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Groovy soul & 60s mod pop, but there's nothing cheesy about it -- a fantastic set of uptempo obscurities that range from sock hop pop, to storming Northern Soul, fuzzed out Hammond tunes, and beyond! The 14 tracks are split evenly between more soul & r&b based numbers, and fuzzier, ...

Rare & raucous rock from the post psyche era UK -- rumbling rhythms, fuzzed out guitars and slinky, hypnotic melodies -- featuring tunes by The Rats, Taiconderoga, Rumplestiltskin, Putney Bridge, Rare Bird, Walrus and more! Most tunes have a walloping sound, but are too mysterious too fit in ...

Wild stuff from the South African scene of the early 70s -- a mix of thundering, propulsive blend of blues based rhythms with heavier, moodier textures and off kilter instrumentation! Heavy rhythms anchor most tunes, with the bass and drums holding together moody washes of organ, echoey guitar and ...

Rare South African power rock from Suck, who definitely do not suck -- fierce, hard charging, heavily rhythmic jams with straight up killer drums and rumbling groove that we'd put up there with some of the more raucous stuff that came out of the Haight Ashbury scene! The bass, drums & guitar ...

Rare late 70s DIY psychedelia from Brazil -- kind of sparely furnished, and with a raw sound, but loads of atmosphere! The sound was spun with nylon string guitars, bass, keys, drums, percussion and viola -- with the strings buzzing underneath emphatic vocals, and subtle changes in dynamics. One ...

Amazing sounds from Genesis -- a cool Colombian group who blend folkloric elements with psych styles, all in a sound that's completely unique! The group have a really haunting mix of wood flutes and guitars -- underscored by a bit of organ and rootsy percussion, and woven through with some ...

A haunting second set from Michigan folkie Dave Bixby -- recorded with a sound that's a bit more put-together than his first album, but still very much in the same moody territory! Bixby's very strongly in the lead on vocals and guitar, working through some heady themes on these wonderful little ...

San Francisco synth punk and aggro electro new wave from The Units -- barbed, caustic and exhilarating stuff that never really gotten the attention it deserved! In some ways The Units remind us a bit of Devo at their most brutish, but there not as conceptual or jokey -- really riveting stuff! ...

Fuzzed out psychedelia mined mostly from obscure 60s 45s from around the US -- rumbling rhythms, buzzing guitars, wailing organs and tripped out vocals from groups like The Shag, The Rogues, The Regiment, The Kegs, The Alarm Clocks and many more! The of the acts are total obscurities, and the set ...

Early 70s freaked out psyche from the UK -- and a killer set all the way! Most of the stuff is from the fertile early 70 years that showed the wilder tendencies of 60s psychedelia blended with more of a primal rockishness -- plus some groovy numbers from the late 60s -- many of which have never ...

British freakbeat, recorded in Italy -- and presented here in a massive package that's overflowing with 29 bonus tracks -- most previously unreleased, and including a rare collaboration with Ennio Morricone! The core album is totally great -- late 60s psych, but with drums that are more than heavy ...

Bubblegum pop magic -- two classic albums from Ohio Express, back to back on a single CD! The self-titled Ohio Express album is a masterpiece of Buddah Records pop -- beautifully put together by the famous team of Jerry Kasenetz & Jeff Katz, with that sing-songy kind of groove that kept the ...

Mad music from Jean-Pierre Massiera -- the legendary producer who was steeped in the hippest sounds of the French scene of the 60s, then moved to Quebec to forge a wild style that was all his own! Jean-Pierre rarely ever issued work under his own name -- and instead recorded under a host of ...

Lost 60s pop from the psychedelic era! The tunes on New Rubble Volume 4 are touched by the freer soundscapes and lofty imagery of the far reaching rock landscape of the time -- but done with an emphasis on easygoing pop hooks and accessibility -- despite the fact that most of the great tunes on ...

Psychedelic rarities from the UK scene of the late 60s & early 70s -- groovy obscurities from with both fuzzed out and driving guitars, spacey organ drones, and thundering drums -- with the rough edges working as a great counterfoil to some groovy harmony and wailing lead vocals. Nice stuff ...

An unearthed treasure of ethereal chamber folk and light psychedelia from Chicagoan Stephen Titra and some impeccable studio musicians -- beautifully well produced, but until now only ever appeared as a test pressing! OWL, or Of Wondrous Legends, has a quiet baroque feel to it, and there's lots of ...

