From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #74 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Tuesday, 27 August 1996 Volume 96 : Number 074 In this issue: Re: James Baker theremin Re: Yellow Pills (Non-topic) Re: theremin Re: theremin the brian jonestown massacre Re: The Charlatans (SF) pittsburgh quesiton Re: James Baker/Beasts of Bourbon Re: The Charlatans (SF) Sour Mash... Re: James Baker/Beasts of Bourbon Re: The Charlatans (SF) Re: Yellow Pills (Non-topic) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dothepop@ix.netcom.com (Lisa Lindstrom) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 07:42:28 -0700 Subject: Re: James Baker No one has mentioned yet the absolutely great Beasts Of Bourbon, which James Baker also played in at some point. So did Kim Salmon from the Scientists, and I think some other Scientists also did time in the band. The BOB line-up seems to fluctuate, the only album I've found is "The Axeman's Jazz," which came out on Big Time in the US. Lisa has this on CD, but I used to have the Australian LP (lent it to someone who stole it!) and it had an extra track, a crazed cover of "Good Times" (Nobody's Children). I'm still looking for another copy. Lisa saw them open for Mudhoney a few years ago, and said they were really good. Hey, Laura - where'd you get your theremin? I want one! Have you seen the Theremin movie? It's very cool. Greg Watson of the Fiends is looking for one also, but he told me he found a mellotron, which is almost as cool. Alan W. ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 27 Aug 1996 11:29:28 -0400 Subject: theremin theremin 8/27/96 Alan---you wrote: Hey, Laura - where'd you get your theremin? I want one! Have you seen the Theremin movie? It's very cool. Oh hell yeah, the movie is cooll...My (former) band opened for it at Tampa Theatre last spring...I bought my t-men from RObert Moog's company, Big Briar...fmi-check the THEREMIN HOME PAGE.. >>>Greg Watson of the Fiends is looking for one also, but he told me he found a mellotron, which is almost as cool. ALMOST AS COOL!?? damn, you can practically build a Theremin yourself if you can put together an am radio...but a MELLOTRON! those are rare as can be...how much? Curiously, Lounge Laura laura@wusf.usf.edu "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." ------------------------------ From: Menachem Turchick Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 8:48:47 -0700 Subject: Re: Yellow Pills (Non-topic) >And speaking of power pop ..does anyone have spare copies of the first >five issues of Yellow Pills ? ...or could even photocopy them ? Hi Tony, I've willing to part with issues 2 and 3, preferably in return for zines with a more 60's/80's garage/psych orientation. You can reach me at mturchic@igate.iscg.pima.gov, and we'll work something out. Menachem ------------------------------ From: Brian Phillips Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 12:30:05 -0400 Subject: Re: theremin Curiously, I was just listening to "Celstial Nocturne" by Les Baxter. It is from his "Music Out of the Moon" LP. Theremin with full orcheestral and choral backing! Ah, the fifties! Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: "Laura Taylor" Date: 27 Aug 1996 14:15:51 -0400 Subject: Re: theremin RE>>theremin 8/27/96 You have hit on a subject very dear to me! I love Les Baxter and MUSIC OUT OF THE MOON...have you as well heard PERFUME SET TO MUSIC, MUSIC FOR PEACE OF MIND and the Bernard Hermann soundtrack for THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL? YOu from atlanta? You should join the EXOTIC mailing list, btw! If you luv les... Lounge Laura "It' s just my nature to do weird stuff..." les baxter - -------------------------------------- Date: 8/27/96 1:35 PM To: Laura Taylor From: Bomp@bolis.com Curiously, I was just listening to "Celstial Nocturne" by Les Baxter. It is from his "Music Out of the Moon" LP. Theremin with full orcheestral and choral backing! Ah, the fifties! Brian Phillips MindSpring Techinical Support 404-815-9111 800-719-4660 ------------------------------ From: DavidG6523@aol.com Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:20:26 -0400 Subject: the brian jonestown massacre Greetings, I’ve been a voyeur up til now -- this is my first note to the list. I joined a while ago because the brian jonestown massacre disc from BOMP was such a turn-on for me. Speaking of which, did any of you Bay Area folks get a chance to see them in S.F. this weekend? I didn’t realize it was an afternoon show so I was about 3 hours late ... New Year’s resolution: always call ahead! Anyone interested in “modern” retro-psyche-drone whatever-it-is like b.j.m.? I have the new Dandy Warhols CD on heavy rotation as well. Anyone care? Regards, Dave ------------------------------ From: scaf@pro-net.co.uk (Steve Coleman) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:07:13 GMT Subject: Re: The Charlatans (SF) >From: Frank Uhle >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 01:03:10 -0400 (EDT) >Subject: Re: The Charlatans (SF) >presentation style better. Is there some sort of rivalry between Ace >and Sundazed over putting out SF 60s stuff? It seems like there is some >attempt to undercut each other on these sorts of things. That would be a little strange seeing that the 'Cream Puff War' editorial team are involved in both series. Alec with 'Nuggets...' and Judd with 'Quakes From....'