fan base in Brazils alternative rock scene. Brazilian press wrote about how powerful they are live and how they are a blend of B-52s, DEVO, DICK DALE and THE VENTURES, these comparisons began in 2001 when they played Rock in Rio and opened for bands like MUDHONEY and PIXIES. AUTORAMAS have released 3 very unique albums Stress, Depressão & Síndrome do Pânico (STRESS, DEPRESSION AND PANIC SYNDROME) in 2000, Vida Real (REAL LIFE in 2001) and Nada Pode Parar os Autoramas (NOTHING CAN STOP THE AUTORAMAS) in 2003. An exclusive album Full Speed Ahead was released in Japan where they played a sold out tour with GUITAR WOLF in 2002. After that, they made tours in Argentina and Chile and Uruguay. AUTORAMAS won three prizes in the last MTV MUSIC AWARDS in Brazil in 2005. It was the first time in MTV Brazil history where an Independent band won more prizes than any other artist. In 2007 a new album was released, "Teletransporte" (TELEPORTATION). This album was elected Record Of The Year by TramaVirtual, Brazil's most important mp3 website with a team of music critics.

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1 Mundo Moderno
2 Fazer Acontecer
3 A 300 KMH
4 Marketeirio
5 Hotel Cervantes
6 Ja Cansei De Te Ouvir Falar
7 Identificao
8 Surtei
9 Eu Mereco
10 Muito Mais
11 Digoro
12 Panair Do Brasil
13 O Inesperado
14 Guitarrada
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The original somehow was corrupted.

This is the new and tested version. Sorry 'bout that folks.

Get it HERE

Thx Dog!

Psychobilly To The Bone

The Dead Tones

Six Feet Down... And Rising

2008

Rippered @ a stiff 320 by zomlove

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The Dead Tones are a group of ghouls who play raucous rot\'n\'roll to the beat of a different drum (voodoo drums to be exact)! Like a rocket ship from Mars, heading towards the sun, the Dead Tones are inspired by all things weird and creepy. Some have said that after a Dead Tones performance, they can no longer feel their limbs and their minds have been dissolved into a zombie-like GHOUL-ash. I predict that this phenomenon wont stop until the Dead Tones are finally sent back to where they came from. Where did they come from? Well, that is a different terror tale all together.

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1. You Dismember Me
2. Dead Alive
3. Real Gone Monster
4. Waiting For The Grave
5. Creep With Me
6. Pine Box Blues
7. It Came From The Shower Floor
8. I Dig Your Grave
9. Go Witch Go
10. I, Madman
11. Something Weird
12. Murder Bop

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Se Habla Fiesta?

Here is a great reason to start saving your sheckles for your next trip. They're having another GRANDE FIESTA in Chile next month.

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Viva Kanibales!

Los Kanibales Surf Combo

Cuidado Mutantes

2008

Servido con amor por la exótica Lady Puaj

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The band was born as a trio in February 2003 in Santiago, Chile, determined to Surf Instrumental music style popular in the early 60 .. s. -- During April 2003 they recorded an EP (promo) of 3 subjects and during October ep is their first record called "TERROR ON THE BEACH" .- In 2004 it includes a 4 member Roy Kanibal, guitar and vocals, resulting in a repertoire and not only based on instrumental, but with all the music you enjoy these mutants. They also appear in those days in a compilation called INSTRO.LATIN.O.RAMA "Exotic Latin sounds with bands from across South America and Spain published by the Mexican label .- Isotonic Records In November 2005 they recorded a new e.p. HVO studies in Valparaiso called "Road to Little Hell" which also contains 8 tracks and continue rotating through various stages in the capital and regions.Arrived in 2006 suffered some changes in training but continue with a string of presentations around the country and appear in a new compilation this time in Peru called "SOUND DEXTROZOS. During the first half of 2007 continue to give a good amount of gigs in different places and in June of that year the band took a new recess q leave them off the track until 2008 where they met again to record and give lots presentations, is also included in this new stage a keyboard to give the band a new sound. During his career the band has performed successfully in countries like Argentina, Mexico and much of cities in Chile.

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1 Cuidado Mutantes

2 El Timindo Twist

3 Roquerio Mortal

4 Una Illusion

5 Arena En Tus Ojos

6 Rey De Tablista

7 Y Dire Te Quiero

8 Mi Hermanita Mayor

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Kanibales Surf Combo - El Tímido Twist from 3DIASMEDIA on Vimeo.

GSD Has Got The Travel Bug!

Ride The Last Wave - 30 Surf Hits Around The World

Surf Compilation

2009

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3% Recovery

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Our good friend Antonis (GSD "The Greek Surf Demon") made his first trip abroad this summer and has definately been bitten by the travel bug. While he contemplates all of the places that he needs to see next, he has put together a knockout compilation of surf tunes from all over the world, again illustrating how universal the sound of surf is.

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1 The Fathoms - Fathom This (USA)

2 Bambi Molesters - Central Coast Swing (Croatia)

3 Los Twang Marvels - Sea of Glory (Germany)

4 Martin Cilia - Return of the Surf Guitar (Australia)

5 Wadadli Riders - Killer Wave (Antigua)

6 Surf Coasters - Dreams (Japan)

7 Tormentos - Locked In (Argentina)

8 Surfites - Tail Slides (Sweden)

9 Wet Tones - Lightning Strike (Italy)

10 Beat Tornados - Kreml De La Kreml (Norway)

11 Astroglides - Turkish Delights (Isreal

12 Phantom Frank - Punjabi (Netherlands)

13 Los Coronas - Big Wave Riders (Spain)

14 Invisible Surfers - Down At Santa Marina (Greese)

15 El Ray - Tornado (Denmark)

16 Fifty Foot Combo - SL 54 Automatic (Belgium)

17 Dead Rocks - Center of the Universe (Brazil)

18 Messer Chups - Flash of Green (Russia)

19 Mel Tones - Rocket Sled to Oahu (Canada)

20 Bitch Boys - Surfin' Tide (Slovenia)

21 Star & Key of Indian Ocean - Easy Tune (France)

22 B-Sea Surfers - On Freeway (Latvia)

23 Bahareebas - Dunewalk (Switzerland)

24 Lost Acapulco - Aqua Vulva (Mexico)

25 Kanibales Surf Combo - Cold Water Tiburon (Chilie)

26 Dr Frankenstein - Surfin' at Samouco Beach (Portugul)

27 Thurston Lava Tube - Gluon Boy (United Kingdon)

28 Lunatics - Top Secret (Fineland)

29 Surf Me Up Scotty - Mr Moto (Luxembourg)

30 Supersonicos - Pipe Mind (Uruguay)

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The Early Days

Backbeat

1994

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Just watched this flick again the other night. Well worth the time to d/l and view.

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Plot Synopsis

The Beatles' early days as a struggling bar band are depicted in this fact-based drama, which tells the little-known story of original member Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff). A close friend of John Lennon, Sutcliffe acts as the band's original bassist, accompanying them on their early gigs in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany. The friendship becomes strained, however, when Sutcliffe falls in love with a German art student and starts to question his commitment to the band. With Sutcliffe's story taking center stage, the stories of the more famous Beatles largely fade into the background. The exception is John Lennon, thanks to a fierce performance by Ian Hart, who had previously portrayed the musician in the more intimate and provocative The Hours and the Times. While Backbeatdoes provide a new perspective on the band's beginning, and numerous opportunities for a group of modern rock musicians to recreate the band's energetic early performances, it never makes Sutcliffe's story seem more than a footnote to musical history.

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Links corrected (thanks Fathermosh!)

Get these: HERE HERE HERE and HERE

You must download all four .rar files.

Unless you speak French, make sure to select the English audio file.

They Were Fab!

The Beatles On Record

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In 1962 an unknown group from Liverpool entered Abbey Road Studios to record their debut single. During the next eight years they created what is arguably regarded as the greatest collection of studio recordings of the 20th century.

The Beatles On Record, directed by Bob Smeaton, charts The Beatles' extraordinary journey from Please Please Me to Abbey Road and reflects on how they developed as musicians, matured as songwriters and created a body of work that sounds as fresh in 2009 as the time it was recorded.

Narrated entirely by John, Paul, George, Ringo and their producer Sir George Martin, the documentary features more than 60 classic songs, rare footage and photos from The Beatles' archives and never-heard-before out-takes of studio chat from the Abbey Road recording sessions.

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Pssssst! Psssssst!

The Sign of The Kat

Happy Birthday Eek!

