A diverse selection of genre benders!

clockwise from top left:

The Smiths: Meat is Murder
* Do I have to say anything? All y'all Smiths fans are outta your minds on the Moz Kool-Aid  already, so don't act like you don't want it.
 
The Gun Club: Miami
* Holy god what an album! Go youtube the song Brothers and Sisters and you will see what I am talking about.

Echo and the Bunnymen: Porcupine
* Reissue of their classic third album from 1983

A Certain Ratio: To Each...
* 2014 reissue of the seminal post-punk classic!

Devo: Hardcore Devo vol. 2
* More early home recordings from everyone's favorite art-punk weirdos! We got volume 1 too!

The Raincoats: s/t
* Seminal pre-riot grrrl slab from 1979. Already like the Slits? Get it!

Here be some pre-Beatles rawk slabs!

Recently arrived reissues from thee original Rock n Roll era!

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The Chantels: We are the Chantels
* features the original title and oddly controversial album cover.
In 1957, the Chantels recorded their massive hit "Maybe" which immediately infiltrated the white dominated pop charts as a superior slab of the popular teenage heartbreak craze. The group would unwittingly cause uproar once parents began seeing five young black women on the cover of their first LP released just a year later in 1958. Consequently, subsequent pressings were simply titled "The Chantels," and featured a white teenage couple on the cover. Thanks to Rumble records, we have a proper reissue of one of the all time great girl-group albums, up there with the Ronettes and the Shangri-la's. Get it!

Carl Perkins: Whole Lotta Shakin'
It's 1958 again! We got the original "Blue Suede Shoe" rocker's first slab on Columbia records. Stompin' Rockabilly sides that will make you tougher than nails.

Crystals: He's A Rebel
Three words: Phil Mothereffin Specter! An all time killer example of thee Wall o' sound brought to you by Sundazed recs.

Hasil Adkins: Peanut Butter Rock and Roll
The original hillbilly one man band! Superior cuts by the most deranged rocker of the 1950's and beyond.

The Shirelles & King Curtis: Give a Twist Party
More deeelightful girl group sounds, this time from the infamous Shirelles! Don't stop at "Mama Said," there are plenty more classics that will infest your soul and infect your dancin' bones.

Link Wray: Hillbilly Wolf (Missing Links Vol. 1)
Get down with the Punk Rock godfather and Surf axe wielder extroidinaire's rockabilly roots thanks to the mighty Norton records!

Numero Group Blitz!

First batch of Numero Group double LP's and box-sets just arrived.

 

Here's my thoughts on a few of em:

Numero 042
I Travel Alone, is a four LP Box with extensive liner notes honoring one of Cleveland Ohio's lost soul heroes, Lou Ragland. Yes, that's four LP's of material by a single musician that have barely seen the light of day. Talk about a guy who could not catch a break! The vast majority of the tunes are penned by Ragland himself, or members of his group Hot Chocolate. The style varies from stomping Northern Soul, to a kind of uptempo funk, usually stripped down to a simple Guitar, Bass, and Drums format. A must, especially if you dug that Syl Johnson box that Numero did a few years ago.

 


Numero 048
Living in lust as Satan must, or the gods shall turn you into dust!
There is just sooooo much to love about this comp. 16 American "hardrock" bands primarily from the early 70's. Think of it like the first wave of kids who heard Sabbath and Blue Cheer in their mom's basements accross America and immediately went out and bought Gibson SG's, turned the amps to ten, and eventually finegled some label into pressing a 45 that likely nobody bought... ever. Take equal parts Dungeons and Dragons style imagery, satanic worship and Tolkien style paganism, and you are nearly at the apex of what can only be described as Guitar Mountain! Serious must for anyone who digs proto- metal / proto-punk ala Crushed Butler, the Stooges, Death, etc, etc.

Numero 003
The Bandit Label may be the most baffling, outlandish, and downright disturbing record company to have ever spilled it's output on the unsuspecting masses of the Chicago area in the 1960's. Corruption in the music business (and Chicago for that matter) is truly old hat at this point, but Bandit label owner Arrow Brown may prove to be the perfect character study in true evil. Supporting himself and the record company using the welfare checks of his dozen or so "daughters" (i.e. concubines), Brown managed to live the highlife while almost never holding down an actual job. Hedging his bets on the thousands of aspiring singers and musicians in Chicago, Brown exploited and soon after repelled an astonishing number of talented acts. Not even his progeny were safe from his exploits; Brown's 7 year old son (pictured on the front cover) recorded a few tracks for his fathers label and soon after became a smash success on Broadway--Arrow Brown Sr of course collected the $$$ from that venture! But this isn't just Arrow Brown's story, the music produced is at times astonishingly good, featuring lush arrangements and undeniably powerful vocalists. The whole package itself is a sight to see: Two LP's worth of Bandit's entire singles catalog, and an additional LP of Bandit's sole full length issue by The Mighty Arrows (guess who named them!) in a replica of the original cardboard sleeve. Also included is a massive book telling the whole dang story...and yes there is plenty more!

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Come and get em!

 

We Be Hard Boppin'

New Jazz arrivals are here! This is a small selection of the reissues I have been snapping up. Many Blue Note and Impulse titles available!

 

Clockwise from top left:

Hank Mobley: Soul Station
Blue Note Records circa 1960

Donald Byrd: Royal Flush
Blue Note Records circa 1961
features a very young Herbie Hancock!

Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil
Blue Note Records circa 1965

Lee Morgan: Cornbread
Blue Note Records circa 1965

Alice Coltrane: A Monastic Trio
Impulse Records circa 1967

Albert Ayler: Spirits Rejoice
ESP Disk circa 1965

The two sides of our record section!

Side A 

Soon to be all new reissues and current releases!

 Side B

Our used section

Our next shipment of records will be arriving tomorrow! We got some amazing soul compilations from the Numero Group. Descriptions and pictures forthcommminnggg!

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