From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2002 #85 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 Saturday, February 9 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 085 This is 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: Re: Fire Dept Steve Coleman 60s punk on eBay zone65 Re: Old black men (and decadent white punks) HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: Rockin' Accordion (f/k/a Future Punk) "Crawdaddy Simon" Re: bubblegum NUGGETS "Crawdaddy Simon" RE: Amboy Dukes Question stu rutherford Re: Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" "cozmikdebris" Squirrely Unchained! "Rocky Serkowney" Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" "cozmikdebris" Re: Squirrely Unchained! "Kip Shepherd" Re: amps "garrett brittenham" Re: Squirrely Unchained! Moparlary@aol.com Re: Amboy Dukes Question "cozmikdebris" Re: Squirrely Unchained! "Lenny Smith" do the RAT "Jahna" Re: bomp-digest V2002 #83 "Alan Wright" Future Rock "Mark Ertmer" Karen Carpenter & the Langley Project David Coyle Re: Bubblegum Nuggets David Coyle Re: Pink Floyd Barrett Years David Coyle Re: bomp-digest V2002 #82 Mndbgr1@aol.com Re: bomp-digest V2002 #82 Mndbgr1@aol.com Re: Shutdowns Mndbgr1@aol.com Re: Amboy don'ts Mndbgr1@aol.com Re: Tele dirt Mndbgr1@aol.com Re: amps Rob Farrell Re: bomp-digest V2002 #84 Sugar Town Sounds from the swamp Tim Lakritz Flea market fun! Tim Lakritz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 11:34:39 +0000 From: Steve Coleman Subject: Re: Fire Dept At 04:00 9/2/02 -0600, Kevin wrote: >And I have searched in >vain for the Yep! Records purple vinyl 7" >single of "Where Do You Keep Your Heart". Yeah, I've got that one but it ain't for sale. >Appartently these guys totally disappeared! >Anyone know what became of Fire Dept.? This is true. FYI the Fire Dept were regulars at the St John's Tavern and also played a couple of shows when the club moved down the road and changed its name to the Dirty Water Club. I liked these guys although they were a bit shambolic - in the best tradition of the TVPs and Armitage Shanks - but could be relied upon to deliver a good mix of UK beat/freakbeat/psych. The leader of the band - Neil Palmer - lived in Brighton as I met him on the train from Victoria once and got talking about music. This must have been a year or so before the last time I saw them as he mentioned they were looking for a bass player. Tub Johnson played out the last few London shows with them and is also on their CD. As for "where is Nigel now?" - sadly I know nothing but PJ might! Finally, "Mr CD" on Berwick St, SOHO had a pile of "Elpee for Another Time" going for a quid a throw not so long back. Steve +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Fleshtones » http://www.fleshtones.org The Garage » http://www.garage.clara.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 01:25:25 +1100 From: zone65 Subject: 60s punk on eBay Some wilde 60s punk for auction, including a SLAVES 45 repro: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1512507532 - -peter m ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 11:42:52 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Old black men (and decadent white punks) We were discussing the lameness of recent Bo Diddley shows when Chris Owen said: << Bo (Diddley) could use the Andre Williams treatment. Somebody > sick Mick Collins on > his ass.>> Yeah, Mick Collins could definitely bring him into the trashabilly realm. But whoever the producer is, it would HAVE to be someone who understands old rock & roll/R&B AND the psycho-punk market equally. I don't want some decadent scenester in the control booth, acting as if the Cramps are more important than the R&R/R&B guys who influenced 'em. But if we can get somebody who understands BOTH worlds, then we're good to go. Myself, I can't stand it when indie-rockers start making the call on R&B/blues acts based on their psychobilly cred. That's kind of a plantation mentality that doesn't apply to all black performers from the 50's/60's. I couldn't see somebody producing a class act like Jerry Butler the same way you'd produce ol' gutbucket T-Model Ford, what the fuck is that??? BUT, DESPITE ALL THAT, I STILL AGREE...there are some old-school rhythm & blues guys who would sound great with a psycho-rock treatment, and its too bad Ike Turner passed up the opportunity! As far as Bo Diddley...his style does deserve the same raw psychobilly/Fat Possum jump-start that Andre Williams (and to a lesser extent, R.L. Burnside) has been getting, but we don't need another ELECTRIC MUD. > For that matter, so could Ike Turner, Long John > Hunter, Lazy Lester, and > Jerry McCain, all of whom I've seen try to pass off > some wack shit in > the past few years. I'm with you, there...I admit, I actually like some of