Trunk Monkey Compilation

A must have on the new model autos!

New Stalkers

Welcome To The New Stalkers

A big howdy-do to the new Trustar Vibrations Stalkers this week:

Sofie1985

Nightmare D

Musicyoucan

Mi casa es su casa

Music To Get Down With This Holiday Weedend

Hank Williams III
Damn Right, Rebel Proud
2008
Ripped @ a snortin' 320
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Review by Mark Deming
Hank Williams III is an outlaw. Just ask him, he'll tell you...actually, you really don't need to bother, because Hank III goes out of his way to tell us about his whiskey guzzling, dope smoking, hell raising ways on nearly every track of his fourth album, Damn Right, Rebel Proud. While Hank made it clear on Risin' Outlaw and Lovesick, Broke & Driftin' that he had no use for the watered-down formula pablum that oozes out of Nashville these days, it wasn't until 2006's Straight to Hell that he made a record that really honored the hard-wired spirit of a guy who played bass with Superjoint Ritual when he wasn't singing pure, unfiltered honky honk country. Damn Right, Rebel Proud picks up where Straight to Hell left off, and like that album it's enthusiastically offensive enough that Curb Records has declined to put their name on it, instead reviving the Sidewalk Records imprint to keep a safe distance from songs like "Candidate for Suicide," "H8 Line," and "P.F.F" (which stands for "punch, fight and f -- -"). From a musical standpoint, Damn Right, Rebel Proud is every bit as solid as Straight to Hell; the weatherbeaten twang of Hank's voice is the perfect instrument for his updated honky tonk howl, and his band (especially Andy Gibson on steel guitar and Dobro and Johnny Hiland on lead guitar) cooks with gas, sounding tighter than ever and roaring with enthusiasm at a speed that would send most country acts off the rails. But lyrically, too much of the time all Hank has to tell us is he's messed up and ready to rearrange some faces, and while these are inarguably classic themes in both country and metal, he hasn't found enough ways to rework the formula to make the same message compelling for 50 minutes. It's worth noting two of the album's best tunes are ones that find something else to focus on -- "The Grand Ole Opry (Ain't So Grand)" takes Nashville's most venerable institution to task (with good cause) for disrespecting Hank's granddaddy and whitewashing country's history, while "I Wish I Knew" is a broken-hearted lament that's a first-class beer-drinking weeper. But when Hank takes on the voice of a rape victim, throws a cookie monster howl over the tale of a jacked-up trucker, or pays apparently sincere homage to G.G. Allin (who wasn't an outlaw so much as a psychopath -- just ask the woman he set on fire), he overplays his hardcore hand and sounds like he's writing for a third-rate black metal band, and Hank has made it clear he's capable of better things. Before Hank III makes his next album, maybe he should ask himself a question Waylon Jennings posed many years ago -- "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got out of Hand?"
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1 The Grand Ole Opry
2 Wild & Free
3 Me & My Friends
4 Six Pack of Beer
5 I Wish I Knew
6 If You Can't Help Your Own
7 Candidate for Suicide
8 H8 Line
9 Long Hauls and Close Calls
10 Stoned & Alone
11 P.F.F.
12 3 Shades of Black
13 Workin' Man
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It's A Global Thang!

Friend DJ Aldo X was asked to put together a 80 minute mix for the Kapital 97.1 FM Ghana radio show. With some mad skills and a few tracks supplied by yours tru-ly, he assembled a rockin' mix that shook up all Ghana in August. He is definately rockin' all of the continents now. Give it a spin and let me know what you think.

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1 Black Uhuru - Dub In The Mountain

2 Scientist - Young Lover

3 Scientist - Dub 16

4 King Tubby & Lee Perry - Drifter

5 Linval Thompson - In Dub

6 Scientist - Bible Dub

7 Lee Perry & Scientist - Money Love Dub

8 Lee Perry & Scientist - Dub To Skaville

9 Scientist - Dematerialize

10 Tapper Zukie - MPLA Dub

11 Mad Professor & Scientist - Excellence

12 Skream - Ine Dub

13 Scientist - Lick The Wound

14 Iration Stepper - Hard Time Pressure In Babylon

15 Scientist - Love You Dub

16 Jah Thomas - White Rice

17 Prince Jimmy & Scientist - Crushing of The Stormtroopers

18 Revolutionaries - Root Man Dub

19 Dubclash - Space Station Zion

20 King Tubby - Money Dub

21 Sly & Robbie - Buriel Dub

22 Gregory Issacs - Reform Institute

23 Lee Perry & Scientist - Fall In Love Dub

24 Chemist - Spliff

25 Lee Perry & Scientist - Give Thanks

26 Bush Chemists - East of Jaro

27 Dennis Brown - Half Dub

28 Scientist - Beam Down

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Enjoy

Darwin's Corner

To support the old addage "If it's crazy enough to do it once, it must be done twice."
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By the look of things, we don't have to worry about this one procreating.
OUCH!

Just Jivin'

Al Casey
Jivin' Around
1995
Ripped @ a slick 320
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Biography by Richie Unterberger
Longtime session guitarist Al Casey is most noted for the records he made with producer Lee Hazlewood, with artists like Duane Eddy and Sanford Clark. He also has made numerous records on his own, reaching his commercial peak in the early 1960s, when a few of his instrumental (or mostly instrumental) surf and R&B-rock singles made the Top Hundred. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked often as a session player in Los Angeles, and was still putting out records under his own name in the 1990s.
Casey was still in his teens when he started working with Hazlewood in Phoenix, introducing Lee to Sanford Clark, whose hit "The Fool" was produced by Hazlewood. Casey's band backed Clark on the singer's records, as well as other discs cut by Hazlewood. Casey was in Eddy's band, the Rebels, in which he played the piano, although he's more known for his guitar playing. Casey also wrote one of Eddy's earliest hits, "Ramrod," as well as cowriting another Eddy hit, "Forty Miles of Bad Road," with Duane.
In the early 1960s Casey was dividing his time between sessions in L.A. and Phoenix, and working with his own group, the Al Casey Combo. Somewhat surprisingly, considering his twangy background with Eddy and the surf recordings in his near future, his first successes were with bluesy instrumental rock singles with a jazzy organ groove (played by Casey himself). "Cookin'" made #92 on the pop chart, while a similar follow-up, "Jivin' Around," did a little better, getting to #71 pop and #22 in the R&B listings. In 1963, however, he and Hazlewood rode the surf craze and cut an entire surf LP, much of which featured Hazlewood compositions, and all of which had respectably tough reverberant guitar by Casey. A single from the album, "Surfin' Hootenanny" (with almost incidental female vocals by the K-C-Ettes, aka the Blossoms), became Casey's biggest hit, making #48; top L.A. session dudes Leon Russell (organ) and Hal Blaine (drums) were present on many or all of the tracks.
Casey's solo career petered out when the small independent label he recorded for, Stacy, closed shop around the beginning of 1964. Casey found a lot of work, though, as a session man, on recordings by artists including the Beach Boys, Eddy Arnold, and Frank Sinatra. He also ran a music store in Hollywood in the late 1960s, and played as a member of the band on Dean Martin's television show. In the mid-'90s he made a solo recording for Bear Family, Sidewinder.
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Review by Richie Unterberger
Casey made these 26 tracks -- most of which are instrumentals (the K-C-Ettes, actually the Blossoms, add vocals on three of the selections) -- for the Stacy label in the early '60s, a stint which represented his greatest success as a singles artist. Casey is a very good rock and surf guitarist, but the material is often average or boring period instrumental rock, and not so elevated by Casey's guitar licks and arrangements that they demand repeated listening. The most exciting cuts are the surf ones produced (and often written) by Lee Hazlewood, including "Surfin' Hootenanny," Casey's biggest hit. The more obscure "El Aguila (The Eagle)" and "The Hearse" show Casey's skill at dipping his axe in reverb to ride the surf wave, while "Thunder Beach" and "Baja" borrow, as a lot of surf did, from Latin melodies and rhythms. Casey also does his own version of "Ramrod," a Casey composition that colleague Duane Eddy had taken into the Top 30 a few years previously. Surf-heads should know, though, that much of this disc is not surf music, but bluesy early-'60s R&B-rock, on which the organ is sometimes as or more prominent than Casey's guitar. In fact, "Cookin'" and "Jivin' Around," which both lurched into the bottom of the Top 100, are a lot closer to Jimmy Smith than Dick Dale; those songs and "Doin' It" are actually pretty respectable as far as that genre goes. Two of the songs on the CD were previously unreleased.
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1 Surfin' Hootenanny
2 El Aguila (The Eagle)
3 Thunder Beach
4 Baja
5 Surfin' the Blues, Pt. 1
6 The Lonely Surfer
7 Guitars, Guitars, Guitars
8 The Hearse
9 Ramrod
10 Caravan
11 Surfin' Blues, Pt. 2
12 Surfs You Right
13 Cookin'
14 Indian Love Call
15 Hot Foot
16 Jivin' Around
17 Doin' the Shotfish
18 Doin' It
19 The Hucklebuck
20 Full House
21 Laughin'
22 Monte Carlo
23 Theme from "Huckleberry Hound"
24 Chicken Feathers
25 Easy Pickin'
26 What Are We Gonn Do in '64?
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Boys With A One Track Mind

The Aqualads

Surf! Surf! Surf!

