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    • June 21, 2013 4:26 PM CDT
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    • Interesting...... There WAS a live version of "A Thousand Shadows" that turned up on the "Fresh Fruit FROM OLD SEEDS", WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED , BOOT.I don't have it. Sounds like it could have beena whole different album.  I also heard about a repackaging of "Raw and Alive" , hopefully a better mix , with the fake audience sounds turned down , if not off.And I read about another live show added to the package , probably the great (if recorded on a handheld mike) bootleg that's made the rounds from the same time period....OR MAYBE....An actual soundboard recording???!!!!! I dunno. No one tells me these things.......

      Guess what? Future arrived just now. Played side one and all my thoughts remain the same. There's some good stuff, especially the mono versions, and some over-the-top stuff. I doubt I will listen to much of this. The one delight is the 1:03 version of "The Navy Swings" that is so out there but in a good way.

      Side two is a delight from beginning to end. A version of "A Thousand Shadows" titled "Rides Too Long" sounds live. Listen to Jan ripping it at the beginning. Sky is rocking his high boots off. It's almost like "Pushin Too Hard" done as if they're playing for their very lives. Take one of "Flower Lady" is less intense but the guitar adds much. Again, Rick Andridge is terrific, given the proper miking as in "Full Spoon."  Take one of "Now a Man" here called "Contact High" is also better than the finished product. It goes on like this. Liver, earlier, better versions with Sky giving far better performances than the published album.

      And wait until you hear Jan's fuzzed out take one of "Satisfy You." The band is cooking raw and sounding alive. Holy shit! THIS is The Seeds.

      Well worth getting this for the second CD itself. I'm loving it. Then there's the copious notes. I haven't read them all but there's a sense of impending doom screaming from the pages. Don't read them while listening to the album. You'll be instantly depressed. 

    • June 21, 2013 2:31 PM CDT
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    • Guess what? Future arrived just now. Played side one and all my thoughts remain the same. There's some good stuff, especially the mono versions, and some over-the-top stuff. I doubt I will listen to much of this. The one delight is the 1:03 version of "The Navy Swings" that is so out there but in a good way.

      Side two is a delight from beginning to end. A version of "A Thousand Shadows" titled "Rides Too Long" sounds live. Listen to Jan ripping it at the beginning. Sky is rocking his high boots off. It's almost like "Pushin Too Hard" done as if they're playing for their very lives. Take one of "Flower Lady" is less intense but the guitar adds much. Again, Rick Andridge is terrific, given the proper miking as in "Full Spoon."  Take one of "Now a Man" here called "Contact High" is also better than the finished product. It goes on like this. Liver, earlier, better versions with Sky giving far better performances than the published album.

      And wait until you hear Jan's fuzzed out take one of "Satisfy You." The band is cooking raw and sounding alive. Holy shit! THIS is The Seeds.

      Well worth getting this for the second CD itself. I'm loving it. Then there's the copious notes. I haven't read them all but there's a sense of impending doom screaming from the pages. Don't read them while listening to the album. You'll be instantly depressed. 

    • June 21, 2013 12:27 AM CDT
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    • i LISTENED TO A COUPLE OF TRACKS ON YOU TUBE......HE WAS GREAT AT NAME - DROPPING.

      "He Saw Screamin' Jay Hawkins and he jumped back in the alley !"

      "I had to call Screamin' Jay Hawkins to the rescue!" AND " I saw Screamin' Jay Hawkins with Long Tall Sally in a coffin , she don't love me but she do it very often." YOW !

      THIS SHIT ROCKS ! He was'nt the balls in a vice grip screamer Little Richard , Screamin' Jay Hawkins and James Brown were , BUT HE GETS THE HELL ON DOWN , ON THESE  TRACKS. Raw rock'n'roll!!!

      Of course , later , Williams became a coke dealer , and threatened to kill Little Richard for failing to pay for some cocaine he bought from Williams . He said he fell asleep and forgot about it.     Better yet , he became a PIMP , and what's the difference between a Pimp and a piece of shit?     You can't think of anything , either, can you ? BUT , HE HIT ROCK BOTTOM BY MAKING "That Larry Williams " a DISCO record , only worth owning for the great photos of Larry and his esteemed peers.

