The 'ZAPPATISTAS' started as a commission from Nottinghamshire County Council when John Ethridge was approached by Dave Groome to put together a band for a one off performance at the Newark festival in October 1998. John then contacted Steve Lodder and together they chose the material to perform a selection of Frank Zappa's music.
John Etheridge: guitar & vocals Simon Bates: saxophones & flute Simon Finch: trumpet Annie Whitehead: trombone Steve Lodder: keyboard Rob Statham: bass Mike Bradley: drums Teena Lyle: percussion, vibraphone, vocals
Track List: 1. The Grand wazoo 2. Let's make the water turn black 3. Sofa n.1 4. Eat that question 5. Sexual harrassment in the workplace 6. King Kong 7. Sleep dirt 8. Big Swifty 9. Medley: a) Harry you're a beast b) Oh No c) Theme from Lumpy Gravy 10. I'm the slime
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats formed in London in 2009 and burst into the
underground rock/metal scene after their second full-length album
'Blood Lust'. But, before that, the band released 'Volume 1' in 2010; an
album sounding like something directly from the late 60s / early 70s.
The music isn't as much metal as it is sleazy, stoned psychedelic rock a
la early Pentagram (before their proper doom metal sound), and the
production gives the music an overall dirty, raw feel to it. Whilst not an extremely gimmicky band, in comparison to Ghost (B.C.) and
the likes of Slipknot (eh...), Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats' vocals are
interesting, in the sense they sound a lot like the Beatles' Lennon and
McCartney on a song like 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. Both the
vocal style and the production have a hand in the outcome of that.
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Battered Ornaments were an ambitious rock band put together by lyricist Pete Brown, known for writing many of Cream's songs with Jack Bruce, after that group broke up. Organized in 1969, Battered Ornaments featured Brown on vocals and trumpet, Graham Layden (vocals), Chris Spedding (guitar), Charlie Hart (organ, violin), George Khan (sax), Butch Potter (bass), Rob Tait (drums), and Pete Bailey (percussion).
Layden was an early casualty. The group released an initial LP, A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark, credited to Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments, and completed a second, Mantelpiece, before Brown left in a dispute with Spedding. Brown's vocals were then wiped off Mantelpiece and replaced by Spedding. The group continued until Spedding's departure for a solo career.
Track List: 01. Sunshades 02. Late Into the Night 03. Then I Must Go 04. Crosswords and the Safety Pins 05. Straggered 06. Twisted Track 07. Smoke Rings 08. Take Me Now 09. My Love's Gone Far Away 10. Week Looked Good on Paper (Bonus) 11. Living Life Backwards (Bonus)
Chris Spedding recharged his career when the '77 era punk explosion
emerged. Spedding, a veteran musician who already had three albums of
his own and many critical appearances on many other artist's albums,
came out with "Pogo Dancing" with The Vibrators. Then, released his
eponymous album, Chris Spedding, the best album of his career. His
follow-up, Hurt, is a harder rocking LP. Side 2 (on the vinyl) just
completely roars with "Wild Wild Women", "Road Runner", the premiere
"Stay Dumb", "Get Outa My Pagoda" and winding up with "Hurt By Love".
While not as essential as it's predecessor, Hurt is a must have album by
a very important artist.
