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Cover of Smell Of Female by The Cramps.

The Cramps

Smell Of Female

Big Beat

    The first post-IRS Records outing from the Cramps is seriously live from the Legendary Peppermint Lounge and shows the band to be in fine fettle, full flight and fantastic.

    TRACK LISTING

    Thee Most Exalted Potentate Of Love
    You Got Good Taste
    Call Of The Wighat
    Faster Pussycat
    I Ain't Nuthin' But A Gorehound
    Psychotic Reaction

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    Cover of Good Vibrations by Various Artists.

    Various Artists

    Good Vibrations

    Big Beat

      The film Good Vibrations was released late last year to great acclaim, with luminaries such as Roger Daltrey and Bono raving about its excellence. The story follows the turbulent life of record collector, DJ, record shop owner, record label founder and dance promoter Terri Hooley from his childhood to the present day. A true rollercoaster ride with rarely a dull minute, portrayed brilliantly in this cult film. The soundtrack has been woven together by film score composer David Holmes, who grew up listening to our releases, and Terri Hooley himself, whose love of vintage music is the cornerstone of the story.

      With musical tastes formed in the 60s and 70s, Terri has chosen some wonderful music to portray his early years. The beauty of ‘Angie’, Bert Jansch’s folk guitar masterpiece, the haunting, sexually charged vocals of the Shangri-Las and the primitive clarity of Hank Williams’ ‘I Saw The Light’ show what an eclectic fellow Terri always was. ‘Outcast’ by the Animals gives a hint of the tougher side of the music eventually leading to Terri’s success and (coincidentally, or possibly not) was also the name of one of his label’s punk bands a dozen years later.

      The story of how a scruffy bunch of Londonderry teenagers got their demo to Terri and virtually forced him to record it is one of the film’s highlights. The established record business and a hierarchical society fought against them but boundless energy, belief and desperate measures got a copy of the Undertones ‘Teenage Kicks’ to London-based DJ John Peel who made sure it did not remain an undiscovered gem.

      Exciting music of the time from the Saints, Stiff Little Fingers, Niney The Observer and Suicide sit well with the earlier influences of psychedelia from Ramases & Seleka and the rocksteady sound of the Upsetters. Thrown into the imaginative mix are some unclassifiable musical creations from Michael Yonkers, Jason Falkner and the Langley Schools Music Project and of course the label’s top bands Rudi and those Outcasts are well represented. Stand-alone pieces from the film’s soundtrack are included on this musical celebration of a heady era.

      Terri provided his own idiosyncratic notes for the booklet and needless to say he was tickled pink to have the great David Bowie singing for him on his CD: ever the fan.

      TRACK LISTING

      I Saw The Light - Hank Williams
      Blood And Fire - Niney (The Observers)
      Past, Present And Future - The Shangri-Las
      Outcast - The Animals
      Freedom Train - The Upsetters
      You're A Disease - The Outcasts
      Angie - Bert Jansch
      Big Time - Rudi
      Pear Shaped - Woody Jackson
      This Perfect Day - The Saints
      Gotta Gettaway - Stiff Little Fingers
      Don't Wait Until Tomorrow - Michael Yonkers
      Love You - Ramases & Seleka
      Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
      Dream Baby Dream - Suicide
      The Pressure's On - Rudi
      I Can Never Go Home Anymore - The Shangri-Las
      To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Langley Schools Music Project
      Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers
      The Perfect Crime - Jason Falkner
      Just Another Teenage Rebel - The Outcasts
      Laugh At Me - Holmes Ensemble Aka Whole Ensemble
      Star - David Bowie
      Self Conscious Over You - The Outcasts

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      Cover of Big Beat From Badsville by The Cramps.

      The Cramps

      Big Beat From Badsville

      Big Beat

        As the Cramps approached their 20th anniversary, they showed no signs of changing their signature kitschy psychobilly style. 'Big Beat From Badsville' is a collection of campy songs about sex, horror, violence, leather and perversion - well what else did you expect?! Sonically, it's slightly rawer than it's predecessor, Flamejob, and the group's performances are as inspired here as they are on any of their other '90s albums.

