Hey Andras, thanks for commenting man, and I'm glad you dig the site.  Us fans of the oddballs are scattered all over but my hope is to bring us together through the site.  The Kapas are cool, and still sorta affordable.  The Minstrel was one of Kapa's more rare offerings, and had unique pickups for the Kapa line of guitars.  Good taste man!!  And I checked out your music, what fuzz are you using?  Mosrite fuzz box?

Hey Franco,

I too am crazy for trashy electric guitars from the 1960s.  For me, it's not just their unconventional sound, it's the way their primitive electronics produce so many unexpected glitches, pops and squeals -- sublime!

In THEE DIRTYBEATS, we embrace old electrics for exactly these reasons:  typically, I am skittering leads across the top of Jamie's buzzing vintage Mosrite using a '67 KAPA Minstrel teardrop (see pic below).  The contrast of odd guitar sounds works well, and the random bizarre feedback effects, pings, and shrieks just add to the fun.

Thanks for a great website.  So much for my afternoon -- will be on it for hours...

Best,

Andras

THEE DIRTYBEATS maximum vintage garage
http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com

Here's some of the stuff we do, check it:

We do pedal demos like this BeeBaa Fuzz

We do weirdo guitar demos like this Teisco

And I write some far out articles about some interesting guitars like this Silvertone

And get this, it's all free!!  I hate guitar magazines, and I hate pay guitar sites, and I hate ad covered guitar review webpages!  And you know, I'm not a hateful person!  I just get sick of hype and would rather talk about guitars that you could buy in a grocery store during the 1960s, mostly forgotten instruments that are often scoffed at by bourgeois turds.  If you can relate, then stop on over, and I'll be posting my stuff on the Hideout pages too (for you lazy sods).

I heard about this on 6Music yesterday. It's a good idea to keep it's memory alive, especially with the club's legacy being as vast as it is, it could be forgotten about. That said, it feels like it's just a cynical cash-in on the name. It could be an excuse to put on manufactured bands or indie landfill.

When I wrote for a Greenwich based magazine, my publisher and some mutual friends asked me if I was interested in going to a rave. "Isn't that a bit late 1980's?", I asked. Jamie, who would become the bass player for Klaxons chipped in: "It's a revival." I even wonder whether the ravers have ended up like the Teddy boys, just another nostalgia movement. Even Jamie said "new rave" was a joke. It could go the same way with CBGB, just a nostalgia movement or a joke.

Look at the Hacienda in Manchester, it closed due to problems with organised crime and is now a posh block of flats. No different to CBGB being supplanted by a posh boutique, which means the these venues (IN my opinion) are key to driving gentrification. IN New Cross, There is a pub called The Montague Arms, where I used to drink, which closed recently. A fairly well known music venue with some really awesome decor, such as stuffed deer heads, and it's sad to see it go.  I glimpsed a local paper to see that it closed. It's sad, but  as Johnny Thunders said: "You Can't put your arms around a memory."

nice work kopper.  I kept seeing The Orchard show up but thought it was one of the comp titles.  Hope someone tells Bob Taylor.

I see they feature the Raveonettes, Nancy Sinatra, Ryan Adams, Coldplay, Tommy Waits and hosts of others thru labels.

They include the Garage Masters Label in their database - search our catalog feature here

http://www.theorchard.com/music

I agree. They definitely look like bootlegs. That said, I did some digging and saw (on eMusic) that whomever is behind this label is using The Orchard for their digital distribution. I wasn't that familiar with The Orchard until I looked them up on Google and saw that they have a connection with IODA, and the site does say that they pay out royalties. Click here. So maybe anyone can just create a label like "Garage Masters" and start putting together comps like these and sell them as long as the distributor (in this case, The Orchard) handles royalty collection? That seems very odd to me...

Noticed this in the comment section on Amazon:

I was just told about the rather cool fact that some dude is actually trying to SELL my guitar work from almost 50 years ago! I'm Bob Taylor, the lead guitar player, arranger and writer of the cuts done by The Lancers, which actually includes the very FIRST cut, "Dr. Casey Twist," wrongly attributed to some guys called The Cornells! The sax player you hear is Gene Linfors, a doctor on the East Coast, and the rest of the guys are all alive and kicking and mostly still making music all around the country. Would you believe the self-titled album these three tunes were ripped from was cut and pressed as an LP in 1961 in the Panama Canal Zone? No kidding!

I LOVE the fact that our 50 year old music is magically out there on the net, but I wonder about the legality of trying to make a buck on somebody ELSE'S work and creative product.

Maybe the supposed "publisher/copyright holder" of THIS work product will inform us all about this question as HE sees it...

I have always been confused about this - I feel that in many instances the songwriters/artists do not own the rights to their songs.  So maybe the only deal that must be reached is with the producing companies who might own the rights.  Same goes for all the comps.  then the comp creators will chase down the blog sites on anyone who posts the recordings.

