Born In The Garage Vol. 9 Spanish Beat, Garage & Psychedelic Sounds 1965-1969

 

  

  Born In The Garage Vol. 9 shifts the spotlight to Spain to explore how beat, garage and the first psychedelic sounds took root during the second half of the 1960s. Spanish Beat, Garage & Psychedelic Sounds 1965-1969 brings together a generation of musicians striving to connect with modernity from within an environment shaped by censorship, limited resources and relative isolation from the major centres of Anglo-American youth culture.

  Driven by jangling guitars, ye-ye harmonies, occasional fuzz and infectious rhythms, these recordings capture the moment when hundreds of young Spaniards began creating their own version of the beat revolution. Some of these bands achieved considerable success, while others barely survived beyond a handful of singles, yet all shared the same desire to sound contemporary, restless and different.

  Far from being a mere imitation of what was happening in London, Liverpool or Los Angeles, Spanish beat and garage developed a distinctive character of their own, blending international influences with a uniquely local energy. This volume gathers some of the finest examples of that youthful explosion: songs made for dancing, for escaping everyday routine for a few fleeting minutes, and for proving that a generation determined to follow the rhythm of its own time existed here too.

Trashlist
01. Micky Y Los Tonys - Megaton Yeye (Créditos) (1965)
02. Los Brisk's - Si Mañana Será Así (1965)
03. Los Flecos - No Se Lo Digas (1965)
04. Los Huracanes - El Calcetín (1965)
05. Los Sirex - El Tren de la Costa (1965)
06. Los Buitres - Sensación (1965)
07. Don Felipe - El Fanfarrón (1966)
08. Los Watts - Al Rojo Vivo (1966)
09. Miguel Ríos - La Guitarra (1966)
10. Los Cheyenes - Bla, Bla, Bla (Me Cansas) (1966)
11. Los Salvajes - La Neurastenia (1966)
12. Alicia Granados - No Soy Un Guarismo (1967)
13. Los Canarios - Peppermint Frappé (1967)
14. Los Salvajes - Las Ovejitas (1967)
15. Brincos - Passport (1967)
16. Lone Star - Mi Calle (1968)
17. Los Iberos - Hiding Behind My Smile (1968)
18. Los Zooms - Algo Más (1968)
19. Formula V - Tu Amor, Mi Amor (1969)
20. Modulos - Ya No Me Quieres (1969)
21. Los Roller - Camino Cortado (1969)
22. Micky Y Los Tonys - Sulfer Soap (1965)

                                        

  A Teenage Sound Disaster by Mr. Fowley

Cheap And Nasty #16: Glam Obscurities – Glitter, Street Rock & Proto-Punk, 1971–1977

 

 When we talk about the origins of punk, the story usually begins in 1976 or 1977, with New York and London as its main settings. But before punk had a name, an aesthetic or a scene of its own, there were already bands making records that moved away from conventional rock and began to sound rougher, more primitive and more streetwise.

  Cheap And Nasty #16 goes back to 1971 to explore precisely this territory in between. A moment when glam was still dominating much of the musical landscape, but on its fringes, distorted guitars, harder rhythms, provocative lyrics and a much more street-level attitude were beginning to emerge, with little interest in the virtuosity and excess of 1970s rock.

  Here you won't find the major stars of glam, but obscure bands, forgotten singles and recordings buried beneath the enormous commercial success of the era. Bands that today can be heard as missing pieces of a story that had yet to be written.

  Hollywood Brats are a perfect starting point. Their primitive sound, early Stones influences and shamelessly glam image make them one of the clearest examples of the bridge between glitter and punk. In fact, when the punk explosion finally arrived, many of their ideas were already there.

  From a much more aggressive angle come Third World War, with their openly political and confrontational rock, stripping away much of the sophistication of progressive rock and looking directly towards the street. Jook, meanwhile, represent another important connection between glam, rhythm & blues and the future pub rock scene.

  Also featured are Coloured Balls, one of the compilation's great anomalies. Their blend of hard rock, blues and an increasingly defiant attitude shows that this transformation was not happening exclusively in England. From Australia came music that was equally raw, loud and unapologetic, anticipating some of the codes that would later become associated with punk.

