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JIM BASNIGHT & THE MOBERLYS

JIM BASNIGHT & THE MOBERLYS Seattle - New York - Los Angeles 2001 cd Pop The Balloon

I wanna be yours / Rest up / Lose me / I love you so / What I wouldn't do / Bare my soul / Tonight / Genius of love / Your fool / Blood beach / You came and you conquered / She don't rock / Love so true / The rebel kind / She's always smiled / Alone with her / Elma / Summertime again / Ugly side / I used your love / Wherever you take me / Ain't it funny / We rocked and rolled .

J. Basnight/Moberlys: J. Basnight: lead vocals, guitars/ G. Oyabe: guitars, vocals/ T. Kiel: bass/D. Drewry: drums . (+ B. Fisher: guitars/ M. Czekaj: drums/A. Bloch: bass/J. Bar-Illan: guitars, vocals)

After the demise of The Heats (originally The Heaters), The Cowboys and The Allies, it got pretty boring in the Seattle music scene. Lots and lots of cover bands. Then in the late 80s we finally got relief in the form of The Moberleys, who gave us the most memorable, catchy and bouncy songs since The Heats, and we responded. There were lines at the clubs again.

Like The Heats, The Moberleys didn't do as much recording as they should have, at least not in the form of complete albums, but France's ultra-cool record label , POP THE BALLOON, has SCOURED the planet and come up with all the odd EP and 45 tracks the band recorded to go along with the album tracks and put them all on one jam-packed 23-track CD. For someone like me, who thought he knew it all when it came to the Moberleys, this is like finding an unknown Van Gogh in a St. Vincent's. I've been singing the ones I know and learning the ones I don't and it's all too much fun!
If you've never heard The Moberleys, try to imagine -- oh oh, here comes one of these -- The Plimsouls if Peter Case had a fetish for country swagger that he could and would switch to and turn off at will, The Raspberries if someone pissed them off or ordered them to stop being cute, and The Heats if Don Short and Steve Pearson had never heard Rubber Soul. Their harmonies were exquisite, the music always had power and the songwriting was never anything less than very good, and often nearly perfect. For me, hearing them again is more than a treat; it's an emotionally fulfilling desk-drumfest. This label from France, Pop The Balloon, was already intriguing me with the cool pop they've been releasing. Now I'm putting them on a pedestal and asking "how did you know?" DJ Johnson

Une excellente compilation de EP et de singles sur le label Pop The Balloon ! On reparlera bientôt de ce label exemplaire, toujours en activité !

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LYRES 1

LYRES Some Lyres 1994 Taang ! Records 320 kbps

Busy body° / How can I make her mine ? °/ Don't give it up now°° / How do you know ? °°/ She pays the rent " / We sell soul° / Touch " / Here's a heart*° / Sun's goin' down° / Geraldine°° / No more °/ She's got eyes " .

* featuring S. Bators - ° Produced by R. W. Harte & °° by J. Conolly - " Live at VPRO , Holland

An excellent , if brief (12 tracks) part-career retrospective , part-collection of oddities that includes their 1979 debut single "How Do You Know" b/w "Don't Give it Up Now." Packaged as a parody of the Rolling Stones controversial "Some girls" , "Some Lyres" proves to be a valuable introduction.

THE SOLUTION

EMMA AIME !

THE TROGGS - The 1975 lp

THE TROGGS The Troggs 1975 Pye 320 kbps

I got lovin' if you want it / Good vibrations / No particular place to go / Summertime / Satisfaction / Full blooded band / Memphis Tennessee / Peggy Sue / Jenny come down / Wild thing
Produced by Larry Page

The Troggs 1975 : R. Presley : vocals / R. Bond : drums / T. Murray : bass / R. Moore : electric guitar (+ P. Green : accoustic guitar )

In 1975 The Troggs were reunited again with Larry Page ( well known producer of The Kinks and The Troggs plus running the successful labels Page One and Penny Farthing ) - a move which further boosted their rejuvenation and yielded a brace of magnificent singles and two excellent ( if sadly underrated ) albums.

"Good vibrations" virtually defies description: an outrageous arrangement of one of rock's very icon , it deserved to have been a massive U.K. hit : but it was years ahead of his time !

"Full blooded band" is a long-forgotten Trogg original -a good-natured, humorous statement of exactly who and what the Troggs are all about : "...a beer sinkin' , hard drinkin' full blooded band ..." Selling the concept of a good night out, this is clearly a dig at the pretentiousness of mid-70's rock .In fact their 70's live set provides the bulk of the material here : R&B/R&R classics sit quite comfortably alongside Trogg originals - and their treatments of what are on the face of it well-worn chestnuts is unbelievable . They add a devastating freshness , vitality and validity to numbers like "No particular place to go" (one of my favorites) , "Got lovin' if you want it " and notably Peggy Sue - the latter is a remarkably brave effort and says a lot about the Troggs : who else would have the confidence to tackle something which Buddy Holly had personalised so comprehensively ? And the arrangement of "Wild thing" here will come as a surprise : a loping , reggae beat .