the stuff these men have recorded in the last decade. (Ike Turner's HERE & NOW, from last year, was a fairly solid affair.) True, these men ain't hamming it up for the garage-rockin' white kids, but their music has INTEGRITY...it's not like the "sweet-home-Chicago" bullshit that Junior Wells, God rest his soul, released in his last years. Or what Buddy Guy was doing just prior to last year's SWEET TEA elpee. Oh, and you know what other R&B performers that somebody should have "done an Andre" on? Ernie K-Doe and Alvin Cash! They died before anyone could get the opportunity, but those performers were just wild enough to fit in! Eddy Clearwater (formerly known as "Clear Waters") did some pistol-hot rockabilly 45's in the 50's and early 60's, in a Chuck Berry vein...he's doing straight blues now, but his albums usually have at least one or two token rockabilly songs. > The list goes on and on (old white guys are even > worse...although a > guilty pleasure...a recent Paul Revere and the > Raiders show I saw at the > Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz was > amazing/pathetic/hilarious). >> Yes indeed! I saw them a couple of years ago...Revere himself acted like he was doped up on something (I don't think it was an act); I could have sworn that his famed "organ shaped like a '57 Chevy" was unplugged for most of the gig; his lead singer, Carl Driggs, has a greasy mullet and a resume that includes singing with the disco daddies in Foxy, famed for their 1978 hit, "Get Off." And even weirder...Revere had this toy pistol that he aimed directly at his bandmates whenever they disagreed with him. It's an old joke, but seeing this geezer get that much mileage out of it had me in stitches every time. James ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 11:54:54 -0500 From: "Crawdaddy Simon" Subject: Re: Rockin' Accordion (f/k/a Future Punk) James wrote: > along with the Cajun artists on the Swallow > label. Like the Balfa brothers, what a killer bunch! Crawdaddy Simon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:01:22 -0500 From: "Crawdaddy Simon" Subject: Re: bubblegum NUGGETS Andre wrote: > There was a Rhino Bubblegum series. It was 2 LPs, the back covers were made > to look like teen magazines. Indeed, here's the track-listing for Volume 1: Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express Sweeter Than Sugar - Ohio Express Mercy - Ohio Express Little Bit Of Soul - Music Explosion Do Something To Me - British Road Runners Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express Beg Borrow And Steal - Rare Breed Little Girl - Syndicate Of Sound Sunshine Games - Music Explosion I Think I Love You - Partridge Family Bubble Gum Music - Rock N'Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Company Of Philadelphia 1941 Crawdaddy Simon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 12:09:25 -0500 From: stu rutherford Subject: RE: Amboy Dukes Question cosmikdebris wrote: <> The only info I had about this record was from the liners of a John Fred & Playboys comp which states that "Ted Nugent rushed out a cover version" shortly after the Playboys released "Judy In Disguise". I just did a search on google & found this link which reveals that the song in question was actually released by a different group from the UK also called The Amboy Dukes. The info is about one fifth of the way down the page. Cheers, Stu http://web.wt.net/~duane/nugent.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:09:37 -0500 From: "cozmikdebris" Subject: Re: Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" Came and went on the other side of the pond, apparently. I see no evidence it was ever released over here. 'Soul Party' (Polydor Special 236213), a British LP I found in my friend's store, had this track by the Amboy Dukes, who released 3 singles during their time with Mainstream Records ("Baby Please Don't Go," "Journey To the Center of the Mind," and "Scottish Tea"). Maybe Polydor had the rights in Europe. I don't know that much about Mainstream, except that it was a jazz label. I went on GEMM just now and found a 7" by them called "All I Need" on Polydor, from 1967. E-mailed for more details on the B-side, which I suspect is "Judy" (looking further, I saw "Judy In Disguise" (Polydor 56) for the same price, by the same seller). I guess what I have MUST be the Dukes, even though it sure doesn't sound like them. Wonder why these haven't shown up on the Repertoire CD reissues as extra tracks. Regards, cozmikdebris - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:08 PM Subject: Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" > > In a message dated 2/8/02 4:06:44 PM Central Standard Time, > owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > > << The Amboy Dukes did release a version of "Judy" shortly after the > original