 

 Around them are much lesser-known names: Roy Owens Moon, Milk'N'Cookies, The Miamis, Hello, Hector, Chris Hodge, Light Fantastic, Neil Christian, Zephyr, Supernaut, Helter Skelter and One Hit Wonders. Some remained within glam territory; others moved towards hard rock, pub rock or power pop. But they all share the feeling of gradually moving away from the glitter and towards something rougher.

  The selection does not attempt to suggest that there was a straight line from glam to punk. There wasn't. The birth of punk was far more chaotic. Different scenes, bands and styles arrived at similar conclusions by very different routes. Glam brought attitude and theatricality; hard rock brought volume and riffs; pub rock reclaimed immediacy; garage and rock'n'roll brought simplicity; and eventually all these influences collided with the punk explosion of 1976-77.

  That is why this volume of Cheap And Nasty is not exactly a compilation of "proto-punk." It is more like a snapshot of the moment when several pieces were beginning to fall into place.

  The glitter is still there, but it is beginning to fade.

  The air is filling with dirtier guitars, shorter songs, stranger characters and bands that no longer seem interested in becoming the next big rock stars.

  Punk hasn't arrived yet. But you can already hear it coming.

                             

                                                      

Trashlist
01. Hollywood Brats – Nightmare (1973)
02. Third World War – Working Class Man (1971)
03. Jets – Yeah (1973)
04. Coloured Balls – Flash (1973)
05. Coloured Balls – Won’t You Make Up Your Mind (1973)
06. Jook – Bish Bash Bosh (1974)
07. Jook – Watch Your Step (1978)
08. Roy Owens Moon – Hey Sweety (1971)
09. Milk’N’Cookies – Wok’N’Roll (1975)
10. The Miamis – We Deliver (1977)
11. Hello – Hold Me (1976)
12. Hector – Bye, Bye Bad Days (1974)
13. Chris Hodge – Beautiful Love (1974)
14. Light Fantastic – Don’t Let Go (1974)
15. Neil Christian – She’s Got The Power (1976)
16. Baby Grande - Zephyr (1975)
17. Supernaut – I Like It Both Ways (1976)
18. Helter Skelter – I Need You (1977)
19. One Hit Wonders – Goodbye (1972)

Unearthed by Tony Rivers

FantasticRetroSounds #63 Hell's Bells! A Nightmare in Jazz Ghosts, Devils, Spooks & Nightmares

 

 

 A Nightmare in Jazz: Ghosts, Devils, Spooks & Nightmares

  Bienvenidos a una nueva recopilación de FantasticRetroSounds dedicada a los sonidos más oscuros, extraños y sobrenaturales del jazz, el swing y el novelty de las décadas de los 20, 30 y 40, con alguna incursión posterior que demuestra que estas cosas nunca desaparecieron del todo.

  Fantasmas, demonios, pesadillas, brujas, muertos vivientes y toda clase de personajes de ultratumba se dan cita en una selección que comienza en 1927 y llega hasta 1963. Aquí encontraréis jazz macabro, números de novelty, bandas sonoras de dibujos animados, canciones sobre personajes sobrenaturales y algunas auténticas rarezas difíciles de clasificar.

  Betty Boop también tiene un papel protagonista, con la banda sonora completa de Red Hot Mamma, donde Bonnie Poe presta su voz al personaje mientras se enfrenta a las llamas del infierno al ritmo de “Hell's Bells”.

  Raymond Scott, Artie Shaw, Bing Crosby, Babs Gonzales, Emmett Miller, The Spirits of Rhythm, Helen O'Connell y muchos otros personajes se reúnen en esta peculiar fiesta de ultratumba, donde el jazz suena más inquietante de lo habitual.

  Y para terminar, tres versiones de “Mr. Ghost Goes To Town”, porque si un fantasma va a salir de fiesta, mejor que lo haga tres veces.

  Apaga las luces, abre la puerta de la cripta y disfruta de una hora de jazz desde el otro lado.

¡¡¡HELL'S BELLS!!!

