New Releases for October 2011 The Mamas and the PapasIf You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) Upon its release in 1966, the Mamas and the Papas' debut LP If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears introduced a fresh new sound that would permanently alter the face of contemporary popular music. Leader John Phillips' visionary producing, arranging and songwriting abilities combined with the quartet's breathtaking harmonies... [COMPLETE INFO]   The Strawberry Alarm ClockIncense and Peppermints • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) The Strawberry Alarm Clock made musical history with its first single, the infectiously psychedelic "Incense and Peppermints," which topped the singles charts in December 1967. It remains one of the Aquarian Age's most enduring anthems. And as the California combo's debut LP demonstrates, there was a lot more to the Strawberry Alarm Clock than their iconic trademark hit. Incense and Peppermints combines gorgeously melodic flights with a Sunset Strip sensibility...[COMPLETE INFO]  The Blues ProjectProjections MONO EDITION • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) 1966's Projections is generally regarded as the Blues Project's best—the studio album features the legendary lineup of keyboardist Al Kooper, guitarists Danny Kalb and Steve Katz, bassist Andy Kulberg and drummer Roy Blumenfeld. At the time of its release, Projections quickly became a fixture on underground radio and featured seminal tracks such as "I Can't Keep from Crying," the '60s garage anthem "Wake Me, Shake Me," Kalb's epic blues showcase "Two Trains Running," and others... [COMPLETE INFO]
 The Druids of StonehengeCreation • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) The New York-based Druids of Stonehenge―frontman Dave Budge, guitarists Carl Hauser and Bill Tracy, bassist Tom Workman and drummer Steve Tindall―exemplified both the surly essence of teen garage-punk and the experimental spirit of psychedelia. The band formed in 1965 as a scrappy, R&B-influenced teen combo in the Rolling Stones/Pretty Things mold. By 1968, the Druids had fused psychedelia to their wild garage roots, relocated to the West Coast and signed with the UNI label. [COMPLETE INFO]  Fever TreeFever Tree • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) Fever Tree's lone hit single, the haunting 1968 tribal anthem "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)," perfectly captured the spirit of the psychedelic era. Although their signature hit led many to assume that they were a Bay Area band, Fever Tree actually hailed from Houston, Texas. "San Francisco Girls" is also the centerpiece of Fever Tree's self-titled first LP, one of the period's most distinctive debuts—the quintet was adept at perfectly incorporating psychedelic, jazz and classical influences into their work. [COMPLETE INFO]  Hot TunaHot Tuna • LP - $18.98 Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed Hot Tuna in 1969 during a hiatus while Grace Slick recovered from throat node surgery. What began as a rootsy side project quickly became a full-fledged band, one that ultimately far out-lived the original group. Based from the start on Kaukonen's and Casady's expert musicianship, Hot Tuna sought to explore traditional blues and folk styles apart from the heavy rock sound of the Airplane. [COMPLETE INFO]  New Releases for November 2011 Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos Hot Rod Hootenany TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: LIMITED EDIITIONS! • Compact Disc - $14.98 (3-CD Package Deal: $41.98) • LP - $18.98 (3-LP Package Deal: $53.98) A true "renaissance man," Ed "Big Daddy" Roth excelled in a number of pursuits. Artist, cartoonist, car-customizer and pinstriper were but a few of his specialties. Growing up in California, surrounded by the surf and hot rod movements of the late '50s, Roth's expansive imagination was set in motion and popular culture would never be the same. [COMPLETE INFO]  Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos Rods 'n Ratfinks TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: LIMITED EDIITIONS! • Compact Disc - $14.98 (3-CD Package Deal: $41.98) • LP - $18.98 (3-LP Package Deal: $53.98) When it came time to follow up the success of Hot Rod Hootenanny, Capitol's Fred Rice wisely stuck to the arithmetic of the first LP: great Ed "Big Daddy" Roth-inspired songs + the best session musicians + Capitol Studios = another outrageous LP! Rods n' Ratfinks continued the party started on the first album under the direction of Gary Usher. [COMPLETE INFO]  Mr. Gasser & the Weirdos Surfink! TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: LIMITED EDIITIONS! • Compact Disc - $14.98 (3-CD Package Deal: $41.98) • LP - $18.98 (3-LP Package Deal: $53.98) In April 1964, Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos reconvened in Capitol Studios to record the third installment of their surf rod trilogy, Surfink! It was their hottest album yet, combining clever parody songs like "Surfer Ghoul" with knock-out instrumentals like "Midnight Run" and "Santa Barbara" that stand alongside the best singles of the surf era. [COMPLETE INFO]  The Back-Wash Rhythm Band featuring DAVIE ALLANThe Golden Breed Original Soundtrack Recording • LP - $18.98 LIMITED EDIITION! Hailed as "magnificent" by the Los Angeles Times, director Dale Davis' film The Golden Breed captured surfing at the height of its longboard era. Featuring the sport's top stars, it was beautifully shot in Hawaii, California and other scenic locales. However, when the film was released in 1968, surfing was in the midst of a revolution. [COMPLETE INFO] New Releases for September 2011 Doug Dillard and Gene ClarkThe Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $14.98 • LP - $18.98 In 1965 Missouri-born Gene Clark was riding the crest of unprecedented success and adulation as a member of the Byrds. Anointed as America's answer to the Beatles, the Byrds topped the charts with folk-rock anthems like "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Eight Miles High." Gene was front and center as tambourine player, singer and principal songwriter for the group. But in early 1966 he flew the Byrds' coop. A gifted songwriter, expectations ran high for a stellar solo career... [COMPLETE INFO]  Gene ClarkWhite Light TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $14.98 • LP - $18.98 As founding member of folk-rock pioneers the Byrds, Gene Clark had emerged as a uniquely gifted singer/songwriter and master of the minor key melancholy ballad. His departure from the group in 1966 was met with critical anticipation and commercial indifference. White Light, produced by renowned guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, remains one of Gene's most accessible and much-loved recordings among fans and critics...[COMPLETE INFO]
