MOD & PUNK FANZINES 

SKA, REGGAE, SOUL & NORTHERN SOUL 

MOD / POWER-POP / GARAGE / FREAKBEAT 7"

 

THE B-SOUL ALLSTARS - My Best Girl / The One To Blame 7" £3.25 (TEEN AXEL & BENNY GORDINI (OF SLOW SLUSHY BOYS FAME) JOINED THEIR LABEL MATES AND PAY THEIR TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT JAMAICAN SINGER JOHN HOLT, WITH THE SIXTIES ROCK STEADY PARAGONS' SONG "MY BEST GIRL" & THE SOULFUL "THE ONE TO BLAME".... JAMAICAN SOUL AT ITS BEST!!)

THE SLOW SLUSHY BOYS – The Duck Vs The Worm 7” + P/S £3.25 (WICKED DANCEHALL FAVOURITES FROM THE SPANISH “BUTTERFLY” LABEL.  THIS IS A MONSTER SPIN! TWO SIDES OF JUST IRRESISTIBLE SOULPOWER, SUITABLE FOR EVERY PARTY IN THE WORLD!! YOU SPIN IT, KIDS WILL DANCE THEIR ASS OFF! SIDE A IS A STORMING SOULGROOVER CALLED "THE DUCK", ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY THE OLYMPICS, WHILE THE FLIP IS AN ORGAN DRIVEN INSTRUMENTAL CALLED "THE WORM". A BILL DOGGETT ORIGINAL. ALL PRESSED ON SHINY BLACK WAX & PRESSED VERY VERY LOUD, SO YOU'LL SPIN IT & THE SPEAKERS WILL EXPLODE!!!)

MOD / POWERPOP / 60s / GARAGE / FREAKBEAT LPs

 

THE  MOHAWKS – The Champ Double LP £22 (PUT YOUR FANCIEST DANCE SHOES ON BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO BOOGIE DOWN! THE MOHAWKS WERE A BAND FRONTED BY ARRANGER, HAMMOND GRINDER SUPREME AND KING OF BRITISH LIBRARY MUSIC COMPOSERS, ALAN HAWKSHAW. ALL TOP SESSION MUSICIANS, NOT A 'TOURING' BAND, THE MOHAWKS RELEASED THEIR ASTONISHING 1968 LP "THE CHAMP", CHOCKFULL OF INCREDIBLY GROOVY AND FUNKY TRACKS. VAMPISOUL, 40 YEARS LATER, REISSUES THIS CLUB/GROOVE MASTERPIECE WITH NO LESS THAN SIX BONUS TRACKS NOT INCLUDED ON THE ORIGINAL ALBUM! THIS IS A HIGH-OCTANE RELEASE WITH SOUL/JAZZ ORGAN FUELLING HITS, ONE AFTER ANOTHER. THE SONGS HEREIN CONTAIN ARGUABLY THE BEST AND GROOVIEST HAMMOND HEARD EAST OF THE ATLANTIC, THE HEAVIEST BASS EVER PLAYED IN LONDON, TIGHT-OR-DIE DRUM WORK AND A FULL SET OF EXPLOSIVE HORNS. AN ENDLESS STRING OF KILLER DANCE FLOOR FILLERS, FROM 1TO 2 (NOT TO MENTION OUR BONUS TRACKS, TAKEN FROM 7" SINGLES!). YOU'LL SURE RECOGNIZE THE TITLE TRACK (OR AT LEAST ITS ORGAN INTRO). A CULT CLASSIC FOR MORE OVER 30 YEARS, SAMPLED BY DOZENS OF HIP HOP ARTISTS (LIKE ERIK B. & RAKIM, DE LA SOUL, DJ SHADOW...), AND ALWAYS A FAVOURITE AMONGST CUTTING EDGE DJS FROM TOKYO TO LONDON, OR FROM NYC TO REYKJAVIK. A TRUE MASTERPIECE FROM THE VAULTS OF THE "CONNOISSEURS" AND IN-CROWDERS, RE-DISCOVERED AND RE-ISSUED FOR YOU BY VAMPISOUL! TRACK LISTING: THE CHAMP; HIP JUGGLER; SWEET SOUL MUSIC; DR. JEKYLL AND HYDE PARK; SEÑOR THUMP; LANDSCAPE; BABY HOLD ON; FUNKY BROADWAY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUNDABOUT; SOUND OF THE WITCHDOCTORS; BEAT ME TIL I'M BLUE; CAN YOU HEAR ME? BONUS TRACKS: PEPSI; MONY MONY; WESTERN PROMISE; RIDE YOUR PONY; THE CHAMP (EXTENDED VERSION); LANDSCAPE (EXTENDED VERSION))

MOD / POWERPOP / 60s / GARAGE / FREAKBEAT CDs

 

