On any post, if the link is no longer good, leave a comment if you want the music re-uploaded. As long as I still have the file, or the record, cd, or cassette to re-rip, I will gladly accommodate in a timely manner all such requests.

Slinging tuneage like some fried or otherwise soused short-order cook. Embiggening the earholes

From Buttholes to Europop, from Loons to Bassoons.

09 June 2018

This Week-end...from JA


Yesterday I replaced a broken motor mount on my Beater BS 7000.


Today I decided to lay about with my girls, get as twisted as I possibly can, & listen to
Michael Campbell, Michael Williams, Vivian Jackson & some great production work by Lowell Fillmore Dunbar & Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare.

Can ya dig it?


Dread At The Controls DCLP 002, 1980.
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Stereo Side 1 -
Saturday Night Style
Industrial Spy
Headline News
Mikey Dread in Action

Stereo Side 2 -
Resignation Dub
Technical Selection
Comic Strip
Pre-Dawn Dub
Operators Choice



Prince Far-I - Voice of Thunder, Trojan Records TRLS 204, 1981.

Side One -
Ten Commandments
Tribute to Bob Marley
Hold the Fort
Every Time I Hear the Word
Head of the Buccaneer

Side Two -
Shall not Dwell in Wickedness
Give I Strength
Kingdom of God
Coming in from the Rock
Skinhead



Side One -
Deliver Me from My Enemies
Judgement Time
Blood Ago Run Down Kings Street
Love in Zimba
Zion Gate

Side Two -
Lonely Me
Stranger in Love
Pound Get a Blow
Pick the Beam
& Amlak (One God)

Various - Raiders of the Lost Dub, Island Records ILPS 9705, 1981.

Side 1 -
Indiana Jones - The Paragons
Whip that Tarantula - Ijahman Levi
The Monkey is a Spy - Black Uhuru
Pit of Snakes - Burning Spear
Well of Souls - Wailing Souls


Side 2 -
The Dub of Gold - The Viceroys
Who’s in the Tomb - Black Uhuru
Convoy Hijack - Black Uhuru
Bazooka Blast - Junior Delgado
Fire & Brimstone - Black Uhuru

Enjoy,

05 June 2018

Somethin’ from The Nothing from Nothin’


Trixz Sly (Torquill Smith) met Johnny Thunders & Jerry Nolan of The New York Dolls while they were in London in the mid-70s. He moved to New York City in 1978 where he formed The Nothing. The following year they recorded their lone 45.

By 1980, several members had left to join other bands & The Nothing broke up. Trixz later formed another band, the Cyanide Sweeties (along with Nothing bandmate Mickey Crash & Reactors guitarist Professor Ginz). They played the rock/punk clubs in NYC including CBGBs, & built a solid fan following at Max's Kansas City. Trixz played with many musicians, including The Misfits, The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols, Billy Idol, Lou Reed, & Keith Richards.

Trixz recorded a solo 45 "Bossa Nova Baby" in 1980. He continued working with experimental music & film until his death in 2005. He partnered up with Adam West (Batman) to film a documentary on Woodstock '94, but the project was never finished. At the end of his life he was an activist for the homeless in Miami. He presented the "Homeless Bill of Rights" to the city of Miami Beach. He was found dead in his apartment. The cause of death was declared as "natural causes."


