{"title":"1960s","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThis section contains items that we tagged \"1960s\" and along with music recorded and\/or released in the 1960s, it also might include records that were recorded later but covered a song from the 1960s.  (But this page should not contain recordings that were simply inspired by the music of the 1960s)\u003c\/h2\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"moses-lee-how-much-longer-must-i-wait-singles-rarities-1965-1972-lp","title":"Moses, Lee - How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles \u0026 Rarities 1965-1972 [RED\/TRANSPARENT VINYL] - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStellar collection of cuts, vocals and instrumentals, both showing the skills of this man, from his guitar chops to his deeply soulful voice, both cutting deep into the groove and deep into the innards of anybody lucky enough to listen...click off the lights and crank this one for a deep listen...Moses moving from Georgia to NYC, the sounds capture both places, especially the former, Southern soul with clarity and crunch, cooking it up with grease and flame, stunning originals and kick-ass covers, each made his own, including stirring instrumental versions of \"Reach Out\" and \"Day Tripper,\" and the vocal cuts just grabbing you where it hurts, where it feels so good, the man from Atlanta pulling in the devil (sometimes dressed in drag) so close you can feel the fire on its breath, shoving the evil back and giving it the gate, slicing through the nonsense of a false life to get to the heart and soul of it all.  If this don't grab you, you might want to give up the ghost.  -- winch\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CgOgJJ1PBro?si=8Ti24JCfZNYS-xxG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1801723902\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leemoses.bandcamp.com\/album\/how-much-longer-must-i-wait-singles-rarities-1965-1972\"\u003eHow Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles \u0026amp; Rarities 1965-1972 by Lee Moses\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1801723902\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leemoses.bandcamp.com\/album\/how-much-longer-must-i-wait-singles-rarities-1965-1972\"\u003eHow Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles \u0026amp; Rarities 1965-1972 by Lee Moses\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e After reissuing his much sought-after \u003cem\u003eTime and Place\u003c\/em\u003e LP, many questions still remained, but the one asked most was, “where’s “Bad Girl”?!” Not included on his lone LP, “Bad Girl” is an undisputed Southern soul classic—arguably the song LEE MOSES’ legacy rests on. While we may never know all we wish we knew about the man behind the music, we can finally complete the picture of his work. And what tunes they are. How Much Longer Must I Wait? Singles \u0026amp; Rarities 1965-1972 collects all of Lee Moses’ non-album singles and B-sides, plus three never-released tracks together for the first time ever. Most of the material here pre-dates 1971’s Time and Place, reflecting his initial bid for stardom via a series of now-legendary 45s recorded with Atlanta producer JOHNNY BRANTLEY. As for the unreleased recordings—much like the man himself, little is known about them. What remains is an oeuvre that has become synonymous with raw and emotionally charged Southern soul. Essential listening for anyone with a heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acordion_description\" id=\"Release-Detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-description product__info-description--full product__info-description--open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_height\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-description-complete\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe definitive collection of Lee Moses’ legendary non-album tracks available together for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains three previously unreleased songs, plus the Southern soul classic \"Bad Girl” (both versions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLP housed in a deluxe Kraft board jacket with insert\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigital mockups are not an exact representation of the colors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColor Vinyl Edition pressed on “Day Trippin’” Split Color wax\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\nVincent Lee Moses (March 13, 1941 – January 26, 1998), known as Lee Moses, was an American R\u0026amp;B and soul singer and guitarist. His recordings in the late 1960s as well as his 1971 LP Time and Place, are highly regarded within the deep soul genre. Life and career Lee Moses was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended Booker T. Washington High School. In the late 1950s he formed his first band, the Showstoppers. They became a popular live act in the Atlanta area, and were at one time the house band at the Royal Peacock club.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_height\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_height\"\u003eMoses moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, where he worked as a session musician and recorded with Johnny Brantley, who co-wrote and produced his first single, \"My Adorable One\", in 1965.  In 1966, he co-produced, with Johnny Brantley, several tracks by a virtually unknown Jimi Hendrix at Abtone Recording Studios in New York City. The tracks were later released as a 4-LP box set titled \"The Genius of Jimi Hendrix\".  In 1967, he recorded three singles – all commercially unsuccessful – for the Musicor label, including \"Bad Girl,\" and an instrumental version of The Four Tops' \"Reach Out, I'll Be There\". He also recorded a version of \"Dark End of the Street\", issued by Gates Records (probably in 1969). Moses' guitar style has been described as \"funky\" and likened to that of Jimi Hendrix, a contemporary of his on the club scene of the mid-1960s. He has also been praised for his \"rough and powerful deep soul singing style\". In 1970, Moses released a single, \"Time and Place\", on the Maple label, a subsidiary of All Platinum Records. This was followed by a nine-track LP of the same name - also produced by Brantley - that included his versions of several classic songs of the period including \"Hey Joe\" and \"California Dreaming\". The album featured several members of The Ohio Players, as well as Moses' own band, the Diciples (sic). Although the album has since been described as \"a revered and highly sought-after lost treasure for deep soul fans and collectors,\" it was a commercial failure at the time.  Moses also worked with fellow Atlanta native The Mighty Hannibal on his 1973 album, Truth. He returned to Atlanta in the early 1970s, and continued to perform locally, but did not record again. He died there from lung cancer in 1998.