R. Dopson on the liner notes of the lp booklet .

WE MUST REHABILITATE THIS SUPERB LP !

Max s'est éclaté pour vous faire cette pochette !!!

BORN TO LOSE - Soundtrack From The Motion Picture

V/A Soundtrack from the motion picture : "Born to lose" 1997 Bomp ! 320 kbps

IGGY & THE STOOGES : Tights pants / Loose is good / THE LAZY COWGIRLS : A little sex & death / THE ZEROS : Baby's gotta her way / WHITE FLAG : Don't give it away / I can't feel it / THE STREETWALKIN' CHEETAH : Little Tokyo / THE DARLINGS : Ultra fuck / THE JONESES : Pillbox / The social distortions / THE LOVEMASTERS : Beat girl / TRASH CAN SCHOOL : Silver surfer / BLACK ANGEL 'S DEATH SONG : Danceteria / It sucks / THE BEES : Goin' down / THE ZEROS : Black & white / THE JONESES : Criminals / SACRED HEARTS : This ain't our last goodbye /I have no idea / BED OF EYES : Pain killer / FANCY LADS : Frustration / TEXAS TERRI & THE STIFF ONES : Situation / THE SPOILERS : Liquor store / THE MODERN LOVERS : I'm straight .

In this gritty independent drama, Stevie (Joseph Rye) is the lead singer of an up-and-coming Southern California punk band called the Spoilers. Stevie has both pipes and charisma, and the band has real potential, but the Spoilers also have a huge appetite for alcohol and drugs, especially Stevie, and while the band is looking for a record deal, many labels are wary of working with a band whose singer seems to be an OD waiting to happen. While trying to get his demo heard, Stevie meets a woman (Elyse Ashton) who works in the music business, and she soon offers to help Stevie and his band. She also falls in love with Stevie, but once she becomes involved with him, they both fall headfirst into drug addiction, and it looks likely that Stevie will die from dope long before he becomes a rock star. Born To Lose was the first feature from novice filmmaker and punk rock fan Doug Cawker; the soundtrack features performances by Iggy and the Stooges, The Modern Lovers, The Lazy Cowgirls, The Zeros, The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, and more.
Mark Deming - All Movie Guide
Born to Lose was Doug Cawker's directorial and writing debut. Cawker also worked as the Apprentice Editor on Quentin Tarantino's highly influential "Reservoir Dogs," as well as Roger Corman's "Ultraviolet," and Michael Moore's "Canadian Bacon." Prior to his film work, Doug produced the highest rated network radio show in Canada for over six years, Toronto Blue Jays Baseball, as well as broadcasts of the World Series. He also co-produced "That Radio Show" with John Candy and engineered interview sessions with the rock band, Aerosmith. As a hobby, Cawker plays the guitar and drums and has recorded with Clash and Blue Oyster Cult producer, Sandy Pearlman .

Re-up on 03/29/2011

V/A TRASH ON DELIVERY

V/A Trash on delivery (T.O.D.) 1983 Flicknife Records 320 kbps

THE BABYSITTERS : Everybody loves you / THE GENOCIDES : Private hell / THE LONDON COWBOYS : Let's get crazy ! / MARIONETTE : My baby sucks real bad / BAD DETECTIVE : Favourite record / THE BARRACUDAS : You're gonna miss me (live) / MARIONETTE : Too far gone / DOGS D'AMOUR : Teenage / SUFFRAGETTE : Do you want my love ? / GARRIE J. LAMMIN : I heard the devil / NIKKI SUDDEN & THE BIBLE BELT : Waiting for the siege / THE BABYSITTERS : Livin' out rock'n'roll .

Sleeve by R. Zell / Frenchie - Compiled by Frenchie Gloder .

The holy grail of bands who looked to conquer theses sleazy streets of London in the early '80s are contained in the almighty 1983 compilation Trash On Delivery. Not quite "third wave glam" (but if you like-y, be sure to check out Jook or The Radio Stars) or third wave punk (not quite the Anti-Nowhere League, but check out the UK Subs new threads! Keep Un Running Until You Burn!), Trash On Delivery stands on it's own as something completely unique to itself. A snapshot into a brief space of time when the previous glories of '70s Glam Rock, Punk, & Heavy Metal met in perfect harmony for perhaps the 1st time. Twenty odd years later it remains a perfect sleaze punk record and a guaranteed blueprint for those who'd help further commercialize the scene later in the decade (see The Quireboys, Wolfsbane, The Wildhearts, Tattooed Love Boys, and Soho Roses just to name a few.) The compilation, put together by Flicknife Records' Frenchy Gloder (also of The Genocides, whose scorcher "Private Hell" is included on the comp) features a hodge podge of classic gems ranging from crash and burn trash rawk of emerging scenesters like the awesome Marionette and The Babysitters to the then present day projects of Post-Punk era upper crusts like The Barracudas, The London Cowboys (Glen Matlock, Barry Jones, & Steve Dior) and ex-Swell Map Nikki Sudden (with his Bible Belt project). Add in some one off gems like Bad Detective's lost power pop classic "Favorite Record", Suffragette's "Do You Want My Love", and "I Heard The Devil" by Little Roosters frontman and future Eastenders TV Celeb, Garrie J. Lammin, as well as the first recorded release of an embryonic Dogs D'amour and Ray Zell cover art,and you've got one primo slab of proto Sleaze Punk !

