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A novel idea for a stylistically rich compilation of classic tunes -- in most cases far lesser known late 50s and 60s original (or if not always original, very early) versions of songs made famous by the superstars to come! The songs range from uptempo soul, to early rock, to loungey groovers, to ...

Fiery little surf and drag rockers from the vaults of California's Downey Records -- rumbling, pulpy tunes from The Rumblers, The Ramblers, The Blazers, The Hustlers, The Chevells, The Revells and others! Clean lead and mean rhythm guitars, fuzzy bass lines, snapping drums and bleary sax -- we ...

Heavy thunder and lumbering psyche jams from the Psychic Circle label -- Volume 2 in the Blow Your Cool series -- heavy atmosphere and psychedelia from the UK & European scenes of the late 60s & early 70s! The tunes on Cosmarama are on the heavier side without getting weighed down in hard ...

One of the best rock and/or country LPs of the late 50s/early 60s! Capitol signed the rockabilly rebel princess several years prior to the release of this collection of her jumpy, frenetic singles, and had Wanda record more crossover material, which she succeeded at in incredible fashion. That ...

Wanda Jackson's first album ever, and an amazing, genre-straddling collection of early rock, country-crossover greatness! Wanda made her reputation on ragged, rockabilly nuggets but when Capitol came knocking they wanted to hedge their bets a bit and have her cover some tried and true country and ...

The complete recordings of Mars -- one of the lesser-known groups of the New York no wave scene, but a razor-sharp combo with some especially great guitars! The CD pulls together material from the group's first single, their following EP, and the famous No New York compilation -- all of it nicely ...

Quite possibly the greatest album ever from Turkish psychedelic maestro Erkin Koray -- a mad blend of sounds that definitely lives up to its "elektronik" title! Most numbers feature a weird blend of electric guitar and baglama -- used in a style that's similar to Koray's earlier Arabesk ...

A back-to-basics album of sorts -- shorter, catchier songs recorded by the group after the collapse of Smile -- but a record that still has some really wonderful moments overall -- and which shows that The Beach Boys would never be the same after Pet Sounds! There's a mix of older rock themes and ...

An incredible record -- and quite possibly our favorite Beach Boys album ever! Sunflower is the kind of record that's easy to pass by when you're first getting into the group, but later on -- after digging for gems on records like Wild Honey or Friends, you'll come back to it as a totally solid ...

A record with "surf" in the title, but one that's light years from the earlier Beach Boys albums of the 60s! This set is a wonderfully mature effort -- hardly surf music at all, and one that moves nicely in the same territory as Sunflower and 20/20! Some of the tunes are wonderfully ...

Jagged, gnarly and raw rock & roll from the late 60s Michigan scene -- demonstrating good and well that Detroit and Ann Arbor had far more than the legendary Stooges & MC5 to blaze those garage and protopunk trails -- loads of lost singles from Hugh "Jeep" Holland's A-Square label! ...

Psychic Circle hits the glam rock years -- as you might guess from the Sweet reference in the title here! The collection's a great batch of lesser-known glam titles from the 70s -- most of which are rougher and louder than some of the bigger-name glam of the time! Guitars are plenty fuzzy, beats ...

The bass is right out front in the picture of the band on the cover -- and it's also right out front in the sound of their music as well -- helping to drive the rhythms of this Turkish combo with a rolling sound that's almost funky at times! Bunalim hail from the same Turkish scene as Erkin Koray - ...

A great lost set from singer Bill Fay -- recorded in baroque brilliance that rivals the late 60s work of Scott Walker! Like Walker, Fay's as much a poet as he is a singer -- and also like Walker, he's got the great fortune here to be working with some excellent arrangements -- handled by British ...

A pretty nice little set that blends lilting acoustic psychedelia and flanged out electric grooves from the uber obscure Third Estate -- their lost grail Years Before The Wine LP -- plus a second disc featuring earlier material recorded when the band called themselves The Agonistes! Years Before ...

A buzzing, hard-hitting batch of pychedelic rock from Japan's The Mops -- featuring some groovy, echoey tunes penned by the group and sung in their native language -- plus a nice choice of passionate covers! The sound is a little bit like Love in their early rawness -- and the Mops obviously have ...

The one and only album from T2 -- an incredible British group with a sound that should have been huge! Like some of the best of their generation, T2 is a trio -- featuring some heavy guitars from Keith Cross, vocals by Peter Dunton, and rumbling bass from Bernard Jinks -- all brought together with ...

