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THE 5.6.7.8’s – Bomb The Twist CD £11 (BRILLIANT 6-TRACK RELEASE ON THE US ‘SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY’ LABEL FROM THIS ALL-GIRL JAPANESE TRIO. INCLUDES THE “IN” TRACK ‘WOO HOO’.)

   

THE 27 RED - License To Dance CDs £3.99 (DANCE DANCE DANCE!!! WICKED 4-TRACK STOMPER BY THIS GERMAN 9-PIECE)

   

THE 27 RED - Make Your Game CD £12 (WELL COOL DEBUT ALBUM BY THIS GERMAN 9-PIECE SKA COMBO WITH EAR-CATCHING POP TUNES)

   

THE 440s - Hot to go CD £12 (RIGHT FROM THE START, THIS CD KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR WITH BODY SHAKIN' GARAGE ROCK 'N ROLL. THE 440S GRACIOUSLY GIVE US THE FULL LENGTH 16-SONG CD. EVERY SINGLE SONG IS AS EQUALLY A WINNER!!  YOU GET FAST AND FURIOUS GUITAR SOLOS, DRIVING BASS, THUMPING DRUM BEATS, AND SOLID ROCKIN' RHYTHMS, ALL THIS PLUS A WHOLE LOTTA ENERGY...HIGH, HIGH ENERGY)

 

1313 MOCKINGBIRD LANE – Triskaidekaphobia CD £12 (WOW! OUTTA ALBANY, NEW YORK, THESE WYLD PRIMITIVES PLAY GARAGE FUZZ PSYCH WITHOUT LIMITING THEMSELVES TO THE GENRE. THE BANDS SECOND, AND APPARENTLY LAST ALBUM, "TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA", (1993) INCLUDES SUCH OF THE BEST FUZZED-OUT GARGAE PUNKERS EVER MADE! JUST HEAR THEIR RAUNCHY VERSION OF TEENAGE HEAD. FREAK EMPORIUM CALLS IT: "IN YOUR FACE '60S STYLED GARAGE PUNK. FUZZ 'N' FARFISA FREAKOUT! BRILLIANT!" FEATURES TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN / GRAB MY GUITAR / TEENAGE HEAD / YOU’LL NEVER KNOW / TALLAHASSEE LASSIE / SURFIN’ AND DRAGGIN’ THE HUDSON / I LIKE YOU / PAPER BAG BLUES / (I DON’T WANNA) HOLD YOUR HAND / (I WANT A) TEENAGE GIRL / SHAKIN’… (THE JAM ALL OVER))

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 ACEFACE - God Save the Hooligans CD £8 (SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE!!! NEW RELEASE..... 13 TRACK RELEASE THAT TAKES IT’S INFLUENCES FROM “ALL THINGS BRITISH”. TAKING ELEMENTS FROM THE 60s BEAT SCENE, ‘79 REVIVAL, PUNK & BRIT-POP. SHAKE IT ALL UP AND YOU’VE GOT “ACEFACE”. HAILING FROM THE LONDON AREA, THIS BAND FEATURES EX MEMBERS OF ‘KLASSE KRIMINAL’ & ‘SUPER YOB’)

 

THE ACRYLIC TONES - The Acrylic Tones CD £11 (DRCD002 - THE CD VERSION OF THE LONG AWAITED DEBUT LP THAT IS A PURE HAMMOND ORGAN OVERLOAD!!!!, CONTAINS A BONUS EXTRA TRACK)

   

THE ACRYLIC TONES - Above the streets and houses CD £11 (AT LONG LAST THEY SEE THEIR SECOND LP ON THE DETOUR LABEL (DRCD014) - IF YOU ENJOYED THE FIRST LP, THIS ONE WILL BLOW YER AWAY. STILL KEEPING THEIR ROOTS WELL IN THE 60s, THEY HAVE MIXED IN SOME 90s TO GIVE IT A FRESH FEEL)

 

THE ACTION - Rolled Gold CD £12 (PHENOMENAL RELEASE THAT GIVES US THE LONG-LOST PSYCHEDELIC-MOD RECORDINGS FROM ‘67 - ‘68 FROM ONE OF THE UK’S BEST LOVED 60'S COMBO.  THIS CD HAS BEEN DIGITALLY REMASTERED AND COMES WITH EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES - AN ESSENTIAL ITEM!!)

   

THE ACTION – Uptight and Outasight Double CD £15 (WHAT AN AMAZING 27 TRACK DELUXE RELEASE!!! THE FIRST C.D FEATURES T.V./RADIO/LIVE VERSIONS OF ACTION SINGLE (+ ONE FROM "ROLLED GOLD" ERA) TRACKS. ANOTHER FIVE ARE TOTALLY UNRELEASED, AND APPEAR HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. ALL TRACKS FROM 1966/67. THE SECOND DISC CONTAINS (BONUS) C.D. WILL HAVE 16 LIVE TRACKS FROM THE BOSTON ARMS/DOME, LONDON - THEIR SECOND RE-UNION GIG IN 1998. THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TRACKS COMPARED TO SIMILAR ONES FEATURED ON THE BAND'S VIDEO TAPE OF THE OCCASION "IN THE LAP OF THE MODS". ALL COPIES WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY MACHINE-NUMBERED, AND WILL FEATURE A 16-PAGE COLOUR BOOKLET – ONLY 100O COPIES PRESSED, SO BE QUICK)

   

ADVERTISING - Jingles CD £12 (AT LAST!!  BRILLIANT NEW RE-ISSUE OF THIS CLASSIC AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER UK POWER-POP ALBUM FROM 1979)

 

AGINCOURT – Fly Away CD £15 (OFFICIAL REISSUE TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES OF THIS 'FOUR FIGURE' PSYCHE / FOLK RARITY. A MUST FOR FANS OF MELLOW CANDLE AND THEIR ILK. THE ALBUM HAS BEEN REMASTERED AND THE BOOKLET IS FULL OF PHOTOS AND INFORMATIVE SLEEVE NOTES. NICE REISSUE)

 

LAUREL AITKEN - Rise & Fall CD £12 (THE MAN HIMSELF CHOOSES HIS FINEST TRACKS....FEATURES 1. You Got Me Rockin' 2:11 (taken from the 7"-side: Dice CC-1-B, 1962), 2. Baby Baby 3:33 (taken from the 7"-side:  D.I.P. DL-5055-A, 1975), 3. Back To New Orleans 2:54 (taken from the 7"-side:  Blue Beat BB-84-A, 1962), 4.  Skinhead Train 3:02 (taken from the 7"-side: Nu Beat NB-047-A, 1969), 5. Bug-A-Boo 2:26 (taken from the 7"-side: Rio R-36-B, 1964), 6. Heile Heile (The Lion) 2:40 (taken from the 7"-side: Doctor Bird DB-1202-A, 1969), 7. Boogie Rock 2:32 (taken from the 7"-side: Blue Beat BB-1-A, 1960), 8. Rasta Man Power 2:57 (previously unreleased, 1979), 9. Who's Talking You Home 2:59 (taken from the 7"-side: Nu Beat NB-054, 1971), 10. Rise & Fall 2:26 (taken from the 7"-side: Doctor Bird DB-1197-A, 1969), 11. It's Too Late 3:05 (taken from the 7"-side: Trojan TR-7826-A, 1971), 12. Shoo Bee Do 2:43 (taken from the 7"-side: Nu Beat NB -043-A, 1969), 13. Bouncing Woman 2:26 (taken from the 7"-side: Blue Beat BB 52-A, 1961), 14. Daniel Saw The Stone 3:12 (taken from the 7"-side: Blue Beat BB-52-A, 1963), 15. Fire In My Wire 2:33 (taken from the 7"-side: Doctor Bird DB-1187-A, 1969), 16. Gimme Back Mi Dollar 2:51 (taken from the 7"-side: Nu Beat NB-046-B, 1969), 17. Brother David 2:50 (taken from the 7"-side: Blue Beat BB-084-A, 1962), 18. Sweet Jamaica  2:03 (taken from the 7"-side: Dice CC-13-A, 1962), 19. Whole Lotta Rock 2:19 (taken from the 7"-side:Caribou, ?), 20.  Jesse James 2:35 (taken from the 7"-side: Nu Beat NB-045-A, 1969)) 

   

LAUREL AITKEN - The story so far.... CD £12 (GREAT NEW 13 TRACK GERMAN RELEASE ON THE `GROVER' LABEL FROM THIS LEGENDARY 60'S SKA STAR)

 

LAUREL AITKEN - The Pama Years CD £12 (THE GODFATHER OF SKA HAS HIS EARLY YEARS RELEASED ON THE `GROVER' LABEL)

 

LAUREL AITKEN - Godfather Of Ska CD £12 (GREAT RELEASE ON THE ‘GROVER’ LABEL THAT GATHERS TOGETHER 21 TRACKS FROM THE YEARS 1963 - 1966 - NOW IT’S TIME TO STOP THE CHATTER AND SPIN THE PLATTER - HERE COMES THE GODFATHER)

 

LAUREL AITKEN - Rudi Got Married CD £12 (ANOTHER ROUND OF SKA AND REGGAE FROM THE GREAT JAMAICAN FOLK HERO! THIS ALBUM CONTAINS MATERIAL WRITTEN AND PRODUCED IN THE '80S. IT CONTAINS SONGS FROM 'RINGO THE GRINGO', THE UNITONE 7" RELEASES 'RUDI GOT MARRIED' AND 'BIG FAT MAN' AND RECORDINGS OF LAUREL AITKEN WITH THE POTATO 5. FEATURES ‘RUDI GOT MARRIED’, ‘HONEY COME BACK TO ME’, ‘BIG FAT MAN’, ‘IT'S TOO LATE’, ‘MAD ABOUT YOU’, ‘SAHARA’, ‘SKINHEAD’, ‘HEY LITTLE GIRL’, ‘SALLY BROWN’, ‘JE T'AIMERAI TOUJOURS’, ‘EH MON AMOUR’, ‘DON'T TURN YOUR BACK’, ‘I LOVE YOU, YES I DO’, ‘PEGGY SUE’, ‘RUDE BOY DREAM’, ‘HITCHHIKE’, ‘RINGO THE GRINGO’ & ‘SKINHEAD (12" EDIT)’)

   

LAUREL AITKEN with the Skatalites - The Long hot Summer CD £12 (YET ANOTHER NEW RELEASE ON THE GERMAN `GROVER’ LABEL THAT FEATURES 15 TRACKS FROM THE YEAR 1963FROM THIS GODFATHER OF SKA)

   

LAUREL AITKEN with the COURT JESTER’S CREW - Jamboree CD £12 (BRAND NEW 12 TRACK STUDIO ALBUM FROM THIS LEGENDARY SKA STALWART, THIS TIME HE IS JOINED BY THE UPSTARTS OF THE GERMAN SKA SCENE ‘THE COURT JESTER CREW’)

 

DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS – Fuzz Fest CD £12 (DICK DALE HAD THE SPEED, DUANE EDDY THE TWANG, LINK WRAY THE ATTACK, BUT DAVIE ALLAN COMBINED THEM ALL AND ADDED THE SOUND. THE KING OF GARAGE SURF ROCK WITH A BLITZKRIEG FUZZTONE OF FRENZIED INSTRUMENTALS)

   

THE ALLNIGHTERS - Ten Long Years CD £12 (GREAT RELEASE FROM 1998 FROM THESE TOP SPANISH GROOVERS.  9 TRACKS OF PURE SOULFUL BEAT - A GREAT SOUND THAT BRINGS IN HAMMOND, HORNS AND FUZZY GUITAR - GIVE THIS CD A GO - YOU’LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED!)

