Solid Sender by Deke Dickerson - 7" (9/10)

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This is a wonderful single by Deke (of Untamed Youth/Dave and Deke Combo/GoNuts Fame). Most of the songs are rockabilly with the exception of the wonderful Link Wray meets Les Paul “Double Zombie” instrumental. The single also boasts a nice hard sleeve designed but Johnny Bartlett of the Phantom Surfers.

All Night Burner by Crown Royals, The - LP (5/10)

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Do you like G.E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band? Do you view Paul Shaffer as a musical Legend? Then maybe you’ll enjoy the Crown Royal’s new Estrus long-player. This is a collection of sax-driven instrumentals that are just a bit too funky for my taste. It’s not awful but it’s not that great either.

Audio Visionaries: Street Pranks and Put-Ons by Coyle and Sharpe - CD (9/10)

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This is the second CD collection of this duo’s hilarious Candid Microphone style man-on-the-street interviews from the mid sixties. This collection isn’t quite as solid as the last CD, Coyle and Sharpe on the Loose, but it contains some great bits nonetheless. My personal favorite is “Threeism” in which Coyle and Sharpe try to convince a man to combine with them and live as a single unit, making all decisions collectively. They follow the guy onto the bus while Mal Sharpe speaks of Threeism in a biblical tone, the victim trys his best to get away.

Get in your Ear by Budget Girls, The - 7" (10/10)

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This is a killer single from Planet Pimp. This group is headed by two screaming chicks that know how to rawk! The songs titles are: “pop-a-wheelie cop-a-feelie”, “Teabaggin'”, “French One”, and “Go Away Geek!” Go Away Geek is hilarious and the single is worth it just for that song.

Pet Sounds by Beach Boys, The - CD (10/10)

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I finally bought this CD after hearing so many good things about it from various sources. I found this CD for cheap, and it contains both the MONO and STEREO mixes of the record. Although the CD is too mellow to be called a rock album by my standards, it is still very infectious. The production is lush and and inventive (for the time it was released… 1966!). It predates all the hippy stuff the Beatles did by almost 2 years! The liner notes are extensive and help put the whole thing in context.

Goldfinger by John Barry & Shirley Bassey - CD (10/10)

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This is an essential item for your record collection. It contains the best Bond song from the best Bond movie. The incidental music is great too. It constantly refers back to the melody of the title track.

The Golden Band by American Analog Set, The - CD (10/10)

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Admittedly, I was originally drawn to this band because of the cover of their first album, The Fun of Watching Fireworks. Seeing the Farfisa organ, I figured they some sort of garage-rock revival or lounge/exotica band. Turns out I was wrong, but not disappointed with what I heard. AmAnSet plays soft, dreamy pop songs. The organ and various percussion parts keep the music from descending into cheesy slacker-rock cliches. Many of the tracks have a trippy, repetitive structure with just enough subtle variety to hold the listener’s interest. The Golden Band is the band best work. Songs flow nicely from one to the other, and plenty of lyrical hooks within the low-key vocal parts. I could see how the repetition could put off some listeners, but for me it simply draws me deeper into to music.