Rock & Garage

Swirling guitars and proto-ambient electronica sounds from many light years away!The Astro-Sound of Magnificence, from Beyond the Year 2000...a unique capsule of a funky, psychedelic rhythm section jamming, with snarling, stabbing and swooshing cranked-up-to-infinity electric guitar voyages piloted by Wrecking Crew veteran Jerry Cole, polished and primed for takeoff with a string section playing eerie, beckoning melodies in unison. These are the sounds of epiphanies concerning the future,...

“Happiness is… goin' about a hundred-and-ten… blowing your mind, and coming, coming back down again…"Who’da thunk it?!? A tough-as-nails 60’s garage ultra-rarity - from the Beav! This is the first ever reissue of a blistering garage cut with lead vocals by the Beaver himself! Jerry Mathers circa 1966! It’s got the grit of Eddie Haskell, but it’s the voice of the Beave! Gold vinyl packaged in a space age envelope style sleeve with liner notes penned by Jerry himself. ...

THE '67 PROCREATION THAT BIRTHED HEAVY METAL! THE ’67 PROCREATION THAT BIRTHED HEAVY METAL! Traded in dark circles for decades, these raw and rambunctious demos finally got the studio restoration they deserved! Blue Cheer’s primordial recordings display the thunderous power that conceived a genre. Pressed on colored vinyl as a single-sided LP to give you the unadulterated uninterrupted ’67 "in the moment" experience! Blue Cheer poster included! San Francisco was ground zero for the Summer of...

Jan McClellan and a rotating cast of Motor City kitties shattered hearts and glass ceilings from ’64 to ’69, busting out three sought after 45s and quietly putting to tape nine more recordings! The tapes have been found and those nine unreleased cuts combine with the coveted six to form the first-ever Debutantes LP! A cohesive raucous bundle of raw joy, including a blistering take on the Andre Williams penned “Shake A Tail Feather,” a gender bending spin on “If You Wanna Be Happy,” a Stones...

Jan McClellan and a rotating cast of Motor City kitties shattered hearts and glass ceilings from ’64 to ’69, busting out three sought after 45s and quietly putting to tape nine more recordings! The tapes have been found and those nine unreleased cuts combine with the coveted six to form the first-ever Debutantes LP! A cohesive raucous bundle of raw joy, including a blistering take on the Andre Williams penned “Shake A Tail Feather,” a gender bending spin on “If You Wanna Be Happy,” a Stones...

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ELECTRO-PSYCH ORIGINS FEATURES RARE EARLY FFH, MANY MAKING THEIR OFFICIAL VINYL DEBUT! FEATURES NOTES FROM JIM ALLEN OF PLEASEKILLME.COM FROM THE ORIGINAL REELS, CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED AT THIRD MAN IN DETROIT ON GOLD VINYL! Nobody went full-on electro- rock before Fifty Foot Hose. Before their brief-but-groundbreaking run in the late ‘60s, Bad Trips collects the demos, outtakes, and other rarities that complete the story of a band too far ahead of its time to last. Includes both...

1967 ELECTRO-PSYCH OPUS INCLUDES ZINE STYLE BOOKLET WITH NOTES FROM HOSE’S CORK MARCHESCHI! A TRAILBLAZING FUSION OF PSYCHEDELICS AND ELECTRONICS FROM THE ORIGINAL REELS, MASTERED BY BOB IRWIN, CUT BY KEVIN GRAY, AND PRESSED AT THIRD MAN IN DETROIT ON A CUSTOM COLOR OF VINYL! An electronic rock band wasn’t even an idea when Fifty Foot Hose released their landmark debut album at the end of 1967. Their fusion of psychedelia and electronics resulted in a truly trailblazing sound. Cauldron stands...

The Five Americans, five Oklahoma kids who blew the roof off the national charts when they moved to Dallas in 1966 and cut smashes like "I See the Light" and "Western Union," recorded plenty of swaggering garage material just before their chart-topping days at Abnak Records. With the full cooperation of the band, Sundazed has unearthed a Texas-sized load of fuzzy 'n primitive Americans sides that have never seen the light of day, as well as the master tapes for the band's ultra-rare Jetstar...

