Norton Records News March 2004

Greeting again, Nortonians! Here's what's shaking in our parts...

... Boston faves the Lyres make a rare NYC appearance on March 27 with Purple Wizard at the Dong Dong Room... April 2, the REAL KIDS will be at CBGB's... records due in house March 23 are a new pair of twin-spins from the Norton Stones trib singles series! THE SWINGIN' NECKBREAKERS - IT'S NOT EASY b/w THE SHANKS - DONCHA BOTHER ME (45-9647) serves up Jersey's mighty Neckbreakers and Motor City maulers the Shanks (featuring ex-Detroit Cobra Jeff Meier) on a couple of raw primo AFTERMATH shakedowns for the loud crowd! Boston braniacs THE LYRES hop up a crack instro whammy on an early Nanker Phelge dance floor R&B workout NOW I'VE GOT A WITNESS b/w THE NEW CONOLLY 5 (45-9648), who polish off Phelger flip STONED from the unished 1 x 5 Brit LP! ... SKY SAXON AND THE SEEDS are on tour in Europe... word from Sky and the boys is that all the shows are sold out and that the fans are going wild for the STARLIGHT DATE WITH RICHARD MARSH album that serves up Sky's wild teener pre-Seeds recordings... SEEDS entry SINGER NOT THE SONG in Norton Stones trib series arrives in April...The REAL KIDS head for Spain in April on the heels of new Norton CD JOHN FELICE AND THE LOWDOWNS - NOTHING PRETTY (302), the super cool post-Real Kids combo which also featured Real Kid Billy Borgioli)... ANDRE WILLIAMS headlines Scotland in April, too... PONDEROSA STOMP in New Orleans is the place to be on April 27 and 28th... all details are at ponderosastomp.com and we suggest you all get tickets, reservations and plane tickets asap because it will sell out but quick... check our wailin' Norton kings THE FABULOUS WAILERS and LONG JOHN HUNTER on tap with RAY SHARPE, HOMESICK JAMES, BARBARA LYNN, ALVIS WAYNE, LADY BO, EDDIE BO.... and possibly Norton fave THE LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY... Snag all the boss new Norton wax (and swank old hootch, too!) in NYC on April 30, May 1 and 2 when the annual WFMU SPRING RECORD FAIR swings into the Metropolitan Pavillion (125 W. 18th St).. wfmu.org for fair info...Plan to make the scene in Las Vegas at this year's ROCKAROUND and dig HASIL ADKINS, SKY SAXON AND THE SEEDS, MONKS, DOWNLINERS SECT, GREENHORNES and many mo'! The A-BONES will be on hand for a special 20th Anniversary reunion show...watch for Rolling Stones trib 45's from the A-BONES, ROTTING STUMPS, ANDRE WILLIAMS, GREASY CHICKENS, 5.6.7.8'S, CHURCH KEYS, GREENHORNES, SHAMS, SKY SAXON AND THE SEEDS and THE LAIRDS all out by May with more to follow... Coming in April: FORT WORTH TEEN SCENE VOL. 1-3 with the best snarlers Cowtown had to offer, 1964-67...two more Capitol GENE VINCENT LPs...SOUNDS LIKE GENE VINCENT plus the rare stereo CRAZY TIMES...singles from RANDY ALVEY AND THE GREEN FUZ, BOTUMLESS PIT and KAI RAY... May releases will include NERVOUS NORVUS and JOHNNY BURNETTE!!!

Be sure to reset your eBay super-snooper-scopes to our new Norton ebay handle -- we have loads of original posters, old paperbacks, magazines, records, and assorted cool gunk of all persuasions coming up there so
bookmark us and get on 'em! Low starting bids so here's your chance to get some affordable hard to find crazy stuff plus you can always combine with a Norton order!

Have fun and don't forget to...

Crank it up!

Norton staff

nortonrecords.com

Compared to folks in other far flung corners of the world, I have exactly nada to complain about. Except that having to go on a course for two days kinda sucked out my will to live and left me way behind in more important pursuits. The great Amy Allison is headed back this way to start work on her next album this coming Monday and things are beginning to take shape on a few other fronts also...

Our thoughts are very much with our friends in Madrid and around Spain who are the latest victims of the "terror" sickness. The Spanish people I know are hardy and resiliant but still shaken up mightily. Where's it all going? Whilst you can understand that checks and surveillance are necessary, our civil and satellite liberties are being eroded at a rate of knots. Conversations recorded and listened to, CCTV everywhere, lists being drawn up and there's every chance we're all on 'em for one reason or another. On top of the needless death and destruction, we're being mollycoddled into becoming blockies or worse. Soon it'll be too much hassle to go anywhere and the assholes that go around blowing stuff up will have won. No matter what governments and law enforcement or whatever does, this pond life will make the occasional score. It's the nature of the beast and there's no sign of an antidote or serum. How many acres of press and radio/TV plugs do these fuckwits get every day everywhere? Too friggin' many. We know they're out there. Creeping about, waiting for their opportunity to break on through to the other side and they're willing to take you, me and everybody (if you excuse the Belushi-isms) with 'em. Being allowed to self-sacrifice is too, too good for this scum. Madrid is a great, great city and it'll bounce back quick but the hearts of its citizens might take a little longer to fix. Like New York.

With regard to the rollercoaster of hell that the EOtC guys are on, please be advised that it's some bottom feeder outside of the RAMONES and their "family" that's the stumbling block. Bear this in mind when posting messages on any of the sites with regard to getting the film out. The response has been very positive so hopefully them scales will be tipped. Obviously, you'll be kept posted.