2004

Ripped ripped ripped @ an amplified 320

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Biography by Mike DaRonco
The Aqualads got together in 1997 under their original moniker of the Big Swinging Hammers while playing out their set of '60s surf rock instrumentals throughout their native of Charlotte, NC. With a live set that partially consists of covers and their backing go-go dancers the Aquanettes, the bands first official release was a 1998 Christmas 7" aptly titled Aqualads XMAS. After a slight lineup change that left guitarist Jimmy King as the only original Aqualads member, the rest of the quartet consisted of Greg Walsh (guitar), Colin LaRocque(drums), and Jeremy DeHart (bass). Soon after this settled lineup was complete, the band eventually released their debut album, entitled Hotbox, in 1999. Their second album, Revenge, quickly followed the next year.

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1 Surf! Surf! Surf!

2 Trantula

3 Folly Beach

4 Curse

5 Rodeo Gals

6 Speedshifter

7 Sun Poison

8 Oasis

9 The Dog

10 Dangerous Curves

11 It Came from the Sea

12 Hangin 11

13 Pier #9

14 Snowboarding

15 Creeper

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Unplugged

Will be out of commision for a little bit. Have to move the Trustar Vibrations control room.

But... we will be more than glad to accept comments!

"Now where did that green wire go?"

This Will Get Your Ass Up In The Morning!

Fifty Foot Combo

Caffeine

2003

Ripped @ a hyper 320

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Following their 3 successfull albums "Go hunting", "Evil a go go" and "Strike" the Monstrophonic Sound continues with this long awaited 4th release "Caffeine". Though this album includes their typical slowgrindin' & hardstompin' influences, Fifty Foot Combo presents it with a fresh twist. It's the combo sound we all know so well, yet with the music fixed on new and unexpected horizons. The release did not go unnotices, resulting in interviews on national radio and leading magazines... The Monstrophonic Sound is back !

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1 Sugar No Cream

2 Buzzzz

3 The Great Caffeine Comedown

4 Triplexpresso

5 Bali Ha'i

6 Theme from F.A.C.T.S.

7 Dr. Hammonds Private Stash

8 Le Dimanche Matin

9 Chocolate Revenge, Pt. 2

10 Cooper

11 Gauchos

12 Black and Hot Like My Women

13 Can I Have Some Brandy with That?

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Get your coffee jones HERE

Watch For High-Flying MiGs

The MiGs

The MiGs

2000

Ripped @ a jettin' 320

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Bernard, the founder and lead guitarist of The MiGs wrote me several months ago after I posted The MiGs Monkfish Liver CD. He was happy to see the groups tunes getting some love out there. We met up at the Ink & Iron show at the Queen Mary where he performed as part of Rudi Protrudi's Fuzztones. Accomplished musician, avid fisherman, and surfer, Bernard is a busy guy, playing with several different groups. Look forward to seeing what he's up to next.

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LA's The MiGs are a full-tilt surf-influenced instrumental trio. Their music was recently featured on Paris Hilton's "Simple Life", WB's Highschool Reunion, MTV's Surf Girls, Adrenalina Sports TV as well as numerous other surf videos, television shows and films. Live shows have been as broad a range as: opening for Banyan, Los Straitjackets, Fishbone, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Dubcat and Tom Curren (in Santa Cruz during the O'Neill Coldwater Classic).

Founded in 1999 by Los Angeles guitar slinger (and surfer) Bernard Yin, the band has experimented with various styles; somehow alway returning to something "surfy". This is not traditional surf music but more hard-driving music woven with psy chedelic and experimental elements.
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1 Sweet and Sour

2 Jet Wash

3 1600 Armadillos

4 Honolulu

5 Too Many People

6 Sake Bindings

7 Blen Gate

8 Muchacha No. 3

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Get it HERE

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Check out this 23 minute live show  courtesy of Chrome Oxide Radio

Cream Of The Crop

The Yardbirds

Blue Eyed Blues

1972

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Put together from different Yardbirds studio albums, featuring the talents of the three lead guitarists who went on to become stars in their own right. Originally released in 1972, this was repackaged as Blue Eyed Blues: Charly Blues Masterworks, Vol 20 in 1992, adding an additional 4 tracks.
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01. 23 Hours Too Long
02. Out On The Water Coast
03. Five Long Years
04. I Aintt Got You
05. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
06. Little Red Rooster (Rehearsal)
07. Little Red Rooster
08. Highway 49
09. Wang-Dang-Doodle
10. Im A Man
11. Jeffs Blues
12. I See A Man Downstairs
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Time To Be Groovin' This Weekend

The Rascals

Time Peace: The Rascals Greatest Hits

1968

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Biography by Richie Unterberger
The Rascals, along with the Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder, and precious few others, were the pinnacle of '60s blue-eyed soul. The Rascals' talents, however, would have to rate above their rivals, if for nothing else than the simple fact that they, unlike many other blue-eyed soulsters, penned much of their own material. They also proved more adept at changing with the fast-moving times, drawing much of their inspiration from British Invasion bands, psychedelic rock, gospel, and even a bit of jazz and Latin music. They were at their best on classic singles like "Good Lovin'," "How Can I Be Sure," "Groovin'," and "People Got to Be Free." When they tried to stretch their talents beyond the impositions of the three-minute 45, they couldn't pull it off, a failure which -- along with crucial personnel losses -- effectively finished the band as a major force by the 1970s.
The roots of the Rascals were in New York-area twist and bar bands. Keyboardist/singer Felix Cavaliere, the guiding force of the group, had played with Joey Dee & the Starliters, where he met Canadian guitarist Gene Cornish and singer Eddie Brigati. Brigati would split the lead vocals with Cavaliere and also write much of the band's material with him. With the addition of drummer Dino Danelli, they became the Rascals. Over their objections, manager Sid Bernstein (who had promoted the famous Beatles concerts at Carnegie Hall and Shea Stadium) dubbed them the Young Rascals, although the "Young" was permanently dropped from the billing in a couple of years.
After a small hit with "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" in 1965, the group hit number one with "Good Lovin'," a cover of an R&B tune by the Olympics, in 1966. This was the model for the Rascals' early sound: a mixture of hard R&B and British Invasion energy, with tight harmony vocals and arrangements highlighting Cavaliere's Hammond organ. After several smaller hits in the same vein, the group began to mature at a rapid rate in 1967, particularly as songwriters. "Groovin'," "Beautiful Morning," "It's Wonderful," and "How Can I Be Sure?" married increasingly introspective and philosophical lyrics to increasingly sophisticated arrangements and production, without watering down the band's most soulful qualities. They were also big hits, providing some of the era's most satisfying blends of commercial and artistic appeal.
In 1968, almost as if to prove they could shake 'em down as hard as any soul revue, the Rascals made number one with one of their best songs, "People Got to Be Free." An infectious summons to unity and tolerance in the midst of a very turbulent year for American society, it also reflected the Rascals' own integrationist goals. Not only did they blend white and black in their music; they also, unlike many acts of the time, refused to tour on bills that weren't integrated as well.
"People Got to Be Free," surprisingly, was the group's last Top 20 hit, although they would have several other small chart entries over the next few years, often in a more explicitly gospel-influenced style. The problem wasn't bad timing or shifting commercial taste; the problem was the material itself, which wasn't up to the level of their best smashes. More worrisome were their increasingly ambitious albums, which found Cavaliere in particular trying to expand into jazz, instrumentals, and Eastern philosophy. Not that this couldn't have worked well, but it didn't. They had never been an album-oriented group, but unlike other some other great mid-'60s bands, they were unable to satisfactorily expand their talents into full-length formats.
A more serious problem was the departure of Brigati, the band's primary lyricist, in 1970. Cornish was also gone a year later, although Cavaliere and Dinelli kept the Rascals going a little longer with other musicians. The band broke up in 1972, with none of the members going on to notable commercial or artistic success on their own, though Cavaliere remained the most active.