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On red and blue vinyl!!Margo Guryan's honeyed voice and gorgeously sweet songwriting has become a favorite of the soft-pop set. As a successful songwriter, her compositions have been recorded by the likes of Jackie DeShannon, Spanky & Our Gang, Astrid Gilberto, Claudine Longet, Oliver, Cass Elliot, Glen Campbell, Saint Etienne and Harry Belafonte. Her only solo album, the magnificent Take A Picture (featuring the hit "Sunday Morning"), has become a cult classic since its release in 1968, and...

Available 11/24 exclusively through independent record stores.Here it is, Sun Ra’s explosive piano debut with Wynonie Harris and The Jimmie Jackson Band! A drummer and popular R&B singer in the late 40s and 50s, Harris had 15 top 10 hits and was influential in the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, influencing Elvis Presley and countless others. Sun Ra’s involvement here is a radical diversion from his cosmic philosophy that would define his prolific output- the man from Saturn largely ignored the...

Beats of mammoth stature and unusual orchestration combine in a holy grail of library music! A paragon of crate digger gold for lovers of both library music, and thick grooves, Nick Ingman’s percussion- laden Big Beat stays true to its name, with beats of mammoth stature and unusual orchestration. A soundtrack in search of a film,the tracks herein add funky grooves to post-big band soundscapes, with the spotlight fixed on the big, bold drums throughout the album. Reissued for the first time,...

NOW ON COLORED VINYL!Summer. It's as much a state of mind as it is a season. This is particularly true for those who are still attending school. Whether you're a first-grader or a college senior, the magical lure of summer vacation, fraught with possibilities, is a powerful force. Like New Year's resolutions, many ambitious summer plans quickly fragment and are left unfulfilled. In these cases, the answer to "I know what you did last summer" is "not much."However, some student summers prove...

LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL!The advent of ear-splitting, cortex-skewering bands like the Maze really did signal the end of the sixties. But just like that ultimate orgasmic blast during the finale of a great fireworks show, what a perfect way to go.A true rarity among 60?s psych collectors, all of the cuts here appeared on the original Maze album. Recorded at various studio sessions from September 1967 to March 1968 at Leo Kulka?s Golden State Recorders in San Francisco, this glittering...

Available Record Store Day 4/21/2018 exclusively through independent record stores!The first ever domestic reissue of one of the first ever MC5 singles! Packaged in new space age envelope style sleeves, with rare unseen band photos! The Motor City 5 pressed on black vinyl at Third Man Pressing in the Motor City!!! Includes brand spankin' new liners by David Fricke of Rolling Stone, who says, "This session, at the city's famed United Sound, was soaked in local R&B aura; John Lee Hooker cut his...

Available Record Store Day 4/21/2018 exclusively through independent record stores!One of the earliest MC5 singles! Packaged in new envelope style sleeves, with rare unseen band photos! The Motor City 5 pressed on black vinyl at Third Man Pressing in the Motor City! Includes brand spankin' new liners by David Fricke of Rolling Stone, who says, "In a 1966 live recording, the MC5 played 'Looking at You' like Motown raga. At United Sound, the band hit the zigzag riff at light speed and stayed...

One Man’s Journey is a compilation based on Alan Munson's real life happenings, a blend of singer-songwriter music and his experiences, accompanied by beautiful guitar and voice. It would be unfair to place Munson's music in a single genre — it’s a fusion of mellow psychedelic folk rock with the amazing atmosphere of the times. Originally released as private pressings, his recorded songs have a very intimate feel. Wonderful harmonies and meaningful lyrics will get deep under your skin, and the...

One Man’s Journey is a compilation based on Alan Munson's real life happenings, a blend of singer-songwriter music and his experiences, accompanied by beautiful guitar and voice. It would be unfair to place Munson's music in a single genre — it’s a fusion of mellow psychedelic folk rock with the amazing atmosphere of the times. Originally released as private pressings, his recorded songs have a very intimate feel. Wonderful harmonies and meaningful lyrics will get deep under your skin, and the...

