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George Brigman - Rags In Skull. CD.
(Label: bona fide, Cat.No: BONAFID 5)
George Brigmans first all new LP in 25 years! The legendary guitar god re-emerges with his strongest LP ever! Blasts of raw psychedelia and hard rock insanity merge with free-flowing instrumentals and dreamy ballads to form an intoxicating witchs brew like no other! All songs previously unreleased! Dynamic live, ultra crunchy and powerful sound the way George always wanted his music to sound! Full color CD book with photos and lyrics! The true followup to Georges internationally acclaimed Jungle Rot and I Can Hear The Ants Dancin LPs! The inclusion of Georges "Blowin Smoke" on the UK comp Cherrystones Word has created even more fans and resulted in increased airplay on the BBC! Some of the filthiest, scuzziest psychedelia since the 1st Blue Cheer LP. Think Can, Chrome, the Stooges and Captain Beefheart fronting an acid blues band.
Rayne - Rayne. LP.
(Label: Shadoks Music, Cat.No: 089)
Frank Saucier and his 3 brothers formed Rayne in 1977, located in the New Orleans suburbia. They recorded the album with 'good' home equipment with no overdubs. The original album (the black album as they called it) was a pressing of 300 units . The music is first class psych rock, strong compositions, great guitars & vocals, just everything right, something you would expect from a band located in New Orleans. Southern spirit and the tough guys don't dance ,they play music instead.LP 450 numbered / heavy sleeve / 180 gram pressing / insert on Shadoks

Elastik Band - The Elastik Band. CD.
(Label: Digital Cellars, Cat.No: DC111451-2)
Known for their incredibly weird garage psych ripper "Spazz" (featured on Rhino's Nuggets and one of the oddest records ever issued on a major label) the Elastik Band were a San Francisco band who appeared at The Filmore and the Golden Gate Park concerts in the mid to late 60's and released singles on Atco and Kapp. A highly original band they mixed full on acid punk mayhem with lush west coast psych harmony pop and rock. The bands output can be found on this collection which groups together all of their 1967 - 1968 singles together with the rare 1966 release under their previous name "This Side Up". There is no filler on a wonderful collection by a diverse and highly entertaining US '60's band. The outraged Australian DJ radio clip is hilarious. Includes detailed sleeve notes by the band and previously unseen photos.
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician. CD.
(Label: Blast First, Cat.No: BFFP15CD)
Possibly the strangest album that they have created to date, a non subtle blend of Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, with extra effects thrown into the equation for good measure. Tracks include: "Sweet Loaf", "USSA" and "Kuntz".

3/3 - 3/3. LP.
(Label: Shadoks Music, Cat.No: SHADOKS 082)
3/3 are Reck (guitar, vocals), Higo Hiroshi (bass) and Chiko Hige (drums). The name was inspired by a Japanese comic (4/4). In February 1975 3/3 ( Sanbun No San) released this album in a tiny pressing of 15 copies only to get a record deal. The cover was homemade and the recording sounds live but without audience. The music is ultra heavy guitar dominated psychedelic rock like a mixture of Blue Cheer, MC5 and early Punk / New Wave bands. The sound quality is mediocre but the music is a blaster. 3/3 has never released another recording. Both Reck and Hige then moved to New York where they stayed for over a year and played with James Chance & the Contortions, Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus & The Jerks) and others (No New York movement). They returned to Japan in 1978 to start a new group which became very famous: Friction, who certainly had a big influence on the late 1970's Japanese punk and new wave scene. This album of 3/3 is the rarest underground album ever released in Japan.180 gram pressing on black wax and screen print sleeve.300 copies only.
Wipers - Power In One. CD.
(Label: Morphious Records, Cat.No: Z003)
2006 brings forth fourteen tracks of some of the most articulate, urgent, intense, and proficient rock & roll made in the name of alienation. Lacking any punch in overdubs, just live performances from drums, bass, guitar and vocals, this is deceptively straightforward yet hypnotising rock. Original and unexpected chord progressions, counter melodies from tense basslines, layers of dazzling guitar lines and a powerful apocalyptic voice make for thrilling listening. A force of nature.Mr Sage is back!

