Yeah I'm with you on that thread Freddi, The Pretty Things, The Downliners Sect, The Yardbirds...are absolutely top quality names in my book, and of course what you are saying wasn't necessarily just the preserve of British groups, since you are taking into consideration the likes of mighty Dutch beat-punk-psychers Q65 - and of course you would have to add to that the OUTSIDERS - only one of the most innovative, superbly illuminating beat-psych era groups to ever have walked the planet - but certainly it's true for a lot of the UK groups, and especially those who had more than a modicum of forward-thinking philosophy, or at least stance and attitude, that things like production values would become more and more important as time marched on. You just need to wrap ears around everything from The Pretties' 'Emotions' LP, The Yardbirds' eponymous '66 blaster, and onto the likes of The Pink Floyd's phenomenal 'Piper' set and The Pretties' monumental 'S.F. Sorrow...Pure dead brilliant as we say in Scotland!

What do you think about the phenomenon of British blues invasion?
It's just a geographic distinction or it actually had peculiar differences
from the other musical waves of that period?

Personally I love most of these bands as
Downliners sect,Q65,Pretty Things,Creation,Kinks,Blossom Toes etc.
It's just my impressions, I think they were maybe less "straight and punchy"
instead of american garage bands,but lil' bit "soulful and pop".
And the production work was a less ratified and much sought-after..
As they inluenced lots of actual british bands in their unique style and sounds.

I don't mean worse or better, just two sides of the coin.

Oh, there you are! Repent Records/Rudos and Rubes Publishing said:

I've been trying to get as many direct orders as possible before adding it to the other Rudos and Rubes books available there. It can be ordered at http://www.rudosand rubes.com.

It won't be at Borders, as my brief involvement with a distro that serves them and other chains ended with self-described "underground publishing icon" Vale of Re/Search (my description would be "outdated pseudo-underground scammer") pocketing all the book sales for acting as middle man. Trying to get into the mass-market/chain book outlets now seem to me as futile as the mass-market/chain music outlets; that's the way the cookie bounces!

And the cover shot is of Darin Raffaelli, who is always up for anything ridiculous.

Tim Moore said:

Does anyone know where I can get this book? Amazon says its still unreleased, but it was supposed to be released 3/1/10???? Borders.com says its on back order.....
What the F?!!!!!

Cool! I hope I can get to see them. Gasser Dale said:

Saw the Little Girls play a few years back with Nikki (Corvette) & the Stingrays, Thee Makeout Party, & the Riff Randells. Still played well and fun to see. Picked up a 45 EP at the show as well.

That's the one I want to get, mainly because it has "Earthquake Song" on it. gina vah said:

In this case, talking about Amazon, this is the CD: http://www.amazon.com/Thank-Heaven-Valleypop-Little-Girls/dp/B0025X...

I still have to investigate about the other one. I will keep you updated!

Also, on the Little Girls' CD there's a sweet version of "Anyway you want it" (Dave Clark Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH1JEI79emU )

Saw the Little Girls play a few years back with Nikki (Corvette) & the Stingrays, Thee Makeout Party, & the Riff Randells. Still played well and fun to see. Picked up a 45 EP at the show as well.

In this case, talking about Amazon, this is the CD: http://www.amazon.com/Thank-Heaven-Valleypop-Little-Girls/dp/B0025XWHD8 I still have to investigate about the other one. I will keep you updated! Also, on the Little Girls' CD there's a sweet version of "Anyway you want it" (Dave Clark Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH1JEI79emU )

Hey Tobi, yeah, I got mine last week but I haven't started reading it yet. There's a topic in the General Discussion Forum about it, too. Feel free to chime in. And, for anyone living in the NYC area, don't miss the Book Release Party for this featuring the New Bomb Turks & Livefastdie! RSVP here!

the GIZMOS!!!!!!

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.

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.

If y'all is surf fans wod about TAPEMAN / The TAPEMEN / GHOST of TAPEMAN from New Zealand.

Been releasing stuff on Stink Magnetic and Kato records for almost 10 years I guess. Really wild stuff! My fave for sure.

I mentioned the Bomboras, but I forgot about the Finks, Possibly because I know little about them and never saw them. Who are the Astonauts? Sir Finksalott said:

Surf music is great, but it can get a little boring live. So acts that have great stage presence/shows are tops for me. And they've all been mentioned. Except The Finks, Bomboras, Astronauts (Germany), The Penetrators, The LSDees. The Astonauts (Colorado), are one of my favs. They have the ultimate "wet" sound. The Fabulous Mach Kung Fu, Jackie & The Cedrics...boy...I'm sure I'm forgetting someone. Oh well. ((((((reverb crash)))))))

Im all over the place lately.

Crocodiles, Jeff the Brotherhood, Thomas Function, Small Black, All the Saints, Coconut Coolouts, Toro Y Moi, Woven Bones, Zola Jesus, Dum Dum Girls, Soophie Nun Squad, Wavves, Devil Dogs, El Vez, Brocken Social Scene, Murder City Devils, Carbonas, Replacements, U-N-I, Dead Boys, etc.

In heavy rotation and all time favs are Oblivians, Mummies, Reigning Sound, Radio Birdman, Brian Jonestown Massacre and the like.

King Khan and BBQ SHow!...know them! Love them!

Yer a genkleman and a scholar my friend. I will keep ye up tae date wi oor movements. if yer ever playin anywhere round these here parts we'd definitely be right up fer it as all the band have got copies o Gnus in our playlists. Maybe even a support slot for us ( if you had 10p for very band thats asked you that....) If you go into my home page i'm sure one of our songs is in ma playlist. gie it a listen and be nice wotever ya think, haha. until next time....

