Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth RIP.
Playlist
Guilloteens – Hey You (HBR)
Sonics – Love-Itis (Jerden)
Lindy Blaskey & the Lavells – You Ain’t Tuff (Space)
Beckett Quintet – No Correspondence (Gemcor)
David Clayton Thomas – Done Somebody Wrong (Decca)
Knickerbockers – I Must Be Doing Something Right (Challenge)
Mystery Bonus Track
Apparitions – She’s So Satisfying (Caped Crusader)
Max Frost & the Troopers – Let [...]
June 29, 2008
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg Digital Trip, Music, folk rock, garage punk, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 9 Comments
Top to Bottom – Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld, Kornfeld & Duboff
Performing on Shivaree in 1965
Listen – The Changin’ Times – How Is The Air Up There – MP3
Greetings all.
Today’s selection is an object lesson in why a record fiend (such as myself) relishes the opportunity to hit record shows (as opposed to random digs in the [...]
June 26, 2008
Categories: 45s, Music, cover versions, garage punk, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 8 Comments
The Creation
Listen – The Creation – Making Time – MP3
Greetings all.
The tune I bring you today is both a long time favorite and a major want-list item (that I doubted I’d ever score a copy of).
But first, a story.
Some weeks ago I was on an unexpected vinyl digging expedition (i.e. having arrived in a music [...]
June 22, 2008
Categories: 45s, British Beat, Culture, Music, freakbeat, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 7 Comments
Buzzy Linhart
Listen – Buzzy Linhart – The Love’s Still Growing – MP3
Greetings all.
I figured I’d close out the week with something mellow, to get your head back in the right place so that enjoyment of the weekend might commence.
The tune I bring you today is a song that I fell in love with some years [...]
June 18, 2008
Categories: Culture, Music, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 5 Comments
Lynne Randell
Listen – Lynne Randell – That’s a Hoe Down- MP3
Greetings all.
A few weeks ago I made an unexpected trip to a record fair, and pretty much blew my bankroll in the first 30 minutes (thanks in large part to one dealer with an exceptional selection of both soul and garage 45s). I was pretty [...]
June 15, 2008
Categories: 45s, Australian Pop, Culture, Music, pop . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 9 Comments
Mod girl dancing at The Dive (1986)
Photo by Andy Peters
All the photos in this piece were taken by Andy Peters, who if he knows what’s good for him will put together and publish a coffee table book on the scene.
DOH!!! While a-googling to do some fact checking, I discovered that my old pal Blair Buscareno [...]
June 8, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 15 Comments
Listen – The Free – Decision for Lost Soul Blue – MP3
Greetings all.
Important programming note: Before we get started, I should tell you that I just posted a major update to the post on the Knight Riders. Band member Jay Mierly has sent me a few rare photos of the band, which I’ve added to [...]
June 4, 2008
Categories: 45s, Culture, Iron Leg Digital Trip, Music, garage punk, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 12 Comments
Buffalo Springfield
Listen – Buffalo Springfield – Everydays – MP3
Greetings all.
I should get things started by mentioning that I’ve begun the 2008 Pledge Drive over at Funky16Corners. Lest you wonder why I mention it here, know that the server space where all the F16C files reside is also home sweet home to all the files here, [...]
June 1, 2008
Categories: 45s, Music, folk rock, pop, psychedelia . . Author: funky16corners . Comments: 2 Comments