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• NEW & UPCOMING GARAGE, PUNK, BEAT, MOD, SURF AND ROCK'N'ROLL VINYL LISTINGS!

  by Shiny Beast March 4, 2013
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.09 NIGHT BEATS - H-BOMB EP  Reissue of their legendary first EP. With two of the three members hailing from Texas, it won't be a huge surprise that these blues lovers are also seriously influenced by legendary fellow Texans s.a. Golden Dawn, Cold Sun and 13th Floor Elevators. Al...

• SCOTT MORGAN - THREE CHORDS AND A CLOUD OF DUST (3CD)

  by Shiny Beast February 25, 2013
  ATTN: SOUL/GARAGE/ROCK'N'ROLL FANS As many of you know, our friend Scott Morgan was diagnosed with severe liver disease and ascites over a year ago and is still in recovery. To help alleviate his healthcare costs, Easy Action Records is releasing a 3CD box set titled 'Three Chords and a Cloud of Dus...

• NEW ROCKIN' VINYL AT SHINY BEAST!

  by Shiny Beast February 25, 2013
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.08 KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS - CONJURE MAN A cool single by the veteran guitarist-legend of THE CRAMPS, GUN CLUB and NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS. Theses two songs (including a Seeds-cover on the flip) do not appear on his 2013 album 'Haunted Head'. CAPITAN ENTRES...

• AVAILABLE & EXPECTED VINYL RELEASES!

  by Shiny Beast February 18, 2013
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.07 VARIOUS - GROUP FLEX, VOL. 2 (SON OF FLEX) (6X7")  Volume 2 in Castle Face's 'Group Flex' series of Flexi Disc books. You get six 7-inch flexi discs with 12 bands and 7 pages of print (on translucent stock), so the whole thing is like a crappy 3D look into the brain and art o...

• RESTOCKED VINYL RELEASES - 2013.06

  by Shiny Beast February 13, 2013
  BACK IN STOCK - 2013.06 A-PHONICS - MEDITERRANI BEAT GUITARSTracks: Side A: Napoli Night, La Muixeranga. Side B: Surfin' Burret, Galaxia. ADJEEF THE POET - IEKK! I'M A FREAK/SQUAFRECKLEMAN......Comes Back". Reissue of one of the rarest Dutch Psych/Beat monsters from the 60's. A total freaked out...

• NEW & EXPECTED VINYL RELEASES - 2013.06

  by Shiny Beast February 11, 2013
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.06 BLOODSHOT BILL - TRAVELIN' GUITAR  Limited to 500 copies in black wax, big centerholes, full colored 300gr/m cardboard sleeve with 3mm spine, artwork by Marcel Bontempi. GRAVEMEN, THEE - ROCKIN' IN THE GRAVEYARD Trash-Blues-Garage Duo from Malmö, Sweden. Thee Gravemen are t...

• OUT NOW! SIN CITY JUKEBOX, VOL.1 VINYL COMPILATION

  by Shiny Beast February 6, 2013
  SIN CITY JUKEBOX VOL.1 A HOT vinyl only compilation, limited to 500 copies on clear wax. A chance meeting in New Orleans in 2004! The man behind Spoonful met Mr. Herb H. Franklin, who happened to be the cabbie who took him to the city from the airport. The German record collector and Mr. Franklin...

• NEW, EXPECTED AND RESTOCKED VINYL AT SHINY BEAST!

  by Shiny Beast February 4, 2013
  NEW IN STOCK - 2013.05 MARKET SQUARES - AFTERNOON TIDE/INSIDE MY MIND Limited to 300 copies in hand-numbered sleeve. This is a collaboration between PAUL MESSIS and THE SUFIS, recorded on 8-track tape in Nashville, USA earlier this year. FUTURE PRIMITIVES - THIS HERE'S (BLACK)  Introducing the w...

• NEW & EXPECTED VINYL RELEASES - 2013.04

  by Shiny Beast January 24, 2013
  NEW IN STOCK - 2013.04 VARIOUS - BEAT FROM BADSVILLE 2 (BLACK/2X10") Music is a voyage of strange opportunity. Out there, if you look hard enough, youll find crazed visionaries, half deaf creatives, lunatics let loose with whistles, juvenile delinquents with a notepad and pen and people who, quite...