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acordion_description\" id=\"Artist-Bio\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-description product__info-description--full\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"section_title\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"section_title\"\u003e---------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section_height\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artist-bio-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artist-bio-complete\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn New York in the ‘60s that Moses made his greatest bid to find the solo fame he desired. Moses began working there as a session player, even playing frequently with a pre-fame Jimi Hendrix, but his close relationship with producer and Atlanta native Johnny Brantley eventually saw him getting his own break via a series of 45s in 1967 – most notably with covers of Joe Simon’s “My Adorable One”, The Four Tops’ “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and The Beatles’ “Day Tripper”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was 1971 before Moses’ dream of being at stage front was realized, when he released his Brantley-produced LP\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime And Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor Maple Records. Recorded with a band including members of The Ohio Players and Moses’ own backing group The Deciples, it was, nonetheless, Moses himself whose star quality shone through, via his scratchy guitar riffs, his throat-ripping vocals and the stirring mood that permeates the LP’s heady mix of funk, soul and R\u0026amp;B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LP did no business, and Moses’ dream quickly crumbled. Though details on his life are scarce, it’s believed he fled New York disenchanted with the music industry, feeling he’d been double-crossed by Brantley both in credit and remuneration for the countless records he’d played on. Back in Atlanta, Moses returned to playing the clubs, married twice, and fell into depression and drug dependency. He died in 1997 at the age of 56.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime And Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoon became a much-sought after item for collectors, and its cult has continued to grow over the years. Here, we represent it on deluxe vinyl, with brand new liner notes from Sarah Sweeney including interviews with Moses’ sister and his closest collaborator, the singer and guitarist Hermon Hitson. Through them, Moses becomes a little – but just a little – less of an enigma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Future Day Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44516093821089,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/5c64619af1ecd_main.jpg?v=1720036870"},{"product_id":"gladys-knight-the-pips-letter-full-of-tears-new-lp","title":"Gladys Knight \u0026 the Pips - Letter Full of Tears - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue of debut 1962 album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Lovers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29398414590022,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/Gladys_Knight_the_Pips_-_Letter_Full_of_Tears.jpg?v=1562967889"},{"product_id":"thad-jones-mel-lewis-live-on-tour-switzerland-new-lp","title":"Jones, Thad \/ Mel Lewis - Live on Tour [1969] Switzerland [MARKED DOWN] - New LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was first released as a CD in 1995 as \u003cem\u003eBasle, 1969,\u003c\/em\u003e and then reissued by Sonny Lester and his Groove Merchant label.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe arrangements are credited to trumpeter Thad Jones, and most of the compositions too, and even when they are doing Ellington's \"Come Sunday,\" Jones is clearly leading the proceedings.  Of course, I don't know Jones' voice well enough to recognize it, and the horn in the spotlight might belong to one of the other players.  The closer is credited to saxophonist Jerome Richardson and especially comes across to be a wonderful group effort focusing on both the groove and the individuals, as if perhaps Thad said, \u003cem\u003ehey I've got the arrangements and our horn charts will punch it home, but this is the band's chance to group up and show your stuff\u003c\/em\u003e. While this album contains the song \"Groove Merchant\" not all Groove Merchant offerings were really what one thinks of as 1960s' groove, as this releases shows.  This is big band.  Of course the band was formed in the 1960s so groove informs, and bop clearly comes to the front when the orchestra drops to the back.  The closer \"Groove Merchant\" is still big band, but it's also pure groove.  In fact, this helps provide a history lesson: the 1960s and 1950s influenced this music, and when those influences show, you're also (and perhaps mainly) seeing how this big band style laid down the foundations of the jazz of the 1950s and 1960s--bop and groove.  Since drummer Lewis was co-leader of the band, the rhythm section plays a big part and drives the music forward, but Lewis made the wonderful decision to avoid solos so the spotlight remains on the other players and we don't have to sit through any of those awkward drum solos.  (This may seem rather forward thinking but it actually might be respect for the past.  The idea of clipping the solos and focusing on rhythm might be remembered as a 1970s response to all the excess in progressive rock and jazz fusion, a lesson that was especially important with punk and funk and influenced nearly all musicians since the 1970s, but we must remember that focusing on rhythm and making everything part of everything was a strive to return to the fun music of the early 1960s, and it's important to recognize that all that music of the 1960s came from black music of the previous decades, from Bo Diddley back to New Orleans jazz.)  Anyway, getting back to this record: big band ain't my bag, but if it is yours, this is worth grabbing, nearly changed my mind about big band and certainly provided an appreciation for this team of musicians, has all that big-band punch and plenty of room for individual players to speak up and let their voice be heard.  Thad Jones and all the other horn players, \u003c\/span\u003epianist Roland Hanna, even bassist Richard Davis get plenty of space to showcase their solos while still staying grounded in the groove.  - winch \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(This album is missing a few cuts that were included on the 1995 CD, but apparently this features all the best cuts because the following review is for the 1995 CD and all the \"highlights\" called out in the review are included on this vinyl release from 2008.