was released. >> > > Details? What album? Or was this an uncompiled 45 that came & went? > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:17:41 -0500 From: "Rocky Serkowney" Subject: Squirrely Unchained! Hey Bompers! After several months of checking out the archives with my work computer and getting reports from my way-cool wife, Deena, I finally landed a new talking computer on which I can now Bomp to my heart's content. Not all that much to report on new records, although we recently got the Woggles' "Live At The Star Bar". I think it captures a pretty fair chunk of that legendary non-stop mayhem of Manfred's men, but like their northern counterparts, the Fleshtones, ya just can't beat 'em live and in-person! Speaking of live shows, we had a blast last weekend at the monthly Kaleidoscope here in Toronto. Our pals, Flipped out, Christian and Gaven spun loads of 60's foot-stompers and mind-blowers to prime us for the fabulous garage/beat stylings of the Chainns from Montreal. These cats were terrifically tight and melodic. Can't recall many of the covers they plyed, but I was sure impressed by a heartfelt rendition of the Remains' "Once Before". Dee read me a review of the show in our local weekly NOW paper, but the reviewer unfortunately came at it from a square perspective and sorta missed the point. He apparently dug the show overall, but refered to much of the packed crowd as Austin Powers extras and decried the fact that the band didn't stretch out into more jammy guitar solo-oriented psychedelia. Ah well, guess there ain't no such thing as bad press. Great to be back in the house of Bomp! El Squirrello. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:21:44 -0500 From: "cozmikdebris" Subject: Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" Found another Polydor single by the Dukes I never heard of: "Simon Says." What gives with all the European 45s? Is Maureen around? She'd probably know... Regards, cozmikdebris - ----- Original Message ----- From: "cozmikdebris" To: Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" > Came and went on the other side of the pond, apparently. I see no evidence > it was ever released over here. > > 'Soul Party' (Polydor Special 236213), a British LP I found in my friend's > store, had this track by the Amboy Dukes, who released 3 singles during > their time with Mainstream Records ("Baby Please Don't Go," "Journey To the > Center of the Mind," and "Scottish Tea"). Maybe Polydor had the rights in > Europe. I don't know that much about Mainstream, except that it was a jazz > label. > > I went on GEMM just now and found a 7" by them called "All I Need" on > Polydor, from 1967. E-mailed for more details on the B-side, which I suspect > is "Judy" (looking further, I saw "Judy In Disguise" (Polydor 56) for the > same price, by the same seller). I guess what I have MUST be the Dukes, even > though it sure doesn't sound like them. Wonder why these haven't shown up on > the Repertoire CD reissues as extra tracks. > > Regards, > cozmikdebris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:08 PM > Subject: Amboy Dukes/"Judy In Disguise" > > > > > > In a message dated 2/8/02 4:06:44 PM Central Standard Time, > > owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > > > > << The Amboy Dukes did release a version of "Judy" shortly after the > > original was released. >> > > > > Details? What album? Or was this an uncompiled 45 that came & went? > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 11:47:19 -0600 From: "Kip Shepherd" Subject: Re: Squirrely Unchained! >From: "Rocky Serkowney" Great to be back in the house of Bomp! > >El Squirrello. > > Great to have you back! Kip _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 11:26:29 -0700 From: "garrett brittenham" Subject: Re: amps I gotta throw in a vote for the Fender Pro Reverb. Looks exactly like a twin reverb, sounds a lot like a twin, but it's basically a "half" twin, meaning about half the wattage (I believe). They're also a bit cheaper. I've got a blackface one that I dig immensely, and at times I can get a pretty decent tone outta the junkiest beat-up jaguar around. Also, for those having a beef with the weighty twins and supers, it's about a half-ton lighter. Just another opinion from a Fender fan. OCB, Garrett - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Emery" To: Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:56 AM Subject: Re: amps > > fender yes! fender twin, no!!! > > fender amps are great, but twins are too loud and way too clean. i've owned > a couple (silverface and blackface reissue) and played extensively thru > several others. you just have to turn them up too loud to get them to sound > right, and they never yield any crunch. i even pulled a couple tubes out to > get some warmth at a lower volume (on a guitar