From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2001 #50 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Monday, January 22 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 050 This the digest version of the Bomp list. ***HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE:*** Send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or go to . Here's what people are yacking about in this digest: News about the BRISTOLS "The Dilemmas" the best Aussie record ??????????????? "Marek " Batmania Hey Joe's Want List Heyjoerein@aol.com Re; Malarians, Hysteric Narcotics and the BIG boys.. "Mike Markesich" Thrifting Boldface Re:Jacques Dutronc,etc. Nancyneon01@aol.com Re: .......okay, we've DONE IT. Jake SPiderman Marvel LP "The Dilemmas" The one on the left is on the right...but the guy in the rear? Hmmm... HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: Hysteric Narcotics HOODOO3005@aol.com Green Hornet theme "Linda" Re: superhero songs HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: Re; Malarians, Hysteric Narcotics and the BIG boys.. "Blair Buscareno" Okay, we've DONE IT Michelle Skoorka Re: Superhero rock "ALFREDO FIORENTINI" Re: The Wrong Buckingham Sknoof@aol.com phoenix "mike sin" Re: Hysteric Narcotics "BlackMonk \(Tom,as always\)" Re: bomp-digest V2001 #48 Jay Dobis Re: Wacky stereo concepts, Rascals, and VU John McIntyre Re: Superhero rock DaGreasyChicken@aol.com Need your help, folks Sknoof@aol.com Re: Superhero rock DaGreasyChicken@aol.com Re: .......okay, we've DONE IT. "tiemen kuipers" superhero songs SUBPOPFAN1@aol.com New Kaisers album on Get Hip? Boldface Re: Rationals Steve Coleman Re: Superhero rock "Astroboy" Re: Garage in the Netherlands "jugobeat 66" Re: superhero songs Mekios Re: Thrifting Mekios Re: Superhero rock Steve Coleman Re: Rationals (& a big fat 'thank you' to allen klein) Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Thrifting Euphorik6@aol.com Re: superhero songs Iam Fuzzco ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:01:48 -0000 From: "The Dilemmas" Subject: News about the BRISTOLS Hey music lovers! Here's news of the forthcoming second LP by The BRISTOLS, that's the Brigitte-Bardot-meets-the Dave-Clark-Five garage-beat-pop combo masterminded by Liam from Toe Rag. Tune In With ...The Bristols, Damgood 193CD (also coming out on vinyl). You're a Moody Guy Romeo & Juliet So Fine A Picture of You Baby I Got News For You Another Boy Who Does She Think She Is Little Baby Gonna Cry Old Man Mose The Beating of My Heart I'll Be Gone Release date sometime in March. Keep on groovin phil dilemma Popular Beat Combo est.1987 Fourteen years, Six songs, One joke http://www.thedilemmas.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:28:15 +1100 From: "Marek " Subject: the best Aussie record ??????????????? http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1405632879 Title of item: Farm lp Aussie '70s psych surf soundtrack Minimum bid: $34.99 Reserve price (if any): $0.00 Quantity: 1 Auction Ends on: Thursday, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:19:14 PST ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 01 21:44:06 +1100 From: Subject: Batmania >Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:50:15 -0600 >From: "David Brock" >Subject: Re: more superhero songs There's a couple of extremely obscure Amerian mid-60s Batman 'homages': "Batskinner" (Based on Muleskinner Blues - 'Good morning, Commissioner...') and "The Bat-Mo". In fact they're SO obscure, I can't think who did them - both were too lame to add to my database. - -Peter M ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:34:33 EST From: Heyjoerein@aol.com Subject: Hey Joe's Want List > I've got a Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion VG+ for $3,800.00 if you need it. I was expecting to have to pay at least $7,600 for that one! I was beginning to think that this pond has been either over-fished or all the fish were waaay too wary, 'cause my first choice of bait is still dangling from the hook! Guess I'll have to switch to artificial! No wait! I'm beginning to realize that I'm becoming the fished-for. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:16:39 -0500 From: "Mike Markesich" Subject: Re; Malarians, Hysteric Narcotics and the BIG boys.. Lenny sez: >. (I'd take the Lyres over 'em, but if I had equal numbers of opportunities to see them and the Chesterfield Kings--The Malarians played here in Portland, Maine fairly often--it would be a tougher call. Purists might balk, and you could make an argument in favor of the Kings because they're more dedicatedly straightfaced; The Malarians were strictly all about FUN. And for THAT reason, I might lean in THEIR direction). I realize that the C. Kings and the Lyres are holier than thou, and less 'famous' combos may not be worthy of measure against them, but as I see/hear