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This live concert, broadcast over Swiss radio features the \u003c\/span\u003eThad Jones\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003eMel Lewis\u003cspan\u003e Orchestra at its prime. The remarkable all-star group includes two first trumpeters (\u003c\/span\u003eSnooky Young\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eAl Porcino\u003cspan\u003e) and such soloists as trumpeters Richard Williams, \u003c\/span\u003eDanny Moore\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eThad Jones\u003cspan\u003e, trombonist \u003c\/span\u003eJimmy Knepper\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eJerome Richardson\u003cspan\u003e on soprano, Jerry Dodgion on flute and alto, baritonist \u003c\/span\u003ePepper Adams\u003cspan\u003e, pianist \u003c\/span\u003eRoland Hanna\u003cspan\u003e, bassist \u003c\/span\u003eRichard Davis\u003cspan\u003e and tenor great \u003c\/span\u003eJoe Henderson\u003cspan\u003e whose short stint with the band was long enough to include this European tour. Highlights of the superior set include \"Second Race,\" \"The Waltz You Swang For Me,\" \"Don't Get Sassy\" and \"Groove Merchant.\" Highly recommended to fans of the band, this Swiss CD can be found with a bit of a search.\" - \u003c\/span\u003eScott Yanow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groove Merchant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29414333153350,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/thad_and_lewis.jpg?v=1563383820"},{"product_id":"burnside-r-l-mississippi-hill-country-blues-new-lp","title":"Burnside, R. 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Three of these tracks date from 1967 and were recorded in Coldwater, MS by folklorist George Mitchell, while the remaining 16 were recorded in the early ’80s by Swingmaster operator Leo Bruin in Groningen, Netherlands. This is Burnside playing solo (and mainly) acoustic country blues with the only addition to his guitar and voice being the harmonica of Red Ramsey on “Rolling and Tumbling.” While you can’t go wrong with the purchase of any Burnside recording, these Swingmaster sessions portray a natural relaxed unaccompanied Burnside.” – AllMusic\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003ecredits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased July 11, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackView leftMiddleColumns has-art\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicAlbum\" data-tooltips='{\"dash_seen\":null,\"tooltips\":[]}'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-tags tralbum-tags-nu\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30899228835977,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/burnside_hill.jpg?v=1628738540"},{"product_id":"burnside-r-l-first-recordings-new-lp","title":"Burnside, R. 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Though the production is not up to the standards of Junior's \"studio\" albums, the intensity of the performance more than makes up for it. 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All Night Long\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Broke \u0026amp; Hungry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. I’m So Glad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Bad Whiskey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Cypress Grove Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Catfish Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. Goin’ Away To Stay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8. Crow Jane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9. Devil Got My Woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10. She Lyin’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vF-d91PvbqA?si=g8TOPxxUu3MVfCOQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11. Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12. Drunken Spree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13. Black Gal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14. Illinois Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15. Worried Blues*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16. Look Down The Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone of America’s greatest, Nehemiah Curtis \"Skip\" James, born June 9, 1902 on a plantation near Bentonia, Mississippi (one of the few towns that had a subgenre named after them). Skip started writing songs as a teenager building levees and roads, got to recording in 1931, a bad time for selling records with the country suffering from the Great Depression and of course black people of the South facing a mighty load of suffering before, during (and after)...those times might have reduced a huge percentage of the population down to a pair of stained overalls, but for folks like Skip those old overalls was nothing new, the pain coming through his music clear as an ambulance siren on a Sunday morning. If you listen to any haunting music today, or any form of blues, it might not have been directly influenced by Skip James, but it was very likely influenced by someone who was influenced by him. After finding no success with his 1931 recordings, James stopped recording and while sources give different accounts of his life, he worked various jobs and reportedly led the choir at a church and became a preacher. For the last five years of his life, he was rediscovered, found by John Fahey, Bill Barth, and Henry Vestine and bought to the attention of musicians around the world with new performances, reissues and new recordings. It’s easy to claim integrity when you come from privilege (and judge others who need money to rise out of poverty) but the integrity James showed during his rediscovery was inspirational. Because of this, his name might not have become as known as some, but musicians took notice and his rediscovery drastically and forever changed the face of American music. — winch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"headline\"\u003eArtist Biography by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"author\"\u003eCub Koda\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the earliest and most influential Delta bluesmen to record,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSkip James\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas the best-known proponent of the so-called Bentonia school of blues players, a genre strain invested with as much fanciful scholarly \"research\" as any. 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Inspired by seeing The Byrds live, he decided to merge their folk-rock sound with the driving r\u0026amp;b he had been playing to create a new group, dubbed Love. Recruiting guitarists Johnny Echols and ex-Byrds roadie Bryan Maclean, bassist Ken Forssi and drummer Alban \"Snoopy\" Pfisterer, Love began recording their eponymous debut LP in January 1966. Their first single, Bacharach\/David composition \"My Little Red Book,\" spotlights an insistent, menacing riff that sounds nothing like what their contemporaries were committing to vinyl. Other cuts highlight the writing talents of Lee and the band members, notably on Lee's anti-drug essay \"Signed, D.C.