28/11/2007

The Deviants - All 3 LPs (1967 - 69)

Out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground Community, a number of bands would emerge. Perhaps the most anarchistic band of the Underground was the Deviants founded and fronted by singer/writer Mick Farren, the Social Deviants, later just the Deviants, made three bizarre albums in two years. Mick Farren states that The Deviants were a community band which "did things every now and then - it was a total assault thing with a great deal of inter-relation and interdependence". Musically, Farren described the Deviants as "teeth-grinding, psychedelic rock" somewhere between the Stooges and The Mothers of Invention [1].
After the Deviants folded in 1969, Farren recorded a solo album, Mona, with a short-lived
Pink Fairies line-up that featured ex-Pretty Things drummer/singer Twink and Steve Peregrin Took. When this first Pink Fairies fell apart and Twink ran off with the name to form Pink Fairies mark 2, Farren initially considered continuing to work with Steve Took using the band name Steve Took's Shagrat with Larry Wallis. Took and Farren fell out so it didn't happen.
Many of the band members for the Deviants and the Pink Fairies were interchangeable and both names have been used for various one-offs over the years. In February 1984, Farren was joined by ex-
Pink Fairies member Larry Wallis and original Deviant (as well as Pink Fairies member) Duncan Sanderson. They were billed as the Deviants and played a London gig at Dingwalls which was released as the album Human Garbage. Mick Farren's latest incarnation of the Deviants, Dr Crow, in 2002 which opens up with the title track "When Dr Crow Turns On His Radio".

Pink Fairies - Kings of Oblivion (1973)

The 3rd and final Fairies LP that has some simply superb guitar playing on it and is the most acomplished of all their albums. This is also the LP that features future Motorhead guitarist Larry Wallis who had replaced the great Paul Rudolph and it gives you a taster of things to come when he got back together with Lemola for some no nonsense heads down boogie.
Tracklisting :
01. "City Kids" (Wallis/Sanderson)
02. "I Wish I Was A Girl" (Wallis)
03. "When's The Fun Begin" (Wallis/Mick Farren)
04. "Chromiun Plating" (Wallis)
05. "Raceway" (Wallis)
06. "Chambermaid" (Wallis/Sanderson/Hunter)
07. "Street Urchin" (Wallis)
08. "Well, Well, Well" (Single Version) (Wayne)
09. "Hold On" (Single Version) (Wayne/Sanderson/Hunter)
10. "City Kids" (Alternate Mix)
11. "Well, Well, Well" (Alternate Mix)

Pink Fairies - What a Bunch of Sweeties (1972)

All hail the kings of the Freeks !!! Without doubt my favorite of all guitar bands "The Pink Fairies" and this is their second LP from 1972 and probably the best as far as production is concerned. They rose from the ashes of The Deviants fronted by Mick Farren and flew the freak flag higher than any other british band. They cant remember making the 3rd Deviants LP as they were so wired on Crystal Meth (They were Londons main dealers of it along with the Hells Angels) and dope :D Lord knows what their shared house must have been like although there is a story of a police bust that found the band and a young David Bowie off their shitters on Acid dressed as women posing on the roof with their cocks out heh heh. The playing on this LP is a constant inspiration to us at Rebelbass and this LP one of the best of the forgotten classics.
!! UP THE PINKS !!
Tracklisting :
01. "Prologue" (Pink Fairies)
02. "Right On Fight On" (Pink Fairies)
03. "Portobello Shuffle" (Pink Fairies)
04. "Marilyn" (Pink Fairies)
05. "Pigs Of Uranus" (Pink Fairies/Shelton)
06. "Walk Don't Run" (Smith)
07. "I Went Up, I Went Down" (Pink Fairies)
08. "X-Ray" (Pink Fairies)
09. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon/McCartney)
:10. "Going Down" (Previously Unreleased)
11. "Walk Don't Run" (First Version)

24/11/2007

Release the Grease 4

Another collection of hairy greasy guitar classics to shake some dandruff out seeing as it wont snow this winter, so light up and let it all hang loose!! All tracks from 1971 a very fine vintage for freaky guitar burnouts

