dimanche 20 août 2006

20-08-06 - 27-08-06

Saturday, August 26, 2006

INDIANS IN MOSCOW - Same
(80's UK Synth Pop)


Originally a cult UK electronic indie band in the early 80s, Indians In Moscow had a No.1 indie hit in 1983 with "Naughty Miranda", followed by "Jack Pelter and his Sex-Change Chicken" and the "Big Wheel e.p.". The original band split after acrimonious management arguments just as their first album was released.

On a grim Friday evening in November 1983 the weekend is once more beginning with Channel Four's legendary Tube. Jools Holland pauses on the threshold of a public lavatory and says "...and now Indians in Moscow." Is this some hip new expression along the lines of "Once in a blue moon"? Well, no. A music video explodes onto the screen - a psychotic blonde singing a gruesome ditty about killing and eating her father to the backing of a crazed synth-punk calypso. Indians in Moscow have entered the building...
Over the next nine months this Hull band would repeatedly mug the music business, culminating in a storming gig at the Camden Palace in August 1984, before abruptly splitting up on the brink of fame and fortune. If they had continued, who knows what shape mid-to-late eighties music would have had?

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BIRDMEN OF ALKATRAZ - From The Birdcage (1989)

(Neopsych Italian Group)

Track List :

1. puzzle of a downfall child
2.beggar girl
3.codeine
4.April dancer
5.lord of flies
6.harshness day
7.jack o' diamonds
8.birdcage
9.anxious colour
10.sea of shadows
11.a musical tribute


Group Members:

Stefano Magni - g
Daniele Caputo - voc, dr, perc
(Standarte, London Underground) Francesco Bocciardi - g
Gianfranco Migliaccio - b


Discography :

Glidin' Off (1987 EP)
From The Birdcage (1989 LP)


Excellent Italian 80s neo psychedelia. They create a very full sound with vibrant guitar buzzing, stinging and generally pervading every inch of precious vinyl. This record could easily be mistaken for the out-pourings of some time-shrouded acid crazed combo of the late 60's although some songs like "sea of shadows" betray their 80s roots...

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Edip Akbayram (Great 2CD Compilation )


First readily available reissue/compilation of material by this famous Turkish psych musician from the early '70s. Edip Akbayram is the top of the BIG three of Turkish delights (Erkin Koray, Baris Mancho & Edip).

This release includes the best psych tracks from his first two albums and many singles -- 22 tracks, 90 minutes of music.
His band Dostlar formed the songs into something which takes you on an Eastern trip, full of fuzz guitar, electric sax and great percussions.
Edip's dark voice makes you shiver and you feel like dancing right away. This is as good as Erkin Koray -- deeply spiritual and charged with politically powerful lyrics.
This release stands as one of the Shadoks reissue classics.

Track Listings

Disc : 1
1. Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar (Little Snowflakes Falling)
2. Deniz Üstü Kopürür (Spraying Ocean)
3. Gam Üstüne Gam Yapilir (Sorrow and More Sorrow)
4. Degmen Benim Gamli Yasli Gönlüme (Don't Touch My Sad Soul)
5. Anam Aglar Bas Ucumda Oturur (Mother Cries About Me at the Head of My B)
6. Bosu Bosuna (In Vain)
7. Garip (Miserable)
8. Yakar Inceden Inceden (It Burns)
9. Daglar Dagladi Beni (The Mountains Made Me Sad)
10. Dumanli Dumanli Oy Bizim Eller (Our Village Is Full of Smoke)
11. Sev Beni Beni (Love Me)
12. Kükredi Cimenler (Roaring Grasses)