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Review by Bruce Eder
Arguably the greatest greatest-hits album of the '60s. A White-soul classic.

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1 I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore

2 Good Lovin'

3 You Better Run

4 Come on Up

5 Mustang Sally

6 Love Is a Beautiful Thing

7 In the Midnight Hour

8 I've Been Lonely Too Long

9 Groovin'

10 A Girl Like You

11 How Can I Be Sure

12 It's Wonderful

13 Easy Rollin'

14 A Beautiful Morning

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Going Back

Todd Rundgren

Back To The Bars (Live)

1978

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Following a year of Utopia and the completion of The Hermit of Mink Hollow, Todd Rundgren hit the road with a musical retrospective on the advice of Bearsville president Paul Fishkin, who wanted a live greatest-hits record to plug. Ever perverse, that's not exactly what Rundgren delivered. Culled from three shows -- where he was supported by both Utopia and a carefully assembled band at New York's Bottom Line, one at L.A.'s the Roxy, one at Cleveland's the Agora -- the resulting double album Back to the Bars was an idiosyncratic collection of hits and personal favorites, covering many (but not all) of his best songs, from "I Saw the Light," "Couldn't I Just Tell You," "Hello It's Me" and "Real Man" to "The Range War," "Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel" and "The Verb 'To Love.'" All of the performances are tough and persuasive -- enough so that the songs that sounded like production numbers on record, such as large stretches of A Wizard, A True Star, reveal themselves as effective compositions and often sound a great deal more accessible here. That said, Back to the Bars isn't an ideal introduction to Rundgren, simply because his studio wizardry is one of the main reasons his records are so interesting, yet it is true that the record has enough great songs and quirks to paint an effective portrait of Rundgren's music. As such, it's the rare live album that caters to both the casual and hardcore fan and should be equally enjoyable to either audience.

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1 Real Man

2 Love of the Common Man

3 The Verb "To Love"

4 Love in Action

5 A Dream Goes on Forever

6 Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel

7 The Range War

8 Black and White

9 The Last Ride

10 Cliché

11 Don't You Ever Learn?

12 Never Never Land

13 Black Maria

14 Zen Archer

15 Medley: I'm So Proud/Ooh Baby Baby/La la Means I Love You/I Saw The Light

16 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference

17 Eastern Intrigue

18 Initiation

19 Couldn't I Just Tell You

20 Hello It's Me

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Go Into The Dark

Tokyo Sex Destruction

Black Noise Is The New Sound!

2005

At a modest 128
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Review by Stewart Mason
Apparently continuing their willful re-creation of the career path of their beloved MC5 (all of the Spanish four-piece's members adopted the surname Sinclair in honor of MC5 manager/polemicist John Sinclair), Black Noise Is the New Sound! is Back in the USA to Tokyo Sex Destruction's Kick Out the Jams, the raucous and scathingly political Le Red Soul Comunnitte. The songs are more in thrall to MC5's garage rock forebears like the Sonics and the Chocolate Watchband, much as MC5 looked back to '50s rock & roll on their second album. (Actually, the freakbeat homage "Birds on the Velvet Roof" sounds more like an early Move B-side.) And the band's unapologetically leftist politics, though still present on songs like "New Magazines" and "Modern Education," are dialed back considerably from the first album's polemics. This makes Black Noise Is the New Sound! a somewhat more accessible, but no less passionate, piece of garage rock agit-prop.
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1 Pills to Wait for the Summer

2 Two Years Ago

3 Birds on the Velvet Roof

4 The New Sound (In the Black Noise Religion)

5 Rainy-Day Light

6 Black Cold Heart

7 The Bridge

8 New Magazines

9 Modern Education

10 Confuse Me

11 Soul Music Party No. 2

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Sass-y Girl

Sass Jordan

Rats

1994

Ripped @ a rippin' 320

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Biography by John Bush
Sass Jordan joined her first band, the News, after she learned to play bass at the age of 17. Four years later, she left the band and, by 1985, had begun a solo career. After two singles ("Steel on Steel" and "No More"), Jordan's debut album, Tell Somebody, appeared in 1988. The Montreal native became a national success with the album-titled single and released Racine in 1992 and Rats two years later.

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Review by Alex Henderson
Sass Jordan never sounded more focused, confident and inspired than she does on Rats, which is undeniably her finest album. Some of Jordan's '80s efforts didn't fully illustrate just how compelling a singer she can be, but that's no problem on Rats. This CD finds the whiskey-voiced Canadian doing what she does best: tough, gritty, no-nonsense rock & roll with soul/R&B overtones and a heavy dose of blues feeling. Although Jordan is very much her own person, there's no denying the strong influence Tina Turner has had on her singing -- and Turner's influence serves Jordan impressively well on such gutsy, down-and-dirty offerings as "Ugly," "Damaged" and "Pissin' Down." If fact, this is the sort of rockin' album one wishes Turner would have recorded in 1994 (which isn't to say that the slick, glossy pop/rock and pop/R&B Turner provided in the 1990s wasn't enjoyable). With Jordan, Steve Salas and Nick Didia handling the production and studio ace Michael Wagener doing most of the mixing, all of the pieces fit together perfectly on Rats. This album was definitely Jordan's crowning achievement.

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Tracklist:

1 Damaged

2 Slave

3 Pissin' Down

4 High Road Easy

5 Sun's Gonna Rise

6 Head

7 Ugly

8 I'm Not

9 Honey

10 Wish

11 Breakin'

12 Give

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Get it HERE

Go! Go! Go!

The Supertones

The Supertones Are Go!

2003

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Surf music rules the Universe and The Supertones are it's royal ambassadors. Robert Silverstein, editor of 20th Century Guitar Magazine says, "The Supertones are great. Clearly one of the best American (and the entire world's) guitar-based instrumental bands." Digitally remixed and remastered for the first time on CD and back by popular demand are the two seminal albums, "The Wet Set" and "Ride The Wild Twang!", from the most influential modern East Coast surf instrumental combo - The Supertones. Alan Taylor writes in Pipeline Magazine, "The Supertones Are Go! is a compilation of remarkable quality. It's not just the playing or indeed the strong material, but the sympathetically appropriate range of sounds they use on each track. These guys clearly care about capturing the sounds of the '60s, and they do it really well."

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Tracklist:

1 The Wet Set

2 Oceanside

3 Hot Line

4 Channel Nine

5 Surfista

6 Dr. Yes

7 Surf Rider

8 Harbor Patrol

9 Avanti

10 Flamenco Surf

11 Lullaby of the Leaves

12 Freefall

13 Last Ride

14 Hawaii 5-O

15 K-39

16 Diamonds-A-Go-Go

17 Torque Wrench

18 Mr. Moto

19 Sand Pumper

20 Out of Limits

21 Wingnut

22 Rumble

23 Supertone Surf

24 Bulldog

25 1,000 Ft. Rd.

26 Walk, Don't Run

27 Rawhide

28 Telstar

29 Penetration

30 Runaway

31 No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)

32 Bumble Bee Twist

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Tasty Viewing Of The Ventures 45th Anniversary Concert

The Ventures

45th Anniversary Concert Live

Thanks to Phucnv for sharing

1 hr 15 min

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For Brandonio, the biggest Ventures fan I know.

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I don't usually post up things immediately that I find in the ethernet but this was an exception. Found it on a site that will never generate the amount of appreciation as I think my readers will give it. The files are in MP4 format so can be popped into the trusty iPod for regular viewing. It appears that the 9 MP4's will not automaticly join as with other videos or I'm just a dummy who hasn't figured out how yet.