\" and Maclean's \"Softly to Me.\" Also included is their version of the rock standard \"Hey Joe,\" rivaling The Leaves' hit version for power and sporting some lyric alterations. The group, which lived communally at the time in a house formerly owned by Boris Karloff (they are pictured in the house's garden on the LP cover), quickly coalesced into one of the West Coast's most influential and exciting groups; here is where it all began. 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More than a quarter of this album is given over to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRedding's versions of songs by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSam Cooke, his idol, who had died the previous December, and all three are worth owning and hearing. Two of them, \"A Change Is Gonna Come\" and \"Shake,\" are every bit as essential as any soul recordings ever made, and while they (and much of this album) have reappeared on several anthologies, it's useful to hear the songs from those sessions juxtaposed with each other, and with \"Wonderful World,\" which is seldom compiled elsewhere. Also featured are\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRedding's spellbinding renditions of \"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction\" (a song epitomizing the fully formed Stax\/Volt sound and which\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMick Jagger\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKeith Richards\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoriginally wrote in tribute to and imitation of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRedding's style), \"My Girl,\" and \"You Don't Miss Your Water.\" \"Respect\" and \"I've Been Loving You Too Long,\" two originals that were to loom large in his career, are here as well; the former became vastly popular in the hands of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAretha Franklin\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the latter was an instant soul classic. Among the seldom-cited jewels here is a rendition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eB.B. 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Backed by studio pros like Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, Plas Johnson and Steve Douglas, Dick laid down tough, reverb-soaked instrumentals like “Night Rider” and “The Wedge,” highlighting his unique technique and deeply varied sonic textures. The album also features vocal numbers, like lead track “The Scavenger,” penned by some of the top pop tunesmiths of the day, including Gary Usher, Gary Paxton and Carol Connors. Whether vocal or instrumental, each and every one of these songs invokes the sound, speed and spirit of the racetrack, with motors roaring and crowds cheering. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e--------------------\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"headline\"\u003eArtist Biography by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"author\"\u003eSteve Huey\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDick Dale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewasn't nicknamed \"King of the Surf Guitar\" for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter who copied or expanded upon his blueprint, he remained the fieriest, most technically gifted musician the genre ever produced.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale's pioneering use of Middle Eastern and Eastern European melodies (learned organically through his familial heritage) was among the first in any genre of American popular music, and predated the teaching of such \"exotic\" scales in guitar-shredder academies by two decades. The breakneck speed of his single-note staccato picking technique was unrivaled until it entered the repertoires of metal virtuosos like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEddie Van Halen, and his wild showmanship made an enormous impression on the young\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJimi Hendrix. But those aren't the only reasons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas once called the father of heavy metal. Working closely with the Fender company,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtinually pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing the thick, clearly defined tones he heard in his head, at the previously undreamed-of volumes he demanded. He also pioneered the use of portable reverb effects, creating a signature sonic texture for surf instrumentals. And, if all that weren't enough,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanaged to redefine his instrument while essentially playing it upside-down and backwards -- he switched sides in order to play left-handed, but without re-stringing it (as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHendrix\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elater did).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDick Dale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas born\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRichard Monsour\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Boston in 1937; his father was Lebanese, his mother Polish. As a child, he was exposed to folk music from both cultures, which had an impact on his sense of melody and the ways string instruments could be picked. He also heard lots of big band swing, and found his first musical hero in drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGene Krupa, who later wound up influencing a percussive approach to guitar so intense that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eregularly broke the heaviest-gauge strings available and ground his picks down to nothing several times in the same song. He taught himself to play country songs on the ukulele, and soon graduated to guitar, where he was also self-taught. His father encouraged him and offered career guidance, and in 1954, the family moved to Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of a country DJ,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMonsour\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadopted the stage name\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDick Dale, and he began performing in local talent shows, where his budding interest in rockabilly made him a popular act. He recorded a demo song, \"Ooh-Whee Marie,\" for the local Del-Fi label, which was later released as a single on his father's new Deltone imprint and distributed locally. During the late '50s,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso became an avid surfer, and soon set about finding ways to mimic the surging sounds and feelings of the sport and the ocean on his guitar. He quickly developed a highly distinctive instrumental sound and found an enthusiastic, ready-made audience in his surfer friends.