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Nothing ugly about this issue – as the heavy volume celebrates the 30th Anniversary of this wonderful publication – stuffed to the gills with great bits on great sounds from the 60s and 70s! This time around, the big articles are on The Nazz, The Seeds, and Radiators From Space – with smaller bits on Cyril Jordan, Ty Wagner, and New York Dolls. And although the cover bills the magazine as "The fanzine that refuses to die" – the book-heavy contents are way more than any zine might offer – a whopping 175 pages, filled with dense writing and lots of images – and a good number of reviews as well!

"Wild Sounds From Past Dimensions", from the thick, twice yearly ode to garage, proto punk, power pop and more Ugly Things! Ugly Things is almost more book than magazine, thick as it is, they cram even more great stuff in with teeny tiny print – and this one has pieces on lost San Fran rockers Wild Flower, Sky Saxon Remembered, The Fen Men, Nico, Timebox, West Coast Consortium, Spteson, Imperial Dogs and much more – plus loads of reissue reviews, great old photos, and more. 224 pages!

A strange, yet worthy leftfield album by the Pretty Things – one that features unknown French singer and wealthy Pretty Things fan Phillip Debarge – who essentially commissioned the group to write and produced this grooving little record! The Pretty Things and Debarge recorded the set at Nova Studios – one of the earliest London facilities with the state of the art multi-tracking, circa '69 – but there's still a nicely rugged and raucous underbelly to the production that's just tripped out enough with mellotron, harpsichord and harmonies. The album never saw light of day before the good people at Ugly Things saw it through all these decades later – and it's a surprising treasure from the seminal years of the group! Includes "Hello, How Do You Do?", "You Might Even Say", "Peace", "Eagle's Son", "It'll Never Be Me", and "All Gone Now".

A great record with all the known recordings of the Sea-Ders (or Cedars) – a beat combo from mid-to-late 60s Lebanon – and a pretty much perfect mix of period rock & roll hooks and rhythms with Middle Eastern string buzz in place of a Stratocaster! The vocals are in English and the tunes are as catchy and accessible as can be – with either an electric bouzouki or oud bring the stringed heat – and it's a perfect fit! Includes "For Your Information", "Hide If You Want To Hide". "I Like The Way", "Thanks A Lot", "Better Loved", "Undecidedly", "'Cause I Do Care" and more. 8 tracks in all – and some nice back cover notes by Mike Stax of Ugly Things Magazine.