Warrior Soul - Drugs, God And The New Republic. CD.
(Label: Escapi Music, Cat.No: EMUS20051)
"CALLING OUT TO OUR WORLD, LEADERS OF OUR NATION, CALLING OUT TO OUR WORLD, BELIEVERS IN FREEDOM!! I'M A BELIEVER!! I'M A BELIEVER!! I DREAM SUPERSONIC!! WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. . .AND WE ROCK AND ROLL!!" So quoth Kory Clarke on the fabled 'Intro' to this absolutely superb second album (regarded by many as superior to their debut) from incendiary agit-sleaze metallers Warrior Soul, who, as is explained in the lyrics to the mind-blowing 'Wasteland' (their best known track) had by now upped and moved from grimy Detroit to the sunnier but no more hospitable climes of LA. Thus the album alternates between riotous uptempo rockers like 'Rocket 88' 'My Time' and bleak, chilling slabs of nihilism such as 'Jump For Joy' 'Children Of The Winter' and 'Drugs, God And The New Republic' itself. The track listing now includes live versions of 'Intro' and its counterpart, the thrashing Joy Division cover 'Interzone'- testaments to a great band at one of their many peaks. History WILL prove them right!!
Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century. CD.
(Label: Escapi Music, Cat.No: EMUS20050)
NOW you're talking!! Can it really be sixteen years at the time of writing (bugger me, yes it can) since the release of this incredible debut that SHOULD have been huge, and SHOULD have turned Kory Clarke (once dubbed the 'thinking man's Axl') into an internationally famous rock star, but, as the glossies often lamented, didn't? Could the reason be, perchance, that the very same people who bemoaned the commercial failure of this album were the same ones that stuck Sebastian Bach and James Hetfield all over every periodical until around 1994 (by which time Grunge had appeared and they had a new list of industry-approved arses to lick) and thus scuppered any chance this record had of entering the Top 100? Perish the thought. Anyway, rant over. . .this is one of the most extraordinary debut albums of the last 20 years, up there with 'Psycho Candy' 'Nothing's Shocking' '(OK, technically that wasn't a debut, but don't split fucking hairs) 'Pretty Hate Machine' 'Bellybutton' and 'Welcome To The Infant Freebase'. What's amazing is that this was the culmination of about eight years' work, during which time the Detroit-born Clarke, railing against the Bush Mk 1 administration (Christ alone knows what he makes of today's scenario!!) had been a political activist, artist, poet, drummer with The Trial ( a semi-legendary, almost enigmatic Detroit post-punk act) and filmmaker: now, armed with the greatest mop of hair ever seen on a human head outside of Sikhism, a sleaze metal guitarist (John Ricco) an expatriate Killing Joker (Big Paul Ferguson) and some seriously powerful songs, he was out to kick some serious fucking arse and attempt to, as he would later ruefully admit, 'save today's youth' . He didn't, but anyone who ever heard the crushing swagger of 'I See The Ruins' or 'Downtown' the angry screech of 'We Cry Out', the lonely cry of 'The Losers' or 'Lullaby', the swirling, euphoric glide of 'Trippin On Ecstasy' the defiant face-off of 'In Conclusion' or the frankly disquieting art poetry of 'Four More Years' never forgot them. As sleazy as Guns N Roses, but as intelligent as Zappa (without the locker-room humour), as dark and mystic as The Cult and as scary as watching Jacopetti and Prosperi's Mondo Cane death footage, but with an ear for melody most 90s metallers would kill for, Warrior Soul were the epitome of a politicised, thinking man's hard rock act- using the rock and roll lifestyle as the ultimate exploration of that political statement. Needless to say, the kids DIDN'T buy it in droves (preferring the no less magnificent but infinitely more marketable Faith No More) and the phrase 'cult classic' was therefore applied. With or without its three bonus live tracks, that's exactly what it is. Welcome back.