 

THE AMBER SQUAD – Arewehavinganotherinhereorwhat? CD £12 (NEW RELEASE ON THE ‘DETOUR’ LABEL (DRCD043)WHICH IS A SUPERB ROUND UP OF BOTH SINGLES, COMPILATION APPEARANCES AND A HOST OF UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM THIS LINCOLN BASED ADRENALIN FUELLED MOD COMBO. TAKING INFLUENCES FROM THE PUB-ROCK SCENE FROM THE LIKES OF ‘DR. FEELGOOD’ & ‘EDDIE & THE HOT RODS’ AND MIXING IT IN WITH THE POWER OF PUNK BUT NOT FORGETTING THEIR HEROES OF YESTERYEAR FROM THE LIKES OF ‘THE WHO’ & ‘THE SMALL FACES’. COMES WITH RARE PHOTOS AND IN-DEPTH LINER NOTES FROM PAUL FAIREY)

 

AMERICAN SUITCASE - Bluefoot CD £12 (TOP TOP TOP NEW RELEASE ON THE SPANISH ‘SNAP’ LABEL FROM THIS GREAT NORWEGIAN BAND. THESE GUYS PLAY SOME AWESOME JANGLY MOD-POP IN THE SAME VEIN AS ‘SQUIRE’ AND ‘THE SHAMBLES’. 12 CATCHY AS FLU TRACKS THAT ARE CUSTOM MADE FOR THE SUMMER-TIME!!! ALL TRACKS SUNG IN ENGLISH - THIS IS A GREAT NEW RELEASE FROM A PROMISING BAND!) 

    ANGEL PAVEMENT - Maybe Tomorrow CD £15  RECORDED IN 1969 BUT UNRELEASED AT THE TIME, THE SOLE ALBUM BY BAROQUE HARMONY POPSIKE GROUP ANGEL PAVEMENT FINALLY EMERGED IN VINYL-ONLY FORMAT IN 2003.  THIS CD RELEASE ADDS A FURTHER EIGHT TRACKS, INCLUDING FIVE SUPERB WEST COAST-LEANING DEMOS RECORDED LOCALLY IN 1967 BEFORE THEY CAME DOWN SOUTH TO LONDON TO RELEASE TWO SINGLES, ALL FOUR SIDES OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED HEREIN.  A RARE TREAT FOR LOVERS OF HONEYBUS/ZOMBIES-STYLE LATE 60S BRITISH POP, THE 23 TRACK MAYBE TOMORROW INCLUDES FULL LINER NOTES, QUOTES, PHOTOS ETC)
 

APOCALYPSE – Going Up In The World CD £12 (THIS IS THE FIRST CD TO FEATURE EARLY 80'S PAUL WELLER PRODUCED BAND APOCALYPSE, FORMED IN 1982 BY TONY FLETCHER WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY EDITED THE HIGHLY RATED FANZINE 'JAMMING! THEIR FIRST SINGLE 'TEDDY' WAS RELEASED ON THE JAMMING LABEL. THE ALBUM ALSO CONTAINS UNRELEASED TACKS PLUS A BONUS CDROM ENHANCED TRACK OF ONE OF THE BAND'S VIDEO’S)

   

ART SCHOOL - Sound Gallery CD £12 (STORMING 15 TRACK RELEASE FROM THESE `79 STYLE SPANISH MOD MAESTROS. INCLUDES COVER VERSIONS OF `TIN SOLDIER', `MY MIND GOES ROUND IN CIRCLES' AND `WE CAN WORK IT OUT')

   

ART SCHOOL - 3 Close Mates CD £12 (THEY’RE BACK!!!!  AWESOME NEW 10 TRACK RELEASE ON THE ‘BIP BIP’ LABEL FROM THIS TOP SPANISH MOD TRIO.  VERY ‘79 REVIVAL INFLUENCED BUT THROWING IN A DASH OF 60'S AND PINCH OF POWER-POP FOR GOOD MEASURE.  IF YOU LIKED THEIR EARLIER STUFF YOU’RE GONNA LOVE THIS - IF YOU AIN’T HEARD ‘EM BEFORE WELL NOW’S THE TIME - CHECK THIS OUT!!)

   

THE ARTWOODS - The Singles A’s and B’s CD £14 (FANTASTIC NEW RELEASE ON THE ‘REPERTOIRE’ LABEL.  18 TRACKS OF PURE 60'S MOD / R&B FROM ONE OF THE UK’S MOST UNDERRATED BANDS.  COMES IN AN AWESOME FULL-COLOUR DIGIPAK COVER WITH A FANTASTIC BAND SHOT FRONT COVER THAT SHOWS THE GROUP STANDING AROUND AN E-TYPE JAGUAR - A TOP, TOP, TOP RELEASE!!!)

   

ART WOOD'S QUIET MELON - Quiet Melon EP CD £5 (THIS AMAZING RELEASE IS FINALLY OUT.  THIS EP FEATURES ART WOOD, KENNEY JONES, RONNIE LANE, RON WOOD, ROD STEWART AND KIM GARDENER FROM `THE BIRDS' ETC.)

 

THE ATTACK – The Complete Recordings From 1967 – 1968 CD £14 (NOW AVAILABLE ON CD. CONTAINS ALL OF THEIR DECCA 45S (A AND B SIDES) ALONG WITH UN-ISSUED DECCA MATERIAL FROM THE TIME. GREAT SLEEVE-NOTES, PHOTOS ETC. FROM THE MASTERS. TOP NOTCH UK PSYCH/FREAKBEAT)

 

BRIAN AUGER – Get Auger-nized! (The Mod Years) Double CD £16 (THIS DOUBLE 34 TRACK CD SET COMPILATION DOCUMENTS THE WIZARDRY OF PIANIST / KEYBOARDIST BRIAN AUGER THROUGHOUT HIS MOD YEARS BEGINNING IN 1962 WITH TRIO AND THROUGH HIS HIGHS AND LOWS WITH TRINITY, FROM 1964 UNTIL THEIR FINAL DISBANDING IN 1970. WHETHER ON PIANO OR HAMMOND ORGAN, AUGER'S SENSATIONAL FEEL FOR GROOVE HAS MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED AND PRODUCTIVE MUSICIANS OF SWINGING LONDON.  CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT THIS ALBUM?)

 

THE AVATARS – Never A Good Time CD £12 (AFTER A CATCHY SINGLE PRODUCED BY JEFF MEIER (DETROIT COBRAS, ROCKET 455), HUNDREDS OF SHOWS, AND PERFORMANCES AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, THE AVATARS ARE BACK TO DELIVER THEIR SONIC DEBUT ALBUM THAT DOCUMENTS THE BAND’S INTENSE LIVE SOUND WHILE ADDING TO IT WITH A MIX OF LOCAL DETROIT TALENT FROM JOHN SZYMANSKI (SSM, THE HENTCHMEN) ON PIANO AND ORGAN, ERIC STOLLSTEIMER (THE ELEVATIONS, MONDO MOD) ON VIBES, AND JEREMY ABBEY (SUPERDOT) ON SAXOPHONE. THE 10 ROCKING TRACKS BRISTLE WITH UP-BEAT POP ENERGY THAT PICKS UP THE LEGACY THAT THE RAMONES, THE ROMANTICS AND NIKKI CORVETTE STARTED 3 DECADES AGO. THE AVATARS ADD THEIR OWN FRESH SOUND TO THE BEST OF 60S GARAGE, THE SPIRIT OF ’77, AND 80S POWER POP. RECORDED AT GHETTO RECORDERS IN DETROIT BY MOTOR CITY HIT MAKER JIM DIAMOND, AND PRODUCED BY JOHN SPECK (THE FAGS). GUARANTEED TO ALWAYS MAKE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME)

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BABY CHARLES – Baby Charle CD £12 (IF 2008 IS TO BE THE YEAR OF THE NEW DEEP FUNK SCENE, ACCORDING TO MOJO MAGAZINE BABY CHARLES ARE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES TO LEAD THE UPRISING WITH THIS, THEIR DEBUT ALBUM. AFTER 3 HEAVYWEIGHT 45S, ALL OF WHICH HAVE FOUND HEAVY ROTATION IN FUNK SPOTS AROUND THE GLOBE, THE ALBUM IS A DELIGHT TO BEHOLD. SOUL DIVA DIONNE CHARLES DELIVERS HER UNIQUE, SELF-PENNED STUNNING VOCAL PERFORMANCE, WHILE THE REMAINING EIGHT LAY DOWN THE HEAVY FUNK GROOVES. THROUGHOUT THE 12 TRACKS, THE BAND DISPLAY A RANGE OF STYLES WHICH REFLECT THEIR DIVERSE INFLUENCES. THERE'S THE LATIN INSPIRED BASS GROOVE IN 'TREADING WATER', THE METER'S STYLE FUNK OF 'INVISIBLE', THE JAMES BROWN INFLUENCE ON 'HARD MAN' AND 'NO CONTROLLING ME', THERE'S EVEN SOME EGYPTIAN JAZZ THROWN IN THE MIX ON THE INSTRUMENTAL TRACK 'THE SPHINX'. MOREOVER, THIS ALBUM INCLUDES A FUNK & AFROBEAT COVER OF THE ARTIC MONKEYS 'I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR' PLUS A VERSION OF DJ SHADOWS 'THIS TIME". BABY CHARLES WERE RECENTLY INVITED BY MARK LAMAR TO THE BBC´S MAIDA VALE STUDIOS TO RECORD A GREAT LIVE SESSION FOR HIS GOD'S JUKEBOX SHOW. HE LOVED THE BAND SO MUCH HE OFFERED TO WRITE THE LINER NOTES FOR THE ALBUM! SO IF VETERAN DJS SUCH AS SNOWBOY, KEB DARGE AND DJ ANDY SMITH HAVE GIVEN IT THEIR APPROVAL, ALONGSIDE THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF FUNK LOVERS, ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU GAVE YOURSELF OVER TO THE RAW, UNADULTERATED POWER OF BABY CHARLES?)

