Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Sharp Five - Sidewinder//Ding Dong the Beatles


Per request from Brandonio. Trustar has one more and between us this pretty much constitutes their entire recorded out put that we can get our mitts on. Enjoy all.

PAPERBACK WRITER
ET MAINTENANT
BATMAN THEME
SECRET AGENT MAN
THEME FROM THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
THEME FROM OUR MAN FLINT
BLUE EYES
THE CAT
THE IN CROWD
THE SIDEWINDER
COMIN' HOME BABY
IN UN FLORE
PAINT IT BLACK
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
MICHELLE
WE CAN WORK IT OUT
GIRL
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
NOWHERE MAN
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
A TASTE OF HONEY
PLEASE PLEASE ME
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
SHE LOVES YOU
TICKET TO RIDE
YESTERDAY
HELP

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Sr. Bikini 3 Mascaras En Acustico


A change of pace. Nice acoustic treatments of your favorite surf songs by Sr. Bikini. This is skillfully played, and a bit lo key - good for summer relaxing. Similar to the DuoTones in style and flavor. Recommended.

01 Apache
02 Theme for the young lovers
03 Casino Shangai
04 Nightmare In Mazatlan
05 La Española
06 Estrella
07 Ella
08 Nocturna
09 Baja
10 Mr. Moto

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The Space Cadets - Lost On Earth EP



Here's the debut album of The Space Cadets, for me their best work. Ripped from vinyl at 320kbps with very good sound, hope you enjoy!!! The Space Cadets were one of the most inovative bands in the rockabilly genre from the mid to late 90's. They perfectly captured traditional rockabilly, neo-rockabilly, surf, ska and 1950's rock n' roll and wrapped it up in a crazy space theme.

The band features well known English rockabilly verterans Mouse Zinn on vocals(Red, Hot & Blue), Mark Harmon on guitar (Restless), Ricky Brawn on drums(the Big Six, Starlighters, Johnny Bach) and Anders Janes on upright bass. Laden with double entendres and space-isms, their songs are varied enough to appeal to a broad audience, yet keep their 50's authenticity.

Track list
Rockin' With The Space Cadets
Rockin' In Thin Ice
Rocket Ship
Let's Get Crazy
Time To Rock
Cadet Walk

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Bernie Krause Gorillas in the Mix



This is a classic. Before digital sampling became the norm, Bernie Krause pioneered it all, with his environmental recordings, with hydrophone technology and technique, with his superb ear for pitch and timbre, and with his ideas for meshing their occurrence in natural and animal sounds with human-made music. Kids love this AND adults do too. Bernie Kraus's "Gorillia's in the Mix" may be saturated with "punny" names, but the sheer wonder occurs when you realize that EVERY SINGLE SOUND you hear is an ANIMAL--there are NO HUMAN SOUNDS or instruments on any of these remarkable cuts! My favorite (listed incompletely here) is "I'm In Trouble, Turkey Corwin" (to the tune of Paula Abdul's smash hit, "Straight Up" which came out a year before). A Parrot from the San Diego Zoo takes the vocals to the swishing tails of shrimp, the smacking lips of horses, the ruffling of turkey feathers and 30 other animal sounds! This is NOT one of those gimicky animal records like "Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats". This is exotica taken to it's higest level - naturally. This was played at SeaWorld for years over the pa.

1. Trout from Ipanema - Bernie Krause, Mills, T.
2. Jungle Shoes 3. I'm in Trouble, Turkey Corwin - Bernie Krause, Michael, P.
4. Gaia Dreams
5. Ape No Mountain High Enough
6. Animal Farm
7. Fish Wrap
8. Stomp in the Name of Love - Bernie Krause, Ward, Ma

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Frankie Laine - Gunfight At The O.K. Corral



Popular vocalist of the '40s and '50s who successfully straddled the line between Jazz vocalist, crooner and Western singer. After his initial success as crooner and Jazz vocalist in the mid-to-late '40s, Laine switched gears when he signed up with Columbia Records and began recording Country & Western Pop. Laine's husky baritone was a perfect match for tracks like 'Rawhide', 'Gunfight At The OK Corral', 'Sixteen Tons', 'High Noon' and other like-minded audio treats. While sales remained good in the States, his popularity increased in the UK and Europe, who adored his Easy Listening musical tales of the dusty roads of the Old West and the aching pains of a broken heart. Good stuff here y'all.


