Saturday, April 19, 2008

Cryptacize * 4 Track Demo CD!





                                                 CRYPTACIZE!

No, no, it is not the hot new death-chamber workout craze from Olivia Newton John...it is a group of Rock Musicians!

And jokes aside this band is quite pretty, indeed. 

They emphasize the importance in our lives of the lovely-sweet melody.
 O! Listen to the warm honeydew melodies as they pour over you! 
I hope you will enjoy this music as, of course, it was made to be enjoyed.

Hit Single: Cosmic Sing-A-Long
Best Track: We'll Never Dream Again

1. Cosmic Sing-A-Long
2. Heaven is Human
3. We'll Never Dream Again
4. Say You Will


Post-Script: They are on label Athsmatic Kitty and have since released a full album... also it may worthy of note that this music-team features Chris Cohen of Deerhoof fame.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

"Rooster Jam" * Gully Roosters, Bahamian Garage Rarity!





Hello, loyal readers, and welcome to March of 2008. 

Where are you gonna go on your vacation?


                                   ....Abaco, man!

Thats right, here it is, for your listening enjoyment...
The Number One Band in the Nation, out of Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas...

.....it's the Gully Roosters!

Exuberance, joy, longing, true love, reassurance, sorrow, dancing. Enjoy this collection of fine, melodious island tunes. Recorded, I believe, sometime in the nineties, this is perhaps one of the greatest albums ever produced by anyone.

 Don't worry, no steel drum. 


Best Track: "If I Ever Needed You", but they are all fantastic 

1.Let's Go-Go To Abaco
2.Sandra, My Love
3. I Love You Anyway
4.Rooster Jam
5. If I Ever Needed You
6.Am I Losing You?
7.Life Still Goes On
8.Sweet As A Plum


                                              you are jamacing me crazy!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

"The Beatles 1962" * Audition Cuts & More!






Okay. Let's us start things out right then, with a classic group of songs. A great, great collection.

Very rare, very old. This is the era they played Star Club, Hamburg...

              (...too many stiff martinis and loose Spanish women, Besame Mucho!)

Foolery aside, this album is interesting for historic purposes, yes, as the cover songs are not always the best.

     It shows the band growing--brutally fighting it's way through the industry smuck. 

Many of the tracks are taken from auditions for Decca, which they failed, presumably. And for EMI, two times... Which they eventually got.
In these auditions, the boys seem unusually rigid. A very tight unit, and in a good way.... but you can tell they are playing to the Industry Suits. 

      Everybody sounds better when they are relaxed and in their own element, so the really fun stuff are the sweat-and-booze-drenched Cavern Club rehearsals and the rocking live rendition of "Some Other Guy". 

Truly great Rock 'N' Roll.

Look out for these:

'Three Cool Cats" -Funny, totally awesome
"The Sheik of Araby" -Funny, totally awful
"I Saw Her Standing There" -Best Track

All the tracks are worth a listen. This is a must for any fan of the early Beatles' sound.

1.) Like Dreamer's Do (Decca Audition)
2.)Money (Decca Audition)
3.)To Know Her is to Love Her (Decca Auditon)
4.Memphis, Tennessee (Decca Audition)
5.)Till There Was You (Decca Audition)
6.)Sure To Fall (in Love with You) (Decca Audition)
7.)Besame Mucho (Decca Audition)
8.)Love of the Loved (Decca Audition)
9.)Hello Little Girl (Decca Audition)
10.)Three Cool Cats (Decca Audition)
11.) September in the Rain (Decca Audition)
12.)Take Good Care of my Baby (Decca Audition)
13.)Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Decca Audition)
14.)The Sheik of Araby (Decca Audition)
15.)Searchin' (Decca Audition)
16.)Besame Mucho (EMI, 1st Session)
17.)Love Me Do (EMI, 1st Session)
18.)How Do You Do It (EMI, 2nd Session)
19.)Please Please Me (EMI, 2nd Session)
20.)I Saw Her Standing There (Cavern Club, Rehearsal)
21.)One After 909 (Cavern Club, Rehearsal)#1
22.)One After 909 (Cavern Club, Rehearsal)#2
23.)Catswalk (Cavern Club, Rehearsal) #1
24.)Catswalk (Cavern Club, Rehearsal) #2
25.)Some Other Guy (Cavern Club, Live)



Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Anonymous-Songs of Pterodactyls (2006)

This is the first release I heard from this guy. He combines tree with the wind, disturbed by a handful of clay and dust thrown by an angry child.

He lives alone. This has not been officially released by a label but it shows us something.

No track-list yet though, sorry. I will post it in the next day or so and also the album artwork. Thanks to your patience. 

...getcha copy here

Alright Then, Chums

We should be underway with something shortly.

We shall move at a snail's pace, perhaps.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

and another thing...

yes, this will be about things closely associated with my heart, and if not it will be things that are not. 
and yet, somehow, i will have a sense of perspective in my relation with these items, i hope you can understand that. 

        many thanks, 

                                  The Archduke

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

No Title

Greetings and Hellos to you all, as there are no doubt quite a number out there tonight.
(Although it is quite cold this evening.)

No albums yet, Nothing to say quite yet, except: 

This Channel, the VLMC, is music channel... not unlike MTV. A Grand Channel devoted to the preservation and exchange of media. 

Important mostly is this: 
The VLMC belongs to The People.