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Post by Simone on Jan 2, 2011 20:50:24 GMT
So we all know there's this independent label somewhere in Liverpool that releases a lot of various artists compilations focused on oldies, from american roots folk to 50s early rock'n'roll. Most of their output is superb and definitely worth listening, as some of these compilations are literally a goldmine for amazing amazing forgotten music which otherwise we wouldn't have the chance to be exposed to. A true labor of love they are doing. So what's the best way to thank them? Of course, stealing their work!! Yeah, very sad to put it like this but I have no choice, as long as you have private property you'll have theft. These songs should be World Heritage like a greek statue or a stegosaurus skeleton. I mean, I'm going to turtle all of their compilations one by one. Here's the first:  'The Ultimate 50's Rockin' Sci-Fi Disc' A Unique Collection of Original Sci-Fi influenced The Ultimate 50s Rockin' Sci-Fi Disc High Octane Rock 'n' Roll & Hillbilly Boogie from 1950's America. For the first time ever ,these unique 1950's Rock 'n' Roll and Hill-Billy Boogie 45's have been put together in a collection.- It tells the story of 1950's America ,charting events such as: Space Travel-Teenage Rebellion-Flying Saucers-Satellites-invasions by little green men and the paranoia surrounding the birth of the atomic bomb. This is the golden age of Rock 'n' Roll and an important cultural record of a time when no one knew what the hell was going to happen next! -They don't make them like this anymore!1. ‘Flying Saucer Boogie’ by Eddie Cletro and his Round Up Boys 2. ‘Rocket in my Pocket’ by Jimmy Lloyd 3. ‘Creature from Outer Space’ by Sonny Day 4. ‘Flying Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll’ by Billy Lee Riley and his Little Green Men 5. ‘Satellite Baby’ by Skip Stanley 6. ‘First Man on Mars’ by Jackie Fantheree 7. ‘Sputnicks and Mutnicks’ by Ray Anderson and The Homefolks 8. ’50 Megatons’ by Sonny Russell 9. ‘Martian Band’ by The Wildtones 10. ‘Shootin’ for the Moon’ by Carl and Norman 11. ‘Rocket Trip’ by Jackie Lowell 12. ‘Trip to the Moon’ by Wesley Reynolds" 13. ‘Rock on Mars’ by Terry Dunavan 14. ‘Satellite Fever- Asiatic Flu’ by Paul Perryman 15. ‘Orbit with me’ by Sonny Sheather 16. ‘Man from Mars’ by Butch Paulson 17. ‘Rock Old Sputnick’ by Nelson Young 18. ‘I’m Building a ??( on the Moon)’ by Weldon Rogers 19. ’The Boppin’ Martian’ by Dick Robinson 20. ‘Rock on the Moon’ by Jimmy Stewart This is splendid, get it on the  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 21:45:18 GMT
Fucking ace! Have you got many Viper releases? I
Been wanthing this one for quite some time. Great turtle. Any others in the pipeline? Always really loved the look of their compilations but never been able to get hold of them.
I've got a few Viper releases, let me know if you want any turtled.
The La's 'Lost La's 1984-1986 Breakloose'
Mike Badger's songs before Mavers took over. Not heard it in years but don't remember it being very good
The La's - Lost La's 1986 - 1987 Callin' All
Arthur Lee 'Arthur Lee Live in Liverpool 1992'
Arthur Lee's gig with Shack as his backing band. On paper it sounds legendary, unfortunately it sounds like a really poor bootleg.
'The Great Liverpool Acoustic Experiment
Most forgettable though theres a track from Edgar Summertyme, The Hokum Clones & Howie Payne 'In So Many Ways' which I think predates the stands.
Edgar 'Jones' Jones 'Soothing Music for Stray Cats'
'21st Century Liverpool Underground'
Compilation of tracks from the hokum clones, tramp attack (when Dave Zuton was singer) & The Big Kids featuring Edgar Jones & Howie Payne
The Stairs 'Right In The Back Of Your Mind'
Decent compilation of bits & pieces, I always just go back to the debut though
Tramp Attack 'Call in Sick'
Their brilliant second LP, more acoustic/folky than the debut.