tech's recommendation) and > used mine that way for a couple years -- still too loud, clean and way too > bright. especially if you're playing a fender, rickenbacker (or just about > any other guitar w/ single coil pickups) thru one -- not near enough > midrange and the high end will kill you. > > to my ear a better alternative would be a fender bassman. much better tone. > i also love showmans, which have a clean sound but much better tone. > > i'll put in a vote for voxes as well (i currently use an AC50 head/cab), but > for half as much money a blackface bassman sounds every bit as good (if a > little quieter). > > also, regarding pedals, yeah there are some cool pedals out there, and i > love fooling w/ them, but i'd consider that a quick fix. ultimately there's > nothing better than the sound of a good guitar (no pointy guitars) going > straight into a tube amp cranked up just enough for some natural > warmth/breakup. > > my 2 cents, > joe > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:46:52 -0800 > > From: "Alan Wright" > > Subject: Re: amps > > > > hey all, > > here's what I need help on. the guitar player in my band plays with a > > marshall head and marshall half stack. that's the only amp he owns. our > > songs are supposed to sound like a punk rock version of james brown > > mixed > > with a lot of influence from the sonics. The problem is his amp. when we > > > > play our music it sounds more like gluecifer or the hellacopters than > > straight garage rock, because the guitar is too beefy. he's tried > > everything > > on that amp, and he can't get a good lo fi sound. any suggestions other > > than > > buying a whole new (or old) amp. good pedals? I'm open to any ideas. > > thanks. > > - - - -jason killinger>> > > > > > > Get him a Fender twin amp!! Seriously, and I have nothing agianst Marshalls. > > The Ramones used Marshalls. AC/DC used Marshalls. But, for a more garagey > > sound I'd go with the Fender, or a Vox AC30. > > > > Alan > > > > Alan > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:27:01 EST From: Moparlary@aol.com Subject: Re: Squirrely Unchained! woohoo, welcome back to Frostbite falls!!! Moosparlary ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:26:29 -0500 From: "cozmikdebris" Subject: Re: Amboy Dukes Question I see I was mistaken. Hopefully it's not too late to cancel my order! Oddly enough, I printed the interview in question about a year ago and had forgotten the part about the English Amboy Dukes. Regards, cozmikdebris - ----- Original Message ----- From: "stu rutherford" To: Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: RE: Amboy Dukes Question > > cosmikdebris wrote: > < I've > been all over the net trying to find info on this. It actually has > horns...>> > > The only info I had about this record was from the liners of a John Fred > & Playboys comp which states that "Ted Nugent rushed out a cover > version" shortly after the Playboys released "Judy In Disguise". I just > did a search on google & found this link which reveals that the song in > question was actually released by a different group from the UK also > called The Amboy Dukes. The info is about one fifth of the way down > the page. > > Cheers, > Stu > > http://web.wt.net/~duane/nugent.html > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:44:35 -0500 From: "Lenny Smith" Subject: Re: Squirrely Unchained! Great to see you back, Rocky--and congrats on the new machine! Lenny & Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 14:15:13 -0500 From: "Jahna" Subject: do the RAT >I do use a Pro Co "RAT" pedal So does John Felice, I noticed at last night's Real Kids show. Four shows in one night - we managed to make two! Deke and the second set of the Real Kids. What a night!! thanks! Jahna ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 11:19:10 -0800 From: "Alan Wright" Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #83 And what about the Psychedelic Unknowns reissues ? everybody knows that Get Hip is behind this serie and it's been ages that the first volumes are awaited ( whereas vol. 4-12 are nearly all there).