Enjoy

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Don Wilson - Rhythm Guitar
Bob Bogle - Bass
Nokie Edwards - Lead Guitar
Leon Taylor - Drum
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Tracklist:
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Part 1
10.59 minutes
1. Walk Don't Run - Perfidia - Walk Don't Run
2. Pipeline
3. I Got a Woman
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Part 2
9.31 minutes
4. Penetration
5. Runaway
6. Johnny B. Goode
7. Slaughter on 10th Avenue
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Part 3
10.35 minutes
8. Ame-no-Midosuji/Kyoto Bojo
9. Kyoto-no-koi/Paint It Black
10. Walk Don’t Run ‘64
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Part 4
9.34 minutes
11. Wipe Out
12. Bulldog
13. Sleep Walk
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Part 5
9 minutes
14. Bumble Bee Rock
15. Out Of Limits
16. Driving Guitars
17. Black Sand Beach
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Part 6
9.04 minutes
18. House Of The Rising Sun
19. Hawaii Five-O
20. Diamond Head
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Part 7
6.35 minutes
21. Caravan
22. Drum Solo
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Part 8
6.42 minutes
23. Bass Solo
24. Drum Solo
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Part 9
10.5 minutes
Interview
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268602529/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_1_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268738235/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_2_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268770730/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_3_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268841922/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_4_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268855387/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_5_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268878507/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_6_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268909311/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_7_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268914129/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_8_of_9.mp4
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http://rapidshare.com/files/268932769/The_Ventures_45th_Anniversary_9_of_9.mp4

The Title Says It All... Come And Get It!

Let's Go Instro

2003

Ripped @ 256
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The SANDELLS Out Front

The PANICS Love Riot Bob

MANUEL & The RENEGADES Skateboard

BOBBY WILLIAMS & The FLAIRS Let's Go

The SKILES BROTHERS Theme From t.c

ALAN PIERCE & The TONEKINGS Swampwater

The SHIFTERS Count Down

ADRIAN & The SUNSETS Breakthrough

The ABSTRACTS Abstract Limited

The INTRUDERS Rockamaroll

The INVADERS Rawhide

The INVADERS Jumpin' Jivin' Chord Progression

SHERWIN LINTON & The COTTON KINGS Orange blossom special

The DEVESTAS Wham

The ROULETTES Surfer's Charge

The MAJESTICS Jaguar

The MAJESTICS Blue Feeling

The NIGHT OWLS That's It

BOBBY & The BELMONTS Drum Dog

The SPECKULATIONS Walking Fast

The DESTINYS What's Up

AKI ALEONG & The NOBLES Gun & Surf

AKI ALEONG & The NOBLES Hiawatha

The ELECTRAS Electra

The ELECTRAS Yellow Jacket

The VECTORS Downhill

The MOSRITERS Turmoil

CHARLIE ALDRICH & The WAYOUTERS Scroungy Man

The EGYPTIANS The Party Stomp

The EGYPTIANS Inkster Boogie

RASIN Rasin

PHIL & The GIRLS-BILLY Trying

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Long Lost And Forgotten Film Of A Transitional Time In Surf History

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Surfers - The Movie
1990
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Never released on VHS or DVD. This is not the cleanest recording but it is the only way you will be able to see this until the follow-up ("Surfers - The Movie Now and Then") gets picked up. Pics are of original handbills for the show in 1990 at Newport Beach Pavillion.
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Review by Tom Parker
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1989/90 was a bizarre time period for surfers as the day-glo excess of the 80's prepared to hit a wall of hardcore black and white backlash that would ultimately define the next decade. Surfers: The Movie was the perfect capper to the 80's. Stylistically based on the 1987 Rolling Stone documentary, "20 Years of Rock and Roll", it was a wonderful encapsulation of the professional slickness we'd gorged on for 10 years. 4 generations of pro surfers - everyone from Kelly Slater (who had not yet begun his incredible domination of pro surfing) to the late Micky Dora - were interviewed in front of painted backdrops, with their soundbites interspersed throughout the usual medley of great surfing action. The soundtrack also featured an unprecedented lineup of major label music, which included U2, Neil Young and many others. Highlights of the film included an exciting recap of the current pro scene scored by U2's "Out of Control", an emotional powerhouse of a medley glimpsing hundreds of beloved faces from surfing's history, and arguably the film's most amazing segment - Micky Dora (making his first film appearance in over 20 years) and the then current world champ, Martin Potter surfing together down in Baja. Not only was it incredible to see Da Cat after so many years of hiding, but to listen to him praising Pottz - "He sure looks unique to me" (the ultimate compliment from the original king of style) - combined with Potter's tail-sliding power session...well, let's just say that any surfer worth his wax was blown away. I actually saw the film 3 times in 3 different cities (Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and Dana Point), and there was only one scene that had people going more apeshit than Potter putting on his preview of the new school style - and that was Tom Curren's slow motion barrel at the beginning of the movie. Never have I seen an audience hoot the way they hooted that tube...he just got TUBED, and just when you thought he couldn't get any deeper in the tube, he fell of his board and preceded to bodysurf that tube 'til the end. Every person in the audience hooted himself hoarse for the duration of that wave. So strip away the gloss and it was still a great surf flick. It was also the end of an era in surf film-making style, as just a year later Taylor Steele released "Momentum", the official passing of the baton to the new school generation of tail slides, big airs, black wetsuits, white boards and stripped down punk rock. Because of that Surfers: The Movie has been largely forgotten. But for those of us that were there, it was a lot of fun and a rejuvenation of the surf movie as an "event". As Neil Young sang at the end, "Long may you run."
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http://rapidshare.com/files/264934523/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part01.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/264964278/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part02.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265008629/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part03.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265118279/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part04.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265198397/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part05.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265300472/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part06.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265307013/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part07.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265343898/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part08.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265567946/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part09.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265606779/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part10.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265627045/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part11.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265647096/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part12.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265822398/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part13.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265924508/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part14.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265938221/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part15.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/265952881/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part16.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/266086548/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part17.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/266294973/Surfers_-_The_Movie.part18.rar

R.I.P. Les Paul

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Les Paul, who invented the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.
According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.
As an inventor, Paul also helped bring about the rise of rock 'n' roll with multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the tracks in the finished recording.
The use of electric guitar gained popularity in the mid-to-late 1940s, and then exploded with the advent of rock in the mid-'50s.
"Suddenly, it was recognized that power was a very important part of music," Paul once said. "To have the dynamics, to have the way of expressing yourself beyond the normal limits of an unamplified instrument, was incredible. Today a guy wouldn't think of singing a song on a stage without a microphone and a sound system."
A tinkerer and musician since childhood, he experimented with guitar amplification for years before coming up in 1941 with what he called "The Log," a four-by-four piece of wood strung with steel strings.
"I went into a nightclub and played it. Of course, everybody had me labeled as a nut." He later put the wooden wings onto the body to give it a tradition guitar shape.
In 1952, Gibson Guitars began production on the Les Paul guitar.
Pete Townsend of the Who, Steve Howe of Yes, jazz great Al DiMeola and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page all made the Gibson Les Paul their trademark six-string.
Over the years, the Les Paul series has become one of the most widely used guitars in the music industry. In 2005, Christie's auction house sold a 1955 Gibson Les Paul for $45,600.
In the late 1960s, Paul retired from music to concentrate on his inventions. His interest in country music was rekindled in the mid-'70s and he teamed up with Chet Atkins for two albums. The duo were awarded a Grammy for best country instrumental performance of 1976 for their "Chester and Lester" album.
With Mary Ford, his wife from 1949 to 1962, he earned 36 gold records for hits including "Vaya Con Dios" and "How High the Moon," which both hit No. 1. Many of their songs used overdubbing techniques that Paul had helped develop.
"I could take my Mary and make her three, six, nine, 12, as many voices as I wished," he recalled. "This is quite an asset." The overdubbing technique was highly influential on later recording artists such as the Carpenters.
Released in 2005, "Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played" was his first album of new material since those 1970s recordings. Among those playing with him: Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Richie Sambora.
"They're not only my friends, but they're great players," Paul told The Associated Press. "I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message."
Two cuts from the album won Grammys, "Caravan" for best pop instrumental performance and "69 Freedom Special" for best rock instrumental performance. (He had also been awarded a technical Grammy in 2001.)
Paul was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005.
Paul was born Lester William Polfus, in Waukseha, Wis., on June 9, 1915. He began his career as a musician, billing himself as Red Hot Red or Rhubarb Red. He toured with the popular Chicago band Rube Tronson and His Texas Cowboys and led the house band on WJJD radio in Chicago.
In the mid-1930s he joined Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians and soon moved to New York to form the Les Paul Trio, with Jim Atkins and bassist Ernie Newton.
Meanwhile, he had made his first attempt at audio amplification at age 13. Unhappy with the amount of volume produced by his acoustic guitar, Paul tried placing a telephone receiver under the strings. Although this worked to some extent, only two strings were amplified and the volume level was still too low.
By placing a phonograph needle in the guitar, all six strings were amplified, which proved to be much louder. Paul was playing a working prototype of the electric guitar in 1929.
His work on taping techniques began in the years after World War II, when Bing Crosby gave him a tape recorder. Drawing on his earlier experimentation with his homemade record-cutting machines, Paul added an additional playback head to the recorder. The result was a delayed effect that became known as tape echo.
Tape echo gave the recording a more "live" feel and enabled the user to simulate different playing environments.
Paul's next "crazy idea" was to stack together eight mono tape machines and send their outputs to one piece of tape, stacking the recording heads on top of each other. The resulting machine served as the forerunner to today's multitrack recorders.
In 1954, Paul commissioned Ampex to build the first eight-track tape recorder, later known as "Sel-Sync," in which a recording head could simultaneously record a new track and play back previous ones.
He had met Ford, then known as Colleen Summers, in the 1940s while working as a studio musician in Los Angeles. For seven years in the 1950s, Paul and Ford broadcast a TV show from their home in Mahwah, N.J. Ford died in 1977, 15 years after they divorced.
In recent years, even after his illness in early 2006, Paul played Monday nights at New York night spots. Such stars as Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Van Halen came to pay tribute and sit in with him.
"It's where we were the happiest, in a `joint,'" he said in a 2000 interview with the AP. "It was not being on top. The fun was getting there, not staying there — that's hard work."

