NORTON RECORDS NEWS SEPTEMBER 5, 2003
"Thanks to all that swung on down to Maxwell's and Union Pool for two big nights of A-Bones reunion mayhem! It was a blast getting together again with all of you (don't forget - NEW YORK PRESS once named the A-Bones "NY Band With The Best Audience.") and we hope we did justice to the three chords that we know and love. Thanks to the Great Gaylord, Tom Jorgensen of the Swingin' Neckbreakers and the mighty Dexter Romweber for their onstage guest shots at Maxwell's and to our Union Pool host Dave The Spazz. Dave, along with Andy of the Little Killers came up against the party crashin' Rumblers Car Club, though after heated verbal sparring, it was handshakes all around in what Spazz later termed "an hour long HAPPY DAYS episode." Thanks also to Scott Schinder for risking his job in making the A-Bones "pick of the week" in TIME OUT NEW YORK. That's it for the reunion shows but watch for a brand new seven inch squawker in our Rolling Stones cover singles soiree. Speaking of which:
SEPTEMBER 23 RELEASES
TWO MORE GREAT ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE SINGLES:
LITTLE KILLERS -THINK/DARTFORD RENEGADES OFF THE HOOK
Hot on the heels of their rippin' debut album on Crypt, NYC's Little Killers hammer out a fourth gear mash of an AFTERMATH favorite! On the B-deck, dig the debut of R&B pounders the Dartford Renegades, direct from the Stones' own hometown!
QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS - EMPTY HEART/DEXTER ROMWEBER DUO - HEART OF STONE
Feel it once again, baby! The original 96 Tears hombres tip the shades to the Stones with a captivating romp of Empty Heart delivered with the patented Mysterians action! On the flip, Norton's prodigal son Dexter Romweber (Flat Duo Jets) comes home to roost with Heart Of Stone, a true double whammy!
watch for more cool platters in this series comin' soon!
OCTOBER RELEASE! FINALLY!!!
ROKY ERICKSON AND THE ALIENS - DON'T KNOCK THE ROK! (NORTON 301) **** CD and double LP!!!
Oh man! 23 (count 'em) unissued 1978 studio performances showcase Roky and the Aliens romping through late fifties/early sixties teen chartbusters and some cool originals! Don't miss this one! The Elevators meet King Uszniewicz at a Martian pajama party! (A Teenager In Love/Angel Baby/You Drive Me Crazy/Stand By Me/Heartstrings/Untitled/What To Do/You're The One/Bashful Bob/One Last Kiss/Take Good Care Of My Baby/Things That Go Bump In The Night/ Wake Up To Rock And Roll/Just Can't Be Brought Down/Money Honey/You're The One/Love Is Strange/True Love Ways/You're The One/Our First Kiss/Heartbreak Hotel/Bumble Bee Zombie/Hushabye).
Upcoming Releases (sorry pards, slight manufacturing delay)
GENE VINCENT FOOTLONGS!
Norton presents Gene Vincent's first four Capitol albums on vinyl with original worship-worthy cover art!
- - BLUE JEAN BOP (1956)
- - GENE VINCENT AND THE BLUE CAPS (1957)
- - GENE VINCENT ROCKS AND THE BLUE CAPS ROLL (1958)
- - A GENE VINCENT RECORD DATE (1958)
FORT WORTH TEEN SCENE
We are putting the wraps on our massive series of sixties Fort Worth Texas scene snarlers. You will dig unseen photos, rare and unissued recordings plus legendary sides presented for the first time from master tapes!
ARCH HALL JR!
Arch Hall Jr, one of our all time favorite celluloid celebrities (The Choppers, Wild Guitar, Eegah and The Sadist are essential viewing for all Nortonites!), has inked with Norton for a superb career retrospective which delivers all of his singles on Signature, Spectra and Fairway International plus great-sound 1962 live at a Pensacola Drive Inn Theatre recordings and club sets that will make even Konga Joe's fuzzy ducktail stand on end, plus nifty tunes and banter from his flicks! Posh package features posteresque scrapbook presentation, interviews, the ultimate! Arch is back on the scene so stay tuned for personal appearance info on this true star! If you haven't been fortunate enough to find original 45's on Arch, now available on DVD from Something Weird and Alpha respectively
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FRI SEPT. 5 - THE DICTATORS SOUTHPAW
The Bronx bombs Brooklyn as the Dictators assault the beauteous velvet ensconced Southpaw stage! Check in at dictators.com for all the scoops on this and all their happening affairs and get thee ready for the upcming Dictators live album early in the new year! And for action packed types, check in with Deke Dickerson earlier in the evening at Lilly's (46 Beard St.) right down the street (kinda)!