THE FIXATIONS - The Sound Of Young London CD £12 (THIS RELEASE ON THE 'DETOUR' LABEL (DRCD054) HAS BEEN IN THE PIPELINE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, BUT WE CAN FINALLY SAY THAT IS IS NOW OUT! THIS BAND WERE ONE OF THE EARLIEST MOD BANDS ALONG WITH 'THE SCOOTERS' TO FORM IN LONDON IN 1978 BUT CAN TRACE THEIR ROOTS BACK TO 1976. THEY HAD NO ONE TO COPY SO THEY WENT AND FORGED THEIR OWN STYLE WHICH THEY CHRISTENED "MOD ROCK". THIS CD FEATURES 16 TRACKS THAT WERE ALL RECORDED BETWEEN 1976 - 1981. PLUS AS A BONUS THERE ARE TWO VIDEO CLIPS ON THE END OF THE CD THAT CAN BE VIEWED ON YOUR PC FROM 1976 & 1978 - THEY LED AND OTHERS FOLLOWED!!)

THE  MOHAWKS – The Champ CD £16 (PUT YOUR FANCIEST DANCE SHOES ON BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO BOOGIE DOWN! THE MOHAWKS WERE A BAND FRONTED BY ARRANGER, HAMMOND GRINDER SUPREME AND KING OF BRITISH LIBRARY MUSIC COMPOSERS, ALAN HAWKSHAW. ALL TOP SESSION MUSICIANS, NOT A 'TOURING' BAND, THE MOHAWKS RELEASED THEIR ASTONISHING 1968 LP "THE CHAMP", CHOCKFULL OF INCREDIBLY GROOVY AND FUNKY TRACKS. VAMPISOUL, 40 YEARS LATER, REISSUES THIS CLUB/GROOVE MASTERPIECE WITH NO LESS THAN SIX BONUS TRACKS NOT INCLUDED ON THE ORIGINAL ALBUM! THIS IS A HIGH-OCTANE RELEASE WITH SOUL/JAZZ ORGAN FUELLING HITS, ONE AFTER ANOTHER. THE SONGS HEREIN CONTAIN ARGUABLY THE BEST AND GROOVIEST HAMMOND HEARD EAST OF THE ATLANTIC, THE HEAVIEST BASS EVER PLAYED IN LONDON, TIGHT-OR-DIE DRUM WORK AND A FULL SET OF EXPLOSIVE HORNS. AN ENDLESS STRING OF KILLER DANCE FLOOR FILLERS, FROM 1TO 2 (NOT TO MENTION OUR BONUS TRACKS, TAKEN FROM 7" SINGLES!). YOU'LL SURE RECOGNIZE THE TITLE TRACK (OR AT LEAST ITS ORGAN INTRO). A CULT CLASSIC FOR MORE OVER 30 YEARS, SAMPLED BY DOZENS OF HIP HOP ARTISTS (LIKE ERIK B. & RAKIM, DE LA SOUL, DJ SHADOW...), AND ALWAYS A FAVOURITE AMONGST CUTTING EDGE DJS FROM TOKYO TO LONDON, OR FROM NYC TO REYKJAVIK. A TRUE MASTERPIECE FROM THE VAULTS OF THE "CONNOISSEURS" AND IN-CROWDERS, RE-DISCOVERED AND RE-ISSUED FOR YOU BY VAMPISOUL! TRACK LISTING: THE CHAMP; HIP JUGGLER; SWEET SOUL MUSIC; DR. JEKYLL AND HYDE PARK; SEÑOR THUMP; LANDSCAPE; BABY HOLD ON; FUNKY BROADWAY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUNDABOUT; SOUND OF THE WITCHDOCTORS; BEAT ME TIL I'M BLUE; CAN YOU HEAR ME? BONUS TRACKS: PEPSI; MONY MONY; WESTERN PROMISE; RIDE YOUR PONY; THE CHAMP (EXTENDED VERSION); LANDSCAPE (EXTENDED VERSION))

 

PUNK / NEW WAVE / OI! 7"s

PUNK / NEW WAVE / OI! LPs

PUNK / NEW WAVE / OI! CDs

 

THE DESTRUCTORS 666 / MARCH TO THE GRAVE - Geistbahn EP CDs £5.99 (HOW MANY RELEASES IN ONE YEAR? THIS TIME WE HAVE SEVEN TRACKS....'KHMER ROUGE BOOGIE' ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN 1982 BY THE DESTRUCTORS AND WAS GIVEN AWAY FREE IN "TREES AND FLOWERS" FANZINE AS A THANK YOU TO THEIR FANS! 'CAMBODIA' WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE 'FIVE GO MAD IN EUROPE" 12". 'HAND OF THE LAW' IS A COVER OF THE 'RADIO BIRDMAN' SONG WITH A NEW TWIST. THE OTHER TRACKS ON THIS RELEASE ARE BROUGHT TO YOU FROM STAMFORD'S, LINCOLN FINEST.....)