                                    Chuck Miller

                                   New Orleans Owls

                       Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

Tracklist
01. Emmet Miller & His Georgia Crackers - The Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues (1930)
02. Betty Boop Cartoon 'Red Hot Mamma' - Bonnie Poe Hell's Bells (1934)
03. Jimmy Luncefold & the Dandridge Sisters - Minnie The Moocher Is Dead (1940)
04. Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Minnie The Moochers Wedding Day (1932)
05. Spirits Of Rhythm - Dr. Watson And Mr. Holmes (1934)
06. Three Earbenders - The parade of the little white mice (1939)
08. New Orleans Owls - White Ghost Shivers (1927)
09. Babs Gonzales - Prelude To A Nightmare (1949)
10. Raymond Scott - Devil Drums (1939)
11. Raymond Scott - Suicide Cliff (1938)
12. Artie Shaw - Nightmare (1938)
13. Bing Crosby - The Headless Horseman (from 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' Disney cartoon) (1949)
14. Thurl Ravenscroft - The Headless Horseman (1963)
15. Sheldon Allman - Children's Day At The Morgue (1961)
16. Chuck Miller - lookout mountain (1956)
17. Helen O'Connell - Witchcraft (1963)
18. Hudson-DeLange Orchestra (Will Hudson) - Mr. Ghost Goes To Town (1936)
19. The 5 Jones Boys - Mr. Ghost Goes To Town (1937)
20. John Buzon Trio - Mr. Ghost Goes to Town (1959)

Selected by Rafa "Igor" Murillo

Sesiones Marcianas #65 ITALIAN EXPLOITATION GROOVES 8

  Durante los años 60 y 70, Italia fue un territorio fértil para el cine de exploitation, desde el giallo y el cine criminal hasta el erotismo, el terror, las aventuras y toda clase de producciones imposibles de clasificar. Y detrás de muchas de aquellas películas encontramos a una generación de compositores capaces de convertir presupuestos modestos en auténticas fiestas sonoras.

  Morricone fue, sin duda, el nombre más conocido, pero junto a él trabajaron músicos como Piero Umiliani, Piero Piccioni, Nico Fidenco, Gianni Ferrio, Riz Ortolani, Roberto Pregadio, Romano Mussolini o Marcello Giombini, entre muchos otros. Muchos procedían del jazz y encontraron en el cine un terreno donde experimentar con una libertad poco habitual.

  En esta octava entrega volvemos a encontrarnos con ese cóctel tan particular de jazz, beat, lounge, pop, psicodelia, rock, funk y exotica, pero también con algunos de los sonidos más sensuales, misteriosos y urbanos que caracterizaron al cine italiano de la época. Música pensada para acompañar persecuciones, espionaje, erotismo, violencia, noches en la ciudad o simplemente para crear una atmósfera imposible de olvidar.

  Desde los paisajes orientales de Piero Umiliani hasta el groove de Piero Piccioni, los ritmos sensuales de Riz Ortolani o las atmósferas más experimentales de Alessandro Alessandroni, esta selección vuelve a demostrar que en el cine italiano de serie B podía esconderse música de primera categoría.

Tracklist:
1. Piero Umiliani: Cielo di Tokio (Il Paradiso dell' uomo OST, 1963)
2. Riz Ortolani- Nino Oliveiro: Mondo Cane - M14 (OST, 1962)
3. Nico de Fidenco: Black Rhythum (Emanuelle Nera OST, 1975)
4. Roberto Pregadio e Romano Mussolini: Kriminal seq. 13 (OST, 1966)
5. Marcello Giombini: Girl from Bombay (Le cittè proibite OST, 1963)
6. Piero Piccioni: La decima vittima (Main title) OST, 1965
7. Gianni Marchetti: Un killer per sua maestà (Titoli) OST, 1968
8. Robby Poitevin: L'uomo del colpo perfetto (seq. 11) OST, 1967)
9. Gianni Ferrio: Strana Gente (Il Killer OST, 1969)
10. Gianfranco Reverberi: Pink Flamingo (1974)
11. Robby Poitevin: Tema dell' ispettore Sterling (Quella carogna dell' ispettore Sterling OST, 1973)
12. Carlo Rustichelli: Two Cars Only 2 (Stuntman OST, 1968)
13. Riz Ortolani: Shake in the disco (Cosi dolce...cosi perversa OST, 1969)
14. Roberto Pregadio - Romano Mussolini: Kriminal seq. 1 (OST, 1966)
15. The Pennies - Gianni Marchetti: Where is the peace? (Emmanuelle e Françoise le sorillene OST, 1972)
16. Piero Umiliani: The City Life (Angeli Bianchi...Angeli Neri OST, 1969)
17. Armando Trovaioli: Let's find out (Vedo Nudo OST, 1969)
18. Nico Fidenco: Eros Perversion - seq. 1 (OST, 1975)
19. Piero Umiliani: Cantata per Maryam (La ragazza fuori strada OST, 1975)
20. Gianni Ferrio: Sensual Mood (una vacanza del cactus OST, 1981)
21. Oronzo de Filippi: Chimica Industriale (1969)
22. Alessandro Alessandroni: Riproduzioni (1969)
23. Ennio Morricone: Valmont's Go - Go Pad (Danger: Diabolik OST, 1968)
24. Marcello Giombini: Seli (4...3...2...1...Morte OST, 1967)

