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    • March 24, 2013 8:09 PM CDT
    • I think Collectables has a Treniers compilation in their catalog as well.

      Neither Collectables nor Eva are the ultimate reissue labels, although I have heard isolated releases from either that had quality sound, if you can believe that.

    • March 24, 2013 7:53 PM CDT
    • Yeah , that's the one....But , there's been a few others , since then , out of Europe , where people appreciate American music. I think the excellent UK budget label , Proper , did one , too. IN ENGLAND , THE COPYRIGHT LAWS WERE LIFTED ON ALL THIS FINE , FINE , ROCK'N'ROLL, C&W AND R'N'B , AND ME AND A CHIMPANZEE , AGREED , WHICH MEANS ENTERPRISING LABELS CAN EXPLOIT MUSIC LEGENDS (NOTHING NEW , THERE. I even had to tell a few people they were on a RHINO compilation. ), BUT , they're doing it with real class. Particularly Proper , who are doing 4 CD sets of rare American and UK ROCK'N'ROLL AND PROTO - Rock'n'Roll  that'll run you back about 12 - 14 Yankee Dollars , here. AND the sound is great. Love me some public domain , but , that's the reason we've always had fer'shit sounding labels like Collectibles (Not always , but , often.) , Eva (ALWAYS.) AND SO FORTH.

    • March 22, 2013 10:48 PM CDT
    • The comp that John refers to below is called They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!, which had a better track selection and a WAAAAY better cover than the one I supplied the link to. Which was on Sony's budget label.
       
      John Battles said:


       around 1995 , when Sony did a great comp

    • March 22, 2013 9:10 PM CDT

    • James is right. THE SONG "Poontang" ain't no fluke. 

      I'm not gonna get on my high horse with the soapbox saddle , but, I'm gonna tell ya.

      NO TRENIERS , NO ROCK'N' ROLL. IT'S NOT ROCKET SURGERY. They started out in 1947 and kept rockin' til 2002 ....THEY'RE THE FIRST , REAL , SELF CONTAINED ROCK'N'ROLL GROUP. YOU'VE GOT WYNONIE HARRIS , LOUIS JORDAN ,  ROY BROWN , BIG JOE TURNER AND THE LIKE , BUT THE TRENIERS HAD THE WHOLE ENCHILADA FOR R'N'R JUST AS THE RAMONES DID FOR PUNK , AS YOU NOTED , dave.

      They DID indulge themselves the occasional ballad , as they were working side by side with also - rockin' Louis Prima by the early 50's , in Vegas , Atlantic City , and Wildwood, NJ. , BUT , THEY ALWAYS THREW IN THE OCCASIONAL SLOW SONG , CLIFF TRENIER WAS BILLED AS "THE SEPIA SINATRA" , BUT , HE AND IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER , CLAUDE , WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER, IT WAS STARK RAVIN' NUTS !!!!  Their Okeh Records material was out of print for centuries. But , around 1995 , when Sony did a great comp , the group started incorporating more of the classic stuff into their set. James and I were both lucky enough to see them , several times , but , their last Chicagoland gig , in 2002 , found an 85 year old Claude pickin' 'em up and laying 'em down. But , if you like the dirty stuff , seek out "The Suitcase Song".
       dave said:

      Sounds like a plan, thanks!

      James Porter said:

      Dave: ALL the Treniers' stuff rocked. "Poontang" was no fluke. Just ask John Battles. However, the album I just printed the link to isn't one of their best. There are other compilations of their essential OKeh/Epic sides, however...

      SWT: just about all of Swamp Dogg's album covers were intentionally meant to shock...

    • March 24, 2013 3:25 PM CDT
    • Shit, Youtube deleted the Oblivions cover (it's on Popular Favorites)

    • March 24, 2013 8:29 AM CDT
    • Shannon and the clams are great.


    • March 24, 2013 1:28 AM CDT
    • For current EUROAmerican Garage Punk, i would like to mention The Jackets

    • March 23, 2013 10:17 AM CDT
    • Thanks, Joe!

      Joe said:

      I missed one of your criteria - The Monofones aren't American - oops!  Here's a few amazing and relatively new female-fronted bands:

      The Woolly Bandits (from Los Angeles, with Sky Saxon's former backing band)

      A Giant Dog (Texas)

      Persian Claws (Vermont)

      The Love Me Nots (Arizona)

      And you're probably familiar with Shannon and the Clams.

      Now that I think about it,  there's an impressive number of women in the garage punk scene nowadays.