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebegan playing regular gigs at the Rendezvous Ballroom, a once-defunct concert venue near Newport Beach, with his backing band\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Del-Tones; as word spread and gigs at other local halls followed,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame a wildly popular attraction, drawing thousands of fans to every performance. In September 1961, Deltone released\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale's single \"Let's Go Trippin',\" which is generally acknowledged to be the very first recorded surf instrumental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inline-image odd\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\"Let's Go Trippin'\" was a huge local hit, and even charted nationally.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereleased a few more local singles, including \"Jungle Fever,\" \"Miserlou,\" and \"Surf Beat,\" and in 1962 issued his (and surf music's) first album, the groundbreaking\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSurfer's Choice, on Deltone.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSurfer's Choice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esold like hotcakes around Southern California, which earned\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea contract with Capitol Records and national distribution for the album.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas featured in Life magazine in 1963, which led to appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFrankie\/Annette\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efilm Beach Party. He also released the follow-up LP\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKing of the Surf Guitar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand went on to issue three more albums on Capitol through 1965. During that time, he developed a close working relationship with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLeo Fender, who kept engineering bigger and better sound systems in response to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale's appetite for louder, more maniacally energetic live performances.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurf music became a national fad, with groups like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Beach Boys\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJan \u0026amp; Dean\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffering a vocal variant to complement the wave of instrumental groups, all of which were indebted in some way to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale. But in 1964, the British Invasion stole much of surf's thunder, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas dropped by Capitol in 1965. He remained a wildly popular local act, but in 1966 he was diagnosed with rectal cancer, which forced him to temporarily retire from music. He beat the disease, however, and soon began pursuing other interests: owning and caring for a variety of endangered animals, studying martial arts, designing his parents' dream house, and learning to pilot planes. In 1979, a puncture wound suffered while surfing off Newport Beach led to a pollution-related infection that nearly cost him his leg;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoon added environmental activist to his resumé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"th-RW4GC-installed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"th-RW4GC-installed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Sundazed Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37631716589729,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/a1888415199_16.jpg?v=1627082680"},{"product_id":"kapingbdi-take-a-look-outside-new-lp","title":"Kapingbdi ‎– Take A Look Outside  [IMPORT] – New LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassic set recorded in Detroit, clearly coming from Africa, but also some muscular funk, like it was made to be recorded in the Motor Town, like Norman Whitfield was there to give them direction and button up the bottom, push the machine into overdrive.  So many Detroit musicians looked to Africa for sounds and inspirations, so it's so cool to hear an African outfit bringing their sounds to American shores.  They were obviously listening to Hendrix, Whitfield, Funkadelic and Sly, but they also got their own thing going, and it's going strong as jackhammer to the head.  Every cut maintains their fine-tuned sound, but every cut verves into new directions, jazz reflective once in a while, but mostly charging with the locomotion of a freight train across West African plains, dipping down into the savannah and then racing up to the rocky slopes, barreling like a bounder down the other side.  Look out! -- winch\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4119147071\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sonoramarecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/take-a-look-outside\"\u003eTake A Look Outside by Kapingbdi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ProduktTracksInhalt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"MSideA_SO51\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"TitelA_SO51\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"M1_SO51\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"TrackTitel1_SO51\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"M8_SO51\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"Tracklegende\"\u003eRecorded 1985 on 24 tracks at Masterpiece studio in Detroit\/ U.S.A.,\u003cbr\u003eall music and lyrics by E. Kojo Samuels, except “Yakundé”\u003cbr\u003e(lyrics by Richard “Papa Jah” Addison and Samuel I. “Sam Kay” Kamara Foday),\u003cbr\u003emixed and mastered 2019 at Audiomoto Studio in Berlin\/ Germany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE. Kojo Samuels (Liberia): saxophone, lead vocals, flute, horn\/ elephant tusk, drums,\u003cbr\u003econgas, shekere, ballaphone, kalimba,\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Kieh Blamo (Liberia): lead \u0026amp; rhythm guitar, shekere, vocals,\u003cbr\u003eOliver Mensa (Ghana): bass, vocals,\u003cbr\u003eNana Boachie -Yiadom (Ghana): drums, vocals,\u003cbr\u003eRichard “Papa Jah” Addison (Ghana): congas, sangba drum, vocals,\u003cbr\u003elead vocals on “Yakundé” (Twi language),\u003cbr\u003eSamuel I. “Sam Kay” Kamara Foday (Sierra Leone): bamboo drums, kongoma, vocals,\u003cbr\u003elead vocals on “Yakundé” (Mende language),\u003cbr\u003eAugustus “Daddy Boy” Fuller (Liberia\/ guest): clavinet, piano, organ, synthesizer,\u003cbr\u003eEric K. Paasewe (Liberia\/ guest): kelen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 27.09.2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ProduktText\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKapingbdi - Take A Look Outside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Unearthed Album):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn late 1984, Kapingbdi