• OUT NOW: BEAT FROM BADSVILLE, VOL. 2

  by Shiny Beast January 22, 2013
  VARIOUS - BEAT FROM BADSVILLE 2 (BLACK/2X10") Music is a voyage of strange opportunity. Out there, if you look hard enough, youll find crazed visionaries, half deaf creatives, lunatics let loose with whistles, juvenile delinquents with a notepad and pen and people who, quite frankly, have no time ...

• NEW, RESTOCKED AND EXPECTED GARAGE/ROCK'N'ROLL VINYL!

  by Shiny Beast January 21, 2013
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.03 CORMANS, THEE/PACIFICS - SPLIT 7" Both of these bands really shouldn't be on a split 45rpm, because they are good enough to have their on 7-inches. Nevertheless, 500 copies of this beast of a dirty surf beat platter were pressed, and there's only a limited amount of copies r...

• COMING IN FEB 2013 : TWO ESSENTIAL ALBUMS ON FRUITS DE MER!

  by Shiny Beast January 16, 2013
  COMING IN FEB 2013 : TWO ESSENTIAL ALBUMS  'RE-EVOLUTION : FdM SINGS THE HOLLIES' 'WHATEVER HAPPENEND TO THE SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS' VARIOUS - RE-EVOLUTION (COL. 1) (+7") The Hollies - Manchester's answer to The Beatles, and a bloody good answer at that. Great songs, great vocals, great band - ...

• COMING SOON: SHINDIG #31!

  by Shiny Beast January 15, 2013
  SHINDIG! - NO. 31 Issue#31 including a wonderful all explaining cover story on: - SHOCKING BLUE: Long And Lonesome Road: The Dutch Pop Machine That Ate The World - THE ROLLING STONES: Into The Dark Heart Of Their Satanic Majesties Request - IAIN MATTHEWS: From Fairport To Southern Comfort And Bey...

• NEW/EXPECTED ARRIVALS/BACK IN STOCK - 2013.02 - GARAGE PUNK/ROCK'N'ROLL/PSYCH/MOD

  by Shiny Beast January 14, 2013
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.02 BUFFALO TOOTH - BUFFALO TOOTH  Dirty, fuzzed out psych-blues. Both tracks from this San Francisco trio were recorded by Bare Wires frontman Matthew Melton. MOJOMATICS - DON'T BELIEVE ME WHEN I'M HIGH The Mojomatics from Venice in Italy have released three albums, the latest...

• SHINY BEAST SPECIAL OFFERS - VINYL/CD

  by Shiny Beast January 9, 2013
  We have some special offers in stock this week, take a look below! First come, first served! VINYL: VARIOUS - RUBBLE COLLECTION 1-5 (5LP BOX) Amongst the first and best psych compilations ever put together, each and every volume is a mind-blowing treasure trove of acid rock and pop from the late ...

• NEW & EXPECTED VINYL RELEASES - 2013.01

  by Shiny Beast January 7, 2013
  Happy new year! Here are our garage, beat, surf and rock'n'roll vinyl listings for the first week of 2013. As always, shipping worldwide! NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.01 COCO COBRA & THE KILLERS - BABY YOU DONE ME WRONG 4 track EP from the Coco Cobra that is fantastic, killer female fronted gGragePunk...

• BACK IN STOCK - 2012.50

  by Shiny Beast December 17, 2012
  BACK IN STOCK - 2012.50 HEADCOATS - JIMMY REED EXPERIENCE (10")Tribute to JIMMY REED. This incredible vintage blues-style 10" record contains 6 Jimmy Reed covers and 2 Childish originals clearly inspired by JR. All tracks exlusive to this release. OUTSIDERS - (COL) YOU MISTREAT ME (10") Very lim...

• NEW IN STOCK/EXPECTED - 2012.50

  by Shiny Beast December 17, 2012
  NEW IN STOCK - 2012.50 BEES, THE - VOICES GREEN & PURPLE/TRIP TO NEW ORLEANSSince its original release in October 1966, the Bees' deadly, psychotic 'Voices Green And Purple' has been shrouded in mystery. It's believed only 250 copies were pressed, making it a holy grail for '60s garage/punk/ps...