Tracklisting :


1 Stray - All in your Mind

2 May Blitz - for Madmen Only

3 Zior - Loves Desire
4 Possessed - Darkness
5 The Flow - It swallowed the Sun
6 Jade Warrior - Eyes on You
7 High Tide - Futilists Lament
8 Agnes Strange - Strange Flavour
9 The Groundhogs - Cherry Red
10 Orangutang - I can see inside your Mind
11 Tear Gas - Love Story
12 Toe Fat - Nobody
13 Dark - Maypole
14 Morgen - Beggin your Pardin Miss Joan

23/11/2007

Lego Turntable



Try to ignore the two geeks at the beginning and the heavy metal wrist bands that adorn them and enjoy some Sabbath played via the aid of a lego turntable. Circle of Rock!

13/11/2007

Swervedriver - B Sides/Rarities

The early ‘90s were an incredibly prolific era for Britain’s Swervedriver, who were often noted as the band that catapulted the “car song” into the the shoegazer era, via their signature indie hit, “Son of Mustang Ford.” Even before Raise saw it’s 1991 release, the three singles that preceded it – “Son of Mustang Ford, “Rave,” and “Sandblasted” were issued as four-song eps with each bearing three exclusive cuts. That’s NINE songs that comprised a hypothetical album in itself! But wait, there’s more! The Japanese import of Raise also contained a bonus track, “Andalucia,” though a bit lacking in the songwriting department, was still a treat. Some vinyl incarnations of Raise also came with a two-song flexi disc with two “twangy” instrumental tracks that would foreshadow what listeners could expect on Raise’s followup, Mezcal Head. The US Reel to Real ep, that served as an unofficial companion to the album, featured “Sandblasted” as the leadoff cut, with yep, you guessed it, yet another three smashing, non-lp gems.

01. Volcano Trash
02. Kill the Superheroes
03. Juggernaut Rides
04. She’s Beside Her Herself
05. Afterglow
06. Flawed
07. Out
08. Laze It Up
09. Zedhead
10. Scrawl & Scream
11. Hands
12. Jesus
13. Over
14. Andalucia
15. Surf Twang
16. Deep Twang
17. Son of Mustang Ford (1989 demo)
18. Rave Down (radio session)
Taken From :
1-3 Son of Mustang Ford ep b-sides
4-6 Rave Down ep b-sides
7-9 Sandblasted ep b-sides
10-12 from US Reel to Real ep
13 Raise outtake on Juggernaut Rides compilation
14. bonus track on import version of Raise
15-16 from flexi disc that accompanied some vinyl versions of Raise
17. also on Juggernaut Rides
18. BBC session (?)

Swervedriver - Raise

Tracklisting :

1
Sci-Flyer (5:12)
2
Pile-Up (3:42)
3
Son Of Mustang Ford (4:12)
4
Deep Seat (6:04)
5
Rave Down (5:06)
6
Sunset (5:24)
7
Feel So Real (4:40)
8
Sandblasted (5:41)
9
Lead Me Where You Dare... (4:53)

02/11/2007

Rose Royce Royale

A lot of people dismiss Rose Royce as some novelty disco band due to the Car Wash film but contained in their LPs are some of the dirtiest hard funk and protodisco tracks around.Fans of the Beastie Boys,Funkadelic and Daft Punk should dive in and have a taste and see what youve been missing. Shake that booty Y'all its gonna be a Funky Friday !!! This is a mix ive put together myself featuring their dirtiest tracks.
Tracklisting :
1.Six O'clock DJ
2.Righteous Rhythm
3.What you Waiting For ?
4.Put your Money where your Mouth is
5.Daddy Rich
6.Bad Mother Funker
7.You Gotta Belive
8.Love more Love
9.Is it Love your After ?
10.Born to Love you
11.First Come ,First Served
12.Do It
13.Zig Zag
14.Sunrise
15.Doin' what comes Naturally

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