Adam T. in "Sleazegrinder.com"

Max nous a fait une merveilleuse pochette !

HEARTBREAKERS

Jungle Records a ressorti dernièrement ce 45 tours (vinyl ! ) à un prix dérisoire !

ATTENTION CE DISQUE PEUT CHANGER VOTRE VIE !!!

LE ROCK D'ICI A L'OLYMPIA

V/A Le rock d'ici à l'Olympia 1978 Jurassik punk /EMI 320 kbps

MARIE ET LES GARCONS : Rien à dire / STINKY TOYS : Plastic faces /DIESEL : Tout p'tit rock'n roller / BIJOU : O.K. Carole - Vie , mort et ressurection d'un groupe passion / ELECTRIC CALLAS : I wanna be your dog / LOU'S : No escape / STARSHOOTER : 35 tonnes / ASPHALT JUNGLE : Asphalt Jungle / GUILTY RAZORS : Wake up .

Enregistré les 8 , 9 & 10 juillet 1978 .

Merci à Marc pour le disque !

A TRIBUTE TO THE NEW YORK DOLLS

V/A Jet boys of Babylon : a tribute to the New York Dolls 2004 Fastlane Rcds 320 kbps

FRANKENSTEIN 3000 w/ D. JOHANSEN : Babylon / FLIPP w/ S. JONES : Personality crisis / GEOFF STARR ROCK'N'ROLL BAND : Looking for a kiss / SLOW MOTORCADE : Vietnamese baby / THE TASTE : It's too late / SUPER DELUXE : Trash / R50 : Bad girl / THE NEW ROMANTICS : Subway train / TATTOOED MILLIONAIRES : Privare world / THE NAPOLEON BLOWNAPARTS : Puss n' boots / COYOTE SHIVERS : Chatterbox / SCIENCE FICTION idols / Human being / STARDUSTER : Who are the mystery girls ? / CRASH KELLY : Lonely planet boy /KILLINBIRD : Frankenstein / THE ALARM mmv : Jet boy / YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY : American anthem .

The stand-out cuts include the SCIENCE FICTION IDOL'S "Human Being", Canadian glam rock superstars, CRASH KELLY'S predictably Bolan-esque version of "Lonely Planet Boy", and an absolutely amazing, stellar, fabulous rendition of "Vietnamese Baby", by Tinsel-land's beloved power pop regals, SLOW MOTORCADE. Slow Motorcade always bring back memories of Queen, Silverhead, Mott The Hoople, and the Babies, with their glistening arena rock anthems. In a better world, they'd be out on tour, opening up for Cheap Trick and Aerosmith right now, but I'm no longer in charge. Their drummer, Thom Sullivan, is perhaps the best all around rock drummer since Clem Burke, if not Keith Moon. Motorcade songsmith, Anthony Castillo, has the second best haircut in Hollyweird, and the World's Only Betty Page autographed guitar. Bassist Derrick, moonlights in the Andersons with Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch. I think Curt was in the B-Movie Rats. I'd love to hear more from the 'Motorcade with their new vocalist. Ace producer and charisma king, JACK ATLANTIS, is most famous for being the King of The Night Time World at Club Make-up and various other happenings in the fashion and art communities out West, and his welcome addition to the SLOW MOTORCADE roll-call as Lead Rockstar, has them poised to overthrow TSAR's dominion as the reigning stars of big league, 70's A.M. radio glam rock bliss. Bebe Buell's ubiquitous hanger-on, ex-husband, COYOTE SHIVERS, turns in an appropriately nasally rasped "Chatterbox", and the ALARM'S rousingrendition of "JETBOY" reassures us that "68 Guns Will Never Die." The NewRomantics seem to be competing with Red Invasion (Strangely absent as well, here) for the title of "the new BEAT ANGELS". AMERICAN ANTHEM'S "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" will pull your heartsrings if you've lived too long like the rest of us, or just miss those who haven't. All this and more, little girls, the Napoleon Blownaparts, and a cast of thousands! The liner-notes were penned by none other than the always lovely and astoundingly lyrical NINA ANTONIA. This might be the over-all best of these tiresome cattle-call tribute things since that Japanese Thunders Fanclub N.Y. Dolls tribute put together in the early 90's by HIROSHI NAKAGONE from the Golden Arms, called, "Stranded In A Dolls House". Look for that one on E-Bay ,too, if you're into these sortof things. Chances are, if you're scanning the Sleazegrinder website, you already dig alot of the bands featured here covering the DOLLS timeless and inspirational trash, and if you ain't the monster himself, sewn together from dead criminals body parts and yer Mama was lightning, then you probably COULD still make it with a Frankenstein. It ain't no crime.

Pepsi Sheen on Sleazegrinder.com