The Shim Sham Shimmy takes place on the first Saturday of the month. That must be why DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus were stationed inside the friendly confines of The Salt Box in Kingston armed with their super-boss 45 RPM records on April 4. They had the upstairs jumpin’ with their fine selection of R&B, Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Rockabilly and all sorts of things that go WHAM in the night! A bunch of our pals showed up, including our new friend Eric, who is getting ready to move to Italy with his wife. Always happy to see him, and hope we can see him at every Salt Box event until he has left the continent.

Pete Pop—who must be the busiest reet music DJ in the Hudson Valley—was scheduled to spin records at an Easter Sunday brunch event the next day, so he ditched out a little early. Thus, the night was set-up with the Phast Man’s equipment, which included the Bat Signal! As usual, Miss Nancy made some yummy treats and the folks in the upstairs Rumpus Room were boppin’ all night.

Here’s a list of the hot records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the April Shim Sham Shimmy including a bunch of Popeye records:

• Ronnie Kole Trio–Flight of the Green Hornet (White Cliffs)
• Gabor Szabo–Spellbinder (Impulse)
• Freddie Roach–Party Time (Blue Note)
• Willene Barton and Her Trio–Rice Pudding (Skymac)
• Roland Alphonso–Pipeline (King Edwards; UK)
• Sugar Chile Robinson–The Hunkie Man (Capitol)
• Screamin’ Jay Hawkins–Baptize Me in Wine (Apollo)
• Otis Rush–Sit Down Baby (Cobra)
• Muddy Waters–Messin’ With the Man (Chess)
• James Cotton–Complete This Order (Loma)
• The Turks–Hully Gully (Class)
• Joe Mondo & His Combo–Doin’ the Thing (EPI)
• Curtis Lee–A Night at Daddy Gee’s (Dunes)
• Chuck Wiley–Tear It Up (United Artists)
• Bracey Everett–The Lover’s Curse (Atlantic)
• The Sisters–Oo Poo Pa Doo (Del Fi)
• The “5” Royales–Monkey Hips and Rice (King)
• Sally Stanley–I’ll Have to Let You Go (Excello)
• Ruby Lee–I’m Gonna Put a Watch on You (24 Hours a Day) (Poptone)
• Jay Stutes and the Swamp Pickers–Sugar Bee (Goldband)
• Red Prysock and His Rock and Rollers–Jackpot (Red Robin)
• Charles Epps–Rock With the Boogie (Twist) (Brosh)
• The Chello’s–Chicken Back Twist (WFW)
• Dee Dee Sharp–Mashed Potato Time (Cameo)
• Al Raymond & His Big Band–Tequilla (Mutual)
• James Davis–Doodle Bee (Federal)
• Kai-Ray–I Want Some of That (Shooting Star)
• Yardbirds–I Wish You Would (Epic)
• Ko Ko Taylor–Wang Dang Doodle (Checker)
• Howlin’ Wolf–I Asked for Water (Chess)
• The Ramada Singers–Wade in the Water (Su-Ann)
• The Staple Singers–This May Be the Last Time (Sharp)
• Mable John–Who Wouldn’t Want a Man Like That (Tamla)
• Riff Ruffin–No More (Ebb)
• Bo Diddley–Merengue (Sleazy; Spain)
• The Robins–Doing the Popeye (New-Hit)
• Ernie K-Doe–Popeye Joe (Minit)
• The Del-Knights–Everybody Popeye (Bronko)
• Wardell & the Sultans–The Original Popeye (Imperial)
• Earl Forest–Beale Street Popeye (Duke)
• The Iketts–Camel Walk (Modern)
• Joe Dermontte–The Frug (Reams)
• Trevor Payne–Fa Fa Fa (R&B; Canada)
• Toni Dee–My Babe (Brunswick)
• Georgie Woods & Jimmy Bishop–Oooh-Ow! Part I (Uptown)
• Al Perkins and Betty Bibbs–Homework (U.S.A.)
• The Torques–Bumpin (Lemco)
• Eldridge Holmes–Humpback (Jet Set)
• Joe Turner and His Blues Kings–Well All Right (Atlantic)
• The Millionaires–Arkansas Jane (Cadillac)
• Gooftones–Look Out! (Javelin)
• Eddie Cochran–My Way (Liberty; UK)
• Freddie Bell and the Bellboys–Rockin’ Is My Business (Mercury)
• Fred Latremoille–Good Lovin’ (London; Canada)
• Jerry Lee Lewis–High School Confidential (Sun)
• The T-R’s–Soul Meeting (West-End)
• Dicky Williams–Tee-Na-Na (Vin)
• Jiv-A-Tones–Flirty Gertie (Felsted)
• The Pacers–Settin’ the Pace (Gemini)
• Warren Lee–The Uh-Huh (Ron)
• Marvin Rainwater–My Brand of Blues (M-G-M)
• Clifton Chenier–Hot Rod (Bayou)
• Earl King–I’ll Take You Back Home (Ace)
• Slim Harpo–I Got Love If You Want It (Excello)
• Red Rodney Sextet; Bobby Savitt on tenor sax–Red’s Mambo (OKeh)
• Ray Charles–It Should’ve Been Me (Atlantic)
• The Rumblers–Boss Soul (Downey)
• The Atlantics–Teensville (CBS; Italy)
• Paul Revere & the Raiders–Swim (Columbia)
• Roy Brown–Melinda (King)
• The Treniers–Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie (OKeh)
• Jimmy Tyler Orchestra–Callin’ All Chickens (Federal)
• Joe Turner with Howard Biggs Orch.–Jump for Joy (Atlantic)
• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys–So Let’s Rock (Decca)
• T-Bone Walker–Papa Ain’t Salty (Atlantic)
• J.B. Lenior–Don’t Touch My Head!!! (Checker)
• Don and Dewey–Jungle Hop (Specialty)
• The Chessmen–Meadowlands (London)
• Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra–Jazz Me Blues (Mercury)
• George Hudson–I’m Popeye the Sailor Man (Capitol)
• Lamont Anthony–Popeye (Anna)
• The Buttons–Popeye Does the Mashed Potatoes (Columbia; Japan)
• Leroy Jones & His Band–Check Mr. Popeye (Giant)
• Lonnie Brooks–The Popeye (Midas)
• The Surfaris–Wild Weekend (Dot; Japan)
• Jimmy Rogers–Rock This House (Chess)
• Bill Haley & His Comets–Riviera (Gone)
• Red Prysock–Zip (Mercury)
• Alf Newman–It’s A Gas (Golden 12; Germany)

Starting this year, The Funky Kingston will no longer be held on the fifth Saturday of the month—when there is one—but rather it will alternate third Saturdays with Pete Pop’s pet project Shingaling Boogaloo (Latin music a’ Go-Go!). Thus, a Funky Kingston was held on March 21. Host DJ Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus presented the event with special guest DJ… wait for it… PETE POP!!!