~Mark Yokel
Track List: 1. Wild In The Streets - 3:10
2. Silver Bullet - 3:57
3. Lone Rider - 3:25
4. Woman Trouble - 5:19
5. Ain't Superstitious (Snips, Chris Spedding) - 4:44
6. Wild Wild Women - 3:51
7. Road Runner (Ellas McDaniel) - 2:46
8. Stay Dumb - 2:49
9. Get Outa My Pagoda - 2:40
10.Hurt By Love - 3:30
11.Pogo Dancing - 3:06
12.The Pose - 2:23
13.Gunfight - 2:31
14.Evil (Snips) - 2:57
More Influential Federal Recordings Studio recordings @ 320 {Out of Print}
Blues Guitar Hero Vol. 1: The Influential Early Sessions
Track List: 1. Hide Away 2. Lonesome Whistle Blues 3. San-Ho-Zay 4. I'm Tore Down 5. See See Baby 6. Christmas Tears 7. You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling 8. Have You Ever Loved A Woman 9. You Know That You Love Me 10. I Love The Woman 11. It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough 12. Sen-Sa-Shun 13. If You Believe In What You Do 14. Takin' Care Of Business 15. The Stumble 16. Sitting' On The Boat Dock 17. Side Tracked 18. What About Love 19. Come On 20. Just Pickin'
Blues Guitar Hero Volume 2: More Influential Federal Recordings
Track List: 1. Over Drive 2. Full Time Love 3. Now I've Got A Woman 4. Onion Rings 5. You Can't Hide 6. Teardrops On Your Letter 7. Heads Up 8. You Mean Mean Woman (How Can Your Love Be True) 9. Some Other Day, Some Other Time 10. Wash Out 11. Meet Me At The Station 12. Someday After Awhile (You'll Be Sorry) 13. Out Front 14. She's The One 15. Look, Ma I'm Cryin' 16. Bossa Nova Blues 17. I Love You More Everyday 18. Walk Down That Aisle (Honey Chile) 19. High Rise 20. Double Eyed Wammy
Experiment Zero is almost a movie in itself as the
story unfolds with a speaker test in the lab. Channels, frequencies,
volume, etc... are all tested in true 50's form. Once the controls have
been adjusted, the music begins in full force as the lab coats have
their fun just getting warmed up. As Experiment Zero moves into it's
meaty section, the theme focuses on the scientist's efforts to contact
outer space with Television Fission, DNI, and Planet Collision. Guitars
are raw, fast, high powered, yet retain just enough twang to keep it
cool. Like a true Hollywood film with parallel action, attention
quickly changes to outer space where evil robots have taken over planets
and claimed machinery for their evil efforts along the way. ~Manto
Seriously...this thing KILLS!!!!!!!!
Track List:
1. Stereo Phase Test 2. Television Fission 3. DNI 4. Planet Collision 5. Big Track Attack 6. 9 Volt 7. Evil Plans Of Planet Spectra 8. Anoxia 9. Maximum Radiation Level 10. King Of The Monsters 11. Cyborg Control 12. Test Driver 13. Television Man 14. Z-X3 15. Principles Unknown
Golem - Orion Awakes (1973*) Studio Recordings @320
{Out of Print}
Between the early and mid 1970s, at Dieter Dierk's studios, a renowned
German producer and sound engineer, a series of sessions took place led
by Toby Robinson (also known as Mad Twiddler), one of Dierk's engineers,
and made by some musicians of very known bands on the krautrock scene,
but who used pseudonyms to avoid contractual problems with their record
labels. These recordings were released by the mysterious Pyramid label
and each album featured invented names of bands and musicians, even if
most were practically the same. The albums were pressed in a very rustic
and handcrafted way, besides each one - according to some sources - had
approximately 25 copies, which were sold at art galleries or given away
as gifts to the musicians' friends and relatives.
Orion Awake by fictitious band Golem was one of the last releases by
Pyramid, but its date of release is still a little uncertain, however
according to The Crack In The Cosmic Egg, by the brothers Alan and
Steven Freeman, it was released in 1976(*). This album sound has strong
alliances with space rock and recreates the atmosphere from krautrock
earliest days. Much of this album might remind you bands like Hawkwind,
Gila, Ash Ra Tempel, Neu!, plus some Hendrix-influenced guitar solos. An
album that sadly and intentionally remained hidden for a long time,
which when was discovered, made even the self-proclaimed krautrock
'experts' freak out!
Track List: 01. Orion Awakes (7:19) 02. Stellar Launch (7:37) 03. Godhead Dance (6:33) 04. Jupiter & Beyond (14:21) a) Signal b) Noise c) Rebirth 05. The Returning (7:44)
Ecclectic, psychedelic epic rock with lot of Hammond organs, heavy drums and jamming guitars. Their album Orion Awakes (1973) belongs to Pyramid Records archives. Amazing, catchy improvised free spacey rockin' trip that can reminds the best efforts delivered by early Pink Floyd, Gila, Dies Irae, Jane.
