Johnny Burnette - Crazy Date: Rock And Roll Demos Vol. 1 (Norton Records,2007)

Johnny Burnette - Crazy Date: Rock And Roll Demos Volume 1
Norton Records,2007

LAME -V0 (vbr)
Includes: Front cover, m3u playlist, nfo

One of the pioneers of rockabilly, Johnny Burnette and his brother Dorsey formed The Rock And Roll Trio along with Paul Burlison. He never found a whole lot of real success with that group, but would later on in the early sixties after meeting Ricky Nelson, but as a teenage heartthrob instead of a wild country rocker. Even most of his rockabilly songs are all love oriented, but they're still pretty frantic at times (remember, these are all songs from the early fifties).

Unfortunately, even the fame he did gain didn't last long - in 1964 while fishing late at night, he was struck by a cabin boat and he was ejected from his boat and subsequently drowned.

Favorite Tracks: You Gotta Get Ready, Keep Me In Mind

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The Astronettes - The Astronettes (Astronettes Records , 1990)

The Astronettes - The Astronettes
(Astronettes Records, 1990)

Instrumental surf rock from a nude all girl band? Count me in. (Even if I have seen folks claiming this band is not what they seem to be. Actually an Astronauts rarities bootleg? Well, that works for me too!)

Preview Track (click to play): Martian Pyramid Stomp , Drinkin' and Astronavigatin'

01. Che! Che! Che!
02. Martian Pyramid Stomp
03. Moving
04. Hot Dog Foot
05. Firewaters of Alpha Gabba
06. Space Party
07. Drinkin' and Astronavigatin'
08. Surf into Space
09. Gouch!
10. Quiet Planet
11. Space Silent
12. Space Cock (or Dock?)
13. Quasimoto X9

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Broadcast - HaHa Sound (Warp,2003)

Broadcast - HaHa Sound (Warp,2003)

LAME -V0 (vbr)
Includes: Front cover

The first comparison Broadcast is usually subject to is that of Stereolab (whose own Duophonic label released "Living Room", one of Broadcast's first singles) due to their similar experimental/psychedelic breed of electronica, and there's a few good reasons for that. Several tracks to me sound like a blend of Silver Apples and Stereolab, and it's actually pulled off pretty well. Throw in some deadly beautiful singing courtesy of Trish Keenan, and you've got their own version of Lætitia Sadier.

Normally I tend to skip right over just about everything labeled with "Electronica", but after seeing it listed in B-Music's "A-Z Essentials", I had to give it a shot. Not to mention that the endorsement was from Andy Votel himself:

"Angelic vocals float over honey-coated basslines, and aero-light drumbeats punctuate digital distortion and musique-concrete tape loops. This is how Birmingham's Broadcast create some of the most painfully authentic 60's psychedelia this side of the millennium while still turning out some of the most melodic, contemporary pop music of our time. Imagine a young Ennio Morricone conducting the Radiophonic Workshop at Andy Warhol's 'Exploding Plastic Inevitable'."

Favorite Tracks: Pendulum, Man Is Not A Bird
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