things, I judged my views on the Malarians, and the Hysteric Narcotics based on the fact that I had never heard of either band prior to seeing them play live, and also, that they delivered amazing sets which were unexpected. I only saw the C. Kings play once, in 1986, just after Walter joined the group on guitar. The show was good, I even liked the fact that they were heading in the "...Doomsday" direction. And I've seen the Lyres more times than any other group, at least thirty times over the years (and that may be on the low side). Needless to say, when I went to see the 'legends', I had high expectations for their shows. The Malarians, on the other hand, were a complete surprise. Ditto the Hysteric Narcotics, who played out here in late '86 for the first time. They may have had a record out before then, but I was unaware of them until I saw them play in person. Now, how about the WORST show by a garage-inspired combo? Besides my old crew (we played lots of sucky shows, eh guys? I know you're here...) and the Bean-town legend when he's on the sauce, what are some of the worst, or most disappointing shows you've witnessed? I saw Plan 9 at one of the Portland, Maine garage fests (lobsters cooking in a pit on the beach yum!). Plan 9 by that time had gone completely avant-garde or whatever you wanna call it. Awful. I couldn't even describe what kind of "music" they were playing. MopTop Mike ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:51:58 +0000 From: Boldface Subject: Thrifting >....please don't tell me this had a picture sleeve.... Okay, I won't tell you... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:18:25 EST From: Nancyneon01@aol.com Subject: Re:Jacques Dutronc,etc. Greetings! If you guys get ahold of a video of Jacques Dutronc's "Les Gens Sont Fou"("People Are Crazy"),you'll see where Richard Hell got his hairdo and fashion tips. In the sixties,Jacques was a major hottie,looking like Mike Jarvis of The Blowpops/Lackloves if he decided to dress mod with a punk haicut. That smile-bam! You can definitely see how he could score a hot babe like Francoise Hardy and make a baby with her. I know some Nick Drake connection was mentioned on this list. Another Hardy connection is none other than THE MAN himself,Bobby Dylan. Imagine the offspring of THAT union. True,I have an active imagination,but in "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again",Dylan gives his lil wave to Hardy with;"Well Shakespeare,he's in the alley/With his pointed shoes and his bells,/Speaking to some French girl,Who says she knows me well./And I would send a message/To find out if she's talked,/But the post office has been stolen/And the mailbox is locked." More Hardy:On one of her EPS,in her blonder incarnation,holding a big,open body,electric guitar,Hardy looks startlingly like her" Royal Blondeness(Full Of Fondness)",Kathy Duff. I forgot to ask Kenne if he's playing that song. It's a collaboration of Rick Coraccio,Kenne Highland,and myself. Hopefully THE KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN will play this Saturday,January 27 at the Kirkland Cafe in Somerville when they gig with THE LYRES. The stunning Miss Ruby Starr will be featured with KHC. This is not to be missed. Back to Duff,heard she will be doing some recording in a Boston area studio. It's gonna be grr-8!!! -- Nancy Neon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 06:20:33 -0800 (PST) From: Jake Subject: Re: .......okay, we've DONE IT. My mother used to keep her tree up well into February. Now she has this weird, dried out, triangular plant that she keeps out all year long and puts lights on it at Christmastime. She's strange, my mom, but she makes delicious cheese soup... Jake - --- Sknoof@aol.com wrote: > > Okay, we've DONE IT. It's 10:01 PM E.S.T. on Sunday, January 21st........and > > we've TAKEN DOWN THE CHRISTMAS TREE. ===== http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com Mid-60's West Michigan Rock and Roll! __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:14:54 -0000 From: "The Dilemmas" Subject: SPiderman Marvel LP Re the below: Yes I have this LP. Is it rare? Anyway, the inside of the gatefold is a Spiderman comic strip. It's a concept album. Don't think I've actually ever played it all the way through though, just zipped in and out; ISTR it has some fairly unremarkable (to my ears) early-70s-rock-ish songs interspersed by over-serious acted dialog. Good for compilation tapes ISTR. keep on boppin phil dil << Marvel put out "Rock Reflections of Super Hero" with > 70's AOR songs about Spider Man/Peter Parker. It is > truly unlistenable. >> >Anybody heard that other Spiderman rock record, on Buddah? (1972-73, or >thereabouts...) This was supposed to kick off a whole series of rock >superhero records, but apparently the concept was dropped after the Buddah >album didn't sell. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:26:41 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: The one on the left is on the right...but the guy in the rear? Hmmm... In a message dated 1/22/01 4:33:47 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: I originally wrote: > When you consider what else was going on in rock circa 1969-70---extreme > bubblepop on the left, "serious" hippie music on the right--- Then Rick McCullough said: << That's funny. I always thought it was the other way around. >> To which I reply: Thanx for the correction...I was in a hurry but I had to comment on that underrated Rationals elpee. I had no time to copy-edit, heh heh! I was looking back at the post a few hours later and saying, "hmmm, bubblegum on the left (signifying that it's weird and subversive)? Not entirely correct..." Of course, after hearing some of those bizarre tunes that producers Kasenetz-Katz slipped on the B-sides of their 45's, maybe bubblerock was farther left than anybody expected. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:31:30 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Hysteric Narcotics In a message dated 1/22/01 4:33:47 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << What ever happened to the Hysteric Narcotics anyway ??? Are any of them still playing ??? >> I've been wondering that myself...I still have the flexidisc of "Electric Children" that came free with RPM (a long-defunct collector's zine) back in 1986. J. Porter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:31:32 +0000 From: "Linda" Subject: Green Hornet theme I wrote: >There's another version of the Green Hornet theme; can't >recall the name of the band. It's related to hornets or bees... Then Frank wrote: Yup, B. Bumble is who I was trying to remember! But I was thinking of the A-side, the Green Hornet Theme. Both are fun. - -Linda ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:35:00 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: superhero songs "The Phantom" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs. (From their LI'L RED RIDING HOOD elpee, which also contains "Deputy Dog.") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:40:57 -0500 From: "Blair Buscareno" Subject: Re: Re; Malarians, Hysteric Narcotics and the BIG boys.. > Needless to say, when I went to see the 'legends', I had high expectations > for their shows. When I first saw both The Lyres and the C. Kings, I had no expectations whatsoever. Why? Well, in the case of The Lyres, I was 18 and there (at Irving Plaza, 7/20/84) to see The Mosquitos. The Lyres turned out to be an amazing bonus. (By the way, I could be wrong, but I believe Steve Coleman may have some of that set available for listening on his website.) It wasn't till I got back to college that fall for my sophomore year that I heard _On Fyre_ (and was blown away again.) I saw the Kings for the first time sometime in '84, as well. Again, I didn't have their records yet. Seeing them at Scorgie's in Rochester was a revelation. They were completely crazed up there. And down in NYC, they were also fantastic... It was sort of like a second home for them. The shows at Maxwells in Hoboken were also pretty amazing, with killer parties next door before and after at, I think, Bruce Planty's apartment. i didn't know enough to consider them "legends" at the time. To me, these were just amazing rock'n'roll bands and I was thrilled to see them play. But that was true of *any* band I saw that delivered the goods. Heck, between '83 and '86, I probably saw The Mosquitos 60 times. I can't imagine how many times I've seen The Lyres over the years. With the Kings, the count is lower 'cuz they've probably come down only once every couple years since 1990. (I was lucky enough to be in Rochester for a wedding in '95 and luck into a C. Kings/Lyres double-bill for the first time in nearly 10 years.) But there are TONS of bands I've seen more times than I can remember... And that's 'cuz they blew me away so much. There are lots of other bands (The Hysteric Narcotics definitely included) that I wish had played many more times in my general vicinity. But that's the luck of the draw... I'm glad I used to drive out to Bethlehem, PA all the time to see The Original Sins. To me, those guys were one of the best damn bands around. And people *still* haven't figured that out. Just listen to _Big Soul_, _The Hardest Way_ or _Move_ and maybe you'll understand. Or The Voodoo Dolls... YEOW! The Devil Dogs, The Vacant Lot, The Secret Service... The list (and the beat) goes on. Was there a point to this? Hmm... - - Blair ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 04:50:55 -0800 (PST) From: Michelle Skoorka Subject: Okay, we've DONE IT Wow Mike, Somebody outlasted my neighbor! And there I was thinking he was the latest to get rid of his pine-needle sheddin' wonder at 2 PM EST Sunday January 21st... right after I finished shoveling the mound of snow we got. It was pretty funny watching him trying to get it out the door. I'm pretty sure he ripped off more needles than he kept! Gotta admit, the tree did still smell nice though. As for a cheap plug for any West Coast Bompers... the Amazing Crowns are currently on tour opening for Southern Culture on the Skids. Should be a lot of fun. I hope to make the SF dates myself! Michelle >Okay, we've DONE IT. It's 10:01 PM E.S.T. on Sunday, January 21st........and >we've TAKEN DOWN THE CHRISTMAS TREE. >It wouldn't go quietly, either. >Mike F. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:03:11 +0100 From: "ALFREDO FIORENTINI" Subject: Re: Superhero rock "Murphy the surfie" by the Surfaris and "Silver Bullet" by the = Crossfires. Not exactly superheros but cartoon characters anyway! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:01:11 EST From: Sknoof@aol.com Subject: Re: The Wrong Buckingham I read, via Ted: <> THOUGHT so. That made more sense. But this should not be disappointing, because Miccolis probably has an even MORE interesting story to tell. He didn't LEAVE the band before "Don't You Care"....he was FIRED. Both the Sundazed liners and the liners on that Sony Legact "Best Of" say this....and they do NOT elaborate. Has to be a story there. (Find out, also, if "Miccolis" is the correct name. That's the way it appears on the first LP and the Sundazed notes...but the legacy notes have it as "Miccols.") Although, to these ears, Marty Grebb was much more of an MVP than Dennis M would have been in the latter-day Buckinghams....Dennis' much-cheesier organ sound really was a strong contribution to that first LP. Get us the skinny, Ted! Mike F. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:13:53 -0500 From: "mike sin" Subject: phoenix i'll be in phoenix from 1/28 to 1/31. if anyone has some suggestions regarding cool record stores, gigs, and scorpion and rattlesnake repellant (!), please e-mail me off list. all suggestions are greatly appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:43:05 -0500 From: "BlackMonk \(Tom,as always\)" Subject: Re: Hysteric Narcotics > << What ever happened to > the Hysteric Narcotics anyway ??? Are any of them still playing ??? >> > > I've been wondering that myself...I still have the flexidisc of "Electric > Children" that came free with RPM (a long-defunct collector's zine) back in > 1986. > I'd like to find their album, as it's close to the top of my "damn, I wish I'd picked that up" list, even though when it came out I was disappointed because it wasn't ALL as fantastic as the 45 I had by them, "Wild as Soul"/ "Such A Mystery" (I seem to remember that the B-side wasn't on the album, though I could be wrong) A while back, I found a post-album 45 they recorded with a new drummer and keyboard player. "Never Do Know"/ "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" which isn't bad. The A reminds me of the Fleshtones and the B is a garagey version of the Young Rascals song. (Sorta Lyres-ish) Nice, but that first 45 was amazing, and it didn't sound like anyone else around. BTW, the 45 mentions that it's from a second album, but I don't know if it was ever released. I saw them once at The Dive and, yeah, they were fantastic live. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:17:41 -0800 (PST) From: Jay Dobis Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2001 #48 > re: Dennis Ganim and Blues Magoos 45 for those of you who like the DADDY LOLO single, look out for: GANIMIAN & HIS ORIENTAL MUSIC--Come With Me to the Casbah (Atco 33-107). very nice album (and it icludes "Daddy Lolo." __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:49:37 -0500 From: John McIntyre Subject: Re: Wacky stereo concepts, Rascals, and VU Sknoof@aol.com wrote: > Point of order. First of all, I agree with you...I like the occasional > bizarre stereo mix as much as the next guy. But it should be pointed out > that the Rascals HATED that mix and that production. They had nothing to do > with it and no say in it. They didn't even HEAR it till it pressed, or so > they say. Can't remember who that interviewee was....it was either Felix or > Eddie, I think. They were a meat-and-potatoes Long Island/slash/New Jersey > rock and roll band, and they shoah didn't cotton to no fancy studio crapski, > or so they say now. Hmm, then how come the drum roll that goes from speaker to speaker on :"What Is The Reason"? John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept Michigan State University mcintyre@pa.msu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:29:28 EST From: DaGreasyChicken@aol.com Subject: Re: Superhero rock Hey, Y'all forgot about Vanilla Ice and his incredible "Ninja Rap" from the movie Teenage Mutant Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze. Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go, Andre ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:53:13 EST From: Sknoof@aol.com Subject: Need your help, folks 'kay, I've been trying diligently to buy this particular item for TWO YEARS with no success. Does anyone have, and is willing to part with, the Japanese CD issue of the Al Kooper LP "Possible Projection Of The Future/Childhood's End"? I've been thwarted on eBay the only two times it's appeared....and there's some idiot on GEMM who keeps advertising it as a "special order" item even though it's been out-of-print for years. If anyone can help me out, please e-mail me off-list. Thanks a bunch, Mike F. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:51:48 EST From: DaGreasyChicken@aol.com Subject: Re: Superhero rock Hey, There are also a bunch of superhero song MP3s at http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/58/superhero_songs.html Andre ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:20:29 From: "tiemen kuipers" Subject: Re: .......okay, we've DONE IT. Oh yeah...well my mom has two Christmas trees(one for upstairs, one for downstairs), and an all-occasion tree, which she decorated for Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving , etc...She spends like a third of her life Decorating and undecorating the damn trees!!! - -DV >From: Jake >Reply-To: bomp@xnet2.com >To: bomp@xnet2.com >Subject: Re: .......okay, we've DONE IT. >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 06:20:33 -0800 (PST) > > >My mother used to keep her tree up well into February. Now she has this weird, >dried out, triangular plant that she keeps out all year long and puts lights on >it at Christmastime. She's strange, my mom, but she makes delicious cheese >soup... >Jake > >--- Sknoof@aol.com wrote: > > > > Okay, we've DONE IT. It's 10:01 PM E.S.T. on Sunday, January 21st........and > > > > we've TAKEN DOWN THE CHRISTMAS TREE. > > >===== >http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com >Mid-60's West Michigan Rock and Roll! > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:13:57 EST From: SUBPOPFAN1@aol.com Subject: superhero songs although not a sixties song, the breeders have a track on their "last splash" album entitled "invisible man". later...ben ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:47:13 +0000 From: Boldface Subject: New Kaisers album on Get Hip? >Other releases coming later this year... >KAISERS TBA NEW ALBUM! LP/CD Okay, so I thought I'd ask the Kaisers about this... I e-mailed Gus to ask if he could tell me more about it and he replied, "Yes, but I've forgotten. We did record an album at Toe Rag last year for release this year. I'm quite busy with work just now but I will endeavour to get the details from George and send you them asap." Erm, not a lot of help really. But - you can't say I didn't try! -- PJ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:10:26 +0000 From: Steve Coleman Subject: Re: Rationals At 15:37 21/1/01 -0600, Rob wrote: > is that the picture of the four guys sitting w/ their backs to the > camera >on a grassy hill? that's whats on the cover of the CD i have... No, the b/w shot on the back sleeve of the album. The guys are walking along a wooded path and are wearing Spencer Davis Group/Small Faces type gear and have Mod haircuts. Great shot. Btw my copy of the Crewe album is shagged-out but still pretty damn fine to hear. Is it worth shelling out on the CD bootleg and is the mastering acceptable? Geez, how I wish someone could get hold of the Rationals catalogue and do them justice in the re-issue market. Boo, hiss to the nasty man at Cameo Parkway. Steve - --------------------------------------------- Have you entered The Garage? http://www.garage.clara.net The Fleshtones Hall of Fame http://www.fleshtones.co.uk - --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:28:38 -0800 From: "Astroboy" Subject: Re: Superhero rock What about Paul McCartney's "Magneto and Titanium Man"? Definitely a superhero song. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: Re: Superhero rock > > Hey, > > Y'all forgot about Vanilla Ice and his incredible "Ninja Rap" from the movie > Teenage Mutant Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze. > > Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go, > > Andre > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:36:53 +0100 From: "jugobeat 66" Subject: Re: Garage in the Netherlands >From: "Jeroen Vedder" >Uh, yeah sure, and all their customers are morrons. If you are >apparently smart enough to buy your records at a better price >elsewhere, don't you think that most of Da Capo's clientele 'd do >the same if given the chance?. The possibilities of obtaining music >these days are limitless, don't you think that overpricing records >would run one straight outta business?. i don't think everybody has enough time to search for