Limited Edition Colored Vinyl!The haunted fuzz and ghostly Farfisa of of Fresno's the Road Runners will turn what's left of your brains to Malt-O-Meal. Results of secret marketing surveys assure us that this unreleased gem is running neck-and-neck with the Watchband, the Standells and the Music Machine in the '66 Punk Hall Of Fame Marathon!TRACK LISTING:Side One1. Nighttime Love2. Goodbye3. Little Miss Love4. I'll Make It Up To You5. Tell Her You Love Her6. Sleepy Friend7. I Got To Get Away8....

Now on limited edition colored vinyl!When Ronny & The Daytonas cut ?G.T.O.? -- the all-time ?turn it on, wind it up, blow it out? hot rod classic -- and an album of similar nitro-burning 1964 scorchers, it was clear the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean had no monopoly on rubber-burning dragstrip rock. Pressed on surfboard-thick High-Definition Vinyl and featuring liner notes based on candid interviews, along with exclusive photos of the band. The songs are so real you can almost hear the screeching...

The Daytonas? second LP, Sandy -- named for their 1965 chart smash -- proved they took a backseat to no one when it came to lush, ocean-flecked tales of summertime heartbreak. Pressed on surfboard-thick High-Definition Vinyl and featuring liner notes based on candid interviews, along with exclusive photos of the band. The songs are so real you can almost hear the squawking seagulls! ...

UNHEARD LIVE GRIT FROM THE EARLY SHADOWS OF KNIGHT! Step back while we loudly ’n proudly chronicle the mighty Shadows’ pre-Dunwich days with a newly discovered reel from 1965! It’s a live set recorded at the legendary Cellar teen club in Arlington Heights IL, showcasing our boys’ obvious influences; Stones, Kinks, Link & more...Aggressive performances, unseen photos & detailed liner notes all aid in unraveling the early-edition history of the Shadows of Knight’s wild, R&B-injected ride! Until...

UNHEARD LIVE GRIT FROM THE EARLY SHADOWS OF KNIGHT! Step back while we loudly ’n proudly chronicle the mighty Shadows’ pre-Dunwich days with a newly discovered reel from 1965! It’s a live set recorded at the legendary Cellar teen club in Arlington Heights IL, showcasing our boys’ obvious influences; Stones, Kinks, Link & more...Aggressive performances, unseen photos & detailed liner notes all aid in unraveling the early-edition history of the Shadows of Knight’s wild, R&B-injected ride! Until...

On Colored Vinyl!The Sir Douglas Quintet?five kids from San Antonio with an upscalemoniker?scored massive hits with "She's About A Mover" and "The Rains Came" in 1965-?66 by injecting the pumping Tex-Mex sound into the British Invasion. The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet ? the ultra-rare original album, with two bonus tracks?features the soulful vocals of Doug Sahm and the signature keyboards of Augie Meyers, and was produced for Tribe Records by Texas studio whiz Huey P. Meaux.Also available...

The Sir Douglas Quintet--five kids from San Antonio with an upscale moniker-scored massive hits with "She's About A Mover" and "The Rains Came" in 1965-66 by injecting the pumping Tex-Mex sound into the British Invasion. The Sir Douglas Quintet Is Back!, a 14-track compilation-stuffed with SDQ singles, B-sides and vintage '65-'66 Tribe Records material unissued at the time, is the Sir Douglas Quintet album that never was. Both albums are a double-barreled loving tribute to the scintillating...

EARLY ‘70s PRIVATE PRESS OUTSIDER PSYCH OPUS Seemingly unable to find an immediately-available niche in the outside world, Jerry Solomon spent the '60s & '70s carving his own niche and world into the grooves of records. Gone are the wobbly rock ‘n roll beats of Jerry’s earlier contributions, and in their place are droning minor-key melodies, irregular percussive jabs, toy piano strums, and impenetrable lyrics delivered by his self-overdubbed and echo-laden vocals. Original copies were sold on...