>> Get Hip may be a main distributor of the more recent reissues, but the person behind them is Billy Synth, who compiled them and released the original volumes with Erik Lindgren of Arf! Arf! Alan ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 14:39:12 -0600 From: "Mark Ertmer" Subject: Future Rock Hey some body was talking about bands of robots playing music or some shit a couple days ago. I saw this band open for Man or Astroman, called Captured! By Robots!, and it's just one dude and a bunch of robots that play instruments. There's a bunch of switches on the guy's guitar (Which by the way has a Yamaha keyboard attached to it) that he uses to control the robots for between-song banter, and all the robots run offa some program that controls their movements during songs. There's hydraulics for the drummer robot, and little motors that spin something that strikes the strings of the guitar bot. The show was fucking hilarious. It reminded me of some kinda retarded Showbiz Pizza or some shit. The music isn't all that cool, but the songs are pretty funny anyways. Don't miss 'em if you get the chance!!! Here's the website. http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/ Mark ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:17:03 -0800 (PST) From: David Coyle Subject: Karen Carpenter & the Langley Project Come to think about it, it does seem strange that a woman who died in the early '80s would have even heard of an album that was recorded in Canada in the late '70s. The shrinkwrap on the CD _did_ have a quote from KC about the song, though, right? Was this just a put-on then? I'd look forward to reading those interviews with Fenger and Brehmer (sp., the girl on "Desperado"). I just recently ran across an LP by Lulu Roman (from "Hee-Haw") on which she does her own version of "Desperado." I could never bear to listen to it, she couldn't possibly top the girl on the LSMP album... Incidentally, those kids also rescued "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac from the "crap file" for me as well... Dave __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:23:57 -0800 (PST) From: David Coyle Subject: Re: Bubblegum Nuggets Varese Vintage put out a series called "Bubblegum Classics," which now numbers I think five volumes, including one devoted to bubblegum soul and one devoted to the work of Tony Burrows. I too think that a bubblegum boxed set would be pretty good, encompassing the hits and rarities. The BC series did include some tracks that are only marginally bubblegum, plus some mid-'70s stuff. As far as non-hit favorites, I like "Bubblegum Music" by the 1941 Philadephia Trading Card Co. or whoever it was. I first heard this song performed live by Tim Corwin and the latter-day Ohio Express (Corwin was in the original touring version of the OE) and it also appears on the "25 Greatest Bubblegum Hits" compilation. I've heard the lead vocals credited to Joey Levine, but on this CD it's credited to I think Jerry Goldstein, one of the co-writers and one of the original Strangeloves, who does a pretty good Levine imitation... Dave __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:34:49 -0800 (PST) From: David Coyle Subject: Re: Pink Floyd Barrett Years I love the early Pink Floyd stuff too, particularly "See Emily Play," "Interstellar Overdrive," "Pow R Toc H" (the short live version from BBC's "Look Of The Week"), and the "Piper" album. Recently, I had one of my coworkers bring in his copy of the "Echoes" set. I wanted to check out some of the later post-Syd stuff to see if it piqued my interest, but I also wanted to hear my early favorites along with "Jugband Blues" which I'd _never heard_. What do you know, but my friend skips right past "Arnold Layne," "See Emily Play" and "Astronomy Domine" and starts playing "Money," "Another Brick In The Wall," "Comfortably Numb," etc. I told him "I said I wanted you to play the whole thing! If I wanted 'Dark Side Of The Moon' or 'The Wall,' I would have just had you bring those CDs!" Luckily during lunch I got to listen to the "oldies," along with "Jugband Blues" and my new favorite post-Syd/about-Syd Floyd song, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." BTW, can anyone provide a tab for that spooky chord that starts out that song, the one David Gilmour said was so easy to play during "VH-1 Legends"? I'd also like to check out the early demos. That clip of "Lucy Leave" got my curiosity... Dave __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:55:36 EST From: Mndbgr1@aol.com Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #82 In a message dated 2/8/02 4:30:00 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > i'd say if you are even thinking about using > a strat or tele you should rule out a twin automatically. > But don't rule out a vintage Fender vibrolux reverb! Strats and teles both sound great thru this amp! Not to mention my '66 SG. I don't get the kind of problems he described with a twin out of my vibrolux reverb. Very expensive these days tho'. Anywhere from a grand to 1,600 in good shape. I will say that the re-ish Fender twin I tried back in '95 sounded great with a vintage Vox plugged in it. Check out lots of Fender reverbs before you rule them out. Dr. M. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:59:17 EST From: Mndbgr1@aol.com Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #82 In a message dated 2/8/02 4:30:00 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > Wow! I ditched my 210 decades ago. Problem: only distorted at low volume (no crunch!) Great if ya' wanna' play in yer' bedroom forever. Dr. M. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:06:51 EST From: Mndbgr1@aol.com Subject: Re: Shutdowns In a message dated 2/8/02 3:51:37 PM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > here's a message from tim (from october last year): > > Spent a lot of year 2000 thru June 2001 buried getting our 2 Pagans > reissues out, so not any time or $$ to crack out the new Shutdowns, BUT > i will get rolling on some soon (found 2 never-heard of teen pounders back > in May and one band sent me some AMAZING photos for a front sleeve, so > that's got me excited!) > > Moptop told me not to expect any new Shutdowns until fall. Dr. M. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:11:14 EST From: Mndbgr1@aol.com Subject: Re: Amboy don'ts In a message dated 2/8/02 3:51:37 PM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > The Amboy Dukes did release a version of "Judy" shortly after the > original was released. > > Still catchin' up on digests so if this was already said....I checked into the Amboy Dukes "Judy......" single about a year or so ago. It is not the Amboy Dukes of Ted variety. I believe the person who had the 45 said it was a U.K. group with the same name. Now double check all this because the only thing I'm sure of is it's not the "Journey To The Center Of The Mind" guys. Dr. M. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:21:05 EST From: Mndbgr1@aol.com Subject: Re: Tele dirt In a message dated 2/8/02 3:51:37 PM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > As for guitars - I prefer to play gretch or gibson - not fender. Fender > pickups tend to sound too clean or whiny for my taste. And if you play them > through a marshall, I imagine you will need to crank your mid-range to get > any decent kind of tone. I like the fat sound of a double humbucker pickup. > IMHO - A SG is ideal to get that dirty garagey sound. > > OK - back to work for me... > > Jahna > > Hey Jahna, Give a Tele another chance. Way less clean and metally than a Strat. A lot more warmth. And you can get some good distortion thru Fender amps with 'em. Love the lead sounds from a Tele! You need one for those Yardbirds solos! Go see Jahna and the Demands! Dr. M. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 19:21:36 -0500 From: Rob Farrell Subject: Re: amps I've got 2 Pro Reverbs: a '73 Silverface and a '67 Blackface - Both are 40 watts. I like the blackface better - but I think that's cos I replaces the speakers in the silverface w/ Eminences. The eminence speakers have more low end and mids and changed the tonal characteristics of this amp. I might sell both of these amps soon. I'll post the info to Bomp! when I'm ready to sell. - -Rob garrett brittenham wrote: > I gotta throw in a vote for the Fender Pro Reverb. Looks exactly like a > twin reverb, sounds a lot like a twin, but it's basically a "half" twin, > meaning about half the wattage (I believe). They're also a bit cheaper. > I've got a blackface one that I dig immensely, and at times I can get a > pretty decent tone outta the junkiest beat-up jaguar around. Also, for > those having a beef with the weighty twins and supers, it's about a half-ton > lighter. > > Just another opinion from a Fender fan. > > OCB, > Garrett > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Emery" > To: > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: amps > > > > > fender yes! fender twin, no!!! > > > > fender amps are great, but twins are too loud and way too clean. i've > owned > > a couple (silverface and blackface reissue) and played extensively thru > > several others. you just have to turn them up too loud to get them to > sound > > right, and they never yield any crunch. i even pulled a couple tubes out > to > > get some warmth at a lower volume (on a guitar tech's recommendation) and > > used mine that way for a couple years -- still too loud, clean and way too > > bright. especially if you're playing a fender, rickenbacker (or just > about > > any other guitar w/ single coil pickups) thru one -- not near enough > > midrange and the high end will kill you. > > > > to my ear a better alternative would be a fender bassman. much better > tone. > > i also love showmans, which have a clean sound but much better tone. > > > > i'll put in a vote for voxes as well (i currently use an AC50 head/cab), > but > > for half as much money a blackface bassman sounds every bit as good (if a > > little quieter). > > > > also, regarding pedals, yeah there are some cool pedals out there, and i > > love fooling w/ them, but i'd consider that a quick fix. ultimately > there's > > nothing better than the sound of a good guitar (no pointy guitars) going > > straight into a tube amp cranked up just enough for some natural > > warmth/breakup. > > > > my 