. Perhaps it is simply a case of Sundazed having the license for America and ACE holding the European counterpart. There appears to be a lot of duplication with the Tower material as well as the S.F. stuff. On the one hand the Ace/Big Beat CD's are stuffed with tracks whereas those on Sundazed, though not containing the same amount of music *are* sensibly priced. (A friend has just come back from a holiday in California where he bought the Remains sessions for $10.) Despite the overlaps it is so good to have this material available AND at least you and I get a little choice too. Steve ------------------------------ From: "Donald G. Smith" Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:22:51 -0400 Subject: pittsburgh quesiton Bill or whomever- has anyone seen the Velvet Undergound exhibit at the Andy Warhol museum? I am debating driving up from DC for it (it may be closing this weekend?) but am not sure how interesting it is or if the rest of the museum is cool, etc... can some pittsburghian get back to me on it? Don ------------------------------ From: Nilss Olekalns Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:11:08 +1000 (AEST) Subject: Re: James Baker/Beasts of Bourbon At 07:42 AM 27/08/96 -0700, you wrote: >No one has mentioned yet the absolutely great Beasts Of Bourbon, which >James Baker also played in at some point. So did Kim Salmon from the >Scientists, and I think some other Scientists also did time in the >band. The BOB line-up seems to fluctuate, the only album I've found is >"The Axeman's Jazz," which came out on Big Time in the US. Lisa has >this on CD, but I used to have the Australian LP (lent it to someone >who stole it!) and it had an extra track, a crazed cover of "Good >Times" (Nobody's Children). I'm still looking for another copy. Lisa >saw them open for Mudhoney a few years ago, and said they were really >good. > Beasts of Bourbon are one of the best Australian bands ever. They've had at least two other albums since the Axeman's Jazz (+ a live album) all of which are worth picking up. They've been quiet for a few years as singer Tex Perkins concentrates on his more "mainstream" band, The Cruel Sea. Also in the Beasts is Spencer P. Jones, one time member of the Johnnys whose first album (Highlights of a Dangerous Life) is well worth seeking out. Heard a rumour that the Beasts are reforming so lets hope they tour. Nilss ****************************** Nilss Olekalns Department of Economics University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria, 3052 Australia Phone: (03) 344 5342 Fax: (03) 344 6899 ------------------------------ From: Steve LaFollette Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 16:00:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: The Charlatans (SF) I think what you have is a reissue of their self-titled Phillips album, originally released in 1969. I don't think it's a boot. I had a vinyl version (reissued by Eva?), but soon got rid of it cos it was so inferior to the 1966 stuff. The upcoming cd will be really great. If anyone comes across the 1969 album (it has a hand-drawn cover, not a photo, of the band around an old car) buy it at your own risk. It's not horrible, but it's not the stuff that made the Charlatans legendary. Steve On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Roger Donahue - CCC 508 831-5724 wrote: > The latest issue of the ICE CD Newsletter makes mention of a forthcoming 23 > track CD collection from the San Francisco band The Charlatans, which will be > the latest release in the "Nuggets From the Golden state" series on Ace > Records. The article mentions that the band never released an album, but I have > a recent CD reissue of an album by the band. The album title is simply "The > Charlatans" and appears to have been released in 1969. > > I'm confused, and I'm not familiar enough with these guys to know if the > newsletter is wrong, or the disc I have is a boot. Anyone know the story? > > Roger > > PS. The issue also has an article on Iggy and the Iguana Chronicles, with input > from Greg Shaw. > ------------------------------ From: Brendan Lepschi Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:07:21 +0800 Subject: Sour Mash... Just to add to Nilss Olekalns Beasts info, the band has released 5 albums, all of which are still in print (in CD form) on Red Eye (through Polydor) and should be easily get-able from any Aussie indie mailorder label; their non-LP singles are also available as rarities/2nd hand, for fairly reasonable prices too. Apart from the Axemans Jazz (1983) there is Sour Mash (1988 - KILLER record), Black Milk (1990 - the last one with the 'original' Perkins/Jones/Salmon/Baker/Sudovic (another Scientist, he went on to the Interstellar Villains with yet another Scientist Tony Thewlis) lineup), the Low Road (1991 - Perkins/Jones/Salmon/Pola/Hooper (last two are 