Andy Dale Petty, Lightnin’ Beatman, Reverend Beatman & Movie Star Junkies

MOVIE 29 and No-fi records (Italy ).... slow, moody, mean floor crawler reminding you of about everything negative or dark sounding record in the Crypt Catalogue, but without leaving with the possibility to refer to this or that band...desperate vocals, moaning organ, trashy distorted guitar performing in clubs,squats galleries and streets or supporting Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and the Lost Sounds the Scientists and the Chrome Cranks, you can easily find the influence of these 2 bands as well Requiem pour un con by Serge Gainsbourg, THIS IS NOT A LIGHT. . LUCKY HORSE and the kinda n.y.sound ELEANOR are enough to realise how unique this band is in the italian music scene.

Back with a BANG for Volume Four With more Thrilling, Rhythmic Monophonic madness for all your party needs.

26 pounding platters featuring such delights as mumblin’ Blues stomp from Big Dave & his House Rockers, a Spooky Rocker from Bobby Bare (Pre Country Superstardom) and an even more souped up version of the Ronnie Self classic “Bop-A-Lena” from Aussie Loons ,the Chessmen.

Add to that, Jay Hodge Ork with one of the craziest Instros to ever grace the groove of a 45 and the hollering Accordion Dumbness of Bobby Gregory’s “Chinese Rock’N’Roll” and you’ve got yourself Guaranteed 3 chord* Action with every spin.

*WARNING: some tunes may contain 4 chords

TRACK LISTING:

1.The Vice Roys – Don’t Let Go

2. Big Dave & the House-Rockers – Goin’ On Baby

3. Little Ellis & his L7’s – Barb Wire

4. Bobby Bare – Vampira

5. Bashful Vic Thomas – Rock And Roll Tonight

6. Little Jacky Wayne – White Felt Hat

7. Eddie Con Los Shades – Dime Sime Vas A Ver

8. Shy Guy Douglas – Monkey Doin’ Woman

9. The Rockin’ Continentals – Cobra 289

10. The 4 El Moroccos – To-Bango

11. Montclairs – Baby Doll

12. Glen Goza – Goshamody Whatabody

13. Sandy Lee – Ballin’ Keen

14. Jim Jackson – I Want Your Love

15. Jay Hodge Ork – Goatsville

16. Bob Grady – Granny Tops ‘em At The Hop

17. Johnny Scroggins – Talk To Me Baby

18. Lee Dresser & the Krazy Kats- Beat Out My Love

19. Roosevelt Johnson – Hey Little Girl

20. The Black Albinos – Shish Kebab

21. Bobby Fry – Highway Robbery

22. Artie Dillon – In My Teens

23. The Chessmen – Bop-A-Lena

24. Screamin’ Joe Neal – Rock And Roll Deacon

25. Johnny McCullough – 55 Chevy

26. Bobby Gregory – Chinese Rock’N’Roll

AMERICANA OLD TIME RELIGION FOLK MUSIC MIXED UP WITH WESTERN BALADS
From the desk of Reverend Beat-man: One day I was in my office and a letter came from King Khan with a CD of Andy Dale Petty. He said Andy is a Trainer, a boy that runs freight trains with his Guitar and travels from town to town and sings Songs... The CD he send was probably recorded somewhere in a train or in a car... It sounded Fantastic so I put him in a Studio near where he lives to record those 13 Songs for Voodoo Rhythm Records.
Andy has a great way of playing his instrument and his voice is sometimes so wrong that it’s Beautiful to listen too, and he’s only fucking 18 years old godamit! Andy Takes the Roots of Woody Guthrie and Young Bob Dylan and makes them his own. On this Album there are 13 songs, including a couple covers and Traditionals, but most of them are written by Andy himself, and they are Great Songs in the Tradition of Americana Folk and western Ballads; with Banjo, Guitar and sometimes a sweet little church Organ that catapults you into another dimension and pushes you into another world.
KING KHAN wrote following words about Andy Dale Petty:
I met Andy Dale Petty in Huntsville, Alabama, he had a magazine in his pocket with all the state train routes in it and was telling me about how he loved to hop trains like the hobos back in the day. He taught me how to run next to a train and hop it, always make sure you can see the spokes in the wheel turning, if you cant than the train is too fast and you might lose a limb or two or your head. He fell asleep on a cold wooden porch that evening and then woke everyone up with his lovely geetar playing in the morning. Alabama is known as the place where the first confederate flag was designed and raised, incidentally it was also the place where the first rocket was made to take humans to the moon. Thankfully both slavery and moon travel were abandoned and replaced by white castle, waffle houses and welfare. People like Andy Dale make America the beautiful nightmare that it is. His guitar playing and hobosexuality preserve the fruits of the nation in a jar rather than a petri dish. He may not be able to turn water into wine but he can sure make a rainy afternoon feel like pickles and orange crush. The world would be a cold place without Andy Dale and his geetar, so if you see him by the train tracks, buy him a can of beans and throw a hotdog in it.... he deserves it.

