Sesiones Marcianas #31 BIP BOP BOOM

 

  Mucho antes de que existieran el garage, el surf o el punk, ya había una música capaz de hacer temblar cualquier pista de baile. Bastaban una guitarra cargada de eco, un contrabajo aporreado con fuerza y un cantante con la actitud suficiente para convertir un single de 45 rpm en una auténtica descarga de adrenalina.

  BIP BOP BOOM reúne veintiséis explosivas grabaciones donde el rockabilly más salvaje, el rock'n'roll primitivo y el inconfundible sabor del western popcorn se mezclan con ritmos contagiosos, guitarras incendiarias y una buena dosis de humor. Muchos de estos discos nacieron en pequeños estudios independientes y con el paso del tiempo se han convertido en codiciadas piezas de colección.

  Por el camino aparecen nombres imprescindibles como Eddie Bond, Mickey Hawks, Malcolm Yelvington, Marvin Rainwater, Jaycee Hill o Jackie Lee Cochran, junto a auténticas joyas ocultas firmadas por Curly Coldiron, Tony Shepherd, Lance Roberts, Jimmy Minor y Joe Hall & The Corvettes. Incluso encontraremos a un jovencísimo Eddie Cochran en I Hate Rabbits, mientras que Link Wray acompaña a Marvin Rainwater en el tema que pone el broche final a la sesión.

  Veintiséis canciones donde rugen los motores, los pies no dejan de golpear la pista de baile y cada acorde invita a bailar como si todavía estuviéramos en 1959.

  Porque cuando el rock'n'roll aún era joven...

tres acordes, un amplificador al límite...

y un grito de «¡Bip Bop Boom!»

eran más que suficientes para prender fuego a la noche.

Tracklist:
1. Eddie Bond: Slip, Slip, Slippin' In (1956)
2. Curly Coldiron: Rockin' Spot (1959)
3. Johnny Knight: Rock & Roll Guitar (1958)
4. Mickey Hawks & The Night Raiders: Bip Bop Boom (1958)
5. Janis & Her Boyfriends: Bang Bang (1958)
6. Wayne Walker: Bo Bo Ska Diddle Daddle (1957)
7. Jaycee Hill: Bump! (1956)
8 Mel Robbins: Save It (1959)
9. Jerry Neal/ Eddie Cochran: I Hate Rabbits (1958)
10. Bill Carter & The Rovin Gamblers: Baby Brother (1959)
11. Joe Hall And The Corvettes: Bongo Beatin' Beatnik (1959)
12. Ray Stanley: I Can't Wait (1957)
13. Tony Sheperd: Zach (1959)
14. Lance Roberts: Gonna Have Myself A Ball (1959)
15. Johnny Bond: All I Can Do Is Cry (1957)
16. Wayne Walker: All I Can Do Is Cry (1956)
17. Frank Gay & The Gayblades: Down Bound Train (1963)
18. Don Ellis And Royal Dukes: Blue Fire (1960)
19. Jimmy Minor: Satan's Chauffeur (1960)
20. Chick Lewis: North Winds
21. Ken & Carol Graig Lawrence Bros. Combo: Silver Coin (1959)
22. Malcolm Yelvington: Yaketi Yak (1956)
23. John Worthan: The Cats Were Jumpin' (1959)
24. Paul Curry: Route 66 (1962)
25. Jackie Lee Cochran: Georgia Lee Brown (1959)
26. Marvin Rainwater/ Link Wray: Boo Hoo (1961)

Curated by Pere Milta

FantasticRetroSounds #30 Crime Scene Vol.1 Cinematic Funky Beat Scores

 

  Bueno, amigo...

parece que esta noche las calles van a estar bastante animadas.

  El título de la sesión de FantasticRetroSounds de esta semana lo dice todo, y además de forma bastante literal: Crime Scene. La primera entrega de una serie dedicada a las bandas sonoras de cine policíaco y a la library music, con especial atención a los años setenta.

  Prepárate para una buena dosis de funk contagioso, guitarras contundentes, beat jazz de alto voltaje y oscuros grooves con sabor lounge...

  Y, sobre todo...

ten mucho cuidado ahí fuera.

