NEWSLETTER #147
Jimi's Odd Roots & Strange Rhythms
Various Artists
| A number of great releases that hit
my stereo every month don’t necessarily fit into any of the categories
normally featured in the Roots and Rhythm catalog. I have talked Frank
into giving me some space each catalog to shine a light on some of
these offbeat gems and genre-defying oddities. In the future you can
look here to find Experimental, Psyche, Avant-garde, Garage Rock, Acid
Folk, and pretty much anything else that I think will work in my
little corner of the catalog. Here I will only feature my favorite
releases rather than everything I review, so each listing to appear in
this section will have a rating of either Essential or Highly
Recommended with my personal stamp of approval. So enjoy! I hope to
turn you on to something new (JM) |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Pet 006 |
Soft Sounds For Gentle People Presents: He &
She |
● CD $14.98 |
22 tracks, 61 mins, highly recommended
In the gospel
according to Pet records, God created Adam & Eve and shortly there after
Adam picked up a guitar and Eve a tambourine, found an L.A. record producer
and together made pop-flavored psychedelic tunes with fuzzy guitar,
beautiful harmonies and enigmatic productions and it was good. Soon Adam &
Eve begat Sonny & Cher and Sonny & Cher begat Kathy & Larry, Bunky & Jake
and many more who would fill up this compilation and they were also good.
This is the sixth edition of these fantastic compilations from Pet, with
this editions focus being on the Male/Female vocal dynamic. Track one on
this CD pretty much sums up what you'll find on any of these collections, The
Hubbels doing Hippy Dippy Funky Monkey Double Bubble Sitar Man, Pheew!,
f that doesnt scare you off then you have plenty more magic to enjoy by the
likes of The Source, Tingling Mothers Circus, Morley, The Gas Company,
Smokey & his Sister and many more fine, upright citizens of the swinging
late 60s and early 70s record scene. (JM)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
STCTU 1 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 1 |
● CD $19.98 |
31 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Some of you might be familiar
with the series of compilations called "Born Bad," which were great, but
this series takes the same concept and improves on it 1,000 percent! The
Cramps are one of the greatest Punk Rock bands ever and a huge part of their
charm is in how they take wild, obscure Rockabilly, Garage and R&B songs
from the 1950's and '60s and rework them--or downright steal from them--to
create their own songs. The main folks in the Cramps, singer Lux Interior
and guitarist Poison Ivy, are rabid record collectors and have always shown
a spotlight on obscure artists and tunes and are personally responsible for
reviving certain artist's careers. These compilations take the best of the
"Born Bad" tracks and add many more to them to create an unbelievably cool
set of CDs with a noticeable improvement in overall sound quality. Volume
one features such gems as Hipsville 29 BC by The Sparkles, Jelly
Roll Rock by Walter Brown & His Band, Love Me by The Phantom, and
Sinners by Freddie and the Hitchhikers alongside better known numbers by the
Sonics, Andre Williams, Jack Scott, Bo Diddley, etc.. On top of this, you
get absolutely beautiful cover art and layout in the best EC comics vein and
thorough notes that not only tell you about the original artist/song, but
also how the Cramps used each of them. I love these comps and I just can't
recommend them enough. Since I picked these up, I have easily listened to
each volume at least 20 times. (JM)
WALTER BROWN: Jelly Roll Rock/ THE BUSTERS: Bust Out/
RONNIE COOK: Goo Goo Muck/ KEITH COURVALE: Trapped Love/ BO DIDDLEY: Dancing
Girl/ ELROY DIETZEL: Rock-n-Bones/ LEE DRESSER: Beat Out My Love/ CHARLIE
FEATHERS: I Can't Hardly Stand It/ THE FRANTICS: Werewolf/ FREDDIE & THE
HITCH HIKERS: Sinners/ THE GROUPIES: Primitive/ DALE HAWKINS: Tornado/ R.
LEWIS: Get Off The Road/ THE PHANTOM: Love Me/ JETT POWERS: Go Girl Go/
ELVIS PRESLEY: Do The Clam/ DWIGHT PULLEN: Sunglasses After Dark/ THE
RIPTIDES: Machine Gun/ THE RUMBLERS: Boss/ THE RUNABOUTS: The Strangeness In
Me/ JACK SCOTT: The Way I Walk/ THE SHELLS: Whiplash/ SHERIFF & THE RAVELS:
Shombolar/ THE SONICS: Strychnine/ THE SPARKES: Hipsville 29 BC/ ANDY STARR:
Give Me A Woman/ THE THIRD BARDO: Five Years Ahead Of My Time/ HAYDEN
THOMPSON: Blues Blues Blues/ THE TRASHMEN: Surfin' Bird/ ANDRE WILLIAMS:
Bacon Fat/ LINK WRAY: Fatback
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
STCTU 002 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 2 |
● CD $19.98 |
32 tracks, 77 mins, essential
The second volume in this
fantastic series doesn't miss a beat from where the first left off. One
beautifully crazed track after another with highlights like Hasil Adkins'
She Said, Dean Carter's insane take on Jailhouse Rock, Slim Harpo
with Strange Love, Carl Perkins getting down and dirty on Her Love
Rubbed Off, and J.J. Jackson & The Jackals' masterpiece Oo-Ma-Liddi.
