Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Gospelfolk - Prodigal (1969)



I bought this for £2.50 up in Glasgow and it's apparently worth about 50 times that, so GERRITUPYE! Chilled Xian psych from Scotland with a bit of organ and fuzz, and some folky moments, but mainly in a solid 67-68 Byrdsy vein. Allegedly only 99 copies pressed, but I've heard that might be false. Some (presumably unintentional) Velvetsy vibes on this, and typical naive Christian hippy lyrics. Sorry for the crackle on my copy, but I think I'm the first to rip this so quit complaining.

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Stanford Folk - Presenting Stanford Folk (1977)




Custom (?) 7" of square xian folk courtesy of two married couples. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" is a tad twee, but endearing, and as much as I enjoy the performance of "I Don't Know How To Love Him", I could do without having "Rice/Webber" credited on any record I own. However, the middle 2 songs, "Sing Halleluya" and "Babylon" are gorgeous slices of earnest christfolk, with the pure female vocals being a particular treat, especially on the latter. This was worth the 50p I paid for it.

PEACE BE WITH YOU

Shitbastard - S/T 7" (1994)


Of all the random cheap hardcore records I bought over the years cause of cool bandnames/covers, this is one of the most brain-damaged. Basement-level sloppy hardcore with weird grunt-sing vocals that veer into Eric Cartman territory. They play it fast and loose like early Meat Puppets, with the clear guitar tone showing every missed note and twisted change in all its glory. Definite shit-fi potential.

LISTEN UP

Sunday, 7 June 2009

Unknown - Death Move RMX (20??)

Mystery white label I pulled out of the sale section of Intense Records in Chelmsford last Summer and finally got round to ripping. Cat. No. is "CHINKS005" and it shares samples with Reservoir Dogs' "Death Moves", but that's all I know. Musically it's a blinder. Dark, techy garage/proto-dubstep and (I assume) way ahead of its time. Side A has a weird hum on it that I can't get rid of but sounds awesome IMO. Anyone with further info about this one please get in touch.

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Sonlight - Sonlight (1975)



This would have been a vinyl rip but I found the mp3s on slsk so I saved a lot of time and effort. This is a pleasant Christian light pop LP with some cool jazzy bits and nice organ work. No trace of fuzz or psych, but I still love this record. Cool cover too.

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Apator - Het Geluid Kruipt (1989)

So I can finally rip vinyl. Unfortunately, I can't scan covers, but nevermind. Here's the only 7" I own from the mighty Apator, as mentioned in my savant metal post. There's no metal here, just lo-fi electronic and vocal evil. Oppressive atmosphere. Worth listening. Noisebastard exclusive. Yo.

GET IT HERE

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Primevil - Smokin' Bats at Camptons (1974)




This one gets really fun really quickly, with pristinely-recorded rural gentleness breaking out into intense virtuoso jamming and wild vocals. The rhythm section keep it heavy and funky while the guitar leads head for the stratosphere. In theory I find the barroom muso vibe kinda gross, but the execution is so wild and entertaining I don't care. I pick up some low-rent early 70s Dead overtones too, which is always a bonus.

HERE IT IS

Noizy B demo mix

Here's a promo mix of my amateurishly ambitious mutant garage/dubstep/whatever stuff. Starts off with minimal 2-step and gets psychotic about 25 minutes in.

GET IT HERE

TL:

Made of Straw
Abide
Firehouse
In Parting
Runaway
Too Soon
Tidal Fury
Abdication Jam
Skulled Out
Wobbly Eggz
Ankles Out
Carnival Crush

Feedback is of course welcome.
Anyone after any 320s just get in touch.

Blessed End - Movin' On (1971)

I know I've been away for a while, walk it off you crybabies.
To make assistance for crybaby walking, here is downer organ psych gem. This record came out around about the time Jim Morrison died, and I'd say The Doors + the cold embrace of the grave is a pretty good formula for describing this record. Far less pretentious and flamboyant than Morrison and co, this has a gritty real people vibe and direct downer lyrics (this is PA not LA). Powerful vocal performance that reminds me of Sinatra's most downcast moments. No distortion or fuzz here but plenty of doomed, quasi-proto-goth atmospheres.

GET ON IT