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This Is Mod (1995) Mod revival from some obscure late 70's/early 80's UK singles. Grab your parka, pop some amphetamines, fire up the Lambretta... ready, steady, go!

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The U-Men 12" (1984) Years before grunge would take the world by storm, the U-Men were top dogs in Seattle. Singer John Bigley discharges wildly over a mixture of punk, rockabilly and noisy free-formity led by guitarist Tom Price and rhythm section James Tillman and Chaz Ryan. Their live shows often included a little mayhem, but always a great time! Read more...

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The Ramones 'Too Tough To Die' (1984) I never could get into the Ramones during their heyday. Too many jocks at my school loved 'em. But when this record came out it caught my ear, all things Ramones, and I paid attention. Lucky for me their were several years worth of great records to catch up on!

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These Cats Ain't Nothin' But Trash - The Milkshakes, The Sting-Rays, The Cannibals (1983) I tell you it just won't go away ... It's been buried more times than Bela lugosi and still it keeps right on bouncing back... Every time the bland start leading the bland up the charts.... Along comes................................... They called it Rock 'n' Roll They called it Rockabilly They called it

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The Fugs 'The Village Fugs [aka The Fugs First Album]' LP (1965) Seize the day with these boobs whose trashe-yippie-folk will have you spiraling, even if you can't get high!

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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 'Crypt Style' (1992) Whether you perceive him as a smirking art-schooler slumming on the po' side of the music world or a primitivist prophet with an uncanny knack for devolving rock back to its crudest state, it's hard to dispute the notion that Jon Spencer does it his way. Given the amount of smoke and mirrors he employs to realize absolute simplicity, it's

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Wild Things Volume 2: 16 Monaural Blasts of Wyld Kiwi Garage Pop 1966-1968 (1996) Another dose of Kiwi garage strum. Read more about NZ 60's bands over here.

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Medway Powerhouse Volume 2 (1987) Further research into the musical output of thee Medway scene. Volumes 3 and 4 coming later...

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Medway Powerhouse Volume 1 (1987) Ever since the Pop Rivets took to the stage a Detling Village Hall in September 1977, the feet of Medway have been tapping to a generation of home-grown Rock & Roll groups. This showcase of Punk and Beat gives you, the listener, the first opportunity to hear (14) great unreleased tracks by the likes of the Milkshakes, the Prisoners, plus many, many more . . . -

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Sonic Boom 'Angel' 12" (1989) And now, here is Sonic Boom's first solo record, released before Sp3 broke up. Somewhat simplified compared to Spiritualized, but not in a bad way. Drones, fuzz, simple rhythm, vocals: space is the place.

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Spiritualized 'Anyway That You Want Me/Step Into The Breeze 1 & 2' 12" (1990) After the breakup of Spacemen 3, Jason and Sonic went on to create vast libraries of great (and some mediocre) music with Spiritualized and Spectrum respectively, neither one quite achieving the sublimity of their former band. This first 12" by Spiritualized has a symphonic feel, mixing strings with fuzzed guitar. "

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Pebbles Volume 25: The Continent Lashes Back! Holland Part 3 Freshly returned from the Netherlands, I offer you yet another "uitstekende selectie" of 60's Dutch garage punk 'n' R&B. Heel goed voor uw oren! In the comments is a link to Pebbles 23: Holland part 2. THANKS to "anonymous" for this !!

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The Victims 'Television Addict/(I'm) Flipped Out Over You' 7" (1977) This has been blogged plenty, but what the hell, maybe you don't already have it. The pinnacle of Aussie punk and one of my top favorites, I found this years ago in a Portland hippy shop for 1 unbelievable dollar. Both songs are flippin' great!

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Pebbles Volume 15: The Continent Lashes Back! The Netherlands 1965-1968 Holland is coming soon. I can feel it! 16 "klassiek" tracks will take you there too! And the liner notes agree: There were some fantastic Dutch bands whose recorded efforts could easily stand up to the most revered UK and US garage ikons. (You'll hear) pop, primitive R & B, Blues, along with some unclassifiable aberrations

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The Pretty Things 'Get The Picture?' (1965) The second Pretty Things is another dose of wholesome R & B snarl. Listen for yourself if you don't believe me.

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AK•79 (1979, 1993) A vast document of the late 70's New Zealand punk and powerpop scene. Some unmistakable hits here (Scavengers, Marching Girls and Toy Love are my faves), some a little tired after all these years. This CD is an expanded version of the original LP and is well annotated here.

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The Kingsmen 'The Best Of The Kingsmen' (1985) The Kingsmen, a teen combo that began their reign banging out truly basic three-chord tunes steeped in the strong R & B elements on the Pacific Northwest's school of rock 'n roll, may for all eternity be pegged as the prime example of that wonderfully crude, supremely sloppy, sixties garage band sound that many of us still hold near and dear. That's

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The Cramps 'Human Fly/Domino' and 'Surfin' Bird/The Way I Walk' 7"s (1978) First two Cramps singles are absolute schlock classics! In the spring of 1976, The CRAMPS began to fester in a NYC apartment. Without fresh air or natural light, the group developed its uniquely mutant strain of rock’n’roll aided only by the sickly blue rays of late night TV. While the jackhammer rhythms of punk were

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The Gories 'You Little Nothing' 7" (1995) "You Little Nothing” was recorded at Garageland studios shortly before the Gories recorded their debut album. Cool lo-fi bluesy garage sounds. “Casting My Spell” is a Johnny Otis song they recorded for their 'Outta Here' LP but was rejected. “Charm Bag” is an alternate mix originally done for their first LP. - Get Hip

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Spiders 'Why Don't You Love Me' EP 7" (1998) Before Vincent Furnier realized he was Alice Cooper he sang lead with the Spiders, recording two rare singles of hard-charging mid-60's R 'n B perfection! From wikipedia: In 1964, Furnier was eager to take part in the local annual Letterman's talent show and gathered fellow cross-country teammates from the school to form a group for the show. They

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The Weirdos 'Destroy All Music' EP 7" (1977) Demolish your stereo with this first release from LA's finest punkers! Anyone have 'Adulthood' single to share?

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The A-Lines 'You Can Touch' (2005) trakMARX - How would you describe The A-Lines sound to someone who'd never heard the group? Julie - Belgium, Seattle, Kleenex, Lady Punk with an English twist. Delia - Primal, basic, sheer, full frontal, thin & sharp, spikey, sweet, subtle yet obvious – basically your all girl Punk group.

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The Kinks 'You Really Got Me' (1964) It's been said that Dave Davies created the distorted guitar sound for "You Really Got Me" by slicing his amp cone with a razor blade, and it's rumoured that the song's solo work was done by Jimmy Page (Page denies doing the solo). Despite being one of the finest rock songs ever, it's just one of several terrific songs on the Kinks debut album, a slam-bang

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The Gears 'Rockin' At Ground Zero' (1980) Ahhh, Southern California... sun, surf, girls, abusive cops and dope... On their one and only LP, The Gears played on all these themes over tuneful rock-a-billy infused punk. Extremely catchy and good till the last chord!

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The Fastbacks 'It's Your Birthday/You Can't Be Happy' 7" (1981) First single from Seattle-punker-in-residence Kurt Bloch along with Kim Warnick, Lulu Gargiulo and the somewhat known Duff McKagen. Pop punk at it's finest, you can be happy!

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