The first full album of work by Erkin Koray -- a Turkish rocker from the late 60s and early 70s, and one who did a lot to fuse American rock styles with "arabesk", a Turkish version of Arab popular music! Erkin started out in the beat group years, and some of the earlier tracks here show ...

The middle child in the mighty Seoul combo San Ul Lim's trio successive garage/psych masterpieces of the late 70s -- and San Ul Lim 2 might be the best and most adventurous of the lot -- full of spacey, more experimental passages! If San Ul Lim 1 was the most sunshine rock oriented set, and San Ul ...

Turkish folk meets fuzzier rock -- in a unique cross-crossing of styles that comes off beautifully! From the cover and the start of the record, you might think it's just a bunch of traditional numbers -- but as the set moves on, things get a bit weirder -- and some unexpected psychedelic ...

One of the mellower records from the Turkish scene of the 70s -- a laidback and almost folk funk sort of record -- done with some great gravelly vocals and really wonderful acoustic guitar! The style is almost similar to some of the hippest French titles from the same time -- the kind of work that ...

A later gem from the Turkish scene of the 70s -- one that's got a bit more funky touches than earlier Anatolian rock! There's still a fair bit of Eastern styles running through the mix, but most of the rhythms are really straightforward and use heavy basslines that really set the groove nicely -- ...

A second helping of studio genius from the legendary Jack Nitzsche -- mostly served up in obscure 60s numbers that really show the full range of his talents! Only a few of the tracks here feature Jack as the main artist -- and the rest either have him working as arranger, conductor, or producer -- ...

A much-needed look at the evolution of surf music -- one filled with a variety of key early examples of the genre! Surf music didn't just step out of the waves in Malibu one day in 1963 -- it was a slow-building genre that grew out of rock and roll instrumental work of the late 50s -- as certain ...

A true treasure trove for any fan of the Zombies, Rod Argent, or Colin Blunstone -- magical material recorded in the immediate post-Zombies years -- offered up here with a few rare late Zombies tracks as well! The genius of Odessey & Oracle still hangs heavy here on most of the tracks -- as ...

A deep collection of wild tunes that cross genres like crazy -- a tribute to the wide variety stocked at London's legendary Rock On record shop -- which carried rebellious records off all stripes! The set has fiery 50s rockabilly, pulp pop, fuzzy psychedelic grooves, jumpin' blues, outlaw country ...

Deliriously sunny girl pop from the glory days of the early 60s -- nearly 30 great tunes that appeared and disappeared pretty quickly -- even the hits are of the fly-by-night variety that are a joy to discover after all these years! The set features a few famous names -- TV star Patty Duke ...

The long buried first album by Bay Area rock & soul combo Pacific Gas & Electric -- cut for the Bright Orange label in 1968! PG&E cut some great little numbers in the late 60s & early 70s, and we're thinking they MUST have kicked some serious arse live -- and there are some ...

Under-exposed genius from PF Sloan -- material pulled from his brief 60s stint at Dunhill Records -- at a time when his tunes were much better known from famous versions by other singers! Sloan's style here is a compelling mix of folk and pop styles -- a bit more laidback than some of his ...

The first-ever comprehensive look at the mighty talents of Jack Nitzsche -- the arranger, songwriter, and producer who was part of the holy trinity of 60s pop, with a well-deserved place next to Brian Wilson and Phil Spector! Nitzsche first got his start working in the Spector mode -- using ...

Never-issued material from the mighty Mojo Men -- music recorded in San Francisco in the year before their bigger fame in the 60s -- all of it pretty darn great! The tracks here are a great example of the tightness of the group -- that razor-sharp blend of garage rock and trippier elements the ...

The first-ever anthology of work by Sharon Tandy -- a mod Brit singer from the 60s, one with a really groovy sound! Sharon's got the same heartbreaking blend of soul and pop that you'd find in Dusty Springfield at her best, but she's working with arrangements that have a rawer sound -- and much ...

An incredible, wide ranging but somehow deftly cohesive blend of songs with heart and soul -- whether it's classifably soul music, or classic country, crackling blues, boogie woogie, primitive rock & roll, jumpin' r&b or wild-eyed modern rock -- all songs that were chosen by Bob Dylan for ...