The rarity and bizarre content of Jerry Solomon’s releases have music connoisseurs clamoring for them, though he funded, wrote, recorded, and self-distributed his uniquely fascinating music for no reason other than to simply put it out there. Equal parts strange, entertaining, and foreboding, Jerry’s music is always engaging, and one can’t help but feel these recordings offer a glimpse through a murky portal into the unadulterated creative experience. Approximately fifty years after their...

The Sonics - fronted by Gerry Roslie's banshee vocals - blow-torched the mists of Seattle in 1966 like the fiery exhaust from a jumbo-jet. With their trademark scorched-earth guitar sounds, they created a mind- numbing assortment of Sonics' classics: "You Got Your Head On Backwards," "Like No Other Man," "Psycho," "The Witch" and simultaneously reinvented garage rock powerhouses like "I'm A Man," "Diddy Wah Diddy" and much more.This heavy-duty BeatRocket vinyl edition of the group's 1966...

Shining a multi-hued spotlight on the heavenly harmonies of Dan Seals and John Colley (soon to become the chart-topping duo of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Southwest F.O.B.’s lone album Smell of Incense joins their angelic vocals to fuzz-drenched guitar and Farfisa organ. This Sundazed colored vinyl edition of the original 1968 Hip Records LP will immediately transport you to a ballroom full of sweet smoke with kaleidoscopic patterns flashing on the wall, free apples at the door and people...

AndOarAgain provides unparalleled access to what David Fricke calls “the most harrowing and compelling artifacts of rock & roll’s most euphoric era” across three dozen unheard tracks! In addition to the quintessential original album, AndOarAgain features nearly two hours of unheard music on the way to Oar–along with roads not taken–that both clarifies and muddies the enigma of how psychedelic legend Alexander “Skip” Spence determined the final state of his iconic masterpiece. The time:...

Hailing from the wintry heartland of Minneapolis, the Trashmen achieved cult immortality with a passel of landlocked surf anthems and reckless garage-rock gems, best exemplified by their immortal anthem "Surfin' Bird," two and a half minutes of inspired, unhinged mayhem that's never been equaled. But "Surfin' Bird" is just the tip of the iceberg of the 1964 album that bears the song's name. The only longplayer that the band released during their original lifespan, Surfin' Bird demonstrates...

Diminutive perpetual heartbeat of the Velvets! The unmistakable beat of the Velvet Underground was malleted out on the unconventional kit of Moe Tucker. Her (at times) childlike, fallen angelic voice also shines on some VU fan favorites. Here Moe reinterprets some Velvet gems, sometimes playing all instruments, other times accompanied by the likes of Jonathan Richman, Jad Fair, Kim Gordon and more. In addition to VU faves, we’re treated to rough and jubilant covers of her favorite early rock &...

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On Colored Vinyl!! THIS PLATTER - AND A BARREL OF CRISCO - IS ALL YOU NEED TO THROW YOUR OWN NORTH-WEST-STYLE TEEN-DANCE PARTY! AFTER HITTING BIG WITH THE KINGSMENʼS “LOUIE, LOUIE,” JERDEN RECORDS UNLEASHED A PASSEL OF NORTHWEST POUNDERS (OVER 125 RECORDS FROM ʼ63-ʼ66 INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS LP), CHRONICLING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE HOTTEST U.S. TEEN SCENE OF THE 60ʼS! INCLUDES: SONICS: LIKE NO OTHER MAN • COUNTS: TRICK BAG • MR. LUCKY & THE GAMBLERS: TAKE A LOOK AT ME •...

On Colored Vinyl!! VOLUME 2: KNOCK YOU FLAT! WITH 25 MORE TRACKS FROM THE JERDEN VAULTS, ALL IN THAT INIMITABLE SAVAGE, GUITAR- AND ORGAN-DRIVEN ʼ60ʼS NORTHWEST FUZZ-PUNK STYLE! IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF FLASH AND CRASH, KNOCK YOU FLAT! FEATURES STELLAR FIDELITY FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, ULTRA-RARE PHOTOS, AND LINER NOTES BY NORTHWEST MUSIC EXPERT NEAL SKOK. INCLUDES: LIVE FIVE: MOVE OVER & LET ME FLY • TOM THUMB & THE CASUALS: I SHOULD KNOW • SONICS: HIGH TIME • BUMPS: HEY GIRL •...

