Record Store Day 2021

Rude Boy-Curious Post-Punk Lightning In A Bottle! "...all of these songs are based on post-Marcusian cliches sophisticated enough to get the average rock fan thinking hard, and some of them are based on post-Marcusian ideas sophisticated enough to get the average post-Marcusian thinking hard. Sounds unmusical but it isn't that either--the singing is clever and impassioned, the punkish, futuristic reggae-synthesizer fusion often catchy and always apt." - Robert Christgau  First ever LP...

Prior to his work with Buffalo Springfield and Kenny Loggins, 16-year-old Jim Messina led a savage group of fellow surf devotee friends to record The Dragsters, a 1964 album full of fierce, fiery, and infectious surf rock instrumentals with just enough sounds from the strip to get your motor running! The 14 original reverb-soaked tracks are presented here in their magnificent (and rare) mono versions plus four bonus pounders, all reissued for the first time and pressed on blue vinyl! Also...

Prior to his work with Buffalo Springfield and Kenny Loggins, 16-year-old Jim Messina led a savage group of fellow surf devotee friends to record The Dragsters, a 1964 album full of fierce, fiery, and infectious surf rock instrumentals with just enough sounds from the strip to get your motor running! The 14 original reverb-soaked tracks are presented here in their magnificent (and rare) mono versions plus five bonus pounders, all on CD for the first time! Also available on blue vinyl!...

Unquestionably one of the most iconic rock guitarists of all time, Link Wray rumbled out of the gates with a string of instrumental hits starting in the late '50s. This album presents another side of Link with nary an instrumental in sight, this time pairing his blistering fretwork with vocal tunes perfectly suited for the teen hops that Link and company tirelessly played for years. Released in an extremely limited number of copies in '64, this is the first-ever reissue of one of his rarest...

Unquestionably one of the most iconic rock guitarists of all time, Link Wray rumbled out of the gates with a string of instrumental hits starting in the late '50s. This album presents another side of Link with nary an instrumental in sight, this time pairing his blistering fretwork with vocal tunes perfectly suited for the teen hops that Link and company tirelessly played for years. Released in an extremely limited number of copies in '64, this is the first-ever reissue of one of his rarest...

A crucial and thundering piece of proto-metal history! Negative Space's lone 1970 album is an impossibly rare private press treasure and one of the missing links connecting Blue Cheer to Black Sabbath. Full of roaring guitar, pounding drums, and vocals reverberating with angst fueled frustration, this intensely fierce piece of rock and roll lore is available on vinyl for the first time in 50 years! LP jacket features blue foil text amongst a sea of negative space. Also available on CD!...

A crucial and thundering piece of proto-metal history! Negative Space's lone 1970 album is an impossibly rare private press treasure and one of the missing links connecting Blue Cheer to Black Sabbath. Full of roaring guitar, pounding drums, and vocals reverberating with angst fueled frustration, this is an intensely fierce piece of rock and roll! Also available on LP! Isolated Ivory Tower • Summertime • Hey Wall • The Long Hair • The Calm After The Storm • You’re All I Need • The Living Dead...

High demand rarities from the Swan Records vaults! Some you’ll know and some you’ll never forget!Curated by Glynis Ward, Host of Crayons To Perfume on WFMU, who also penned the notes, including a track by track exploration!Stunning packaging featuring photo evidence (on the cover) that Joy Dawn is not a pseudonym for Claudine Clark, but a striking artist in her own right.Mono cuts mastered by Joe Lizzi and Cut & Pressed by Third Man in Detroit. Pen: A female Swan Swan Records is more than just...

High demand rarities from the Swan Records vaults! Some you’ll know and some you’ll never forget!Curated by Glynis Ward, Host of Crayons To Perfume on WFMU, who also penned the notes, including a track by track exploration!Stunning packaging featuring photo evidence (on the cover) that Joy Dawn is not a pseudonym for Claudine Clark, but a striking artist in her own right. Pen: A female Swan Swan Records is more than just The Beatles and Link Wray; from the late ‘50s through late ‘60s they...