01 - Gunfight At The O.K. Corral - 2:07
02 - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) - 2:46
03 - Mule Train - 2:33
04 - Riders In The Sky - 3:08
05 - Rawhide - 2:01
06 - Blowing Wild (The Ballad Of Black Gold) - 2:37
07 - Jealousy - 3:13
08 - Moonlight Gambler - 2:51
09 - Rose Rose I Love You - 2:27
10 - Granada - 2:47
11 - Jezebel - 3:16
12 - Rain, Rain, Rain - 2:53
13 - Answer Me (Mutterlein) - 2:38
14 - The Rock Of Gibraltar - 2:41
15 - I Believe - 2:09
16 - On The Sunny Side Of The Street - 2:33
17 - That Lucky Old Sun - 3:32
18 - Hummingbird - 2:24

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Amanda Palmer - Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele


Amazing fun and wacky. 

1. Fake Plastic Trees
2. High And Dry
3. No Surprises
4. Idioteque
5. Creep (Hungover at Soundcheck in Berlin)
6. Exit Music (For A Film) [Feat. Zoë Keating, Lyndon Chester, Jenny Khafagi, and Lucy Warren]
7. Creep (Live in Prague)

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Kava Kon Tiki For the Atomic Age



Kava Kon music is a unique blend of exotica, mood music, spaghetti western, electronica, cocktail lounge, bossa nova, and 1950s/60s b-movie soundtracks. Perfect music for tiki bars, cocktail parties, and/or people looking for an exotic getaway. It's an amazingly fantastic wonderful nearly supernaturally great neo-exotica album. One of the best. It sails through exotic waters of hypnotic sound and glides past sensual dream islands radiating musical extasy for your mind. "High" lights are "Cherry Rain" and "Palace of the Tiger Woman". Think of neo psyche exotica and you have it.

1. Atomic Clock 2 Chinese Surfer 3 Cherry Rain 4 Turkish Honey 5 The Exotic traveler 6 The Killing River (Without the Sun, Moon, or Stars) 7Behind the Sun 8 Palace of the Tiger Women 9 Pacifica 66 10 Polynesia Poppie 11 Zero Gravity Lounge 12 Journey Home

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Surf Zombies Something Weird



This record was recorded using state of the art equipment from the late 50's and early 60's. Feel the heat of the tubes from the amps as these boys rev up and rock. Lose yourself in the reverb, but don't forget to come up for air! You may be intoxicated by the savage jungle rhythms, the twirling swirling tremolo of the dueling guitars. Hotrod culture fans, tattoo junkies, punkers, the power pop crowd, all fans of great guitar work and everyone interested in all things cool should enjoy the vibes! Excellent trad surf, not horror surf – great cover – tho.

1. El Funebre (The Hearse) 2. Dead Man's Alley 3. I Fell In Love With A Teenage Vampire 4. Road Rage 5. 50cc 6. The High Rip 7. The Buzzard Hop 8. Something Weird 9. Don't Let the Admiral Out 10. Candy Cigarettes 11. Alien Eyes 12. Surfin' Ghoul 13. Extended Tour 14. Leonard 15. Mind Worm 16. Crawl Space Crawl 17. Incognito 18. Electric Skull 19. Rockabilly Boogie Man 20. The Zombie Stomp 21. Aqua Waltz


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Sharp Five Paradise a Go Go//Four Nice Guys 2fer



Sharp Five are a mid-60's Japanese five-piece instrumental combo, started up after the Ventures' guitar instro-rock took that country by storm. Fronted by drummer Munetaka Inoue, these guys were apparently a big deal in their home country, and even (like the Ventures) had their own brand of guitar, the Guyatone Sharp Five model. It was their mention is a book on Japanese guitars that brought 'em to my attention, although it's taken nearly a decade to get a chance to actually hear what they sound like.

So what do they sound like? Well, if ya' likes the Ventures circa '65-66, this band is for you.

THUNDERBALL
LULLABY OF THE LEAVES
CARAVAN
JOURNEY TO THE STARS
DANUBE WAVES
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
HELP!
YESTERDAY
WHAT'D I SAY
BESAME MUCHO
UNCHAINED MELODY
TEN SECONDS TO HEAVEN
007/ GOLD FINGER
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
JAMES BOND THEME
GREAT ESCAPE MARCH
LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
PAR UN BEAU MATIN D'ETE
ECHAPPEMENT LIBRE
SERENATA DO MAR
PLEIN SOLEIL
L'ECLISSE
PALM BEACH
GOLDEN GUITAR
THE SWAN LAKE

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Billy Strange Strange Country



Born in the "backwoods" of Long Beach, California, Billy Strange had a completely different take on country picking. While Strange spent his formative years on the "hillbilly" circut, his musical arrangements for the likes of Dean Martin and Nancy Sinatra infused his instrumental music with a sound we could only start to describe as "lounge-a-billy" from a strange country. This album is a hidden treasure, from start to finish. It's acoustic instrumental music that is folky (but not overly so) with a definite lounge twist. Very unique, toe-tapping, finger-snapping music. Makes you want to drink a Manhattan while sitting on a horse. Hipsters in the mood for a change of pace can't go wrong here.