A really great little prog gem from Israel's Shlomo Gronich -- his early 70s debut, with elements of psychedelia, traditional Jewish music, astral jazz and funk rock -- all of which makes it seem like it'd be a real mess, but it's blended masterfully! Multi-instrumentalist Gronich is on piano, ...

The greatest album ever by the Fall? We're always tempted to say so -- because there's something here so perfect, so focused, it's hard to think of a better album to illustrate the genius of Mark E Smith! The rhythms are weirder, the lyrics more poetic, and the guitars a bit more razor sharp than ...

One of the most intense collections we've ever heard of work produced by the legendary Joe Meek -- mostly tracks from the last two years of his too-short life -- all filled with fuzzy guitar, screaming organ, and tightly snapping beats! There's a nascent psychedelic approach to most of these ...

Genius early pop from Todd Rundgren & Nazz -- work that's much more hard-rocking than some of Todd's later hits, but still with an undeniable songwriting brilliance! Tracks are mostly short and simple -- based around plenty of lead guitar from Todd, and showcasing the lead vocals of Stewkey -- ...

A wild batch of jazz rock tunes -- recorded by ex-Cream bassist Jack Bruce, along with a host of like-minded luminaries that include Chris Spedding, Harry Beckett, Dick Heckstall-Smith, and John Hisemann. Unlike Bruce's first solo album -- Things We Like -- which was an all-jazz outing, this album ...

Incredible early work from Ivor Cutler -- recorded at the end of the 50s and the start of the 60s -- and with an approach that's somehow even odder than his later work from the hipster rock years! Although Cutler's later fame came from his association with talents in the progressive and punk rock ...

The birth of a legend -- and a sweet little collection that bears witness to the depth and diversity of music offered at London's Rough Trade in the shop's very first year of existence! The styles here are pretty darn wide -- and offer up a great illustration of the music coming out of the ...

Hard to peg this one exactly -- but the set's definitely got a playfully scraggy sound that lives up to the cover! Talibam's a duet that features percussionist Kevin Shea and keyboardist Matthew Motel -- who plays a heck of a lot of different keys in the course of the album, some of them really ...

The best work yet from Guillermo Scott Herren's most organic venue in his ever expanding world of aural mood mastery -- the early 70s South American folk psychedelia inspired trio Savath & Savalas -- the group's first album for Stones Throw! Eva Puyuelo Muns brings hushed, lovely vocals, ...

A wonderfully groovy compilation -- filled with sunshine pop tunes we might not have ever heard! The set does a great job of sorting through late 60s albums we might have otherwise missed -- obscure major label pop albums that were released and deleted in one breath, and which have been lost to ...

Dreamy dreamy pop from the late 60s underground -- a wonderful assortment of rare singles and LP tracks, all hand-picked by the genius crew at Pet Records! The set seems to even top their previous excellent volumes -- going beyond even the lesser-known, to come up with 24 tracks that we'd never ...

A compilation so trippy, they spelled Finland with a "Ph" -- and a package that's filled with work that runs the gamut from 60s psyche to 70s progressive, often with a fair bit of jazz in the mix as well! The collection's a much-needed look at this untapped scene from the far north -- ...

The sounds are soft, the people are gentle, and the music is as groovy as groovy can be! The CD is the fab fourth entry in one of our favorite series of all time -- and like the rest, it's a tremendous collection of lost pop treasures from the end of the 60s -- all in a magical space between ...

Groovy tunes compiled by the folks who brought us the Soft Sounds For Gentle People compilations of lost late 60s pop psychedelia! He & She takes a novel approach and digs up the deepest nuggets by guy-girl combos -- full of deep sinking hooks, bright counterpart harmonies, and trippy ...

Eno's last real "rock" album -- and one of the best of the bunch! The album follows the style of some of the work that Eno was doing with Bowie -- in that it's got some tracks that really rock out, in kind of a sci-fi, late 70s way -- and other tracks that are much mellower and ...

Sunshine Pop from the top of the charts -- a great look at some of the best-remembered tunes from this sweet 60s genre! Lots of other Sunshine Pop collections focus on the obscurities of the scene -- but honestly, some of the hits really represent the best work of the groups included -- the kind ...

The first full-length set from The Who -- a blistering batch of rough-edged tunes that run the gamut from bluesy soul to sweeter pop to guitar-driven grinders that show an incredible amount of power -- even at this early point! The album's somewhat all over the map, but in a good way -- in that it ...

