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.

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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.

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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.

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KMA - Cape Fear/Phantasy Trip

Just got this long-time want through the door (without paying horror prices), thanks to Noodles/DPR's GC Classics series. Anyone who calls themselves a fan of dubstep/dark garage owes it to KMA and themselves to buy this. Released in 1996 (but around on dubplate from late 95), this is, as far as I'm aware, the first meeting of UK garage (then in the speed garage era) with a darker, sub-bass driven sound and broken rhythms. When first played out, the audience apparently called for a record number of reloads, and it's not hard to hear why.