traveled from their home country of Liberia to embark on a US tour. Their \"Hey Brother\" LP, which had been recently released in America, gained the attention of promoters and music lovers alike. Within 16 days, the band performed seven concerts in small clubs such as the Maple Leaf Lounge in New Orleans and the Motor Bar in Detroit. In January 1985, the musicians assembled at the Detroit Masterpiece studio to record nine new songs for their fourth LP. There was a four week break before Kapingbdi were scheduled to tour Japan. Kojo Samuels, The Bandleader, flew back to Liberia, whilst the remaining musicians spent their spare time in the U.S.A. When Kojo returned from his travels, there were a few surprises in store. Firstly, four of the five Africans applied for Green Cards and were successful. This gained them the right to live permanently in America. Secondly, the fifth was involuntarily detained, having been arrested on drug trafficking charges. Thirdly, three of the four had married the next-best Americans in no time at all. The last was initially untraceable, but later appeared as an employee of a chicken wing stall. After nine years and three LP releases, the band came to a sudden end.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"SO111_1_Bild\" class=\"SO111_1_Bild\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nSubsequently, their tour of Japan and other concerts in Europe were canceled, as well as finalizing the work on Kapingbdi`s fourth album. Kojo rescued the 24-track tape from Detroit and took it to Germany, where it laid in his basement for decades. The breach of trust by his fellow musicians was too painful, which is why he tried to forget the recordings. Almost 35 years later, the \"missing\" fourth Kapingbdi album is finally released. Transferred directly from the master tape at Tonmeisterei in Oldenburg, then mixed and mastered at Audiomoto Studio in Berlin. To this day, it features the last recordings of the band. The cover photo, which was shot in Detroit, was to form part of the design for the original release of the fourth LP. \"Take A Look Outside\", as Kojo says today, has become Kapingbdi`s best album. (Ekkehart Fleischhammer, Sonorama Records 2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a review of a Kapingbdi concert 1984 in Detroit\/ U.S.A.: A loser during the recent Montreux-Detroit Festival was the Liberian band Kapingbdi. A plumbing mishap at the Book-Cadillac Hotel necessitated a round of mid-weekend room shuffling, leaving Kapingbdi the odd band out. But the sextet, which bills itself as “African Jazz-Rock from Liberia”, was back at the hotel`s Motor Bar last weekend. Word-of-mouth brought a sampling of the curious and the cognoscenti, and the response to Kapingbdi (ka-ping-gee) was enthusiastic. The group is scheduled to remain at the hotel this weekend and next, after which its plans are up in the air except for appearances at the Liberian pavillion of the New Orleans World`s Fair in mid-October. Kapingbdi`s music? Actually some Kapingbdi pieces are strictly African and played on acoustic instruments as traditional as a horn made from a hollowed elephant tusk. Most of the group`s music is a skilful mix of traditional and more contemporary African elements that should be hard to mistake with jazz, American pop and reggae. “It`s All Africa, in some of the ways we phrase the dynamics. It`s still a kind of root”, said Samuels, 40, who sings and plays several instruments with the group. The band began to gain a\u003cspan\u003e reputation in Europe in 1980, around the time of the violent military coup that toppled Liberia`s civil government. One of the group`s German albums came out then, and songs like “Why I can`t get no Pay” began to get airplay, That, according to Samuels, helped establish a new wave of original Liberian pop. “The mass started really asking for originality and started to enjoy what we were doing”, Samuels said. And it looks as if the same is about to happen in Detroit. (from the Detroit Free Press, September 13, 1984)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a review of a Kapingbdi concert 1983 in Bonn\/ Germany: “Kapingbdi” is a Mende word that means “born in the night”, and the seven members of the touring band do indeed play music that could be described as “coming from the night of the venerable continent.” For two hours, an overflow crowd at the “Kulturforum” in Bonn heard various combinations of bongo and conga drums, a jazzy saxophone, and several rhythm guitars. Bandleader Kojo Samuels sang in English. He spent several years in the Federal Republic of Germany, studying music in Cologne and Frankfurt. The current performance marked the fourth tour of the group in Germany since its founding in 1978. All the band members reside in Liberia. For them, music is not its own purpose but serves to carry a message, according to Samuels, a message born of the African experience and perspective though intended for all people. Though many of their pieces deal with African life, all of them convey the urgent, moral call for more human dignity, more humaneness, for more insight throughout the world. The Liberian musicians showed complete command of their instruments. Fast rhythms, constant changes in instruments, and a melodious diversity of tunes resulted in a blend of jazz, rock and reggae which swept the electrified Bonn crowd from their seats. Many young listeners even began to dance in front of the stage. The Performance climaxed when band leader Samuels picked up the elephant tusk horn to present Liberian Folk music with an accompaniment of drummers. It was as if the soul and power of African music were being unveiled in this fascinating serenade of drums and horns.\u003cbr\u003e(from the Liberian “Daily Observer”, November 10, 1983)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003ePhoto on frontcover: Kapingbdi in late 1984 in Detroit. 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The only time the band slows down is on the tearjerker story-song \"All I Could Do Is Cry\" (though what the tune lacks in tempo it makes up for in emotional intensity).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"complex_suitcase\" id=\"complex_suitcase_btf\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"AllMusic_Incont1\" data-cmnunt-ad-size=\"incontent\" data-google-query-id=\"CNqX1cjQqfICFZoLrQYdGGwMxg\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5202,22732481\/allmusic\/internal_3__container__\"\u003eThe rest of the set is straight-edged blues and R\u0026amp;B, including covers of some hits of the day, like \"Money (That's What I Want)\" and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRay Charles' \"What'd I Say.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJimmy Reed's \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" (on which\u003cspan\u003e Etta \u003c\/span\u003edoes a growling, harmonica-imitating vocal solo) steps up the blues quotient, as does the band's finale of\u003cspan\u003e Willie Dixon's\u003c\/span\u003e \"I Just Want to Make Love to You,\" with\u003cspan\u003e Etta's\u003c\/span\u003e gospel-drenched pipes wailing all the while.