Disc: 2
1. Kolum Nerden Aldin Zinciri (My Arm, Where Do You Got the Bracelet From)
2. Aldirma Gönül (Don't Bother My Soul)
3. Kaslarin Karasina [Your Black Eyebrows]
4. Arabam Kaldi Yolda (My Car Broke Down)
5. Affetmen Seni (I Will Not Forgive You)
6. Adam Olmak Dile Kolay (To Be a Man Is Easy to Speak)
7. Dar Agaci (Gallows Pole)
8. Mehmet Emmi (Uncle Mehmet)
9. Haberin Varmi (Do You Know?)
10. Zalim (Tyrant)
11. Ayrilik (Separation)
12. Birak Beno (Let Go of Me)

Glad tidings for Turkish psych freaks, or those soon to become Turkish psych freaks (just give this a listen!): here's a new must-have collection crammed full of swirling, fuzzed-out electric saz, impassioned vocals, and traditional Turkish folk gone funk! If you are indeed into the groovy East-meets-West psychedelia that flourished in Istanbul back in the '60s and '70s, artists like Mogollar, 3 Hur-el, Baris Manco, and Erkin Koray, chances are you may already be familiar with Edip Akbayram and his band Dostlar (formed in '73). This new Edip Akbayram double disc on the Shadoks label contains 24 tracks, including ten of the 14 cuts found on that previous reissue (meaning, if you already have that cd, you still will want this for the whole disc and then some of songs you don't have... and you can't get rid of the Nedir reissue either if you want those four songs that don't overlap). So this is definitely the Edip set to get at any rate.

The colorful music of Edip Akbayram and Dostlar is pretty much the hardest-rockin' all the Turkish psych acts of the era I've heard...darn heavy in spots. The Anatolian folk-rock of the sixties is blended with a polyester '70s wah-wah funked-up progginess here. It's vibrant and colorful music to make you feel like you're in some smoky, swinging nightclub on one of the warren of narrow, twisting side-streets off of the hip main drag Istiklal in the Beyoglu neighborhood of Istanbul, back in the day, sweating on the dance floor or sitting back, sucking on a hookah.

The cd booklet is full of cool photos, and a page of liner notes, giving Edip's bio but no info on the tracks themselves, I'm just told that they're from his first two albums and singles. However, they do include English translations of the song titles, which should give some idea of Edip's seemingly dire outlook on life (or the outlook shared by his Turkish folk sources), with such songs as "Sorrow And More Sorrow", "Miserable", "In Vain", "Our Village Is Full Of Smoke", "Don't Touch My Sad Soul", "Tyrant", "Gallows Pole" and even "My Car Broke Down"! Sounds like a bummer, yet many of these tracks are amazingly upbeat musically!
Edip definitely belongs high up in the reissued ranks of all the incredible, obscure, groovy sixties/seventies psych sounds from all around the world that I can't get enough of: Os Mutantes, San Ul Lim, Mogollar, Blo, Bango, Brincos, Krysztof Klenzon, Juan de la Cruz, Los Dug Dugs, He 6, the stuff on comps like Cherrystones Rocks, Welsh Rare Beat, Prog Is Not A Four Letter Word, Studio One Funk, etc. etc. etc.

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Friday, August 25, 2006


HUMAN EXPRESSION-Love At Psychedelic Velocity


GREAT 60' PSYCH GARAGE BAND !


Because of their masterpiece track that called "Optical Sound",
I choose my user name.
Of course included it in this album (CD), as all their fantastic singles that issued in decate of 60's (4 singles in total).
All Humans Expression's singles (a & b sides) are great garage/psychedelic tunes !!
However, in 1994 the Collectables records, released an CD ''Love At Psychedelic Velocity'', which compiles all the band's singles, plus demos and four post-Human Expression solo tracks cut by Jim Quarles. The CD also includes excellent liner notes, from which this entry has largely been taken, and is recommended to fans of the band.
Unfortunately for me, till now there is any vynil re-issue and even if I don't like to buy Cds, I have done for this lovely obscure and most desirable 60's garage psych groups !


