Byron Lee & The Dragonaires

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Great Jamaica Ska

Reviewer: Bruce Eder, All Music Guide.

Anyone who saw Byron Lee & the Dragonaires in Dr. No (playing in the scenes in Pussfeller's club) and wants to hear more music like it need look no further than this release. The 20 songs here comprise the contents of ten singles cut by Lee and his band between 1963 and 1966 at the subsequently legendary Dynamic Sounds studios in Kingston and at Atlantic studios in New York. The songs include such familiar fare as "007 (Shanty Town)" and "My Boy Lollipop" (and "Occupation," which bears a strong resemblance to Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"), and the vocalists include the Blues Busters, Yvonne Sterling, Patsy Todd, Eric "Monty" Morris, Ken Lazarus, Keith Lynn, and the Maytals, though Morris is the best of the featured singers. The sound is excellent and the variety of sounds runs the gamut from quasi-pop numbers to harder, edgier pieces such as "Sammy Dead."

1. Behold (Featuring The Blues Busters)
2. 007 (Shanty Town)
3. It's You
4. My Boy Lollipop
5. Easy Snaping (Featuring Monty Morris)
6. Worried Over You
7. Eastern Standart Time
8. 54-46, That's My Number
9. I've Got To Go Back Home
10. Wings Of A Dove (Featuring The Blues Busters))
11. Simmer Down
12. Carry Go Bring Come
13. Oh Carolina
14. Oil In My Lamp
15. Sammy Dead (Featuring Monty Morris)
16. Occupation
17. Tell Me Darling
18. Green Island
19. Jamaica Ska

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Great Jamaica Ska

Millie Small

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (Vinyl Rip)

Reviewer: Jo-Ann Greene

"She's Millie Small, vivacious, bubbling, singing sensation from the land of sunshine and calypso," the sleeve notes explain. Not that there was really any need for an introduction, for indeed the tiny, vivacious Jamaican singer had taken Britain by storm, launching the Blue Beat boom and rocketing ska into the U.K. chart with her debut U.K. single "My Boy Lollipop." An album was the obvious next step, and Small set about recording with all the excitement of a child set loose in a candy store. And, in a way, that's exactly what the 16-year-old was. Her exuberance positively bleeds from the grooves, you can just about hear her grinning. Across ten covers and two co-written numbers, Small belts out the songs, with the backing sessionmen blending in big band sounds all set to an insistent jumped-up beat. And that was what it was really all about. So whether she's covering Fats Domino's "I'm in Love Again," Neil Sedaka's "Since You've Been Gone," or the old folk song "Tom Hark," it's all ska, pure and simple, and the album never flags. Most of the songs are suitably fluffy, and generally about boys, of course, from "Blue Louey" to "Sweet William," and on to "Sugar Dandy," where Small reaches unimaginable heights of ecstatic shrillness. And while that shrill, adenoidal voice was charming on a single, it can become a little wearing across an entire album. However, the Blue Beat Girl, as she was known, is working so hard to make us like her -- it seems cruel to complain -- and for fans this was a sheer firecracker of a record.

1. My Boy Lollipop
2. Oh Henry
3. Sugar Dandy
4. Since You've Been Gone
5. He's Mine
6. What Am I Living For
7. Sweet William
8. Bluey Luey
9. Don't You Know
10. Tom Hark
11. Until You're Mine
12. I'm In Love Again

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (Vinyl Rip)