 The Magic Band (performing the music of Captain Beefheart) Oxford, UK-June 6, 2005 TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $16.98 • 2-LP Set- $32.98 Famously forged in a cauldron of intense artistic pressure, the Magic Band emerged as a group unlike any other in popular music. Under the tenacious tutelage of Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, this strikingly innovative unit took their music to unexplored places. In response to repeated fan requests, French assembled an all-star cast of Magic Band veterans and brought them to the U.K. for several concert tours between 2003 and 2006. [COMPLETE INFO]  Bob Irwin and the Pluto WalkersJoker's Wild / The Throwaway Age 7" Single | $6.00 When Bob Irwin and the Pluto Walkers serve up the slinky, self-penned guitar instrumental "The Throwaway Age" and cut loose with "Joker's Wild," a forgotten gem buried deep in a 1965 Ventures album, it's like they're handing you a daiquiri, a pair of impenetrable sunglasses and pointing you towards an empty deck chair. Music archaeologists should be able to get a faint DNA whiff of a few of Irwin's fretboard heroes (Billy Strange, Al Caiola, Nokie Edwards) on these addictive sides, both crying out to be used on the next great HBO-TV series.  New Releases for August 2011 John Mayall and the Blues BluesbreakersBlues Breakers with Eric Clapton MONO EDITION TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $14.98 • LP - $18.98 1966's seminal Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton marked John Mayall's emergence as a major recording artist, as well as his commercial breakthrough. Considered by many to be the most influential British blues album of all time, it marked the official introduction of Mayall's long-running, ever-evolving combo the Bluesbreakers. Mayall shares the spotlight here with soon-to-be-superstar guitarist Eric Clapton... [COMPLETE INFO]  John Mayall and the Blues BluesbreakersA Hard Road MONO EDITION TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $14.98 • LP - $18.98 1967's A Hard Road proved to be every bit as powerful and innovative as its predecessor, thanks in large part to Mayall's discovery of Clapton's equally brilliant replacement, Peter Green. A one-of-a-kind player with a highly distinctive sound, Green makes his instrumental presence felt throughout A Hard Road, while delivering compelling lead vocals on "You Don't Love Me" and "The Same Way." [COMPLETE INFO]  John Mayall and the Blues BluesbreakersCrusade MONO EDITION TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $14.98 • LP - $18.98 1967's Crusade finds John Mayall welcoming another soon-to-be-famous young guitarist—18-year-old fretboard phenom Mick Taylor, who would soon become a key member of the Rolling Stones—to the Bluesbreakers fold. With John McVie on bass and Hughie Flint and Keef Hartley sharing drumming duties, Mayall tackles an adventurous 12-song set... [COMPLETE INFO] New Releases for July 2011 Oscar & the MajesticsNo Chance Baby! TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • Compact Disc - $14.98 • 180 Gram Vinyl LP - $18.98 For anyone with an overindulged appetite for '60s garage compilations, Oscar & the Majestics must seem like old friends. Certainly, that's the way we feel about 'em. Oscar Hamod has opened up his vast personal archives, undisturbed for over 40 years, allowing for this first-ever collection of his complete '60s output. [COMPLETE INFO]  Oscar & the MajesticsBaby Under My Skin / I Can't Explain 7" Single • 7" Single - $6.00 Sundazed wants to let you in on one of the best kept secrets of '60s garage bandom, Oscar & the Majestics. Oscar Hamod is one of those unsung heroes of the genre; a first-rate songwriter, arranger, singer and above all else, monster guitar player. By the time of these impossibly rare, unreleased sides (cut prior to three singles on Chicago's USA Records), Oscar's guitar playing had taken on a frankly wicked personality. [COMPLETE INFO]  The RemainsLet Me Through (live) / Why Do I Cry 7" Single • 7" Single - $6.00 The Remains are indisputably remembered as Boston's finest rock group of the sixties. Yet it's the group's less celebrated connection with New York City that continues to pay dividends for their ever-spreading legion of fans. Of course, the main source of Remains-music has always been their classic run of recordings cut at New York's Columbia Records. But in one of the coolest events in history, the Remains also appeared "live" on millions of US television sets courtesy of the top-rated Ed Sullivan Show; direct from NYC. [COMPLETE INFO]  Neighb'rhood Childr'nNeighb'rhood Childr'n TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $16.98 • 180 Gram Vinyl LP - $18.98 It was the summer of 1967 and San Francisco was inundated with young people from all over the world, spurred on by a blossoming rock scene that included Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Co. and the Grateful Dead. And yet, none of those legends in the making ever cut an album as hard to find these days—extremely rare and collectible—as the LP by the Neighb'rhood Childr'n. [COMPLETE INFO]  Fever TreeLive 1969 TWO FORMATS AVAILABLE: • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $16.98 • 180 Gram Vinyl LP - $18.98 The never-released 1969 live effort from Fever Tree! Gulf Coast punk phenoms the Bostwick Vines see Cream and Hendrix and bring their tough interpretation of that combination to Hollywood, California. With three unique studio albums to their name, Fever Tree splinters after this live gig in Texas, but not before laying down one final testament to their evermore worth as swooning psychedelic rockers. [COMPLETE INFO]
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