   

THE BABYSHAKERS - Shake The Baby CD £12 (ARE YOU A FAN OF MARK FOGGO'S SKASTERS? THIS IS HIS NEW BAND! IT'S JUST AS INSANE AND GOOFY AS HIS PREVIOUS 2-TONEY EFFORTS!!!! )

   

THE BACHS – Out of the Bachs CD £12 (SUPER RARE '60S GARAGE PSYCH PUNK. INCLUDES "MINISTER TO A MIND DISEASED" AND "TABLES OF GRASS FIELDS", ALONG WITH OTHER DERANGED PUNKSTERS .CONTAINS ONE UNRELEASED LIVE TRACK AS A BONUS)

 

BACK TO ZERO - It’s All Relative CD £13 (IT MAY OF TOOK 25 YEARS TO COME OUT, BUT IT’S HERE....13 FRESHLY RECORDED TRACKS ALL OF WHICH WERE IN THE BANDS SET LIST WAY BACK IN ‘79. NEW RECORDINGS OF BOTH SIDES OF THEIR DEBUT SINGLE PLUS ELEVEN OTHER ‘79 BELTERS)

   

THE BADGE – No #1 EP CDs £3 (NEW 4-TRACK ORGAN FLAVOURED MOD RELEASE FROM THESE US SEASONED MOD TRIO – WATCH OUT FOR THE NEW ALBUM NEXT YEAR)

   

THE BADGE – No #2 EP CDs £3 (NEW 3-TRACK ORGAN FLAVOURED MOD RELEASE FROM THESE US SEASONED MOD TRIO – WATCH OUT FOR THE NEW ALBUM NEXT YEAR)

 

THE BADGE – The EP Collection 2004 – 2005 CD £6 (YEP, A TRUE BARGAIN PRICE!!! THE LATEST RELEASE FROM THIS US QUARTET THAT ROUNDS UP THE LAST 3 EP’S THAT THE BAND PUT OUT. 12 TRACKS IN TOTAL FOR A BARGAIN PRICE OF £6.00)

   

BAD MANNERS - Mental Notes CD £12 (FIRST TIME ON CD FOR THE RAREST BAD MANNERS LP OF ALL.  INCLUDES EVERY TRACK RECORDED FOR THE ‘PORTRAIT’ LABEL AND FEATURES THE SINGLES ‘BLUE SUMMER’ ‘TOSSIN’ IN MY SLEEP’ AND ‘WHAT THE PAPERS SAY’ - THIS IS A REAL SKA CLASSIC!)

 

THE BARRACUDAS - Drop Out With The … CD £12 (KILLER DEBUT RELEASE THAT ORIGINAL CAME OUT IN 1981. THIS  RE-ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ‘VOXX’.  20 GREAT GARAGE / POWER-POP TRACKS!!! INCLUDING LONG LOST DEMO VERSIONS)

  BARRACUDAS - Through the Mysts of Time - CD's

THE BARRACUDAS - Through the Mysts of time (Rarities 1978 - 1981) CD £12 (GREAT 25 TRACK RELEASE THAT COMBINES UNRELEASED DEMOS, RARITIES AND OUT TAKES.  4 GREAT GUYS, 3 GREAT CHORDS, 25 GREAT TRACKS!)

   

THE BARRACUDAS - This Ain’t My Time - Anthology ‘79 - ‘90 DOUBLE CD £14 (PHENOMENAL ‘BEST OF...’ RELEASE FROM THIS COMBO THAT MIXED 60'S GARAGE  / FOLK-ROCK / PSYCHEDELIA AND GARAGE-PUNK!!  FEATURES THE PICK OF THEIR DECADE LONG CAREER FROM THEIR EARLIEST DEMOS TO KEY TRACKS FROM THEIR 80'S ALBUMS - INCLUDES SUCH STORMERS AS ‘SUMMER FUN’ & ‘(I WISH IT COULD BE) 1965 AGAIN’)

 

THE BARRACUDAS – The Barracudas CD £13 (HERE'S THE BRAND NEW ALBUM BY ONE OF THE UK'S BEST BANDS EVER! THE BARRACUDAS HAVE RETURNED WITH ANOTHER CLASSIC RECORD FULL OF 60'S INFLUENCED ROCK'N'ROLL AND SIZZLING POWER-POP. JEREMY GLUCK AND ROBINS WERE ABLE TO REJOIN FORCES WITH EX FLAMIN' GROOVIE CHRIS WILSON AND THE RESULT IS SIMPLY AMAZING. THOSE 15 NEW SONGS ARE THE PERFECT MIXTURE OF LATE 70'S FLAMIN' GROOVIES 12-STRING JANGLE POP-APPEAL AND TYPICAL EARLY 80'S BARRACUDAS R'N'R BRILLIANCE. IF YOU DIG SONGS LIKE 'GRAMMAR OF MISERY', AND 'I CAN'T PRETEND', YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS ONE!)

 

THE BEAT (PAUL COLLINS) – Flying High CD £12 (PAUL COLLINS RECORDED, IN 1979 WITH HIS BAND THE BEAT, THE ALBUM THAT MANY CONSIDER THE BEST POWER-POP RECORD OF ALL TIMES. DURING THE 80'S HE RELEASED MANY ALBUMS FULL OF GREAT TUNES. NOW, 12 YEARS AFTER HIS LAST RECORD, HE PRESENTS THIS NEW CD! THE NEW FULL-LENGTH SOLO ALBUM FROM PAUL COLLINS IS FINALLY HERE. THE ALBUM IS ENTITLED 'FLYING HIGH' AND FEATURES TWELVE ALL-NEW SONGS. 'FLYIN' HIGH' PAUL COLLINS' ELEVENTH ALBUM SINCE THE PAUL COLLINS' BEAT MARKS AN END TO A NEARLY 12-YEAR MUSICAL QUEST AND A START OF A CREATIVE PERIOD)

 

THE BEAT MERCHANTS - The Beats Go On CD £14 (OH YES!!!  ANOTHER FANTASTIC RELEASE ON THE ‘CIRCLE’ LABEL - THE SAME LABEL THAT BOUGHT US THE FANTASTIC ‘UNTAMED’ CD.  THE BEAT MERCHANTS WERE ANOTHER OF OLD BLIGHTY’S BEST KEPT SECRETS - THEY EMERGED IN AROUND ‘63 AND IN 1964 RELEASED A COUPLE OF SINGLES - WHICH WAS ALL THEY MANAGED - UNTIL NOW!!  THIS CD FEATURES 18 TRACKS - DEMOS AND BOTH SINGLES - THIS IS RAW BRITISH R&B AT IT’S BEST.  THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS GORGEOUS - COMES WITH A GREAT BOOKLET WITH LINER NOTES BY MIKE STAX. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF ONLY 1000 COPIES.  ALL IN ALL THIS IS ONE ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!!!)

 

THE BEATSTALKERS –Scotland’s No.1 Beat Group CD £15 (THIS STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION CD OF 500 ONLY AND HAS BEEN  BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED AND HAS ALL THE BEATSTALKERS SINGLES, A AND B SIDES WHICH IS 14 TRACKS PLUS THERE'S TWO BONUS DEMO TRACKS. ALL THE TRACKS HAVE BEEN RE-MASTERED AND THEY NOW SOUND FANTASTIC, BETTER THAN THEY DID ORIGINALLY WHILST BEING VERY CAREFUL TO NOT LOOSE ANY OF THE ORIGINAL SOUND...THERE IS A TWENTY FOUR PAGE BOOKLET WHICH IS REALLY FAB WITH MANY OF THEIR FRONT PAGE HEADLINES INCLUDED)

 

PETER BERRY & THE SHAKE SET – Wildberry Shake! CD £12 (PETER BERRY & THE SHAKE SET IS SOMETHING AS UNIQUE AS A NORWEGIAN MERSEYBEAT GROUP. THEY ARE ONE OF THE FEW GROUPS TODAY THAT REALLY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN CREATING AN AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE EARLY BRITISH BEAT FEELING TO THEIR MUSIC, BOTH LIVE AND ON RECORD. WITH ACTS LIKE THE ROULETTES, THE COUGARS, THE SNOBS, BILLY J. KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS AND THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS AS SOME OF THEIR INSPIRATIONS, IT IS ONLY THE ACTUAL DATE ON THE CALENDAR THAT CREATES DISAPPOINTMENT. PETER, BARRY, PERRY AND MAGNUS HAVE JUST RECORDED THEIR VERY FIRST LP IN TOE RAG STUDIO IN LONDON, WITH THE BRILLIANT LIAM WATSON AS THEIR PRODUCER. THE RESULT IS SOON TO BE AVAILABLE ON TEEN SOUND RECORDS. THE ALBUM CONSISTS OF TWELVE SWINGING TRACKS, MOSTLY VOCALS. TEN OUT OF THE TWELVE TRACKS ARE GROUP ORIGINALS. PETER BERRY & THE SHAKE SET HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS, AND WITH THEIR EXCITING LIVE SHOES FILLED WITH ENERGY AND REFINED CHOREOGRAPHY, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO CREATE A MASSIVE BERRYMANIA IN THEIR HOME TOWN OF OSLO, NORWAY. LINE-UP INCLUDES EX-MEMBERS OF THE INDIKATION!)

