Tuesday April 23 2024

Rockabilly & Garage Unknowns; Demos & acetates of unknown 50's & 60's artists. The names of these artists are unknown so some have been guessed at and few I just made up names using inside jokes. Obviously James Clark, Night Finger and the Parkdale Rebels are real though.

THE TURBANS ~ "WHEN YOU DANCE";


LUKE SIMMONS ~ "PARTY DOLL";


MEL KIMBROUGH ~ "HA HA HEY HEY";


GARAGE UNKNOWNS ~ "WHEN I FEEL BETTER";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon)


1. The James Clark Institute ~ Yellow ~ Under The Lampshade ~ s/r ~ cc

2. The Turbans ~ Dot-Dot-Do-Wah ~ Dolphin's Of Hollywood (comp) ~ Ace

3. Marlon Grisham ~ I'll Be Rockin ~ That'll Flat Git It vol.16 (comp) ~ Bear Family

4. Lonesome Luke ~ I Love You Baby ~ Rockabilly Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

5. Lamont Cranston ~ Growl Cat Growl ~ Rockabilly Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

6. Luke Simmons ~ Ain't I The Lucky One ~ Early Canadian Rockers vol.4 (comp) ~ Collector ~ cc

7. Mel Kimbrough ~ Slewfoot Sue ~ That'll Flat Git It vol.16 (comp) ~ Bear Family

8. Ace Tate ~ Why Do You Do it ~ Rockabilly Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

9. The Mystery Men ~ Have Faith ~ Garage Punk Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

10. The Parkdale Rebels ~ Parkdale Roundup ~ Roundup ~ s/r ~ cc

11. The Poltergeists ~ I'm Gonna Have My Fun ~ Garage Punk Unknowns (comp) ~ Twilight

12. Night Finger ~ Code Red ~ Code Red ~ s/r ~ cc

13. The Marie Celestes ~ I've Got The Will ~ Garage Punk Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

14. Night Finger ~ Magic Potion ~ Code Red ~ s/r ~ cc

15. Judge & The Craters ~ When I Feel Better ~ Back From The Grave Vol.9 (comp) ~ Crypt

16. The Earharts ~ Midnight Train ~ Garage Punk Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

17. Night Finger ~ Alligator ~ Code Red ~ s/r ~ cc

18. The Invisible Men ~ I Won't Play Your Game ~ Garage Punk Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone

19. The James Clark Experience ~ Little Powder Keg ~ Under The Lampshade ~ s/r ~ cc

20. The Parkdale Rebels ~ No Good For Anything ~ Spellbound ~ s/r ~ cc

21. Kasper Houser ~ Whatcha Gonna Do About Me ~ Rockabilly Unknowns (comp) ~ Sepia Tone


THE PARKDALE REBELS ~ "REBEL RUMBLE" (live at CIUT);


THE PARKDALE REBELS ~ "THE PARKDALE WALTZ";


THE JAMES CLARK INSITUTE ~ "PHANTOM GIRL";


NIGHT FINGER ~ "YOU GOT MY NUMBER";



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Tuesday April 16 2024

Blues & R&B artists going Country plus tribute to Clarence Frogman Henry;

RAY CHARLES ~ "WHAT I SAY";


RAY CHARLES ~ "UNCHAIN MY HEART";


CLARENCE FROGMAN HENRY ~ "I AIN'T GOT NO HOME";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "FAIRYTALE";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Clarence Frogman Henry ~ Ain't Got No Home ~ The Legendary ~ Silvertone