A landmark live set from The Who -- a record that offers the group with a blistering intensity that blows away all their other studio albums of the time! Although offered during the Who's Tommy-era expansion into broader themes and more complicated instrumentation, the album's a real return to ...

Ah, yes, it's a sunshine day, alright -- and this batch of groovy, polyester 70s TV pop fits just right! God help us for admitting this, but these goofy, well arranged, dumb fun numbers from the Brady Kids 70s LPs are a heck of a good time, and a pretty true distillation of 70s vanilla pop sounds. ...

Steely Dan really hitting the heights -- moving into hipper, more sophisticated territory than before -- pushing the envelope with both their music and lyrics, which are completely sublime! It's hard to put our finger on the magic of this one, but it's the perfect summation of everything that's ...

A nice, diverse display of hard grooving avant instrumental soundscapes from Tortoise -- sounding as unpredictable and vital as they have in years on Beacons Of Ancesorship! All the descriptions of how groundbreaking Tortoise was in the earlier years, and forward looking they've remained ...

A massive celebration of the 50 years of Island Records -- the hip imprint that first brought the world a heady dose of psych, folk, and reggae at the end of the 60s -- then went onto record a huge range of key work over the years! The first 2CDs in the set feature 39 classics that really define ...

An amazing dip into the early years of Island Records -- a 3CD collection that captures the label during their beat group and prog rock prime! Although Island's a name that's mostly thought of as a major these days, back in the late 60s the company was a groundbreaking indie with a keen ear to the ...

One of the darkest albums we've ever heard -- even if it is part of the spiritual redemption of singer/songwriter Dave Bixby! The album's mostly a solo outing -- Bixby on vocals and acoustic guitar, recorded in a spare echoey space that really underscores the sadness in the songs -- kind of a dark- ...

Raw, rollicking, r&b drenched rock and rockabilly from Mack Allen Smith -- sharp early material from a Mississippi cat who's best known to rockabilly completists -- really tearing it up on these early numbers dug up by the folks at Big Legal Mess & Fat Possum! The set features singles Mack ...

An incredible album -- and one of the most revolutionary rock albums of the late 60s! The Who recorded this one as a tribute to mainstream radio at the time -- linking together some solid stand alone tunes with shorter, wittier tracks that were recorded as commercials for products that included ...

One of the best records of the post-post rock 90s -- the masterful Directions In Music from Bundy K Brown, Doug Sharin and James Warden -- a record that will sound fresh and insistent for as long as anyone's listening to it, standing up to the passing of time as well as any other instrumental avant ...

A weird and wild record -- and one of the few that we've ever heard that truly deserves the tag of "acid folk"! The whole thing was done mostly by Joakim Skogsberg himself -- with weirdly hummed and muttered vocals, spacey guitar bits, and lots of processing in production -- overdubbed ...

A great little relic from the San Francisco scene of the late 60s -- the first album released by a group who'd been making some big waves in the city for the past few years, but never hit the fame of some of their contemporaries! The group originally featured Dan Hicks -- of Hot Licks fame -- who ...

British blues ain't no joke -- and as you'll hear by the quality of the work on this set, it had a key influence on the sound of rock and roll all over the world by the end of the 60s! In the beginning, the British blues artists were working in a purer form of the American music than some of their ...

To our ears, the UK scene of the mid 60s was much more of a girl pop haven than the US one of the time -- and if this set isn't proof of that fact, we don't know what is! The Brit girl sound of the 60s has certainly been well-represented by recent reissues of work by Sandie Shaw, Petula Clark, and ...

A brilliant bit of experimental rock from early 70s Sweden -- and a record with a sound as compelling as its cover image! Panta Rei have a sound that's heavy on influences from the acid styles of a few years before, but which brings a lot more focus into the music -- even when the tracks are ...

The first album by Palais Schaumburg -- and easily the hardest set the group ever recorded -- a really mad batch of rhythms that comes off with raw post punk energy! At some level, the group share a lot with some of their post-prog German contemporaries -- some of the noisy elements of ...

A funky post-punk gem from Palais Schaumburg -- a set that has the group tightening things up since their debut, but in a pretty great way! Like some of their British contemporaries of the post punk years, Palais Schaumburg first started with a rough blend of basslines, horns, and other odd ...