    • June 21, 2013 1:54 PM CDT
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    • When Black Flag was happening , I WAS IN THAT ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE MINORITY THAT DID'NT LIKE "DAMAGED" (I'VE NEVER HEARD OF "LOUIE LOUIE"only being available on import  copies. Seems it was on every copy Ii ever heard....Maybe it was pulled late r, for publishing reasons ?). Could'nt get with Henry , I just don't have that much testosterone. I liked "Everything Went Black" (But did'nt feel a need to buy it.) "Jealous Again " (Which I did buy , for a dollar.) , and "TV Party " (Both Versions.), but , overall , I did'nt get it. I had'nt started liking 70's Hard Rock again , with few exceptions , and The Flag were turning into The Sabs......Yes ,I like The Sabs , now , but later Flag and the Speed Metal craze (Even tho' I liked some of those bands in the 80's. I still liked the HC era intensity , but , it was good to hear it done by bands that could actually play. Some could even SING. ), it seemed a matter of eating your cake and having it , too.    i SAW ROLLINS ON HIS FIRST "SPOKEN WORD" TOUR(BACK WHEN THEY CALLED IT "POETRY"). Some of his readings I liked , some I found really unnecessary......But , I met him at a 7-11 (Did'nt everyone?) . Atfirst , he gave me that dagger - stare. Then , when he realized I knew who he was , he was considerably cooler. Maybe also because I did'nt bust his balls about the 12 Pack he was toting , and I don't mean his stomach......IN LATER YEARS , HE COPPED TO DRINKING AND DOING DRUGS IN THE PAST (NOT COPPING IS A COP OUT.).....

      Rollins , to me , is like Robert Plant . Great taste in music , but , I hear NONE of those influences in their own music , and I have no need to buy records by either , and even THAT is nothing personal.
       Mike said:

      Rockin Rod Strychnine said:
      A friend of mine had Damaged on a lable called Roadracer and it tacked on Louie Louie on the end but I thought a different singer was on that.

      I don't have that import version of Damaged, but I'd assume that'd be the version from the Louie Louie 7" that Dez Cadena sang on. He was my fave Flag singer, perhaps as he was the first one I had seen them with. Others have told me they prefer Keith Morris and Ron Reyes over Dez. Rollins was not a bad fit with the band the first year or so. I saw their first LA area gig with him after they came back from the tour in which they picked him up. I speculate that he had a desire to prove himself to the home town crowd. But once he became established in Flag it seemed to become the Henry Rollins Show as opposed to a Black Flag show. They kind of evolved into a "jam" band of sorts from that point to the end and lost that manic energy that had attracted such a rabid following.

      So I would say everything up to and including Damaged as well as the "Everything Went Black" double LP of demos is what I'd consider essential Black Flag material.

    • June 21, 2013 1:37 PM CDT
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    • Well , they were friends with Motorhead , and gigged together. The "Please Don't Touch" single featured members of both bands doing the title track , "Bomber" and "Emergency" by Girlschool.
       
      Giannis KRI said:

      Yes i think i heard them covering emergency too.Probably they liked motorhead.But who doesn't?Maybe me,but joey ramone does.

      Rockin Rod Strychnine said:
      I do like one thing by them when they teamed with Motorhead to do this Johnny Kidd and the Pirates cover, but this could have easily been done by the Pandoras, Brood, or Runaways as well.

    • June 21, 2013 12:00 AM CDT
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    • Sopers , a brand of Quaalude referenced in "Weekend" by The Dictators , it turns out , did'nt exist. Creem magazine would joke about them all the time , as if  they were real. Not that I ever did any of that shit (Yes , I'm old enough to remember when Dealers and Pharmacies well well - sorted for Ludes , but , better known , real , brands like Rorer.).

      I thought he was just saying "Just give me a soda for the weekend". Works for me.

