Saturday, 2 November 2024

Raw Power - Wop Hour 1984-1994, Screams From The Gutter/After Your Brain And You Are The Victim


Raw Power are an Italian hardcore punk band from Poviglio, formed in 1981 by the brothers Mauro and Giuseppe Codeluppi.
Through the years the band has lived through several line-up changes and the two brothers were the only stable members until Giuseppe's death in 2002. The remaining members debated on keeping on and in the end, it was decided that Giuseppe would have wanted the band to continue, with or without him. The band is still active.


Band members:
Mauro Codeluppi - vocals
Giuseppe Codeluppi - guitar
Silvio Stefanini - guitar
Davide Devoti - guitar
Maurizio Dodi - bass
Fabiano Bianco - drums
Helder Stefanini - drums.

"Wop Hour 1984-1994" is a CD mini album by Raw Power, released in 1994 on Westworld.

Tracks:
1-2 recorded in Italy in 1994
3 recorded in San Francisco in 1986
4-7 recorded in Indianapolis in 1985 and released as their "Wop Hour" 7"
8 recorded in Italy in 1984.

Tracklisting:
1. Can't Turn The Clock Back
2. Alone
3. We Shall Overcome
4. I Do What I Like
5. You Are The Victim
6. Factory
7. Destroy
8. Fuck Authority

VBR ~265K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Screams From The Gutter/After Your Brain" is a compilation album by Raw Power, released in 2000 on Rhythm Vicar.

Tracks:
1-17 LP Screams From The Gutter, released in 1985
18-30 LP After Your Brain, released in 1986.

Tracklisting:
1. State Oppression
2. Joe's The Best
3. Bastard
4. A Certain Kind Of Killer
5. Army
6. My Boss
7. No Card
8. Power
9. Start A Fight
10. Don't Let Me See It
11. Hate
12. Raw Power
13. Our Oppression
14. We're All Gonna Die
15. Police, Police
16. Nihilist
17. Politicians
18. You Are Fired
19. Dreamer
20. We Shall Overcome
21. Is There Anything You Like
22. Just Another Cry
23. What Have We Done
24. After The Brain
25. Nothing Better To Do
26. Keep Out
27. No Place To Hide
28. What For
29. Shut Up
30. Buy And Pay

VBR ~259K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo






"You Are The Victim" is a compilation album by Raw Power, released in 2003 on Rockin' Bones and Complete Control.

Tracks:
1-7 LP You Are The Victim originally released in 1984 A-side
8-11 7" Wop Hour, released in 1985
12-13 LP Raptus Negazione & Superamento, released in 1984
14-15 LP 4 Per Ⓐ//ⒶⒶ Per Tutti, released in 1984
16-22 LP You Are The Victim originally released in 1984 B-side
23-30 taken from demo tape Raw Power, released in 1983
31 LP Welcome To 1984, released in 1984.

Tracklisting:
1. Politicians
2. Police Police
3. Corrosive Water
4. Raw Power
5. Burning Factory
6. Hate
7. State Oppression
8. I Do What I Like
9. You Are The Victim
10. Factory
11. Destroy
12. Army
13. State Oppression
14. Fuck Authority
15. Burning The Factory
16. Don't Let Me See It
17. You Are The Victim
18. Repression
19. No Card
20. Death Seller
21. Power
22. Nihilist
23. I Hate The System
24. Bastard
25. No Institution
26. 3,2,1
27. You Shock Me
28. Destruction Of Society
29. No Future
30. Power/For Me
31. Fuck Authority

VBR ~259K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo





Sunday, 20 October 2024

Still Standing: A North American Ska Uprising


"Still Standing: A North American Ska Uprising" is a compilation album, released in 2003 on Jump Up Records and Megalith Records.

