Monthly Archive for February 2006

I’ve never heard this gospel record by our former Attorney General, but I’m pretty sure it stinks.

The best thing about this record is the packaging. I don’t just mean its physical packaging, a 10″ record in a paper sleeve that fits into a larger cardboard folder, but its trappings as a collectable record. Promotional only industrial item? √ Command Records “psych” connection? √ Wiggy weird 60s spoken word pop culture kitsch? […]

Allen Densen: Sentient Killer Metronomes from Outer-Space

This is the type of thing I get really excited about. Just when you think home-made oddities were out of style (and no longer economically feasible) comes this cassette 4-track home-recorded lp of spacey analog electronics from 1990! It’s quite good, and according to the liner notes completely improvised, without overdubbing!

Homestead Act: Gospel Snake

Writing about these largely unknown, home-made records can be tough. Take this private press hipster bluegrass lp here… which is particularly a head scratcher. If the cover (which as always is scant on vital info) is to be believed, these kids were from TN, and this record was released in “AD 1972″.

Bobb Trimble / Iron Curtain Innocence

If you were in punked out Wormtown (aka Worcester, MA) in the early 80s you might have known Bobb Trimble as the out of touch Monkees / Cheap Trick / Elvis Costello / and BEATLES fan who also enjoyed the Three Stooges and The Wizard of Oz, who made strange, haunted music that had almost […]

Gerry Olds Trio - here goes

No date on this one, but my assumption is that Gerry released this in the early seventies. This is a double lp, most of this record is really nice standard jazz trio stuff. They do a really dark version of Gershwin’s “summertime” that’s just begging for Rza from the Wu Tang to work wonders with. […]

The Frank Cunimondo Trio - echoes

Here’s a really nice funky jazz record from Pittsburgh on Mondo records. Frank is joined by Mike Taylor on bass and Roger Humphries on drums. This record has a really swinging sound that reminds me of the Overton Berry Trio. This is a really solid lp, not a bad track on here. Check out a […]

Windflower - s/t

After nearly a year of trying to track down this album, I finally did. Although Windflower hail from Alaska, this album was recorded in Munich, West Germany. I can’t find a date anywhere on this one but by the sounds of it, my guess is this came out in the early seventies. The playing and […]

Joe Marillo Quartet - lady caroline

Here’s a private press jazz lp outta San Diego from 1978. Overall this one is too late and smooth for my tastes. I do like “tribute to Wayne Shorter” and the funky track that follows it called “seclusion”. Overall, this one is by no means essential but has it’s moments. Plus Teresa is lookin hot […]

Liz Lyons - up your ass

I found this gem for a dollar years ago at a thrift store in Canada. Worth it for the cover alone. The lp is just a filthy comedy record recorded live at club morocco. Sick stuff indeed.

Dominic Frontiere: On Any Sunday OST

Here’s a funky soundtrack from the late sixties on Bell records. On any Sunday featured Steve McQueen in a documentary style movie about motorcycling. The songs range from big band funk to pop sleaze/cheese and even a little spaghetti western tremelo in the mix. As always, Carol Kaye’s bass playing is killer. Check out the […]

Festival Folkmass

“Why should the devil have the best tunes?”. Apparently Martin Luther was the inspiration for the “folkmass”, which was an attempt at reforming the “mass” into the modern, folky era. From this, and further descriptions on the back, I had high hopes for this album.
Alas, I was fairly dissapointed. The majority of the album consists […]

The Mexia State School Sunshine Group

Extraordinary, unusual, original …

Bolster and McDaniel: S/T

Pretty bizarre record that I picked up recently on the strength of the cover. I was prepaired for the fairly standard folky rock with country overtones that this record mostly is - but, was totally unprepaired for the quirky, low-budget funk(?) jam that opens the record. SEE WHAT I MEAN!?!?! File under: HUH…???

Marr’Del - The Mystery of Love

Beautifully sparse and poetic album by this mysterious Ohio native, Marr’Del. The songs blend between spoken word poetry and singing with only the company of her guitar, harp, and sometimes the rain. Amazingly Marr’Del had no formal musical training, which really enhances the personal element of the album.
There is so much more I want to […]

Rick Powell: Choir Book

First and foremost you should know that this record does not live up to it’s awesome cover. But actually, I really have no idea what a bearded man praising the lord with a Moog should sound like, so maybe I’m being unduely harsh. Anyhow, I was hoping for better, but for some reason I still […]

Roses and Revolutions

An almost overwhelming private press double lp of spoken word and song about the black struggle. Appearances by a staggering list of heavyweights such as Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Leslie Uggams, Nancy Wilson, etc, etc. The whole thing sprawls spaciously over 4 sides without a break. Poetry and song blending seamlessly together - almost like […]

Flying Burrito Bros - Burrito Country

This is the Flying Burrito Bros. record your mother warned you about.

Minnesingers: Music In Motion ‘74

For the most part this is an average to below average youth choir/band lp. However, there is a flash of brilliance in their version of “Summer Breeze” - which is absolutely delightful! Reminds me of something off one of those Langley School lp’s. I’d like to tell you more about this record, but liner notes […]

Art Brooks: The Night Caller

Private press Free Jazz lp from Bennington University in Vermont by Trumpeter Art Brooks. What originally got my attention when I dug this up in a local antique shop was that the liner notes were written by Bill Dixon, and that Brooks dedicates the lp to his teachers - Dixon, Cecil Taylor, and Milford Graves. […]

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