   

BIG BOSS MAN – Party 7 / Kelvin Stardust CDs  £4.99 (NEW BLOW UP RELEASE WHICH THE TITLE TRACK IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS PART THE NEW NIKE WORLD CUP 2006 'JOGA BONITA' AD CAMPAIGN. IT FEATURES IN THE AD ENTITLED 'HENRY - HONOUR' FEATURING THIERRY HENRY AND ERIC CANTONA, AND WILL BE SHOWN WORLDWIDE ACROSS ALL MEDIA: THE 2nd TRACK IS KELVIN STARDUST TAKEN FROM THEIR FOLLOW UP WINNER. PARTY 7 WAS PRODUCED BY MIKE PELANCONI (GRAHAM COXON), KELVIN STARDUST BY MORGAN NICHOLLS (THE STREETS, GORILLAZ) BOTH RESULTING IN A HIP HAMMOND HYBRID OF 60'S AND 70'S DRENCHED R’N'B, FUNK, LATIN, JAZZ, SOUL AND POP!)

 

BIG BOSS MAN - Humanize CD £12 (NOW THIS IS AWESOME!!!!  FANTASTIC NEW RELEASE ON THE ‘BLOW UP’ LABEL FROM THIS TOP GROOVING HAMMOND COMBO THAT WAS FORMED FROM THE ASHES OF ‘SKOOBY’.  12 TRACKS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO GET YOU A SHAKIN’ AND A STOMPIN’ LIKE NEVER BEFORE.  A STRONG RHYTHM SECTION COMBINES WITH FANTASTIC HAMMOND RIFFS IN SOME WICKED NORTHERN SOUL / ACID JAZZ / 60'S MOD STYLE.  A MUST FOR ANY FAN OF HAMMOND GROOVES - THIS LITTLE BEAUTY WILL KEEP THE DANCE FLOOR PACKED ALL NIGHT.)

 

BIG BOSS MAN – Winner CD £12 (KILLER 2ND ALBUM FROM THIS LONDON BASED COMBO. 47 MINUTES OF PURE CHILLED OUT ORGAN GROOVES THAT WILL HAVE ANY BOOGALOO LOVER IN OVERLOAD. EVERY TRACK IS A WINNER, IF YOU WANNA LIKE DANCE YER ASS OFF, GET THIS ALBUM!!!)

   

BILLY-BOY MISKIMMIN - Billy-Boy Comes Clean CD £12 (NEW RELEASE ON THE ‘ZED’ LABEL FROM THIS EX ‘NINE BELOW ZERO’ HARP MAN. HE HAS NOW GONE SOLO WITH HIS OWN BAND, PLUS HE HAS ALSO JOINED ‘THE YARDBIRDS’. - THIS IS FOR ALL LOVERS OF ‘NINE BELOW ZERO’ FANS)

 

BILLY NICHOLS & THE SMALL FACES - Would You Believe CD £12 (CD PRESSING OF THIS FIRST EVER OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THIS LEGENDARY 1968 ALBUM RECORDED BY THE FUTURE ‘WHO’ SIDEMAN THAT WAS RECORDED FOR THE ‘IMMEDIATE’ LABEL BUT WITHDRAWN BY ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM - ONLY A HANDFUL OF ORIGINAL COPIES EXIST.  RECORDED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ‘THE SMALL FACES’ ‘WOULD YOU BELIEVE’ IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE UK’S ANSWER TO ‘PET SOUNDS’)

   

THE BIRDS - The Collectors Guide To Rare British Birds CD £18 (ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC NEW OFFICIAL RELEASE ON THE ‘DERAM’ LABEL.  A BEAUTIFULLY PACKAGED 18 TRACK RETROSPECTIVE THAT INCLUDES ALL THEIR SINGLES, 1ST DEMOS, UNRELEASED RECORDINGS & BACKING TRACKS.  THIS IS TO DIE FOR!)

   

THE BIRDS - The Clarion Singles Collection CD £10 (BRILLIANT NEW 6 TRACK RELEASE THAT FEATURES THE SINGLE RELEASES FROM THIS AWESOME AUSTRALIAN FREAK-BEATERS.  ALTHOUGH THIS BAND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 60'S UK BAND OF THE SAME NAME THEY DID COVER A LOT OF THEIR SONGS!!  THIS IS ONE FOR ALL YOU 60'S FANS OUT THERE - IT’S FANTASTIC!!)

 

BITHAMMER! – Scandinavian Wanker CD £8 (NEW JAPANESE IMPORT ON THE ‘WIZARD IN VINYL’ LABEL FROM ‘ARNE THELIN’ WHO WAS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ‘LUST-O-RAMA’ & ‘THE  KWYET KINGS’. WITH HIS NEW BAND FROM MALAYSIA, HE UNLEASHES 6 TRACKS, TYPICAL ‘ARNE THELIN’ SONG WRITING, BUT ALL A LOT MORE ROCKING THAN IN HIS EARLY DAYS!)

   

THE BLADES - Those Were The Days Double CD £18 (HERE IT IS AT LONG LAST!!!!!! A DOUBLE CD PUSH-OUT BOX SET. INCLUDES BOTH OF THEIR ALBUMS WITH BONUS TRACKS!! ALL IN ALL THERE ARE 27 PURE SOULFUL MOD BEAT STOMPERS!!! THIS IS TOP IRISH MOD ACTION - THEIR AIN’T NOTHIN’ BETTER!!!!)

   

(THE BLADES) PAUL CLEARY - Crooked Town CD £13 (GREAT NEW RELEASE FROM THIS EX FRONTMAN OF THE FANTASTIC IRISH GROUP ‘THE BLADES’.  VERY MELLOW, REFLECTIVE AND ABSORBING WITH THAT GREAT VOICE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY SONG - IT’S STILL SOULFUL BUT NOW TAKES A SOFTER APPROACH.  ALSO FEATURES EX ‘BLADES’ MAN ‘CONOR BRADY’ )

 

THE BLOCKED – Smashed Hits CD £11 (PHENOMENAL RELEASE ON THE ‘DETOUR’ LABEL (DRCD042) THAT GATHERS TOGETHER 12 TRACKS FROM THIS ULTRA-POWERFUL WELSH MOD / POWER-POP TRIO.  THIS BAND CAME BURSTING OUTTA WALES IN THE MID 90’S WITH THEIR GREAT ‘THE PRISONER IN ME’ SINGLE, AND ALSO RELEASED A SINGLE ON OUR ‘DETOUR’ LABEL AND APPEARED ON THE ‘TAKIN’ A DETOUR’ COMPILATION.  THEIR LIVE SHOWS WERE LEGENDARY – FULL OF ENERGY AND ANGER!  THIS 12 TRACK RETROSPECTIVE FEATURES MANY UNRELEASED TRACKS – THIS IS A MUST FOR ANY FAN OF SLASHING GUITAR, CATCHY MELODIES AND FULL ON POWER!)

 

THE BLONDES – Swedish Heat CD £12 (RELEASED ON THE US ‘TEENACIDE’, THIS 13 TRACK CD IS FILLED WITH ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF 70s POWER-POP, WITH SOARING VOCALS, HARMONY GUITAR LEADS, WALLS OF OVERDRIVEN GUITARS, AND SWEET, CATCHY, DUMB SONGS. SOME OF THE MELODIES APPROACH TIMELESSNESS AND THE MUSIC SEEMS TO LEAP RIGHT OUT OF THE SPEAKERS!!!)

 

THE BODYSNATCHERS - Live In Folkstone on 30th August 1980 CDr £8 (LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES ONLY IN A SPECIAL SERIES!!18 GREAT SKANKING TRACKS WHICH ARE NICE AND CLEAR BUT A LITTLE ON THE QUIET SIDE - AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRACKS YOUR EARS GETS ACCUSTOM AND IS A VERY ENJOYABLE GIG….EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE CDr’s THEY ARE PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED) 

 

THE BONGOLIAN - The Bongolian CD £12 (WHO IS THE BONGOLIAN?  STEP FORWARD MR. NASSER BOUZIDA - MAINMAN FROM HIPSTERS ‘BIG BOSS MAN’.  AS THE ‘BONGOLIAN’ NASSER TAKES US ON A SOLO MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH FUNK AND LATIN SOUL - WRITING, PERFORMING AND RECORDING ALL THE MATERIAL HIMSELF IN THE PROCESS.  AND FOR A YOUNG MAN WHOSE PRINCIPAL INTERESTS ARE DRUMS AND PERCUSSION, BEING ‘THE BONGOLIAN’ MAKES A WHOLE LOTTA SENSE!!)

 

BONGOLIAN - Blueprint CD £12 (SO, FINALLY THE WAIT IS OVER! MR BOUZIDA HAS NOW COMPLETED 'BLUEPRINT' THE NEXT STAGE OF HIS BONGO FUNK EVOLUTION, THIS IS NASS IN HIS ELEMENT, TAKING US ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY OF DIRTY BONGO DRIVEN FUNK AND SPACED-OUT LATIN SOUL – ALL 100% HEAVY BONGO VIBES. WRITTEN, ARRANGED, PERFORMED AND PRODUCED BY ENTIRELY BY NASS AT HIS RAMSHACKLE STUDIOS ON ANALOGUE 8 TRACK, AND MIXED BY MIKE PELANCONI (GRAHAM COXON, BIG BOSS MAN). PLEASE NOTE, THIS ALBUM CONTAINS NO SAMPLES, JUST A GROOVE THAT SOUNDS GOOD!)

 

BONGOLIAN - Outer bongolia CD £12 (NEW RELEASE ON THE ‘BLOW UP’ LABEL FROM NASSER BOUZIDA A.K.A 'THE BONGOLIAN' (HOLLY GOLIGHTLY) WITH HIS THIRD ALBUM 'OUTER BONGOLIA'. THIS IS NASSER IN HIS ELEMENT AS HE EMBARKS ON A PSYCHEDELIC MUSICAL TRIP TO THE OUTER REGIONS OF THE FUNK GALAXY, TAKING IN SPACED-OUT HEAVY BONGO RHYTHMS AND LATIN SOUL ALONG THE WAY - ALL 100% ORIGINAL DANCEFLOOR RHYTHMS. (INSTRUMENTS FEATURED INCLUDE THE HAMMOND, BONGOS, SYNTHESISERS, VIBES.) WRITTEN, ARRANGED, PERFORMED AND PRODUCED ENTIRELY BY NASSER AT HIS RAMSHACKLE STUDIOS ON ANALOGUE 8 TRACK, THE ALBUM WAS MIXED BY NICK TERRY (KLAXONS, SMD) AT THE PREMISES IN HACKNEY, LONDON. PLEASE NOTE, THIS ALBUM CONTAINS NO SAMPLES, JUST A GROOVE THAT SOUNDS GOOD)

 

THE BOOGALOO INVESTIGATORS – Dynamighty! CD £12 (THIS BAND IS AMAZING...TERMINALLY UNDERSTATED COOL... WITH A VOCAL THAT PACKS A PARALYSING PUNCH" WHICH IS OVERWHELMING WITH A EXPLOSIVE HAMMOND DELIGHT THIS IS SO INFECTIOUS!!!)