I would expect some level of legitimacy given the breadth of places you can buy the albums under that label.

but I hope someone with some real insight replies to the entire comp business.

i guess i haven't been paying much attention lately but apparently there's a bunch of digital releases on sites like Amazon.com and eMusic.com that sure look like bootlegs to me. case in point: check out the releases by "Garage Masters Records":

on eMusic

on Rdio

has anyone heard of Garage Masters before? i mean, c'mon, that "Halloween Garage Rock" comp has FIFTY-FIVE songs on it. "Roots of the Cramps" has 56! is any of this legit? here it is on Amazon, too. wtf?

maybe i'm wrong....maybe it's a legit label and royalties are being paid out to the songwriters/artists, but it sure does look shady to me.

Totally,Richards talks about it in his book,that the Beatles first tour was pure Sex,Sex,Sex.But the Stones win with my too.

Lemmy pointed out that the story is the Beatles were goody goody and the Stones were tough but the opposite was true, Beatles tough determined working class lads, the Stones pampered upper middle class prats. Still I prefer the Stones' overt sex drugs and rock and roll stance over the Beatles' subtler subversion but I love both bands like my own food.

kinda funny age ole question

I think of Hound Dog Taylor first, in his late 60's he was rocking harder than ever on Beware of the Dog! I'm 48 and I'll stop only when I'm dead or incapacitated. I think this question is the opposite of the pertinent question today. Step up yr game, you whippersnappers!

Alice's bit is great in "Dark Shadows" . Good non - suck 70's soundtrack (OK , SOME OF IT SUCKS.). CHRISTOPHER LEE HAS A SHORT CAMEO , AND THE LATE JONATHAN FRID , WELL , BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS HIM.
 
John Battles said:

Boy , there's almost never been bad casting FOR Renfield , Dwight Frye , Klaus Kinski , and now , Tom Waits......Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) is on the cover of his "Small Change " (OR IS IT "LOOSE cHANGE"...And , I got the good wordie that Alice Cooper has a cameo in "Dark Shadows , doing "The Ballad of Dwight Frye"...
 
The Pulsebeats said:

Another one of ol' Tom

hey Brotha, I would dig bein' a DJ on your station. I have a show now, but the atation is way too square for me, you dig.  My show is Kustom City Sounds, check it out Friday nights on www.baconrock.com  7 -11 p.m. (cst) .  Let me know what you think.  check out my page on here and my blog for playlists.  later, doornail

I'm not able to connect to that web site.  Problem on my end or yours?

I've recently started an internet radio station with a little over 3,000 punk rock tracks, many from rare 7"s. I'm looking to recruit some live DJs. I'm mostly looking for pre 1985 but I don't discount some newer bands like Nashville Pussy, The Hellacopters, or any garage revival stuff. Also, pushing your local punk scene is always a good idea. If interested, you can message me here or email rjfait@radiofreak-out.com

http://radiofreak-out.com

Jack Russell and the Terrors

OK I like this one best of all. And it has artwork!

Robert J. Fait said:

One of the favorite names I've come up with was "The Groucho Marxists". I even created some artwork. I spent too long thinking about it and someone else ended up using it. I should see if they want to buy my graphics.

One of the favorite names I've come up with was "The Groucho Marxists". I even created some artwork. I spent too long thinking about it and someone else ended up using it. I should see if they want to buy my graphics.

I used to have a notebook filled with potential band names. It looks like maybe you've got one too.

kopper said:

Mega Balls

Rock Vomit

The Slutbots

Beauty Clot

Dungeon of Horrors

Undecided Voters

Cold Case Posse

The Fucking Assholes

Reaching Out to Republicans

The Retweets

Invasive Species

North Carolina Sewer Monsters

thanks John!!

John Carlucci said:

@ The Wardens. I found these straps at the Guitar center that have a locking mechanism built in so you don't need to pull out the starp buttons and add straplocks.  They're made by planet waves.

There's some really nice gear here. So many times I've thought, "I should have snapped a pic before losing that to the pawnshop".

More coming!

IDON MINE said:

Yup, thanks for that.

All i have is the Gift Of Knowledge disc with them thar ne'er do wells and judy and the loadies. I know a girl named Kendrak had a Ne'er Do Wells site for a while. If you can find it there might be some links there.

Ray Bentos said:

any links for ne'er do wells? had a tape years ago that i lost and have never been able to find anything since

Steve said:

I'm Steve currently living in Culver City. I started playing music in 7th (1976 or so) grade and never got over it. Most recently I played in a two man combo in Oly, WA with Matt Murillo from the Houston TX based Ka-nives and Jr. Varsity. In Oakland, CA the Beatcombers with Ron Silva from The Crawdaddys and countless other bands. Not so current I played in the Hi-Fives with John and Chris from the Ne'er Do Wells and what not.

In '97 I worked for Revolver, USA Music Distribution and one of the labels we distributed was Crypt. That's when my record collection grew and listed toward what it has become today.

But now I gotta go make dinner for my kids.