1. Don't Think Twice It's Alright
2. Guitar Country
3. Allentown Jail
4. Tom Cat
5. If I Were Free
6. Strange Country
7. Daddy Roll 'Em
8. Sing Hallelujah
9. Green, Green
10. Stranger In Your Town
11. Dont' Anyone Know My Name
12. Sangaree

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Sunday, July 4, 2010

SURF GUITARS 'Rumble' - Vol 2

Thanks to Teisco we now have the full set.

Volume 2 of this bootleg series sports a few otherwise unknown instros, and has a much higher quotient of surf than volume 1. Disturbingly, there are three problems with this disc. First, many of the tracks are in some sort of processed stereo. Second, many are available from masters elsewhere. Third, some tracks sound like they are copped from other bootleg comps. Even with these issues, it's still worth having.

1. The Vydels - Unknown
2. ? & the Mysterians - Hang In
3. The Ron-De-Voo's - Pipeline '66'
4. The Gestics - Kahuna
5. The Centurys - Gandy Dancer
6. The Morzels - Sharkskin
7. The Atlantics - Monkey Tree
8. The Jades - Surfin' Crow
9. The Fabulous Playboys - Shortnin' Bread
10. The Torquays - Busting Point
11. The Torquays - The Other Side
12. The Emotionals - Misirlou
13. The Guitar Ramblers - Surf Beat
14. The Centuries - 4th Dimension
15. The Fabulous Playboys - Chearter Stomp
16. The Patents - Blue Surf
17. The Tornadoes - Bustin' Surfboards
18. The Reveliers - Hanging Five
19. The Hollywood Tornadoes - Moon Dawg
20. The Scarlets - Stampede
21. Lenny & the Thundertones - Homicidal
22. The Goldtones - Strike
23. The Centuries - Jack 23
24. The Catalinas - Banzai Washout
25. The Pyramids - Penetration
26. The Treasures - Minor Chaos
27. The Scallywags - The Big Wave
28. The Tornadoes - Lightnin'
29. The Venturas - Ram-Charger
30. The Illusions - Jezabel
31. The Thunder Heads - Thunder Head
32. The Creations - Crash

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Don Tiki - South Of The Boudoir

Don Tiki - the keepers of the exotica flame - have released their fourth album This new album is their first in five years and features 16 fresh tracks and over 70 minutes of lush, seductive melodies. Drawing inspiration from original exotica masters Marty, Arty and Les (Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter), Don Tiki boldly moves this evocative genre of music into the 21st century.

Don Tiki kicks off the CD with "Friendly Islands," a sweet exotica classic sung originally by the sultry Ethel Azama back in the late 50 s when Hawai i became the 50th State. The sweet `n loverly Hai Jung will set your heart afire with her sexy vocals, while Sharene Lum gently plucks your emotions on harp. The track also features Hawaii's most stellar musicians - Noel Okimoto on drums and vibes, Dean Taba on bass, Carlinhos de Oliveira on guiro, caxixi, and rainstick, and Don Tiki's fearless leader, Perry Coma (Kit Ebersbach) on piano and celesta.

The next song, "Odd Man Out," features forbidden sounds played on visually spectacular instruments smuggled in from Burma, Thailand and Viet Nam. The patwaing, the patellar, naal, and Chinese tomtom blend magically with Hawaiian and Brazilian percussion instruments like the `ili`ili, kala`au, ka`eke`eke, cuica, pandeiro, udu and chimta. Lopaka Colon, son of Augie Colon, adds a jungle jazz overlay on bongo and dumbek.

"Turkish Delight" conjures up the perfumed, divan-pillowed chambers of a traditional pasha s harem. Next up is "The Forbidden Finger," a jazzolicious romp, lovingly dedicated to the vocalese doodlings of Esquivel, Swingle Singers, and Les Double-Six de Paris. The intrepid Jim Howard contributes an amazingly effortless solo over some twisted chord changes, ones which would easily trip up mere mortal flautists. Delmar De Wilde, Hai Jung, and Starr Kalahiki soar on vocals with Rockford Holmes on alto flutes, Noel Okimoto on bongos and vibes, Dean Taba on bass, and Perry Coma on piano.

The tantalizing "Bla Bla Cha Cha" features Don Tiki's own cover girl, Sherry Shaoling, on bravura vocals, with Rockford Holmes doing his level best to keep up with her on the saxophones. Ms. Sherry "owns" this tune and it has become a Don Tiki live show stopper with quixotic choreography and elaborate costumes. Put on your "Tinfoil Hats" as Ryoko Oka deftly creates a mesmerizing rhythmic pattern on the t`rung, an unearthly Vietnamese glockenspiel constructed exclusively of bamboo tubes and rubber bands.