    • June 20, 2013 11:52 PM CDT
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    • I REMEMBER , I FIRST HEARD "Pushin' Too Hard " on a Columbia records TV commercial , but it was only snippets of each song     " WESTERN  UNION , THERE GOES MY BABY, CHARLIE BROWN , SHIMMY SHIMMY KO KO BOP , WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN , I GOT A FEELIN' , YOU'RE PUSHIN' TOO HARD !".   THE SONG HAD TO BE 6 YEARS OLD , TOPS. BUT NOSTALGIA WAS SLOWLY MOVING FASTER (BAD PLAY ON WORDS).....WHICH IS WHY "NUGGETS'' WAS A NECESSITY. ALL THESE PEOPLE HAD THOSE AM GARAGE  HITS ON 45s THAT THEY DID'NT PUT IN SLEEVES , GOT ALL SCRATCHED AND HAMMERED , AND WROTE "THIS RECORD BELONGS TO GAYLE SILVERSTIEN" IN BLACK MARKER ON THE LABEL.

    • June 20, 2013 11:29 PM CDT
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    • I saw The Lime Spiders twice in 1987. Both really good shows. The second of which had them opening for PIL , who were still very good live , just not AS good. I met all the guys in the Lime Spiders. Mick Blood was outgoing , but pretty arrogant. I remember him telling me I should "Give that Motorhead badge a rest" . GOD ! WHO CARES?!!!
       
      manthon said:

      "slave girl" 

    • June 20, 2013 3:20 AM CDT
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    • shmo said:

      Heavens to murgatroid , even!! Thee Headcoats. i didn't know what i liked about it, and nobody that i showed it to liked it so i thought it was a fluke.

      iT'S FUNNY HOW THAT WORKED , FOR YEARS , ABOUT TEN OF 'EM ,WHEN CHILDISH HAD THE MILSHAKES GOING , THEN THEE MIGHTY CAESARS AND THEE (EARLY ) HEADCOATS , HE COULD'NT GET ARRESTED IN THE STATES , UNTIL HE'D BEEN ON SUB POP FOR A WHILE. THEN , SUDDENLY , HE WAS GOD. I WAS WELL OVER HIM , ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO , BUT , I KEPT MY COPY OF "HEAVENS TO MURGATROID" BECAUSE IT WAS SIGNED BY DAN CLOWES.....AND IT'S ON BLUE VINYL , AND IT WAS ONE OF HIS BETTER ALBUMS.

    • June 20, 2013 9:53 PM CDT
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    • iF anyone CAN NAME 10 FLOCK OF FLEAGULLS songs , it's probably because they did'nt live through The 80's , and think it was a cool time. Well , probably cooler than The 90's ....and the Owts. BUT , THAT'S NOT SAYING MUCH !!!

    • June 20, 2013 5:54 PM CDT
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    • I fuckin hate Flock of Seagulls. If anyone can name 10 songs by'em... I fuckin hate aw 10 of'em. Never mind the guys twatty hairdo. They're pish!  Black Betty by the RamJamWank! I can do without as well!

       

       

    • June 20, 2013 4:12 PM CDT
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    • 1) Dunno that song ,but , I know I already spoke about CCR. It sucks that Fogerty got fucked out of his own songs , and even got sued for "The Old Man on The Road" , for sounding too much liek one of  his own songs ! But I can't get too worked up over him or CCR ,I like a song or two here and there, I know I'm in a minority so small it's invisible to teh human eye. Not saying they're bad , just been hearing them for over 40 years. Can't get too geeked up over 'em. Gimme The Blasters , any day.

       

      2. I liked CLAPTON , ALL RIGHT, WITH tHE YARDBIRDS AND JOHN MAYALL, IS HE OVERRATED LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER? OF COURSE. BECK TOOK THE yARDBIRDS INTO SOME really innovative twists and turns. I even like Page with The YARDBIRDS , BUT , CLAPTON WAS THERE AS LONG AS HE NEEDED TO BE ,HE WAS NOT AN "IDEA MAN"......

