The Bad Seeds EP

The Bad Seeds’ story is a familiar one. A product of the youth-fueled sixties rock ’n’ roll wave, they enjoyed a meteoric rise on their home turf, the Texas Gulf Coast. For a band whose few records exemplify Texas garage rock at its finest, they didn’t last past the summer of ’66. But what they did leave behind is indelible: 45 rpm sides that rival the upper echelon Nuggets rock of the era. With an unmistakable sound that mixed-up early Stones with gutty Texas twang, the Bad Seeds put hometown Corpus Christi on the musical map in the mid-1960s.

This extended play collects the absolute cream of their original J-Beck Records output, from the pure Lone Star swagger of “I’m a King Bee” to “All Night Long”; easily the most Elevators-inspired jukebox selection ever. And to make it essential, the Bad Seeds’ ultimate statement, “A Taste of the Same,” makes its welcome return to vinyl.

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The Bad Seeds EP

Bob Hocko & The Swamp Rats

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Bob Hocko & The Swamp Rats - Get Hip (Archive Series Reissue 45)

The Swamp Rats were one of the most demented, unhinged and fuzzed-out bands this side of the Sonics. It's no surprise that they covered "Psycho," The trio utilized twin fuzzed guitars, drums and no bass for a primal sound that few could match.

The Falcons, Wilson Pickett & Eddie Floyd

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The Falcons - I Found A Love

Steeped in the history of Rhythm and Blues & Soul Music, Detroit (forget all about Motown for a while) has given us some of the finest purveyors of the music of our choice. One of the groups that is rich in the history of Detroit Soul is the Falcons, who in turn has given Soul Music some of the finest luminaries in the field of Soul Music, Eddie Floyd & Wilson Pickett two of the most renown.

Happy Trashy Surfin' Halloween From Los Tentakills

Happy Halloween From Los Tentakills - Gremlins On My Wing from Al Hotchkiss on Vimeo.

For those of you based in the Glasgow area get yourself down to Nice & Sleazy this Thursday night for some spooky based Halloween fun.

Details: http://www.list.co.uk/event/212433-johnny-reb-oscar-charlie-and-los-tentakills/

"Los Tentakills are a rooting-tootin gaggle of beasts who’ll surf you slap BANG! into a psychedelic prolapse. New EP ‘The Psychotomimetic Sounds of …’ bestialises what lesser men died for. They tore me a new arsehole; now it’s your turn."

Los Tentakills - Surf Riders

Los Tentakills - Surf Riders from Al Hotchkiss on Vimeo.

Our infamous version of The Lively Ones Surf Rider. Get on your Architeuthis and ride!

You all know me. You know what I do for a living. I'll catch this bird for ya but it ain't going to be easy. Bad fish. It's not like going down to the pond chasing bluegills or tommy cods. This squid. Swallow you whole. Little shaking. Little tenderizing, down you go. Now we gotta do it quick. That will bring back all the tourists and put all your businesses on a paying basis. But it's not going to be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks chief. I'll find him for 3 but I'll catch him and kill him for 10. Now you gotta make up your minds. You want to stay alive anti up. Want to play it cheap. Be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head. The tail. The whole damn thing. Mr Mayer. Chief. Ladies and gentlemen.

Do The Crab With Los Tentakills!

Recorded in a squat in West Princes street in dirty ole Glasgae city by myself & band Los Tentakills. The video was rather cleverly put together by my lovely Mrs.

CRAB YER PARTNERS BY THE CLAW!

Rock n Roll Vinyl Rips - Trogglomania!

Amazing snarling 1966 punk b-side from the west countries finest "I Want You" And the added bonus of the comedy gold picture sleeve in which they appear to be sporting knitted jumpers their Grannies humbly gave them for Christmas whilst still trying to remain mildly tough looking.

THE TROGGS - I WANT YOU

Also worthy of note are the hilarious Troggs Tapes. In which they state they thought the A-side to this record was "Fucking terrible"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcM2_ZjTLK8

Rock n Roll Vinyl Rips - The Painted Ship

An amazing reissue of a cult 66 Garage classic. Remastered at Abbey Road from the master tapes.

The Painted Ship - Garage Greats

Alumni of Vancouver, BC's largely unheralded '60s music scene, this quartet consisted of buckskin-clad Bill Hay (vocals), Bob Rowden (guitar), Ken Wain (keyboards) and Barry Rowden (drums). The band cut two late-'60s singles with the London label: "Little White Lies" b/w "Frustration" and "Audience Reflections" b/w "And She Said 'Yes.'" "Frustration" seethes with primal angst. Its structure recalls the Castaways' "Liar Liar," with organ runs from Uzbekhistanm -- or the Hindu Kush. "Lies," Hays said, was "a parody of a swaggering rock star." The band was told to record "something more commercial than 'Frustration.'" They did just that. Frat-house rhythms and sneered, snotty vocals make "Lies" a true punk classic. A monster hit in BC, the single met with less acclaim internationally, despite U.S. airplay. The Painted Ship floundered

http://www.myspace.com/paintedship60s#ixzz12k7anpun