cheaper records. also if you want to buy only 1 or 2 records it's not cheap at all to go to germany or belgium and try to find them, so i think many record delaers in holland misuse this. also many people who are buying 60s reissues are middle age with good jobs and high incomes and maybe they don't care if they pay 5-6 US$ more, but for me it's too expensive. i also have friends who are doing the same like me - just go across the border and buy records cheaper. i can compare the prices and i'm not blind. records in holland are TOOOOOO EXPENSIVE, not only for me but also for somebody with STRONG DOLLAR in his pocket! >Truth is that most Mainland-European currencies took a nosedive >against both the dollar & pound since the introduction of the Euro , >thus makin' imports way more expensive. (plus both countries have >had a real healthy economy over the previous years, at least the >americans were kind enough to elect Bush, and thus a guaranteed >downfall of their economy and better import prices for us in the near >future). not all records are IMPORT! example i named "turkish delights" is EUROPEAN (DUTCH) release. do you have to import it for dollars maybe??? >Whatever the reason for the price difference of that Turkish comp, I >dunno, but I get it wholesale at about 9 bucks (ex-tax, that is), so >maybe your German pals need their calculator checked.... first i don't understand how you can buy records (VINYL) for wholesale price when your shop is CD SHOP and you don't sell any vinyl at all!!! if you bought only one record for yourself - then 9 US$ is not high at all (i whish i could pay the same). but if you buy more copies - i think than it's much cheaper than 9 US$. all i know is that i pay records in Germany or Belgium (Antwerpen and Mechelen) 5 US$ cheaper. maybe they have special calculators. i know only one record shop here in holland where they have normal record prices and it's INDEPENDENT OUTLET in Amsterdam - they probably use bad german calculators!!! >Anyways, I've been dealin' with Michel for almost 20 years now and >never had the feelin' I'd been ripped off. MICHEL IS OK! HE NEVER RIPPED ME OFF! HIS SHOP IS THE BEST SHOP I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE!!! but his prices are not for my pocket anymore!! i still buy records there - stuff i must have. few years ago i used to buy much much more. he didn't have such high prices before. in last 2-3 years record prices in dutch record shops (not only Da Capo) went for about 40% and very often even higher. as far as i know US$ didn't go so high comparing with euro. anyway dollar went high for german and belgian record shops too - so why don't they have such high prices??!!! >As I'm also runnin' a record >shop in the same town as he, I'd even go as far that in some areas >he offers a better deal than I can ever do, and we're buyin' from the >exact same wholesalers, so there. i don't know why you compare your CD shop with Da Capo? they are 2 totaly different kinds of shops. you are selling mostly new alternative (college) and mainstream rock + some alternative dance CD's for students and Da Capo is specialised for 60s, garage, punk, psych. he also has some brit pop and funk stuff, but not much. you also have some 60s reissue cd's and new garage punk, but very very little. >And another thing; if you have trouble with people or their policies >please go and ask those people IN PERSON instead of mouthing >off on some forum where they are obviously not part off and thus >can not defend themselves. i know Michel and i told him that i don't like his high prices IN PERSON. he wasn't so pissed off about it at all. anyway, my email wasn't about high prices in Da Capo, but about high record prices in whole holland (including your CD shop). and i think it's not ok that people think that it's like that in whole europe when it's not. i'm not happy with this situation here at all. i would like to go to Da Capo and buy tones of records like i used to do, but i just can't afford it anymore. and that's the case with other good record shops here. because you can't sell new garage punk bands for such high prices, many new records and new unknown bands are not available in shops here. i think such situation kills new music. vanya moron > >Jeroen Vedder >Plato Records >Utrecht, Holland _______________________________________________ No Brains zine: http://www.geocities.com/no_brains_zine/ Rare Jugobeat 7"s for trade: http://www.geocities.com/nobrains_records/ Jugobeat - 60s punk and beat from ex Yugoslavia: http://www.geocities.com/nobrains00/YU60s.htm Garage punk from ex Yugoslav countries: http://www.geocities.com/nobrains_garage/ _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:39:07 -0500 (EST) From: Mekios Subject: Re: superhero songs On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 TSanc43763@aol.com wrote: > Anyone hear of the 45 by Belgian singer > Robin-Robin is coming/Robin Boy Wonder (Roover Records). It's a great piece > of 60's freakbeat from 66/67 and has a boss PSleeve with Robin in Boy Wonder > gear but with Beatle Boots. "Robin Boy Wonder", included in the second(?) volume of the Big Freeze comp, is great!