• NORTON NEW RELEASES COMING SOON!

  by Shiny Beast December 10, 2012
  As most of you know by now, most of NORTON RECORDS' stock was destroyed when hurricane Sandy flooded their NYC warehouse... Obviously this has caused a delay in shipping back-catalogue titles, but there ARE new releases on its way!  BOLLYWOOD ARGYLES - ALI OOP/VINDA LU This series continues with t...

• NEW IN STOCK/EXPECTED - 2012.49

  by Shiny Beast December 10, 2012
  NEW IN STOCK - 2012.49 CHILDISH, BILLY -& SEXTON MING- - DUNG BEETLE ROLLS AGAIN Mister Childish (Buff Medways/Headcoats/Milkshakes) and Mister Ming (Diamond Gussets/Tasty Ones/TV Personalities) have been writing poetry, playing music and painting pictures together since 1979 when they formed ...

• NEW IN STOCK - 2012.47

  by Shiny Beast December 3, 2012
  NEW IN STOCK - 2012.47 SETTING SON - IN A CERTAIN WAY Tracklisting: 01. In a certain way 02. I wish. BAD JOKE THAT ENDED WELL - THE BAD JOKE THAT ENDED WELLHere it is! The first release from Stolen Body Records. The Bad Joke That Ended Well's self titled second album. A fierce psychedelic and ga...

• BACK IN STOCK - 2012.48

  by Shiny Beast December 3, 2012
  BACK IN STOCK - 2012.48 BLACK TOTEM - I WILL HAUNT YOU EPRising from the cellars of Turku, Finland, Black Totem attacks the general public with their second offering. Just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets again, "I Will Haunt You" will sneak up on you and cast you back to the muddy...

• EXPECTED - 2012.48

  by Shiny Beast December 3, 2012
  EXPECTED - 2012.48 BIRTHDAY SUITS - BIRTHDAY SUITS From Minneapolis, Matthew and Hideo, (a.k.a. BIRTHDAY SUITS) bring you some seriously heavy and manic garage punk on this three-song 7-inch. TRACKLISTING: 01. WONDERLAND AMERICA 02. SEPIA YEAH 03. KIKI KAIKAI   DANCER - ON THE RUNA 7-inch of sick n...

• NEW IN STOCK - 2012.48

  by Shiny Beast December 3, 2012
  NEW IN STOCK - 2012.48 PREVOST, GREG 'STACKHOUSE' - MR. CHARLIE/ROLLIN STONE First solo recordings by the man who fronted the Chesterfield Kings during the last...ehrr.35 years! A lesson in raw blues which is bound to fascinate the toughest types in your neighborhood. Its a pity that the recent de...

• EXCLUSIVE: OUTSIDERS & BRAINBOX 2LPS IN STOCK!

  by Shiny Beast November 27, 2012
  BRAINBOX - DARK ROSE: THEIR 45'S (2LP) Brainbox was something special. The band not only featured some of the Netherlands' most preternaturally talented musicians, but in less than three years they produced a recorded legacy that was truly world class. Much of their best work appeared on their 19...

• CLEAR SPOT EXCLUSIVE! BONEHEAD CRUNCHERS VOL.3!

  by Shiny Beast November 26, 2012
  Here's volume 3 in the Bonehead series which will sell out really fast again, so place your pre-orders now! Limited to 300 copies. Stock expected in about 2 weeks.   'Big Boobs Boogie & 13 other deviant slices of Fuzzed-out Proto-Punk Madness from the UK 1970-1975'. For this 3rd volume of Boneh...

• 28-11 NORTON BENEFIT: THE SONICS + THEE CORNED BEAT

  by Shiny Beast November 26, 2012

• BACK IN STOCK - 2012.47

  by Shiny Beast November 26, 2012
  Single (7")   5.6.7.8.'S/CHURCH KEYS - SPLIT 7"11th Of 15 split Rolling Stones cover singles recorded by today's coolest hit makers and packaged in their own company sleeve. Tokyo's frantic femmes make a quick return to Norton wax with a manic reading of '19th Nervous Breakdown'; on the flip an old ...