Edgar Jones and The Joneses 'Gettin’ A Little Help
Edgar Jones & Friends 'The Masked Marauder'
The Stairs 'Who Is This Is'
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Post by Simone on Jan 2, 2011 23:04:25 GMT
Call In Sick by Tramp Attack would be beautiful Karl, I have never been able to trace that record online!!
Let's see, I think we can count at least 15 compilations ready to turtle here: some I have the real files they were selling on iTunes (including the Liverpool Unearthed serie), some I compiled them myself following their tracklists and getting a song from one record, a song from another one and so on (all of the oldies they publish are from other compilations, so the result is the same). They look great indeed, and it's a pleasure to listen to all this treasure of songs selected by themes (drinking songs, drug songs, devil songs, jungle songs...!!), it makes the experience a lot more interesting and not so dispersive as, say, compilations like "the sound of the 50s"...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 23:09:35 GMT
Yeah the drinking/drug/devil ones were the comps I was most interested in!
Just finished the 50's Rockin' Disc. Was pretty decent, really loved the tracks by Jimmy Stewart, Butch Paulson, Sonny Sheather & Billy Lee Riley and his Little Green Men.
I'll turtle the Tramp Attack LP soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 8:36:16 GMT
April O'Neil'd  Originally when this came out I was put off as it was so different to the debut but as time goes on I've found it to be as good as or maybe even better than their first LP. I can imagine them singing these tunes around a campfire |
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Post by Simone on Jan 3, 2011 19:45:24 GMT
Been listening to that Tramp Attack record all day now Karl, beautiful album indeed. Isn't it weird that the only band out of that Liverpool scene to get some recognition was the least interesting one of the lot (The Zutons)? Tramp Attack and The Stands we know how great they were, even The Bandits and The Basement were decent, but they all vanished into oblivion. By the way, there's a brand new compilation in the Technodrome.  ‘The Ultimate 1950’s Hot Rod Album’ USA Car Songs Vol 1The car plays and essential part in the history of the USA and goes hand in hand with the development of 1950’s Rock ‘n’ Roll. Just when the music upped the tempo so the Hot Rod emerged. People started to customised their old motor vehicles, adding and taking away parts, tuning engines and creating their very own unique speedsters. Here we have an exciting selection of some great high octane Rockers for your delectation – Warning: If you listen to it in your car- keep an eye out for the Cops and Speed cameras! 1. Big Green Car – Jimmy Carroll 1958 2. Race with the Devil – Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps 1956 3. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 1951 4. Hot Rod Race No3 – Bob Williams 1951 5. Brand New Cadillac – Vince Taylor 1959 6. Hardtop Race – George Stogner 1953 7. Cadillac – Bo Diddley 1959 8. Hot Rod Lincoln – Charlie Ryan & the Timberline Riders 1959 check 9. You Can’t Catch Me – Chuck Berry 1956 10. Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie No 2 – Tillman Franks 1951 11. Thunberbird – Sonny Burgess 1958 12. Down the Line – Buddy Holly & Bob Montgomery 1955 13. Hot Rod Baby – Rocky Davis 1959 14. Hot Rod Rag – Paul Westmoreland 1954 15. Ford & Shaker – James Gallagher 1959 16. Hard Top Race – Merrill Moore 1953 17. Drag Race – Don Pearly 1958 18. Take a Ride with me- Johnny Redd 1959 19. Devil’s Hot Rod – Johnny Tyler 1955 20. Message from James Dean – Bill Hayes 1956 While it doesn't look like the best concept ever for a collection of songs, it's a very solid rock'n'roll compilation! |
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Post by bennn on Jan 3, 2011 19:49:06 GMT
Give these a Turtle, Karl.