Tracks:
1. The hour is near (Z. Jeffries, R. Tidwell, M. Bryant) 1:26
2. Walking down the line (Bob Dylan) 1:56
3. Alabama Jubilee (traditional) 1:47
4. Johnny the Walker of the White Mountains (A. Myers) 2:25
5. Empty Bottle Blues (A. Myers) 2:45
6. He turned the water into wine (Johnny Cash) 2:07
7. The Coo-Coo Bird (traditional) 2:16
8. In Christ there is no east or west (traditional) 2:04
9. Joe Hill (traditional) 2:53
10. The ghost of the Goatman (A. Myers) 3:13
11. Waltzing on the Saturday night astral plane ( A. Myers) 2:07
12. Where the fiddle plays again (A. Myers) 3:17
13. Sunflower River Blues (john Fahey) 2:24

FRANTIC R&B, SOUL STOMPERS, CRAZED DOO WOPS, INSANE INSTRUMENTALS & JUNGLE WIG OUTS, TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY PITTSBURGH DJ! INCLUDES GREAT ARTWORK WITH LOTSA PHOTOS, LINER NOTES, INTERVIEWS & MORE! Track Listing: Johnny Otis Spot #1 / The Sonics – Psycho / Silvertones – Get It / Scott Wood – Chicken Rock / Ronnie Cook and the Gaylards – The Goo Goo Muck / Belltones – Swingin’ Little Chicky / Little Ike – Sha Can Rock / Aqua-Nites – Carioca / King Rock and the Knights – Send-Di / Saucers – Cha Wailey Routa / Eddie Jones – Certainly All / Calvin Cool – El Telecote / Patrice Holloway – Do the Del Viking / Instrumentals – Chop Suey Rock / Four Sounds – Mama Ubangi Bangi / Jimmy Heap – Gismo / Vels – Mysterious Teenage / WZUM Radio Spot

GREAT GATEFOLD LP AND EXTENSIVE BOOKLET CD FULL-COLOR PACKAGING!

Track Listing: WZUM Radio Spot / Saxons – Camel Walk / Del-Mars – Snacky Poo / Corvettes – Pick Up / Harvey – Anyway You Wanta / James “Red” Holloway – A La Carte / Caps – Red Headed Flea / Jimmy Kelly and the Rock-A-Bouts – Little Chickie / Rhythm Addicts – Oomp Boomp / Shane Kai Ray – Jungle Talk (I Want Some of That) / Count Ferrell – Wizard of Ah’s / Renegades – Geronimo / Neons – Tucson / Big Danny Oliver – Sapphire / Savoys – Slappin’ Rods And Leaky Oil / Grand Prees – Jungle Fever / Marquis Chimps – Red Rose Tea / WZUM Radio Spot

GREAT GATEFOLD LP AND EXTENSIVE BOOKLET CD FULL-COLOR PACKAGING!

Track Listing: Johnny Otis Spot #2 / Blonde Bomber – Strollie Bun / Premieres – Firewater / Ban-Lons – I Like It / Hong Kongs – Surfin’ In The China Sea / Delcos – Arabia / Wild Child Gibson – Uncle John / Avalons – Malanese / Mad Mike and the Maniacs – The Hunch / Baby Huey and the Babysitters – Monkey Man / Motivations – The Birds / Duvals – Cotton / J.J Jackson and the Jackals – Oo-Ma-Liddi / Marino Choice – Cherry Juice / Ervin Rucker – Done Done The Slop / Youngsters – Zebra / Big Syl Barnes – Come On Back

They came and combusted as teenagers thirty years ago, now they’re back to retake the two-chord monte in SPADES! Wheeler Winston Dixon wails while Michael Downey cranks up the proto-punk x-factor on this snarling set including their alarmingly faboo first single, newly unearthed live recordings from their first show ever in July, 1970, unheard demos and new NYC live and studio recordings. Essential! Track Listing: Gimme Gimme Gimme / Black Cadillac / Seething Psychosexual Conflict Blues / Nothing To Do / I’m So Sick Of Everything / Why Not Knock Yourself Off? / Angeline / I Got Spies Watching You / Gimme Gimme Gimme / Nothing To Do / It’s Lame / I’m So Sick Of Everything / It’s Lame / I Jes Wanna Go To Bed / Ritual TV Smashing Finale / Velvet Touch