UPDATE TO ABOVE: directly from Mickey Crash -

"Angel Lectra (David Hames) should be credited as Lead Guitar and Musical Arranger. The lead guitar parts were played by Bobby B. Wild (Bob Stojack), but he left the band before the 7 inch record release. Angel was credited as Lead Guitarist since he would be the lead guitarist from then on until he left to join The Rockcats. The Nothing was originally formed by Trixz and Angel in 1978. The first show was in December 1978 at Max's Kansas City. Trixz was banned from Max's as a result of that show, evidently because it didn't go well. I played my first gig with The Nothing shortly after at Studio Zero on December 23, 1978 and moved to NYC from Hartford the following April. Angel and I played previously in a band from CT called Electroflex, Prior to that I was in another CT based punk band called The Hysterics. There was no bass tracks on Uniformz or Scream and Cry. Phil Shoenfelt (http://www.philshoenfelt.de/) played bass in a later incarnation of The Nothing and Trixz's following band, The Cyanide Sweeties. An earlier incarnation of that band existed in the UK with Gass Wild (Tom Edwards) on drums. Gass is still performing and has a terrific NYC based band called The Love Pirates. The Nothing also added Webster Smith on Keyboards at the same time as Phil Shoenfelt after Angel left in early January, 1980. The name The Nothing was changed to The Cyanide Sweeties so we could get a gig at Max's Kansas City, which we did! That band added Ed Rollin on Sax. and performed at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) and other venues. Phil Shoenfelt and I went on to play in Disturbed Furniture together and Phil switched to lead guitar.
The Nothing is: Trixz Sly - vocals; Bobby B. Wild - guitar; Phil Schoenfelt - bass; & Mickey Crash - drums."


Thank you Mick Oakleaf - NØ




The Nothing - Scream 'n' Cry b/w Uniformz 7", Wide Awake Musik TS01 1979.

TS 01 A -
Scream ‘n’ Cry

TS 01 B -
Uniformz

Enjoy,

03 June 2018

You Urban Achievers are not Gonna Believe It



Last weekend while I was crate digging at a local thrift shop here in Sactown, I came across one of my all-time holy grail albums (as you can see from one of their show flyers, they believe in me). There are rumors galore as to whether or not any more copies of this album are extant. It was believed that the NA (Nihilist Against) had successfully destroyed all existing versions of this great 1978 German techno-pop one-off nugget Nagelbett by Autobahn.

German techno-pop pioneers Autobahn released only one album entitled Nagelbett in the late 70s. They are perhaps the best example of a band being "ahead of its time". Though they are now recognized as great innovators in the world of techno, their album was almost universally disparaged by both critics & audiences alike. Utterly demoralized, the band dissolved. All of its members fell on hard times with band leader Uli Kunkel even resorting to the adult film industry (as Karl Hungus) before disappearing from the public eye completely, without even an ethos.

Autobahn members: Uli Kunkel, Kieffer Funkel, & Franz Unkel


Autobahn - Nagelbett, Neoc International NIHIL 666, 1978.

    Saturation
    Faking It
    Hit and Run
    No Way Out
    Violate U Blue
    Beg Me
    Take It In
    Edelweiss (Club Mix)

bonus track - Girlfriend's Toe (I am the Walrus mix) from the cult flick The Drunk Chinaski

Enjoy,

30 May 2018

Cover that Fish

Karate - In the Fishtank, Konkurrent FISH 12 CD, 2005.
decryption code in comments

Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday cover)
The Only Minority (Minutemen cover)
Tears of Rage (Bob Dylan cover)
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Minutemen cover)
Need a Job (Beefeater cover)
This Ain’t no Picnic (Minutemen cover)
Colors (Minutemen cover)
A New Jerusalem (Mike Hollis cover)

Enjoy,

Dogfish

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Voiture en Rouge
Dog Song
Nervous Persian
A Taste of You & Me
Things Go on with Mistakes
Your Cave

Enjoy,

Fish Yoyo

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Bombay Brassière
Pills, Powders, & Passion Plays
Doffen Ah Um
Theme de Yoyo
Tristano

Enjoy,

21 May 2018

Big Number IX Fish, Luckily They Gave us X

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III
IV
V
VI
II
VII
IX
X

Enjoy,

Fishing in the Rain

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Twisticication
Cuckoo
Grün Grün
Near the Cross
Just a Little Rain
Dig a Hole in the Meadow

Enjoy,

20 May 2018

Down by the River, Fishing with Neil

Low & Dirty Three - In the Fishtank,  Konkurrent fish 7, 2001.
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Side 1 -

I Hear...Goodnight
Down by the River (Neil Young cover)
Invitation Day

Side 2 -

When I Called Upon Your Seed
Cordy
Lordy

Enjoy,

19 May 2018

Im a Ginary Fishtank

I wanted to interrupt the pescado parade here to mention the passing of Glenn Branca, but I'm so caught up in the whole look & process I've got going that I decided I'd just make an imaginary In the Fishtank: Glenn Branca. It’s really just Glenn’s Song’s ‘77 - ‘79.


