Night Of The Long Grass

 INTRO  NIGHT TIMES - I Don't Mind (Outro Records 009) 2018 NIGHT TIMES - Angel Of Love (Outro Records 009) 2018 YOUNG SINCLAIRS - Change Your Mind (13 O'Clock Records 13OC-018) 2015 FROWNING CLOUDS - Sorry Business (Monterrey MEP-006) 2009 HANGEE V - Old Shadow (Groovie Records GROCS 0103) 2010 GRUESOMES - Cave In! (Tyrant Records UNION004) 2000 HIGHER STATE - X-Ray Day (Market Square Records MSR-016) 2017 MARKET SQUARES - Afternoon Tide (Market Square Records MSR-01) 2013 WORTHLESS - Children Of The Grave (Market Square Records MSR-09) 2015 WORTHLESS - Softest (Market Square Records MSR-09) 2015  

 And thee nightmare continues with Episode #15. Most garage groups on  this wailing half an hour hail from Spain! In order of appearance: The  Embrooks, Els Trons, The Phantom Four, The Flight Reaction, Os Haxixins,  The Ratkellers, Bobkat '65, BJ's New Breed and The Giljoteens.   Opening number on my latest "Parthian Shots" mix is "Nightmare" by The  Embrooks, released 2016. Recorded in mono and mixed at State Studios  during May 2016. They make a right old racket for a three piece. Here's a  four song EP by Spanish group Els Trons. All numbers are cover  versions, virtually impossible to surpass the originals or at least the  most well known versions, but they sure do a good job with "Res A Fer" "Res A Fer" is indeed "Outside Chance". Els Trons go for a jangle  folk-rock take and it works! This Flight Reaction single dates from 2012 has turned out to be their  last. An album titled "Flight Reaction" was released in 2014 but no  singles.

 Two numbers from The Voo-Dooms album "Destination Doomsville" can be  heard on the latest 'Parthian Shots' mix #14. This new group of crypt  kickers are seasoned ghouls on the UK rhythm & beat scene and have  an early 60s vibration going on here. I can't recommend this LP enough.  Recorded in demonic MO-FI, music for executions and other sordid  entertainment. Perfect soundtrack for your Helloween Monster Mash  shindigs. Les Grys-Grys publicity sheet for their first single "Hot  Gully Wind" / "Neighbour, Neighbour" released 2014. Both sides are  savage rhythm and beat and featured on #14. WHY have I only recently  found out about Lulufin the Woo Hoo? Man, I need to look around on  Bandcamp more often. Both of their new recordings are purist surf beat  and sound top shelf. Their extra high wigs are a joy to behold

 The Baron Four publicity sheet reads twangin' guitars, throbbing bass,  pounding drums and frenetic vocals combine to produce the most exciting  sound you'll hear this year! released: April 2013. Debut single by Paul  Messis from 2009 at a time when he was exploring angst ridden teen punk  garage. A "State" production so no doubt Marty and Mole played on this  too....sleeve put through my 'dragan effect script.'   Here's a 2017 single release from The Mourning After. Classy modern  garage punk with that pulsating guitar riff. Back in thee late 80s I  hung out with Chris B and a few of us ended up at his gaff in Sheffield  for a few cans of lager and to talk some shit (as you did). I've never  seen so many Kinks posters on a bedroom wall. That's where he gets his  inspiration from ⭐ early period Kinks. Don't think I've heard Lenny's  vocal take as gruff and nasty as this before. "Dishin' The Dirt" is full  of menace. Perfect garage beat roc

 INTRO  OMENS - I Need You Love (Hipsville Hips810LP) 2009 JANEY & the RAVEMEN - Choc Ice (Soundflat SFR-CD-018) 2011 CAVEMEN V - Be My Cavegirl (Soundflat SFR-CD-022) 2012 STAGS - Husky (Rotosonic Records ROTO-001) 2003 NORVINS - Fleshtones In Your Head (Soundflat SFR-019) 2008 OMENS - Falling Down (Soundflat SFR-046) 2012 PETER BERRY & the SHAKE SET - Without Me (Big Dipper Records BDSHOP-003) 2009 JANEY & the RAVEMEN - She's A Raver (Soundflat SFR-037) 2011 JACKETS - Freak Out (Soundflat SFR-040) 2012 MUCK & the MIRES - If You Knew (Amp Records AMP-051) 2004 SHOOK-UPS - Control Yourself (Soundflat SFR-CD-022) 2012  