Curated by Pere Milta

The Soul Vault Vol.4 – Deep Cuts: Underground Soul, R&B & Northern Grooves (1966–1972)

 

  The Soul Vault has usually felt quite at home in the world of Northern Soul. This one doesn't.

  Here, things open up. And not by a little.

  The opening makes that clear straight away. Billy Garner kicks things off with Brand New Girl, all raw energy and attitude. Moments later, Dream Team arrives with a truly heart-wrenching vocal performance, and before long Frankie And The Damons push the sound into territory where soul, funk and a touch of garage energy comfortably coexist.

  And that's how the whole session unfolds.

  What makes this volume interesting isn't a single style, but the way several of them live side by side. Some tracks would sit perfectly on a Northern Soul dancefloor, others lean towards raw, hard-hitting soul, some hint at the funk sounds that would dominate the early seventies, while others drift into denser, more psychedelic territory.

  The first half balances rhythm, emotion and energy without ever losing momentum. Ida Sands, Lonette McKee and Sam Dees bring depth without slowing things down, while a succession of lesser-known names serves as a reminder that many of soul music's finest stories were written far away from the spotlight.

  From Joe Hicks onwards, the sound gains weight. More groove, more tension and an increasingly late-night atmosphere. Barbara Stant, Albert Washington and Little Flint take things into deeper territory before The Politicians arrive with*Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic, blowing apart any attempt to file this session neatly under a single label.

  Dee Edwards provides one final moment of elegance before O.V. closes proceedings with This Hurt Is Real, a title that more or less sums up the spirit running through much of the music collected here.

  This isn't a linear session. It was never meant to be.

  It's a journey through some of the lesser-travelled corners of soul music between 1966 and 1972, when the boundaries between styles were still loose enough for all of these sounds to share the same grooves.

                

                                           Dream Team

                                            Ida Sands

 Lonette 

The Anglos

Trashlist
01. Billy Garner - Brand New Girl (197?)
02. Dream Team - There He Is (1967)
03. Frankie And The Damons - Man From Soul (1967)
04. Lester Tipton - This Wont Change (1966)
05. Arnold Albury And The Casuals - Thats A Bet (1970)
06. Steve Flanagan - I've Arrived (1967)
07. Ida Sands - Prophesize (1967)
08. Lonette - Mind Intruder (1967)
09. Dream team - I'm Not Satisfied (1967)
10. Sam Dees - Lonely for You Baby (1968)
11. The Anglos- Since You've Been Gone (1967)
12. Tony Mathews - My Wish (1967)
13. Frankie And The Damons - Bad Woman (The Damons) (1968)
14. Joe Hicks - Don't It Make You Feel Funky (1969)
15. Billy Garner - You’re Waisting My Time Part 1 (1971)
16. Barbara Stant - Shadow In Your Footsteps (1972)
17. Albert Washington - Somewhere Down The Line (1971)
18. Little Flint- Pain (1970)
19. Politicians - Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic (1972)
20. Dee Edwards - Why cant there be love (1971)
21. O.V. - This Hurt Is Real (1969)

A Teenage Sound Disaster by Mr. Fowley