In The Trashcan
Records GEM100
"Many assured me it was a mission impossible, but
here are the first 100 volumes; how far can too far go?
Very, very far, daddy-o..."
The first album of this Parisienne is a statement, a classic, a must have: "Press color" on ZE Records. This single contains two tracks from that album. "Mission impossible" is a fabulous instrumental, originally by Lalo Schifrin for the television series. It's from 1979 and she was 23 and gorgeous and much more, talented. See vol 96 for the flipside.
One of the best Electric Prunes songs covered by The Meteors using their garage alter ego The Clapham South Escalators in 1981. A psychedelic rockabilly version of an LSD song? Works for me! An Upright release. See vol 95 for the flipside.
If you ignore "Ca plane pour moi" and all the cover songs, this may was well be his best song. It includes Dan Lacksman who's behind the Moog and the Vocoder. Alan Ward aka Elton Motello is the sound engineer. A 1978 release on Vogue.
Nigel Lewis is a better singer than P.Paul Fenech, but Fenech is more psychobilly minded than Lewis. Still this is perhaps the most Cramps sounding Meteors song. It's 1981 and the UK was happy with their own zombie copy of The Cramps.
B-side of their second 45 and their best. It's a killer instrumental on Sheep Records from 1998. On each and every dance floor it's a filler. Android psych-lounge beat from Zürich, Switzerland. The A-side is on vol 99.
It's the B-side of the promo-release of "Kizmiaz" from 1986. The regular release has "Give me a woman" as flipside. It's also featured on their "A date with Elvis" album.
Spy movie theme instrumental on a Finnish record label from 1996. I have no info about this outfit.
From their first 45 "Good guys" (yes, The Standells song) till the end of the 80s: it's like there was only one garage combo in the UK. OK, I haven't forgotten all the Medway bands, but they're more r&b and beat than garage. This is 1989 and it's their most psychedelic sounding garage song they recorded. Also released on Mike's own Hit Records, as flip to "Are you going to Stonehenge?"
Iggy Pop teamed up with old friend James Williamson for an album and a couple of 45s. This is the flipside of their 1978 co-release on Radar.
This is the suavest Medway garage punk from the US, recorded in 1994 for Real Records and Vendetta Records. See also vols 15 and 25 for more info about this EP and the mystery band.
It took a few more years than expected to obtain this 45. I had the album ("1965-1980") and I was blown away by the power and brilliance of "Last white Christmas". I consider this one of the best songs from 1980.
After their ode to Geraldine, the Portsmouth garage kings are back with another girl, "Samantha". A year later they would enlist Jane to become their singer. A 1995 release on Alopecia.
After Warner Bros they teamed up with EMI for a cleaner sound, beginning with predecessor "England", their finest effort ever and my personal fave. "Kids on the street" is street punk that misses whatever made "If the kids are united" by their idols Sham 69 the best in the genre.
The best song on this 3-track single is "Echoing sunshine" and the New England psychedelic garage band from Rhode Island was still known as Brian T & Plan 9. This is their first release, from 1984 on Midnight Records.
Title track from my favourite P.I.L. album from 1981. Best album track is "Banging the door". Keith Levene helped John "Rotten" Lydon with the special atmosphere in this tune. Flipside is the dub song "Home is where the heart is".
Babz aka Barbara Hanf in her pre-Diaboliks period and her Babzoomas for the crazy movie "The perv parlor" from 1995 in this soundtrack EP on Damaged Goods. Her soon-to-be husband Josh Collins made the movie. Drummer is Bruce Brand, Billy Childish' sidekick. A horny harem is all you need to listen to 100 compilations and 1600 songs. That's 599 more than 1001 nights.