Tracklist
01 Ernst Arno - Outlines Part 3
02 John Cameron - The Great Escape
03 James Clarke - The Heavies
04 David Lindup - Inside Information
05 Frank McDonald, Chris Rae & Gerry Shury - Fast Drive
06 Brian Bennett - Drama Montage
07 Gianni Marchetti - Seq. 2 (Milano, Il Clan dei Calabrese aka The Last Desperate Hours OST, 1974)
08 J. Basile & T. Lexter - Syncope and Riffs
09 Gianni Ferrio - La Gabbia-Arrivo in Citta (Tony Arzenta OST, 1973)
10 Sound Prospect - Hit Man
11 Peppino De Luca & I Marc 4 - Dorian Gray (Shake 4) (Il dio chimato Dorian OST, 1970)
12 Franco Micalizzi - Seq. 4 (Da Corleone a Brooklin aka Corleone to Brooklin OST, 1979)
13 Daniele Patucchi - Elikiller
14 Guy Pedersen - Bass-Cule
15 Sammy Burdson - New Background A
16 Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennett - Oddball
17 Gabriele Ducros - Sigla R. P.
18 Gabriele Ducros - Freedom Power
19 Alan Hawkshaw - High Diver
20 Sylvano Santorio & Richard Demaria - Monday
21 Alessandro Alessandroni - L'altro Dio, titoli (L'altro Dio OST)
22 Stelvio Cipriani - Seq. 1-Titoli (L'uomo piu velenoso del Cobra aka Human Cobras OST, 1971)

Selected by Rafa "Igor" Murillo

Cheap and Nasty #8 Lost Punk Rock Hits 77-82

 

   For this edition, Cheap and Nasty hands the controls over to a very special guest. Tireless collector and lifelong devotee of late seventies underground punk, Ron Lacer opens up his personal archive to share an exclusive selection of forgotten gems that rarely surface on the usual compilations.

  The result is a journey through some of the most overlooked corners of international punk, where short-lived bands, independent labels and tiny-pressing singles have since become highly sought-after collectors' items. Britain, the United States, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Canada, Scotland and Australia all contribute their own distinctive chapter to a scene that never stopped reinventing itself.

  Along the way you'll encounter little-known names such as ABH, Speeds, Monitor, The Pinchers, Bloody Mary, The Onits, The Fleshapoids and Eat The Rich, proving that punk was never the exclusive domain of a handful of famous cities or celebrated bands. It was a truly global movement, fuelled by hundreds of groups who cut one or two singles before disappearing into obscurity.

  Twenty-two tracks where punk rock collides with power pop, new wave, art punk and the first synthetic sounds of the early eighties, all driven by the same urgency, the same attitude and the same fiercely independent spirit.

  Because sometimes...

the best record collections are the ones that never make the charts.

  ABH (78) - brilliant piss take from the UK but it’s so damn catchy! Info is scarce on the label or band members

  SPEEDS (80) - Why isn’t this already on a KBD? I have never heard much about bands in Portugal from back then. Not an easy country to be in a punk band back then. I just came across this killer a few days before this playlist was to be posted and Tony and I agreed it was worth the effort to add this at the last minute.

  NEW MODELS (81) - Great debut 7” from my home city, Boston.

  BOUND & GAGGED (80) - Another great obscure band from Boston. 7 woman band, 4 vocalists, unique art punk. Both these bands were on Modern Method Records, one of Boston’s best labels!

  B TEAM (82) - From San Francisco. I don’t know much about this band but I like it!

  CHI PIG (78) - From a vital comp of the bands from Akron, Ohio. The fertile soil that gave us Devo.

  MONITOR (79) - The demented results of a Los Angeles art / music collective

  The PINCHERS (81) - From the only 7” by this Belgian band. The flipside has been on a few comps but I like this track much more.

  The DOMINOES (82) - From the only 7” from this band from Milwaukee

  The RANDYS (80) - From the only 7” of this band that might be from Oklahoma City

  The BLITZZ (78) - This Dutch band had two 7” and a couple of the tracks have made it onto a few comps. But this one hasn’t and I think it’s the best of the lot.

  BLOODY MARY (78) - Great French rocker, from their only 7”

  NO HORIZON (79) - This crazy German band only released this one record.

  GENOCIDE EXIT (80) - Their only 7” also shared this track with a Sunderland, UK regional comp.

  The ONITS (81) - This Canadian band never got out a second record.

  4/4 (80) - Not sure if they were from New York City or Upstate, but this was the only record they got out. The flipside is also great.

  The VORES (78) - Upstate New York band, from Buffalo. Twisted classic from their first (of two) 7”s.

  The NO NO’s (81) - Probably from Southern California. Their only record.

  The CHEETAHS (79) - Scottish band that never released another record

  The CREDITS (79) - Yeah, another band without a 2nd record. This one is from Australia.

  The FLESHAPOIDS (79) - These crazies are probably from San Francisco. Again, only the one 7”

  EAT THE RICH (83) - This band never even got a record out. But their demo tape ended up on the first release from the phenomenal label Bad Compilation Tapes. I’m pretty sure they’re American, but I’m not sure where they’re from.