Mr. Pop has some outstanding funk records and he is not shy with them. He’s got cool reggae records, too. He brought a couple of boxes to the Salt Box on March 21 and played them for the attending punters. He had the faithful shazaming them all night and The Boogaloo Omnibus surely must have added several titles to his want list.

Many of our pals showed up, including Sean McDJ—whose Smash! Crash! Bash! night he shares with Peter Aaron on the last Friday of the month at the Box. It’s very possible that Mr. McDJ will be a Funky Kingston guest in the near future. We’re just waiting for the stars to align.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the March Funky Kingston:

• Tribe–Funky Kingston (Grenade)
• The Malcouns–Watou (Soul Fire)
• Miles Davis–Molester (Part I) (Columbia)
• Juggy–Oily (Sue)
• The Brothers of Hope–Nickol Nickol (Gamble)
• Preston Epps–Afro Mania (Jo-Jo)
• The New Apocalypse–Stainless Soul (MTA)
• Philip & Lloyd (The Blues Busters)–Here I Am Come and Take Me (Scepter)
• Audrey–You’ll Lose a Good Thing (Harlem Shuffle; UK)
• Black Blood–A.I.E. (A Mwana) (Mainstream)
• Mongo Santamaria–Cold Sweat (Columbia)
• Rufus Thomas–Do the Funky Chicken (Stax)
• The Temptations–Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) (Gordy)
• Marie ‘Queenie’ Lyons–See and Don’t See (DeLuxe)
• Fabulous Counts–Get Down People (Moira)
• The Jimmy Castor Bunch–King Kong – Pt. I (Atlantic)
• The Majestics–Tighten Up (Unique; Germany)
• The Meditators–The Meditators Thing (Discodelic)
• Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Bros.–Do the Bogaloo (Supreme/Dub*Store; Japan)
• The Heptones–Sweet Talking (Hep Hep; Jamaica)
• The Upsetters–Popcorn (Harlem Shuffle; UK)
• James Brown–Part Two (Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn) (King)
• Eddie Bo–Check Your Bucket Pt. I (Bo-Sound)
• Buddy Miles Express–Funky Mule (Mercury)
• Biggie Ratt–We Don’t Need No Music (Apt)
• The Landslides–We Don’t Need No Music (Huff Puff)
• Gaytones–Soul Makossa Part 1 (Action; UK)
• Rodger Collins–Foxy Girls in Oakland (Galaxy)
• The Honey Drippers–Impeach the President (Alaga)
• Lee Fields–You Can Count on Me (Daptone)
• The Moods–King Hustler (Red Dog)
• The Ramada Singers–Wade in the Water (Su-Ann)
• Lloyd Charmers–Skin Tight (Rock A Shacka; Japan)
• LaRose Jackson–How Did I Get Here? (Dunham)
• Vic Waters and the Entertainers–I’m White – I’m Alright (Crazy Horse)
• Steve Colt–Dynamite (Big Beat)
• Leyla McCalla & the Special Men–En La Bas (Special Man Industries)
• Sly & the Family Stone–Underdog (Epic)
• Edwin Starr–Time (Gordy)
• The Corner Boys–Gang War (Don’t Make No Sense) (Neptune)
• Parliament–Breakdown (Invictus)
• Maytals–Funky Kingston (Shelter)
• David Alexandre Winter–Qu’est-Ce Que J’ai Danse (Riviera; Canada)
• The Neapolitans featuring The Essentials–Crosstown Traffic (Hot Funky & Sweaty; UK)
• African Fiesta Sukisa–I Got the Feelin’ (Soul Jazz; UK)
• Betty Harris–Ride Your Pony (Sansu)
• Della Reese–Compared to What (AVCO Embassy)
• Babatunde Olatunji–Takuta (Paramount)
• Super Yamba Band featuring Osei Korankye–Yen Ni Agoro (Ubiquity)
• Melon y su Grupo–El Baile del Sillon (Orfeon; Mexico)
• Upsetters–Return of Django (Upsetter; UK)
• The Voices of East Harlem–Right on Be Free (Elektra)
• Eric Donaldson–Cherry Oh Baby (Jaguar; Jamaica)
• Fela–Beasts of No Nation (Eurobond; France)
• Los Sabios–Trip to the Moon (El Eclypse)
• Harold Mabern–I Want You Back (Prestige; UK)
• The Jackson 5–Whatever You Got I Want (Motown)
• The Maskman and the Agents–Stand Up (B.B.C.)
• Mighty Groove Makers–Let’s Dance Some Mo (Part 1) (Peanut Country)
• The Boris Gardiner Happening–Ghetto Funk (Leal; UK))
• Augustus Pablo–King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown (Mango)
• The Heptones–Let Me Hold Your Hand (ARC)
• The Debonaires–I Want to Talk About It (World) (Galaxy)
• Rudy Tee & the Reno Bop’s–Talk About Soul (Ru tee Hit Records)
• Troubled Soul–Funky Me Part #1 (Crowbar)
• Bernie Hayes–Cool Strut Part I (Volt)
• The Meters–Hey Pocky A-Way (Reprise)
• Martini’s–Hung Over (Bar)

None of these records are for sale!

On Friday, March 13, Do The 45 swung into Quinn’s in Beacon for a night of super boss records played at a volume suitable for dancing. The records were indeed boss, and loud, and folks danced their pachugas off—especially the resident Go-Go Dancer Bella Bombora.