 My next "Parthian Shots" mix is gonna be an all female affair including two numbers from the Bobkat '65 album on Get Hip....their totally wired covers of Missing Lynx "To Be Like You" and Esquires teen punk weeper "Loneliness Is Mine." Check out "Destroy That Boy" by thee primitive space-age go-go girls The Rosalyns  on my latest mix. The number is from their four song EP on Ugly Things  Records released 2014. More recordings in thee pipeline from The  Rosalyns expected. The Jackets from Bern, Switzerland play  fuzztoned garage punk, they're a three piece and make a lot of noise.  Front woman and guitarist looks as wild as they sound which to my ears  comes across like The Rezillos meets The Monks. Check out their promo  video of "Wasting My Time" it's a hoot and shows that they don't take themselves too seriously. Now then, he's a fabulous garage punk album by The Neumans from a couple  of years ago. Everything about it is KILLER! but it would become their  

 The Quarter After are a recent discovery for me although their album "Changes Near"  was released on CD back in 2007. Their Facebook page has had no  activity since 2015 so I'm assuming that they are no more. Recommended  sounds for anyone with a love of The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and Gene  Clark's solo material. Also hints of modern day janglers like Teenage  Fanclub. Why did I take so long to discover The Quarter After? OK, it's  time to brag about my white label test pressing that Paul from The Belltowers sent me back in 2014. Yes, I am thee #1 fan and will take any opportunity to promote this fabulous group. "No Matter"  is on Mix 10. Totally great uptempo jangler. All members operating as  one and thee results are outstanding. More Belltowers "Parthian Shots"  to come in the future, maybe even a Belltowers Special which will  obviously be way-out.   Another Thanes number in the mix, this time the Lenny Helsing uptempo swinger "Sun Didn't C

Episode 9 takes on a much more psychedelic trip than previous "Parthian  Shots" which were loud, brash and a mix of modern day garage punk and  outsider folk rock. So, take a drink of your magic potion, climb aboard  thee mystery train into a realm of colours and whispering corridors. Each number used in my mix will be inspected thoroughly in order to  determine their nature or condition. The picture I've used is a scan  from a fashion article inside Petticoat magazine published 8th October,  1966.  The debut Fogbound single dates from 2014 and is already a sought  after disc. Copies sold out within weeks, perhaps only 500 were ever  pressed. Both sides are modern day psychedelic classics, recorded at  Circo Perrotti after winning The Battle of the Bands at Euro Ye-Yé mod  & '60s weekend in 2013.  In my mind I picture Balduin as some kind of intense and suitably  mad gnome type creature living in a hut on top of a Swiss mountain.  He's

 This time 'round I present thee World with a Parthian Shots Special Edition with thee ultra cool Beat combo The Indikation  who hailed from Norway. They were a short-lived outfit but left garage  beat freaks a handful of singles and an impressive album to recollect  and enjoy for many years to come. The cuts I present here are all from  their much in demand singles. Crank up the volume and light up your mind  with their way-out and immaculate Norwegian beat music.   Two sides of coolness, this was The Indikation's first single. Released  2002 and now highly sought after, not many copies for sale floating  around the internet. Recorded at Toe Rag Studios in London on vintage  60s equipment and it sounds like it. Highly recommended 45. Three track single on the collectable Larsen label dates from 2002.  "Jaqueline" is a huge favourite, think of The Zombies here during their  early Beat phase. Also included is a way-out organ dominated  instrumen

 I'm sorting out the 45s I'm gonna use for my next episode of "Parthian Shots" and The Neumans are in. "Fuzz Filled Dreams"  is a fuzz ravin' teen punk blast of Godliness and is already one of my  all time fave rave turntable spins. If someone ever decides to compile a  "Back From The Grave" type set with contributions from post 1966 groups  I'd be severely disappointed if this hot mind cruncher isn't the lead  off track on Side One. Garage punk group Los Peyotes from Buenos  Aires sound and look a bit on thee wyld side

 **** The Higher State live at Sandgate Sound Studios including three way-out radio adverts ****  

Archaeological sonic digs uncovering tomorrow's nuggets today. Hear  garage punk, beat, fuzz mayhem and psychedelic sounds from the turn of  the new Millennium by new, vital and way-out combos. Selections culled  from 45s released on independent record labels. Introducing in order of appearance: The Thanes, BJ's New Breed, The  Embrooks, Graham Day & the Gaolers, The Indikation, Suzi Chunk, The  Noble Krell, The Tyme Society, The Young Sinclairs and The Saffron Sect.    Kicking off Episode 5 (after the "Vendetta" Theme tune) is the respected and long time going Thanes. "What You Can't Mend" is an Angus McPake original. BJ's New Breed get a solid mod beat going with "Baby's Gone For Good"  on their single released 2014. Nuggets are out there if you know where  to look.  The group evolved out of the ashes of Vienna combo The  Jaybirds. So pleased that they are making records. Limited to 500 copies and on the heaviest vinyl I've got for a 45. Circl

