VA - The Electric Asylum Volumes 01 - 06 [2009-2014] (6 x CD's)

ELECTRIC ASYLUM

VA - The Electric Asylum Volumes 01 - 06 [2009-2014] (6 x CD's)

The Electric Asylum series from the Past & Present label presents glorious British psychedelic music for your aural consumption & fascination. Each of these CD's has 20 slabs of long-forgotten British freakrock, a great combination of acid rock and psychedelic 60s fuzz. You will hear a bunch of 45s that are near 50 years old that have been remastered and sound fantastic. The focus may have shifted slightly from post-psychedelic prog-metal to glam pop, over these 6 CD's, but that’s just fine by me.

British freakbeat players from the late-'60s to mid-'70s have been assembled to perform near-impossible feats of eccentricity for your listening pleasure. To secure your eventual dementia, an insane epic has been hidden amongst the handsome absurdities contained herein. We hope you enjoyed your stay in the Electric Asylum. (Amazon)
I continue to be impressed with the ridiculously high quality of the Electric Asylum.  This is a great set. The first five albums were release on the Past & resent label. The 6th Cd is an unofficial CDr from 2014.

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Vol. 01, Rare British Acid Freakrock

01    Mighty 'Em    Jekyll And Hyde    3:23
02    Asylum    Suzy's Back    2:36
03    Iron Horse    Magic Love    3:03
04    Monsoon    Night Of The Fly    3:01
05    Galahad    Rocket Summer    3:06
06    J.C. Heavy    Is This Really Me    3:12
07    Rainbow Family    Travellin' Lady    2:48
08    Puzzle    Do You Feel The Pain    2:47
09    Grumbleweeds    In A Teknikolor Dreem    3:44
10    Explosive    Hey Presto, Magic Man    3:05
11    J.C. Heavy    Do What You Like    3:14
12    Choc    The Devil    3:07
13    Danta    Queen Of Sheba    4:16
14    Vincent Crane's Atomic Rooster    O.D.    3:19
15    Renegade    Never Let Me Go    2:34
16    Satisfaction    Love It Is    3:00
17    Audience    Eye To Eye    2:33
18    Steel Mill    Get On The Line    4:17
19    Kirk St. James    Tears I Cry    3:54
20    Legs    So Many Faces    2:54

Vol. 02, British Psychedelic Freakrock Rarities

01    Cats Eyes    The Wizard    3:36
02    Buster Jangue's Flying Mattress    Love Has Taken    2:53
03    J.C. Heavy    Over My Brain    3:33
04    Eastwood    I Am Free    3:56
05    Iron Maiden    Falling    6:03
06    Wolfrilla    Song For Jimmi    3:06
07    Deep Set    Cinnamon Girl    3:19
08    Steamhammer    Windmill    4:23
09    Gentry    Attempted Contact    3:12
10    Humbug    Ebeneezer    3:50
11    Montanas    Doctor Nero    2:47
12    Choc    Time    3:09
13    Magnet    Mr. Guy Fawkes    3:55
14    Mosaic    Bird Of Time    2:17
15    Chameleon    Who Am I    3:25
16    Now    People Are Standing    3:07
17    Iron Cross    All Of The Time    3:08
18    The Treetops    Gypsy    3:31
19    Lost Dog    Latchkey Child    3:02
20    J.C. Heavy    The Woman's Mind    2:39

Vol. 03, Rare British Acid Freakrock

01    Renegade    Lovin And Forgiving    2:40
02    Primitive Man    Animal Love    2:28
03    Sensations    Oh My Eli    3:37
04    Puzzle    Houla    3:06
05    Barracuda    I Feel So Down    2:38
06    Grumbleweeds    (Hey Babe) Follow Me    2:51
07    Boneshakers    Sweetness    3:00
08    Barron Knights    You're All I Need    3:12
09    Dynasty    Tutankhamun    3:46
10    M.A.S.K.    Gotta Get Away    3:37
11    Shakane    Rhona    3:00
12    Wheels    She Don't Mean It    3:00
13    Spode    Cincinatti Woman    2:47
14    1984    Little Girl    2:38
15    Greg Robbins    Virgina Creeper    2:20
16    Things Fall Apart    Bye Bye My Rose    2:56
17    Roger Ruskin Spear    Drop Out    2:03
18    Don Crown    The Flying Machines    2:02
19    Zebedee    She Couldn't Make Me Crazy    3:42
20    Amazon Trust    Sheila Lee    2:36

