In The Trashcan
Records GEM043
"Whenever money talks and you feel the urge to put
on the cape from the outer limits, I'm branded for the
thunderpussy of Miss Jean ..."
Spaced out garage trash version of this classic 60s instro monster. I'm told Lux Interior was featured on their previous 45 and that's how he met Candy Del Mar, who was a Cramps member in the late 80s. See vol 46 for the flipside of this Sympathy For The Record Industry 45.
Fantastic Brussels surfin' hot rod instro version of mid-60s classic "Shapes of things to come", as if it were Davie Allan & The Arrows. Released on Screaming Apple in 1994.
Armitage Shanks featuring their big hero Billy Childish are here with a blistering guitar instrumental, produced by Billy himself and recorded at Liam Watson's Toe Rag Studios for Sympathy For The Record Industry.
After leaving The Barracudas drummer Yan Quellien formed The Hawaï-Men. This is a splendid Hammond groove fuzz-jazzbeat instrumental from 1992 on Cinelux. On the label it's entitled "Dani's jerk". The inner sleeve is in 3-D and it shows you how to "Do the Danny Wilde!". See vol 55 for more.
This instrumental was written by Bo Diddley aka Ellas McDaniels and performed by Thee Headcoats with a leading part for Johnny "Tub" Johnson; the bass riff is stolen from another Diddley tune, "I can tell". Also a Sympathy For The Record Industry release, from 1993.
This Melbourne, Australia label pressed it on 1000 clear pink vinyl copies in 1991 and I think this instrumental was the band's first non-Japanese release. So I must say thanks to Australia for discovering this wonderfully authentic Japanese garage trash girl band from Tokyo. Originally recorded by the Highlights in 1958.
"I'm branded" is actually Link Wray's killer guitar instrumental "Branded". Everybody knows SCOTS from North Carolina and everybody loves their "Camel walk", but here they show they can play rock 'n' roll instrumentals as well. See also vol 14 for the A-side. Recorded in 1994 and issued by Belgian label Demolition Derby.
What's the link between The Strangers' "Caterpillar crawl", The Rumblers' "Boss" and The Mosquitoes' "The big ace"? It's the same guitar/sax instrumental that we all know as The Cramps' "Garbageman" without the lyrics. Released in 1994 by Thunder Records, a rockabilly label from Marseille, France.
This song appears twice on the single, due to a misprint, released in 1995 on Demolition Derby. Fuzz, wah-wah, reverb, layer upon layer,… An instrumental masterpiece from Finland.
No better fitting record label than Damaged Goods for these thunderous garage sounds by the London band Cee Bee Beaumont who were big friends of Armitage Shanks. This instrumental is one of the 4 tracks on this EP "Ready to riot!" from 1995.
One of their best known songs and it formed a blueprint for other Belgian instrumental bands like Fifty Foot Combo. In the mid-90s they were Brussels' hottest band, at least if you were a rock 'n' roll kind of person. A 1994 EP on Demolition Derby.
The biggest influences on this Belgian instro outfit were Davie Allan and of course The Ventures, hence this version of "The cape". See vols 29 and 78 for other tracks from this single. A 3M&P release from 1995.
A Sonics-style instrumental version of Berry Gordy's classic. Link Protrudi is of course The Fuzztones' Rudi Protrudi, while the Jaymen here are the Ace-Tones from Holland. Recorded in 1994 and released by Skoda Records in 300 numbered copies.
Frantic garage instro by Rudi Protrudi's side project, formed to proof he really can play guitar. Other tracks on this 5-song EP are "Backfire", "Black widow" and "The stroll".
Magnificent instrumental that Link Wray forgot to write, so all credits go to the genius of Billy Childish. A 1992 release on Damaged Goods.
No bigger Link Wray fan in England than Billy Childish. After Commanche, Branded, Rumble and some others it's now time for Wray's monster instrumental "Fat back", also a Poison Ivy fave, hence The Cramps' version of "Sunglasses after dark", based on these guitar riffs. A 1992 release from Spain on Munster Records.
