Very sorry to hear about your loss. Sounds like you're handling it well. I don't do a lot of mail order , but , these are all good suggestions. You might ask if Amoeba (Frisco/Berkely / LA) does mail order.

Alison's suggestions are spot on! Dead Beat Mailorder has some great stuff, too. And don't forget Get Hip, Dionysus, and, of course, Bomp!

http://www.shop.dead-beat-records.com/

http://www.gethip.com/

http://www.dionysusrecords.com/

http://www.bomp.com/

Yeah, I lost a 25 year collection. Big bummer, but at least I can Build one with no fluff in it... & it is super fun record shopping.  I want to focus more on 7"s this time.

Thanks for the tipsI love goner & Floridas Dying.  I just looked at Mindcure for a minute & WOW!

I love my local shops, but sometimes you just want that one weird thing that nobody stocks.

Cheers to ya.

Sad to lose records, but fun to buy more!

Goner Records:

http://www.goner-records.com/

Floridas Dying:

http://floridasdying.com/

Midheaven mailorder:

http://www.midheaven.com/

DAMN , girls. You CAN sit down , ret chere.
 
Alison said:

Here are some classic party starters:

Any James Last "Non Stop Dancing" from about 1965 to 1974.

Hmm, how about Bob's Party Time Lounge by Primus? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjla8KEeoPs

Here are some classic party starters:

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group , he was honkin' his horn a'plenty , and , later on the recited smoocher "Melody For an Unknown Girl.",  already out of date for it's time.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....

A Fairytale Of New York-THE POGUES

Merry Christmas From The Family-ROBERT EARL KEEN

2,000 Miles-THE PRETENDERS

Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis-TOM WAITS

Santa Baby-EARTHA KITT

Merry Christmas Baby-CHUCK BERRY

Santa Claus Is Back In Town-ELVIS PRESLEY

You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch-THURL RAVENSCROFT

Silver Bells-THE YOBS

Run Run Rudolph-MOTORHEAD

Looks like it's been awhile since anyone posted on this discussion but I'm gonna get in  anyway.

Gun Street Girl-TOM WAITS

Cherry Bomb-THE RUNAWAYS

On My Way To The Cage-ROLLINS BAND

Aenema-TOOL

Born With A Tail-SUPERSUCKERS

Indian Eyes-UNIFORM CHOICE

Bad Kids-THE BLACK LIPS

Sweet Invicta-WATTS

Big Bikes-KYUSS

Chick Habit-APRIL MARCH

Hey y'all

The Festive 50 2011 gets its first play at midnight tonight (GMT), with a warm-up show from 11pm.

Get there to see who Dandelion Radio listeners voted as the best tracks of the year!

Cheers, and Merry Christmas

Pete

www.dandelionradio.com

Charlie Harper

Lemmy

Not as old as some of the other's mentioned, but I think they are both pushing 70.

Once saw Andre Williams at the Viper Room here in Los Angeles. Lux & Ivy were in the audience and Andre acknowledging them as kindred spirits said "We may not be the same color, but we came from the same pussy"

Great news! I was just on a huge Chrome Cranks kick this week. I can't wait to hear the new one. 

http://soundcloud.com/velocity-of-sound/a-tunnel-through-the-air-the

I tried to do this earlier, but got it wrong... My apologies.

I really like this song by the Ceiling Stares, released on Velocity of Sound Records as a split 7" with the Supervacations. It made it to 29 in the Styrofoam Drone top 30 7"s of 2011.

Congrats to VSOR & the Ceiling Stares & the Supervacations!

Playlist for 12-23-11

Download or stream the entire Dec. 23 show right here. Find Zero Hour on Facebook here.