Vol. 04, Rock Hard British Freakrock

01    Hector    Lady    3:14
02    Slowload    Big Boobs Boogie    3:08
03    Rog And Pip    Warlord    3:28
04    Wolfrilla    Come Tomorrow    3:09
05    Incredible Hog    Lame    3:22
06    Smoke    That's Wat I Want    2:25
07    Spunky Spider    You Won't Come    2:44
08    Ning    Machine    3:23
09    Quiet World    Rest Comfortably    2:52
10    Henry Turtle    You Turned Your Back and Walked Away    2:46
11    Bear Brothers    Red Shoe Trucken    2:46
12    Hard Horse    So long I'm Moving On    2:43
13    Mustard    I Saw I Heard    2:40
14    Tuesday    Big Mr. Little Man    2:12
15    Godson    We've Not Made It    3:01
16    Bubbles    Zap n' Cat    2:33
17    Sunshine Kid    My Linda    2:22
18    Clutch    Black Angel    3:37
19    Jackal    Year Of The Tiger    3:32
20    Sundance    Eagles    3:11

Vol. 05, Rare British Freakrock

01    Tracey Dean    Boy On The Ball    2:44
02    Colonel Bagshot    One Look In Her Eyes    2:44
03    Biggles    Giime Gimme Good Lovin    3:46
04    Iron Horse    The Obeah Man    3:26
05    Dunno    Magic Beat    2:06
06    Hector    Ain't Got Time    2:59
07    Baby    Heartbreaker    3:24
08    Slow Dog    Walking Through The Blue Grass    2:48
09    13 Amp    Need A Woman    2:53
10    Matchbox    Rod    2:13
11    Life    Love Nest    2:51
12    Now    I Wanna Be Free    2:35
13    Squeek    Make Hay While The Sun Shines    5:25
14    Dawn Chorus    Electric Garden    2:34
15    Jets    Yeah    2:38
16    Tracey Dean    Moonshiner    3:29
17    Boston Boppers    Whirlwind Girl    2:47
18    Barry Green    Papa Do    2:23
19    Mustard    Good Time Comin    2:35
20    Whistle    When The Lights Go Out On Broadway    2:58

Vol. 06, Rare British Freakrock 1971-76

01    Pioneers    Honey Bee    4:18   
02     Danta    Mau Mau        3:22
03     Bambi    Lady Of Lies    3:07
04    Smoke    Shagalagalu    3:20
05    Jon Pertwee    Who Is The Doctor    2:19
06    Marsha Hunt's 22    Medusa    3:30
07    Frog    Living Dead    2:15
08    Barron Knights    Turning My Back On You     2:40   
09     Colin Young    You're No Good    3:49
10    JSD Band        Cuckoo    3:50
11    Jeff Smith        Going To A Party    2:09
12    Rococo    Ultrastar    2:39
13    Jigsaw    And I Like You    2:49
14    Buster    Ring Around    2:30
15     Dawn Chorus    Little Green Men     2:29   
16     C. Star    Bad Boy    2:58
17     Winston    Mona    2:57
18    Chris Garrett And Sweet Poison    Family Man    3:16
19    Memories    Lay It On Me
20    Henry Turtle    Come Over Here    2:48

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VA - Capitol Rare, Funky Notes From The West Coast Vol. 01+02+03 [1994-1999] + Best of [2001] (4 x CD's)

FUNKY NOTES FROM THE WEST COAST

VA - Capitol Rare, Funky Notes From The West Coast Vol. 01+02+03 [1994-1999] + Best of [2001] (4 x CD's)

Funky Notes from the West Coast collects some of the finest soul-jazz, funk and soul released by Capitol/EMI. One of the Blue Note's best-selling reissues, Funky Notes includes tracks like "She's My Summer Breeze" by the Reflections, Maze's "While I'm Alone," A Taste of Honey's "I Love You" and Gene Harris' "Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong." Worthwhile for any fan of jazzy, funky soul. (Amazon)