Not to mention the magnificent Garage Punk Nugget Green Fuz by Randy
Alvey & The Green Fuz, which featured future Canned Heat Bass man Larry
Taylor. More great artwork, more great notes and not a single dud in any of
the 32 tracks. (JM)
HASIL ADKINS: She Said/ BILL ALLEN: Please Give Me
Something/ RANDY ALVEY: Green Fuz/ CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Hard Working Man/
SONNY BURGESS: Red Headed Woman/ JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO: Tear It Up/ DEAN
CARTER: Jailhouse Rock/ THE COUNT FIVE: Psychotic Reaction/ RED CRAYOLA:
Hurricane Fighter Plane/ DON & THE GALAXIES: Sundown/ CHARLIE FEATHERS: It's
Just That Song/ THE FENDER FOUR: Margaya/ THE FLAMES: The Bird/ GLEN GLENN:
Everybody's Movin'/ SLIM HARPO: Strange Love/ THE HUNTSMEN: Fever/ J. J.
JACKSON: Oo-Ma-Liddi/ THE JESTERS: Peter Gunn/ KASENATZ KATZ SUPER CIRCUS:
Quick Joey Small/ LIGHTNIN' SLIM: It's Mighty Crazy/ BUDDY LOVE: Heartbreak
Hotel/ JIM LOWE: The Green Door/ RICKY NELSON: Lonesome Town/ THE NOVAS: The
Crusher/ ROY ORBISON: Domino/ CARL PERKINS: Her Love Rubbed Off On Me/ THE
READYMEN: Shortnin' Bread/ THE SPARK PLUGS: Chicken/ JIMMY STEWART: Rock On
The Moon/ THREE ACES & A JOKER: Booze Party/ THE TUNE ROCKERS: The Green
Mosquito/ KIP TYLER: Jungle Hop
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
STCTU 003 |
Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 3 |
● CD $19.98 |
31 tracks, 77 mins, essential
Just as good if not better
than the previous two. Any collection that has Nat County's Woodpecker
Rock, Macy Skip Skipper's Bop Pills, and The Bostweeds' Faster
Pussycat Kill Kill is certainly going to get an A+ from me. Amazing,
fantastic, weird, psychotic, noisy, psychedelic, soulful, hillbillies,
college drop-outs and menaces to society, in other words.Rock n' Roll and
Rhythm & Blues at it's best! (JM)
LONNIE ALLEN: You'll Never Change Me/ THE BLUES ROCKERS:
Calling All Cows/ THE BOSTWEEDS: Faster Pussycat Kill Kill/ JACKIE LEE
COCHRAN: Georgia Lee Brown/ NAT COUTY: Woodpecker Rock/ RONNIE DAWSON:
Rockin' Bones/ DAVE DAY: Blue Moon Baby/ TERRY DUNAVAN: Earthquake Boogie/
THE EMBERS: I Walked All Night/ THE FANATICS: I Will Not Be Lonely/ CHARLIE
FEATHERS: One Hand Loose/ THE FENDERMEN: Mule Skinner Blues/ THE FLOWER
CHILDREN: Miniskirt Blues/ THE INSTRUMENTALS: Chop Suey Rock/ KAI-RAY: I
Want Some Of That/ KIT & THE OUTLAWS: Don't Tread On Me/ JIMMY LLOYD: I Got
A Rocket In My Pocket/ SHORTY LONG: Devil With The Blue Dress On/ LARRY
PHILLIPSON: Bitter Feelings/ DELL RANEY: Can Your Hossie Do The Dog/ MAC
REBENNACK: Storm Warning/ PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Hungry/ THE RHYTHM
ROCKERS: Madness/ MEL ROBBINS: Save It/ THE SHADES: Strollin' After Dark/
MACY SKIPPER: Bop Pills/ WARREN SMITH: Uranium Rock/ THE SONICS: He's
Waiting/ THE STANDELLS: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White/ JUNIOR
THOMPSON: How Come You Do Me?/ JERRY WARREN: Rompin'
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