OG Record Porn from the great people at Fax Records out of Hollywood California. It isn’t dated but I’m guessing its pretty old 50′s or 60′s due to the appearance of the album. Basically you have 2 sides of people having sex on one of those old steel spring mattress. Then for some reason there [...]
At the end of an Era of Disco and the dawn of the Key-tar comes pure genius from the eccentric Exuma. Backed with over 21 credited musicians, 17 Background singers and 4 recording Engineers Exuma brings you a unique mix of Island, Funk and Folk/Rock. Amongst the musicians credited are Bernard Purdie (Drums) and Wilbur [...]
From what I have been told the Soul Messengers were a group of Americans that immigrated into their chosen holy land of Israel in the 70′s. This makes sense as the title track is a blatant Neil Diamond rip off but the writing is credited to “The Soul Messengers”. Despite the comical religious reworking of [...]
Full length LP recorded live at the Reverb Room by New Zealand’s premier punk/oi band of the day (1982). One of the few local punk bands of the time to do a full length, they also have a 12″ EP called “Oi Oi Oi” that features three tracks from the LP.  No Tag – Wink [...]
Released in 1982 on the Crunch Ltd label from Medford, Massachusetts. Fairly enjoyable mixture of post punk elements and synth pop/new wave. You get the feeling after listening to a few of these tracks that these guys were fans of groups like A Certain Ratio. Here’s the obligatory group lineup, in hopes that one of [...]
Obscure 45rpm artifact on a one-off label – the artist remains mysterious, originally from Detroit, apparently he later relocated to the Southwest. An anthem of sorts, the rough-hewn yet melodic folk sound of ‘Magic Wand’ oddly foreshadows the sound of early 90s bedroom-four-trackers. Listen
Bizarrely this record is quite highly sought after amongst those in the know. Not sure why to be honest. It’s an enjoyable disco stomper with some nice warbling synths, the obligatory computer vocal and some slightly strained female vocals. I was given it by a friend who nabbed it from her Dad’s collection. Unfortunately some [...]
Quite why I bothered to pick this up is anyone’s guess. The enigma that is Al Sharpe kinda called to me in some way. Was it the ridiculous flared suit that he was still wearing in 1982? Or the stark, empty room that this man was jiving in? Was it the vaguely unsavoury nature of [...]