    • March 24, 2013 12:25 AM CDT
    • Maybe X Ray Spex's LP came out in  late '77 , tho' I still remember my copy bearinng a 1978 date....Please don't ask me to climb over all the other crap , now forming a barrier where
      the W thru Z's are in my record bunker.... I also can't remember names for shit. Was it Paul Dean? I fergit , but another , male sax player graced thE LP. 
      John Battles said:

      Lora Logic was gone , by the time of X-Ray Spex's first album (She was in the band ca, 76 - 77 , but their first LP did'nt come out 'til 1978.).. She skronked up a storm , tho'.

      Logic and Styrene both joined The Hare Krishnas
       , though , it seems Styrene was the more devoted of the two , though , eventually returning to Secular music , in the '90's , with "Conscious Consuner " , X- Ray Spex's  second and final official LP.  Lora Logic also appeared on that CD , and in the "ex - Ray Spex' lineup , which recieved top billing at the Holidays in The SUN FESTIVAL IN '96 , despite Poly Styrene having been ousted from her own band.
      Katie Dubz said:

      Lora Logic is great! I really enjoy the band she put together after being booted from Spex...Essential Logic!! I think there was a couple dudes that came after her to play sax in X-Ray Spex but neither could match that coltish self-taught sound she brought to their first album.


      John Battles said:

       I can't think of that many , besides Mark Lindsay. When The Raiders were still more of a Frat Rock group , he was honkin' his horn a'plenty , and , later on the recited smoocher "Melody For an Unknown Girl.",  already out of date for it's time. I saw Mark in 2001 , and he was wailin' sax on numbers like "You Can't Sit Down" and "Night Train". Of course , The Raiders' "Louie" was more sax - driven , too. I'm not good on names . The Wailers had a couple of great sax players , inc. the guy who played with them in later years , when they stormed the Ponderosa Stomp. He killed !

       

      Screamin' Jay played a pretty mean sax , himself , as did Ray Charles. Dave Hill from The Treniers , who's still alive and well , Dave "Bubba" Mitchell , from Milt Trenier's band , also still alive and CRAZY , as he nears his 90th Year , Earl Bostic , Louis Jordan ,  Lonnie Youngblood , The late , great , Sam Butera , Bobby Keyes , of course , Gordon from The Fleshtones , God Rest His Soul , Lora Logic from X- Ray Spex and Red Krayola , and her successor in the first band - Forgot his name - And ,who's the cat from The Pastel Six? I saw him sit in with Sky Saxon and The Seeds , it worked , too ! , Jesse Scinto , who's a younger guy , is keeping the honkin' sax tradition going , but , he does'nt seem to play much , these days....

    • March 24, 2013 12:17 AM CDT
    • OK , I GUESS I SHOULD'NT HAVE EXPECTED MUCH IN THE WAY OF RESPONSES. GENERALLY , THE STOMP ANNOUNCES ONE LINE OF ACTS , THEN , SOME OTHERS WHEN THEY'VE CONFIRMED THEM. AS IT STANDS , THIS IS NOT A VERY STRONG LINEUP. EXCLUDING THE STANDELLS , THERE'S REALLY NO HEADLINERS. WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL HAPPEN? THEY'VE HAD SOME AMAZING LINEUPS IN THE PAST, BUT , IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. I DON'T SEE MYSELF GOING AT THIS POINT.

    • March 23, 2013 4:51 PM CDT
    • "New York had the bands, London had the fashion, Belfast had the reason" - Terri Hooley

    • March 23, 2013 2:55 PM CDT
    • Playlist 03/23/13

      Baby Woodrose Bubblegum
      Pandoras You're All Talk
      Mighty Caesars  Searching High and Low 
      Woggles  Believe Me Little Girl 
      Mono Men  Til the End of the Day 
      Jackets  Freak Out 
      Brood  Leave Me Alone 
      Lords of Gravity  Pirate Lies 
      Nomads  Up, Down or Sideways 
      Mysteios  Go Get It Somewhere Else 
      Shook-Ups!  Control Yourself 
      Beg Borrow Steal  King of the Road 
      Phantom Six  Inspiration 
      Wobbly Lamps  Gretchen Fetchin 
      Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin  Take Up Thy Stethescope and Walk 
      Traditional Fools  Allright 
      Mobbs  Ruby Sol 
      Midnight Spin  Neuroin 
      Bad Indians  Hate 
      Colleen Green  Yr So Cool 
      Elephant Stone  Setting Sun 
      Swingin' Utters  Temporary Contemporary 
      Black Shades  Bread N' Butter 
      Chelsea Light Moving  Communist Eyes 
      Night Marchers  (Wasting Away In) Javalinaville 
      Curse  Hey Sucker 
      Sweet  Need A Little Loving 
      Heartbreakers  One Track Mind 
      Brats  Rock Candy 
      Pearls  Shine A Light 
      Frightwig  Public Baths 
      Stranglers  Lowlands 
      Windfall  Boy In A Car 
      Mr. T Experience  Supersonic 
      Angry Samoans  Unhinged 
      Lillingtons  War of the Worlds 
      Skafish  Disgracing The Family Name 
      Big Boy Pete and the Squire  American Spring 
      Godfathers  Gone To Texas 