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Capitol Rare Vol. 01

01    Gary Bartz    Music Is My Sanctuary    6:21
02    Caldera    Sky Islands    6:07
03    Natalie Cole    Annie Mae    3:57
04    Nancy Wilson    Sunshine    6:43
05    Gene Harris    As    7:36
06    Bobby Lyle    The Genie    5:56
07    A Taste Of Honey    I Love You    5:38
08    Maze    While I'm Alone    4:31
09    Rance Allen Group    Peace Of Mind    5:07
10    Eddie Henderson    Inside You    4:46
11    Ronnie Laws    Every Generation    5:52
12    Re?ections    She's My Summer Breeze    4:24
13    Gene Harris    Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong    3:07
14    Ben Sidran    About Love    2:59
15    Janet Lawson    Dindi    2:20

Capitol Rare Vol. 02

01    Sheree Brown    It's A Pleasure    4:03
02    Gene Dunlap    Before You Break My Heart    6:06
03    Natalie Cole    La Costa    3:52
04    Gary Bartz    Carnival De L'Esprit    5:52
05    Alphonse Mouzon    Sunshower    4:21
06    Chico Hamilton    Abdullah And Abraham    4:16
07    Ronnie Laws    Tidal Wave    4:07
08    Carmen McRae    Can't Hide Love    3:55
09    Nat Adderley Sextet    Space Spiritual    7:27
10    Margo Thunder    Expressway To Your Heart    3:37
11    Patti Drew    Beggar For The Blues    5:46
12    100% Pure Poison    Windy C    5:29
13    Gene Harris    Theme For Relana    6:34
14    Minnie Riperton    Inside My Love    4:00
15    Stratavarious    Nightfall    8:28

Capitol Rare Vol. 03

01    Ronnie Laws    Always There    4:52
02    Raul De Souza    Daisy Mae    4:30
03    Dianne Reeves    Sky Islands    4:43
04    Maze    Twilight    7:00
05    Labi Siffre    The Vulture    3:43
06    Ike & Tina Turner    Game Of Love    2:45
07    Bobbi Humphrey    Smiling Faces Sometimes    6:18
08    Lou Rawls    Season Of The Witch    5:50
09    Doris    Beatmaker    3:33
10    Georges Garvarentz    Haschisch Party    3:04
11    Robert Watson    Reachin' Searchin'    4:45
12    Eddie Henderson    Butterfly    8:05
13    Maze    Roots    5:07
14    Barrett Strong    Is It True    4:09
15    Maxi    Lover To Lover    4:09
16    David Axelrod    The Signs (Part 1)    3:44

The Best Of Capitol Rare

01    Maze (Featuring Frankie Beverly)     Twilight    07:00   
02    Ronnie Laws     All For You    03:05    
03    Natalie Cole     Annie Mae    03:57   
04    Rance Allen Group*     Peace Of Mind    05:07    
05    Eddie Henderson     Say You Will    04:46    
06    Raul De Souza     Daisy Mae        04:30   
07    100% Pure Poison     Windy C        05:29
08    Sheree Brown     It's A Pleasure    04:03
09    Nancy Wilson     Sunshine         06:43
10    Gene Harris     As     07:36   
11    Ronnie Laws     Always There     04:52   
12    Mystic Merlin     Just Can't Give You Up     07:00   
13    Gary Bartz     Music Is My Sanctuary    06:21

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VA - Wardell Quezerque, Sixty Smokin' Soul Senders [2006] (2 x CD's)

SMOKIN' SOUL

VA - Wardell Quezerque, Sixty Smokin' Soul Senders [2006]

New Orleans sixties soul is criminally underrated and underexposed. I hadn't heard of Wardell Quezerque until the Robert Parker compilation that collected his work done under this producer. This is the guy behind Barefootin' and Let's Go Baby Where the Action Is; so that makes him a legend for Mods and Northern Soul aficionados. What you get on this CD is pretty much exclusive to CD New Orleans proto funk. This is some top stuff, with early New Orleans R&B, some more soulful works and moving towards the funkier side of the late sixties. You don't get any real standout tracks, although Soul Train has been sampled and covered by many other artists. One of the great things about these discs is the wealth of material here, and although the rhythms might become quite samey the performances are not. There are some really great sounding performances here; you find yourself wondering why artists like Klicky Robinson (who sound like a mixture of Tina Turner/Bettye LaVette) are demoted to obscurity. Some of the more famous names are represented here are Eddie Bo and Earl King. It is the Earl King tracks that add the value to this set, his distinct voice and swagger is one of the highlights here (those who like Earl King need to check out the Motown song A Man and His Book on Soul Satisfaction 5). However, it isn't all good. There are no recording dates for this material, and it sounds like this has been recorded straight off vinyl. On a number of tracks, you can hear the crackling and it's a shame that this makes this a less desirable compilation for the average collector. However, this music is not available anywhere else, and if you like New Orleans music, you'll know that it comes warts and all. You still have to commend the compilers; they have taken 60 relatively obscure tracks by a producer who is probably just as obscure as this music itself and have released a double disc set.  (Amazon)