Trim Your Tree – Jimmy Butler
Christmas in Vietnam – Pvt. Charles Bowen & The Gentlemen from Tigerland
All I Want for Christmas is You – Carla Thomas
Santa Claus – Jerry Clayton
Santa Claus – Sonny Boy Williamson
Christmas Blues – Ralph Willis

Club Delight – Jack Jolly
Ain’t it a Shame – Kings Ransom
Good Rockin’ Tonight – Dean Morgan
Rock My Blues Away – Dean Morgan
Tell Me – The Barefacts
8 Teen - ? & The Mysterians
99 Chicks (alt.) – Ron Haydock

Get Down With It – Bobby Marchan
Wait a Minute – Barbara Stephens
The Gorilla – The Ideals
You Have My Blessings – Mary Johnson
Town I Live In – Thee Midniters 
Dragnet – Jesse Allen
Let a Woman Through – Morine & the Zercons
Anyway You Wanna – Harvey

Local Lunchbox
I Can’t Cry No More – Harvey Scales & the Seven Sounds
Little Latin Lupe Lu – Joey Gee & The Come-Ons
Hot Tamales – Bobby Hatfield
Come on Everybody – Suns of Mourning

Showdown – Tony Cassanova
Cooler Weather (is Comin’) – Eddie Weldon
Her Love Rubbed Off – Carl Perkins
Shaften – The Corvettes
Egyptian Shumba – Tammys
Twist & Shout – The Nocturnes

Why Don’t You Tell Him? – Del Shannon
Don’t Wait Up – Laura Lee Perkins
Fool I Am – Pat Ferguson
She Said Yeah – The Tracers
Wild Hog Hop – Bennie Hess
Irving – David Wilkins
Oop Shank – Billy Boyd
Watch Dog – Jimmy Good
Mary Lou – Young Jessie
Trying to Please – Jerry McCain & His Upstarts

Are You Ready for This? – The Blue Eyed Soul
Suffocate – Johnny Wright
If You Wanna Be Happy – The Keys
A Night With Daddy G – The Church Street Five
Back Door Santa – Clarence Carter
Function on Broadway – Mae Parrish
Broadway – Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Dirty Old Man – The Sonics
Gila Monster (alt.) – Joe Johnson
Ju Ju Hand – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Spellbound – The Vandellas
Hip Pocket – The Pac-Keys
I’m Glad to Do It – C.L. Blast

The Girl With the Long Black Hair – The Other Half
Homicide – Myron Lee & The Caddies
Top Notch Grade A – Al Reed
Hey-Sah-Lo-Ney – Mickey Lee Lane
She Comes to See Me Sometimes (alt.) – Joe Hill Louis
Grandmother Got Grandfather Told – Walter Horton
Big City – The Pretty Things
Run, Mister Rabbit, Run – Smiling Smokey Lynn

Glazin' by Jacuzzi Boys is pretty awesome, as well as the last Bad Sports LP. I also dig At Maximum Volume by the booze, a lot!

Don't have a pic, but easily the early Royal Trux album with the toilet filled with shit& vomit

Playlist Dec 22/2011....Annual Radio What Wave Christmess Show

1. Paul James Band...Run Run Rudolph...from a 7" he released back in 1986. Toronto guitarist who has shared the stage with everyone from Bob Dylan to Lightnin' Hopkins to Bo Diddley...or so the bio goes. Think i remember seeing him at Fryfogles here in London around 1980 as part of a trio doing the rock'n'roll thing.

2. Mach Bell...C'mon Santa...from the Xmas Snerts Gulcher download CD...Mach was in Thundertrain, a mid 70's protopunk combo from the Boston area.

3. Johnny Rabb...Christmas Dance...from the Midnight Christmess LP from 1984. Midnight Records was the NYC based label that documented a lot of the NYC mid 80's garage revival..ie Fuzztones, Tryfles, Cheepskates, Vipers, Outta Place and many others. It was also a really cool mail order and store back in those days...we'd take a suitcase full of What Wave zines down to Midnight and trade them for tons of cool records!

4. Razorbacks...All The Girls Look Prettier at Christmas Time...from a 1987 7" on Tradition Records. Razorbacks were a rockabilly trio, later a 4 piece based outta Toronto who did quite well for themselves in Canada back then. They always put on a highly energetic show.

5. Youngsters...Christmas In Jail...from the Black Christmas download and listed as a Cramps Christmas wantlist or something along those lines. Dedicated this one to Bandaloop Radio that plays fridays from 6 to 8PM here on CHRW as those guys are probably doing just what the song suggests.