    • March 23, 2013 8:47 AM CDT
    • I will be on the air and the web on Saturday March 23rd playing the usual garage and punk tunes that some of you may like.  You can listen from 1:00-3:00PM EST on 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

    • March 23, 2013 10:14 AM CDT
    • D'Addario makes some awesome short scale strings. For my recording basses I use their black nylon flatwound strings. For live I use the Xl170S. these are round wound. I prefer flats, but live I use round wound so the bass cuts through more

    • March 23, 2013 7:48 AM CDT
    • Who are more cool?

      Who would win in a fight?


    • March 23, 2013 5:35 AM CDT
    • Heya, you music freaks ! A new compilation is available on my blog. This one is the second part of my good friend Major Tom sonic experiences ! Again, his stuff is mostly from out of space, so you've been warned !

    • March 23, 2013 12:04 AM CDT
    • Blocked some time off to maybe make the Funtastic Dracula Fest depending on the lineup, but they moved it to the end of October this year so that's out. Any of these other fests happen in late September / early October?

    • March 22, 2013 8:54 PM CDT
    • Best First Show ever , and the nominees are swt , swt and swt , and the winnner is.....
       
      swt said:

      I saw Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs at Springlake amusement park in Oklahoma City in the summer of 1965 when their current hit was "Ju Ju Hand."

      When I was in junior high in OKC a couple of years later, there was a local band called The Inmates who had an intense Yardbirds fixation and did a vicious version of "The Hanky Panky." They were pretty punk.

      I saw The Fall in Santa Fe in 1981 play in Santa Fe in an old movie theater. Before the show I got to interview Mark E. Smith, who told me The Fall wasn't punk rock. He was right but he was wrong.

    • March 22, 2013 8:47 PM CDT
    • ...That sounds like Dahl and Meier. Thank God nothing on my stereo sounds like Dahl and Meier. I Was just as Anti - Disco as the best of 'em , but, When I heard The Loop (WLUP FM ,The station that sponsored The Disco Demolition.) in1979 for the first time , I thought , they're really no better, maybe even not as good as , the three Rock Titans in the Dallas /Ft.Worth area , KZEW , Z97 and Q102.....and of the three , KZEW produced ONE great show , George Gimarc's Rock'n'Roll Alternative , in the early 80's. Even Chicago's beloved WXRT ,which SUCKS!!!!! now , had Bobby Skafish and Terry Nelson playing the records Gimarc would soon , just not soon enough , get to play on one of the worst time slots in town , Sunday at 11:00PM.  If you were in Jr. High , or even in early HS years , you probably did'nt get to hear it. Kids did'nt stay up all night in our day.

    • March 22, 2013 6:33 PM CDT
    • Radio What Wave Playlist Mar 21/2013

      1. Bloodshot Bill...No Help Wanted...from the So Blue CD on Transisor 66 Records.

      2. The Angry Breed...Sickle Girl...from a split 7" with The Hangee V on Surfin'KI Records.

      3. The Ventures...Theme From Wild Angels...from the Guitar Freakout LP on Dolton Records.

      4. The Dead Beat...2000Lb. Bee Part 2...from the Boss Sound CD.

      5. The Beechnuts...Cycle Annie...from the Soundsville compilation LP. This is an all studio compilation and this particular track, features Lou Reed pre-VU, on guitar and vocals.

      6. The Reply...The Reply...from the Downtown Soul CD.

      7. The Hi-Lifes...Soul City...from the above mentioned Soundsville compilation. You probably recognize this song as a Fleshtones tune.

      8. The Above...Imprisoned...brand new 7" on Boppa Do Down Records. NYC based combo on a Toronto based record label.

      9. The Hook Up...Nerves...from the Call Up The Devil CD. Now based in Hamilton, the combo has been re-named The Dead City Soul Review.