   

THE BOOGALOO BAND WITH RICK HUDSON - Dance for Daddy CD £12 (SCORCHING 10 TRACK RELEASE FROM THE ‘BLOW IT HARD’ LABEL. FOLLOWING ON FROM THE SUCCESS OF THEIR SINGLE ‘CHICKEN’, RICK & THE BOYS DELIVER SOME OF THE FUNKIEST BOOGALOO TRACKS THAT WAY HAVE THE DANCE FLOOR A SWINGIN’)

   

THE BOONARAAAS - A Tribute To Bananarama EP CD SINGLE £4.99 (BRILLIANT NEW RELEASE ON THE GERMAN ‘THUNDERBABY’ LABEL THAT FEATURES THREE TRACKS FROM THIS PHENOMENAL GERMAN GARAGE/TRASH ALL GIRL COMBO.  PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO THE QUEENS OF THE 80'S THIS CD SINGLE COMES WITH A GREAT FULL COLOUR 4 PAGE BOOKLET)

  THE BOONARAAAS - 5 Steps Ahead CD £12 ("5 STEPS AHEAD" IS THE MODEST TITLE OF THE FOLLOW UP TO "GO GET GOO GOO" TO BE RELEASED IN MARCH 2007 ON THE SOUNDS OF SUBTERRANIA IMPRINT. WHILE MOST MUSICAL GROUPS ARE TAKING TWO STEPS BACK, THE BOONARAAAS THRUST IS MOST DEFINITELY FORWARD. THERE'S A LOT OF GIRL PUNK AND GARAGE BANDS DOING THE ROUNDS THESE DAYS BUT NONE OF THEM BRING THE ESSENCE OF BOTH TOGETHER LIKE GERMANY'S BOONARAAAS! THEY BASH OUT THEIR HEART AND SOUL-POPPIN' SONIC NUGGETS USING VINTAGE EQUIPMENT BUT THE NOISE THEY MAKE IS VERY MUCH NOW! WITH SO MANY OLD FOGIES ZIG-ZAGGING ACROSS THE WORLD MAKING MONEY FOR THEIR OLD AGE, IT'S A PURE PLEASURE TO DISCOVER A BUNCH OF YOUNG LADIES WHO HAVE THE ENERGY AND PRESENCE TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN AND HEARD IT ALL. A TREAT FOR THE EARS AND THE EYES, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PERSUASION. TRICH'S SASSY SINGING AND BASS ATTITUDE ALONG WITH CHRISTINA'S COMMAND OF THE BIG BEAT PROVIDES A ROCKIN' SOLID FOUNDATION. LAURA'S DANELECTRO ACTION BLENDS WITH TINE'S RHYTHM LICKS TO CREATE A FUZZ-INFUSED WALL OF SOUND THAT IS SO DIRECT THAT YOU'LL WONDER WHAT THE HECK JUST HIT YOU. AND LIKE ALL SPECIAL ACTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THEY HAVE A KNACK OF MIXING ORIGINALS AND COVERS IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE JOINS. YOU JUST WONDER WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ALL YOUR LIFE)
 

TONY BORLOTTI E I SUOI FLAUERS - Il Mondo E Strano ... Altri Fiori CD £12 (THE LONG AWAITED REISSUE OF THEIR BRAINSTORMING BEAT ITALIANO CD "IL MONDO E STRANO" FINALLY COMES OUT ON CD AND FEATURES THEIR COMPLETE OUTPUT SO FAR! NOT ONLY YOU'LL FIND THEIR ALBUM AND LONG OUT OF PRINT 7" EP REMASTERED, BUT YOU GET 3 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED COOL TRACKS AS WELL AS THEIR ORIGINAL DEMO TAPE!!! IF YOU LIKE (HOW DIFFERENT?) SIXTIES COMPS LIKE 60'S BEAT ITALIANO YOU GOTTA HAVE THIS FABULOUS RELEASE.. OTHERWISE WE'LL TELL OUR ITALIAN FRIENDS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD)

 

THE BOSS - Underdog CD £12 (NEW CD ONLY RELEASE ON THE ‘DETOUR’ LABEL (DRCD038) - IT’S FINALLY MADE IT OUT...STORMING 18 TRACK RELEASE FROM THIS ESSEX BASED MOD / POWER-POP QUARTET. THE BAND FORMED IN THE MID 80s AND RELEASED ONE CLASSIC SINGLE “ONE GOOD REASON” PLUS ONE FLEXI. NOW THE BAND ARE BACK!!! AND FINALLY RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM. THIS RELEASE FEATURES EVERYTHING THE BAND EVER RECORDED FROM DAY ONE UP TO THIS PRESENT DAY. SEVEN CLASSIC TRACKS FROM THE 80s INCLUDING BOTH SIDES OF THEIR SINGLE, PLUS ELEVEN NEW TRACKS FROM 2002 - “UNDERDOG” IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT....)

   

THE BOSS MARTIANS - Invasion of the ...(Live) CD £10 (WICKED NEW 10 TRACK RELEASE ON THE US ‘VAGRANT’ LABEL THAT SHOWS THE ‘BOSS MARTIANS’ AT THEIR BEST!)

 

THE BO-WEEVILS – Reap CD £12 (AUSTRALIAN UNDERGROUND NEO GARAGE-PSYCH RELEASE THAT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT IN 1992)

 

THE BO-WEEVILS – Burn CD £13 (AUSTRALIAN UNDERGROUND NEO GARAGE-PSYCH RELEASE THAT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT IN 1994)

   

DAVID BOWIE - I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles 3 x CD SINGLE BOX SET £15 (FANTASTIC RELEASE ON THE ‘CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS’ LABEL THAT GATHERS TOGETHER THESE 3 GREAT BEAT SINGLES FROM 1966 AND PUTS THEM IN A GORGEOUS BOX THAT HAS A FANTASTIC COVER SHOWING MR. BOWIE LOOKING ULTRA MOD!!)

 

DAVID BOWIE - I Dig Everything: The 1966 Pye Singles CD £10 (GREAT NEW 6 TRACK RELEASE ON THE ‘CASTLE COMMUNICATIONS’ LABEL THAT GATHERS TOGETHER THESE 3 GREAT BEAT SINGLES FROM 1966 AND PUTS THEM ON ONE DISC. HAS A FANTASTIC COVER SHOWING MR. BOWIE LOOKING ULTRA MOD!!)

   

BOYCE - The Sound Track For Us CD £8 (STUNNING NEW JAPANESE MOD / POWER-POP RELEASE FROM THIS WELL SUITED-UP TRIO...GREAT HARMONY VOCALS WITH SLASHING GUITARS. THIS BAND WERE BOOKED TO PLAY THE MORECAMBE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR BEFORE IT WAS CALLED OF)

   

RAY BRANDES - The Rise and Fall Of Ray Brandes CD £12 (BRILLIANT NEW 8 TRACK RELEASE ON THE SPANISH ‘SNAP’ LABEL FROM THIS CULT MOD / POWER-POP GOD WHO USED TO FRONT THE ‘TELL TALE HEARTS’.  THESE TRACKS ARE AS DIVERSE AS THEY ARE POWERFUL.  THIS IS A MUST FOR ANY MUSIC FAN!!)

 

BREAKTHRU - Adventures Highway Double CD £13 (ONLY KNOWN FOR THE ONE SINGLE IN 1968 'ICE CREAM TREE' /'JULIUS CAESAR' ON MERCURY, (AND LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD FROM THIS TO BE A 'POP' ACT), BIRMINGHAM'S BREAKTHRU WERE IN FACT ONE OF THE LOUDEST, HAIRIEST AND MOST EXCITING 'PSYCHEDELIC' ROCK BANDS OF THEIR TIME. HOWEVER, THEY COULD CREATE SOULFUL, SENSITIVE OR JUST PLAIN 'CATCHY' SOUNDS TOO. YOUNG AND VERY FASHIONABLE, MANY AUDIENCES HAD SEEN NOTHING LIKE THEM. THEY TOOK THEIR WILD STAGE SHOW, COMPLETE WITH SMOKE AND LIGHTS, ALL OVER GREAT BRITAIN: PLAYING MANY OF LONDON'S MOST IMPORTANT CLUBS OF THE DAY IN THE PROCESS, SUCH AS 'HAPPENING 44', 'THE ELECTRIC GARDEN', 'BLAISES' AND 'THE MARQUEE'. THEY ALSO WERE RESIDENT AT A CLUB IN SWITZERLAND FOR A TIME, AND MADE A BIG IMPRESSION AT PLUMPTON'S 1969 'NATIONAL JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL'. THIS IS THEIR FIRST COMPLETE ALBUM, AND GATHERS TOGETHER ALL THEIR SURVIVING RECORDINGS. DESPITE THE SOLE SINGLE RELEASE, THE BAND RECORDED MUCH MATERIAL FROM 1967 TO 1970. INCLUDED HERE ARE THEIR CANCELLED SECOND MERCURY 45 'PEER GYNT'/'TROUBLESHOOT', ALONGSIDE 14 OTHER UNRELEASED TITLES, AND TWO WHICH ONLY MADE A BRIEF APPEARANCE ON A CONTEMPORARY COMPILATION. THE 'ALBUM' C.D. RUNS FOR OVER 50 MINUTES, AND HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER TO SHOW THE BAND AS THE EX-MEMBERS WOULD LIKE BEST TO BE REMEMBERED. THE 'E.P.' DISC CONTAINS THEIR SINGLE RELEASE, ALONGSIDE THREE OF THEIR EARLIEST/MORE POP-ORIENTATED NUMBERS. TOGETHER, THESE SHOW THE BAND'S MUSICAL RANGE IN FULL. IN THE OVERCROWDED, CONSTANTLY RE-CYCLING '60S REISSUE MARKET, THIS IS NEW, FRESH AND LARGELY UNHEARD, RESTORED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM ORIGINAL TAPES AND ACETATES. IN DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER A YEAR, THIS C.D. GIVES SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE SEASONED COLLECTOR AND CURIOUS 'ADVENTURER' ALIKE)