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEtta James\u003cspan\u003e Rock the House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eindeed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40063818858657,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/R-5888594-1513775564-8253_jpeg.jpg?v=1623267638"},{"product_id":"velvet-underground-the-boston-tea-party-july-11th-1969-new-lp","title":"Velvet Underground - 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This private press album is finally available!\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_tralbumData x_tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_tralbumData x_tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003ca data-linkindex=\"0\" id=\"LPlnk788134\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Here's one right here that goes way back for me. In fact this is one of the life-changers for me. Just looking at it and, “woah, what's she sound like?” and those guys. Back then I would go to the post office and look in phone books and write down names. Just start calling people and calling people and calling people. I got nowhere with this one except back whenever like 20 years ago, or something. The place was still there, the Tan-Tar-A, the resort in the Ozarks in Missouri where they used to play. So, I was saying, \"Can you ask around? Anybody remember these people?” And nobody's heard of them. It was a long time ago. But I did get brochures for vacations there in the mail, that's all I got. But this one, the song \"Voodoo Doll,” in particular, when I heard it, that was what put it all together for me. At that time, I was still heavily into garage music. It had the garage thing. I was really into space music and sort of, science fiction-y aspects and the guitar is sort of freeform reverb noise and I was really into sexy female vocalists and having those three, and having a groove sort of beat going. Not a corny song where it's going to get blown, like you have a great verse then you have a cheesy chorus that comes in that's cheap not cheesy in the correct way to make the song work. That just had it.. half this album’s like that to me, and that song in particular stands out to me. And \"Funnel Of Love\" also appeals to the twilight zone sort of strange aspect, which was early on a heavy thing for me – getting that twilight zone feeling when I hear a record, like I got with Peter Grudzien. Where I feel like what I imagine drugs would have done for me if it’d worked, when I was a little kid wanting to run away to San Francisco or something. Something that just seems like it's from another dimension. When I hear it. it just puts me into this almost... is my hair going to prickle up? Am I making some sort of secret mysterious contact with some lost little scene that's going on? What was that scene like? Who were the people around it? You know, what were their friends like? What did they do? Or like, was it a David Lynch type weirdness or what? So, I had that sort of thing going on. So, for lounge bands, it is one of the big ones and one of the first ones that I got into.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ca data-linkindex=\"0\" id=\"LPlnk788134\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: inline !important;\" class=\"x_tralbumData x_tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: inline !important;\" class=\"x_tralbumData x_tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"display: inline !important;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"display: inline !important;\"\u003ePaul Major (from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnjoy The Experience\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_tralbumData x_tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x_credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"x_tralbumData x_tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleases July 16, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Modern Harmonic Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40349634527393,"sku":"","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/a3775053544_16.jpg?v=1626135392"},{"product_id":"various-artists-pacific-northwest-pandoras-box-new-lp","title":"Various Artists – Pacific Northwest Pandora's Box – New LP","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCollected cuts from Garland Records, obscure label from Salem, Oregon, includes a few singles from 1970, the rest unreleased until now, opening with a band called White Feather doing a truly awful cover of Jimi Hendrix, great stuff, keeping the proceedings great through the two sides, distinctively Oregonian.  - winch\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4199421931\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sundazedmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/pacific-northwest-pandoras-box\"\u003ePacific Northwest Pandora's Box by Garland Records\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Rare and unissued Pacific Northwest hard rock! 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The women also cover Marvin Gaye's 1969 \"At Last (I Found Love)\" and a funked up version of Tammy Wynette's 1969 \"Stand By Your Man.\"  Throughout the set, the understated guitar licks help carve out a greasy groove. Apparently, they only released two albums, but you'd find these women gracing so many albums in the 1970s with their gold-plated vocals.-- winch\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TljTXVpi9Sk?si=x7r30FGEVV55XnY9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"review-author headline\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Uni Records","offers":[{"title":"Default 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Title","offer_id":40468436025505,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/products\/thumbnail_IMG_8867.jpg?v=1627503848"},{"product_id":"dale-dick-his-del-tones-surfers-choice-new-lp","title":"Dale, Dick \u0026 his Del-Tones - Live at Ciro's - New LP","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003eMr. Dale and his gang, live '65, straight reisse of their final vinyl!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1293826745\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dickdale.bandcamp.com\/album\/rock-out-with-dick-dale-his-del-tones-live-at-ciros\"\u003eRock Out With Dick Dale \u0026amp; His Del-Tones: Live At Ciro's by Dick Dale \u0026amp; His Del-Tones\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e--------------------\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"headline\"\u003eArtist Biography by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"author\"\u003eSteve Huey\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDick Dale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewasn't nicknamed \"King of the Surf Guitar\" for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter who copied or expanded upon his blueprint, he remained the fieriest, most technically gifted musician the genre ever produced.