For the second Friday the 13th in a row, host DJ Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus set up their ultra-tonal DJ booth in order to achieve maximum groovitude. Folks were boppin’ all night as they jumped around when they were not slurping the ramen noodles that Quinn’s is so famous for.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the March Do The 45:

• Monty and the Cyclones–Summertime (Teen/Dub¥Store; Japan)
• Merle Saunders–How’s That (Fantasy)
• The Spinners–Nothin’ (Smash)
• Hot Chocolates–Who Do You Call (Duke)
• Sir John Quintet–Un-Ga-La (Josie)
• Godfrey Daniel–Dance to the Music (Atlantic)
• Bobby Fuller–Guess We’ll Fall in Love (Yucca)
• The Comin’ Generation–Get Out of My Life Woman (Dupree)
• Los Javaloyas–Yeh Yeh (La Voz de Su Amo; Spain)
• Sam Dees–Soul Sister (Lo Lo)
• Clarence Carter–Thread the Needle (Fame)
• Los Shakers–Sigue Buscando (Keep Searching) (Odeon Pops; Argentina)
• The Creation–Making Time (Numero)
• The Buffalo Springfield–Un-Mundo (Atco)
• The Blues Project–I Want To Be Your Driver (Verve Folkways)
• The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale–Batman Theme (Tifton)
• Gamma Goochee–Booga-Looa (M-G-M)
• The Pacers–The Pig (Razorback)
• The Romans–Doin’ the Drag (Panic)
• Curtis & the Creepers–The Thing (Part 2) (Dauntless)
• The Haunted–Searching for My Baby (Trans World; Canada)
• The Sinners–Goin’ Out of My Mind (Mercury)
• Jon & Robin–You Don’t Care (Abnak)
• Los Monjes–Pobre Niña (Quilombo; Mexico)
• Laurel Aitken & the Soulmen–Last Night (Jamwax; UK)
• Millie Foster–What a Thrill (President)
• The Gladiators–Girl Don’t Make Me Wait (Direction; UK)
• Joe Graves–See Saw (Parkway)
• Owen Gray–Tumblin’ Dice (Blue Mountain; UK)
• Roy Orbison–Twinkle Toes (M-G-M)
• The Avantis–Keep on Dancing (Argo)
• Joe Simon–Just Like Yesterday (Irral)
• The Blazers–Boo-Ga-Loo (Winley)
• Billy Clark with the Maskman–Soul Party (Part I) (Dynamo)
• Les Aristocrates–Je Ne Vois Qu’Elle (Choc!; Canada)
• Jordan Brothers–It’s a Shame (VIM)
• Ronny Kae – Drum City Band–Drums Are Back (Honey)
• The Walker Bros.–Doin’ the Jerk (Smash)
• Liz Brady with Jacques Denjean’s Orchestra–Hey O Daddy O (Capitol)
• The Eastside Kids–Subway Train (Philips)
• Les Aristocrates–Un Peu De Ton Amour (DSP; Canada)
• Michele Richard–Je Serai La (Trans-Canada; Canada)
• The Palace Guard–All Night Long (Orange-Empire)
• Johnny Angel–Summertime Blues (Liberty)
• The Distortions–Let’s Spend Some Time Together (Capitol)
• Palito Ortega–Poco Puedo Darte (RCA Victor)
• Los Yaki—¡Auxilio! – Help (Capitol; Mexico)
• The Newbeats–Crying My Heart Out (Hickory)
• Chuck Wood–Seven Days Too Long (Roulette)
• The Pirates–Big Boy Pete (Deaux)
• Len Barry–Somewhere (Decca)
• Bob Brady & the Con Chords–Love Is the Master (I’m the Slave) (Chariot)
• Quadrangle–She’s Too Familiar Now (Philips)
• The Dave Clark Five–I’m Thinking (Epic)
• Steve Rowland and the Ring Leaders–Here Kum the Karts (Cross Country)
• The Hornets–Motorcycles U.S.A. (The Big Race) (Liberty)
• Tommy Facenda–High School U.S.A. (national version) (Legrand)
• The Rolling Stones–Susie-Q (Decca; France)

None of these records are for sale.

When two important events take place on one evening, we try not to freak out. On March 7 a Shim Sham Shimmy was scheduled to take place at the Salt Box—as it does on the first Saturday of each month. However, also scheduled to take place on that evening was our pal Nels Cline’s appearance at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock. No way are we going to miss that!

For the few of the readers who may be uninitiated… Nels Cline is quite simply one of the finest guitar players you’ll ever hear—certainly one of our favorites. We’ve known him since the early eighties and we’ve seen him in several settings: modern jazz with Charlie Haden; duets with his twin brother Alex, an excellent percussionist; a rock band called Bloc; noise duets with Thurston Moore; as well as with his current day job, Wilco.

We received permission from Shim Sham Shimmy host Pete Pop to show up late and we were able to make the scene at the Bear. An excellent visit with our long-time friend ensued. Miss Nancy and I were able to witness the sound check with Nels and his wife Yuka Honda (本田ゆか). Miss Honda is a Japanese-born multi-instrumentalist who was a member of Cibo Matto and has worked in The Plastic Ono Band, among other endeavors. We all had dinner at the Bear Cantina where we caught up on each others’ activities, then walked over to the Theater where Nels and Yuka were set up to perform in the lounge area.

Nels did a set of solo guitar work. Man, we love his playing. After he played, Miss Honda did a set. She’s an electronics music wiz—much like Eno. We saw about twenty minutes or so of her show, before we had to get to the Salt Box for the Shim Sham Shimmy—we couldn’t let Pete Pop have all the fun playing groovy records all night!