Branca - In the Fishtank, Atavistic ALP43CD, 1995.
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Don’t Let Me Stop You
My Relationship - The Static (Glenn, Barbara Ess, & Christine Hahn)

You Got Me
Jill
Fuck Yourself
TV Song
You
Glazened Idols - Theoretical Girls (Glenn, Jeff Lohn, Margaret DeWys, & Wharton Tiers)

May 13, 2018  R.I.P.,

14 May 2018

Catch & Repost Fishing

June of 44 - In the Fishtank, Konkurrent fish6, 1999.
decryption code in comments


Pregenerate
Generate
Henry’s Revenge
Modern Hereditary Dance Steps
Every Free Day a Good Day
Degenerate
     (I’ve combined tracks 1 & 2 as a single track as well as given the broken cuts)

Enjoy,

Slow but Steady Wins the Fish

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The Lawn of the Limp
Pooh Song (Christopher Robin’s Nightbear)
Central Heating
Pleasure as Usual
Did You Comb?
Huge Hidden Spaces

Enjoy,

Vier Bananenfisch

Snuff - In the Fishtank, Konkurrent fish4cd, 1998.
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March of the Day
Pen Blywd Happus
Bananas
Guinevere
No Tenemos Bananas
Rods’N’Mocker
Vi Har Inge Bananer
C’mon Kids Let’s do the Head Bang
Wir Haben Keine Bananen

Enjoy,

Cowfish

The Tassilli Players - At The Cowshed, Konkurrent FISH 03, 1998.
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Into the Grey Area
The Hempster Meets the Grim Reefer in Dub
The Wobbler
Uit Het Grijze Gebied

Enjoy,

One Fish, Now Two Fish

guv’ner - In the Fishtank, Konkurrent fish no 2, 1997.
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Concord Jets
Help Me (Joni Mitchell cover)
Now is Not the Time to Love You (for Unai)
Whose Eyes?
Jungle Bells
You Lie

Enjoy,

13 May 2018

Plunging Into the Fishtank, pt. 1

nomeansno - In the Fishtank, Konkurrent FISH1CD, 1997.
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Would We be Alive
The River
Joy
You’re not One
Big Dick

Enjoy,

12 May 2018

Here’s Johnny!!! (& June & J-Bob & Jane)


I started attacking the alphabet back in August 2015 when I realized it would be a good way to fix up inadequate musick I had serving their stretch in a HELL called "Musick that NEEDS Work" It A-ll began with American Taboo & Art Phag. By July of the following year I was up to the Mighty H post. By January 2017 I had got no further than Ikara Colt. Since then, zilch...

A lotta shit happened since then, as shit has a tendency to do. I burned down my storage drive & actually no longer have the folder "Musick that NEEDS Work" (although there is always much repair still to be done).

But the idea sprang up again as I was piecing this brute from Nashville together & I decided to give it another go..


all decryption codes in comments (as usual)

tracklist -

One Too Many Mornings
Good Ol' Mountain Dew
I Still Miss Someone
Careless Love
Matchbox
That's Alright Mama
Big River
Girl of the North Country
I Walk the Line
You are My Sunshine
Ring of Fire
Guess Things Happen that Way
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Blue Yodel #1
Blue Yodel #5
recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, USA - February 17th -18th, 1969.

I Threw it all Away
Living the Blues
Girl of the North Country
recorded for The Johnny Cash Show, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN May 1st, 1969.

Nashville Skyline Rag
I Threw it all Away
Peggy Day
Country Pie
Tonight I'll be Staying Here with You
special Nashville Skyline Quadraphonic Mixes.