      3. I agree , I could'nt even name a worst Eagles song for this thread. They're ALL so bad.

      4. Fleetwood Mac , WEEEEELLLLL. FROM 1968 - 1970 , THEY WERE THE BADDEST WHITE BLUES BAND ON THE PLANET. With the super killer triple Guitar front line of Peter Green (Who favored CHICAGO BLUES AND VARIOUS ELECTRIC BLUES), DANNY KIRWAN (BEST ELMORE JAMES INTERPRETER THIS SIDE OF BRIAN JONES.) and Jeremy Spence (A not - so closeted 50'S Rock'n'Roll and Rockabilly enthusiast.), Fleetwood Mac could do no wrong , for a while.....Peter Green , their acknowledged leader , left , first , ostensibly because he had a very bad acid trip in Germany (As did Kirwan , reportedly.). He gave all his money to charity (Duly noted in The Clash's "Jail Guitar Doors " .), was commited to a mental hospital by his Father , and eventually decided to get back to his Jewish heritage  , even living on a Kibbutz in Israel for a time. After several comeback attempts , he was touring the world by the 90's , and putting on pretty good shows . Spencer took over as leader of the band for a while , and has only started touring again after a long absence. Kirwan joined a cult called The Children of God , he's around , somewhere....

      But , please , don't judge Fleetwood Mac from the crap they recorded from 1975 on. They were once  a great band.

      5. I know what you mean , tho' I find myself liking more McCartney stuff in my older age , most specifically , "Ram" and "Run Devil Run''.

      6.HA HAAAAA! Beast of Burdon , My Pizza's Burnin' !

      7. I know , A lot of those people did'nt own the songs , and could only make a few sheckles by re-recording them.....Sometimes , the results were'nt bad , especially Little Richard (OK , THAT'S THE  50'S) RE-MAKES FOR K-TEL, OF ALL LABELS , AFTER YEARS OF BAD REMAKES. Seriously....Some of The Equals' remakes were'nt bad , if only because they were padded out with decent cover songs and some killer originals , like "Bad Boy". The Strawberry Alarm Clock just put out a CD that's mostly remakes of their old songs , but , they're all good , and some are better than the originals. tHE TROGGS' REMAKES OF "Feels Like a Woman" and "Strange Movies" on "Black Bottom" (1980?) are good , it seems they did 'em just to have the songs on an album. But "AU", THEIR LAST (?) STUDIO LP , HAD A FEW GOOD NEW ONES , AND SOME really unnecessary remakes.....

      8. I could'nt believe Ska was coming back (Again.) when it did , in the 90's. It was'nt that popular West of England during the previous revival. Some of those bands did OK , but , obviously could only have hits with non - Ska material ("I Confess" , "Our House"...)...I used to be into that stuff.Not so much , now.   BUT THIS NEW SHIT IS TERRIBLE ! I AGREE. TURN AROUND , GO BACK !

      9. Don't know the song , but , it made me furious when people called 'em "Glam".

      10. Don't know that song , either, but , never got it with those guys , BoDeans , Smithereens , whoever was hot in the "Adult Radio Rock" world.

    • June 20, 2013 12:07 PM CDT
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    • 1) John Fogerty- without the revival-
      " put me in coach"- no thanks, dick..
      2) Eric Clapton- "slow hand"- yep, the yardbirds were better without u. Jeff beck rules!
      3) Eagles- most anything... Tequilla sunrise.. El stinko
      4) Fleetwood mac- most anything. Any stevie nicks song or collboration. Ruined tom petty for Me.
      5) Wings- have a couple hooks here and there, but overall garbage.
      6) Stones- beast of burdon - que? My pizza's burnin? Rather listen to the ducktales theme song
      7) Any rercorded songs from 60s and redone because of ownership restrictions...popular in 80s. Gotta read small print. Just terrible versions.. Troggs... Especially the Animals stuff.

      8) mighty mighty bosstones... Knock on wood. Ska revival of late 90s... Reverse nike symbol.. Don't do it

      9) poison- every rose... I like to stab u in the eye and strangle u with those pretty Nelson brothers hair. Nuff said.
      10) proclaimers- 500 miles. I drive further to get away from this tune. Stick to whatcha know. Getting wasted.

    • June 20, 2013 4:30 AM CDT
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    • completely agree!!

      and i confess: i never liked Springsteen, really! (and hate even the very early skorpions)

      NoiseMaker said:

      Time to get it off my chest...

      Hey Jude - The Beatles

      Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

      Unchained melody -The Righetous Bros

      Hotel California - The Eagles

      Born in the USA -Springsteen

      ANYTHING by Journey...