Beautifully melodic work from Gentle Giant -- one of the jazziest combos of the British progressive years -- heard here in a set that was one of their biggest over here in the US! There's a slight undercurrent of funk to the record -- a choppy, romping quality in some of the rhythms that takes the ...

Xhol Caravan drops the Caravan for the simpler Xhol -- but the jazzy psychedelic sound is as adventurous as ever -- with a sharper focus on the jazzy elements that always lingered in the group's sound -- which is fleshed out incredibly on these 3 lengthy tracks captured live in Altena in 1970! The ...

Groovy psychedelia from early 70s Korea -- the titanic self-titled effort by Shin Jung Hyen & The Men! The notes and titles are in Korean, so we can't offer much in the way of biographical or historical details -- but the sound is rich with soaring organ work, groovy, groovy harmony vocals, ...

Psychedelic folk rock from the Turkish scene of the 70s -- a real criss-crossing of styles, carried off with strong emotive effect by protest singer Selda! There's a powerful sound here that's completely without referent, but immediately gripping -- a blend of familiar and strange elements that ...

Sublime country rock and superb vocals from the Everly Brothers -- an album as close to our hearts as the much more hipster-celebrated work of the era by Gram Parsons, the Byrds and others! The Everlys grasped onto their significance throughout the 60s by hopping from trend to trend with little ...

These guys will forever be known for the jazzy grooving title hit -- "Vehicle", a brassy driving number that seems as if it's always being used in some sort of car commercial (which must net these guys a lot of royalties!) -- but which is usually mistaken by others for being the work of ...

Later work from Love, and more of an Arthur Lee record than a true group effort -- but still pretty nice! There's a hard rocking sound on most of the cuts -- very fierce guitars, but also done with a nicely rhythmic approach that has less noodly bits than other groups of the time, and which even ...

The first 2 classic LPs of avant noise and trippy psyche from the linchpins of the late 60s Texas underground -- Mayo Thompson and the mighty Red Crayola (or Krayola) -- brought together on one CD! Parable Of Arable Land is the classic first album -- a mind-blasting set of tracks that mixes ...

Snotty New York rock with more than just an undercurrent of comedy running through the beefy tunes, and a heavy dose of good ol' cockrock swagger! This record by the Dictators is truly, completely punk -- even though the groove is closer to a crotch thrusting, garage version of Bad Company than ...

An unusual little concept record from Gentle Giant -- one based around the story of three childhood friends each going their own separate ways -- but served up with enough of the group's usual jazzy flair to keep things interesting! As on other records from the time, there's almost a fusion ...

The second LP by one of the greatest sunny singles groups of the late 60s, reissued with bonus tracks and great remastering! This was the highest charting LP that the Spoonful had during their career, and it's actually the only proper LP of theirs to have been issued on CD before now. That's a ...

Van Dyke Parks' masterpiece -- and one of the hippest records to come out of LA in the 60s! The album's a strangely anachronistic one -- steeped in the kind of past-days scoring found on early records by Harpers Bizarre and Randy Newman (both of which Parks had a hand in!), wrapped around simply ...

Here it is -- the first Spoonful LP in all its sunny, groovy glory -- and the sum is so much more than just a great single! Like the Byrds, the group is built on traditionally structured back-porch melodies. In the case of the Spoonful, jug band influences provide the core rhythmic groove, but ...

The most understated album by the Lovin Spoonful -- and possibly their best work ever! It's really a showcase for leader/chief songwriter John Sebastian and proto-country rock guitarist Zal Yanovsky. "Summer In The City" is the one that buttered the group's bread for the next couple of ...

A bright, upbeat and sunny orch pop effort from the man who invented sunny orch pop -- free of the dour, troubled undertow of his tortured masterpieces of the late 60s -- and lets face it, we want the man healthy so that's a good thing! Brian Wilson composed and arranged with many of the ...

Low fi electronic & acoustic psyche folk from Julie Margat, aka Lispector -- a perfect fit for the adventurous Twisted Nerve label! Lispector is definitely of the bedroom crafted school of avant songcraft, but her songs are too unpredictable to fall into any of the cliches. Easy open chords ...

Classic Krautrock from Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger -- the second album from their immortal Neu! Neu! 2 continues their trademark pulsating rhythms and raw Teutonic energy -- essential listening not only for its titanic importance to the minimalist rock to come -- but for it's impeccable hard ...