2. The Nassau Stringband ~ Delia's Gone ~ The Lomax Collection; The Bahamas 1930's ~ Smithsonian/Folkways

3. Bobby Womack ~ Behind Closed Doors ~ BW Goes C&W ~ United Artists

4. The Pointer Sisters ~ Fairy Tale ~ That's A Plenty ~ Blue Thumb

5. Andre Williams & The Sadies ~ I'm An Old Old Man ~ Red Dirt ~ Bloodshot

6. Ray Charles ~ You Are My Sunshine ~ Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music ~ ABC

7. Andre Williams & The Sadies ~ She's All That & A Bag Of Potato Chips ~ Red Dirt ~ Bloodshot

8. Clarence Frogman Henry ~ Troubles Troubles ~ The Legendary ~ Silvertone

9. Bobby Womack ~ Big Bayou ~ BW Goes C&W ~ United Artists

10. Andre Williams & The Sadies ~ My Sister Stole My Woman ~ Red Dirt ~ Bloodshot

11. Clarence Frogman Henry ~ I'm In Love ~ The Legendary ~ Silvertone

12. Ray Charles ~ I'm Movin On ~ Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music ~ ABC

13. The B-Girls ~ B-Side ~ Who Says Girls Can't Rock ~ OPM ~ cc

14. CATL ~ Get Outta My Car ~ Soon All This Will Be Gone ~ s/r ~ cc

15. CJ Sleez ~ Out Of Control ~ Rock Action ~ OPM ~ cc

16. The B-Girls ~ Angel Doesn't Shoot A Gun ~ Who Says Girls Can't Rock ~ OPM ~ cc

17. CATL ~ Baby You All Gone ~ Bide My Time Until I Die ~ s/r ~ cc

18. CJ Sleez ~ Lonestar ~ Rock Action ~ OPM ~ cc

19. The B-Girls ~ Savage Fever ~ Who Says Girls Can't Rock ~ OPM ~ cc

20. The B-Girls ~ Alibi ~ Who Says Girls Can't Rock ~ OPM ~ cc


ANDRE WILLIAMS ~ "JAILBAIT";


THE B-GIRLS ~ "HIGHSCHOOL DANCE";


CATL ~ "FU BLUES";


CJ SLEEZ ~ "BACKDOOR TEASE";



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Tuesday April 9 2024

Post Eclipse Hootnanny & tribute to Personality Crisis drummer John Card;

THE MARCELLS ~ "BLUE MOON";


THE WALKER BROS ~ "THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE";


ROBYN ADELE ANDERSON ~ "BACK HOLE SUN";


THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "BLUE MOON";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. The Walker Bros ~ The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ~ Box Set

2. The Marcells ~ Blue Moon ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

3. Robyn Adele Anderson ~ Black Hole Sun ~ (single) ~ s/r

4. The Cowboy Junkies ~ Blue Moon ~ The Trinity Sessions ~ Latent ~ cc

5. The Velvet Underground ~ Ride Into The Sun ~ Loaded ~

6. FM ~ Starless ~ Lost In Space ~ Cut Throat ~ cc

7. The Mynabirds ~ Bad Moon Rising ~ (single) ~ Cleopatra

8. The Gruesomes ~ Jack The Ripper ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

9. The Gruesomes ~ Bikers From Hell ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

10. Personality Crisis ~ Creatures For A While ~ Personality Crisis ~ Sounds Escaping ~ cc

11. The Gruesomes ~ Unchain My Heart ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

12. Personality Crisis ~ Mrs Palmer ~ Personality Crisis ~ Sounds Escaping ~ cc

13. The Gruesomes ~ Cry In The Night ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

14. Personality Crisis ~ Twilight's Last Gleaming ~ Personality Crisis ~ OG! ~ cc

15. The Gruesomes ~ I Never Loved Her ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

16. The Gruesomes ~ The Things She Does To Me ~ Tyrants Of Teen Trash ~ OG! ~ cc

17. The Slackers ~ Dead Or Alive ~ Wasted Days ~ Hellcat


FM ~ "STARLESS";


THE GRUESOMES ~ "BIKERS FROM HELL";


THE GRUESOMES ~ "JACK THE RIPPER";


PERSONALITY CRISIS ~ "EMPTY SKY";


PERSONALITY CRISIS ~ "CREATURES FOR A WHILE";