 

THE BRESSLAWS – Captain Fantastic EP CDs £2.49 (THE LATEST RELEASE ON THE ‘BIFF BANG POW’ LABEL AND IN OUR OPINION IT’S THEIR BEST RELEASE SO FAR. THREE GARAGE TRACKS THAT TAKE THEIR INFLUENCES FROM ALL THINGS MOD MIXED UP WITH THE MEDWAY SOUND OF THE PRISONERS AND MILKSHAKES….IT’S SURE A WINNER…)

 

THE BRESSLAWS – I Only Asked! CD £9.99 (ONE OF THE LATEST RELEASES OUT ON THE ‘BIFF BANG POW’ LABEL…. AND THIS DEBUT ALBUM HAS IT ALL - THE MEDWAY SOUNDS OF THE PRISONERS & THE SOLARFLARES, FLASHES OF THE WHO, THE EYES, THE TRUTH, MADNESS AND THE YARDBIRDS, AND LOTS OF HAMMOND AND HARMONICA THROUGHOUT. IT ALSO FEATURES 2 SOUL COVERS WHICH VERY FEW OTHER MODERN DAY BANDS COULD GET AWAY WITH - BUT THE BRESSLAWS PASS WITH FLYING COLOURS. THIS BAND ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BANDS AROUND RIGHT NOW!)

   

BRIGHTON ‘64 - Explosion Juvenil En Directo 1986 - 87 CD £12 (GREAT NEW RELEASE ON THE SPANISH ‘BIP BIP’ LABEL THAT FEATURES THIS AWESOME SPANISH ‘JAM’ INFLUENCED BAND LIVE AND AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POPULARITY.  15 POWERFUL TRACKS WITH PLENTY OF RICKENBACKER SLASHING!!)

   

BRIGHTON 64 - Bola Y Cadena CD £12 (NEW RELEASE ON THE SPANISH ‘BIP BIP’ LABEL THAT ROUNDS UP THE COMPLETE WORKS OF THE LEGENDARY 80’’S MOD BAND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SONGS OWNED BY E.M.I. FEATURES 24 TRACKS IN TOTAL AFTER SERVING SEVEN LONG YEARS ON THE MOD SCENE

   

BRONCO BULLFROG - What People Did Before TV CD £12 (THE LATEST RELEASE ON THE ‘REV-OLA’ LABEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST UK ACTS THAT ARE AROUND TODAY...16 TRACKS THAT SPAN FROM 1996 - 2002 - ALL THE HITS PLUS NON-ALBUM SINGLES & OUT-TAKES)

   

BUFFALO TOM / LIAM GALLAGHER & STEVE CRADOCK - Going Underground / Carnation CDs £5 (SCARCE UK RELEASE ON THE ‘IGNITION’ LABEL FROM 1999 THAT CAME OUT TO PROMOTE THE ‘FIRE AND SKILL’ JAM TRIBUTE LP)

   

THE BUFF MEDWAYS – Medway Wheelers CD £12 (THEIR 3RD LONG PLAYER……THE BUFF MEDWAYS CUT A DASH WITH THEIR VICTORIAN ARMY UNIFORMS AND THEIR VINTAGE VOX AMPS. THE GEAR MAY BE OLD BUT AS ONE CRITIC WROTE THE BAND ARE "THE SNARLED LIP EMBODIMENT OF ROCK'N'ROLL SPIRIT RATHER THAN NOSTALGIA OR SHABBY REVIVALISM". LIVE AND ON RECORD THE BUFF MEDWAYS ARE ALL ABOUT GREAT SONGS AND VIBRANT RAW ENERGY – NO FRILLS)

 

BULLDOG BREED – Made In England CD £15 (THE CLASSIC RARE-AS-WOODEN-HORSE-POO ALBUM FROM BULLDOG BREED, EX-MEMBERS OF THE FLIES, PLEASE & CYMBELINE, REPACKAGED HERE WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE NON-ALBUM 45 'HALO IN MY HAIR / PORTICULLIS GATE' ALSO INCLUDES THEIR FANTASTIC TRIBUTE TO BRITISH OCCULTIST 'AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE'. GREAT SLEEVE NOTES & PHOTOS)

 

BUSH – Got Bush If You Want It CD £14 (FIRST TIME EVER COLLECTION OF THIS AWESOME CALIFORNIA BAND WHO BLEW THE STONES OFF STAGE BACK IN 1965! A TREASURE TROVE OF KILLER SOUNDS FROM A BAND THAT UTTERLY EPITOMIZED 60'S TEENAGE GARAGE ROCK. 27 TRACKS!!!! ESSENTIAL!! AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ‘UGLY THINGS’ CREW)

   

THE BUTLERS - Wanja’s Choice CD £12 (GREAT NEW RELEASE ON THE ‘GROVER’ LABEL FROM THESE OLD GERMAN SKANKSTERS!!  THIS LP FEATURES TV AND MOVIE THEMES GIVEN A GREAT SKA RE-WORKING WITH SHOWS LIKE STAR TREK, STARSKY AND HUTCH, THE ROCKFORD FILES AND MANY MORE.  GO ON - GET IT AND TRANSFORM YOUR STEREO INTO A JAMAICAN DRIVE-IN CINEMA!!)

   

THE BUTLERS - Fight Like A Lion CD £12 (THE LATEST STUDIO ALBUM BY THIS BERLIN BASED 8 PIECE SKANKING SOUL COMBO)

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CAMERA - This Is... CD £12 (SUPER COOL 10 TRACK RELEASE FROM THIS US QUINTET WHO PLAY AN INFECTIOUS  MOD-POP IN THE STYLE OF EARLY KINKS AND THE WHO WITH LOTS OF VOCAL HARMONIES, BOUNCY KEYBOARD LINES AND SHARP SLASHING GUITARS)

 

Les CAPPUCCINO – Ultra Kitsch (de luxe) Vol 1 CD £12 (BACK IN STOCK!!!! - BRILLIANT 16 TRACK RELEASE FROM THE COOLEST AND BEST MOD BANDS AROUND TODAY. THIS JAPANESE QUARTET PLAY SOME OF THE BEST SOUNDS YOU WILL EVER HEAR…RECENTLY BEING VOTED THE BEST BAND TO APPEAR AT LAST YEARS MODSTOCK WEEKEND!!! WATCH OUT FOR THE ‘DETOUR’ RELEASE IN THE SINGLE SECTION WHICH IS FLYING OUT!!!!!)

 

THE CARNATION - New Sensation EP CDs £3.99 (BRILLIANT RELEASE ON THE GERMAN ‘SOUNDS OF SUBTERRANIA’ LABEL FROM THIS WELL-SUITED-UP SWEDISH MOD COMBO.  4 TRACKS OF GREAT 60'S MOD WITH A 70s EDGE. THE FIRST TRACK IS VERY SIMILAR TO ‘OPENING UP’ BY THE ‘CIRCLES’)

 

THE CARNATION - Gothenburg Rifle Association CD £12 (GUITAR-FULED POP WITH MELODIES, TRASHY GUITARS AND PUNK ATTITUDE, PAUL WELLER MEETING ALEX CHILTON IN A RAINY GOTHENBURG, A GOOD DESCRIPTION FOR THE CARNATION, WHO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM "GOTHENBURG RIFLE ASSOCIATION" AT THIS VERY TIME. CONSISTING OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ANXIOUS, BASEMENT BRATS AND THE NUGGETS, THEY LOOK BACK AT A FEW MINOR RELEASES AND SAMPLER CONTRIBUTIONS IN SWEDEN. 2003 THEY SIGNED TO SOUNDS OF SUBTERRANIA, WHO RELEASED EXCERPTS FROM THEIR 2000 EP, BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGHTER. SOME CRITIC CALLED IT HOOLIGAN-POP, REALLY AN APT CHOICE OF WORDS...)

  THE CARNATION - Human Universals CD £12 (ON 'HUMAN UNIVERSALS' THE CARNATION ARE LEAVING THEIR NEW WAVE-INFECTED SOUND FOR SOMETHING RATHER DIFFERENT. WHILE THE HARSH VOCAL DELIVERY REMAINS INTACT IN PLACES, THE OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE ALBUM IS ONE OF DEVELOPMENT. WITH THE INCLUSION OF SYNTHESIZERS, DANCE GROOVES AND CHRISTIAN BERGMAN'S MELANCHOLIC-PSYCHEDELIC SLIDE GUITAR PARTS THE BAND HAS CERTAINLY COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEIR DEBUT WITH 'GOTHENBURG RIFLE ASSOCIATION'. THE NEW RECORD BEGINS IN A STYLISH WAY WITH THE DELAYED DRUMS OF SOUL-POP EFFORT 'LABEL SLAVES', BEFORE THE PUNKY GUITAR AND BASS OF 'THURSDAY'S KID' KICKS IN. THESE ARE FOLLOWED BY A LIST OF SONGS THAT COMBINES ANGER, HATE AND FRUSTRATION WITH POLITICAL AWARENESS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. WHEN SINGER ERIC OBO BARKS ABOUT TERRACE AGGRO IN 'WHERE'S THE VIOLENCE?', IT'S ACTUALLY HARD NOT TO BELIEVE HIM. AFTER A STAGGERING 42 MINUTES THE FINAL CHORD OF THE 13TH AND LAST SONG 'ON THE LOSING END' FADES OUT AND THE LISTENER IS GUARANTEED TO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER)
   

CATFIGHT! - Frustrated CD £12 (NEW 14 TRACK RELEASE FROM THESE SEXY JUVENILE DELINQUENTS THAT ARE ON A ROLLER COASTER RIDE TO DELIVER SOME FINE RAWKUS GARAGE PUNK)

 