Happy Zappa Day!

Check the archives for lots of tasty Zappa treats. Good for you too!

It Was 40 Years Ago Today...

LONDON – Beatles fans mobbed London's Abbey Road on the 40th anniversary of the famous photo that turned this ordinary London street into a musical pilgrimage site.
Hundreds of fans swarmed the site Saturday morning, bringing traffic to a standstill.
Abbey Road cuts through the swish north London neighborhood of St. John's Wood and is where the Fab Four recorded much of their work.
It became a part of music history after the Beatles were featured on the cover of the eponymous album walking on the street's crosswalk.
Tourists flock to the site every day to recreate the iconic scene, much to the annoyance of locals.

Web Cam Link

http://www.webviews.co.uk/network/camera/england/london/abbeyroadbeatlescam.html

In just watching a little bit today, I've seen several groups of four crossing over, including one individual wearing a white suit.

This posted today, Monday August 10th in The Sun

KILLJOY officials want to move the zebra crossing featured on the cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road album - claiming it is a death trap. 

Councillors say tourists flocking to be snapped on the road are causing crashes, with the accident rate on the rise. 

There have been four more this decade than during the 80s and 90s. 

Last weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the photo taken outside the Abbey Road recording studio in St John's Wood, North West London. 

Hundreds of fans gathered there on Saturday as Sgt Pepper's Only Dartboard Band, dressed in replica clothing, played Beatles hits. 
Fight 

But Lindsey Hall, a councillor in the Abbey Road ward, pointed out there had been 22 accidents there since 2000. 

She said: "Maybe it's time to end this once and for all and move the zebra crossing. It may end up with that." 

Colleague Judith Warner added: "I have asked our transport department if it is in the most appropriate place." 

Fans vowed to fight any attempts to move the iconic crossing. 

And last night a spokesman for Westminster City Council hinted they may let it be. 

He said: "There is nothing to indicate any more cause for concern than on any other road."

Let it Be!

Thanks Zed!

This Ones For The Other Kind Of Dick Heads

The Sunny Side Of The Moon - The Best of Richard Cheese

Richard Cheese

2006

**Naughty words enclosed (8>)>

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Spin this one at your party tonight!

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Biography by David Jeffries
It's unfortunate that the cultural value of Limp Bizkit's "Nookie," 2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny," and Beyoncé's "Naughty Girl" seems lost to the generation graced with such rich music, but if there's one man who can point out the timelessness of these tunes it's Richard Cheese. After hearing songs like the Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" and Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice," lounge singer Richard Cheese realized he was living in what he likes to call "a Golden Age of songwriting." It seemed like only he was aware that Slipknot and the Beastie Boys were writing the future standards that were destined to become fixtures of American music, and seeing how cats like Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin were gone, it was up to him to point it out. He donned his tiger-striped tuxedo, rounded up some Vegas-minded musicians for his swanky swing band, and made his debut in 2000 with Lounge Against the Machine, released by the Oglio label.
Cheese's uncensored and "swankified" covers of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Nirvana's "Rape Me" quickly found favor with morning shock jocks on the radio and novelty music fans in the record stores. The CNN cable network and The Los Angeles Times profiled him and he soon landed a gig as co-host and bandleader on MTV's Say What Karaoke series. His second album, Tuxicity, appeared in 2002 and featured swinging covers of Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" and Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," a favorite among Cheese's fans, who are known as "Dick-Heads."
He had made appearances on the Opie & Anthony and Howard Stern radio shows and led the house band for NBC television's Last Call with Carson Daly before he released I'd Like a Virgin (2004), which featured covers of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" and Michael Jackson's "Beat It," the latter accompanied by a children's choir. Aperitif for Destruction from 2005 featured the Beastie Boys' "Brass Monkey" and Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle." The year 2006 was fan's dream, with both the compilation The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese and the holiday album Silent Nightclub -- "a collection of happenin' holiday hits" -- landing in stores.

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Tracklist:

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1 Rape Me [2006] Cobain

2 People = Shit [2005] Crahan, Fehn, Gray, Jones

3 Baby Got Back Ray

4 Girls, Girls, Girls [2006 Remaster] Lee, Mars, Sixx

5 Closer [2006] Reznor

6 Bust a Move [2006] Dike, Young

7 (Down With) The Sickness Donegan, Draiman, Kmak

8 Sunday Bloody Sunday [2005] Clayton, Evans, Hewson, Mullen

9 Freak on a Leash [2006] Arvizu, Davis, Shaffer

10 Nookie [2006] Borland, Dimant, Durst, Otto

11 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 [2006] Waters

12 Rock the Casbah [2004] Headon, Jones, Strummer

13 Fight for Your Right [2006] Horovitz, Rubin, Yauch

14 Hot for Teacher Roth, VanHalen, VanHalen

15 Gin and Juice [2006 Remix] Arrington, Broadus, Casey

16 Come out and Play [2006] Holland

17 Badd [2006] Crooms, Holmes, Jackson, Jones

18 Creep [2006] Greenwood, Greenwood

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Get A Taste Of The Cornish Coast And Lots Of Crazies This Weekend

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Trustar And Friends Give This A Big "Thumbs Up!"

Check out this video about this new rising star on the R&B/Soul scene. Very nice quality in his sound. I like it a lot.


http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=240828505194


SRP/Universal Motown artist HAL LINTON is a multi-talented 24-year-old R&B/soul singer-producer-songwriter sensation from Barbados who was discovered by Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken of SRP—the hit-making team that helped propel Rihanna and Shontelle up the charts. Drawing inspiration from Prince, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Bob Marley, and James Brown, HAL LINTON has crafted a unique blend of classic soul and modern R&B that ranks him alongside contemporary soul stirrers such as Maxwell, John Legend, Robin Thicke, Musiq Soulchild, and Anthony Hamilton. Now based in the New York City area, HAL LINTON’S debut album, Return From The Future, is due to be released in 2009, and will be preceded by the electrifying single “She’s Dangerous (Bang Bang).”
Stay tuned for more Hal Linton...




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Get A New Set Of Batteries And Let This Get Your Buzz On

Los Vibradores

Vuelven Desde El Infierno (Return From Hell)

2004

Have only been able to find this @128 but it's still well worth the download.

Presentado por la exótica belleza Lady PuaJ.

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Instrumental Surf Rock band from the city of Viña del Mar, Chile. Established in September 2002 by four characters: Cristian, Marco, and Carlos Gonzalo. Toccata highlights in the former jail in the radio Musicamara Let Valentine.

New album due out soon. Keep an eye out for it!
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Tracklist in Google English

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01. It's Time to die every disgusting Malditos Undesirable

02. The Electric

03. Brightness in the eyes of the lecherous necrophiliac profaner

04. The Mystery of Death Dance of Liliana, the Vampire A Go-Go

05. The agonizing free fall Trapecista that challenged the Endangered Running your Security Act Without Mesh

o6. Cane (rip) Half Day on the shores of the Red Sea

07. The Egyptian Curses Eternas Seth topic for long and boring

08. Rhythm Ago-Go

09. What was not heard of the meeting was not forbidden between Mary Magdalene and Jesus of Nazareth

10. In that tree hangs the corpse of the Taliban who was caught Betrayer Bailando Twist

11. The Incredible Odyssey of vibrators escaped the evil clutches of Ghenghis Khan

12. The Lolos Zombies rise from the tomb Bailando a rampant Satanic RockandRoll

13. Demolition

14. The highlands of sorrows and joys that I know Surfer Boliviano Sea

15. Fantasia De Blues in The Satanic Mayor's Incidental Music for Spiderman

16. The Vibrators Hell After returning from his Seal Pact To get it Fame, Girls And Eterno R&R

17. In that tree hangs the corpse was that of the Taliban Traitor Surprised Bailando Twist (Remix) by Heavy Metal Orchestra.

