New Releases for January 2012Chocolate Watch Band
No Way Out • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) No Way Out, the thrilling debut album by the Chocolate Watch Band, immediately finds that cosmic sweet-spot of perfect garage-rock traction: where the rubber meets the road and the train keeps a-rollin.' Nobody ever did Mick Jagger any better (even Mick, himself) than the Watch Band's frighteningly superb frontman Dave Aguilar. [COMPLETE INFO]  Chocolate Watch Band
The Inner Mystique • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) The Inner Mystique, the hypnotic second album by the Chocolate Watch Band, takes up exactly where its sacred predecessor left you: looking for your perfect match at the local Love-In. When Watch Band lead singer par excellence Dave Aguilar grabs you by the lapels and tells you "I'm Not Everybody Else," you have no choice but to believe him. He's not. And when he cools down enough to extol the virtues of "Medication," who could doubt his sincerity? [COMPLETE INFO] Blue Cheer
Vincebus Eruptum • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 MONO EDITION (LP also available) Blue Cheer looms large in the annals of hard rock, laying down the sonic foundations of heavy metal and serving as a crucial influence on the birth of punk, grunge and stoner rock. While the rest of the rock world was mellowing out and embracing the spirit of the Summer of Love, the seminal San Francisco power trio was churning out ballsy blues-rock anthems whose fuzz-heavy, adrenaline-charged intensity helped to alter the course of contemporary music. [COMPLETE INFO] Blue Cheer
Outsideinside • LIMITED EDITION Compact Disc - $14.98 (LP also available) Blue Cheer’s second album, Outsideinside, fully matches its predecessor’s primal power. The last Blue Cheer release to feature the beloved lineup of Stephens, Peterson and Whaley, Outsideinside is a bracing orgy of volume, distortion and aggression, with such highlights as “Just a Little Bit,” “Come and Get It,” the instrumental “Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger” and the band’s distinctive take on the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.” [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 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 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 | $6.98 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] Other Recent Releases
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The Left Banke: Left Banke Too Oscar & the Majestics: No Chance Baby! Neighb'rhood Childr’n: Neighb’rhood Childr'n Fever Tree: Live 1969 The Hollies: Beat Group The Hollies: Bus Stop Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs: The MGM Singles Sir Douglas Quintet: The Mono Singles '68–'72 The Ventures: The Ventures' Christmas Album The Hollies: Here I Go Again (MONO Edition) The Hollies: Hear! Here! (MONO Edition) The Left Banke: Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina Oscar & the Majestics: Baby Under My Skin / I Can't Explain 7" Single EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL ONLY RELEASES!
THE TRASHMEN: Live in Spain THE JOHN HOWARD ABDNOR INVOLVEMENT: Intro to Change JERRY COLE & HIS SPACEMEN: Outer Limits THE KNICKERBOCKERS: Jerk & Twine Time THE BRUTHERS: Bad Way to Go HUELYN DUVALL: Is You Is or Is You Ain't? THE FIVE AMERICANS: I See The Light THE CHALLENGERS: The Challengers Go Sidewalk Surfing BRYAN MACLEAN: Candy's Waltz Browse all of our titles available for digital download HERE! Sales Info and Specials
SAVE WITH SUNDAZED PACKAGE DEALS THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW: AUDIOPHILE-QUALITY Vinyl sales are positively booming, so much so that we here at Sundazed can barely keep up with the demand. Music fans continue to enjoy their LP and singles collections while maintaining a hearty appetite for new vinyl releases. The vinyl junkies here at Sundazed know what makes a great turntable, and we value a bargain as much as anyone. So we've scoured the world for the best values in audiophile-quality turntables, and we're offering them to you at killer prices. Now we've expanded our turntable line to include a great USB model, allowing you to transfer your vinyl collections directly to your computer or iPod! We've added a collection of some cool 60's garage and rockabilly reissues that we recently unearthed in our warehouse. It's a nice pile of CDs, LPs and 7" singles... all in ultra-ltd. quantities... stuff from other labels, some Sundazed deletions, etc... Get 'em now - they're at blow-out prices 'cause we desperately need the room!!! Digital Downloads
The digital download revolution has been a boon for serious music fanatics, making a dazzling variety of formerly hard-to-find music available at the click of a mouse. While we at Sundazed aren't about to give up our vinyl collections, we've embraced the digital format wholeheartedly, and we've been working overtime to make select items from our massive catalogue of vintage garage, surf, psychedelia, rockabilly, soul and R&B available in downloadable form. So we're proud to unveil an incredible new bonanza of more than 30 new download titles, including classics by such Sundazed faves as the Byrds, the Cyrkle, the Trashmen and the United States of America, along with such beloved cult legends as the Paisleys, the Bruthers, the Penny Arkade, Music Emporium and the Kings Verses. You'll find a wealth of rare items, digital exclusives and out-of-print gems. You can download your favorite full albums, or explore new discoveries in smaller doses. Click here for a full listing of all titles available for download
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Click links below to open a photo gallery. Galleries will open in a new window. THE TRASHMEN: Live at Southpaw and the WFMU Record Fair! Photos of their very first appearance in NYC! Sundazed.com Exclusive USA-DESTINATION Interviews - Our killer Chi-town garage compilation, 2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60’s Garage and Psychedelia from U.S.A. and Destination Records is chock full of interviews and rare band photos, but too many tales and photos were uncovered to fit into our CD and album packaging. ILLUSTRATED DISCOGRAPHY OF SURF MUSIC: For 30 years, the primary discographical reference for U.S. surf music recordings from the genre’s “golden age” or “first wave.” [READ MORE]
TECHNICOLOR WEB OF SOUND The Technicolor Web of Sound is a leader in playing the best 60s psychedelic rock music ever recorded [READ MORE] CALIFORNIA MUSIC BOOKS - Stephen McParland is a well-known and well-respected figure in both the record collecting and musical research and documentation fields. [READ MORE]
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