THE CAVEMEN – Il Buio E Tra Di Noi CD £12 (LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 300 COPIES… HAILING FROM RAVENNA, ITALY, THE CAVEMEN IS A CAVE-TEEN COMBO FIXATED WITH SIXTIES GARAGE-PUNK AND BEAT ITALIANO. AS A MATTER OF FACT THEIR DEBUT ALBUM HERE PRESENTS 3 CUTS SUNG IN ENGLISH AND 3 IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUE, FILLED WITH PLENTY OF FUZZY GUITARS AND STOMPING' BEAT. THE GUYS DELIVER A PRIMAL, YET MATURE, RELEASE THAT DISPLAYS THEIR LOVE FOR BOTH CLASSIC UK ACTS (THE YARDBIRDS IN THE TITLE TRACK "IL BUIO E TRA DI NOI") AND INNOCENT US GARAGE PUNK IN AVENGERS/STOICS VEIN. THE CAVEMEN SURELY LIKE THE 80'S GARAGE WAVE TOO, BUT INSTEAD OF GRANTED SURF-PUNK INSTROS HERE, YOU'LL FIND ALSO "BUGIA",A SPOOKY/MOODY THEME THAT WILL DEFINITELY PLEASE FUZZTONES FANS (OR GARAGE PSYCH HEADS IN GENERAL) AND A PERSONAL RENDITION OF THE GRUESOMES' "ONE GOOD REASON", SUNG IN ITALIAN ("VIGLIACCO"). THE CAVEMEN ARE AN HAPPENING AND FUN NEW GARAGE COMBO TO LOOK FOR. GET OUTTA THE CAVE AND BUY THEIR ALBUM, THEN IF THERE'S NO CAVE-PARTY AROUND, GET A BEER, PLAY IT AT FULL VOLUME AND THINK OF THE GOOD TIMES!)

 

THE CHAINS - On Top Of Things CD £12 (FANTASTIC DEBUT 12 TRACKER FROM MONTREAL’S YOUNGEST &  NEWEST HIT-MAKERS!!! SUPERB SONG WRITING FROM THIS STYLISH BIG BEAT QUINTET. CLAP YOUR HANDS & SHOUT TO THE MUSIC OF THE CHAINS.....)

 

CHAMPAGNE – Ready, Steady, Go! CD £8 (SUMMERTIME IS HERE KIDDIES... AND IT'S TIME TO GET THE ULTIMATE SOUNDTRACK FOR THIS SEASON. THE SPANISH POP-SENSATION CHAMPAGNE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE PART OF IT! THEIR DEBUT-ALBUM "READY, STEADY, GO" IS PURE POWER-POP IN PERFECTION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL POWER-POP HERE, NOT THE LAME POP STUFF MOST BANDS AND LABELS ARE OFFERING US UNDER THIS TERM. THIS HAS PLENTY OF HOOKS, HARMONIES BUT WITH BOLLOX)

   

CHANTS R&B - Stage Door Witchdoctors CD £12 (FANS OF THE MID 60'S - HERE’S ANOTHER HISTORICAL DOCUMENT AND BLAST OF COOL TUNES FOR YOU TO DIG INTO.  THIS CD COLLECTS EVERYTHING THIS ULTRA COOL R&B BAND FROM NEW ZEALAND EVER RECORDED AND SLAPS ‘EM ON TO ONE DISC ALONG WITH SOME ROUGH AND RAW LIVE RECORDINGS.  FEATURES THE CLASSIC TRACKS ‘NEIGHBOUR NEIGHBOUR’ AND ‘I’M YOUR WITCHDOCTOR’ - STEP INSIDE AND EXPERIENCE THE GODLIKE R&B POWER OF THE CHANTS!!)

    THE CHECKERS – Make a move CD £12 (TERRIFIC NEW US COMBO THAT MIXES UP ‘MOD REVIVAL’ WITH PLENTY PUNCHY GUITAR WORK AND THEN SPRINKLED WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF FEMALE FRONTED ‘TWO TONE SKA’. 10 FULL ON ADRENALIN PUMPED UP ANTHEMS THAT WILL HAVE YOU JUMPING ALL OF THE PLACE)
 

THE CHECKERS - Running With Scissors CD £12 (ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BANDS AROUND AT THE MOMENT BRINGS US THEIR SECOND FULL-LENGTH RELEASE!!! THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS AND SOMEWHAT BRILLIANT EXPLOSION OF NEW SOUNDS AND NEW FLAVOURS. THE ALBUM OPENS WITH A SONG CALLED 'INVITATION' THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING PINK FLAG-ERA WIRE MIGHT PLAY IF JOAN JETT DECIDED TO FRONT THE BAND, AND ENDS WITH A SONG CALLED 'BASS WOLF,' A DARK 'N' DELICIOUS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BASSIST OF JAPAN'S GUITAR WOLF THAT INCLUDES ONE OF THE BAND'S MOST IMPRESSIVE RIFFS. IN BETWEEN, THE MUSIC FLASHES BY FAST AND FURIOUS IN SHADES OF BLUE AND GRAY THAT MATCH THE ALBUM'S STARK COVER PHOTO OF A PAIR OF SCISSORS PLACED AGAINST A SLIGHTLY BLOOD-SPATTERED BLACK BACKDROP. THE REVERB DRENCHED JANGLE ON THE INTRO OF 'SEARCHING FOR YOU' SOUNDS LIKE EARLY '60S KINKS BUT SUDDENLY EXPLODES INTO A BIG BLAST OF PLAYFUL POP THAT BOASTS THEIR MOST INVENTIVE MELODY YET; THE TITLE SONG SOUNDS LIKE NOTHING THEY'VE EVER ATTEMPTED AND ACTUALLY HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH BROODING ENGLISH ART SCHOOL POST-PUNK THAN BLONDIE OR NIKKI & THE CORVETTES; AND THEIR COVER OF THE EARLY TUBEWAY ARMY RARITY 'BLUE EYES' IS JUST SIMPLY AMAZING AND SHOWS WHAT GREAT TASTE THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD IN PICKING SONGS WITH THE PERFECT FIT)

  THE CHEEKS - Raw Countryside CD £9 (JUST PUT ON THE DISC WHILE YOU READ THIS AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN! "COUNTRYSIDE" IS A PERFECT POP SONG! THE MELODY STICKS IN YOUR BRAIN & YOU'LL BE SINGING ALONG AFTER THE FIRST 10 SECONDS! YOU'LL NOTICE NEW BITS & PIECES EVERY TIME YOU HEAR THAT SONG, EVERY INSTRUMENT PLAYED WITH SUCH SKILL!!! THE PERFECT PLATTER FOR A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY., 1. THE DAY THEY CLOSED THE COUNTRYSIDE, 2. HONEYMOON HELL, 3. HIGH UPON A ROOFTOP, 4. VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 5. WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN, 6. JUST A GOOD BOY, 7. LOOSING MY HEAD, 8. DIGGING FOR GOLD, 9. IM NOT GONNA CHANGE, 10. CALIFORNIA FALLING INTO THE OCEAN. INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS!! PAPERMOON, DON’T LOOK BACK & THE HIDEOUT)
   

THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS - The Mindbending Sounds Of.... CD £15 (HEADS UP! - THIS LEGENDARY US GARAGE BAND HAVE BEEN LET LOOSE ONCE AGAIN AND HAVE COME UP WITH ONE HELL OF A SNARLING MOTHER FOR THE ‘SUNDAZED’ LABEL....AFTER LEADING THE PACK FOR OVER 20 YEARS, THEY HAVE RE-CLAIMED THEIR CROWN - FEATURES 14 SCORCHING FARFISA ORGAN DRENCHED, FUZZ LADEN KILLERS)

  CHEWY MARBLE - Bowl of Surreal CD £12 (BRILLIANT NEW 12 TRACK RELEASE FROM THIS GREAT US BUBBLEGUM POP OUTFIT - VERY MUCH LIKE ‘THE JETSET’ WITH A SLIGHT PSYCHEDELIC EDGE)
 

CHICKENPOX - Dinner dance & Late night music CD £3.99 (GREAT NEW SWEDISH 4-TRACK SKA RELEASE, VERY UP-TEMPO & SIMILAR TO THE `TWO TONE' TYPE SKA)

   

CHICKENPOX - Anything you say CD £3.99 (GREAT NEW SWEDISH 3-TRACK SKA RELEASE, VERY UP-TEMPO & SIMILAR TO THE `TWO TONE' TYPE SKA)

   

CHICKENPOX - At Mickey Cohen's Thursdaynight Pokergame CD £12 (GOOD 11 TRACK SKA RELEASE FROM THIS UP & COMIN' SWEDISH `TWO TONE' STYLE COMBO - SUNG IN ENGLISH!)

 

BILLY CHILDISH & HOLLY GOLIGHTLY – In Blood CD £14 (THEIR FIRST EVER OUTING AS A COUPLE, ONE CHORD BLUES SONGS WITH VOCAL TRADING & CLANGING GUITARS COURTESY OF THEE HEADCOATS)

   

CHIMERA – Chimera CD £15  (LEGENDARY LOST MASTERPIECE OF LATE 60S ACID FOLK/BAROQUE PSYCHEDELIA, THE UNRELEASED 1969 ALBUM BY CHIMERA - FEATURING FUTURE FLEETWOOD MAC GUITARIST BOB WESTON - WAS PARTLY PRODUCED BY PINK FLOYD DRUMMER NICK MASON WHO, LIKE RICK WRIGHT, MAKES A CAMEO APPEARANCE.  FIRST RELEASED A FEW YEARS AGO IN VINYL-ONLY FORMAT, THIS FIRST-EVER CD ISSUE ADDS AN EXTRA EIGHT PRE-ALBUM DEMOS TO PROVIDE THE DEFINITIVE CHIMERA ANTHOLOGY.  12 PAGE BOOKLET WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS AND THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE BAND'S ASTONISHING ADVENTURES IN SWINGING LONDON)

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THE CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND – 44 CD £13 (FAR OUT MAN - THE WATCH BAND ON CD.  THE '44' ALBUM FROM ONE OF THE GROOVIEST ACID GARAGE BANDS OF THE LATE 60S. RECORDED BETWEEN 1966 AND 1968 ALL OF THE TRACKS WERE ACTUALLY RECORDED BY THE GROUP AS OPPOSED TO THE MANY SIDES ISSUED UNDER THEIR NAME, BUT CUT BY SESSION PLAYERS. GREAT SOUNDS FROM BEGINNING TO END AND FEATURING THE GREAT ‘I'M NOT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE’ BY THE KINKS AND THE TWO FRANK ZAPPA PRODUCED SIDES FROM THE MEGA RARE ‘HANNA BARBERA’ 45)