• EXPECTED - 2012.47

  by Shiny Beast November 26, 2012
  Single (7")   BLANC, HUE -'S JOYLESS ONES- - BEARING ON THE MOOR Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones produce too violent a racket to be the Dream Syndicate, run too tight a ship to be Flipper, and are from way too far up north to be the Gun Club. Their dense-packed sonic soup is the kind of music that keeps pa...

• NEW IN STOCK - 2012.47

  by Shiny Beast November 26, 2012
  SETTING SON - IN A CERTAIN WAYTracklisting: 01. In a certain way 02. I wish.   BAD JOKE THAT ENDED WELL - THE BAD JOKE THAT ENDED WELL Here it is! The first release from Stolen Body Records. The Bad Joke That Ended Well's self titled second album. A fierce psychedelic and garage rock album with di...

• BABY WOODROSE LPS IN STOCK!

  by Shiny Beast November 21, 2012
  Back in stock! Baby Woodrose ♥ - THIRD EYE SURGERY - LOVE COMES DOWN - CHASING RAINBOWS - BLOWS YOUR MIND! - BABY WOODROSE

• THE SONICS NORTON RECORDS BENEFIT SHOW HAARLEM (NL)

  by Shiny Beast November 19, 2012
  HURRICANE HANGOVER HELP VOOR NORTON RECORDS MET THE SONICS IN PATRONAAT HAARLEM – Het legendarische Norton Records is afgelopen maand zwaar getroffen toen orkaan Sandy haar woede op New York losliet. Het magazijn van het label  is gevestigd in een robuust monumentaal pakhuis in Brooklyn, dat vroeger...

• BACK IN STOCK - 2012.46

  by Shiny Beast November 19, 2012
  BACK IN STOCK - 2012.46 EP (10")   VARIOUS - MR. HOT SHOT 1: THE R&B REVIEW Limited 10 inch vinyl. Fantastic 10 track early soul screamers from the early 60's. Including rare tracks a follows: Side A: 1) Willie White - everybody dance 2) Jessie Crawford - please don't go 3) Mary Hankins - ants ...

• EXPECTED - 2012.46

  by Shiny Beast November 19, 2012
  EXPECTED - 2012.46 Single (7")   DILL, DANNY/WAYNE WALKER - I'M HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVIN' High energy '50s rockabilly. With the B-side being equally good, this is a hot selling two sider for any hot rockin' fan.   DOMINO, FATS/JIMMY RICKS - SO GLAD/WIGGLIN' & GIGGLIN'  Solid R & B from Fats. A...

• NEW IN STOCK - 2012.46

  by Shiny Beast November 19, 2012
  NEW IN STOCK - 2012.46 Single (7")   ABANDONED - COME ON MARY/AROUND & AROUND Chicago 1966 garage punk Louie-riffed pounder b/w inept teen Chuck Berry-via-Stones cover.   ALDERMEN - HOUSE OF WAX/UPPER ROOM East-LA HALLOWEEN-PUNK monster fuzz punk b/w majorly grooving bass-lined soulgarage dan...

• NEW ARRIVALS - 2012.46

  by Shiny Beast November 19, 2012
  NEW ARRIVALS - 2012.46 Single (7") A BURNING BUS - ANTI  Legend Don Howland's latest musical address from his mountain compaound, an exhilarating blast of oppressive fear and hopelessness. With beloved bands like the GIBSON BROS and BASSHOLES, Howland spent over 25 years on the fringed, preaching ...

• BACK IN STOCK - 2012.45

  by Shiny Beast November 12, 2012
  LP (Album)   CREEPY CREEPS - FINK ABOUT ITThe Creepy Creeps play an intoxicating concoction of surf mayhem and garage madness. The ingredients include the washed out drunken guitar of the Creepture with the frothing sounds of Dr Creepensteins coffin shaped keys, Creepulas thunderous drums, and the ...

• EXPECTED - 2012.45

  by Shiny Beast November 12, 2012
  EP (10") ACID BABY JESUS & HELLSHOVEL - VOYAGER 8 (10") In December 2010, members of Acid Baby Jesus and Hellshovel collided in Athens, Greece, dug deep into their bottomless well of weirdness and crept forth with a ghostly experiment called 'Voyager 8'. This exercise in extraterrestrial psyche...

