From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #64 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Saturday, 17 August 1996 Volume 96 : Number 064 In this issue: Re: Apollos' "Baby Please Don't Go" Charly Records has GONE BUST! anyone know why? (FWD) Stuff I'm Diggin'.... (Non Topic) Stuff I'm Diggin'.... (Non Topic) Re: Bomp V96 #26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "T P Uschanov" Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 17:07:10 EET Subject: Re: Apollos' "Baby Please Don't Go" Frank Uhle wrote: ~ Not that this clarifies anything, but I would wonder if you heard the ~ Moonrakers' version--it's probably the most intense obscure version I've ~ heard (it's on a Tower 45 and a comp.). Even though Greg (Squishy) ~ doesn't sound super excited by this recording, when a friend of mine told ~ me he was looking for a copy awhile ago and I pulled mine out (uh... the ~ record) I was surprised at how good it is. I realize the names of the ~ bands aren't similar enough to seem alike even in a fogged over memory. Except thematically... If you want a good more laid-back version, I can recommend the one cut by white Bay Area bluesman Troyce Key (with an unrecognizable Eddie Cochran on guitar) for Warner Bros in 1958. T P Uschanov, University of Helsinki, Finland, European Union tuschano@cc.helsinki.fi ### http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/ "Omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt." (Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677) ------------------------------ From: "T P Uschanov" Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 17:07:33 EET Subject: Charly Records has GONE BUST! anyone know why? (FWD) More sad news! Still, watch out for the remaining stock -- I just picked up their 12-CD Bo Diddley box set at a mall store here for less than $45. For once the term "jewel box" is appropriate! - ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Philip M Healy Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.oldies Subject: Re: Charly Records has GONE BUST! anyone know why? Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 18:13:45 -0700 Derek Windram wrote: > I just found out today, that they closed down around two weeks ago, and > it was hinted there was some legal problems involving distribution of the > old Chess label catalogue...This is a hammer blow to us here in the UK.. > it was an outstanding source of archive material..I'd probably buy the > outfit if I could find out any more details. Anyone know who's handling > the winding up procedure? > > Derek Yes, Derek, Charly lost a lawsuit initiated by MCA Records over the use of the Chess Records catalogue. Basically, MCA bought the catalogue from Sugarhill Records in 1995, but it seems that Sugarhill had some previous side deals with people like Marshall Sehorn's Red Dog Express company. Several U.S. court decisions over the years had established MCA's legl right to the catalogue, but Charly had always ignored these, saying that they had no legal standing in Britain. The British case was finally decided at the end of April, and there was a long article about it in Billboard on the first week of May. Yes, I agree that Charly was a good source of reissues, but I also think that they got what they deserved! Phil Healy. T P Uschanov, University of Helsinki, Finland, European Union tuschano@cc.helsinki.fi ### http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/ "Omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt." (Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677) ------------------------------ From: "Bill Holmes" Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 16:29:17 UT Subject: Stuff I'm Diggin'.... (Non Topic) Hi everyone! Long but worth reading! And apologies if you belong to a couple of the lists I do and you get this twice, but I'm enjoying the great music leads I'm getting all over the net and would like to reciprocate. Forgive me for not remembering the names of the list members who first mentioned these artists to me, but THANK YOU! I cannot get over how good these CDs are... ***** DENNIS POWELL - Ballad Of The Tin Men Think of Todd Rundgren and Bill Lloyd and Adam Schmidt rolled into one - a simply ASTOUNDING piece of work! I'm sure that I am one of the seven or eight people who own this, I've seen NO promotion whatsoever and would never have found this without the mentions here. Beautiful power pop tunes, solid rockers, and that Beatle-ish full harmony behind a great lead vocal. Do not walk to the store...RUN down there and get this. BRAD JONES - Gilt Flake Maybe old news to some of you Not Lame and Audities fans, but new to me this year. Bruce at Not Lame was all over this so hard I had to take a shot. WOW! He's worked with Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw and Freedy Johnson - this is a more pop side (closer to Crenshaw's debut record than anything else by these guys). He looks like Henry Rollins before the tattoos and before pumping up (hmm...so does Marshall Crenshaw!) but looks deceive. BRIAN LEACH - The Sunrise Nearly Killed Me Who _is_ this guy, and where the hell has he been? If he was in another recorded band I'm not placing it but I'd be happy to dig out the records or go hunt them down. "Everybody Loves My Girlfriend (But Me)" is an instant classic! Opening track could have been an outtake from Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" CD if that's a clue. Highly recommended! Up on my hit list (gotta gettem when they arrive!) THE EELS Hey, anything that E or Parthenon Huxley does is OK by me. Glad to see both guys put something out in the same year! PERFECT Okay, I keep hearing about Tommy Stinson's new band. So....where is this?? TONIO K Gadfly is re-releasing the rest of his catalogue. A seriously overlooked artist; much deeper and better than "Life In The Foodchain", although that's a great CD. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS New CD in September but still no American deal?? I didn't find "Where's The Bone" until this summer and that was an early 1995 release. Funny, poignant, rockin and soulful band. THE ODDS I can't disclose the title, but I'll drive to Canada to buy this if WEA America fucks up. Still playing "Good Weird Feeling" as much as anything over the past two years. THE FLASHCUBES If there is a God, this anthology will see the light of day by Fall. Then all of you who didn't live in NY for the past 20 years can revel in what you missed. The Band That Shoulda Been. TRIBUTES my weak spot - I buy most of them. There's usually something good, especially if Greg releases them on eggBert! Especially looking forward to BADFINGER, RASPBERRIES, BIG STAR, CHILTON and CHEAP TRICK (I wouldn't be surprised if Mitch Easter was on every single one of them, either!) Please let me know what your favorite trib discs are - maybe I'm missing a few! And if you have too much free time, stop by my website (only some text and a few links right now, I'm afraid) at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8282 ...and let me know what you like, too! Rock On! Bill ------------------------------ From: "Bill Holmes" Date: Sat, 17 Aug 96 16:29:17 UT Subject: Stuff I'm Diggin'.... (Non Topic) Hi everyone! Long but worth reading! And apologies if you belong to a couple of the lists I do and you get this twice, but I'm enjoying the great music leads I'm getting all over the net and would like to reciprocate. Forgive me for not remembering the names of the list members who first mentioned these artists to me, but THANK YOU! I cannot get over how good these CDs are... ***** DENNIS POWELL - Ballad Of The Tin Men Think of Todd Rundgren and Bill Lloyd and Adam Schmidt rolled into one - a simply ASTOUNDING piece of work! I'm sure that I am one of the seven or eight people who own this, I've seen NO promotion whatsoever and would never have found this without the mentions here. Beautiful power pop tunes, solid rockers, and that Beatle-ish full harmony behind a great lead vocal. Do not walk to the store...RUN down there and get this. BRAD JONES - Gilt Flake Maybe old news to some of you Not Lame and Audities fans, but new to me this year. Bruce at Not Lame was all over this so hard I had to take a shot. WOW! He's worked with Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw and Freedy Johnson - this is a more pop side (closer to Crenshaw's debut record than anything else by these guys). He looks like Henry Rollins before the tattoos and before pumping up (hmm...so does Marshall Crenshaw!) but looks deceive. BRIAN LEACH - The Sunrise Nearly Killed Me Who _is_ this guy, and where the hell has he been? If he was in another recorded band I'm not placing it but I'd be happy to dig out the records or go hunt them down. "Everybody Loves My Girlfriend (But Me)" is an instant classic! Opening track could have been an outtake from Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" CD if that's a clue. Highly recommended! Up on my hit list (gotta gettem when they arrive!) THE EELS Hey, anything that E or Parthenon Huxley does is OK by me. Glad to see both guys put something out in the same year! PERFECT Okay, I keep hearing about Tommy Stinson's new band. So....where is this?? TONIO K Gadfly is re-releasing the rest of his catalogue. A seriously overlooked artist; much deeper and better than "Life In The Foodchain", although that's a great CD. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS New CD in September but still no American deal?? I didn't find "Where's The Bone" until this summer and that was an early 1995 release. Funny, poignant, rockin and soulful band. THE ODDS I can't disclose the title, but I'll drive to Canada to buy this if WEA America fucks up. Still playing "Good Weird Feeling" as much as anything over the past two years. THE FLASHCUBES If there is a God, this anthology will see the light of day by Fall. Then all of you who didn't live in NY for the past 20 years can revel in what you missed. The Band That Shoulda Been. TRIBUTES my weak spot - I buy most of them. There's usually something good, especially if Greg releases them on eggBert! Especially looking forward to BADFINGER, RASPBERRIES, BIG STAR, CHILTON and CHEAP TRICK (I wouldn't be surprised if Mitch Easter was on every single one of them, either!) Please let me know what your favorite trib discs are - maybe I'm missing a few! And if you have too much free time, stop by my website (only some text and a few links right now, I'm afraid) at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8282 ...and let me know what you like, too! Rock On! Bill ------------------------------ From: SWarm007@aol.com Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 19:14:04 -0400 Subject: Re: Bomp V96 #26 A few weeks back folks were talking about Cramps stuff on video. The video for "TV Set" can be found on "The Beast of I.R.S. Video" which came out back in 1984. It also has the Fleshtones "Right Side of a Good Thing" video on it. I found a used copy for five bucks a few years back. I have video of the Cramps at the I-Beam in S.F. from 1984 and 1986. Both shows run about an hour. They were shot with one camera on a tripod in the back of the joint. The '84 show has Click Mort on guitar, the '86 has Candy on bass. I also have a 1991 show from Belgium. It's shot with a camcorder from the balcony. The most recent show I have is from 11/94 in Pittsburg, shot with a camcorder again, but closer to the stage. Tacked onto the end of that tape are the Cramps doing "Ultra Twist" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. A friend showed me Lux and Ivy being interviewed on a short lived Comedy Central talk show with Alan Havey from a few years back. It was a pretty good interview, they sat on the couch and talked about collecting records and other stuff for quite a while. Havey seemed actually interested in them. When asked about the weirdest thing that ever happened to them while playing Lux relates a tale about a guy masturbating in front of the stage. I have a clip from the Peppermint Lounge of the Cramps with Congo doing "Human Fly" from an episode of George Tabb's Manhattan cable public access show "Destroy Television." I assume a complete show exists. I remember that the Cramps hosted 120 minutes a few years back. A friend of mine went to the taping and watched them play songs from "Flame Job" live but I never saw it. If you're looking for Cramps video check out the ads in the back of Maximum Rock and Roll. There's an outfit called Hardcore Video run by a guy named Pete and I think that he has some stuff and I remember seeing an ad placed by G.G. Allin's brother Merle who I think had Cramps video too (if I remember correctly the clip that was shown on "Destroy Television" came from Merle.) Scott W. ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #64 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"