1/2 of the Surrealists) from here on in), Just Right EP (1991) and From the Belly of The Beasts (1992). The last one is the live album Nilss mentions - there were apparently plans to release a live LP in 1984, but that never happened, so the Belly... release is a double LP/CD featuring a whole shitload of 1991-1992 live- in-Europe stuff with THE BEST version of "Good Times" yer ever gonna hear ANYWHERE, and a pile of early 1984-1985 era covers and such (including the Electric Eels, Pretty Things, Sex Pistols, Johnny Burnette, etc.). There was also a CDep that coincided with this - it contains a different version of one song off the Belly... CD and an Alice Cooper cover. I recently read an interview with Tex Perkins in which he said the band was preparing for a new album, and I guess a tour to go with it. Apparently the band never really 'broke up', just went into hiatus while everyone did their own thing. I think Kim Salmon has left the band (which is a pity, if not for his guitar playing as much as his taste in shirts!), which only leaves Perkins and Jones as the original members. Brendan ------------------------------ From: Tony Dale Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:40:58 +0930 Subject: Re: James Baker/Beasts of Bourbon At 08:11 AM 28/08/96 +1000, Nilss Olekalns wrote: > >Beasts of Bourbon are one of the best Australian bands ever. They've had at >least two other albums since the Axeman's Jazz (+ a live album) all of which >are worth picking up. They've been quiet for a few years as singer Tex >Perkins concentrates on his more "mainstream" band, The Cruel Sea. Also in >the Beasts is Spencer P. Jones, one time member of the Johnnys whose first >album (Highlights of a Dangerous Life) is well worth seeking out. Heard a >rumour that the Beasts are reforming so lets hope they tour. Aussie swamp blues rock, yeah. They are a project band, so they come and go. I doubt they will reform since Tex Perkins has a lot on, but who knows. Here is a mini discography: Singles: Psycho Good Time Red Eye 1985 Hard Work Driving Man Red Eye 1988 Let's Get Funky Red Eye 1990 Words From a Woman Red Eye 1990 (One of the great Australian singles) Chase the Dragon Red Eye 1991 CD EPs: Just Right Red Eye 1992 Albums: Axeman's Jazz Big Time 1984 Sour Mash Red Eye 1989 Black Milk Red Eye 1990 Low Road Red Eye 1991 From the Belly of the Beast Red Eye 1993 I think the last one was a compilation. o---------------------------------o----------------------------o |Anthony Dale |'That Was Now, This Is Then'| |http://www.adam.com.au/~aadale | - Faine Jade | o---------------------------------o----------------------------o ------------------------------ From: Roger Donahue - CCC 508 831-5724 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 22:48:05 EDT Subject: Re: The Charlatans (SF) That explains it. I have a CD reissue of the 1969 LP. I was pretty disappointed with the disc, except it has 2 bonus tracks that are easily the best things on it. Those bonus tracks (The Shadow Knows and 32-20) were the reason I bought it. The Charlatans version of 32-20 is supposedly the model for the Flamin' Groovies version on Teenage Head. For the record, according to ICE the forthcoming CD on Ace will contain 4 demos produced by Sly Stone, 9 tracks from the unreleased 1966 Kama Sutra LP, and a TV commercial for Groom N' Clean hair care. They don't mention where the remainder of the 23 tracks come from. It's scheduled for late August. Roger On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Steve LaFollette wrote: >I think what you have is a reissue of their self-titled Phillips album, >originally released in 1969. I don't think it's a boot. I had a vinyl >version (reissued by Eva?), but soon got rid of it cos it was so inferior to >the 1966 stuff. The upcoming cd will be really great. If anyone comes >across the 1969 album (it has a hand-drawn cover, not a photo, of the >band around an old car) buy it at your own risk. It's not horrible, but >it's not the stuff that made the Charlatans legendary. > >Steve ------------------------------ From: ajfield@cybernet.co.nz Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:38:47 +0000 Subject: Re: Yellow Pills (Non-topic) Hi ..thanks for the help with Yellow Pills. A trade would be great. First off, I've a New Zealand fanzine/magazine titled Social End Product ...debut issue of a new title devoted to late '60s New Zealand garage bands ..not sure if you will be familiar with any of them. I wasn't but I really enjoyed it. As far as other fanzines go there's a store I buy from that has the following you may be intersted in : Ptolemaic Telescope: British mag covering 60's-90s # 19 Sept. 95 ..w/ EP ..incl's Roots of Echo/Wellwater Conspiracy # 12 Autumn 92 ...w/EP incl's US Kaleidoscope/White Heaven/Alchemists #9 ..Jan'92 w/EP features M.Hutchinson/Green Pjamas/Mandragora or Strange Things ..UK psych mag... Vol. 1#3 Cheers Tony PS ..are you a Material Issue fan ? ..Im trying to track down videos and/or rarities of their's ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #74 ******************* You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"