When we got to the Box, DJ Pete Pop had the upstairs rumpus room jumping with his hot records. He was playing boss blues, R&B, rock ’n’ roll and all sorts of rockin’ sounds. Soon, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus joined him in trading five-record sets.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the March Shim Sham Shimmy:

• The Centars–Weird Turtle (Rocket)
• The Go-Carts–Rockin Liza (Hope)
• Mike Patterson & the Fugitives–Cookin’ Beans (Imperial)
• Bobby Gregg–Walk On (Epic)
• Big Jimmy G and his Orch.–Big Boy – Part Two (Tampa)
• Harvey–Ooh Ouch Stop! (Chess)
• Joy Hamilton with the Gene Mason Sextet–You Got My Nose Open Baby (Bridges)
• Jimmy Brand–Fly in the Buttermilk (Prestige)
• S. Sweetsinger–Good Lord Made the Monkey (Monkey)
• Johnny Eager–The Howl (Design)
• The “5” Royales–Talk About My Woman (Vee Jay)
• Jackie Wilson–I Just Can’t Help It (Brunswick)
• Joe Tex–C.C. Rider (Dial)
• Aretha Franklin–Are You Sure (Columbia)
• Clyde McPhatter–Lover Please (Mercury)
• Freddy King–King-A-Ling (Federal)
• Muddy Waters–I Won’t Go On (Chess)
• Lightnin’ Slim–Hello Mary Lee (Excello)
• Lue Cazz–Daddy Long Leg (Art-Tone)
• Howlin’ Wolf–Ooh Baby (Chess)
• Dutton Percussion Trio–Tequila (Dutton Percussion Trio)
• Freddie and the Freeloaders–Shindig Dance (Baylor)
• The Twisters–Come Go With Me (Apt)
• The Marvells–Dizzy Jones Birdland (Reo)
• The Daychords–One More Time (Don-El)
• Tony Smith and his Aristocrats–Big Nellie’s (Mad)
• Billy Ward and His Dominoes–Cave Man (Federal)
• Vernon Garrett–Cave Man – 1 (Open.G)
• The Glitters–Lighten-Up Slim (Rubeaiyàt)
• Screamin’ Jay Hawkins–Frenzy (OKeh)
• Bobby Hebb–Bread (Philips)
• The Rats–Parchman Farm (Oriole; UK)
• Los Hooligans–Agujetas Color de Rosa (CBS; Mexico)
• Pico Pete–Hot Dog (Jet)
• Saladin–Touch n Rough (Caricature)
• Herbie Mann–Comin’ Home Baby (Atlantic)
• King Pleasure–Red Top (Prestige)
• Lambert Hendricks & Ross–Gimme That Wine (Columbia)
• Ada Lee–Moanin’ (Atco)
• Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats–El Bingo Rock (Dot)
• Lord Kitchener–Dr. Kitch (Jump Up; UK)
• Kingsley Swan and the Calypso Islanders–Out de Fire (Bermuda)
• The Charmer with Johnny McCleverty Calypso Boys–Back to Back Belly to Belly (Monogram)
• The Fabulous McClevertys–Tickle Tickle (Verve)
• Owen Grey–Cutest Little Woman (Blue Beat; UK)
• Conjunto: Paquito Palaviccini; canta: Victor Manuel Porras–La Gallinita Twist (Discos Kismet; El Salvador)
• Gene Summers & His Rebels–Nervous (Jan)
• Bennie Green and His Band–Hi Yo Silver (Prestige)
• Bill Doggett–The Worm (Columbia)
• Lou Donaldson–Alligator Boogaloo (Blue Note)
• Little Walter–Back Track (Checker)
• Marty Wilson and the Strat-O-Lites–I’m All Woke Up (Decca)
• Themes Inc.–Paula’s Percussion (Vee Jay)
• Joe Maphis–Moonshot (Columbia)
• Johnny Horton–Honky-Tonk Man (Columbia)
• Dayton Selby – Willene Barton–Barton’s Blues [from EP Teenagers Dance the Tonky Honk] (RCA Victor)
• The Echoes–Scratch My Back (Swan)
• The Persuaders–Tijuana Surf (Original Sound)
• The Moonbeems–Teen Age Baby (Checker)
• Alf Newman–It’s A Gas (Golden 12; Germany)

None of these records are for sale.

The GO Mechanism is an audio Odyssey scientifically engineered and programed in the secret laboratory of Boogaloo Omnibus Productions by Phast Phreddie Patterson. The program incorporates ultra-phonic techniques not available to other broadcast entities. The G stands for GROOVE, and there is always plenty of GROOVE in each GO Mechanism. The O stands for O’Roony, an intricate and complex attitude that is incomprehensible to those who possess standard-issue precepts. Listen and you will hear.

The GO Mechanism is first aired on the Luxuria Music web streaming hustle as a Saturday Night Special; this one will air on March 14. It will then be available as a podcast on the Luxuria Music web site for a few weeks before we will put it into the Mixclouds.

In order to achieve total comprehension of this and every GO Mechanism, it is strongly recommended that one listens to it while reading this corresponding post. Here is a complete track listing of the records played on the program, as we do not stop to back-announce records.

Halfway into the GO there will be a Science Corner—a segment of the trip where we discuss a topic of musical importance. This Science Corner we will feature the great Australian surf combo The Atlantics.

Here we go!!!

• Earl Bostic—Lester Leaps In (King)
• Bud Powell—Wail (Blue Note)
• James Davis—Doodle Bee (Federal)

J.C. Davis was the saxophonist in James Brown’s band around 1960. At that time, Brown wanted to showcase his band on records but his record company wouldn’t let him. However, he was able to talk them into releasing an instrumental credited to James Davis with Brown’s band—that’s JB with the “doodle bug” shout outs. Soon after this, Brown’s band recorded “(Do the) Mashed Potatoes” and released it as by Nat Kendrick & the Swans—Kendrick being the drummer in JB’s band. That record was issued on a different label and became a sizeable R&B hit. Brown’s record company then gave him a little more leeway. After J.C. Davis left the James Brown show around 1961, he worked with Etta James and other R&B acts in their respective live shows and made some really cool records for Argo, Chess and New Day.

• Laurel Aitken—Last Night (Rainbow; UK)
• Okuno & his Afro-Calypsonians—Oboli (from LP Afro-U.S.A.; Imperial)
• The Ventures—Wack Wack—(From LP Guitar Freak-Out; Dolton)
• Chip Kinman—Let’s Go Dark Shark, edit—(from album The Great Confrontation; In The Red)
• Arthur Lee—You Can Save 50% but You’re Still a Long Way From Home (from LP Vindicator; A&M)
• Lord Sitar—Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadows (Capitol)
• Running Jumping Standing Still—Diddy Wah Diddy (Sunshine; Australia)

Running Jumping Standing Still was a group from Australia that was named after a short film by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers. The group formed in 1966 in Melbourne, released two singles that were heavily influenced by The Yardbirds in 1967, and was broken up by 1968. This version of the Bo Diddley song is one of the best—probably the only version better is the one by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. Look for a great video of Running Jumping Standing Still performing the song on the youtubes.

