Aldo said:

Apart from the obvious choices listed above, Back from the Grave in particular...of the more recent ones I think there are some that truly stand out for GREAT GREAT music and COOL packaging:

The IKON Story

The FENTON Story

also

2131 South Michigan Avenue

Fort Worth Teen Scene volumes 1-3

 

But that's all US stuff...I always loved comps like:

TRANSWORLD PUNK RAVE-UP

INFERNAL WORLD

The really really cool DIGGIN' FOR GOLD series, mostly European stuff but also US and OZ

 

And I HAVE to mention Rubbles, especially some of the early volumes back in the early/mid-80s

Thee Retroman said:

I Was A Teenage Caveman is a delicious slice of primitive garage punk, I love that L.p to death. Pleased to meet you Phillip, any relation to Mick? :)

Beyond the Calico Wall and 30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall are great Erik Lingren comps

Generally, the glory 90´s with the big big sales are over ! 

The Pearl Jam vs album sold 1993 nearly one million physical copies in the FIRST week. Today you are in the top 10 of the Billboard Charts with nearly 40 000 sold copies ( sales as total sum).

Back to the roots and maybe anyday a garage punk band will be in the Top 10 with 1000 sold copies !

Store distribtion is not of the same importance that it used to be, and becasue of the increased cost and work needed many labels would prefer if they didn't have to do brick-and-mortar (phsyical) distribution at all!  Of course it is cool to see your record at a good local store -- but it just plain isn't as practical as it used to be.

With a niche product like garage-psych, mailorder is the best way to go for a limited release -- and then making sure a dedicated audience like the one here at the Hideout knows that it exists! Whether that can be done effectively by the band alone or if there is more advantage to partner with a label is my real question.

I have had dozens of releases on small labels and almost all went very wekll for the band -- but times have really, really changed, lol. Still, I like the idea of being on a label with other bands I really dig.

And finding like-minded people to partner with is certainly the key, I agree. Thank you for your thoughts!

 
kopper said:

I guess it depends on the sound, more than anything. There are lots of great labels out there still putting out vinyl (In The Red, HoZac, Goner, SS, Birdman, Trouble in Mind, etc.). Most of them are very small but have good distro and some even have pages here on the Hideout. The key is finding one that will like what you do and want to release your record and be able to get it in the most stores.

Not a bother!

Ah yes, we were proud to be on Get Hip for our 2nd 45 and 2nd & 3rd album "back in the day."

A great label still, but with all the work needed for the Cynics, it can be difficult to get something going with them...but a great suggestion. Thanks!

I guess it depends on the sound, more than anything. There are lots of great labels out there still putting out vinyl (In The Red, HoZac, Goner, SS, Birdman, Trouble in Mind, etc.). Most of them are very small but have good distro and some even have pages here on the Hideout. The key is finding one that will like what you do and want to release your record and be able to get it in the most stores.

What about Get Hip?

Sounds like a good idea to have both, I wish you the best of luck with that! :)

Yes, I think you summed it up:  this kind of limited release is for the hardcore collector enthusiasts -- those of us who really love this kind of music, and for people like us the combination of a digital/CD release with some vinyl makes it more special.

Of course the fact that garage "fans" themselves are making it so difficult for indie bands (by sharing/downloading so much gdigital stuff for free) is another story!

But I am determined to have a vinyl 45 made, one way or another, to go with our CD box set! :)

Yes I can understand that it is far more difficult and we don't want to miss out on great music which is mainly an underground scene. I think perhaps joining a label is a good idea but you can get shafted, (remember The Prisoners with stiff),you don't want to lose your independence. Nice to go with a label like Dirty Water, dead By Mono or damaged Goods and release both CD and a limited vinyl pressing for the die hard vinyl enthusiasts such as you and I.

I agree that vinyl is the best way to go to have a release that is truly special -- but should a band now go-it-alone to press their own stuff or still partner with a label? I never considered that when we were releasing records regularly in the 1980s and 1990s, but as was said above, it's now a lot more difficult...

Thee Retroman said:

I think vinyl is the only way to truly enjoy garage music!

I think vinyl is the only way to truly enjoy garage music!

Do the POP!

They through most Wasps onto a 12"LP now called thiswaspunk

Thanks!
Doing a few shows in Toronto right now, and we have some wild guerilla shows coming up here in the next week.

St. John's!!!!!! Been really hyped on going there. This summer most likely.

Mopey Mumble-Mouse said:

i cannot tell you how many kinds of happy this makes me.

 

here in st. john's NL there have been a couple guerrila shows in Bannerman Park. they run an extension cord out to this little gazebo. (i actually missed these shows unfortunately.)

 

oh, and a blue dano 56, fuck yeah. mopey play a redburst 63, a white 56 pro, and i myself have a tangerine dano pro tuned to D standard.

For the whole security thing, my state of mind is always to act like you own the place and people don't give you trouble, especially when you tell them that higher management set the gig up. The guerilla show thing is so new (no one else has the balls to do it) that I have yet to encounter ANYONE that has a clue what we're doing.

duke cottonhead said:

how did you get your amp past security? if i tried that, they'd take me for a terrorist. you naughty boys!

i cannot tell you how many kinds of happy this makes me.

here in st. john's NL there have been a couple guerrila shows in Bannerman Park. they run an extension cord out to this little gazebo. (i actually missed these shows unfortunately.)

oh, and a blue dano 56, fuck yeah. mopey play a redburst 63, a white 56 pro, and i myself have a tangerine dano pro tuned to D standard.

how did you get your amp past security? if i tried that, they'd take me for a terrorist. you naughty boys!

Closing this discussion to try and steer more of you towards the discussions for each separate volume happening over in the GRGPNK Records group. Go there!

I like this one with the German band The Magnificent Brotherhood

Anybody seen any recently-produced music videos that knocked their socks off?  PRODUCED as in, with some production value, style, story, what-have-you, not just a live clip.  I wanna see!

Thanks-

J

I cannot speak for Eastwood's Hi-Flyer in particular. However, I have been playing an Eastwood Sidejack for over a year now and I can not speak highly enough for it. Rag on China and Korea all you want but their current production methods meet or exceed the standard here in the US and the Eastwood guitars show it.

There's 15 of them.  The serial number on the spine points out which volume it is i.e. TS-01 or TS-15.

Duke Of Earl said:

So, how many Teenage Shutdown volumes are there, they dont even have #s. Anybody got a list?