Bare elsker obskure 60´s-samleplater. Begynner å bli "skremmende" mange i hyllene etterhvert. (800-900stk)
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Dustbin Full Of Rubbish
Apparently some of the tracks on this collection of previously unreleased UK beat and psych were culled from reels of ancient tape liberated (for 50p each) from an East London market stall. Their next stop was to be the nearest dustbin (or "garbage receptacle" to you Yanks) - hence the title.
There's a mixed assortment of `60s detritus to be sifted through here, so let's roll up our sleeves and get down to business.
Dustbin starts by spittin' out a nugget of hot coal of the beat variety, namely "Alright Girl" by the Four Leaved Clovers, taken from a 1965 demodisc made for Oak (all `60s R&Beat fanatics instinctively cross themselves at mention of hallowed record label). OK, it ain't "Bo Street Runner" but it's a hard, choppy wail of a sound with a treacherous key change shoving of the guitar break. Fuckin' great!
Another low-fi acetate discovery is the Name's "Hello Edythe." It's pure English pop-psych with a weird harmonium effect, booming, compressed bass strings and '66 Hollies/Bee Gees harmonies (stop sniggering at the back, you creeps).
All the Steam Beating Association left to remember them by is an EMItape spool with a bass-heavy mod-beat backing track to what could've possibly have been a hit single - or more probably an expensive obscurity. As it stands, it's an atmospheric peek through the curtain at the set of a play that never opened (or something like that).
The two Tomorrow tracks are taken from a 1967 BBC radio session. "Revolution" and "Three Jolly Little Dwarves," as you probably already know, are both prime pieces of kinetic Brit-psych, and the rough live-in-the-studio sound gives the performances here an extra edge.
Also from the BBC radio archive are Marble Greer's Toyshop, featuring ex-Syn members and delivering three not unenjoyable psych crunchers.
There's also two previously unreleased songs by the Action, taken from their unreleased 1968 album (they also recorded tracks for an unreleased 1967 album - what was it between these guys and their record company?). "Little Boy" is a bit "progressive" for my tastes, but "Brain" has a powerful, soulful arrangement and an enjoyable mood of stoned bewilderment. And, no, the Action tracks weren't found among the 50p reels!
Last and definitely least we find four songs by Spiggy Topes, taken from the aforementioned mystery tapes, and all in a dull, laidback progressive folk-psych vein, reminiscent of Traffic. There's flutes in turgid abundance, jazzy pretensions and wishy-washy wah-wah effects. The sleeve says it's from 1967, but my instincts tell me it was cooked up by bearded, Wellington boot-wearing ex-students in an English farmhouse around 1969 or so.
To sum up our little dig through the refuse: Spiggy Topes should've been left out for the dustmen, but the rest of this album is rubbish well worth taking home and recycling.
- Mike Stax (Originally published in Ugly Things #12, 1993)
Denne....forsåvidt et bra album fra Knopfler. Desverre ikke tilgjengelig på vinyl, og cd'en virker miksa med tung, ullen bass. Men også med perler som f.eks. "Monteleone" og "Piper to the end". Kanskje fler vil feste seg etter noen gangers lytting...
Wilco - (The Album)
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