SUN SEPT 7 ANNUAL NYC PAPERBACK SHOW
This is the big one- the only one held in NYC-- the 15th NYC ANNUAL COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK & PULP FICTION EXPO! It's at the Holiday Inn, 440 West 57h Street, New York City, between 9th and 10th Avenues - Admission: $5.00; Show hours: 9am to 5pm! Check us Nortonians out at the big BAD SEED booth, we've got cram of the crop JD, crime, Black, and sleaze paperbacks plus loads of superb condition early Popular Library, Gold Medal, Lion, Graphic titles.. plus digests and sleaze mags!!! And dig this boss roster of paperback authors and artists who'll be guesting at the fair, so bring ya autographables, ya fans ya, or pick up a few origtinal paperbacks for these honchos to sign- remember the Mitchell Hooks story in BAD SEED mag several years ago? Yeah man! Anyway, the guests include three big deal dames of lesbo fiction a/k/a lesbiana (check out one beloved Norton customer guy's insane tribute website strangesisters.com for a
taste of this lavender love rumble fodder):
ANN BANNON: Creator of classic lesbian pulp fiction for Gold Medal Books!
JULIE ELLIS (aka Joan Ellis and Linda Michaels) Author of over 100 sleazy novels for Midwood Books in the 1960s!
MARIJANE MEAKER (aka Vin Packer, Ann Aldrich, M.E. Kerr) Creator of fine suspense, JD, crime & lesbian novels for Gold Medal Books & more!
Other SPECIAL Guests Include:
JULIUS FAST: mystery author and legendry First Edgar winner!.
RON GOULART: mystery, science fiction author and popular culture scholar!
MITCHELL HOOKS: classic vintage era and current paperback cover artist!
MORRIS HERSHMAN: (aka Arnold English) vintage Manhunt author!
MICHAEL KURLAND: incredible fantasy, mystery and Sherlockian author!
RICHARD A. LUPOFF: SF/F/H legend and author of The Great American Paperback!
ROBERT MAGUIRE: classic sexy good-girl art paperback cover artist!
BARRY MALZBERG: famous science fiction author and critic!
JOHN NORMAN: creator of the classic Gor science fiction adventure series!
HOWARD SCHOENFELD: author of 50s crime cult classic Let Them Eat Bullets
OCT 5 MAD DADDY RADIO HALL OF FAME DINNER!!
Get aboard for Akron, Ohio friends and pfisterises! Pete "Mad Daddy" Myers gets into the Radio/Broadcasters Hall of Fame-- induction dinner is at the Akron Hilton, 3180 West Market Street in Akron, Ohio. (tel 330 867 5000) Cost is $40 per person and includes 4-6 PM cocktail party, 6-7 Dinner (lots of wavy gravy and jello!) and 7-9:30 ceremonies, with video, audio clips and presentation! Y'all got our Mad Dad CD? Get with it!! (CED-300)
NOV. 18 THE HENTCHMEN OPENING FOR THE WHITE STRIPES ROSELAND
Workin' the big room with ex-Hentch bass player Jack White! The Hentchmen were simply amazing on their summer swing through town, let's see 'em do it again in long sleeve weather!
DEC 27 NORTON HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR! THIS IS THE BIG ONE, BABY!
Super Rhythm and Blues and Soul Spectacular! Andre Williams, King Coleman, Nathaniel Mayer, Gino Washington, The Mighty Hannibal and The Great Gaylord!!!! Saturday Dec. 27 at Southpaw in Brooklyn (5th Ave. and Sterling Place) more info as this
exciting night approaches, daddy!".
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