I've got their "More Blood" and half of "New Blood" (though I have to hand it to them for trying with those album titles 🙄), but honestly, it’s just not THAT great. Credit where credit is due regarding the originality, but now that the genre has already been defined, I'd much rather listen to Nina Pound Hammer or Lazy Cowgirls (speaking of which, does "Now that you're down on me" actually mean what I think it means? If so, then it's easily the best love song title ever created!)
Never, Robin Booth. Kansas City is a breeding ground for all kinds of trouble, from cheap whiskey to street thugs. 😁
Still, John Doe was hanging around there, wasn't he? I don't know much about them, but I've got two tracks (Courage from a Bottle and Scarlett Johansson's Sons), and both are killer. They have some releases out there that I might track down one day...
That Chicago funeral set doesn't actually sound half bad on the first listen. Since we're talking about American death metal, I was fully expecting a total bloodbath...
I haven't heard a single thing about that, aside from a bunch of Feelgood and one Kursaal Flyers single ("Television Generation," which is punk, making it excellent 😁; and the B-side "Revolver," a killer R&B hit)...
Oh yeah, another one just popped into my head: "Fast Women & Slow Horses" by Dr. Feelgood (a band I absolutely adore). Look, their first two albums are flawless, but the later stuff gets hit-or-miss; critics usually drag this particular one as their worst, which I’ve never quite understood. To me, it’s a gorgeous, infectious, upbeat R&B record. I originally tracked it down on a Sony Music pressing and bought it for all the wrong reasons—I mistakenly thought Johnny Rotten had praised them in an interview when he actually trashed them; I also read "Dean Kennedy road manager" on the thanks list as "d Kennedy road manager," what an idiot! I figured they were some hardcore punks, but honestly, I wasn't disappointed at all... if anything, it was the opposite. If it even exists on CD, I’ve certainly never seen it.
Honestly, I can't even bring myself to visit the Captain Jack Sparrow website. Looking at everything I can't have would just send me into a total meltdown...
I’ll throw one more into the ring: the *Walker Soundtrack* by Joe Strummer. My reasoning? Well, it’s just damn good. Honestly, I’d take it over *Earthquake Weather* any day—that other solo effort is almost equally forgotten, despite being decent. Even though most of the tracks are instrumentals, it hits all the right notes. You get that Ennio Morricone vibe, touches of Cuba, Latin America, some blues, a bit of country... for me, it’s perfection. If I recall correctly, it never even saw a CD release...
Daniel Bailey7 said:Karma is just a couple of subway stops away from the depot and they even have their own website (www.karmavinil.com). You can check out their stock; everything is overpriced, but at least the vinyl is actually in good condition...
First The Clash, on Jugoton pressings, $93. Captain Sensible 7", $23. Darkbusters/F.O.B. split, $58. Bootleg 7" - you've got The Clash on one side and Madonna on the other 😕 - $70. The Jam "in The City" 7", $82?! What kind of kid are they even looking for?!
If we’re talking about the same tape released on Listen Loudest—which, let's be honest, it should be—then I actually have a pretty solid recording of it. I also have a collection of SexU stuff spanning from '81 to '86: demos, live sets, various bits and pieces... Thank God for Farside... 😁