Children Of Nuggets

Children Of Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1995

Reviewer: Lydia Vanderloo, Amazon.com

Garage rock has occasionally bubbled up onto the pop charts -- from the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" on through Nirvana and the White Stripes -- but the bulk of its creative output has always lurked below the surface. While Rhino's first two Nuggets box sets ably chronicled the subgenre's development in the mid- and late '60s, Children of Nuggets compiles the work of their creative offspring, likeminded groups from the '70s through the '90s (with an emphasis on the '80s). A few of the artists here were, at least briefly, household names -- the Bangles, the Hoodoo Gurus, the Smithereens, the Church -- but most trafficked in the seedy underground, receiving notice only from fanzines, record store regulars, and paisley-clad rock club denizens. Surprisingly, the 100 mix-tape favorites collected here represent a broad stylistic and geographic range. They include L.A.'s "paisley underground" (the Dream Syndicate's Neil Young–influenced "Tell Me When It's Over," the Rain Parade's kaleidoscopic "One Half Hour Ago"); the U.K.'s mid-'80s psych-rock heyday (Biff Bang Pow!'s Rickenbacker-fueled anthem "There Must Be a Better Life," the Dentists' sweetly melancholy "Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden," Primal Scream's lilting "Gentle Tuesday"); the Pacific Northwest (Screaming Trees' proto-grunge "Transfiguration," the Posies' angsty "I May Hate You Sometimes"); and the rich Australia/New Zealand axis (the Stems' downbeat power pop "Love Will Grow," the Chills' eerie, chiming "Pink Frost," Died Pretty's psychedelic, organ-propelled "Out of the Unknown"). Residing alongside are long-term garage enthusiasts, including the Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC's alter ego), Jeff Conolly's Lyres/DMZ, the Spongetones, Julian Cope, Billy Childish/Milkshakes, the Bevis Frond, and Teenage Fanclub. This passionately assembled four-disc set will give pause even to diehard garage fans; upon each listening, new nuggets are unearthed, whether the Nerves' effusive power-pop "One Way Ticket" or the Last's raw, swirling "She Don't Know Why I'm Here." The set's 100-page booklet includes essays by garage diehard Little Steven and Bucketful of Brains founder Nigel Cross, plus extensive liner notes from British scribe Kieron Tyler and an ode to the late Voxx/Bomp! mainman Greg Shaw, without whom, according to co-producer Gary Stewart, "the events covered in this set wouldn't have taken place." Amen.

Disc 1:

01. Vanishing Girl - The Dukes of Stratosphear
02. Help You Ann - The Lyres 3. The Real World - The Bangles
04. We're Living in Violent Times - The Barracudas
05. The Trains - Nashville Ramblers
06. Seven Years - Watermelon Men
07. Strangers When We Meet - The Smithereens
08. Wading Through a Ventilator - The Soft Boys
09. I Can't Hide - The Flamin' Groovies
10. The Girl from Baltimore - The Fleshtones
11. It's a Good Thing - That Petrol Emotion
12. She's Fine - Stems 13. All My Life - Point
14. Down at the Nightclub - The Creeps
15. (My Girl) Maryanne - The Spongetones
16. She Turns to Flowers - The Salvation Army
17. You Are My Friend - Rain Parade
18. Mr. Unreliable - Inmates
19. (I Thought) You Wanted to Know - Chris Stamey, The dB's
20. She Don't Know Why I'm Here [Single Version] - The Last
21. There Must Be a Better Life - Biff Bang Pow!
22. Slave Girl - Lime Spiders
23. I May Hate You Sometimes - The Posies
24. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape - Times
25. It's About Time - The Pandoras
26. I Live for Buzz - Swingin' Neckbreakers
27. I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus

Children Of Nuggets - Disc 1


Disc 2:

01. This Damn Nation - The Godfathers
02. Tell Me When It's Over - Dream Syndicate
03. Whenever I'm Gone - The Prisoners
04. New Kind of Kick - The Cramps
05. And She Rides - The Long Ryders
06. Motorbike Beat - Revillos
07. Tears (Only Dry) - The Vipers
08. 25 O'Clock - The Dukes of Stratosphear
09. Don't Give It Up Now - The Lyres
10. If and When - Chris Stamey, The dB's
11. Pabst Blue Ribbon - The Untamed Youth
12. There She Goes - The La's
13. Kingsley J - Vibrasonic
14. I Can Never Tell - The Crawdaddys
15. Make Me Stay - Green Telescope
16. Everyday Things - The Plimsouls
17. I Wanna Destroy You - The Soft Boys
18. It's You - Mickey & the Milkshakes
19. Apology - The Posies
20. Lights Are Changing - The Bevis Frond
21. Ahead of My Time - Droogs
22. Welcome to My Love - Funseekers
23. Flowers in the Sky - Revolving Paint Dream
24. Metal Baby - Teenage Fanclub

Children Of Nuggets - Disc 2


Disc 3:

01. The Unguarded Moment - The Church
02. I Can't Pretend - The Barracudas
03. Out of the Unknown - Died Pretty
04. L.A. Explosion - The Last
05. I'll Cry Alone - The Flamin' Groovies
06. Sunspots - Julian Cope
07. Hindu Gods of Love - Lipstick Killers
08. Death and Angels - Green on Red
09. Barbed Wire Heart - Sinners
10. Pink Frost - The Chills
11. She Told Me Lies - Chesterfield Kings
12. Beauty and Sadness - The Smithereens
13. Test Drive - The Mummies
14. Busy Man [EP Version] - DMZ
15. Love Will Grow - Stems
16. She Goes Out With Everybody - The Spongetones
17. Hypnotized - The Plimsouls
18. No Apology - The Unclaimed
19. God Knows It's True - Teenage Fanclub
20. You Keep on Lyin' - Hoods
21. Don't Break Down - The Sting Rays
22. The World Has Changed - The Fleshtones
23. Baby What's Wrong - Cynics
24. Psycko (Themes from Psycho and Vertigo) - Laika & the Cosmonauts
25. My Name Is Tom - The Jigsaw Seen
Children Of Nuggets - Disc 3


Disc 4:

01. Gentle Tuesday - Primal Scream
02. With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend - The Three O'Clock
03. Like Wow -- Wipeout! - Hoodoo Gurus
04. Bad News Travels Fast - The Fuzztones
05. Plains of Nazca [Single Edit] - Sun Dial
06. Getting Out of Hand - The Bangs
07. Please Don't Tell My Baby - Mickey & the Milkshakes
08. One Half Hour Ago - Rain Parade
09. You're My Loving Way - The Aardvarks
10. Transfiguration - Screaming Trees
11. A Scandal in Bohemia - United States of Existence
12. Where the Wolf Bane Blooms - The Nomads
13. Cheated and Lied - The Vipers
14. Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden (And It's Wintertime) - The Dentists
15. Won't Need Yours - Tell-Tale Hearts
16. Weakness - Inspiral Carpets
17. You'll Know Why - Miracle Workers
18. Not My Memory - The Unknowns
19. Far Away - The Prisoners
20. Ain't That a Man - The Optic Nerve
21. Mink Dress - Plasticland
22. Tight Turn - Raybeats
23. One Way Ticket - The Nerves
24. Tracy Hide [Cover Version] - The Wondermints

Children Of Nuggets - Disc 4

Merton Parkas

Merton Parkas

The Merton Parkas, taking their name from their home in South London (Merton) and the classic mod-wear (the parka), are another footnote in the British mod revival of the late '70s (which itself was merely a footnote in music history). Formed by brothers Mick Talbot (keyboards) and Danny Talbot (vocals) along with Neil Wurrel (bass) and Simon Smith (drums) in 1978, they became one of the first third wave mod-revivalists to release an album, Face in the Crowd, which featured the hit single "You Need Wheels." While many of the movement's followers took a more serious approach, the Merton Parkas tapped into the novelty side of the genre, becoming something of a mod version of Madness, though less innovative (and less interesting). Mick Talbot later teamed up with Paul Weller to form the Style Council in 1983.

Tracks:

01. Face in the Crowd
02. Plastic Smile
03. Empty Room
04. Tears of a Clown
05. Hard Times
06. Silent People
07. When Will It Be
08. Give It to Me Now
09. You Need Wheels
10. You Should Be So Lucky
11. I Don't Want to Know You
12. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
13. Man With the Disguise
14. Give It to Me Now [Single Version]
15. Gi's It
16. Put Me in the Picture
17. In the Midnight Hour
18. Band of Gold
19. Flat 19
20. You Say You Will [Demo Version]
21. Dangerous Man [Demo Version]
22. Put Me in the Picture [Demo Version]

Merton Parkas - Face In The Crowd

100.000 hits

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Thank you for all these 100.000 hits.

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Blow Up A Go Go!

Dancefloor Classics

Reviewer:amazon.com

Put this in your CD player and you'll be set for the night. The album is like a time machine, sending you back to 60s London, during the height of the mod scene. Unless you were a fixture at mod clubs in the 60s or are somewhat of an expert, there's a very, very good chance you've only heard two or three songs on here. Another great thing about the album is that it's no niche album; the great tunes, Hammond organ, and Northern Soul beat throughout are universal. It's catchy and dancable, and I guarantee that when you play it people will come up to you and beg to borrow it. There are no low points on this album, in terms of tempo (there's nothing you can't dance to) or quality (not a single clunker to be found). The only downside is the price, which is pretty high. Unfortunately most decent mod comps on Amazon are not cheap. But if you are going to spend your money on a CD, the bang for the buck that Blow Up A-Go-Go! offers is unbeatable.