6. Kenne Highland...Can I Crawl Down Your Chimney...from the Xmas Snerts Gulcher download CD. Kenne was an original punker as he was in The Gizmos, one of the first punk combos in North America. He also has relatives just west of London Ontario and has threatened to come up this way at some time.

7. 63 Monroe...White Christmas...from a 7" from 1984, London Ontario combo that is somehow still alive and released a 7" in 2011....and supposedly they have an LP coming out soon.

8. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Santa Ho Ho Ho...from the Savvy Show Stoppers II CD that we somehow got from the official Shadowy Men website...there's also lots of pics of them playing here in London on that site.

9. Jack Scott...Trouble Brewin'...from the Black Christmas Download...from the man who wrote The Way I Walk which The Cramps have covered. Many years ago, Jack Scott played at the Victoria Park Bandshell here in London Ontario....

10. The Ramones...Merry Christmas I Don't Want To Fight Anymore...from the Brain Drain LP.

11. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Winterfresh...from the Savvy Show Stoppers II CD.

12. Plan 9...Merry Christmas...from the Midnight Christmess LP. Plan 9 played here in London several times in the mid to late 80's and always put on great shows! They are still around today in a slightly different form.

13. MX 80 Sound...Christmas With The Devil...from the Xmas Snerts Gulcher download. MX 80 Sound were one of those bands that couldn't fit into any category in their early years...they weren't really metal, sorta hard rock, had some artrock tendencies, had 2 drummers at one point and released some of their early stuff on Ralph Records which was home to The Residents and other way out art bands.

14. Annual Christmas message from The Legendary Stardust Cowboy...the one and only who appeared on Laugh In playing his hit, Paralyzed back in the late 60's.

15. The Gruesomes...Santa Claus...from the Unchained EP on Primitive Records.

16. Marshmallow Overcoat...Santa Fuzz...from the 6 CD, The Complete Sound boxset that just came out. All of this Tucson based combo's output in one little box!

17. Annette and Frankie with The Ventures...The Night Before Christmas...from the LP All Year Party Volume 1 on Martian Records from 1984. This is a Rodney Bingenheimer production.

18. Bob Seger...Sock It To Me Santa...from the double LP Michigan Brand Nuggets...

19. Deja Voodoo...Bugs For Christmas...from the Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die EP on Midnight Records, 1985.

20. Sky Saxon...Christmas In The Court Room....from the LP Stuff This In Your Stocking! on Skyclad Records from 1990. Sky was in the legendary Seeds and had the misfortune of passing away on the same day as Michael Jackson.

21. Das Furlines...O Tannenbaum Now...from the LP Midnight Christmess Again!! NYC based all female combo who were a Monks tribute band and actually played here in London Ontario in the late 80's...it was a phenomenal show that involved a large conch, dancing on the stage with the band, maybe a dance contest and a TON of fun!!!

22. The Tryfles...Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)...from the Midnight Christmess LP. Remember seeing this combo opening up for The Fuzztones and someone yelled out for guitarist John Fay to put his fist in his mouth...John made his hand into a fist and fit it into his own mouth!! Try it...can't do it, can you! John went on to play for metal bands after his garagerock days.

23. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Christmas Message...from the Brave New Waves show on CBC.

24. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Xmas Medley...as above.

25. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Deck The Halls...as above.

26. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Silver Bells...as above.

27. Slickee Boys...Hazy Shades Of Winter...from the Midnight Christmess Again!! LP. Washington DC based combo, who were one of the very first of the mid 70's band to delve into the 60's to help create this garagepunk that we all love to this day. I was a card carrying member of their fan club and we got to see them in about 1984 playing at Irving Plaza in NYC.

28. Phil Spector...Silent Night...from the Phil Spector Christmas LP. Great way to end a Christmas special with a convicted murderer doing a semi rap over Christmas music. Kinda creepy in a way, but if you look at any recent picture of Phil, he sure does look creepy!

Happy Holidays to all of our loyal listeners and we'll be back next week with more noise to annoy!

Here's a link to the podcast:

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/..94-9CHRWThu1900.mp3