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale's pioneering use of Middle Eastern and Eastern European melodies (learned organically through his familial heritage) was among the first in any genre of American popular music, and predated the 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The breakneck speed of his single-note staccato picking technique was unrivaled until it entered the repertoires of metal virtuosos like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEddie Van Halen, and his wild showmanship made an enormous impression on the young\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJimi Hendrix. But those aren't the only reasons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas once called the father of heavy metal. Working closely with the Fender company,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtinually pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing the thick, clearly defined tones he heard in his head, at the previously undreamed-of volumes he demanded. He also pioneered the use of portable reverb effects, creating a signature sonic texture for surf instrumentals. And, if all that weren't enough,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanaged to redefine his instrument while essentially playing it upside-down and backwards -- he switched sides in order to play left-handed, but without re-stringing it (as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHendrix\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elater did).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDick Dale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas born\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRichard Monsour\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Boston in 1937; his father was Lebanese, his mother Polish. As a child, he was exposed to folk music from both cultures, which had an impact on his sense of melody and the ways string instruments could be picked. He also heard lots of big band swing, and found his first musical hero in drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGene Krupa, who later wound up influencing a percussive approach to guitar so intense that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eregularly broke the heaviest-gauge strings available and ground his picks down to nothing several times in the same song. He taught himself to play country songs on the ukulele, and soon graduated to guitar, where he was also self-taught. His father encouraged him and offered career guidance, and in 1954, the family moved to Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of a country DJ,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMonsour\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadopted the stage name\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDick Dale, and he began performing in local talent shows, where his budding interest in rockabilly made him a popular act. He recorded a demo song, \"Ooh-Whee Marie,\" for the local Del-Fi label, which was later released as a single on his father's new Deltone imprint and distributed locally. During the late '50s,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso became an avid surfer, and soon set about finding ways to mimic the surging sounds and feelings of the sport and the ocean on his guitar. He quickly developed a highly distinctive instrumental sound and found an enthusiastic, ready-made audience in his surfer friends.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebegan playing regular gigs at the Rendezvous Ballroom, a once-defunct concert venue near Newport Beach, with his backing band\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Del-Tones; as word spread and gigs at other local halls followed,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebecame a wildly popular attraction, drawing thousands of fans to every performance. In September 1961, Deltone released\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale's single \"Let's Go Trippin',\" which is generally acknowledged to be the very first recorded surf instrumental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inline-image odd\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"album-cover-link crop-image-borders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/surfers-choice-mw0000773115\" title=\"Surfer's Choice\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rovimusic.rovicorp.com\/image.jpg?c=DWwq6arnaADYZ0gLxHQGgN_M69_UI9rrJSVvWL2-yAg=\u0026amp;f=3\" data-original=\"https:\/\/rovimusic.rovicorp.com\/image.jpg?c=DWwq6arnaADYZ0gLxHQGgN_M69_UI9rrJSVvWL2-yAg=\u0026amp;f=3\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\" alt=\"Surfer's Choice\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\"Let's Go Trippin'\" was a huge local hit, and even charted nationally.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereleased a few more local singles, including \"Jungle Fever,\" \"Miserlou,\" and \"Surf Beat,\" and in 1962 issued his (and surf music's) first album, the groundbreaking\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSurfer's Choice, on Deltone.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSurfer's Choice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esold like hotcakes around Southern California, which earned\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea contract with Capitol Records and national distribution for the album.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas featured in Life magazine in 1963, which led to appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFrankie\/Annette\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efilm Beach Party. He also released the follow-up LP\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKing of the Surf Guitar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand went on to issue three more albums on Capitol through 1965. During that time, he developed a close working relationship with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLeo Fender, who kept engineering bigger and better sound systems in response to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale's appetite for louder, more maniacally energetic live performances.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurf music became a national fad, with groups like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Beach Boys\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJan \u0026amp; Dean\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffering a vocal variant to complement the wave of instrumental groups, all of which were indebted in some way to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDale. 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