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Various Artists: Heard it on the Radio, Volume 7

Idiosyncratic collection of ‘70s and ‘80s obscurities A better title might have been “I Swear I Heard it on the Radio,” given that the obscurities gathered here are the province of local scenes,...

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Johnny Cole Unlimited: Hang on Sloopy

Mysterious ‘60s mélange of blues-rock, spy jazz and garage-folk Originally issued in 1969 on the obscure Condor label out of Burnaby, B.C., this album is quite an enigma. Is there really a Johnny Cole...

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Marshall Crenshaw: I Don’t See You Laughing Now

Six-EP series kicks off with a new song, a cover and a remake After a less-than-satisfying engagement with his last record label, Marshall Crenshaw’s taking his music straight to the people. Funded...

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Marshall Crenshaw: Stranger and Stranger

Second in a six-EP series features a new song, a remake and a cover After a less-than-satisfying engagement with his last record label, Marshall Crenshaw’s taking his music straight to the people....

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Dick Schory: Re-Percussion

Dick Schory was a classically trained percussionist who worked for the Ludwig drum company. He recorded a highly regarded string of panoramic stereo space-age bachelor pad LPs, based on his original...

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Various Artists: Moonage Timequake

Space pop, early electronica, rockabilly and outside jazz Cherry Red’s Righteous label offers up this stellar collection of twenty-seven kitschy, space-themed tunes. Space age bachelor pad collectors...

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Sonny Bono: Inner Views

Sonny freaks without Cher Sonny Bono’s one and only solo album was released in 1967, just as Sonny & Cher’s hits and Cher’s solo success were winding entering a three-year drought. The obvious...

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Lord Sitar: Lord Sitar

1968 sitar-pop cash-in The discovery and popularization of the Indian sitar in Western music, most famously through the recordings of George Harrison with the Beatles, and bolstered by the introduction...

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Preston Epps & The Bongo Teens: Surfin’ Bongos

Bongo-lined surf music from 1963 Released on the Original Sound label in 1963, the 12 tracks combined a trio of bongo-heavy tunes by Preston Epps, including his one true hit “Bongo Rock,” together with...

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The Most: Auto-Destructive Art

Modern-day Freakbeat, savage garage and mod-soul from Sweden This Swedish quartet draws heavily from 1960s British rock, especially the Who. The opening “Problems” plays like a buoyant tribute to the...

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One Mile an Hour: One Mile an Hour

Achingly beautiful second coming of UK progressive folk-rock This South England trio describes their debut as “outsider folk,” and while it certainly bears strong influences of Pentangle, Fairport...

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The Charlie Watts Riots: The Christmas Fit

Power pop Christmas With so many great Christmas songs covered and recovered ad infinitum, this Albany, New York power pop trio was compelled to write their own. Cleverly, the song expresses their...

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Liverpool Five: The Best Of

Mid-60s Northwest R’n’R’n’B from ex-pat British Invasion band The most honest part of this group’s name is “Five,” as they were indeed a quintet. The “Liverpool” part, however, seems to have been stuck...

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Dutch Barn: About Time EP

Inventively marketed free EP of tuneful fuzz-pop Dutch Barn is neither Dutch (they’re English) nor a dutch barn (they’re a five-piece pop band), but their new three-song release – two originals and a...

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Marah: Presents Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania

Ghosts from the backwoods and lumber camps of Pennsylvania David Bielanko and Christine Smith, of the rock band Marah, have put together an album that is as folky as folk can be. Starting with an...

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