Human Expression's story and discography:

Singles (45's):

1 Readin' Your Will / Everynight (Acetate Demo) Summer 1966 Singles
2 Love At Psychedelic Velocity/Everynight (Accent 1214) Summer 1966
3 Optical Sound / Calm Me Down (Acetate Demo) Winter 1966
4 Optical Sound/Calm Me Down (Accent 1226) Winter 1966
5 Sweet Child Of Nothingness / I Don't Need Nobody (Accent 1252) Summer 1967


The band was formed in 1966 by Jim Quarles (lead vocals), Jim Foster (rhythm guitar), Martin Eshleman (lead guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), and Armand Poulin (drums), with Quarles providing the name and Foster's father as their manager.

Hailing from Westminster and Tustin, California, this psychedelic punk band were formed early in 1966 and played around the L.A. area, at clubs such as Gazzari's and USO clubs.

They good deliver on stage what most groups scarcely achieved on record, an intensely virtuoso musicality coupled with punk defiance and a charismatic projection of all of these elements. In a different reality, they might've been a more mature and serious competitor to the Seeds, perhaps even succeeding at doing what the Doors did, only without the literary pretentions or personal excesses--equally impressive was the fact that most of the songs that the Human Expression played were originals by Quarles and Foster, who were entirely self-taught songwriters; Quarles later admitted that he wrote from his heart and instinct, without over-intellectualizing any of it, and the results seemed to pay off when coupled with the band's musicianship--their demos were as good as many contemporary groups' released singles

An acetate Readin' Your Will / Everynight cut in the Summer of '66 got them a deal with Accent, who released two awesome acid-punk singles in the shape of Love At Psychedelic Velocity and Optical Sound. Both singles were mixed by Wally Heider who also worked for the Grateful Dead, and are now extremely sought-after and impossibly hard to find.

"Optical Sound" b/w "Calm Me Down," released in 1967, showed the group becoming more experimental, utilizing studio electronic effects. "Optical Sound" itself, as a title, was extremely clever, carrying with it connotations out of both psychedelia and film. It was impressive, but that single wasn't the breakthrough that the band had hoped for.

After Optical Sound proved too far-out for the Charts, the band's manager offered them the opportunity to record two tracks by what he described as "an up-and coming songwriter".

The first demo Sweet Child Of Nothingness would become their third single, and the other track was turned down because Jim Quarles' didn't think lyrics like "Get your motor running / Head out on the highway" were any good. The song was of course Mars Bonfire's Born To Be Wild which Steppenwolf would later cover!!

The Human Expression's downfall came with the decision over what was to be their third single. Offered a pair of songs to choose from, they selected a number called "Sweet Child of Nothingness." The one they rejected was a song authored by Mars Bonfire called "Born To Be Wild," because Quarles had some doubts about the lyrics.
By the time the Sweet Child Of Nothingness / I Don't Need Nobody single was recorded, both Jim Quarles and Martin Eshleman had left the band.

This decision, which proved disastrous when Steppenwolf took their version of the song to the top of the charts, coincided with a major personnel shake-up--lead guitarist Martin Eschleman was injured and had to be replaced, and Quarles didn't like the new line-up and exited.
The Human Expression's history ended.

Jim Quarles is still active in the music business, working in a studio as a technical engineer, and writing and recording songs.



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Thursday, August 24, 2006


THE KNACKS (1966-1970)
The Great Obscure Argentinian Band



Before a time ago, I bought this issue in vinyl and I realized that
THE KNACKS
was an excellent obscure 60's garage/ beat band from Argentina, who released a handfull of singles,all included here,
and who had a pile of unreleased tracks, also all included here.
Some songs sung in english and I would like to present this marvellous band that wrote some brilliant tracks with a flavour of garage/beat and psychedelic tunes !!

So, I if you don't aware on them, it will be very great chance for you, to be familiar with them.

This vinyl ripped by Optical Sound
in mp3 (Bitrate 320)

Strongly Recommended !!