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Tuesday April 2 2024

W/Tributes to Ultravox bassist Chris Cross and Ruby Lynn Reyner of Ruby & the Rednecks

TEENAGE HEAD ~ "LET'S SHAKE";


ULTRAVOX ~ "THE QUIET MAN";


ULTRAVOX ~ "CROSS FADE";


ULTRAVOX ~ "HIROSHIMA MON AMOR";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Rough Trade ~ Highschool Confidential ~ Avoid Freud ~ True North ~ cc

2. Tiger Lily ~ Monkey Jive ~ (single) ~ Gull

3. Ultravox ~ The Quiet Man ~ Systems Of Romance ~ Island

4. Rough Trade ~ All Touch ~ For Those Who Think Young ~ True North ~ cc

5. Ultravox ~ Cross Fade ~ Systems Of Romance ~ Island

6. Rough Trade ~ Crimes Of Passion ~ Shaking The Foundations ~ True North ~ cc

7. Ultravox ~ Dislocation ~ Systems Of Romance ~ Island

8. Ultravox ~ I Want To be A Machine ~ Ultravox! ~ Island

9. Ultravox ~ Hiroshima Mon Amor ~ Ha Ha Ha! ~ Island

10. Teenage Head ~ Let's Go To Hawaii ~ Some Kinda Fun ~ Attic ~ cc

11. Ruby & The Rednecks ~ Rock Therapy ~ From The Wrong Side Of Town ~ Poo-Poo Platter

12. Teenage Head ~ Let's Shake ~ Frantic City ~ Attic ~ cc

13. Ruby & The Rednecks ~ Sea Of Heartbreak ~ From The Wrong Side Of Town ~ Poo-Poo Platter

14. Teenage Head ~ Disgusteen ~ Frantic City ~ Attic ~ cc

15. Teenage Head ~ Top Down ~ Teenage Head ~ OPM ~ cc


ROUGH TRADE ~ "CRIMES OF PASSION";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "HIGHSCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "ALL TOUCH";


RUBY & THE REDNECKS ~ "RUBY fROM THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN";



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Tuesday March 26 2024

TELEVISION ~ "MARQUEE MOON";


THE SCENICS ~ "WAITING FOR MY MAN";


VICE SQUAD ~ "LAST ROCKERS";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Night Chill ~ Crypt Of Forgotten Bones ~ Demo Of Darkness ~ s/r ~ cc

2. Television ~ See No Evil ~ Marquee Moon ~ Elektra

3. The Scenics ~ Do The Wait ~ Sunshine World ~ Dream Factory ~ cc

4. Television ~ Venus De Milo ~ Marquee Moon ~ Elektra

5. Television ~ Marquee Moon ~ Marquee Moon ~ Elektra

6. Night Chill ~ Night Of The Wendigo ~ Demo Of Darkness ~ s/r ~ cc

7. Vice Squad ~ Last Rockers ~ No Cause For Concern ~ Riot City

8. The Koffin Kats ~ Vampire's Curse ~ Koffin Kats ~ Ideal

9. The Queers ~ Deadman's Curve ~ Reverberation ~ Cleopatra

10. The Koffin Kats ~ Graveyard Tree ~ Koffin kats ~ Ideal

11. The Queers ~ Wipeout ~ Ole Maestro ~ Media David

12. The Queers ~ Strychnine ~ Reverberation ~ Cleopatra

13. Night Chill ~ Burial Ground ~ Demo Of Darkness ~ s/r ~ cc

14. The Queers ~ Valleri ~ Reverberation ~ Cleopatra

15. Night Chill ~ Seven Doors To Death ~ Demo Of Darkness ~ s/r ~ cc

16. The Koffin Kats ~ Dark World ~ Party Time In The End Times ~ s/r

17. The Queers ~ I Hate Everything ~ Love Songs For The Retarded ~ Lookout


NIGHT CHILL ~ "QUEEN OF BLOOD";


NIGHT CHILL ~ "SEVEN DOORS TO DEATH";