• Eddie Kirk—Monkey Tonight (King)
• The Loons—Blue Ether (Dirty Water; UK)

We briefly met Mike Stax when he was in the fabulous Crawdaddys back in the eighties. Since around 1983 he has been the publisher of a fantastic fanzine dedicated to the boss sounds of the sixties (“wild sounds from the past dimensions”) called Ugly Things. In the middle of the nineties he formed a band that incorporated all the elements of the music he loved and called it The Loons. Somehow, “Blue Ether” came to our attention and we can’t get enough of it so we finally had to share it with the GO Mechanism faithful.

• Stanley Black & His Orchestra—Caravan (from LP Exotic Percussion; London)
• Marvin Gaye—You’re What’s Happening (In the World Today) (Tamla)
• Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra—Theme From “The Cool World” (from album The Cool World, soundtrack; Philips)
• —spoken—Robert Hardy—Will It Be So Again (from LP Will It Be So Again; Argo; UK)
• Spanky Wilson—Sunshine of Your Love (BGP; UK)
• Kai Winding—Comin’ Home Baby (from LP Soul Surfin’; Verve)
• The Temptations—Ball of Confusion (backing track) (Gordy)
• Son Rompe Pere—¡Ay David! (from album Batuco; Aya; Europe)
• The Stooges—Slide (Slidin’ Blues) (from album 1970: Complete Fun House Sessions; Rhino)
• Pharoah Sanders—Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt—edit (from LP Tauhid; Impulse)
• The Grass Roots—Feelings (Dunhill)

———The Science Corner———

• The Atlantics—Bombora (CBS; Netherlands)
• Tom Gardner—Illudium !-36 (bed music)
• The Atlanticis—The Crusher (CBS Australia)
• The Atlantics—War of the Worlds (CBS; Australia)

According to the website discogs.com, there ave been about 40 different acts that have called themselves ‘The Atlantics.’ The Atlantics that we are concerned with today was a fantastic surf band from Australia. We’ve heard a couple of Atlantics records in previous GO Mechanisms, but today we’ll tell their story. The band’s guitar-driven instrumentals explode with excitement. Obviously influenced by the British group The Shadows, The Atlantics would build on that and often work their instruments in unconventional ways—much like The Yardbirds in 1965. The Atlantics were formed in 1961 and began issuing records two years later. The group’s first single, “Moon Man,” didn’t do so well, but the second, “Bombora,” went to the top of the Australian pop charts in 1963. Also, it was released in several markets around the world—including the U.S. We started The Science Corner with the song. Bombora is an indigenous Australian word for dangerous waves—thus they thought of themselves as a surf combo—of which there were many in Australia at the time. The Atlantic’s next single was “The Crusher,” another reference to dangerous surfing conditions. This record was modeled after “Bombora” but has a hot drum break in the middle. The third track we listen to in The Science Corner is “War of the Worlds.” This is a science fiction mini space opera: it builds to a peak when the martians invade then changes tempo a few times. The guitars are employed in a way that became more popular during the psychedelic era that followed. The record was issued in the U.S., but some dipshit at Columbia Records edited more than a minute out of it for domestic release! The full Australian version is heard in The Science Corner.

• Ted Auletta & His Orchestra—Voodoo Moon (Enlloro) (from LP Exotica; Cameo)
• Lee Dresser—El Camino Real (Amos)

Lee Dresser began his musical career as a Rock’n’Roll singer in the Kansas City area around 1957 when he formed The Krazy Kats right out of high school. His early records, such as “Beat Out My Love” and “Wiggly Little Mama” are cool rockabilly records that were issued around 1960 or so. In 1967, Dresser was drafted and served in Viet Nam. After his discharge in 1969, he settled in Los Angeles to further his music career. He cut a folk/rock/pop album in the vein of those Johnny Rivers “Live at the Whiskey A’ Go-Go” records. Dresser’s album had a few bright moments—one of them being “El Camino Real.” When the record didn’t burn up the charts, he became a guitarist in the touring bands of several well known, mostly country, acts and played in small clubs in the San Fernando Valley. During the eighties he returned to Kansas City and reformed The Krazy Kats to play around the Midwest. He died of leukemia in 2014.

• Brass Rail—Do the Penguin (Part 1) (Buddah)
• Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta—El Estereophonica (from album Cumbias y Gaitas Famosas 3; Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
• Barbara Lewis—Break Away (from album The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis; Enterprise)
• Charles Mingus—Original Faubus Fables (edit) (from album Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus; Candid)

This Charles Mingus composition was origiinally recorded in 1959 for his album Mingus Ah Um. However, his record company (Columbia Records) wouldn’t let him use the politically charged lyrics that mocked the then-governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, who wouldn’t allow nine black teen agers to attend a white high school in Little Rock. It took direct intervention by the president—Dwight Eisenhower (the last decent Republican president)—to allow the kids into the school. After his contract with Columbia was over, Mingus recorded the song with the lyrics, a call and response between him and drummer Dannie Richmond. In order to get to the point, the GO Mechanism producers have edited out the solos so that only the important vocal parts remain.

• The Golden Cups—Love Is My Life (Capitol; Japan)
• Guem—Foret Vierge (from album Percussion; Le Chant du Monde; France)
• —spoken—Jack Kerouac—excerpt from Subterraneans
• Culture—Two Sevens Clash (from LP Two Sevens Clash; Joe Gibbs Record Globe; Jamaica)
• Bo Diddley—Crawdad (Checker)
• Steve Reich—Four Organs (& Maracas) (excerpt from LP Three Dances & Four Organs; Angel)
• —spoken—Oweinama Biu—Pity the Nation (Lawrence Ferlinghetti after Kahil Gibran)
• Booker T & the M.G.’s—Wang Dang Doodle (from album Booker T & the M.G.’s Play the “Hip Hits”; Stax/Ace; UK)

During the nineties, British record company Ace Records went through the old Stax Records tapes and issued a bunch of stuff that had never been released before. One of the best things they did was assemble this Booker T. & the M.G.’s album called Hip Hits, where the band covers songs that were popular during the sixties. All 25 tracks are good; in fact, this may be our all-time favorite Booker T. & the M.G.’s album, with the group’s version of “Wang Dang Doodle” being a stand-out. Some of Steve Croppers best guitar playing is right here—and it sat on a shelf in Memphis for about thirty years before anyone could hear it! 

