Intensely sought-after, highly-considered, late-60s psych rock — homespun, funky, introspective — privately pressed in the dark, hazy twilight of flower power. Plus D’s back pages, expertly restored.
Says Mississippi — ‘Some call them the thinking man’s AC/DC & some call them the working man’s Roky Erickson but really there is nothing that compares to Dead Moon. D.I.Y on every imaginable level, brilliant song writing, perfect elemental stripped down playing, honest & intense vocals. It’s all here.’
‘The Complete Liberty And Imperial Singles, Volume 2.’
Sparky, attitudinous girl garage from Europe and the US.
Top soulful swamp pop via Huey P Meaux’ in Texas, including a bunch of demos for Fats and Cookie And The Cupcakes alongside JD’s complete Tear Drop sevens.
An anti-war collage of words and sounds from August 6, 1966, including contributions from a plastic clock-radio, The Velvet Underground, Gerard Malanga, Marion Brown, Allen Ginsberg, Ishmael Reed, Andy Warhol (standing around silently) and Ed Sanders.
‘Venomous Tex-Mex R&B and early rock n’roll from San Antonio’s West Side scene. From 1961-67, Bexar county kingmaker Abe Epstein cut every teen combo to grace the Patio Andaluz stage, launching the careers of Doug Sahm, The Royal Jesters, Sonny Ace, The Dreamliners, and hundreds more throughout the decade.’
Crucial, preposterous David Axelrod!
Composed and arranged by the maestro, a psychedelic garage-rock opera, sung in Latin, with Gregorian chant, pipe organ, lashings of fuzz guitar, strings and horns.
A version of the opener Kyrie Eleison famously featured in the soundtrack for Easy Rider, accompanying several scenes.
This definitive reissue was mastered by Kevin Gray using the original tapes.
Not for the faint-hearted — dark and dirty psych improv from Chie Mukai, Eric Cordier and Seichi Yamamoto (Boredoms). Moody, subterranean squalls and drones, blowing up like a bad-tempered Fushitsusha.
Anatolian funk rock revive.
Basket-case rock and roll from 1958.
Frightened… Rebellious Jukebox… Industrial Estate (Yeah Yeah)... Futures And Pasts…
New Face In Hell… Pay Your Rates… Container Drivers… English Scheme… Gramme Friday…
Leave The Capitol… Prole Art Threat…
The six tracks comprising the original 10” plus their contemporaneous session for John Peel in March 1981.