  Notes by Ron Lacer

Trashlist:
01. ABH – Geoffrey (Who Wants To Listen To Punk Rock) - (UK, 1978)
02. Speeds - She's Gonna Leave Me (Portugal, 1980)
03. New Models – Shattered Windows (USA, 1981)
04. Bound & Gagged - Chains And Polymers (USA, 1980)
05. B Team - What Is This? (USA, 1982)
06. Chi-Pig - Apu-Api (Help Me) - (USA, 1978)
07. Monitor – Beak (USA, 1979)
08. The Pinchers – Tonight (Belgium, 1981)
09. Dominoes - I'll Keep You In Stitches (USA, 1982)
10. The Randys - Aggravated (USA, 1980)
11. The Blitzz - You Got What You Want (Netherlands, 1978)
12. Bloody Mary - Killer Boogie (France, 1978)
13. No Horizon - Life Is Not Pink (Germany, 1979)
14. Genocide Exit - Dream Song (UK, 1980)
15. The Onits - Gamma Rays (Canada, 1981)
16. 4/4 – All Wound Up (USA, 1980)
17. The Vores - Love Canal (USA, 1978)
18. The No No's - Who Shot The President (USA, 1981)
19. The Cheetahs- The Only One (Scotland, 1979)
20. The Credits - It's You (Australia, 1979)
21. The Fleshapoids - Electroshock (USA, 1979)
22. Eat The Rich - Traffic Problem (USA, 1983)

Selected by Ron Lacer

Sesiones Marcianas #30 WHY NOT CHA CHA CHA? Crazy Exotica Cocktail

 

  Saca las copas altas...

llena la coctelera de hielo...

y no te olvides de los bongós.

  En algún lugar entre un club tropical, una playa imaginaria, un salón de baile de Las Vegas y un bar de carretera nació un estilo de música imposible de clasificar. Un cóctel irresistible donde el rock'n'roll coqueteaba con el cha-cha-chá, el mambo, el jazz latino y la exotica más desenfadada. La banda sonora perfecta para una fiesta en la que a nadie le importaba de dónde venía el ritmo...

siempre que nadie dejara de bailar.

  WHY NOT CHA CHA CHA? reúne veinticinco joyas grabadas entre finales de los años cincuenta y comienzos de los sesenta, cuando los ritmos latinos conquistaron la música popular estadounidense y europea. Bongós, congas, maracas, metales, guitarras eléctricas y órganos Hammond se mezclan en una sesión tan imprevisible como divertida.

  Por el camino aparecen nombres como Barney Kessel, Johnny Keating, Googie Rene, Boots Brown, Cozy Cole o Tony Crombie, junto a un delicioso puñado de rarezas dedicadas al cha-cha-chá, el mambo, el tequila, la cerveza, el mezcal, las enchiladas...

y a cualquier otra excusa que sirviera para montar una buena fiesta.

  Olvídate de la autenticidad.

  Aquí lo único que importa es el ritmo, el sentido del humor...

y las ganas de pasarlo bien.

  Sírvete otro cóctel.

  Sube el volumen.

  Y recuerda...

en el universo de Sesiones Marcianas siempre hay sitio para un último cha-cha-chá.

Tracklist:
1. Cozy Cole: Red Ball (1960)
2. Malibu-bu's: Caravan (1962)
3. Johnny Keating's Kombo: Headin' North (1961)
4. Barney Kessel: Honey Rock (1957)
5. Ric Gary: Pimples And Brices
6. The Stereos: Freeze Mambo (1958)
7. The Bikinis: Bikini (1958)
8. Jerry Hanson: Why Not Cha Cha Cha (1960)
9. Teddy Martin & His Las Vegas Boys: Chi-Chi Wow! (1966)
10. The Dancing Panther Danceband: Cha Cha Choo Choo (1961)
11. The X- Rays: Chinchilla (1958)
12. The Big Sound Of Don Ralke: Sebastian (1959)
13. Jimmy Oliver's Orchestra: The Sneak (1958)
14. Mickey Katz: Sixteen Toons (1956)
15. Googie Rene: Romesville (1959)
16. The Soupy Sales Show: Hippy's Cha Cha Hips (1961)
17. Tony Crombie: Rock Cha Cha (1958)
18. The Originals: The Whip (1958)
19. Boots Brown & His Blockbusters: Cerveza (1958)
20. Chuck Rio: Margarita (1959)
21. Didier Lapeyrere: Tequila (1958)
22. Los Goyo's Cats: Mezcal (1958)
23. Cliff Adams & Stan La Baum: A la Salud (1958)
24. Víctor Sylvester: Cerveza (1962)
25. The Chiefs: Enchiladas (1958)

Curated by Pere Milta