On Colored Vinyl!! WE DUG UP ENOUGH BURIED-BUT-STILL-SCREAM-ING, JERDEN-LABEL NW ROCK ʻNʼ ROLL FOR A THIRD STOMPING VOLUME, WITH SIX PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED CRUNCHERS! INCLUDES RETURNING CHAMPIONS THE SONICS, DON & THE GOODTIMES, RAYMARKS, LIVE FIVE, ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS, AND HEIRS, PLUS NEW CHALLENGERS THE CEPTORS, TYMEʼS CHILDREN, GALAXIES, UNUSUALS, AND MORE! ALL MONO...ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES! INCLUDES: UNUSUALS: IʼM WALKING, BABE • HEIRS: DONʼT YOU LOVE ME • LIVE FIVE: YES YOUʼRE MINE •...

LIMITED QUANTITIES!The Northwest has always been rich musically, with unique hybrids of R&B and rock and roll developing along the way. There are various theories and reasons for this, but suffice to say our musical heritage has constantly been one of high quality.And the scene in the '60s was so vibrant that local musicians could make a good living playing music, a far cry from later decades. Sixties' Northwest bands were often booked for up to 12 months in advance and had their choice of...

The record world was a completely different place in 1965. Kids wanting to take home a piece of the rock 'n' roll action they frugged to at the Armory dance last weekend or a wild tune they heard the local bossjocks spin on the way home from school, inevitably had to deal with seven-inchers made by independent record labels. The single was the thing in the mid-60's, not the album. In even the hippest big city record emporiums, you could thumb through the entire recorded canon of British...

The record world was a completely different place in 1965. Kids wanting to take home a piece of the rock 'n' roll action they frugged to at the Armory dance last weekend or a wild tune they heard the local bossjocks spin on the way home from school, inevitably had to deal with seven-inchers made by independent record labels. The single was the thing in the mid-60's, not the album. In even the hippest big city record emporiums, you could thumb through the entire recorded canon of British...

The record world was a completely different place in 1965. Kids wanting to take home a piece of the rock 'n' roll action they frugged to at the Armory dance last weekend or a wild tune they heard the local bossjocks spin on the way home from school, inevitably had to deal with seven-inchers made by independent record labels. The single was the thing in the mid-60's, not the album. In even the hippest big city record emporiums, you could thumb through the entire recorded canon of British...

Drag-Strip tested! A fantastic West Coast rarity, Rev-Up is a mono masterpiece filled with harmony-laden hot rod vocals and powerhouse instrumentals! Originally issued in January 1964...Rev-Up is waxed wildly by genre-legends such as Steve Douglas, Bruce Johnston, Jerry Cole & other studio king-pins including Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell, Tommy Tedesco, Leon Russell, and more—a Wrecking Crew who's who! Appearing here in the valued mono mix—copies routinely sell for hundreds of dollars—Rev-Up is a...

Swirling guitars and proto-ambient electronica sounds from many light years away! The Astro-Sound of Magnificence, from Beyond the Year 2000...a unique capsule of a funky, psychedelic rhythm section jamming, with snarling, stabbing and swooshing cranked-up-to-infinity electric guitar voyages piloted by Wrecking Crew veteran Jerry Cole, polished and primed for takeoff with a string section playing eerie, beckoning melodies in unison. These are the sounds of epiphanies concerning the future,...

A private pressing treasure of epic proportions! A gritty rocking record that commands 4 figures if you're lucky enough to find one. "Like seeing God in a burst condom stuck to the tailpipe of a rusty pimpmobile, finding out Jesus stole your mama, looking for the meaning of life in a puke pile by a truckstop motel - kinda scary how real this dude is! Deep level real people music that sounds like no other LP in the universe. Everything about this sound could not possibly add up in anybody...