      10. Mad Anthony...Forget About Us...from their recently released self titled CD. They are in London tonite at Call The Office.

      11. Mad Anthony...Soul...from the I Spent All My Money On Speed Metal CD.

      12. The Shanks...Feel The Holes...from the CD EP of the same name. Thanks to The Shanks and Mad Anthony for coming on air last shw.

      13. Bang 74...Clouds Of Rock'n'Roll...from the Hi-Flying Dreams CD. 

      14. Danny Laj...Mr Rebound...from a soon to be released record on Boppa Do Down Records.

      15. Chris Hart...Burn This City...from the Rock'n'Roll Revelation CD.

      16. The Stoves...Can't Slow Down...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with What Wave 24. Available locally at; Grooves, The Village Idiot, Speed City, LA Mood and Hot Dog.

      17. Outtacontroller...Creeps...from the download compilation North Of The Border on Synicalist Records. You can download it from Bandcamp. This was put out by Chris Forrest who has a radio show called Just Another Punk Show (W/Sean) on CHRW every friday at 8PM.

      18. The noble Savages...Fire In The World...demo. These guys will be playing on Wed night at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton as part of the monthly garage show called Kissin' The Carpet.

      19. The noble Savages...She's So Serious...as above.

      20. Familiar Fiends...Shut Up Little Man...from a 4 song Brantford compilation. This combo will be playing with The noble Savages at This Ain't Hollywood.

      21. Light Bulb Alley...Who Do You Love...from The Sound Of Things on Ricochet Sound. 

      22. Passing Fancy...Losing Tonite...on Ugly Pop Records, this is the start of all 60's Can punk until closing.

      23. Northwest Company...Hard To Cry...yet another 7" on Ugly Pop Records.

      24. Luke And The Apostles...Been Burnt...from The Midwest vs The Rest Volume 1 LP.

      25. Painted Ship...Little White Lies...from Back From The Grave Volume 8. David Konstantino of Revolution Rock (on CJAM out of Windsor Ontario every Tuesday 10:30 AM) did an interview with group vocalist/Captain William Hay that he has on his blog. Revolution Rock is also a very cool radio show!

      26. King Bees....Little Girl...Frat stomper from Belleville Ontario.

      27. MG and The Escorts...A Somday Fool...from Nightmares From The Underworld Volume 2.

      Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails and messages! Next week, an all punk show to start the long weekend. We'll play all Canpunk from the 60's right up to the present time! And we're going to 8:30PM as Ryan In The Red will not be doing his Freakout this coming thursday.

      Here's a link to the podcast:

      http://chrwradio.ca/content/radio-what-wave#prev-shows

    • March 22, 2013 3:45 PM CDT
    • Show #414: "The Eggman Collection #132"

      The Eggman Collection is basically a big potpourri of every song I've ever liked in my life...EVER! It's literally a huge mixing bowl full of songs written onto tiny pieces of paper. Over 20,000 songs that I've been compiling for the past 20-plus years of my life. Every song I've ever liked has gone into this bowl, and every three weeks I draw them out randomly one-by-one and play them for you in no particular order. A mix of everything and anything I like, no matter what genre, era, style or year of release...if I like it, then I'll play it! No repeats of the same song ever! Tune in tonight (Friday) at 10pm EST for the 132nd installment of The Eggman Collection and hear bands and artists like: Queen, Badfinger, The Who, Van Morrison, American Blues, Le Orme, Dransfield, Cat Stevens, The Bachs, Marty Rhone, The Heptones, Status Quo, Rainbow, Erkin Koray, The Creation, Arcadium, Clifford T. Ward, Turquoise, King Crimson, Robert Wyatt, and many others!!

      ***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live via the web click this link: http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/listen ... to listen to past shows, view playlists and more, fan the show by "liking it" on facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metaphysical-Circus-with-The-Eggman-An-Obscure-Oldies-Radio-Program/182326748511750
      Live every Friday night at 10pm to 1am EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

      Watch my playlist unravel before your eyes LIVE here: http://wscafm.radioactivity.fm/

      Egg

    • March 22, 2013 3:23 PM CDT
    • I don't know too much about what Michael Draine mentioned but they sound great but I too would have mentioned anything with the Cramps stamp of approval.  And Howie's show also comes highly recommended.

    • March 22, 2013 3:20 PM CDT
    • The Ramones will be relevant as long as there's an interest in Rock and Roll.

      They're the history of R&R, sped-up and pulped down to 3 minutes.