• NEW IN STOCK - 2012.45

  by Shiny Beast November 12, 2012
  Single (7")   POP, IGGY -& ZIG ZAGS-/BETTY DAVIS - IF I'M IN LUCK I MIGHT GET PICKED UP LA-based scuzzy punks ZIG ZAGS (Mexican Summer) team up with IGGY POP for a take on BETTY DAVIS' 'If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up'. The B-side features the original, remastered by Dave Cooley in 2007. Co...

• NEW ARRIVALS - 2012.45

  by Shiny Beast November 12, 2012
  Single (7") ABANDONED - COME ON MARY/AROUND & AROUNDChicago 1966 garage punk Louie-riffed pounder b/w inept teen Chuck Berry-via-Stones cover.   ALDERMEN - HOUSE OF WAX/UPPER ROOM East-LA HALLOWEEN-PUNK monster fuzz punk b/w majorly grooving bass-lined soulgarage dancefloor packer.   CH...

• UGLY THINGS - ISSUE #34

  by Shiny Beast November 6, 2012
  As always we have an array of fantastic stories lined up about some of the greatest overlooked bands from the '60s and '70s. Headlining features this time include the story of The Haunted (Montreal garage icons of '1-2-5' fame), the wild and mysterious Milan a.k.a. The Leather Boy, The Viletones, ...

• EXCLUSIVE: OUTSIDERS - Outsiders (2LP)

  by Shiny Beast November 6, 2012
  CLEARSPOT EXCLUSIVE RELEASE PSEUDONYM RECORDS PRESENTS:   OUTSIDERS - Outsiders (2LP)   This expanded double-album reissue of their 1967 debut adds a second disc of rare material, including a previously unreleased studio-session from January 1966, a live concert taped at Paradiso in December 1968,...

• EXCLUSIVE! BRAINBOX - DARK ROSE : THEIR 45'S (2LP)

  by Shiny Beast November 6, 2012
  CLEARSPOT EXCLUSIVE RELEASE PSEUDONYM RECORDS PRESENTS: BRAINBOX - DARK ROSE : THEIR 45'S (2LP) - ALL THEIR EARLY 45'S IN MONO MIXES - UNRELEASED DEMO VERSIONS OF 'VIRGIN' , 'DARK ROSE' AND THE EPIC 'SEA OF DELIGHT' IN A UNHEARD 24 MINUTE VERSION  !! - Exclusively restored dynamic 24 bit remasteri...

• BACK IN STOCK - 2012.44

  by Shiny Beast November 5, 2012
  Single (7")   DON DEVIL & THE DRIFTERS - I'M GONNA GET YOU 3 previous UNRELEASED tracks by DON DEVIL & THE DRIFTERS. Late 1963 they recorded 5 songs at famous GTB studios in Beatcentr THE HAQUE predating their debut single that was released in 1964. 3 of these recordings are featured here o...

• EXPECTED - 2012.44

  by Shiny Beast November 5, 2012
  Single (7")   ABANDONED - COME ON MARY/AROUND & AROUND  Chicago 1966 garage punk Louie-riffed pounder b/w inept teen Chuck Berry-via-Stones cover.   FALLEN ANGELS (USA)/RIC GARY - BAD WOMAN/PIMPLES AND BRACE  Diddley-beat 1966 upstate NY punk basher b/w ultimate titty-twist ridiculousness as m...

• NEW IN STOCK - 2012.44

  by Shiny Beast November 5, 2012
  BYRDS - PREFLYTE SESSIONS (3LP-SET) From Los Angeles California THE BYRDS came to prominence in 1965, with the worldwide number 1 hit 'Mr. Tambourine Man'. This collection is pre-Columbia material, and is the most definitive collection yet. Previously available on Sundazed records as a 40 track col...

• NEW ARRIVALS - 2012.44

  by Shiny Beast November 5, 2012
  Single (7")   COWBELL - TALLULAH/CRY BABY A cool 7-inch from the US garage- and soulrock duo. The A-Side is taken of their 'Beat Stampede' full length, the flip 'Cry Baby' is a non-album recording.   WHITE MYSTERY - PEOPLE POWER A cool 7"er from Chicago's now infamous garage-stomp 'n roll duo featur...