Recent Purchases

Troggs - Troggs Tapes
This is cool later-era stuff (not the eponymous 'troggs tape' of them arguing), 60s-via-the-mid-70s so very much my cup of tea.

Eddie & the Hot Rods - Teenage Depression
For some reason I never owned this until now. I guess I had the MP3s and was waiting to find the LP at the right price. Got it for five bucks off Scott Soriano of SS records (SSR on termbo) when I was at a record fair in SF.

I got the vinyl version of this -

http://lightintheattic.net/releases/963-there-s-a-dream-i-ve-been-saving-lee-hazlewood-industries-1966-1971

I've not listened to all of it yet as it's massive, but there's some gold in there.

Ian North - My Girlfriend's Dead LP - good but not amazing synth/new wave record from former Milk 'n' Cookies singer

20/20 - Sex Trap LP - solid powerpop

Hustler - High St. LP - I bought this on the strength of the cover art:



Betty Wright - Danger High Voltage LP - mid 70s soul/funk of the variety you see on clips from Soul Train on Youtube

To The Finland Station - Domino Theory 7" - very Desperate Bicycles-like UK DIY effort

The (Hammersmith) Gorillas - She's My Gal 7" - no comment necessary

Various - Dutch Steel CD - collection of Dutch metal from the early 80s - I guess you could call it NWODHM?

What's the Hustler record like?

What's the Hustler record like?

Pretty good - more glam tinged hard rock with cockney flourishes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1_4eKzFhZk

This is awesome! Also great that the album is called 'High Street'

Ah now I know where I recognise the song - it was covered by the Business

Mostly 7"s:

The Suburbs - s/t 7" - Minneapolis punk, not dissimilar to early Replacements
Tennis Shoes - Do The Medium Wave - UK new wave/powerpop
Discount Chiefs - Trumpets Will Blow 7" - Messthetics-type record
Herbie Hancock - You Bet Your Love 7" - vocoder heavy funk
Sparks - Something For The Girl With Everything 7"
Ducks Deluxe - Coast To Coast 7" - one of the quintessential pub rock songs, like an aggro Status Quo
McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind Or Else 7" - Marxist indie pop
The Regents - 7 Teen 7" - new wave with questionable lyrics about teenage girls
Lorraine Silver - Lost Summer Love - 60s pop/soul song given a second wind in the Northern soul clubs

I've never listened to much Beach Boys post Pet Sounds, so I got several of them recently. Only listened to them once but there seems to be lots of gems on there, especially Surf's Up.

Foundations - Digging

Last album of cod-soul from this multi-racial British band. Closest thing to the Equals one can find. Great album cover:


Any Trouble - Where are all the Nice Girls
Wonderfully generic new wave powerpop on Stiff. A little Elvis Costello but not too Elvis Costello

Agony Bag - Rabies Is A Killer 7"
Noreen Corcoran - Love Kitten 7"
Iron Virgin - Rebels Rule 7"
(No less than three of my most wanted 7"s came up at reasonable prices all at once, so I had no choice but to buy them)

Wow - that certainly trumps the David Essex LP I was about to post about