The Rip-Offs - Make Up Your Mind - Rip Off Records 7" #004.

Second single from The Rip-Offs and Greg Lowery had decided to spring for a printed back cover this time.  Flip side 'Wild Jane' is the undoubted star of this release. This one is for Matt. Enjoy.

The Rip-Offs - Make Up Your Mind - Rip Off Records 7" #004.

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What'll You Have?

Although I've not posted much (at all) lately, I have continued to make digital copies of my lovely, lovely vinyl. Here's the stuff that's ready to go. There's at least as much being prepared. Have a look at the list above (click on the image to enlarge it) and, if there's anything you fancy, post a comment to say so and I'll upload it in June. Flaming June. Enjoy.

Impala - Play R&B Favorites - Estrus Records EP - ES793.

So, who was to know that Mad Mummies March would be followed by Apathetic April? Not me. Anyhow, many things conspired to keep me away from this blog, (none of them worth mentioning), but I'm now back in the saddle and raring to go.
Impala are one of the very few bands I never saw live who I dearly would have loved to. Right from back in the day when they shared a split cassette release with The Oblivians (Come on, somebody out there must have made a digital copy of that. I know The Oblivians side had a limited release on Goner, but radio silence on the Impala front) they've been quality. If you've not heard them before they play great, non-surf instrumentals. The type of swinging beat favoured by 'groovy' teens in early, garishly-coloured US sitcoms. Actually, that makes them sound more cliched than they actually are. They're a great listen. Enjoy.

Impala - Play R&B Favorites - Estrus Records EP - ES793.

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The Saturn V featuring Orbit - Behind Closed Doors At A Recording Studio - Big Ben Records EP BB-500.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Blogger chums, here's a single by the Saturn V featuring Orbit. Pretty good stuff if you like your rock to be frat, a la Fortune and Maltese. This was one of four 7" singles they released. I'll hopefully share them all with you over the passage of time. The biggest shame about this combo, which featured Johnny Bartlett from The Phantom Surfers and The King of Power Pop, Chris Von Sneidern, along with our titular hero, Orbit (whose real name is lost to the mists of time), is that they never issued a proper vinyl LP. There were two unique CD-released long players from Big Ben Records, as well as a mini-CDR jobby that compiled the singles and was sold at gigs, but no vinyl.

As with all the truly great records, there's plenty for you to read - the insert and the back sleeve are festooned with some of my very favourite words placed in a mind-bogglingly unique sequence. The back cover also features the band posing on what should, going by the thrust of the sleeve notes and the concept of the release, be a street in Swinging London. Except it's not, it's somewhere much more special.

Enjoy.

The Saturn V featuring Orbit - Behind Closed Doors At A Recording Studio - Big Ben Records EP BB-500.

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Meanwhile, in other news. Future Primitives, Ugly Motors, Dick et les Espions, Bandcamp et al.

Just to prove that we are aware of what's going on Right Now, here are three releases that can be picked up mainly for free. Two are from 2013. The third is from a long while back, but we don't discriminate here at All I Want. I'll also make no comment other than recommending them all. They'll not all be everybody's cup of tea but at least you can sample them for free.

This is also where you come in. I'd welcome any recommendations of stuff on Bandcamp, or anywhere else for that matter, although I'm not on Facebook. You read the blog, you download the records, I hope you have an idea of my tastes, please recommend stuff. Bands and labels in particular. I can't keep up so it would be a welcome intervention. Enjoy.

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The Mummies - Running On Empty - Volume One. Estrus LP ES 94016.

It's March 31st, so this is the final upload for Mad Mummies March. I didn't quite get to the end of the Mummies-related uploads, so there will be other Mummies uploads as and when. For now, here's an after the fact 'Greatest Hits Volume One'. Side Two is a live recording and as with other live recordings on vinyl I've left it as one track. If you want to separate it out into its individual components then go ahead, I promise I won't tell. Back to the usual mix up in April. In the meantime... Enjoy.

The Mummies - Running On Empty - Volume One. Estrus LP ES 94016.

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The Mummies - Out Of Our Tree - Estrus 7". ES79.

From the time The Mummies put some thought into what they were issuing. Putting out a limited release on a Tacoma Washington label? Then look no further than two respectful but appropriate covers of a much feted local act. Here, they record two hits by The Wailers. The first, Out Of Our Tree, is a typical garage stomper. It's flip, Tall Cool One, an instrumental. Great stuff. Mad Mummies March is almost over; final release will be on Sunday night. Enjoy.

The Mummies - Out Of Our Tree - Estrus 7". ES79.

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