The CAPS – a short Bio:

Akron, like many industrial towns in the Rust Belt, had a healthy country music scene thanks to the Appalachian natives and European immigrants who moved for thefactory jobs and brought their stringed instruments with them. In the late 1950s, the halls of Akron’s Ellet High School began to reverberate with a rock-n-roll beat. A group
of students in the Civil Air Patrol got together one night at member Ray Salmons’ house, “just goofin’ around’ – using a borrowed guitar and coffee cans for drums.
The group’s commander suggested they form a band – if for no other reason, they already had uniforms, and a moniker – the acronym for their organization, CAPS!
In addition to Ray Salmons on guitar, the original band included John Householder on coffee cans, and Bob Lieb on sax. Bob was already playing sax in the Ellet band, but
Ray was playing a borrowed Gibson guitar. John bought a basic three piece drum set, and the Caps played their first couple public appearances at teen clubs for free. Ray bought a Silvertone guitar and amp. The next gig was at the Navy marine center in Akron, where the group passed the hat and earned enough cash to buy matching shirts.Over the next few months, the Caps played record hops in Akron, and had a few personnel changes. John Householder flunked out of school, and his mother forced him to quit. Bill Roth, an experienced drummer, replaced him. Allan Parsons, who was from Green High School, joined on guitar.
In the fall of 1958 the band cut a 4-song demo at WCUE radio station, thanks to classmate Bill Allen. Ann White was a young lady from Hudson, Ohio (about 12 miles north of Akron) who was wheelchair-bound from polio. Her father had some money, and she wanted to get into the record business. She started a label called White Star (which
had only one previous 45 release, a college singing group) and heard about the Caps. White issued their first 45 “Red Headed Flea” – a song inspired by a Bob Lieb sax riff.The b-side included a vocal song, featuring Allan Parsons on lead, in which all band members, except drummer Bill Roth, sang. These songs were recut at Audio Recording in Cleveland White Star released 3 more 45s by the Caps in the following months with modest local success.

``RED HEADED FLEA/DADDY DEAN`` GHAS-23 (GET HIP ARCHIVE SERIES)

From a group of fun-loving highschoolers in Akron, Ohio Red Headed Flea features one of the wildest screams in R&R history. Killer teenage R&R stomp and a sought-after 45 rarity of the late 1950s! Great picture sleeve & liner notes complete the reissue of the first single on White Label records by the Caps. Highly recommended!!

PROM DATE/SWEETHEART GOODNIGHT`` GHAS-24 (GET HIP ARCHIVE SERIES)

The CAPS were on their way; the Red Headed Flea was being played all over the northeastern US and had even made its way to California by some reports. A lot of trips and driving was involved in their promotional trips around the East Coast and the band spent time in the car writing songs. Prom Date told a story about a high school guy that didn’t have a date for the prom and so he decided as a last resort that he would just take his car (a real bomb) and go to the prom. The flip side titled “Sweetheart Goodnight”, a sorority vocal written by Ann White, the owner of the CAPS White Star Label was the first attempt by the CAPS to do a harmonizing vocal with a big band backing.

``THREE LITTLE PIGNIKS/DADDY DEAN PT. 2`` GHAS-25 (GET HIP ARCHIVE SERIES)

The Caps had just finished recording the Red Headed Flea, and it was time to think about a follow up record. Ann White, who had wrote some songs, and owned White Star Records, came up with an idea to do a take off on the Three Little Pigs and put it to music. It seemed to fit the “Beatnik” era that was popular at that time, and the Caps put it together with that in mind. The flip side was a filler song that wasn’t meant to be an “A” side. It was an instrumental version of Daddy Dean called “Daddy Dean Part II”, a bit more up tempo, with each lead instrument getting a chance at a solo

``WHO THE HECK/OCTAVIAN`` GHAS-26 (GET HIP ARCHIVE SERIES)

By this time, the CAPS had evolved into a full-fledged band as each member played an instrument. Lead guitar by Ray Salmons, rhythm guitar by Allen Parsons, Bob Leib on tenor sax, Jack Ferrell on bass and Bill Roth, master of the drums. Bill also gave the CAPS “Who In The Heck” for their fourth release with a very unique flip side titled “Octavian” that expressed the versatility of the group. Octavian was born from a little in-be-tween jam session between Allan Parsons and Jack Ferrell during a break at a rehearsal.