2 cents, > > joe > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 13:46:52 -0800 > > > From: "Alan Wright" > > > Subject: Re: amps > > > > > > hey all, > > > here's what I need help on. the guitar player in my band plays with a > > > marshall head and marshall half stack. that's the only amp he owns. our > > > songs are supposed to sound like a punk rock version of james brown > > > mixed > > > with a lot of influence from the sonics. The problem is his amp. when we > > > > > > play our music it sounds more like gluecifer or the hellacopters than > > > straight garage rock, because the guitar is too beefy. he's tried > > > everything > > > on that amp, and he can't get a good lo fi sound. any suggestions other > > > than > > > buying a whole new (or old) amp. good pedals? I'm open to any ideas. > > > thanks. > > > - - - -jason killinger>> > > > > > > > > > Get him a Fender twin amp!! Seriously, and I have nothing agianst > Marshalls. > > > The Ramones used Marshalls. AC/DC used Marshalls. But, for a more > garagey > > > sound I'd go with the Fender, or a Vox AC30. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > > > > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== - -- Rob Farrell Sinclair Records rob@sinclairrecords.com http://www.sinclairrecords.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 17:28:03 -0800 (PST) From: Sugar Town Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #84 Hey all, This is Sara Sherr from Philly using another e-mail address, since hotmail can't seem to handle more than three messages a day before shutting down. Anyway, I have lots of catching up to do, but I wanted to let any Slits fans on the list who are in and around Philly that Ari Up is playing at my Sugar Town night, which centers around girl bands and DJ's. Here are the details: Saturday, February 15th 10:30 p.m. $10, 21+ The Balcony above the Trocadero, 10th and Arch in Philadelphia, PA 215-922-LIVE www.thetroc.com www.plainparade.org/sugartown Ari will do a quieter, stripped down set than the one she usually does at her NYC performances. She'll be joined by two Philly bands of note: Fursaxa Tara Burke is a Farfisa chord organist and singer formerly of Clock Strikes Thirteen, formerly of Ted Casterline and his Perfectly Perfect Pieces of Fruit, formerly of the Siltbreeze band UN. She now performs with two friends of hers as Fursaxa. Tara has a cd called Mandrake that Kawabata from the Acid Mothers Temple in Japan produced and released. http://simpletone.com/pacman/artists/tara_burke Pocahontas and The Ribs "Pocahontas And The Ribs is a duo with Jennifer Diehl playing Marc Almond to Mark Berman's David Ball (that's a Soft Cell reference for all those who have moved past the eighties). More dreamy than poppy, this music here conjures not just the sound but the spirit of many of my favorite early eighties bands (The Raincoats, Young Marble Giants, The Marine Girls, Suicide etc.)--Spaceboy Records http://www.pocahontasandtheribs.com __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:06:44 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Lakritz Subject: Sounds from the swamp << If you have the rock'n'roll burning inside of >you, you could make a fucking ACCORDION rock! >> >This is true - it's a lot of zydeco and Cajun records >from the 50's, 60's AND >EVEN seventies that rock just as hard, in their own >way, as the usual >garage/rockabilly/R&B thud we all revere on this list. >James As soon as I wrote that, I KNEW somebody would bring up Clifton Chenier, Gaturs, et al! It IS good stuff - the perfect lubricant for getting the good times to rollin'! Tim __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 18:21:46 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Lakritz Subject: Flea market fun! I plunked down two bucks for an unplayed DJ copy of the Human Beinz' "Nobody But Me" today, complete with promo information sheet - check it out: "NOBODY BUT ME" - Here's a really cookin' group from the midwest that are destined to be heard from again and again. Their debut record is a driving up-tempo thing written by one of the Isley Bros. (of "Shout" fame), that will really turn on the dancing set. They not only sing and play, but write extremely well too, as you will see when you listen to the original tune on the flip, "Sueno". RELEASE DATE: 9-4-67 The lady I bought it from had a whole BOXFUL of unplayed Capitol promos from the mid-late 60s - most of 'em were outside my radar, but there were a few that piqued my interest - the Blue Boys, the Credibility Gap, and the Sugar Shoppe...I'd appreciate it if somebody could let me know if those three are any good, so I can go back and snap 'em up tomorrow! Tim __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2002 #85 **************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com