(was the flip comped anywhere? I don't think I've heard it) However, my favorite Batman themed song is on a 60's LP by Pachito -- la voz infantil de Puerto Rico as proclaimed on the record's cover! -- a 10 year old who sings in Spanish "Yo quiro ser Batman" backed by what looks like an American garage band. Anyone else has heard this one? It's absolutely crazy! Dinos ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:48:35 -0500 (EST) From: Mekios Subject: Re: Thrifting On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 boldface@easynet.co.uk wrote: > What was next? Something with one of those typically pretentious sounding > titles from 1969 by the pretentions sounding Aphrodite's Child, but actually > pretty good once I gave it a spin. This is that Greek guy who had a few hits > in the 70s, yeah? Aphrodite's Child featured more than just one Greek guy with major hits! Both Demis Roussos and Vangelis (V.Papathanasiou -- "Chariots of fire" soundtrack...) were members of the band. What were the songs on the single that you got? Most of what I've heard by them (not very much) is, to put it mildly, uninteresting but if you ever get the change listen to "Magic Mirror". It's a psychedelic (a better description might be "psychotic"-- like if the band is on amphetamine) killer!!! Dinos ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:52:47 +0000 From: Steve Coleman Subject: Re: Superhero rock Hey, does Bazooka Joe count as a Super Hero? If he does, what is the name of that damn band who wrote not one, but THREE, songs about him? Answers on the back of a postcard. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:54:48 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Rationals (& a big fat 'thank you' to allen klein) In a message dated 1/22/01 1:49:43 PM, garage@clara.co.uk writes: << No, the b/w shot on the back sleeve of the album. The guys are walking along a wooded path and are wearing Spencer Davis Group/Small Faces type gear and have Mod haircuts. Great shot. >> oh, ok - that's the front cover pic on the boot CD...the road they're walking down looks like part of a park south of here where i used to drive around w/ my punk-ass teenage hoodlum friends, smoking pot, drinking warm meister-brau and doing doughnuts in flower arrangements. ah youth. << Boo, hiss to the nasty man at Cameo Parkway. >> right on! isn't the bad man in question none other than allen klein? i would be tempted to say "fuck allen klein" if i wasn't afraid he was going to send some angry teamsters after me to break mr smarty-pant's legs for him and teach him some respect. mr klein - we fixed that LEAKY FAUCET real good. remember john belushi doing the allen klein character in the rutles? that may be my favorite part, when he comes outta the elevator w/ his thugs and people start diving into potted plants for cover. anyway, a lot of rationals stuff is floating around napster - i highly recommend that those unfamiliar w/ them check some of their stuff out - they're great!! rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:55:49 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: Thrifting In a message dated 1/22/01 8:53:19 AM, boldface@easynet.co.uk writes: << Okay, I won't tell you... >> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:47:59 -0800 (PST) From: Iam Fuzzco Subject: Re: superhero songs In "Save Me" by Aretha Franklin, the lyrics go: It's gonna the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too/ I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do Peter Zaremba's Love Delagation covered it, too. - --- Mekios wrote: > > > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 TSanc43763@aol.com wrote: > > > Anyone hear of the 45 by Belgian singer > > Robin-Robin is coming/Robin Boy Wonder (Roover > Records). It's a great piece > > of 60's freakbeat from 66/67 and has a boss > PSleeve with Robin in Boy Wonder > > gear but with Beatle Boots. > > "Robin Boy Wonder", included in the second(?) volume > of the Big Freeze > comp, is great!(was the flip comped anywhere? I > don't think I've heard it) > However, my favorite Batman themed song is on a 60's > LP by Pachito -- la > voz infantil de Puerto Rico as proclaimed on the > record's cover! -- a 10 > year old who sings in Spanish "Yo quiro ser Batman" > backed by what looks > like an American garage band. Anyone else has heard > this one? It's absolutely > crazy! > > Dinos > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2001 #50 **************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. 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