WFMU Record Fair, NYC
The big one wraps up the year with the wildest wax weekender yet! Pick up the wildest wax and all sorts of musical masterpieces at the big town's biggest record roundup. Live broadcasts all weekend long include the on-air wedding of Boss lady deejay Debbie D to her one and only Jimmy boy during Rex's radio show! www.wfmu.org/recfair
WFMU's 2008 Record Fair is happening October 24, 25 and 26th at Manhattan's Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street!
10,000 square feet of amazing CDs, LPs, DVDs and artworks, there will be live broadcasts, live music from DMBQ and Monotonix
The fair runs Friday 10/24 from 7-10pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 10/25 & 10/26 from 10am to 7pm. Admission is $6. Earlybirds can get in on Friday at 4pm for $25, which includes readmission all weekend.

Wednesday, Oct 29
DEX ROMWEBER DUO @ Maxwell's, Hoboken
You loved the Flat Duo Jets with Dex and Crow, now dig Dex blasting off with his incredible sis Sara at the traps!

Friday, Nov 7
A-BONES, BIG CITY STOMPERS, MOTOGATORS @ UNION POOL, Brooklyn
Three way face off under the BQE with the boro's top noise makers!

CHANTS R&B (Norton 335) Fifteen raving 1966 blasts from New Zealand’s wildest combo! This vinyl only set features one side of mauling studio recordings (Neighbour Neighbour/I’m Your Witchdoctor) and one side with their legendary live Stage Door recordings (That’s The Way It’s Gotta Be/Don’t Bring Me Down). Thrill to extensive liner notes by the band and a knockout photo filled package, not to the most deranged version of Land Of 1000 Dances ever recorded! LP only

NOVEMBER 4 RELEASES MOMENTS AWAY FROM LIFT OFF!

JOHNNY AND THE SILVERTONES ROCK TIL THE END OF TIME/I’ VE GOT A WOMAN (45-144) Blood curdling unissued 1963 R&B booze savagery! The Figures of Light It's Lame was the Monster Of The Year for 2006, CJ and the Casuals Study Hall was the Monster of the Year for 2007 all hail the new champ! This recently unearthed Ohio acetate is over the top WILD!!! Dig these lyrics, I wanna cash my check at the liquor store/Crawl into that barroom door/Goin to the bar get me a jug of wine... Savage guitars, pounding drums, this is IT!!!! For fans of Screamin Joe Neal!!!

FLYIN SAUCER TWIST: THE NORTHWAY SOUND RECORDS STORY VOL. ONE (EP-145) Four rockin 1961-62 guitar instrumentals from rural Michigan's answer to Gaity Records! Tom Carter and the Ramrods Flyin Saucer Twist/Twistin Boogie, Jerry Lee Trio Banshee, Billy Lee and the Ramblers Travlin cool stuff!

TOM AND THE TORNADOES: THE NORTHWAY SOUND RECORDS STORY VOL. TWO (45-146) Tommy James first record Long Pony Tail/Judy 1962! Pre-Hanky Panky raw rock n roll! Includes amazing pics of the Tornadoes plus the story in Tommy’s words!
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KING KHAN IT’S A LIE/CONGRATULATIONS IM SORRY (45-148) Khantagious new set from His Majesty pairs two originals, a deadly snarler plus a tense, brooding instro flip! King on all instruments! First there was King Uszniewicz, then King Coleman now King Khan! We bow deeply to the three Kings of Norton!

FIGURES OF LIGHT OUT NOW!

FIGURES OF LIGHT - SMASH HITS (Norton 336) Gimme Gimme Gimme / Black Cadillac / Seething Psychosexual Conflict Blues / Nothing To Do / Im So Sick Of Everything / Why Not Knock Yourself Off? / Angeline / I Got Spies Watching You / Gimme Gimme Gimme / Nothing To Do / Its Lame / Im So Sick Of Everything / Its Lame / I Jes Wanna Go To Bed / Ritual TV Smashing Finale / Velvet Touch They came and combusted as teenagers thirty years ago, now theyre back to retake the two-chord monte in SPADES! Wheeler Winston Dixon wails while Michael Downey cranks up the proto-punk x-factor on this snarling set including their alarmingly faboo first single, newly unearthed live recordings from their first show ever in July, 1970, unheard demos and new NYC live and studio recordings. Essential!
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CHARLIE FEATHERS THREE NEW RELEASES OUT NOW!

