Patrik Fitzgerald - Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart EP (1977)

"Punk Poet" Patrik Fitzgerald's debut EP from 1977. Unforgettable classic with the title track later gaining additional fame (sort of) through the Bartlebees cover (which you should also check out).

Excerpt from the AMG bio by Jason Ankeny:
Born in London in 1958, singer/songwriter Patrik Fitzgerald ranked among the most memorable of the so-called "punk poets." He debuted in 1977 with the EP Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart, a collection combining the outrage of punk with a streak of optimism rare for its time and place; indeed, Fitzgerald's sincere attitude and eccentric appearance -- commonly, a badge-cluttered blazer, red drainpipe trousers and sandals -- set him squarely apart from his new wave brethren, and he was frequently the target of considerable derision from elitist audiences.

Kim Fowley - Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story

A compilation of some of the finest solo material from the legendary producer, whose more popular for his antics and producing The Raincoats than for his own music. Kind of a shame, considering he recorded some of the most endearing garage psych of the 60s.

Painstakingly assembled with Kim's full co-operation, Impossible But True features titles spanning 1960-69, many of which appear on CD for the first time, including gems such as The Comedown Song by Spider (actually P J Proby's hairdresser - "he wasn't gay" says Kim); Reelin' Feelin' Squealin' by the Soft Machine , (the B-side of their first ultra-rare 45), To Die Alone , a US garage band classic by the Bush (some of whom joined the legendary Misunderstood) and Fowley solo classics such as The Trip , and Animal Man . Also making its CD debut is Pink Dominos by the Crescents , a Hot 100 hit from 1963. Fowley describes this as "the last of the surf instrumental hits. It was recorded late at night in a shoe store out in Oxnard, California and features an Asian female guitar teacher and some of her teenage pupils!

FE & Tommy Mula - Go With The Flow (2006)

FE & Tommy Mula - Go With The Flow (2006)

Underground organic hip hop...

01. Do It For You
02. More Times Than Not
03. Blender Of Life (part1)
04. Blender Of Life (part2)
05. Train Ride
06. Thats Life
07. Inspiration
08. Beautiful
09. Nothing After All
10. Take This Back
11. Favorite Emcees
12. Break On Down
13. Can't Wait
14. I Want Candy
15. Who Is It
16. Leave Me Alone

Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)

This one is a classic....

Não Wave - Brazilian Post Punk 1982 to 1988

A fascinating collection of the "other" music that came out of Brazil in the 80s. You wouldn't normally associate Brazil with Post-Punk, but there are deep roots. The amount of (post-)punk being played in clubs and bars even today was one of the most astonishing revelations during my stay in Brazil. Granted, this compilation, despite being called "No Wave", is pretty new-wavish, but it has its rough moments.

Die Tödliche Doris - " " LP (1982)

The first LP of the group carries the title " " and demonstrates: The Deadly Doris has - like every person - the most different faces: she is at times clever and at times dumb, at times loud and at times quiet, sometimes pretty and sometimes ugly. But never all at the same time.

Die Tödliche Doris - 1980-81

These are the complete recordings of the german avant-noise band Die Tödliche Doris between 1980 and 1981.

Angry Samoans - Inside My Brain (1980)

The Angry Samoans First album, and their best.

Angry Samoans - Inside My Brain (1980)

1 Right Side of My Mind 2:09
2 Gimme Sopor 1:44
3 Hot Cars :33
4 Inside My Brain 1:36
5 You Stupid Asshole 2:09
6 Get off the Air 1:29
7 My Old Man's a Fatso 2:55
8 Carson Girls 2:48
9 I'm a Pig 2:17
10 Too Animalistic 1:59
11 Right Side of My Mind 2:16

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Part One (1967)

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's first album for Reprise was the best of the group's career, in large part because it was the most song-oriented. It was still plenty weird, almost to the point of stylistic schizophrenia, but when you got down to it, much of the record was comprised of fairly catchy songs in the neighborhood of two and three minutes. At times they sounded like reasonably normal, fairly talented Byrds-like folk-rockers ("Transparent Day," P.F. Sloan's "Here's Where You Belong"); at others, a Kinks-like garage band ("If You Want This Love"); and at others, a fey Baroque pop outfit (the orchestrated "Will You Walk With Me"). There was an undercurrent of unsettling weirdness and even paranoia, though, in some cuts with otherwise pleasing tunes, like "Shifting Sands," with its sizzling distorted guitars; "I Won't Hurt You," with its heartbeat bass and disconnected vocals; and "Leiyla," where a standard teen garage rocker suddenly gets invaded by spoken dialog that seems to have been lifted from a vampire B-movie. The cover of Frank Zappa's "Help, I'm a Rock" flung them into freakier pastures, emulated convincingly on the group original "1906," an apt soundtrack to a bummer acid trip with its constant spoken refrain, "I don't feel well." It's true that all but one of these songs (the nondescript "'Scuse Me, Miss Rose," written by famed Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash/Simon & Garfunkel producer Bob Johnston) is on the Transparent Day compilation. But there are good reasons to consider buying the Sundazed 2001 CD reissue: The thorough liner notes start to unravel the history of this mysterious band, and mono single mixes of "Help, I'm a Rock" and "Transparent Day" are tacked on as bonus tracks.
AMG review by Richie Unterberger

R. Stevie Moore - Phonography (1973-76)

R. S T E V I E M O O R E ' s
F i r s t A l b u m
APRIL 1976

(100 copies pressed)

Somewhere in Nashville, Tennessee sits (in a bathtub) a young chap by the name of Stevie Moore. In his living room, two tape decks are set up. Microphones and wires are strewn everywhere. Over the space of several years (1974-1976), our hero sits down with his tape recorders and (all by his lonesome) puts down a heap of tracks featuring many of his multiple musical talents. This record is an edited distillation of a few of those, intermixed with some chit chat and narration by the venerable Mr. Moore. The result is an outrageous collection of musical brain spewage that sounds, at times, like Thunderclap Newman, Todd Rundgren, and the Bonzo Dog Band. The sound quality isn't exactly spectacular, but you get the idea, and listening is a lot of fun, as the entire TP staff can attest. The better tracks (in case you want to call up your local dj and request them) are called "Goodbye Piano," "I Wish I Could Sing," "She Don't Know What To Do With Herself", and a little ditty entitled "Theme From A.G." "AG" turns out to be Andy Griffith, and the track is simply a multi-guitared reading of that fabulous whistling tomboy music from the old show. A true slash of genius, and the killer cut of the record. Don't rush out looking for Phonography. It'll find you.

•Ira A. Robbins, NYC
•Trouser Press magazine
•December 1977