Another day, another killer slab of rare original stock rock n roll for yer listening pleasure, this time from Youngstown, Ohio's The Todd and their searing single, "Mystifying Me b/w Be My Love." Equal parts driving garage rock and super infectious power pop, this single should've been enough to catapult these guys onto the national scene. Maybe The Todd was just a little too ahead of its time for mid 70s eastern Ohio? But not for us!!! Fans of hard to find garage rock, private press RnR and midwestern power pop a la Numero's "Buttons" comp, need to get MYSTIFIED TONIGHT! SUPER RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!
ORIGINAL 1976 STOCK ON FABLE RECORDS!!!
The Permanent Records vinyl archivists have unearthed another gem! We scored a batch of original stock copies of these rare Zeus singles directly from Austin, TX based Fable Records, the fine folks who released them in 1976! Zeus are pumping out killer glam tinged r'n'r with absolutely fantastic production. Both singles are supplying ultra catchy cuts on both sides with scorching guitar work and some damn fine vocal harmonies. Fans of Ohio Express, 1910 Fruit Gum Co. and the Buddha Records roster take note. These come in the original sleeves, which are hand numbered! So if you need another dose of hard hitting rock and roll and you’re looking to add to your ever growing pile of rare 45's then grab these pronto! We have limited quantities of these primo singles so act fast amigos!
ORIGINAL 1976 STOCK ON FABLE RECORDS!!!
The Permanent Records vinyl archivists have unearthed another gem! We scored a batch of original stock copies of these rare Zeus singles directly from Austin, TX based Fable Records, the fine folks who released them in 1976! Zeus are pumping out killer glam tinged r'n'r with absolutely fantastic production. Both singles are supplying ultra catchy cuts on both sides with scorching guitar work and some damn fine vocal harmonies. Fans of Ohio Express, 1910 Fruit Gum Co. and the Buddha Records roster take note. These come in the original sleeves, which are hand numbered! So if you need another dose of hard hitting rock and roll and you’re looking to add to your ever growing pile of rare 45's then grab these pronto! We have limited quantities of these primo singles so act fast amigos!
ORIGINAL 1973 STOCK ON FABLE RECORDS!!!
Besides pressing up those high octane Zeus singles, Texas independent Fable unleashed the one and only single from Austin's Zilker Sunday. Naming themselves after a weekend afternoon in a local park, this is definitely a refreshing take on psych tinged, soulful prog / fusion. Some burning-the-frets guitar solos, some funky breakdowns, some outta control organ and horn arrangements and a whole lotta brain melting jazz / progressive rock to tingle yer hi-fi. Fans of Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Chicago Transit Authority, Funkadelic, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Colosseum and the like must have this double shot stat! Seriously this single is a ripper! WAY RECOMMEDED!!!!
NEW ON AUTOMATIC RECORDINGS!!!
Chicago's newest label, Automatic Recordings, just dropped off copies of their inaugural release, the debut lp from rabble rousers Melkbelly! Veering between melodic twin guitar rock goodness and unhinged noise punk mayhem, Melkbelly woos us with both sides of their raucously sweet and thrashy DIY RnR. Couldn't tell you whether its their effortlessly catchy songs or their outright gnarly freakouts that we love most?!?! But Melkbelly are definitely one of our new favorite up-and-coming local bands, slaying us every time we see them. And thanks to Automatic Recordings, who was able to get all their live energy pressed onto wax, we have repeat listens ahead! Fans of Chicagol DIY go-tos Toupee, Ne-Hi and the Funs, as well as junkies for noisy underground rock, need to take this trip to "Pennsylvania" NOW! TOTALLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!
BACK IN STOCK!!!!
Our good buddy Ty Segall is BACK IN ACTION in a solo capacity, unleashing his (by our count) NINTH proper solo record since 2008, the EPIC double album "Manipulator"! Released once again by local yokels Drag City, so listen up:
"The Segall has landed. And it’s fully loaded, with everything that TY SEGALL are gonna need in the world to come. Sticking his hand deeper into the machines all around him, Ty is reaching ever further to the outer limits of inner space orbited throughout Twins and Sleeper. And now more than ever, the chunks of the world that came before are like asteroids formed in his image. Still fighting the power with all the energy that a determined mind-patriot can conjure, Ty’s a fighter who loves, a surfer, a spaceman, and yeah, a casualty—like you, he’ll never be free. But unlike you, he knows it—and when he goes down and his head cracks in two, out pour the multi-colored manias that make up Manipulator. Sour-sweet declarations featuring freaks and creeps alike: “The Singer,” “The Faker,” “Mister Main,” “Susie Thumb,” the “Connection Man,” and “The Crawler,” to name but a mutant fistful. To see these peeps, to realize their dreams and visions, Ty kept working, kept writing, laying down more tracks than ever. New musical expressions pop and surprise relentlessly throughout all the knockout tunes of Manipulator with many sounds in the mix — but most of all, SO many guitars! There’s so little time, and a LOT to say. In order to ensure that he got it all out, Ty called a few friends to fill in special parts on certain songs. He got great touches from CHRIS WOODHOUSE (piano, synth & percussion), SEAN PAUL PRESLEY (vocals), BRIT LAUREN MANOR (vocals), STEVE NUTTING (drums), IRENE SALZER (violin), JESSICA IVRY (cello), MATTHIAS MCENTIRE (viola) and the TY SEGALL BAND (MIKAL CRONIN, CHARLES MOOTHEART, EMILY ROSE EPSTEIN). Plus, Mikal arranged the strings—and everyone played awesomely."
Man, it seems like an eternity since we've held a new Ty Segall album in our grubby mitts, and while only a year has passed SO MUCH seems to have happened sonically in Ty's world. The squalling waves of feedback and shedding that marked "Slaughterhouse" and his other project Fuzz are all here, alongside the acoustic pop-smarts of "Sleeper" and the weird pop sensibilities that peppered "Twins" but whittled down to their core essence. There's a comfortable assurance to "Manipulator" showing us that Ty's really seems to have a handle on EXACTLY what he wants to do and how to do it. Dude took a year to write and record it, and from what we know about Ty that must have seemed like an eternity! The two tunes from the teaser "Feel" single are here (albeit in somewhat different versions), but the rest of the album is all-new. This one has all the elements to FINALLY break our boy into some well deserved mass appeal, the hooks are sharper and the production is better than ever (but still not "too good") so who knows? Are stadium tours next? Probably not, but if he wasn't already in the pole position, "Manipulator" has him poised for stardom. Regardless, the album is TREMENDOUS and (dare we say) the best one yet. Worthy of the hype? You 'betcha. RECOMMENDED - heck we already had a spot reserved in our Top Tennner list for 2014, so GRAB THIS ONE ASAP!
