Soundtracks, Label: Finders Keepers, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Vintage macabre film music with a volume dedicated to European vampire cinema with the two most notorious exponents of the horrotica...

Knights of Fuzz, Label: Saturno, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - You're My Angel, is a killer garage-psych tune, a cover of Los Monjes' Tu Eres Mi Angel, which gets a fascinating new dimension under...

Rock, Label: Bananastan, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Beautiful sounds from Van Dyke Parks - with instrumental undercurrents that recall the genius of his best early work. "All Golden" is tremendous -...

Weird Tunes, Label: , (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - This was a limited release that the band Ooberman issued under a different name, to see if the NME would pick up on it. The idea was to see if they...

Freakbeat, Label: Acid Jazz, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Once again coming in a brilliantly authentic style 60's sleeve, the fourth EP in the series follows on from Steve Marriot and The Moments, The...

Rock'n'Roll: Underground/Independent, Label: , (Typ: LP) - SIR DANCE A-LOT split LP with MANGANZOIDES from Scenic Lima, Peru. Los Saicos of the 21st century on Side One, and a bizarre,...

Calypso, Label: Honest Jon's, (Typ: Doppel-LP) - Marvellous Boy celebrates the West African counterpart of the 1950s Soho scene uncovered in our series London Is The Place For Me. Issuing from...

Rock'n'Roll: Underground/Independent, Label: Bang, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - HUGO RACE keeps his characteristic intimist side in this single, bordering with the most sinister madness. A style he...

Sixties Garage Kings and Losers, Label: Garage Greats, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Think of "Stop!" as tuff folk garage, or proto-powerpop, it's certainly a unique and inspiring track, comparable...

Sixties Garage Kings and Losers, Label: Garage Greats, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - To appreciate a record like this - you have to picture the band in action, mentally project that image while you...

Doo Wop, Label: Vinyl, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - There weren't many records released on the Val label, but the few that were are quite nice. Try this one from the Octaves which has a great doowop...

Rhythm'n'Blues, Label: Vinyl, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Crude RnB midtempo mover. Al Garner started his recording career in the late 1950s on Champion Records under his nickname "Murfreesboro."...

Rock'n'Roll: Underground/Independent, Label: Norton, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - "19th Nervous Breakdown" by the 5678's! No. 11, Series of more than 15 split ROLLING STONES cover singles recorded by...

Doo Wop, Label: Vinyl, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Sometime in the fall of 1957 the Chandeliers went to a local record company to record "Blueberry Sweet" and "One More Step." The Chandeliers took...

Rarities, Label: Columbia, (Typ: LP) - Alternative rock band from Seattle, WA formed in December 1993. The Presidents of the United States of America rose to fame in the mid 1990's thanks to...