O yeh Andy, that's cool, yeah them orig Mourning After's were pretty great, and yeah 'Pauline' was absolutely neat neat neat. That's cool you knew them then, we (specifically Calvin and myself) were pretty good pals with Kev for awhile, even after he left the group...though I known Chris and Scott better, and doncha know the group've come back from the dead so to speak too in recent years, tho they're a bit heavier than ye olde fuzz-snarl dayze. Yeah man I know very well all about wearin the shirts, but of course well the hair - well really only mine anyway is, ha ha, completely all gone these days I'm afraid has been for long time now. I'm not sure I've got any live MA tapes but I've certainly got the original 'Pauline' era demo cassette and maybe another from same time. Hey, let us know next time you've got a gig in the Aberdeen area, as I'm just down the road, and I'll keep you informed if The Thanes ever get back to play in Dundee. Last time we played was Fat Sams and that was in 1987 or so. Would be great to get a gig there sometime with The Wildebeests too...cheers for now Lenny Andy Climax said:

The Mourning after.. Theres a blast from the past. we had Kev the keyboard player sleep on our couch more often than not. Lost touch wi him and his girl wendy a while back. Some naff rock band in the states wi the same name now. They were fabulous. Y'dont have a copy of the live tape anywhere do ya? Pauline, was a gnarl classic. We supported them when they played the west port bar in Dundee. D'ya know it? Striped shirts and bobbed hair back then. still wearin the shirts but the hair a bit thin on the ground now, literally. Gotta new band goin on up here keepin the garage thing alive. Friends of the light Machine. auld men makin' a racket, that should ken better.

The Mourning after.. Theres a blast from the past. we had Kev the keyboard player sleep on our couch more often than not. Lost touch wi him and his girl wendy a while back. Some naff rock band in the states wi the same name now. They were fabulous. Y'dont have a copy of the live tape anywhere do ya? Pauline, was a gnarl classic. We supported them when they played the west port bar in Dundee. D'ya know it? Striped shirts and bobbed hair back then. still wearin the shirts but the hair a bit thin on the ground now, literally. Gotta new band goin on up here keepin the garage thing alive. Friends of the light Machine. auld men makin' a racket, that should ken better.

Crikey Andy, that's positively err well pretty local now eh...and here's me thinkin these posts were mainly comin in from folks in the States - well many of them are I guess...Dundee, nice one, and home of The Poor Souls who made a couple o pretty decent 45s way back in the 60s. Hey Troy McLure and the Octembers though, that's a great name, when did youz play Basin Street can you remember, that was a great venue we had there back in the day...and our Calvin (ex Thanes drummer) put on so many great groups there, inc. the original line up of The Mourning After, probably with me and Calvin's band The Offhooks playing (him as lead singer). I recall the name Creeping Terror too, are you still around doin stuff...or maybe you play in another band now? Thanks muchly for the cool praise for our Wildebeests' 'Gnus' LP, glad you digs!!! OK cheers for now Lenny Andy Climax said:

Heya. Gnus of Gnaverone, wot an album. Love it, love it, love it. I'm from Dundee myself and have seen and been in a few bands around the north east. Creeping Terror played a few times in auld reekie and Troy Mclure and the Octembers played Basin street and a few other places in the middle belt. Keep doin wot yer doin my man, we all appreciate it soooooooo much!

Hey Dan, YES YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha yr pal Lenny dan melchior said:

black lace, the toy dolls, joboxers, spandau ballet, kajagoogoo, the monks, chicago, haircut 100, the cynics, the swingin' neckbreakers,trad gras och stenar, the androids of mu, alternative television, the fall, franki valli and the four seasons, abba, chants r and b, the troggs, jim shepard, the upsetters (jamaica), can, five star, men without hats, midnight oil, matthew wilder, the outsiders, bob dylan, fleetwood mac, louie and the lovers, jacques dutronc, duran duran, the ighty sparrow, i roy, lone ranger, captain sinbad, mikey dread, everything on bullwackies, yabby you, suicide, the better beatles, ooga boogas, led zep, black sab, nazareth, the byrds, sir douglas quintet, jj cale, abc, human league, roxy music, survivor, - etc
(I don't really like some of these bands)

My asshole is still quite sore from my last dealing with United. First time I used them I had nothing but nice things to say, but this time around all kinds of surprise fees. And a missing test press GRRRR
~T

the way you describe it sounds very cool...i wanna hear it already Martin Christoph said:

i guess not..this is very daerk and mod!! like the original but darker wuith bleeding fuzz in the back!

i guess not..this is very daerk and mod!! like the original but darker wuith bleeding fuzz in the back!

The Dickies did quite a lively version of it. I had a live version of it on a compilation album, but believe they did it on vinyl as well. I was about 20 so shoulda been around 89-90. That might be the one your lookin for???

The Magic Kids
"Summer" from Memphis
True Panther

"Good To be" about sums up "Summer", in other words, it was too good to be true. Now that the first track from The Magic Kids first full length has been released it leaves me feeling like I drank a Sunkist the first time and then got handed a Tab. The Magic Kids view the song as a cautionary anthem to battle the lonliness of summer. Chances are most people might peg this song as a downer before they hear the lush outro. The opinion could easily go both ways. Bennet's vocals seem to be aiming for the Bryan Ferry-vibe which serve's this song well, but is miles way from the nasally bubblegum vocals on the first two singels..This might serve the band in the long run but for now it's almost as if they ditched their diet of Kasenatz and Katz records in favor of obscure Van Dyke Parks or boring Wondermints outtakes. Hopefully this is just a bad choice of a single and not representative of Memphis.