One Too Many Mornings
One Twoo Many Mornings
unknown source - not on all bootleg versions.




June of 44 was an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, & Hoover. The band's name refers to the period during which writers Henry Miller & Anaïs Nin corresponded. Their song relate directly or indirectly to Miller.

In the Fishtank is an ongoing project of Konkurrent, an independent music distributor in the Netherlands. In this project, Konkurrent invites one or two bands to record & gives them two days studio time. The first four albums were recorded by individual bands, but eight of the last ten releases were the result of two bands (three in one case) teaming up to record. The Ex is so far the only band to appear on more than one album in the series.

The following is a list of all the In the Fishtank releases:
    In the Fishtank 1 – Nomeansno
    In the Fishtank 2 – Guv'ner
    In the Fishtank 3 – Tassilli Players
    In the Fishtank 4 – Snuff
    In the Fishtank 5 – Tortoise and The Ex
    In the Fishtank 6 – June of 44
    In the Fishtank 7 – Low and Dirty Three
    In the Fishtank 8 – Willard Grant Conspiracy and Telefunk
    In the Fishtank 9 – Sonic Youth, Instant Composers Pool, and The Ex
    In the Fishtank 10 – Motorpsycho and Jaga Jazzist Horns
    In the Fishtank 11 – The Black Heart Procession and Solbakken
    In the Fishtank 12 – Karate
    In the Fishtank 13 – Solex and M.A.E.
    In the Fishtank 14 – Isis and Aereogramme
    In the Fishtank 15 – Sparklehorse and Fennesz


June of 44 -  In the Fishtank 6, Konkurrent fish6, 1999.

Pregenerate
Generate
Henry’s Revenge
Modern Hereditary Dance Steps
Every Free Day a Good Day
Degenerate
(I’ve combined tracks 1 & 2 as a single track as well as given the broken cuts)





Recorded live at The Roxy in LA, some of the earliest product by Perry, Dave, & crew.



Jane’s Addiction - self-titled live, Triple X Records 51004-2, 1988.

Trip Away
Whores
Pigs in Zen
1%
I Would for You
My Time
Jane Says
Rock ‘n’ Roll
Sympathy
Chip Away

My mind goes round & round.
Sometimes it even gets back to somethin’,
NØ Sez.

16 April 2018

Captain's Order




Fellow Blogger, loyal supporter & guest poster of NSS, & brother in Dub Jonder always stimulates my earholes & gets me digging for goodies long lost in the mess of my grey matter. His recent posts about the legendary S.F. label Subterranean Records had me searching through my Beefheart.  Beefheart, you ask?

Well, on Subterranean SUB 15 (1981) Various Artists - Red Spot there are three songs from Jed Speare & Easy Teeth: "Rotator Cuff"; "Twinkies"; & "Gondola Serenade".






Jed Speare (1954-2016) was a crossover artist who worked in sound, video, & performance for forty years. In the early 80s he recorded with Easy Teeth as well as the San Francisco groups Research Library (the previously mentioned Red Spot comp), Ultrasheen (City Boy 7" EP; Subterranean SUB 12), & Appliances.






Easy Teeth's 7" 45rpm was a one-off collaboration between Magic Band drummer Robert Williams, Magic Band roadie Paul Young, & vocalist Tito Larriva. 'Eazy Teeth' was a nickname given to Paul Young by Don because he was always smiling. The EasyTeeth single artwork features a Van Vliet 1980 original EAZY TEETH drawing (black felt tip on white).



Easy Teeth - Car Noise 7″ 45, Dental Records DR-001, 1980.

Side A -
Car Noise

Side B -
Her Blade

Rev it Up,

15 April 2018

More Tribulation from Word, Sound, & Power



One more for the weekend. While I was binge spinning Dub Revolution, I took a hankering for Tribulation All Stars. Had to dig out some more source product. Here's the very first (even though it's called Vol. 2) from West London's finest, Word Sound & Power - Robert Tribulation.