'The Great Liverpool Acoustic Experiment
'21st Century Liverpool Underground'
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 20:21:34 GMT
Great turtle, will give this a go very soon, good work. Yeah it is a shame that whole scene didn't have the success it deserved & even more of a shame that they all finished so quickly. Tramp Attack were still gigging occasionaly in Liverpool with Gary Bandit on keys last I heard though that was a couple of years back now. They also had a side project called the Sweetcorns which had a bunch of tracks up on myspace, there are still some but these are different ones to the tracks I remember. Will have to rip these one day before they disappear forever. www.myspace.com/thesweetcornsLast I heard about Howie Payne was from Mr David, apparently he is recording an album with his Sister Candie but as usual with these Scouse bands I never get my hopes up much. Will do Ben, I'll have them up in the next day or so. |
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Post by Simone on Jan 4, 2011 20:29:02 GMT
perpetual turtling I promised, and perpetual turtling is what you'll get!!  ‘Rockin' in the Jungle’ - 1950’s American Jungle SongsAfter the dark years of World War Two, there still existed a notion of Africa as a land of mystery, a lost twilight world that was wild and untamed - Rock ‘n’ Roll (with it’s origins in the Rhythm and Blues that had evolved from the liberated slaves of African origin), became fascinated with the Dark Continent -Tarzan movies becoming particularly prevalent during the 1950's.
This new and exciting era in popular music may not have been as enlightened as now, but it got toes tapping, legs swinging and hips shaking! We present in this unique compilation, for the first time, an important cultural record of a time long since gone, a collection of dangerous, pounding rhythms, Ape Calls and a menagerie of wild beasts proving to be an ideal theme for a Rock n Roll song-
Why not grab a vine and swing into action with this wild collection and go...... Rockin’ in the Jungle 1. Bill Haley –Birth of The Boogie 1955 2. Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock 1958 3. Jerry Lee Lewis –Ubangi Stomp 1957 4. Kip Tyler – Jungle Hop 1958 5. Dave Bartholomew – The Monkey 1957 6. The Playboys – Jungle Fever 1959 7. Glen Reeves & his Rock-billys - Tarzan 1958 8. The Velvet Angels – Jungle Fever 1958 9. The Big Bopper – Monkey Song (You made a Monkey out of me) 1958 10. The Eternals –Rockin’ in the Jungle 1959 11. Jimmy Murphy – Baboon Boogie 1957 12. Bo Diddley – Jungle 1959 13. Hot Lips Page – Jungle King 1953 14. Hank Thompson – Rockin’ in the Congo 1957 15. The Cadets – Stranded in the Jungle 1956 16. Big T Tyler – King Kong 1957 17. Ray Sharpe – Monkeys Uncle 1959 18. Guitar Gable – Congo Mambo 1956 19. Eddy Seacrist and his Rollin’ Rockets – Able One 1958 20. Rufus Thomas – Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) 1953 21. Charlie Feathers – Jungle Fever 1958 22. Hop Wilson –Rockin’ in the Coconut Top 1958 23. Smokey Joe with the Clyde Leoppard Band – Signifying Monkey 1955 24. Nervous Norvus – Ape Call 1956 This has to be one of the most interesting concepts ever for a compilation. Plus the cover looks immense: a gorilla...holding a bo diddley electric guitar...looking down at a tyrannosaurus rex...whos devouring ancient romans...?? it's Splinter'd. |
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Post by Simone on Jan 5, 2011 23:10:55 GMT
 'Up Jumped the Devil' - American Devil Songs 1920s-1950sMusic and its association with the Devil, dates back to when man used early forms of musical composition in religious ceremonies. Musicians could also use their compositions to attack and criticise and therefore be deemed ‘Devils’. Indeed the Devil ‘jumps’ up throughout history, in Blues mythology (& African folklore) at the crossroads - a place that belongs to no one where you can exchange your soul for that arcane musical knowledge that will mesmerise and captivate here on Earth. In the middle ages the Roman Catholic Church banned a certain musical phrase called the ‘tritone’ otherwise known as ‘the Devils Chord’ it is interesting that it is these ‘Devil notes’that mostly appear in Blues, Jazz and Rock.
