Bassholes - When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again - In The Red Records 2xLP - ITR 059.

I've waxed lyrical elsewhere on the blog about Bassholes, so I'll keep it short here...

I have nothing to say.

This is, as always, great stuff. And it's for Bad Brain. Enjoy.

Bassholes - When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again - In The Red Records 2xLP - ITR 059.

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Jack O'Fire - 6 Super Shock Soul Songs. Estrus Records 10". ES 102

Well, here's a post with lots and lots of inserts for you to read. That was one of the great things about Jack O'Fire, their commitment to the written word. Releases usually came with the latest ramblings of Big Daddy Soul, self-appointed and inspirational leader of the Young Lions Conspiracy. Bands have played at the creating a gang / cult things over the years with various degrees of success including The Nation of Ulysses (good), Psychic TV (scary) and WU LYF (massively naive), but the best of all were the words which skipped from the fingers of Big Daddy Soul onto his manual type-writer.

The music's not half bad as well... Enjoy.

Jack O'Fire - 6 Super Shock Soul Songs. Estrus Records 10". ES 102.

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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Shirt Jac. In The Red Records 7". ITR 007. (Jukebox Series #1).

And so to the Blues Explosion. Blues Explosion! I used to have a bunch of sevens by this gang, but these In The Red jukebox releases were always my favourites. Each is blissfully short and each comes with one of these little Jukebox labels (as did Bassholes Honeyman Records 7") so you can put the single in your own machine (should you be lucky enough to own one). Shirt Jac is the deserved a-side, rattling along at machine gun speed. Latch On is more laconic and bluesy. Enjoy.

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Shirt Jac. In The Red Records 7".  ITR 007.  (Jukebox Series #1).

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Jack O'Fire - Soul Music 101 Chapter 3. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 253-3.

More from The World's Greatest Cover Band. Jack O'Fire tear up a storm no matter who they cover, and a band who can cover The Fall and Sonny Boy Williamson with equal levels of respect are deserving of your love. Here they take on twitchy Seattle Power Poppers, The Fall Outs and deceased instrumental powerhouse Link Wray. Enjoy.

Jack O'Fire - Soul Music 101 Chapter 3. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7".  SFTRI 253-3.

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Bassholes - Blue Roots. In The Red LP. ITR 014.

We've not had a full 12" LP for a while - to be honest they are a pain in the arse to prepare - so here's a cracker, Bassholes' debut, Blue Roots, Number One in their Archive Series. For two men they raise one heck of a noise. At some point this band will, posthumously, catch fire with the hipsters and historically-curious. I'm making sure my kids have a full set. The last track is not listed on the sleeve, nor the label. Not sure if it was a mistake in the pressing or a deliberate joke on the part of Bassholes. More Bassholes and related sounds soon. Enjoy.

Bassholes - Blue Roots. In The Red LP. ITR 014.

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Bassholes - John Henry. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 175.

It wasn't until I spoke to Don Howland that I found out it's Bassholes as in assholes not Bassholes as in bass guitar. And I'd been getting it wrong for all that time. The version of John Henry on this is completely different to the one on the Haunted Hill LP. Enjoy.

Bassholes - John Henry. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 175.

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Jack O'Fire - 'Cool'. No Lie Records 7". NL-002.

A nice smart package from Austin's No Lie records. The sleeve is silk-screened and the scan doesn't really do it justice. The record, another great from the Texan kings of the cover version, features a rattling version of Wire's pink punk classic 12XU. Enjoy.

Jack O'Fire - 'Cool'. No Lie Records 7". NL-002.

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Jackknife - Kill-O-Zap. Munster Records 7".

Ah, Jackknife. A band who I seem to have amassed a whole bunch of records by, including the personalised fanclub-only Xmas single, but who I never listen to these days. At all. This is a fairly early release and is from their most noisy period. They also had a time when they really, really wanted to be Pussy Galore. Then, ultimately the ended up doing The Blues Thing. I realise I'm making them sound really shitty, but there was something about them. Honest. Loads more to follow. In no particular order.

Jackknife - Kill-O-Zap. Munster Records 7".

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Gibson Brothers - Huckleberry Friend. Giant Claw GCS-002.

Front

Back

Insert

Back of insert.

Gibson Brothers provide kicks for Australia's Giant Claw records. Main song is pretty neat, cover on the flip is not.

Gibson Brothers - Huckleberry Friend. Giant Claw GCS-002.

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Bassholes - Baby Go. Honeyman Records HMR001.

Jukebox Insert

Bassholes (rhymes with assholes) are Don Howland and Lamont "Bim" Thomas. Howland was in The Gibson Brothers.  Thomas wasn't.  I don't think there were many of this single as it didn't turn up on many lists, and it's not included in their current (very incomplete) biography.

Enjoy. There will be more.

Bassholes - Baby Go. Honeyman Records HMR001.

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