Word Sound, & Power Music WSPCD005, 1993.
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Dub Liberation
Make One Dub
Dub Again
Get Ready Dub
Revelation Dub
Bigman Dub
Ethiopian Dub
Dub Fighting
One Life Dub
Nuclear Dub

It’s a Black Up Bashment,

Dubbin’ Me Now


Often I find myself neglecting to praise Jah enuff around here.  I've sed it before & I sez it again now.  DUB IS MY SALVATION!

Busy getting this year's crop ready so I'm just gonna offer up what is Dubbin' (& skankin') me Now.

This all began with an Earth Crisis, not all Dub but ESSENTIAL!


Steel Pulse - Earth Crisis remastered, Rhino Records 8122 74687 2, 2005.
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Steppin' Out
Tightrope
Throne of Gold
Roller Skates
Earth Crisis
Bodyguard
Grab Education
Wild Goose Chase

bonus tracks
Steppin' Out Dub
Steppin' Out (extended version)
Roller Skates (remix version)
Roller Skates Dub


Always keep somethin' from Wackie's near the top o' the spin.  Never know what you'll hear, but it surely will be SWEET.



Side A -

Happy Song - Sugar Minot
Undying Love - Maxine Miller
It's You I Love - Jerry Johnson
Hiding Away - Lucy Clark
Do You Feel Alright - John C

Side B -

We Need Relief Fabian Cooke
Go Man Go - Carlton Livingston
Parafanatic - Lone Ranger & Lee Van Cliff
Rock with Me - Horace Andy
This World - Leroy Sibbles




Shilling (extended mix) - Michael Rose
Have the Strength (extended mix) - Admiral Tibet
Gideon Time (extended mix) - Ranking Joe
No More Will I Roam (extended mix) - Prince Alla
Tell it Like it Is (extended mix) - Mikey General
Shaka Zulu (extended mix) - Ranking Joe
Original Fire ( extended mix) - Ranking Joe



Dub Specialist is a name used for a series of Dub LP releases from Studio One throughout the 70s. These limited edition albums were mixed down by a number of engineers over the decade, including: Sylvan Morris; Syd Bucknor; Overton "Scientist" Brown; all under the auspices of legendary producer, sound system pioneer & music entrepeneur, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. The following is a compilation of early material from 1966 - 1972.


Dub Specialist - Studio One Dub, Soul Jazz Records SJR CD89, 2004.

Bionic Dub
Take a Ride version
Sky Rhythm
Taurus Dub 2
Hooligan
Dub Rock
Rastaman version
Jah Jah version
Creator version
Running Dub
Hi Fashion Dub
Pretty version
Race Track version
Spawning
In Cold Blood version
Chase Them version
Feel the Dub



Reachout International Records ROIR 8207, 1994.

Dub Revolution - The Disciples
Cuttlefish Dub - Zion Train
Tribal Dub - Bush Chemists
Genesis Dub - Testament
Contentious Dub - Alpha & Omega
Release the Chains - Centry meets The Music Family
Crying Blood - Little Lord Creator
Mountain of Hadith - Scarab
Dub Thru Jah - Tribulation All Stars
Dub Warmth - Fish & Goat at the Controls
Dub-Hop Anthem - WordSound



Finally, some special dub mixes by Scientist (except "Land Control" mixed by Mutabaruka).
This album is an accompaniment to Word Soun' 'Ave Power (Heartbeat HB-15), which contains the vocal versions of all the original poems with different mixes for vocal tracks. This release was recorded & mixed at Tuff Gong, Kingston, JA, except "Land Control" recorded at Music Mountain, St.Andrew, JA; mixed by Mutabaruka at Skyline Studios, NYC.


Mutabaruka & Scientist - Dub Poets Dub, Heartbeat Records HB-30, 1983.

Side 1 -
Fork & Hoe
Death Row
Cussin’ de President
Illusion
Blood Shout Dub

Side 2 -
Hide & Fine
AIDS
Anti-Klan Dub
Land Control

Enjoy,