In the 19th & 20th Century, particular beats and rhythms were associated with savages by a so-called civilized society and it is these primal rhythms that form the backbone of what became ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’. Add to this the problems of teenage rebellion & temptation, throw in a mess of religious superstition and you can see why the Devil has featured so highly in popular music.1. Gene Vincent – Race With The Devil 1956 2. Fats Waller – There’s going To Be The Devil To Pay 1935 3. Bo Carter – Old Devil Circa 1938 4. Charlie Christian – Pagin’ The Devil 1939 5. Woodie Brothers – Chased Old Satan through The Door 1931 6. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Little Demon 1956 7. Byron Parker and his Mountaineers – Up Jumped The Devil 1940 8. Skip James – Devil Got My Women 1931 9. Fess Parker and his Royal Flush Orchestra – Feelin’ Devilish 1930 10. Bessie Smith –Blue Spirit Blues 1929 11. Oliver Brown –Oh You Devil You 1935 12. The Clovers –Devil or Angel 1955 13. Almanac Singers – Get Behind Me Satan 1941 14. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Devil has thrown him down 1943 15. Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee – Tying a Knot in the Devil’s Tail Circa 1930 16. Washboard Sam – She Belongs to the Devil 1941 17. Jack Teagarden – Putting Salt on the Devil’s Tail Circa 1941 18. Otis Spann – I’d Rather Be The Devil 1954 19. Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Boogaboo 1928 20. Robert Johnston – Me and The Devil Blues version 1 1937 Its on enjoy. This has a lot of classic stuff (Robert Johnson, Skip James...) as well as many tracks I've never heard before. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 17:30:07 GMT
Thanks again, need to grab these last two plus turtle the couple for ben over the weekend.
Oh yeah Simone. Years ago you sent me a record by the Staple Singers, I think it was from the 60's maybe very early 70s. Used to listen to it quite a bit but lost it somehow. Any chance you could turtle that one?
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Post by brad on Jan 7, 2011 17:32:00 GMT
Grabbing these for listens over the weekend!
Cheers bruv! Lots and lots of stuff I've not heard there
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Post by Simone on Jan 7, 2011 20:50:29 GMT
Oh yeah Simone. Years ago you sent me a record by the Staple Singers, I think it was from the 60's maybe very early 70s. Used to listen to it quite a bit but lost it somehow. Any chance you could turtle that one? turtled, Karl. It's a beauty of a lost gem indeed, haven't listened to it in years and years, probably since we last talked about it. I'm glad you are enjoying these comps guys, really. The goal would be to collect as much Viper releases as we can here*...I'm gonna turtle their Beefheart live recordings soon aswell! There's a lot of stuff in the pipeline. * If you people from The Viper Label in Liverpool are reading this, we are truly sorry. We don't mean to steal, but we have no choice: we are students, postmen, contruction workers, hoboes, humble people with a modest salary who can't afford to buy everything they love. So don't take it as theft, take it as a love letter. Your work is precious. I'm sure we'll find a way to pay you back. I promise you I'll buy your next exclusive release. The Isrites demos would be great. Thanks. Truly Yours - The Soapbox |
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Post by monkeytennis on Jan 7, 2011 20:54:08 GMT
downloaded the last 2 turtles simone, looking forward to listening. cheers man xxx
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Post by ana on Jan 7, 2011 21:02:34 GMT
The artwork look fucking sexual. I'll download these today and listen this week, it looks very very interesting. Thanks, Simone.
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Post by barny on Jan 7, 2011 21:54:42 GMT
Any news on your work Simone? You could have contributed to the Yellow Peril Christmas EP to give it a push of quality  |
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Post by bennn on Jan 7, 2011 22:21:49 GMT
These comps are killer. Thanks!
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Post by Simone on Jan 8, 2011 2:34:44 GMT
Any news on your work Simone? You could have contributed to the Yellow Peril Christmas EP to give it a push of quality err I don't know if you serious or what but...yeah, I'm writing the songs, I'd like to release the next record in a couple of months. Only thing I know now is that there will be another picture of my cats as the cover, probably this one  As for the Yellow Peril Christmas EP, I read the news only when it was too late to join, but I would have loved to. I'd like to have a word with Karl now and ask him if he wants to release a 'Soapbox Cover Album' where we unanimously choose an artist (say, Neil Young) and all of us contribute with a cover song...even the people who can't play an instrument would join, they would sing a cappella or recite the song as it was a poem. We all would go by crazy pseudonyms like they did on Trout Mask Replica. Everyone will take part and we will all feel like sisters and brothers. |
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Post by barny on Jan 8, 2011 11:01:23 GMT
I like the idea, but I won't be able to play the guitar for at least 3 months. And of course I was being serious
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Post by brad on Jan 9, 2011 11:11:46 GMT
Loving the first one!
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