Thursday, August 14, 2003

While I checked the Crypt site for the link in the post below, I noticed Tim Warren has put up a list of "the 100 essential recs that any human being MUST own AND we happen to carry". Some amazin' stuff in there and not a dud in sight. GO!.
After way to many years, there are finally two new volumes of the 'Born Bad' LP series (7 & 8).
Tracklisting runs as follows;
Vol.7: RIC CARTEY "Oo Wee Baby"/ JOHNNY FORTUNE "Dragster"("Wrong Way Ticket")/ THE BLUES ROCKERS "Calling All Cows"("Corn Fed Dames")/ ROY BROWN "Butcher Pete Part 1"/ LARRY PHILLIPSON "Bitter Feelings"("Upside Down & Inside Out")/ TERRY DUNAVAN "Earthquake Boogie" ("Haulass Hyena")/ THE SHELLS "Whiplash" ("Ultra Twist")/ THE FANATICS "I Will Not Be Lonely" ("New Kind Of Kick")/ THE WAILERS "Hang Up"/ JUNIOR THOMPSON "How Come You Do Me"/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS "Madness" ("God Monster")/ KIT & THE OUTLAWS "Don't Tread On Me" ("Nest Of The Cuckoo Bird)/ CHARLIE FEATHERS "One Hand Loose" ("Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon")/ THE EMBERS "I Walked All Night"/ GENE SUMMERS "Taboo"/ LINK WRAY"Rumble"("Color Me Black").
Vol.8: SHERIFF & THE RAVELS "Shombolar"/ BO DIDDLEY "Dancing Girl" ("Call Of The Wighat")/ WALTER BROWN & HIS BAND "Jelly Roll Rock"/ KEITH COURVALE "Trapped Love"/ HAYDEN THOMPSON "Blues Blues Blues"/ LIGHTNIN SLIM "It's Mighty Crazy"/ ROY BROWN "Butcher Pete Part 2"/ DANNY DELL "Froggy ("She's Got Balls")/ THE FENDER FOUR "Margaya" ("Wilder Wilder Faster Faster")/ ELVIS PRESLEY "Do The Clam"/ SLIM HARPO "Strange Love"/ RANDYALVEY & THE GREEN FUZ "Green Fuz"/ CAPTAIN BEEFHEART"Hard Working Man"/ SONNY BURGESS "Red Headed Woman"/ DON & THE GALAXIES "Sundown" ("TV Set")/ THE REVELS "Intoxica!" ("Mojo Man From Mars").

Try Crypt if you have trouble findin' these in your local record shop...
'The right to be wrong'; Richard Hell on Lester Bangs. GO!.