 INTRO AR-KAICS - Why Should I Care (Windian WIN-20043) 2014 BELLTOWERS - Lovin' You (Leading Me On) (Market Square Records MSR-08) 2015 MARKET SQUARES - Inside My Mind (Market Square Records MSR-01) 2013 SLOW SLUSHY BOYS - Et Tu Dis Yeah! (Butterfly Records BUT-002) 2000 PHANTOM KEYS - In The Summertime (El Beasto Recordings EB-020) 2007 DAVID PETER & the WILDE SECT - Out Of My Mind (Dirty Water Records DWC-1044) 2010 PAUL MESSIS - When You Pass Me By (State Records THS-005) 2010 BJ's NEW BREED - The Harder They Come (Time For Action Records TFA-33) 2014 GILJOTEENS - The Summer Was Gone (Teen Sound Records TEENS-019) 2001 RATKELLERS - She (Marlowe Records MR-001) 2014 OUTRO   

 INTRO FREDDY & the FOUR-GONE CONCLUSIONS - (You're Just A) Waste Of My Time (Sound Camera Records SCR-145) 2000 SLOW SLUSHY BOYS - Slush Puppy (Butterfly Records BUT-20) 2003 KUMARI - Her Heart Of Stone  (Hey Girl! Records HGR 500-14/16) 2014 BARON FOUR - 5 to 4  (Groovie Records GROO-00109S) 2013 FROWNING CLOUDS - Time Wastin' Woman (Monterrey MEP-006) 2009 FUZZTONES - Idol Chatter  (Beard Of Stars Records BOSS-32) 2002 GRYS-GRYS - Left Unseen (Dirty Water Records DWC-1080) 2015 SOLARFLARES - Reflections (Twist Records 28) 2001 SPACE AGENCY - Purple Power (Market Square Records MSR-03) 2013 

 Mixes highlighting the utter greatness of new, vital and way-out sounds  of modern combos from thee year 2000 up to the present day. Introducing in order of appearance: The Kumari, The Higher State, Walter  Ghoul & the Lavender Brigade, Graham Day & the Gaolers, Bobkat  '65, The Deltonics, The Thanes, Thee Vicars, The Hoodwinks, Thee  Jezebels and The Mal Thursday Quintet with F. Alex Johnson.   INTRO KUMARI – Fall In Love With The Sun (Heavy Soul Records) 2013 HIGHER STATE – Song Of The Autumn (13 O’Clock Records 005) 2010 HIGHER STATE – Precious Rings and Stones (13 0’Clock Records 005) 2010 WALTER GHOUL’S LAVENDER BRIGADE – House Of Small (Twist 24) 1999 GRAHAM DAY & the GAOLERS – Get Off My Track (Disques Volfoni) 2007 BOBKAT ’65 – Time (Get Hip GH-265) 2016 DELTONICS – The Hurt And The Pain (Trident TR-666) 2002 THANES – No No No No (Larsen LZ-073) 2003 VICARS – You Lie (Dirty Water Records DWC1030) 2009 HOODWINKS – Come On (Flycatcher Records FLYCA00

Mixes highlighting the utter greatness of new, vital and way-out sounds  of modern day combos from thee year 2000 to the present day. Get ready  to be “switched ON and tuned IN” - Introducing in order of appearance:  The Missing Souls, The Higher State, The Loons, The Creation Factory,  The Saffron Sect, Bobkat ’65, The Blind Owls and The Wrong Society.   INTRO MISSING SOULS – Sweet, Sweet Sadie (State Records THS-025) 2016 HIGHER STATE – X-Ray Day (Market Square Records MSR-16) 2017 LOONS – Blue Ether (Dirty Water Records 1098) 2018 CREATION FACTORY – Let Me Go (Market Square Records MSR-015) 2017 SAFFRON SECT – All Lead Back To You (13 O’ Clock Records 006) 2014 BOBKAT ’65 – Gwani (Get Hip GH-265) 2016 BLIND OWLS – Make Up Your Mind (Hidden Volume HV-0047) 2018 WRONG SOCIETY – Tell Me You’ll Be Mine (Market Square Records MSR-020) 2018 WRONG SOCIETY – I Really Don’t Care (Market Square Records MSR-020) 2018

A collection of all five Flower Power singles released on Tune-Kel during 1968-69

 I prefer my garage punk to be raw and primal, sometimes even inept. It’s all in thee sound. 1987/88 British “Raw Cuts” featuring: The Aardvarks, The Beatpack, The Beeville Hive V, The Melaroony Daddies, The Morticians, The Offhooks, The Stayrcase, The Thanes and The Tyme Eliment. 

Flashback in time to the 1980s with some way-out psychedelia and garage beat from The Kravin' A's, The Margin Of Sanity, The Offhooks, Plasticland and The Vipers. 

Three 1964 EP's assembled together in one capsule of French pop