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Bo Grumpus - 1968 - Before The War

Bo Grumpus - Before The War (1968)

Bo Grumpu's Personnel:

RONNIE BLAKE drms
JIM COLEGROVE bs, gtr
JOE HUTCHINSON gtr, bs
ED MOTTAU gtr


This band's album was produced by the late Felix Pappalardi and includes N.D. Smart (of The Remains) on drums. Sparrow Time and Think Twice have good fuzz guitar but it's predominantly a soft folk-rock LP. Mottau, Colegrove and Blake went on to form the rockier Jolliver Arkansaw.
Jim Colegrove was originally from Springfield, Ohio, and was co-founder of Teddy and The Rough Riders, a rock'n'roll outfit who made three singles and an album for Tilt/Huron/Mega City labels in the early sixties. In '66 he was with the intrigingly named Thee Rubber Band, and the same year moved to New York to play with The Hobbitts (whether the same act as The Hobbits... is unknown). In '67 he switched from guitar to bass, and joined Bo Grumpus. Subsequently, he's recorded with Hungry Chuck, and The Juke Jumpers,. Jim's story also sees him play alongside Canadian act Ian and Sylvia, as part of their backing group Great Speckled Bird (also with N.D. Smart), Todd Rundgren, Paul Butterfield and Allen Ginsberg amongst many others. Anyone remotely interested, should check out his website, for more info:
www.dfw.net/~coolg

Ed Mottau later played with Elliot Murphy, David Peel and John Lennon on his Walls And Bridges and Rock & Roll albums.


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Wednesday, August 23, 2006


SUMMERHILL

"Summerhill" 1969 (Tetragrammaton t-114) This album goes for the kitchen sink approach, kind of like the Sundowners and Condello albums. It mixes over-orchestrated popsike with semi-heavy rock and sparkling guitar rock. The combination of styles is a bit off-putting, and by the time you get used to it you'll realize that only two or three songs really rise above, though those (especially the killer guitar pop tune "It's Gonna Rain") are very good indeed. I don't expect anyone to like the whole thing, but if you prefer a spotty album with a few great songs to a consistent one with no standouts, this is worth picking up. [AM] w*w.lysergia.com

T R A C K S
01. Soft Voice
02. Friday Morning's Paper
03. Bring Me Around
04. The Last Day
05. Follow Us
06. The Bird
07. My Way (Hard for You )
08. What Can I Say
09. It's Gonna Rain
10. Summer Days

Larry Hickman - Rhythm Guitar, Banjo
Alan Parker - Lead + Rhythm Guitar, Banjo
Del Ramos - Bass , Doug Burger - Drums
D. Briggs, D. Blumberg, C.Tugg - Keyboards
Phoote, S. Butterfly, Portebo - percussion
Rusty Young - Steel Guitar,

One and only album by late '60's USA psych band Summerhill, which was originally released in 1969. Often compared to HP Lovecraft and sometimes Euphoria (Texas) this is a lush orchestrated, melodic and dynamic album featuring atmospheric 60's psychedelic-pop/rock with diverse influences. The sound get's heavy in places with a dash of acid drenched 60's guitar based rock and weird backward effects whilst elsewhere such as during "The Last Time" there is a laid back country rock vibe. A great undiscovered album!

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Skip Bifferty - The Story Of Skip Bifferty

SKIP BIFFERTY - THE STORY OF SKIP BIFFERTY

WHERE JOHN LENNON lead the way, with his books like "In His Own Write", here comes Colin Gibson, 17-year-old bass guitarist with SKIP BIFFERTY, with two collections of fantasy due for publication at the end of the year.Colin's literacy---chiefly poetry, stories and drawings and entitled "Bananas and Society" and "The Last of the Fake Women"---all stem from the character after which the group is named---Skip Bifferty. He explains: "I was just doodling one day and out came this little man called Skip. I drew some cartoons of him, aimed at kids, but it seems that 30-year-old kids like him the most. Anyway, the idea caught on, and here we are---Skip Bifferty!"While Skip the cartoon soldiers on, and so do Skip the group. Watch for them on television and on disc shortly.