 

THE CHORDS - So Far Away CD £12 (AT LONG LAST THIS CLASSIC AND MOST FAMOUS MOD REVIVAL LP SEES AN OFFICIAL RELEASE ON COMPACT DISC!  THIS CD FEATURES THE ORIGINAL LP IN IT’S ENTIRETY PLUS 11 BONUS TRACKS (23 TRACKS IN ALL)

 

THE CHORDS - At The BBC CD £11 (AT LAST!!  ONE OF THE BEST ‘79 REVIVAL MOD COMBO’S MAKES IT’S APPEARANCE ON THE ‘DETOUR’ LABEL (DRCD028).  THIS PHENOMENAL RELEASE GATHERS TOGETHER TWO ‘JOHN PEEL’ RADIO ONE SESSIONS AND ADDS AN ULTRA RARE TRACK TAKEN FROM A ‘KID JENSEN’ SESSION THAT IS A STORMING COVER VERSION OF ‘THE WHO’S ‘CIRCLES’ 8 TRACKS IN TOTAL AND THEY ARE REALLY BRILLIANT AND POWERFUL VERSIONS OF YOUR BEST LOVED TRACKS THAT SHOWS WHAT A FORCE ‘THE CHORDS’ WERE.  COMES WITH GREAT BOOKLET WITH RARE AND UNSEEN PHOTOS AND LINER NOTES BY ‘CHRIS HUNT’ OF ‘THE MOMENT’ FAME)

  THE CHORDS - The Mod Singles Collection CD £12 (THIS 20 TRACK COLLECTION ROUNDS UP ALL THE A AND B SIDES ISSUED BY EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE MOD REVIVAL BAND, THE CHORDS. INCLUDES THE HIT SINGLES “NOW IT’S GONE”, “MAYBE TOMORROW”, SOMETHING’S MISSING”, THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE” AND “IN MY STREET” WHILST THE BOOKLET CONTAINS GREAT SLEEVE NOTES BY MOD EXPERT CHRIS HUNT. SUPERB REMASTERING (AS ALWAYS) BY TIM TURAN AND A FANTASTIC REPLICA 7” STYLE ARTWORK AS WELL – IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER THEN THIS! DISK 1: NOW IT’S GONE | DON’T GO BACK | MAYBE TOMORROW | I DON’T WANNA KNOW | HEY GIRL | SOMETHING’S MISSING | THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT | NOW IT’S GONE (NEW VERSION) | THINGS WE SAY | THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE | THE WAY IT’S GOTTA BE | IN MY STREET | I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON | ONE MORE MINUTE | WHO’S KILLING WHO | TURN AWAY AGAIN | TURN AWAY AGAIN AGAIN BONUS TRACKS EMPTY DREAMS (UNISSUED SINGLE) | SO FAR AWAY (UNISSUED SINGLE EDIT) | NOW IT’S GONE (UNISSUED 12” SINGLE)
 

THE CHOSEN - Something for the weekend CD £11 (DRCD009 - THE KILLER DETOUR DEBUT FROM SCOTLAND'S FINEST SCOOTER RIDING MOD BAND, NO COMMENT NEEDED JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE COVER - PURE MOD & PROUD OF IT! FEATURES.... GIVE IT UP, SLIDE, A GIRL CALLED TUESDAY, ANGEL, BLUE AND WHITE, BARGAIN BASEMENT LOVER, DON'T ASK ME, CHECK OUT (THE CHECK OUT GIRL), OLD ENOUGH TO NOTICE, MY MEDICINE, MR WEEKENDER)

   

THE CHOSEN (V/A) - Glory Glory Ayrshire Killie CD £5 (UK RELEASE ON THE ‘CHERRY RED’ LABEL THAT FEATURES VARIOUS GROUPS PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO THEIR FAVOURITE FOOTY TEAM ‘KILMARNOCK’.  FEATURES TWO TRACKS BY OUR VERY OWN ‘THE CHOSEN’ ALONGSIDE 14 OTHER TRACKS)

   

THE CHRONICS - Late, Lit-Up & Lewd CD £12 (THE FIRST RELEASE FROM ONE OF THE BEST POWER-POP BANDS TO EMERGE OUTTA ITALY IN YEARS!!! HAILING FROM ‘BOLOGNA’, THIS BAND WEAR THEIR INFLUENCES ON THEIR SLEEVES - ‘THE NERVES’, ‘THE REAL KIDS’, ‘THE PLIMSOULS’ TO NAME JUST A FEW....ONLY 300 COPIES PRESSED)

   

THE CIGARETTES - Will Damage Your Health! DOUBLE CD £14 (FANTASTIC NEW 22 TRACK RELEASE ON THE ‘DETOUR’ LABEL (DRCD029) THAT GATHERS TOGETHER THE ENTIRE RECORDED OUTPUT FROM THIS BRILLIANT UK MOD / POWER-POP COMBO FROM 1978 TO 1980.  INCLUDED ON THIS GREAT RELEASE IS THE BAND’S ENTIRE ‘JOHN PEEL’ SESSION THAT WAS BROADCAST IN JANUARY 1980 AND A WEALTH OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL.  AS A BONUS WE HAVE INCLUDED THE BAND’S FIRST EVER DAY IN THE STUDIO THAT FEATURES 8 GREAT RAW SONGS (4 OF WHICH ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED).  THE BAND WERE NOT HAPPY FOR US TO INCLUDE THESE AS THEY ARE SO RAW AND NAIVE BUT WE FELT IT WAS A GREAT DOCUMENT OF HOW THE BAND STARTED.  COMES WITH GREAT PACKAGING WITH EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES BY LEAD SINGER ‘ROB SMITH’ AND MANY UNSEEN PHOTOS FROM THE BAND’S PERSONAL COLLECTION)

 

THE CIRCLES - Private world CD £11 (CAN YOU BELIEVE, WE’VE DONE IT AGAIN - DETOUR RECORDS HAVE TRACKED DOWN THE MIDLANDS FINEST  & MOST UNDERRATED MOD BANDS EVER. THIS BAND WERE DESTINED TO BE HUGE, BUT DUE TO CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IT WAS NEVER TO BE. WE BRING YOU ‘THE CIRCLES’ AT THEIR VERY BEST! (DRCD018) INCLUDES ALL THEIR CLASSIC TRACKS THAT WERE RECORDED LIVE IN 1980,  MANY OF THEM UN-RELEASED TRACKS THAT INCLUDE THEIR 3RD SINGLE WHICH NEVER CAME OUT, THEIR VERY FIRST EVER DEMO RECORDING - THIS IS A MUST FOR ANY’79 FAN)

 

THE CIRCLES – Demos, Outtakes & Rarities CDr £8 (CARRYING ON IN THIS SPECIAL SERIES, THIS TIME WE BRING YOU A 16 TRACK RELEASE THAT GATHERS UP SOME RARE UNRELEASED VERSIONS OF THEIR CLASSIC TRACKS, UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM THE TIME AND SEVERAL RADIO APPEARANCES! PLEASE NOTE, THIS TAPE HAS BEEN RESCUED FROM ONE OF THE BAND MEMBERS OF CASSETTES AND THE QUALITY VARIES FROM TRACK TO TRACK. ALL ARE LISTENABLE BUT THEY ARE NOT FIT FOR SHOP RELEASE!)

 

THE CITY LIGHTS – Escape From Tomorrow Today CD £8 (WHAT A STOKING RELEASE THAT IS BRIMMING WITH EXCITEMENT AND PASSION. QUOTING SUCH ACTS FROM ‘THE WHO’, ‘THE CLASH’, ‘THE JAM’ AND UP TO THE PRESENT DAY DARLINGS OF ‘THE STROKES’ & ‘THE ARTIC MONKEYS’…INCLUDES THE SMASH HIT ‘"WHAT YOU GONNA DO?’ PLUS ELEVEN OTHER SCORCHERS…)

 

THE CLIQUE/THEE CHERYLINAS/THE APEMEN ‑ Shout & Scream CD £11 (NOW THAT THE VINYL COPY HAS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT THIS FANTASTIC LP FINALLY SEES IT'S RELEASE ON CD, DETOUR RECORDS (DRCD001) FEATURING THEE CHERYLINAS AND OUR VERY OWN CLIQUE AND APEMEN, THERE ARE THREE EXTRA UNRELEASED TRACKS ON THIS VERSION, ONE FROM EACH BAND!  COMES WITH A FULL COLOUR BOOKLET THAT CONTAINS RARE NEVER SEEN BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ALL THE LYRICS SO YOU CAN `SING-A-LONG' - A REAL VALUE FOR MONEY!!)

   

THE CLIQUE - Vanbrugh Park CD £11 (IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!  THIS AWESOME ALBUM FROM ONE OF THE UK’S BEST EVER MOD COMBOS! ORIGINALLY TITLED ‘THE ACID JAZZ YEARS’ THIS FEATURES 11 RECORDINGS (MOST OF WHICH ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) FROM THE BAND’S EARLY DAYS. A GREAT COLLECTION OF STERLING ORIGINALS AND BELTING COVERS IN TRUE ‘CLIQUE’ STYLE.  FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCE FROM ‘JAMES TAYLOR’ ON ORGAN AND HAS SLEEVE NOTES BY ‘EDDIE PILLER’)

   

THE CLOUDSMEN - The Cloudsmen CD £8 (NEW 9 TRACK RELEASE FROM THIS CANADIAN COMBO - A COOL MIXTURE OF MELLOW VIBES WITH A INDIE-BRIT-POP FEEL WITH A HINT OF ORGAN)

   

THE COINS - As Time Goes By EP CD SINGLE £3.99 (GREAT RELEASE FROM THIS AUSTRIAN COMBO.  COMBINING ELEMENTS OF MOD, INDIE AND BRITPOP THESE GUYS GIVE US 3 PRIME EXAMPLES OF GREAT SONG WRITING.  IT’S WELL WRITTEN, WELL PLAYED AND WELL WORTH A LISTEN!!)