Three full volumes of Charlie Feathers with rare and unissued performances spanning his entire career. This series has been much anticipated by rockabilly fans worldwide and the wait is over! Each set features liner notes by Mike Hurtt including interviews with Charlies family, friends and fellow musicians as well as unbelievable photos. Many rare titles are offered from master tapes for the first time since their initial release. TWENTY FIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE NEVER BEEN ISSUED ANYWHERE!!

CHARLIE FEATHERS - WILD SIDE OF LIFE (Norton 332) Wild Side Of Life*/One More Time*/Were Getting Closer To Being Apart*/Am I That Easy To Forget*/Pardon Me Mister*/Cockroach/I Want To Love You*/Wedding Gown Of White (1973 version)/Dig Myself A Hole*/Cause I Love You*/Frankie And Johnny*/Mound Of Clay/Why Pretend*/I Forgot To Remember To Forget/Man In Love/Folsom Prison Blues CD Release Me (with Junior Kimbrough)/Charlie Feathers Interview Part One

CHARLIE FEATHERS - HONKY TONK KIND (Norton 333) One Good Gal/Give Back All The Love You Gave*/Honky Tonk Kind*/I Cant Seem To Remember To Forget*/If You Were Mine To Lose/I Lose My Mind*/Folsom Prison Blues*/Were Getting Closer To Being Apart*/You Believe Everyone But Me/I Want To Love You*/Send Me The Pillow You Dream On/Cold Cold Heart*/Dinky John/Two To Choose/Dig Myself A Hole CD adds Feel Good Again (with Junior Kimbrough)/Charlie Feathers Interview Part Two

CHARLIE FEATHERS - LONG TIME AGO (Norton 334) Jungle Fever/Frankie And Johnny*/Shes Gone*/Thats All Right/Its Just That Song/Why Dont You/Knoxville Girl/I Lose My Mind*/Jungle Fever/Long Time Ago*/I Want To Love You*/Will You Be Satisfied That Way*/Folsom Prison Blues/Were Getting Closer To Being Apart*/South Of Chicago/Mound Of Clay CD adds Lonesome Whistle/Charlie Feathers Interview Part Three *=previously unissued

ROKY! ROKY! ROKY!
ROKY ERICKSON AND THE EXPLOSIVES HALLOWEEN: RECORDED LIVE 1979-81 (Norton 337) Two Headed Dog/Dont Shake Me Lucifer/Bermuda/The Wind And More/Starry Eyes/I Walked With A Zombie/Stand For The Fire Demon/Bloody Hammer/Wait For You/Wake Up To Rock And Roll/Youre Gonna Miss Me/Creature With The Atom Brain/I Think Up Demons/The Beast/Ive Just Seen A Face/The Interpreter/White Faces/KLBJ Radio This howling live set from Roky and the Explosives original incarnation moves from horror classics (Creature With The Atom Brain), to Buddy Holly inspired rockers (Wait For You) to a blistering version of the Elevators Youre Gonna Miss Me. Gatefold double LP comes with a different cover than the CD version and on the preferred miracle PVC format!

PLUS THREE WILD NEW NORTON SEVEN INCH KILLERS!

CHARLIE FEATHERS - WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO BEING APART/IF YOU WERE MINE TO LOSE (Norton 45-142) Two more powerful rockabilly offerings from the master! To be followed up by THREE big albums of rare and unreleased Charlie Feathers demos. Sorry for the long wait - we can't hardly stand it ourselves!

ROKY ERICKSON AND THE EXPLOSIVES WAIT FOR YOU/IVE JUST SEEN A FACE (Norton 45-143) Roky tears it up on a rousing Buddy Holly inspired original and delivers a wild one-off version of the Fabs classic on the flip! Both decks from Rokys live Norton double LP HALLOWEEN.

THE BO-KEYS - CONGRATULATIONS/ROYAL PENDLETONS - TELL ME (Norton 45-9659) The popular Rolling Stones 45 cover series continues with 19th nervous breakdown, yes the 19th single in the series! This double dip of slow drag burners showcases the Mad Lads lead singer John Gary Williams teaming up with Memphis soul sensations the Bo-Keys on the terrific topside, while Southern slop lords the Royal Pendletons tell us they're coming back to us in grand style!

THE DICTATORS - MANIFEST DESTINY (Norton/Asylum 1109) Vinyl reissue of their 1977 Asylum platter comes complete with original cover and incredible Andy Shernoff anthems like Science Gone Too Far, Exposed, Heartache, Young, Fast, Scientific and mo'! Complete your Dictators footlong collection!