• Millie Small—Carry Go Bring Come (Fontana; UK)
• Claude Righi—Machine (Riviera; France)
• The Road Runners—Road Runnah (Falsted)
• Curtis Mayfield—Freddie’s Dead (GO edit) (from LP Superfly; Curtom)
• The Atlantics—Come On (Sunshine; Australia)

In 1965, instrumental music was going out of fashion and the subject of today’s Sciene Corner, The Atlantics, decided to reinvent themselves. They added a singer, Johnny Rebb. Rebb was already a rock star in Australia having released several hit singles starting around 1959. After he joined the group, Rebb released some solo records backed by The Atlantics, and also sang on actual records by the group. In 1967, they cut a version of The Beau Brummels’ “You Tell Me Why” and the flip side was this song, “Come On,” an extremely great example of Ausie freak beat; we end this GO Mechanism with this fabulous record.

Once again, we thank the Luxuria Music folks for sponsoring The GO. The GO Mechanism producers ask each of you to go to Luxuria Music and find out how you can help support them. They have a lot of cool trash available in their online store. We urge you to get as much money as you can, stuff it into a shoe box and send it to Luxuria Music. Do it today.

Also, we’d like to thank the excellent cartoonist Mary Fleener for allowing us to use one of her images for our graphic. We have known Ms. Fleener since the early seventies when she was dating (and eventually married) the guitarist of the great proto-punk rock band The Imperial Dogs. Her art is amazing—some of it can be seen on her facedog page. Find out more about her HERE, HERE and HERE.

If you missed the original airing on Luxuria Music, you can find it as a podcast on its website [ RIGHT HERE—after it airs] for a few weeks, and then it will be posted in the Mixclouds and accessible below.

On February 7, the Shim Sham Shimmy took place on what may have been the coldest night of the year—with temperatures going below zero! The fear was that no on would turn out for the Shimmy. However, the fear was all in vain; dozens of folks came out to swing with DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Salt Box in Kingston.

It turned out to be a great night, with folks boppin’ all over the place, and with Miss Nancy’s fabulous coconut blondies, it was sweet indeed!

Pete and Phast traded short sets of five records each all night, which kept the DJs on their toes and totally involved.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the February Shim Sham Shimmy:

• Horace Silver–You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note)
• Fat Daddy Holmes–Where Yo Is (Jet)
• Jerry Reed and the Hully Girlies–I’m Movin’ On (Columbia)
• Billy Clark & His Orch.–Tonker (Nale)
• Donnie Elbert–Hey Baby (Vee-Jay)
• Stu Gardner–Stop By Here (United Artists)
• Memphis Slim–Chunkin (Calumet; France)
• Eddie Bo–Warm Daddy (Ric)
• Eddie Holland–It Moves Me (United Artists)
• Mose Allison–Foolkiller (Atlantic)
• Sonny Boy Williamson–Fattening Frogs for Snakes (Checker)
• Jonathan Winters with the Martians–Nee Nee Na Na Na Na N Nu Nu (Coral)
• Neil Sedaka–I Go Ape (RCA Victor)
• Jaycee Hill–Bump! (Epic)
• John Lee Hooker–Big Legs, Tight Skirt (Vee-Jay)
• Tommy Ridgley and Orchestra–Ooh Lawdy My Baby (Atlantic)
• Henry Lumpkin–Mo Jo Hanna (Motown)
• Nicole Delarc–Twiste et Chante (Panorama; France)
• Eddie Jefferson–Psychedelic Sally (Prestige)
• Freddy King–Side Tracked (Federal)
• Red Rodney Sextet; Bobby Savitt on tenor sax–Dig This Menu Please (OKeh)
• The Mystics–Hushabye (Laurie)
• Lilyann Carol and the Jan Raye Quartet–Ooo-Poppa-Doo (Mercury)
• Slim Gaillard–Cement Mixer (Putti Putti) (Era)
• Nat “King” Cole with Dave Cavanaugh’s Music–Do I Like It (Capitol)
• Arlene Williams–Duck ”All Over Town” (Part One) (Musette)
• Toño Quirazco–Batman (Orfeon; Mexico)
• The “Rockin” Ramrods–Jungle Call (Explosive)
• James Brown and the Famous Flames–This Old Heart (Federal)
• Tommy McLain–Sticks & Stones (Jin)
• The Dave Bartholomew Orchestra–Wild as a Tiger (Trumpet)
• The Fabulous Joe Houston and His Band–Go Joe Go (Lucky)
• The Tyrones–Year Round Love (Mercury)
• Piano Red–Jump Man Jump (Groove)
• Frankie Marshall–Every Minute of the Day (Atco)
• Roy Milton and His Orchestra–Fools Are Scarcer (Dooto)
• Tico & the Triumphs–Express Train (Amy)
• Blues Rockers–Calling All Cows (Excello)
• The Isley Brothers–Wild Little Tiger (Atlantic)
• The Platters—Bark, Battle and Ball (Mercury)
• The Monitors–Mama Linda (Specialty)
• The Thornton Sisters–Watch Your Step (Bobsan)
• The Dells–Swingin’ Teens (Vee-Jay)
• The Busters–All American Surfer (Arlen)
• I New Dada–T-Bird (Bluebell; Italy)
• Pearl Galloway–Get Wit It (Amp 3)
• The Dardenelles featuring Little Bo–Baby Do the Froog (Cameo)
• Karl Holmes et les Commanders–Come On [from EP Stop Op!] (Barclay; France)
• Bo Diddley–The Twister (Pye International; UK)
• Chubby Checker–Twist Train [from EP For Twisters Only] (Columbia; France)
• Ted Jarrett & Band–(Let’s Twist) Slow and Easy (Spark)
• Darron Lee–Everybody’s Twisting (Myrl)
• Jack Harris and the Arabians–Son of a Twister (Witch)
• John Mayall with Eric Clapton & the Blues Breakers–Hideaway (London)
• Lala Wilson Band–Flea Pot (Aura)
• Dick Stanford & the Teenbeats–Money Honey (Dode)
• Chuck Carbo–Be My Girl (Rex)
• Chris Kenner–Rocket to the Moon (Ron)
• Howlin’ Wolf–My Mind Is Ramblin’ (Chess)
• Junior Wells–You Oughta Quit That (Bright Star)
• Emmett Davis–You Changed My Night Into Day (Fling)
• T.L. Clemons and Combo–Let’s Jerk (Combo)
• The Rising Sons–The Devil’s Got My Woman (Columbia)
• Alf Newman–It’s A Gas (Golden 12; Germany)