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CD1

01    Curly Moore    Soul Train    2:46
02    Earl Harrison    Humphrey's Stomp    2:33
03    All Red    99 44% Pure Love    2:41
04    C.L. Blast    What Can I Do    3:02
05    Jerry Foucha    Wake Up    2:24
06    Guitar Ray    Ball and Chain    2:59
07    Marie Boubarere    I'm Going Home    2:39
08    Raymond Parker    Ring Around the Roses    2:42
09    Senator Jones    Let Yourself Go    2:32
10    Yvonne Wise    Ding, Dong, Daddy    2:51
11    Vickie Labat    When You're In Love (Take A)    3:07
12    Vic Cornish    Must Be Love    2:31
13    Charles "Soul" Brown    Standing On The Outside    2:29
14    Curtis Johnson    If You Need Love    2:24
15    Eddie Bo    A Heap See (But A Few Know)    2:20
16    Earl King    Poor Sam    2:11
17    Edward Jones    Everything Will Turn Out Right    2:28
18    Jimmie "J"    The Jet    2:25
19    Lydia Marcelle    I've Never Been Hurt Like This Before    2:12
20    Sammy Ridgley    I Heard That Story Before    2:33
21    Fabuletts    You're Using Me    2:47
22    Bates Sisters    So Broken Hearted    2:42
23    George Woods    I Know You Got Someone Else    2:28
24    Billy Tircuit    I Confess    2:44
25    Curly Moore    This Way I Do    3:01
26    Billy Tircuit    Crying    2:30
27    Senator Jones    Whatcha Gonna Do    2:36
28    Jades    And Now    2:56
29    Medallions    You Are Irresistable    2:30
30    Denny Fox    Where You Gonna Find A Love Like Mine    2:35

CD2

01    June Gardner    99 Plus 1    2:18
02    Guitar Ray    Patty Cake Shake    3:01
03    Eddie Bo    You Are Going To Be Somebody's Fool Too    2:31
04    Lydia Marcelle    Everybody Dance    2:32
05    Earl Harrison    Can You Forgive Me    2:58
06    Sammy Ridgley    Shake A Shake Sue    3:01
07    Jerry Foucha    I Believe In Miracles    1:48
08    Earl King    Feeling My Way Around    2:13
09    Elliott Small    Hate To See You Go    3:00
10    George Woods    She's So Fine    2:35
11    Jimmie "J"    No More    2:19
12    Klicky Robinson    When I Wanna See You    2:26
13    Senator Jones    Boston Fleet    2:30
14    Marie Boubarere    I Know    2:41
15    Billy Tircuit    Around About Noon    2:42
16    Curley Moore    Please Do Something For Me    2:32
17    Curtis Johnson    I've Got To Get Away From You    2:50
18    Denny Fox    It's You For Me    2:42
19    Raymond Parker    She's Coming Home    2:11
20    Wardell Quezergue Band    Robert & WQ's Train    2:43
21    Edwards & Jones    Don't Ever Stop Loving Me    2:40
22    Jades    Lucky Fellow    2:35
23    Fabuletts    Can't Stay Away    2:43
24    Bates Sisters    Symphony For The Brokenhearted    2:48
25    Senator Jones    Call The Sheriff    2:22
26    Billy Tircuit    I Was A Fool    2:26
27    Warren Lee    Oh Anna (We're Gonna Get Married)    2:19
28    Vickie Labat    Got To Keep Hanging On    2:45
29    Vic Cornish    Make Up Your Mind    2:27
30    C.L. Blast    I'm In A Daze/C. L. Blast    3:52
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