Various Artists - Locked In To Surf - Volume Two. Alopecia! Records LP.

Stop Press - Last minute sleeveage thanks to Brandonio!

Another LP. I can't find a large enough scan of the cover of this one and my own attempts at photographing ten and twelve inch releases were laughably bad, so instead here's some great footage of two of the acts on this LP, The Astronauts and The Trashwomen. The Astronauts were from Germany and can be seen here performing the theme from the hit German TV show, Die Munsters. The Trashwomen treat us to Let's Go, which was simultaneously released, to worldwide acclaim, by German label Pin-Up and US label Repent.

Other acts on here include Sir Bald Diddley and his Right Honourable Big Wigs, Los Kogas, The Finks, The Surf Trio, The Apemen and The Green Hornets. All worthy of your attention. I'm sure there must be a full track-listing out there somewhere...

Various Artists - Locked In To Surf - Volume Two. Alopecia! Records LP.

England Germany surf The Apemen The Astronauts The Green Hornets The Surf Trio The Trashwomen

The Lone Surfer and his Super Pals - Planet Pimp Records Present ... Planet Pimp 7" PPR-003.

A garage rock/surf super group that only came about because one member of The Phantom Surfers choked when Dick Dale had a gig the same night they were due to play at The Pony Express Pizza Parlour. The full story, along with the story of the fella getting a fist full of cash at the bottom left of the sleeve, can be found here. This release is pure Planet Pimp flogging a dead horse exploitation. Enjoy.

The Lone Surfer and his Super Pals - Planet Pimp Records Present ... Planet Pimp 7" PPR-003.

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The Trashwomen - The Trashwomen vs. Deep Space Pin-Up Records LP.

 

 The Trashwomen are two bands. On one hand, the shrieky, screechy annoying harridans of doom vocal band and on the other one of the best surf instrumental bands to grace my turntable. Both have their merits, but their own schizophrenic battle of the bands would be won by the vocal-less trio. One day I will separate out their tracks into words and no words. Just so that I can enjoy the full effect of both. In the meantime, enjoy.

The Trashwomen - The Trashwomen vs. Deep Space Pin-Up Records LP.

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The Brentwoods - Go Little Sputnik. Radio X 7" RX004.

More tuneless kerfuffle from the heart of South City. This time released on Darin Rafaelli's Radio X label, as was their debut LP. Purists may want to look away now as I'm going to reveal that I have tinkered with this upload by way of an experiment. I was getting tired of having to sit through The Brentwoods' schtick of having loads of narrative build up to their songs, so I've cut it all away and just left the songs. But ... in order to please everybody I've also included the songs exactly as they appear on the record, with long am-dram intros and a fake radio advert for the LP. So, to clarify, when you unzip this there will be four tracks, not two. What you do with them is up to you. Enjoy.

The Brentwoods - Go Little Sputnik. Radio X 7" RX004.

Darin Rafaelli Radio X supercharger The Brentwoods The Trashwomen

The Count Backwards - Double Decker Bus / Bad Little Woman. Big City 7".

Sometimes something is less than the sum of its parts. This band features three Trashwomen and one Mummy/Go-Nut, was recorded by Darin 'Colonel Brain' Rafaelli at Radio X studios, and has sleeve notes by Michael 'JP Gutrock' Lucas. What comes out is the result of one cross-breeding experiment too far. A lazy mess. That said, as I've hardly ever played it, this copy doesn't crackle and pop too much. Just a bit.

More from this band when I post their Repent material. From what I remember, it's much better. Let's just wait and see...

The Count Backwards - Double Decker Bus / Bad Little Woman. Big City 7".

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The Spoiled Brats - Rich Kid. Real Records. Real 103.

The Spoiled Brats were yet another amalgamation from the limited gene pool that coughed up most of the budget rock / garage scene in the early 1990s. So, here we have Elka Zolot fresh from or on her way to The Trashwomen, The Count Backwurds and The Spastics, alongside Shane White whose career could only head down after The Fingers split up. In the meantime he pouted meanly on behalf of The Rip-Offs, The Infections, The Tight Fits, The Loose Lips and The Bearded Tits. This is a great single, managing to get that shitty Brentwoods vocal sound nailed to the meatiness of The Rip-Offs. It came free with Sooprize Package magazine which was run by a great fella down on the south coast whose name I have, rather embarassingly, forgotten. So, sorry Tarquin Lunchbox, or whatever your name was, but thanks for the finest of the two singles (not including the MRR split) that The Spoiled Brats put out. And I hope that when you put 'Laundrymat Brat' as the flip you were just following orders.

The Spoiled Brats - Rich Kid. Real Records. Real 103.

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The Trashwomen - Hillsdale Records EP HR01.

The first release from The Trashwomen is an all-instrumental treat which underlines how under-appreciated they were as a pure surf band. I'd put them up against any surf band you care to mention and expect them to emerge victorious. They'd kick away Dick Dale's walking stick, they'd surfers stomp The Phantom Surfers, they'd steal Man Or Astroman?'s lunch money*.  Get stuck in.

The Trashwomen - Hillsdale Records EP HR01.

*Yes, I know they're all old with beer bellies and second wives now, but I've been a bit out of touch with Mel Bergman's Moribund Music of the Early 90s.

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