About the Album:
Skip Bifferty (RCA RD/SF 7941)
Skip Bifferty (album) : Well, well, well.....isn't this a goodie! A true psychedelic treasure. For fans of the poppier side of the psych sound this is must-own long player! Skip Bifferty grew out of another Newcastle group called the Chosen Few, but changed their name when trippier times arrived. They started recording the album in 1967 and finished by the end of the year, but apparantly RCA was reluctant to release it due to the poor chart action of the groups 45 releases. As I said before, an undisputed psych classic with a whole range of sounds, effects, and gimmicks, but never overdone. The songs range from the social commentary Kinks type track, "Jeremy Carabine" to the heady , ultra - psych drum-laden sound of "Guru" and back again to the pop sound of "Money Man". Almost all the songs feature a complicated mix with guitars and voices switching back and forth, coming and going, etc. Throw in some good harmonies, imaginative arrangements and a good measure of hipness and you've got a great record.

Skip Bifferty--The Story Of Skip Bifferty (Sanctuary/ Castle CMEDD 518) 2003 2CD

Musicians:
Graham Bell: vocals (all)
Mickey Gallagher: keys (1-37)
Tommy Jackman: drums (1-35)
Colin Gibson: bass (all)
John Turnbull: guitar, vocals (1-37)
Alan Hull: vocals (21, 22)
Paul Nicholls: drums (36, 37)
Pete Kirtley: guitar (38-40)
Kenny Craddock: organ (38-40)
Alan White: drums (38-40)

Produced by Vic Smith (a.k.a. Vic Coppersmith-Heaven) (1-14, 16, 17), Ronnie Lane (15), Guy Stevens (36, 37), Alan Price (38, 39)
Engineered by Roy Thomas Baker (16, 17)
Compiled by John Reed and David Wells

Tracks:
Disc 1 - The Album
1. Money Man [Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher/Gibson/Jackson]
2. Jeremy Carabine [Bell/Turnbull/Gibson]
3. When She Comes to Stay [Turnbull/Bell]
4. Guru [Bell/Gallagher]
5. Come Around [Bell/Gallagher/Turnbull]
6. Time Track [Bell/Turnbull]
7. Gas Board Under Dog (Part 1) [Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
8. Inside the Secret [Bell]
9. Orange Lace [Bell/Turnbull]
10. Planting Bad Seeds [Smith/Gallagher/Turnbull/Bell]
11. Yours for at Least 24 [Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
12. Follow the Path of the Stars [Smith/Bell/Gallagher]
13. Prince of Germany the First [Gibson/Turnbull]
14. Clearway 51 [Bell/Gibson/Gallagher]

Bonus tracks
15. Man in Black [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher; arr. Steve Marriott]
16. On Love [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
17. Cover Girl [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
18. Happy Land [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
19. Reason to Live [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
20. Round and Round [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]

Alan Hull/Skip Bifferty
21. This We Shall Explore [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
22. Schizoid Revolution [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]

Disc 2 - BBC Sessions
23. The Hobbit [Turnbull]
24. Man in Black [Gibson/Turnbull/Gallagher/Bell]
25. Once [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
26. Aged Aged Man [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
27. Higher Than the Clouds [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
28. The Lion & the Unicorn [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
29. Disappointing Day [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
30. Money Man [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
31. I Don't Understand It [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
32. Don't Let Me Be Understood [Benjamin/C/M]
33. In the Morning [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
34. Follow the Path of the Stars [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]
35. When She Comes to Stay [Gibson/Bell/Turnbull/Gallagher]

Heavy Jelly
36. I Keep Singing the Same Old Song [Gibson]
37. Blue [Bell]

Griffin
38. I am the Noise in Your Head [Kirtley/Gibson/Craddock]
39. Don't You Know [Kirtley]
40. Shine (BBC Session) [Bell/Gibson/Craddock]

Notes: (***) Tracks (20)-(22) and (40) are previously unreleased. I presume the writing credit on track (1) is in error and should be Jackman rather than Jackson.


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