Tracklist in native tongue
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01. Llegó la Hora de que Mueran Todos los Malditos Asquerosos Indeseables

02. El Eléctrico

03. El Brillo Lascivo en los Ojos del Profanador Necrofílico

04. El Misterioso Baile de la Muerte de Liliana, la Vampira A Go-Go

05. La Angustiante Caída Libre del Trapecista que Desafió el Peligro Ejecutando su Acto Sin Malla de Seguridad

o6. Caña (resaca) de Medio Día en las Costas del Mar Rojo

07. Las Eternas Maldiciones Egipcias de Seth para los Tema Largos y Aburridos

08. Ritmo Ago-Go

09. Lo Que No Se Vió Ni Se Escuchó del Encuentro Prohibido Entre María Magdalena y Jesús de Nazareth

10. En aquél Árbol Cuelga el Cadaver del Talibán Traidor que Fue Sorprendido Bailando Twist

11. La Increible Odisea de Los Vibradores Escapando de Las Maléficas Garras de Ghenghis Khan

12. Los Lolos Zombies se Levantan de la Tumba Bailando un Desenfrenado Rockandroll Satánico

13. Demolición

14. Las Penas y Alegrias Altiplanicas del Surfer Boliviano que Quería Conocer El Mar

15. Fantasia De Blues Satánico en La Mayor para la Música Incidental del Hombre Araña

16. Los Vibradores Regresan Desde El Infierno Tras Sellar su Pacto Para Consegir Fama, Chicas Y Eterno R&R

17. En aquel Árbol Cuelga el Cadaver del Taliban Traidor que fue Sorprendido Bailando Twist (Remix) Por La Heavy Metal Orquestra

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Rock Of Ages

Drive By Truckers
Southern Rock Opera
2001

Ripped @ 256

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Review by Hal Horowitz
Don't be deterred by the rather misleading title. Not a rock opera in the sense of Tommy or Jesus Christ Superstar, this sprawling double disc is more akin to a song cycle about Southern rock, in particular Lynyrd Skynyrd. Almost six years in the making, the Drive-By Truckers have created a startlingly intelligent work that proudly stands with the best music of their obvious inspiration. Largely written and conceived by lead trucker Patterson Hood (son of famed Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood), who sings the majority of the songs in a torn, ragged, but emotionally charged twangy voice somewhere between Tom Petty and Rod Stewart, these 20 literate tracks encapsulate a remarkably objective look at what Hood calls "the duality of the South." Rocking with a lean hardness, the story unfolds over 90 minutes, but the savvy lyrical observations never overburden the songs' clenched grip. While bands like the similarly styled Bottle Rockets have worked this territory before, never has a group created an opus that's thematically tied to this genre while objectively exploring its conceptual limitations. The two discs are divided into Acts I and II; the first sets the stage by exploring aspects of an unnamed Southern teen's background growing up as a music fan in an environment where sports stars, not rock stars, were idolized. The second follows him as he joins his Skynyrd-styled dream band, tours the world, and eventually crashes to his death in the same sort of airplane accident that claimed his heroes. The Drive-By Truckers proudly charge through these songs with their three guitars, grinding and soloing with a swampy intensity recalling a grittier, less commercially viable early version of Skynyrd. A potentially dodgy concept that's redeemed by magnificent songwriting, passionate singing, and ruggedly confident but far from over-the-top playing, Southern Rock Opera should be required listening not only for fans of the genre, but anyone interested in the history of '70s rock, or even the history of the South in that decade. More the story of Hood than Skynyrd, this is thought-provoking music that also slashes, burns, and kicks out the jams. Its narrative comes to life through these songs of alienation, excess, and, ultimately, salvation, as seen through the eyes of someone who lived and understands it better than most

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1 Days of Graduation

2 Ronnie and Neil

3 72 (This Highway's Mean)

4 Dead, Drunk, and Naked

5 Guitar Man Upstairs

6 Birmingham

7 The Southern Thing

8 The Three Great Alabama Icons

9 Wallace

10 Zip City

11 Moved

12 Let There Be Rock

13 Road Cases

14 Women Without Whiskey

15 Plastic Flowers on the Highway

16 Cassie's Brother

17 Life in the Factory

18 Shut Up and Get on the Plane

19 Greenville to Baton Rouge

20 Angels and Fuselage

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Leading The Second Wave Of Surf Revival

The Packards

Pray for Surf - Beach City Bop

Double Album CD

1980/1982

Ripped @ 320

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Re-inventing classic surf music for the modern era
When the modern SURF INSTRUMENTAL REVIVAL hit in 1980, the Packards, released their very first American album to come out of the new surf-instro scene!
That album was Pray For Surf, and this—its first release on CD—is long overdue. Perhaps even more important is the inclusion here of Beach City Bop—the fabled "lost" Packards’ album that was recorded in 1982 and never before released!
So here, for the first time, is the whole colorful story of the early Packards: a two-in-one CD that gets to the root of what modern surf-instrumental music is all about.
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Tracklists:

Pray for Surf

Mr. Moto
Andelé
Windshield Wiper
Lanky Bones
Bedlam
Tally Ho
Lure of the Curl
Squad Car
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Beach City Bop

Beach City Bop
Wild Goose
Birdland
Vamonos
Rococo Rock
Don’t Be Too Proud (To Be God’s Child)
Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord
Desert Madness (tango)
Side Slippin’
Scratchy
Kamikaze
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Finski Twangski

Happy Times
Twang - O - Matic
2008
VBR
Served by the mysterious Charles Vine
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Phil Says:
Rock is reborn! Happy Times produce very well arranged and written psychedelic surf based music with a magnetic sound and liquid fury. Their Finish roots reinterpret the surf genre in wonderful, compelling ways. Rich, lush arranging and production takes this into the upper reaches of listenability. Recommended!


Tracklist:
1. Lo-Fi Spy
2. Last Bullet
3. Hypnosonic
4. Lost Fiction
5. Full Gravity
6. Jack Carter´s Theme
7. Funeral in Berlin
8. All Quiet
9. Quantum of Solace
10. Our Man in Cuba
11. Viva! Laika
12. Taranaki Steam Surfers
13. Mission Possible
14. One for Danny
Bonus tracks:
15. Crosstown Traffic
16. Bells of Konevitsa
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Big Big Waves

Last week we had some outragous surf developed from a storm off New Zealand. Couldn't have happened at a better time.
Huntington Beach was the site of the Hurley U.S Open of Surfing for the last two weekends. It's been pretty calm surf at the last several big surf contests here but this storm created some monster surf at our beaches.
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Check out this video of Jamie O'Brien surfing The Wedge at Newport Beach. Awsome.
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This is Not a spot for the beginners. Last week a bodyboarder was killed as he was pummeled against the jetty rocks to the right. On the left side is just a very hazardous slam into the sand. -He had no business in that area, especially with the monster surf conditions.
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Lots More Reasons Why I Love Southern California

Major Reverb Riot This Weekend

Big Tiki Dude says "Be There"

The weekend starts off with not just A show, but TWO shows on Friday July 31st. The first show is at the exotic Purple Orchid Tiki Bar in El Segundo.

The price is especially nice IT'S FREE!!!

On the same night (damn) there's major goins' on at The Pink Bar in San Diego.

All of this leading up to the Second Annual Surf Guitar 101 Convention on Saturday August 1st
Being held this year at The Starting Gate in Los Alamitos. From 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. A full day of the sounds of the surf and sun.




And if thats not enough surf for your brain, make a beeline back down south to Oceanside (about an hours drive) and hit the Royal Dive by 9:30 pm and catch the Cavalcade Of Surf Music featuring 2 more bands to finish up the night.

Time to get up bright and early and head back north to the Huntington Beach International Surf Museums Surfin' Sunday show at the Huntington Beach Pier on August 2nd. This outdoors show always brings out hot talent and beautiful weather for all to enjoy. Show begins at 11:00 am and goes until 5:00 featuring 5 bands.