THE KOFFIN KATS ~ "GRAVEYARD TREE";


THE KOFFIN KATS ~ "GIVING BLOOD";


THE QUEERS ~ "ATTACK OF THE FIVE FOOT BITCH";


THE QUEERS ~ "PUNK ROCK GIRLS";



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Tuesday March 19 2024

St Paddy's Day hangover plus guests the Conscience Pilate;

THEM ~ "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO";


THIN LIZZY ~ "WHISKEY IN THE JAR";


THE UNDERTONES ~ "TEENAGE KICKS";


STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ~ "ALTERNATIVE ULSTER";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Stiff Little Fingers ~ Alternative Ulster ~ Alternative Ulster ~ Rough Trade

2. Them ~ One Two Brown Eyes ~ The Story Of Them ~ EMI

3. The Undertones ~ True Confessions ~ All Wrapped Up ~ EMI

4. U2 ~ Boy/Girl ~ U2-3 ~ CBS

5. The Undertones ~ True Confessions ~ All Wrapped Up ~ EMI

6. Them ~ Baby Please Don't Go ~ The Story Of Them ~ EMI

7. Thin Lizzy ~ Whiskey In The Jar ~ Rocker ~ London

8. The Conscience Pilate ~ Little Things ~ (single) ~ Fading Ways ~ cc

9. The Conscience Pilate ~ Hope ~ (single) ~ Fading Ways ~ cc

10. The Conscience Pilate ~ Bloom ~ (single) ~ Fading Ways ~ cc

11. The Forgotten Rebels ~ Pictures Of Matchstick Men ~ The Pride & The Disgrace ~ OPM ~ cc

12. The Forgotten Rebels ~ Science Fiction Double Feature ~ The Forgotten Rebels ~ Restless ~ cc

13. Random Killing ~ Subway Suicide ~ Then Till Now ~ Aardvark ~ cc

14. The Undertones ~ She Can Only Say No ~ All Wrapped Up ~ EMI


U2 ~ "STORIES FOR BOYS";


U2 ~ "LIFE ON A DISTANT PLANET";


THE FORGOTTEN REBELS ~ "SURFIN ON HEROIN";


THE FORGOTTEN REBELS ~ "DIZZY";


THE CONSCIENCE PILATE ~ "APRIL SKIES";



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Tuesday March 12 2024

W/Tributes to Karl Wallinger of World Party, BB Seaton of 60's Ska band the Gaylads, Robert Kinsey of the Kinsey Report, 50's Rockabilly Johnny Knight, 60's Soul singer Marlena Shaw and Bluesman WC Clark

JOHNNY KNIGHT ~ "THE ROCK & ROLL GUITAR";


MARLENA SHAW ~ "WADE IN THE WATER";


THE GAYLADS ~ "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE";


THE KINSEY REPORT ~ "BAD SITUATION" & "SHUFFLE JAM";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. World Party ~ Ship Of Fools ~ Private Revolution ~ Chrysalis