Come fly away with Don Tiki as they continue on their global musical trek. On the album, you'll encounter "Billions of Brazilians," or find yourself "In Thailand" where the temptations prove to be too much for mere mortals. Jimmy Borges contributes his smooth vocals on the Yo Ma-Ma mix, in sharp contrast to Delmar's Deluxe mix on the final bonus track.

Forget it all in Don Tiki's secret Bedouin bar as you sip your "Pagan Lust" slowly. The next thing you know, you're "Pussyfooting" into a "Chinatown Bar" with Delmar deWilde for more delusions of sensual satisfaction. Evoking the sounds of a paradise lost, this tiki-lounge experience transports you to another world - one filled with the music of a forgotten past but infused with an unmistakable modern lounge vibe. Find yourself...lose yourself...the exotic journey is up to you.

Tracklist:

01. Friendly Islands
02. Odd Man Out
03. Turkish Delight
04. The Forbidden Finger
05. Bla Bla Cha Cha
06. Tinfoil Hats
07. In Thailand (Yo Ma-Ma Mix)
08. Chinatown Bar Cha Cha Cha
09. Pussyfooting
10. Jungle Julie
11. Billions Of Brazilians
12. Pajama Tops
13. The Palanquin
14. Pagan Lust
15. Rapture Of The Deep
16. In Thailand (Delmar's Deluxe Mix)

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Guano Padano ST

Features Alessandro Alessandroni, acclaimed whistler for Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western soundtracks! Other guests include Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart/Jeff Buckley guitarist), Chris Speed (clarinet player with Tim Berne, Uri Caine, John Zorn), and last but not least, legendary Italian singer Bobby Solo. New band from Alessandro Stefana, who released the critically acclaimed Poste E Telegrafi a few years back and has worked with Mike Patton ever since. A dreaming mixture of rock, psychedelia, folk, country, and jazz improvisation, Guano Padano's music is a kind of road movie, unfolding between the scorching asphalt of Highway 4 and the juicy smells of the peasant festivals so common in the Pianura Padana. The twang is everywhere in this adventure through a spagetti western. Give it a try.

01. Guano Padano
02. A Country Concept
03. El Divino
04. Epiphany
05. Bull Buster
06. Ramblin' Man
07. Jack Frost
08. Del Rey
09. Danny Boy
10. Tromp Valley
11. El Divino (alternate version)

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The Benders - Tres Cerveza

Some fun psychobilly with a surfy twang. Very short tho.

01. Another Lick Another Line
02. Satans Resurrection
03. Black Horse
04. Rattling Lord
05. Restless (Ready To Burn)
06. Small
07. Shark Machine
08. Lightshiner
09. Shout Out The Sorrow
10. Pain

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Skeewiff - Private Funktion

The killer 3rd album from SKEEWIFF mixing funky breaks with spy soundtrack and 60s lounge jazz influences. The CD features the talented keyboard work of Hammond legend ALAN HAWKSHAW (check the MOHAWK's CHAMP). The record also features a new version of their single MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW done with label boss TREVOR MAC (you'll recognize the vocals from the BROTHER WHERE ART THOU soundtrack). Tracks from the album have gotten played by ANNIE NIGHTGALE (BBC RADIO 1), KCRW in LA, URSULA 1000, DR RUBBERFUNK, MALENTE, RAW DEAL, KRAAK & SMAAK, ALDO VANUCCI, and more. A well produced, energetic funky breaks CD that will put a smile on your face

Tracklist:

01. SMASH AND GRAB
02. LOVE POWER
03. TRIUMPH STAG
04. MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
05. GIGGITY (ALLRIGHT)
06. LITTLE SPOT OF SOUL
07. LOST DUE TO INCOMPETENCE
08. LIGHT THE FUSE
09. WET YOUR BEAK
10. RUBY'S REVENGE
11. MATADOR
12. HUSKY
13. SOUL BOSSANOVA

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Pink Floyd - Meddled

Pink Floyd Meddler (a.k.a. The Floyd's of London) came from an FM broadcast over the BBC in England. The songs featured were "Fat Old Sun," "One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces, "Echoes," "The Embryo," and finally a blues instrumental. This show was also performed before a live audience and was later broadcast on Peel's "In Concert" program on the 12th of October. The STEREO dimension adds so much to the recording, you can actually hear very distinctly what each band member is doing. This recoding is just an incredible listen from start to finish. The sound is amazing as is the performance of the Floyd.

You can read all about this Meddler at the following URL:
http://www.pf-roio.de/roio/roio-cd/meddler.cd.html

1. Fat Old Sun (15:27)
2. One Of These Days (07:31)
3. Echoes (26:32)
4. Embryo (10:06)
5. Blues (04:56)

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