Featuring :

The Verbtones
The Surge
The Reventlos
The Eliminators
The Chantays

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And..... To wind it all down, head just a short hop up the road to Don The Beachcombers Dagger Bar for a tasty libation and acoustic surf brought to you by The Duo-Tones, featuring surf superstars Paul Johnson and Gil Ore. Relax, talk story with your friends and wonder what the rest of the world did for fun over their weekend.

I love it here!

Down On Your Knees

Lo-Fidelity Allstars

How To Operate With A Blown Mind

1998

Ripped at a bangin' 320 to rattle your bones

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Biography by John Bush
A six-piece big-beat band with more of a rock'n'roll slant than the other acts on the big-beat boutique Skint Records, Lo Fidelity Allstars marry rumbling dub basslines with breakdown-organ riffs borrowed from soul tunes and a care-free attitute reminiscent of the Madchester glory days of Happy Mondays and Stone Roses. The group was originally formed in mid-1996 by a turntable wizard known as the Albino Priest, a Leeds native who worked at the Tower Records in London's Piccadilly Circus, and vocalist Wrekked Train. The duo gradually added members during the year, all of whom took absurd nicknames -- keyboard player Sheriff Jon Stone, bassist A One Man Crowd Called Gentile, engineer the Many Tentacles and a drummer named the Slammer.

Lo Fidelity Allstars began recording and sent a demo tape to Skint label-boss Damian Harris; after Harris saw them play live, he signed them. The group's first three singles for Skint were "Kool Roc Bass," "Disco Machine Gun" and "Vision Incision," all of which appeared during 1997 (just at the peak of big-beat frenzy in England thanks to recent releases by Fatboy Slim and Bentley Rhythm Ace). The Lo Fi debut album How to Operate with a Blown Mind followed in 1998. By the end of the year, Wrekked Train had left the band because of artistic differences; Albino Priest took his place as the band's nominal frontman. The mix album On the Floor at the Boutique followed in 2000, and Lo Fidelity Allstars delivered their second studio record, Don't Be Afraid of Love, in early 2002

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Review by John Bush
With an effortless grace unmatched by even their Skint labelmates, Lo-Fidelity Allstars segue between acid house, hip-hop, punk, soul, and disco on their debut album, How to Operate With a Blown Mind. Previous high-energy singles like "Vision Incision" and "Kool Roc Bass" are included, along with new tracks like the surprising Hi-NRG/electro-fusion on "Lazer Sheep Dip Funk" and early-'80s funk reminiscent of Prince or Jamiroquai on "Battle Flag" (with Pigeonhed). On occasion, however, the Allstars' attempt at a varied sound backfires; "I Used to Fall in Love" and "Vision Incision" are harshly distorted urban ballads with sub-Liam Gallagher winging in place of vocals.

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Tracklist:

1 Warming Up the Brain Farm

2 Kool Roc Bass

3 Kasparov's Revenge

4 Blisters on My Brain

5 How to Operate with a Blown Mind

6 I Used to Fall in Love

7 Battle Flag

8 Lazer Sheep Dip Funk

9 Will I Get Out of Jail?

10 Vision Incision

11 Nightime Story

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Another Side of Bowie

David Bowie

David Live

1974

Ripped @ 192
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While universaly lambasted by critics (and you know what I think about most critics) this album is still one of my favorite Bowie discs. Presented as complete discs 1 & 2, the way it was ment to be listened to.
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Say "F&@% the reviewers" and give it a try.
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

During the supporting tour for 1974's Diamond Dogs, David Bowie shifted away from the arch camp of glam rock and turned toward a highly stylized variation of Philly soul — a transition captured on the 1974 double live album, David Live. It's an interesting idea for a record, and certainly one that's fascinating as a historical footnote, but David Live winds up as one of the true failures in Bowie's catalog, one of the few records in his catalog that's a genuine chore to sit through from beginning to end. Part of the problem is inherent to any live Bowie LP: his concerts are equal parts visual spectacle and musical concert, so having just the aural portion of the show misses a crucial part of the story. Another part of the problem is that the soul reworkings of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and Diamond Dogs material is intriguing conceptually, but the execution, at least on this record, is awkward and ham-fisted, nowhere near as sleek and sexy as the subsequent Young Americans and, especially, Station to Station albums. And that points out the real problem with David Live — the performances are stilted, lacking energy, and often degenerating into bland groove-oriented vamps. It doesn't help that the recording is lousy and that no amount of aural tweaking — whether on Rykodisc's 1991 CD reissue or Virgin's expanded 2005 reissue, which is heavily remixed by its original producer Tony Visconti — can change the fact that this is a flat, colorless experience. [The 1991 Rykodisc edition tacks on a number of bonus tracks at the end of the disc rather than insert them into the running order, which the 2005 Virgin edition thankfully did.]
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1 1984
2 Rebel Rebel
3 Moonage Daydream
4 Sweet Thing
5 Changes
6 Suffragette City
7 Aladdin Sane
8 All the Young Dudes
9 Cracked Actor
10 Rock & Roll with Me
11 Watch That Man
12 Knock On Wood
13 Diamond Dogs
14 Big Brother
15 Width of a Circle
16 Jean Genie
17 Rock & Roll Suicide
18 Band Intro
19 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
20 Time
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From Pole To Pole, Polaris!

Polaris

Polaris!

1997

Served chilled for you at 320

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POLARIS! are the proud heirs to a long line of Canadian instrumental groups that includes Wes Dakus & The Rebels, The Gemtones, Les Jaguars, The Rockatones, Les Versatiles, The Pharaohs, Les Megatones, The Esquires, The S'Quires, The Squires, and more recently Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and Huevos Rancheros. For quite some time, PAUL HOGAN (guitar) had wanted to put an instrumental group together to create the kind of music he had enjoyed as a kid, by the likes of The Ventures and The Shadows: moody, danceable, mysterious, fun!

So, in the Spring of 1995, he called on his old pals PAT LAWLOR (guitar) and ROB PORTER (drums) to start the perfect combo. Pat had helped Paul out when his previous group, The Gluetones, were recording their E.P.; and Rob had been with Paul in local Ottawa bands before that. They asked their guitarist friend MARK MCGREEVY to step in on bass, which he gladly accepted. Another friend, DON CUMMINGS, occasionally added a touch of organ, as on the CD. Later that year, Polaris! made their first public appearance in Wakefield, Quebec, with Furnace Face.

They shared stages with Dick Dale, Laika & The Cosmonauts, The Friends of Dean Martinez, Huevos Rancheros, The Royal Crowns, Resin Scraper, Phono-Comb, Atomic 7 and many others.Their CD on Iglu is a tasty collection of twangy original compositions by the group and one carefully chosen cover (by Serge Gainsbourg). One way to describe their sound is: Young, Fast and Scientific!

After several years of giving true fans of music a great deal of pleasure, Polaris! disbanded when their drummer followed his muse to Newfoundland. The CD remains as a lasting tribute to their amazing creativity.

"Polaris are amazing... a completely gorgeous, gorgeous band" Brian Connelly (Shadowy Men), Toronto Star, February 1996.

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Tracklist:
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01 - HYPNOVISTA
02 - SPACIBA, DA SVIDANIA
03 - EURO STAR
04 - SCENE KING
05 - STRONTIUM 90
06 - DANGER GIRL
07 - DOCTOR ELECTRO
08 - BRYLCREEM PILLOW
09 - HIBACHI
10 - SEQUENCE VOITURE
11 - STRANGE MARY JANE
12 - BIG BOSS A GO-GO
13 - CRIME WAVE
14 - UNDERWATER MORPHINE
15 - POLARIS SHAKE
16 - N'ECOUTE PAS LES IDOLES
17 - PSYCHOTIC ROCKET
18 - PINBALL LOSER
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Do Your Soul Some Good Today

Rhythm Rockers

Soul Surfin'

1963

Burned at a soulwarming 320

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Phil Dirt Says:

These guys were early birds in the nest of surf. Not much of what we now think of as surf, but some really fine vintage tracks. Some East LA soul influences and some standard dance influences, but overall, a really solid album. They were influences on fledgling bands like the Lively Ones. They were a tough act in their days. [Reverb Central]
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Track list:

01 Surfin At Mazatlan
02 Rendevous Stomp
03 Ramrod
04 Nine Toes
05 Moondawg
06 Wipeout
07 Breakfast At Tressles
08 Moovin' N Groovin
09 Get It On
10 Caravan
11 The Breeze And I
12 You Can't Sit Down
13 The Slide
14 Garbage Cans
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