Friday, February 5, 2010

Soma Records Story #3 [A Man's Gotta Be A Man!] - LP (BeatRocket, 1998)

Side 1
1 Chancellors - I Can Tell
2 The Castaways - A Man's Gotta Be A Man
3 The High Spirits - (Turn On Your) Love Light
4 The Gestures - Don't Mess Around
5 The Del Counts - Let The Good Times Roll
6 The Titans - Reveille Rock
7 The Messengers - My Baby
8 The Gamins - Freeway

Side 2
1 The Gestures - Run, Run, Run
2 Chancellors - Surf Beat
3 The Torres - I've Had It
4 The Shades - Please, Please, Please
5 The Fabulous Rumbles - I'll Be Gone
6 The Titans - Tchaikovsky Rides Again
7 The Castaways - Should Happen To Me
8 The Sounds Like Us - The Other Side Of A Record



Thursday, February 4, 2010

A Cavalcade of Kelly Willis

It's kinda hard to believe that it's been 20 years since Kelly Willis' first album came out. I always thought she'd become a bigger star, but maybe that cliche "too country for rock, too rock for country" really did hinder her career. But I'd rather not dwell, so here's a great little homage to Ms. Willis put together by blog readers Al (the A sides) and Jerald (the B sides). Though I did pick out the picture. :)


Bang Bang
Reason to Believe
The More That I'm Around You
Sincerely (Too Late to Turn Back Now)
Take Me Down
Heaven's Just a Sin Away
Easy (As Falling Apart)
Cradle of Love
I Don't Want To Love You (But I Do)
River of Love
Wrapped
Hidden Things
Not What I Had in Mind
What World Are You Living in?
Get Real
If I Left You
Whatever Way the Wind Blows
Drive South
Teddy Boys
Success


It's A Cheatin' Situation
Little Honey
Your Cheatin' Heart
Parallel Bars
Ride Me Down Easy
That's How I Got To Memphis
Rex's Blues
The Only One
When My Baby's Beside Me
Golden Ring
Shine
Lady Yesterday
When I Loved You
Absentee Rag
Truckstop Girl
The Circle
Friendless Marriage
We Always Fight When We Drink Gin
Take Me
Me And Mr. Jones

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Nederbeat Series #1 - LP (Guerssen, 1996)

Side 1
1 James Mean - Seeing Her
2 The Sandy Coast - Goodbye, Don't Cry
3 The Golden Earrings - The Words I Need
4 The Jay-Jays - Don't Sell The Sun
5 The Motions - I Follow The Sun
6 Roek Williams & The Fighting Cats - I'll Cry
7 The Nicols - Lord, I've Been Thinking
8 The Key - I See Your Image

Side 2
1 The Bintangs - See Me Waitin'
2 The Golden Earrings - Don't Run Too Far
3 Ro-d-ys - Bad Babe
4 Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
5 De Maskers - Death
6 The Outsiders - Strange Things Are Happening

Nederbeat Series #2 - LP (Guerssen, 1998)

Side 1
1 The Scorpions - Too Many Lovers
2 The Haigs - From Now On
3 Surfgroup Check - Maureen
4 The Condors - It Was A Lie
5 The Peps - Foolish Day
6 Les Baroques - She's Mine
7 The Dukes - Blue Revelations
8 The Jay-Jays - I Keep Tryin'

Side 2
1 The Zipps - Hipsterism
2 The Bintangs - Splendid Sight
3 The Cavaliers - You Cannot Make Me Cry
4 The Golden Earrings - Lonely Everyday
5 The Scorpions - Baby Back Now
6 Zen - Bye Bye Heart
7 Majority One - Get Back Home

Monday, February 1, 2010

Psychedelic Trip Through Bulgaria-LP(Red Beat, 2001)

60s psychedelia, folk punk & pop psyche from Bulgaria!!!

Side 1

1 Shturcite - Izprashtane

2 Horizont 70 - Belijat Golub

3 Sreburnite Grivni - Venus

4 Emil & Sinjo Belite - Ti Si V Moja Den

5 Shturcite - I Edna Zvezda

6 Sreburnite Grivni - Vecherijai Rado



Side 2

1 Shturcite - Praznik Na Tsvetijata

2 Horizont 70 - Severen Vijatur

3 Glasovete - Mesechko Yasen

4 Emil & Sinjo Belite - Lunnoto Momiche

5 Sreburnite Grivni - Pusto Ludo Mlado

6 Shturcite - Praznik Na Tsvetijata





The Best Of Metrobeat! #1 - LP (Sundazed, 1990)

A cool anthology of 60's Minneapolis sounds...
Side 1
1 Jokers Wild - All I See Is You
2 The More-Tishans - (I've Got) Nowhere To Run
3 The Cornerstones - Shake A Tail Feather
4 South 40 - Penny Song
5 Jokers Wild - I Just Can't Explain It
6 The Underbeats - It's Gonna Rain Today
7 Jokers Wild - Because I'm Free

Side 2
1 The Cornerstones - You Rule Me
2 Jokers Wild - Sunshine
3 The Titans - To Covet The Turf
4 The Cornerstones - When Will My Day Come
5 Jokers Wild - All The World's A Copper Penny
6 Midwest - Heaviness
7 The Trashmen - Green, Green Backs Back Home


Diggin' Up Down Under! - LP (Dig The Fuzz, 1999)

With Sixteen Wild & Demented Fuzzed Up Freakbeat, R&B Winners & Bizarre Beat Losers from the 60's!!!
Side 1
1 The Birds - Say Those Magic Words (Perth, Australia)
2 Billy Adams - Alone (Melbourne, Australia)
3 The Allusions - Gypsy Woman (Sydney, Australia)
4 Ray Brown & The Whispers - Go To Him (Sydney, Australia)
5 The Other Ends - Come On, Baby (Sydney, Australia)
6 The Dark Ages - Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day (New Zealand) *
7 Russ Kennedy & The Little Wheels - I've Been Watching You (Aus)
8 Shades Of Blue - Weak In The Knees (Australia) *

Side 2
1 The Allusions - Fever (Burns In My Brain) (Sydney, Australia)
2 The Gift Of Love - Take A Trip (Sydney, Australia)
3 The Mystrys - Witch Girl (Melbourne, Australia)
4 Derek's Accent - That Is Life Today (Sydney, Australia) *
5 Inkase - Have You Ever Seen Me (Adelaide, Australia) *
6 Peter Nelson & The Castaways - Down In The Mine (New Ze)
7 The Pleazers - Bald Headed Woman (Brisbane, Australia)
8 The Twilights - Baby, Let Me Take You Home (Adelaide, Australia)
9 John Vincent & The In-Sect - Madge's Charity Badges (Aus)