01. Bert's Apple Crumble
02. Blow up a Go-Go! - James Clarke
03. Somebody Stole My Thunder - Georgie Fame
04. Sweet Pea - Soul Hooligan
05. Love Potion No. 9 - The Coasters
06. Watts Breakaway - The Johnny Otis Show
07. I'm A Man - The Spencer Davis Group,
08. Cloud Nine - Mongo Santamaria
09. Bongolia - Incredible Bongo Band
10. Sahara 72 - The Bobby Hughes Experience
11. Exploration - The Kaminsky Experience Inc.
12. Beat Goes On - Buddy Rich
13. House of Bamboo - Andy Williams
14. Psychedelic Sally - Eddie Jefferson
15. Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr
16. Shirley Ellis - Soul Time
17. Responsable - Jacques Dutronc
18. She's Got Everything - The Kinks
19. Shake - Shadows of Knight
20. Humanize - The Big Boss Man

Blow Up A GoGo!

Decca Originals

Decca Originals - The Psychedelic Scene

I'm back. Did you miss me? lol

Ralph Quirino, Amazon.com

25 superb examples of British psychedelia (the late 1960s) as originally released for the Decca and Deram U.K. labels. If all you know of "psych" is The Electric Prunes and The Seeds, then stand by to be amazed. While most of these bands remained "nobodies", some were able to transgress the era: Al Stewart turns in a suitably orchestral "Turn Into Earth" (with a far more "americanized" sounding vocal from the noted "Year Of The Cat" singer) while The Moody Blues' "Love & Beauty" (an early, rare track recorded prior to "Nights In White Satin") gives us a glint of what's to come. Other winners include Timebox's "Gone Is The Sad Man" (Mike Patto never got the props he so righteously deserved!), The Accent's "Red Sky At Night", Human Instinct's "A Day In My Mind's Mind" and The Plague's "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow". The remastered sound is excellent (despite some of the more primitive recording sessions) and the liner notes - while way too brief - provide decent information. In short, a total keeper. File proudly next to your "Nuggets" boxed set.

1. Vacuum Cleaner - Tintern Abbey
2. Shades of Orange - The End
3. Red Sky at Night - The Accent
4. Baby I Need You - The Curiosity Shoppe
5. 14 Hour Technicolour Dream - Syn
6. In Your Tower - The Poets
7. Colour of My Mind - The Attack
8. That Man - The Small Faces
9. Guess I Was Dreaming - Fairytale
10. Woodstock - Turquoise
11. Turn into Earth - Al Stewart
12. Secret - Virgin Sleep
13. Meditations - Felius Andromeda
14. Day in My Minds Mind
15. Ice Man - Ice
16. Love & Beauty - The Moody Blues
17. Michaelangelo - 23rd Turnoff
18. Bird Has Flown
19. Like a Tear - The World of Oz
20. Sad & Lonely - Garden Odyssey Enterprise
21. Deep Inside Your Mind
22. Gone Is the Sad Man - Timebox
23. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
24. Dream With Me - Andy Forray
25. Nite Is a Comin' - Warm Sounds

Decca Originals - The Psychedelic Scene

Rare Soul Heaven

21 of the biggest, rarest Northern Soul cuts around.

1. Betty Turner and The Chevelles – The winds kept laughing
2. The Blendels – You need love
3. C.O.D’s – She’s fire
4. Henry C and the Ivy Leaguers – Country Girl
5. Ruby –Feminine Ingenuity
6. The Tropics – Hey you little Girl
7. The Classics – So glad that I found you
8. The Utopias – I want to go back to my dream
9. The Galahads – I’ve got to find a way
10. Kavetts – I’ve got a story to tell you
11. The Ramblers Feat. Little Preston – So sad
12. Tony Sams and The Lala Wilson Band – A Thousand miles apart
13. Romey Rand – I’m coming in
14. Jessie James – Are you gonna leave me
15. Mary Wheeler and The Knights – I feel in my heart
16. Soul Partners –Just fun
17. Dee and Flo and the Dee-ettes – This or that
18. Lynn Terry – I got a good thing going
19. The M.B’s (Modern Blues Band) – Another day
20. Jimmy Elledge – Sad Town
21. Eddie Whitehead – Just your fool

Rare Soul Heaven

OS HAXIXINS

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A great garage psychedelic Brazilian band.

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