2. Johnny Knight ~ Smog ~ Mr Rock & Roll Guitar ~ Mangiagli

3. WC Clark ~ Cold Shot ~ Heart Of Gold ~ Black Top

4. Johnny Knight ~ Snake Shake ~ Mr Rock & Roll Guitar ~ Mangiagli

5. The Kinsey Report ~ Got To Pay Somebody ~ Edge Of The City ~ Alligator

6. Johnny Knight ~ Rock & Roll Guitar ~ Mr Rock & Roll Guitar ~ Mangiagli

7. The Kinsey Report ~ Love's Overdue ~ Midnight Blues ~ Alligator

8. Marelena Shaw ~ Wade In The Water ~ Out Of Different Bags ~ Cadet

9. The Gaylads ~ Tears From My Eyes ~ Over The Rainbow's End ~ Trojan

10. Marlena Shaw ~ California Soul ~ The Spice of Life ~ Cadet

11. The Gaylads ~ The Sounds Of Silence ~ Over The Rainbow's End ~ Trojan

12. World Party ~ All The Young Dudes ~ Clueless Soundtrack (comp) ~ EMI

13. The Viletones ~ Never Feel Sad ~ A Taste Of Honey ~ OPM ~ cc

14. World Party ~ Way Down Now ~ Private Revolution ~ Chrysalis

15. The Secrets ~ Teenage Rampage ~ Teenage Rampage ~ OPM ~ cc

16. The Viletones ~ Danger Boy ~ A Taste Of Honey ~ OPM ~ cc

17. The Calrizians ~ Call Me Evil ~ Don't Let The Smooth Taste Fool You ~ s/r ~ cc

18. The Calrizians ~ Cannonball ~ But Wait There's More ~ s/r ~ cc


THE VILETONES ~ "DANGER BOY"


THE VILETONES ~ "REBEL";


WORLD PARTY ~ "WAY DOWN NOW";


WORLD PARTY ~ "SHIP OF FOOLS";



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Tuesday March 5 2024

ROCKIN' INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY'

WANDA JACKSON ~ "HARDHEADED WOMAN";


THE WAITRESSES ~ "I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE";


HOLLY & THE ITALIANS;


FIFTH COLUMN ~ "DONNA";


MARTHA & THE MUFFINS ~ "ECHO BEACH";



(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Wanda Jackson ~ Let's Have A Party ~ Box Set ~ Bear Family

2. The Detroit Cobras ~ I Wanna Holler ~ Life, Love & Leaving ~ Sympathy

3. Neko Case ~ Karoline ~ The Virginian ~ Mint ~ cc

4. Kim Lenz ~ Shake A Leg ~ Kim Lenz & His Jaguars ~ Hightone

5. The Pretenders ~ The Pretenders ~ The Pretenders ~ Sire

6. Holly & The Italians ~ Youth Coup ~ The Right To Be Italian ~

7. The Motels ~ Cry Baby ~ Careful ~ EMI

8. The B-Girls ~ Angel Doesn't Shoot A Gun ~ Who Says Girls Can't Rock ~ OPM ~ cc

9. ZRO4 ~ Gimmie Attention ~ Only In Canada Eh? (comp) ~ PHC ~ cc

10. The Waitresses ~ I Know What Boys Like ~ Wasn't Tomorow Wonderful ~ Polydor

11. Martha & The Muffins ~ Women Around The World That Work ~ This Is The Ice Age ~ Dindisc ~ cc

12. Tuuli ~ Girls Girls Girls ~ Motley Crue Tribute (comp) ~ Dwell ~ cc

13. The Runaways ~ Cherry Bomb ~ The Runaways ~ Mercury

14. X-Ray Specs ~ Art-I-Ficial ~ Germ Free Adolescents ~ Virgin

15. Fifth Column ~ All Women Are Bitches ~ 36c ~ K ~ cc

16. Siouxsie & The Banshees ~ Love In A Void ~ Once Upon A Time ~ Polydor

17. The Poles ~ CN Tower ~ (45) ~ Nimbus 9 ~ cc

18. Missing Persons ~ Mental Hopscotch ~ Spring Session M ~ Mercury

19. The Dishrags ~ I Don't Love You ~ Love/Hate ~ OPM ~ cc

20. VKTMS ~ Roma Rocket ~ Midget ~ Emergency Room

21. Maow ~ Mommie's Drunk ~ The Unforgiving Sounds Of ~ Mint ~ cc

22. The JP5 ~ As Is Dept ~ Hot Box ~ Sudden Death ~ cc


THE RUNAWAYS ~ "CHERRY BOMB";


X-RAY SPEX ~ "ART-I-FICIAL";


THE PRETENDERS ~ "TATOOED LOVE BOYS"


MISSING PERSONS ~ "MENTAL HOPSCOTCH";


MAOW ~ "MRS LEFEVRE";


TUULI ~ "IT'S OVER";



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