Warrior Soul - Salutations From The Ghetto Nation. CD.
(Label: Escapi Music, Cat.No: EMUS20052)
1992 heralded the third release from Warrior Soul- and to be honest, it would be a tad pointless referring to this as their 'difficult' third album, as nothing they released was ever easy for the public to grasp!! Still ranting, still angry, yet also not afraid to embrace a little rock cliché ('Ass Kickin' 'Punk And Belligerent' 'I Love You') this was yet another album which failed to convince anyone save the converted. Among his own fanbase, Kory Clarke was a god and his band an unstoppable machine of power: in reality, the general public couldn't care less about this Yankee dude telling us how to live our lives. After all, why settle for a genuine intellectual free-thinker when the MTV-sponsored packaged politico-speak of Strain Against The Latrine was being pumped into a squillion homes? Of course, the fact remains that Warrior Soul wrote better songs than half the bands occupying column space in '92 (the opening four-to-the-floor of 'Love Destruction' 'Blown' 'Shine Like It' and 'Dimension' is absolutely UNBELIEVABLE, never mind the scintillating psychedelic balladry of 'The Golden Shore') but hey, who really cared? Not Geffen, that's for sure!! Now here's your chance to hear again how good they really were- with bonus live tracks added.
Wipers - The Wipers Box Set. 3-CD Set.
(Label: Zeno, Cat.No: Z005)
The three-disc Wipers box, released by Greg Sage through his own Zeno label, is a rare instance where everyone is left happy, long time convert and recently curious alike. Not only does it contain 'The Wipers' earliest and most revered major works remastered in their entirety, it also jam-packs 23 bonus tracks of alternate takes and mixes, outtakes, and live tracks. Sage also provides band photos and extensive liner notes. The bonuses are a feast for dedicated fans who have owned the straight-ahead new wave of 'Is this real?', the epic psyche punk chug of 'Youth of America', and the tightly coiled brilliance of 'Over the Edge' since their first pressings. The previously orphaned material especially won't sound much different in quality to fresh ears than the choice album material, and most importantly listeners mustn't feel as if they're paying extra for them. Thanks to Sage's lack of greed, you'd be spending more money by picking up used copies of the three releases this set bases itself on. And if that's not enough perspective, the bonus tracks are actually worth the price alone - no kidding! If you have any interest whatsoever, you really can't afford to not pick it up. Your collection should have as much space for this band as it does Husker Du, The Minutemen, and Mission of Burma. These three discs comprise some of the most articulate, urgent, intense, and proficient rock & roll made in the name of alienation.LAST COPY

Hawkwind - Spirit Of The Age (CD1). CDS.
(Label: Hawk Records, Cat.No: HAWKVP55CD1)
Attention!! This is your Captain speaking. . .The first new Hawkwind single since 1992's excellent almost-hit 'Right To Decide' (subsequent 90s albums lacked a single release) and a bit of an odd one, as it came about as the result of a 'bet' between bandleader Dave Brock and TV presenter Matthew Wright, who claimed he could recite the late great Bob Calvert's stream-of-consciousness rambling from the classic (some might say peerless) 1977 original verbatim (Well, so can I! - Jealous Freak Employee) and was subsequently asked to do so on record. This is Disc 1, featuring the radio edit, plus live versions of 'Angela Android' (the album track which features Lene Lovich on vocals, although this version is sung by drummer Richard Chadwick) and 'Assassins Of Allah' (aka 'Hassan I Sabha') recorded at the London Astoria in December 2004. Neither of these tracks will appear anywhere else in this form, so snap 'em up!!!NOW DELETED WE HAVE 2 COPIES LEFT.
George Brigman - Jungle Rot. LP.
(Label: Anopheles Records, Cat.No: ANOP009)
Finally a legit reissue of this amazing album is out. This the first album by Mr. Brigman has been often compared to the Stooges, with its raw electric punk sound and the excellent, psychedelic guitar work by Brigman himself. Originally released in 1975 and V-E-R-Y hard to find, now it's out on clear vinyl, with insert and a thick card paste over sleeve with perfect sound taken from mastertapes.

Darryl Read & Ray Manzarek - Freshly Dug. CD.
(Label: Lemon, Cat.No: CDLEM79)
Ray Manzarek, one of rock's greatest keyboard wizards, and the creator of the TRUE sound of the Doors, backs this UK poet ,formerly a member of Crushed Butler and a renowned actor, who -get this- has, over the years, appeared in productions as Keith Richards, Ray Davies, Syd Barrett and Marc Bolan, as well as leading a touring band of former T-Rex alumni, and appearing as the frontman of the fictitious punk band 'Zero' in "Rock Follies". Now he's laying down his Lizard King schtick, in very much a Jimbo and The Doors stylee. Dark gothic beat poetry with the expected masterful keyboard work..... Enthralling stuff, to be filed alongside Nikki Sudden, Dave Kusworth, John Cooper Clarke, Larry Wallis, Tyla and a dozen other eyeliner-clad beat poets. First official worldwide release.

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