        TRACK LISTING

        Cramp Stomp
        God Monster
        It Thing Hard-On
        Like A Bad Girl Should
        Sheena's In A Goth Gang
        Queen Of Pain
        Monkey With Your Tail
        Devil Behind That Bush
        Super Goo
        Hypno Sex Ray
        Burn She-Devil, Burn
        Wet Nightmare
        Badass Bug
        Haulass Hyena

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        Cover of Nippon Rock'n'Roll - The Birth Of Japanese Rokabirii by Masaaki Hirao And His All Stars Wagon.

        Masaaki Hirao And His All Stars Wagon

        Nippon Rock'n'Roll - The Birth Of Japanese Rokabirii

        Big Beat

        “Nippon Rock’n’Roll” documents the rise of Masaaki Hirao. Dubbed “The Japanese Elvis”, Hirao was one of the famed Rokabirii Sannin Otoko (Three Rockabillies), alongside singers Mickey Curtis and “Kei-chan”, Keijiro Yamashita. In early 1958, the rokabirii buumu (rockabilly boom) was born, the first youth music tribe in the Land Of The Rising Sun.

        Rokabirii may resemble US rockabilly, but this Nipponese version is a more varied dish. Hirao and his band’s covers of Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley and Little Richard are not kitsch renditions, but raw, desperate rockers. Hear a Paul Anka makeover, but put through a rocking mangle; a smattering of jazz; a twist of New Orleans; and some Japanese folk songs with a greased-down quiff. American occupation a distant memory, these boys wanted to party.

        Country and hillbilly music was a mainstay of young Japanese musicians working the GI base and jazz café circuit of the 1950s. Following the runaway success of a Japanese cover of ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ (Hirao’s version here has dynamite in its teeth), demand grew for more of this strange, new music. The need was met with a huge gala, the Nichigeki Western Carnival, which showcased the new rokabirii groups to thousands of screaming Japanese teenagers. Wild footage of the concerts, alongside that of burgeoning radical student movements, put fear of a wave of delinquency into the heart of the establishment.

        The studio numbers here are hardboiled, with unkempt live recordings that really rock. Tough drums back up honking sax, in a pedal steel pandemonium with slap bass. In the words of Elvis: these guys “get real gone”.

        TRACK LISTING

        01. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Live)
        02. Itsuki No Komoriuta Rock
        03. Hoshi Wa Nandemo Shiteru 2 (Live)
        04. Crazy Love (Live)
        05. Jailhouse Rock

        Side 2
        01. Jenny Jenny (Live)
        02. Ooh My Soul (Live)
        03. One Way Ticket
        04. Miyo-chan
        05. Blues De Memphis

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        Cover of Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx by The Cramps.

        The Cramps

        Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx

        Big Beat

          On August 30, 1986, The Cramps played the final night of their 'Date With Elvis' World Tour. The venue was The Galaxy in Auckland, New Zealand. Sleazing it up live, the band rated this their best gig of the whole tour (and it had been a great tour!). After the gig, the sound engineer gave the band a tape he had run off during the concert. Back at their hotel, The Cramps were amazed to discover that the recording was, unusually for these things, of almost studio quality. For a band that had been heavily bootlegged at live gigs, it gave The Cramps the chance to challenge the shoddy sound of the pirate recordings by putting out a top quality official bootleg album of their own. A deal was sorted out with Big Beat's Roger Armstrong and a one drop pressing arranged. There were no promos and the album was never advertised but the pressing of 40,000 copies sold out immediately. The original vinyl album came out on Vengeance, which, in the early days, had been The Cramps label for their first 2 singles. This version of The Cramps (with Lux Interior, Ivy Rorschach, Candy del Mar and Nick Knox) was one of the best and "Rockinnreelininaucklandnewzealandxxx" once again, offers the opportunity to catch one of rock music's greatest bands in scorching form.

          TRACK LISTING

          Side 1
          01 The Hot Pearl Snatch
          02 People Ain't No Good
          03 What's Inside A Girl
          04 Cornfed Dames
          05 Sunglasses After Dark

          Side 2
          01 Heartbreak Hotel
          02 Chicken
          03 Do The Clam
          04 Aloha From Hell
          05 Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?
          06 Birdfeed

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