None of these records are for sale.

January 31 was the fifth Saturday of the month. That means it was Funky Kingston night, and so, Funky Kingston rolled into the venerable Salt Box with much fanfare. This actually marked the last time the Funky Kingston will be held on a fifth Saturday. Going forward, the Funky Kingston will now be held on every other third Saturday night, starting in March. It will be alternating third Saturdays with Pete Pop’s new concoction, Shingaling Boogaloo—an evening of jumping around to exotic, Afro-Cuban rhythms and other hot stuff from south of the border.

Meanwhile, January 31 was one of the coldest nights of the year. However, inside the Salt Box was some of the hottest music imaginable: about six hours of super bad funk and reggae records played by host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and his special guest DJ Mikey Post of Daptone Records.

The place was packed most of the night. Miss Nancy brought brownies and chex mix. The adjacent food truck was in full operation (the cold weather had it literally steaming!) and the Phast Man partook in its excellent French fries.

Our pal Sean McDJ (whose DJ night Smash! Crash! Bash! is a must attend event on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box) got into a deep conversation with Mikey Post about growing up in the same town in Long Island. It’s a small world after all!

Mr. Post played some fantastic records, including a test pressing of Daptone product that won’t be available until the spring. We’re looking forward to seeing it race up the charts!

For his part, Phast Phreddie played a bunch of funky records, some reggae records and a few other interesting things, including a bunch of “thing” records. Here’s a list of it all:

• Tribe–Funky Kingston (Grenade)
• The Cals–Amazon Bossa Nova (Loadstone)
• Darnell Simpkins and the Family Tree–The Whip (Part I) (SCM)
• Lionel Hampton and His New York Jazz All Stars–Blackout – Part One (Vantage)
• Zip-Codes–Sweet Meat Part 1 (Better)
• Jesse Gresham Plus 3–Shootin’ the Grease (Head)
• Billy Preston–Outa-Space (A&M)
• The PutBacks–Busted (Hope Street)
• The J.B.’s with James Brown–Everybody Wanna Get Funky One More Time – Part1 (People)
• Bobby Marchan–Push the Button (Ace)
• Pace-Setters–Push on Jessie Jackson (Kent)
• Fela Ransome Kuti and the Africa ’70–Egbe Mi O (Regal Zonophone; UK)
• Willie Williams–Armagedeon Time (Studio One; Jamaica)
• Night Owls featuring The Lions with Alex Désert–Hercules (F Spot)
• Spanky Wilson–Sunshine of Your Love (BGP; UK)
• Archie Shepp–Attica Blues (Impulse/Mr. Bongo)
• Abram & Néstor–Four Minutes of Funk (Original Gravity; UK)
• Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs–The Four Corners (Veep)
• Earl King–Tic Tac Toe (Wand)
• Tappa Zukie–Man a Warrior (Stars; Jamaica)
• Big Youth–What’s Going On (Trojan; UK)
• Marie Franklin–I Don’t Need No Man (Tangerine)
• James Brown–Papa Don’t Take No Mess – Part II (Polydor)
• Joseph Henry–I Feel Right (Desco)
• Joe Quarterman & Free Soul–(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Pt. 1) (GSF)
• The Marvels–Rock Steady (Pama Supreme)
• Lou Courtney–Hot Butter ’n All – Part 1 (Hurdy-Gurdy)
• The Eddy Jacobs Exchange–Pull My Coat (Columbia)
• Bobby Williams and His Orchestra–Funky Super Fly – Pt. I (Duplex)
• Titus Turner–Do You Dig It (Josie)
• Detroit Jr.–Young Blood (Tip-Top)
• All the People featuring Robert Moore–Cramp Your Style (Blue Candle)
• Wild Tchoupitoulas–Big Chief Got Golden Crown (Island)
• Maytals–Funky Kingston (Shelter)
• Jimmie Willis–Soul Power Pt. 1 (ORR)
• The People’s Choice–Let Me Do My Thing (Phil-L.A. of Soul)
• Frank Williams Rocketeers featuring Little Beaver–Good Thing (Part 1) (Lloyd)
• Ted Taylor–Funky Thing (Ronn)
• The T.S.U. Toronadoes–My Thing Is a Moving Thing (Volt)
• Winfield Parker–Shake That Thing (Arctic)
• Curtis Johnson–Sho-Nuff the Real Thing (Pelican)
• Vivi Hernández y su Conjunto–Tocando Macizas (Eclypse)
• Los Melodicos–Pow Wow (Tropical Tigers; Europe)
• Damaso Perez Prado y su Orquesta–Mexico 70 (Orfeon; Mexico)
• The Cliffs of Rhythms Band–The Boogaloo Popeye (Dit Dot)
• Bobby Wright & the Burners–Hookaboo Pt 2 (Toy)
• Magic Sam–I’ll Pay You Back (Bright Star)
• Esther Phillips–Home Is Where the Hatred Is (Kudu)
• Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings–Little Boys With Shiny Toys (Daptone)
• Paul Serrano & the Latin Souls–Latin Soul Boo-Ga-Loo – Part I (Met)
• Rita Marley–Man to Man (Tuff Gong; Jamica)
• Don Julian and the Larks–Shorty the Pimp – Part 1 (Money)
• Martini’s–Hung Over (Bar)

None of these records are for sale.