      ANYTHING by Def Leopard

      ...I better stop,,,,my brain is smokin'

    • June 20, 2013 3:10 AM CDT
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    • DEF LEPPARD. They did'nt even have a cool past like The Scorpions (First two albums , trust me. Black Sabbath meets The Pink Fairies. Heavy , but trippy.). Once , I was going to work , and I saw some kids having a party at our community pool. I STOPPED BY TO SAY "HELLO". I could tell they were into Def Leppard , I did'nt hold that against him. We had a couple of neighborhood bands that sucked , but it was good to see teens getting excited about music , ANY music......When I got home , later , I played a tape of "Rocket To Russia" . My Mom thought maybe it was the pool party band , and asked me if I'd been listening to something in my room. I said , yeah , I was listening to The Ramones. My Mom said , wow ! For a minute , I thought that band out side had gotten a LOT better !!!!
       
      NoiseMaker said:

      Time to get it off my chest...

      Hey Jude - The Beatles

      Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

      Unchained melody -The Righetous Bros

      Hotel California - The Eagles

      Born in the USA -Springsteen

      ANYTHING by Journey...

      ANYTHING by Def Leopard

      ...I better stop,,,,my brain is smokin'

    • June 20, 2013 2:49 AM CDT
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    • With Journey , I considered saying "Anything" , too. I over heard someone today saying how much they hate "Good Vibrations , a song I neither love nor hate , BUT , "SMILEY SMILE " , TEH ALBUM IT DEBUTED ON , is the Beach Boys album for people who don't care too much for The Beach Boys. Weirded out proto - Residents shit. "GOOD VIBRATIONS" is about the most normal sounding song on it , and that song was considered a total mindfuck when it came out !

      Try The Troggs' version , if you can't bear the thought of owning the original , period.

    • June 19, 2013 9:58 PM CDT
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    • Time to get it off my chest...

      Hey Jude - The Beatles

      Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

      Unchained melody -The Righetous Bros

      Hotel California - The Eagles

      Born in the USA -Springsteen

      ANYTHING by Journey...

      ANYTHING by Def Leopard

      ...I better stop,,,,my brain is smokin'

    • June 20, 2013 8:29 PM CDT
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    • Awesome guys, thanks for all of this info. I will need to spend some time huntin this stuff down. 

    • June 20, 2013 4:30 PM CDT
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    • Absolutely. I just assumed anyone who's this interested in One Man Bands knows all about Hasil Adkins . But , on a similar note , while we're talking about artists who did'nt start doing this 10 years ago , or less , Jack Starr is also a must.
       
      kopper said:

      Like Rob said, look for that double LP comp called "Attack of the One Man Bands" that came out in 2007. It's a fantastic sampling of lots of well-known OMBs as well as lots of obscurities.

      Also, you can't start a thread like this without mentioning the Godfather of the One Man Band, Hasil Adkins. Seek out and buy anything you can get your hands on by the Haze. He's phenomenal.

      Oh yeah, John Schooley is good, too (former guitarist of the Revelators and the Hard Feelings).

    • June 20, 2013 8:01 AM CDT
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    • Like Rob said, look for that double LP comp called "Attack of the One Man Bands" that came out in 2007. It's a fantastic sampling of lots of well-known OMBs as well as lots of obscurities.

      Also, you can't start a thread like this without mentioning the Godfather of the One Man Band, Hasil Adkins. Seek out and buy anything you can get your hands on by the Haze. He's phenomenal.

      Oh yeah, John Schooley is good, too (former guitarist of the Revelators and the Hard Feelings).

    • June 20, 2013 4:45 AM CDT
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    • in Europe too we do have lots of and very good!! 
      so don´t forget King Automatic, the Reverend Beat-Man or Urban Junior and a bunch more.. 
      actually if you start a search-members for "one man band" here in the GaragePunkHideout,  you´ll find, beside of fans, lots of interesting one man bands! Check this out!

    • June 19, 2013 7:39 PM CDT
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    • Bob Log III, Fuzz Solow, Reverend Deadeye, Haunted George, The Slow Poisoner...I remember a 2 cd comp out some yrs back called 'Attack of the One Man Bands' that might have a few good uns on it.