Saturday, April 24, 2004



Great RAY CONDO obit by CARL WILSON.

Photo from Maximum Ink
Norton Records releases for May:

Nervous Norvus - Stone Age Woo CD.
Massive first time collection of the stone age gristle of musical genius Jimmy Drake a/k/a Nervous Norvus! Includes privately pressed platters, demos and unissued melloroonie masters, all kibble kobblin' their way into the unsuspecting ears of the universe and beyond! Giant bio booklet filled with clips, snips, facts and photos make this an essential addition to every wild dog's collection. Be Zorch, Daddy-O... GO APE!

Fort Worth Teen Scene LP/CD vol. 1-3.
Gigundo wrap up of 1964-1967 Texas garage whomp from Fort Worth, based on Larry Harrison and David Campbell’s landmark article in KICKS #4. Includes famed five star killers by the Elite, Jades, Larry and the Blue Notes, rare uncomped singles by the Gnats, Mistakes, Jack and the Rippers plus unished rawness from the Barons, Rising Suns, Mods and much, much, mo’! Brutal sound, full color label shots, gatefold LP’s and detailed bios and photos of the groups that made up one of America’s most intense garage scenes ever! All this plus two photos of the Slobs!

Johnny Burnette Crazy Date & Wampus Cat LPs.
is pair of Norton LP-only releases delivers 36 unreleased 1957-60 rock n’ roll demos-- 27 on vinyl for the very first time! Includes the original demos of Believe What You Say and It’s Late, both smash hits for Ricky Nelson! Johnny was striving for commercial success but was still aflame with his native Memphis rhythm. Essential longplay enjoyment!

Gene Vincent Sounds Like Gene Vincent & Crazy Times LPs.

Triumphs - Surfside Date (EP-104) Surfside Date/Susie In My Hist’ry Class/Surfside Slave/Memphis Baby Dig the razzamatazz of Wisconsin’s answer to Gregory Dee and the Avanties! Crazed ‘64 single plus unished pair!

Randy Alvey & the Green Fuz - Green Fuz/There Is A Land (45-115) Legendary mega-rare crude Texas garage lament on fuzzy green wax with first time re-ish of tormentuously essential flip! Interview with Randy on bio-sleeve!

Jukebox 45s: Botumles Pit - 13 Stories High/Rising Suns – I’m Blue. Raw Texas garage double scorcher! Ultra rare GRAVE blast topside paves the loud way for the unissued flip from our FORT WORTH TEEN SCENE set!. KAI RAY - I Want Some Of That/Trashman’s Blues. Immortal lunatic ode by Minneapolis bird dance kult king and inker of Trashmen’s New Generation! By the way, the T-Men copped their moniker from the flipside!.

Rolling Stones tribute series: A-Bones - Miss Amanda Jones/Rotting Stumps - My Obsession. Talk about a Boogers Banquet! Topside’s the first new A-Bones recording in ten years! The magnificent Rotting Stumps (man)handle the B-deck in rip roarin’ style! Two over the top BETWEEN THE BUTTONS hammerings!. Andre Williams and The A-Bones - The Spider And The Fly/Greasy Chickens - Andre’s Blues. Dig the Rolling Stones greasy grind favorite Spider And The Fly once Andre grabs hold of it! Keith Richards recently picked Jail bait as one of his all time favorites and Andre tips the pimp hat back at him here! Speakin’ of paying homage, the Greasy Chickens honor Mr. Rhythm with Andrew’s Blues, a reworking of the Stones X-rated classic!. 5.6.7.8’S - 19th Nervous Breakdown/Church Keys - Who’s Driving Your Plane?. Tokyo’s frantic femmes make a quick return to Norton wax with a manic reading of one of the Stones’ finest hours! On the flip, an old boozy Stones b-side reaches new blood alcohol levels in the hands of Brooklyn beat butchers, the Church Keys!. Greenhornes - Sad Day/Shams - Under My Thumb. It’s a Cincinnati slugfest! Internationally established hooligans the Green-hornes give a sorely overlooked early Stones nugget a stompin’ three chord rebirth! Thee Shams deliver a prime pounder outta their five star repertoire!.