Our friends Sean McDJ and Peter Aaron have a groovy DJ night called Smash! Crash! Bash! that is held on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box in Kingston, NY. On these nights, these two play predominantly New Wave and Punk records from the seventies and early eights. They play other stuff, too: sixties garage rock, soul, funk, power pop, reggae… whatever they please, but they seem to lean on the New Wave and Punk stuff. The last Friday in December landed on the 26th—the day after Christmas. Both DJs have families that live several hours away and both DJs wanted to be with their families during the holiday season. Who can blame them? So they asked Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to fill in for them—as they did on the day after Thanksgiving. However, a monster snow storm blew in on December 26 and the Salt Box decided to close down for the night in stead of serving their tasty alcoholic beverages to folks who may not be able to drive home safely in the storm. Thus, after rounding up a another helping of appropriate records for the night, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus missed out on another opportunity to play them.

Or did they?

At the next Shim Sham Shimmy, Pete and Phast approached Salt Box management and offered a proposition. Pete and Phast would like to DJ on the third Saturday of the month. For the first one they’ll play the records they pulled for Smash! Crash! Bash! Then, going forward, they will alternate a Latin Boogaloo night with the Funky Kingston. That means Funky Kingston will now take place six times a year instead of four. Also, it means that Pete Pop will get his Latin Boogaloo night (yet to be named) that he’s been wanting to do for so long.

So on January 17, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus dragged their records up the stairs to the Rumpus Room at the Salt Box and played their New Wave records. We do mean ‘dragged!’ Pete Pop and Phast both decided that it was copacetic to play LPs, however Phast only brought about eight and Pete brought eight crates!!! The event was called Wig Wam Bam and it was an exciting night of rockin’ trash from mostly the seventies. The place jumped from around 8:30 or so until they kicked everyone out around 3:00 AM. Folks were boppin’ all night. Miss Nancy supplied brownies and chex mix. Attendees supplied foot stomps, hand claps and ‘yippeees!’

The Wig Wam Bam was a blast. Will there be another? Who knows; perhaps it can be squeezed into one or two of the third Saturdays this year. Anyway, here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Wig Wam Bam—including many by his close personal friends:

• Elliott Murphy–Graveyard Scrapbook (Polydor)
• John Lennon–Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (Apple)
• The Elevator Operators–As Jenny Ages (Clarke)
• The Style Council–Speak Like a Child (Polydor; UK)
• Chariot–Un Poco de Animo (Munster; Spain)
• The Pop–Hit and Run Lover (Back Door Man)
• Dr. Feelgood–Back in the Night (United Artists; UK)
• Elvis Costello and the Attractions–Radio Radio (Radar; UK)
• Backstage Pass–Let Me Show You Love (Hozac)
• The Dickies–Nights in White Satin (A&M)
• Stalkers–In Your Street Today (New York Night Train)
• The Plimsouls–Hypnotized [from EP Zero Hour] (Beat)
• X–Blue Spark (Elektra)
• The Fall–Cruiser’s Creek (Beggars Banquet; UK)
• The Clash–London’s Burning (CBS; UK)
• Blue Öyster Cult–Career of Evil (Columbia)
• The Adverts–Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (Anchor; UK)
• The Zeros–Wild Weekend (Bomp!)
• The Weirdos–We Got the Neutron Bomb (Dangerhouse)
• The Prissteens–The Hound (Ectoplasm)
• Eater–Thinkin’ of the U.S.A. (The Label; UK)
• The Iguanas–Mona (Forte)
• Underdogs–Get Down on Your Knees (Hideout)
• The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo)
• The Sparkles–Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help) (Hickory)
• The Ardells–Stronger Than Dirt (Thor)
• Charanjit Singh–Hey Mujhe Dil De [from LP Instrumental Film Tunes] (Odeon; India)
• Captain Beefheart–Click Clack (Reprise)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra–Tighten Up/Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please (Alfa; Japan)
• The Twinkeyz–Aliens in our Midst (Grok)
• Sea Monkeys–Food Emporium (Vital Music)
• Shocking Blue–Send Me a Post Card (Pink Elephant; France)
• Karen Verros–You Just gotta Know My Mind (Ace; UK)
• Be Bop Deluxe–Maid in Heaven (Harvest)
• Christopher Milk–I Want to Hold Your Hand (Reprise)
• New York Dolls–Who Are the Mystery Girls? (Mercury)
• David Bowie–Queen Bitch (RCA Victor)
• Silverhead–Rolling With My Baby (Purple; UK)
• Mott the Hoople–Sweet Jane (Columbia)
• Raspberries–Ecstacy (Capitol)
• Wizzard–I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Harvest; UK)
• Bonzo Dog Band–King of Scurf (United Artists)
• The Neapolitans featuring The Essentials–Crosstown Traffic (Hot Funky & Sweaty; UK)
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention–Tears Began to Fall (Bizarre)
• X-O-Dus–See Them A’Come (Factory; UK)
• The Urinals–I’m a Bug [from EP Another EP] (Happy Squid)
• The Long Ryders–Southside of the Story (Island; UK)
• The Plimsouls–Playing With Jack (Bam Balam; Spain)
• The Last–Weekend Girl (Backlash/House Arrest)
• Dave Alvin–Fourth of July (Demon; UK)
• The Fleshtones featuring the Vindicators–Festa di Frankenstein (Yep Roc)
• Mouse and the Traps–Wicker Vine (Bell)
• Lou Reed–I Can’t Stand It (RCA)
• Lee Dresser–El Camino Real (Amos)
• Van Morrison–Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) (Warner Bros.)
• Garland Jeffreys–Wild in the Streets (Atlantic)
• Buzz and the Flyers–You Crazy Gal You (Sing Sing)
• The Whyos–Full Arms and an Empty Heart (Fake Doom)
• The Blasters–Blue Shadows (MCA)
• Vibeke Saugestad Band–Hey Now Sunshine (Red Chuck)
• The Black Diamonds–See the Way (Festival; Australia)

None of these records are for sale.