Tracklisting:
1. The Toasters - Sitting On Top Of The World
2. Mass. Hysteria - Please Please Please
3. Secret Agent 8 - Fool
4. The Stingers ATX - Rich Boy Now
5. Irie Beats - No Jodes
6. The Israelites - Dear Lord
7. Green Island - The Line Between
8. Los Cabriolas - Leaving Town
9. Alstonians - Fear And Loathing In Allston
10. Tri State Conspiracy - Walking Dead
11. Let's Go Bowling - Spaced Man!
12. Hub City Stompers - HCS
13. The Miasmics - It's About Time
14. Mrs Skanatto - TV For Your Head
15. Big D & The Kids Table - The Scenester
16. Donkey Punch - So Sorry To Say
17. Jaya The Cat - Half Way Home
18. King Muskafa - Walk Away
19. Stamp'd - Sitting Alone
20. Plan Nine USA - Truth Or Date
21. Taj Motel Trio - She's Mad
22. Bum Ruckus - Wuts Your Sign
23. The Slackers - Axes
24. Eastern Standard Time - It's Allright
25. Rudie Crew - Superficial Fish
26. New Your Ska Jazz Ensemble - Mouse
27. Afterhours - Once In A While
28. Deal's Gone Bad - Hang 'em High
29. Conscious Youth - Universe
30. Speakeasies - Time Will Tell
31. The Zvooks - Never Care Again
32. Steady Ups - Come To Tell The World
33. MU330 - Hey Now
34. The Kingpins - Top 5
35. The Chinkees - Market Place
36. The Independents - In The Rain
37. The Barrymores - Happy Hour
38. Agent 00 Zero - For You
39. Superdot - Backward Confession
40. Straighter Than Pete - Idaho
41. Out Of Line - Track My Crazy Ways
42. Monkey Gone Mad - California Van Song
43. Twelve Cents For Marvin - Social Suicide
44. The Addicts - Today
45. Bim Skala Bim - Exit Door
46. The Afterbeat - Me & You
47. King Django's Roots & Culture Band - L' Khayim
48. Strangeways - Solid
49. Know How - See Her Again
50. Planet Smashers - Struggle
51. Insatiable - City In The Boonies
52. The Players - Pop
53. Skatos - Bomb Time
54. Spanish Bombs - Cafe Con Leche
55. Buford O'Sullivan - I Hate My Cell Phone
56. Victor Rice - Fernandinho
57. The Pietasters - Drunken Master
58. Rocksteady At 8 - Johnny Ray
59. General Rudie - Rainy Day
60. aka Rudie - Is It Ok?
61. Blackouts - Stop That Crazy Dance
62. Macon Blue Beat Combo - Rocksteady Through
63. Indecisives - Monstro
64. Superspecs - Listen Up
65. Forces Of Evil - Vague Love Song
66. Stalking Roxy - Ska Band
67. Mustard Plug - Just A Minute
68. The Toast - We're In The Middle
69. Skadaddyz - UP2U
70. Voodoo Glow Skulls - Nada En La Cabeza
71. First Grade Crush - Believe Everything You Read Now
72. Spitvalves - Both Shoes Untied
73. Buck-O-Nine - I've Got To Go
74. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Time To Toast
75. Scorchers - Clean Sweep
76. Westbound Train - My Heart Belongs To You
77. Pressure Cooker - Carry
78. The Allentons - Simple Man
79. Monkey - The Get Go
80. Vessels - Kick A Buck
81. Mike Mowry - Small Town Ska
82. Chris Murray - I'm Ready For Love
83. Cold Spot 8 - All My Life
84. Asherman & Dub Street Rockers - Keep Steady
85. Two And A Half White Guys - Can You Feel That
86. Skapone - Good T.V.
87. Ragamuffin - Phuch Ot
88. Schematics - Riverside Drive

VBR ~257K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo



Monday, 7 October 2024

Marginal Man - Identity & Marginal Man And Assault & Battery - The Complete Session, May 1981


"Identity" is the debut studio album by Marginal Man, released in 1984 on Dischord Records. The album was reissued in 1997 on Dischord Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Missing Rungs
2. Friend
3. Torn Apart
4. Mental Picture
5. Pandora's Box
6. Fallen Pieces
7. Identity
8. Emotional Scars
9. Marginal Man

VBR ~242K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Double Image" is the second studio album by Marginal Man, released in 1985 on Enigma Records and Gasatanka Records.
This album can be found in the post on Tuesday 2 July 2019 Artificial Peace & Marginal Man - Double Image, a compilation album, released in 1992 on Lost And Found Records.




"Marginal Man" is the third and final studio album by Marginal Man, released in 1988 on Giant Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Time
2. What Did She Say
3. Metal Madness
4. Gentry
5. Under A Shadow
6. Home Again
7. I Had A Feeling
8. Mind On Hold
9. Spirits
10. Sea Of Sorrow

CBR 320K/s 44100Hz Stereo




Assault & Battery were a hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1980.
The band featured members that would go on to play in bands like Artificial Peace, Marginal Man, Government Issue and Savage Beliefs.


Band members:
Steve Polcari - vocals
Brian Gay - guitar
Rob Moss - bass
Mike Manos - drums.

"The Complete Session, May 1981" is a posthumous 2021 release by Assault & Battery on Alona's Dream Records.
The session was recorded on 6 May 1981.

Tracklisting:
1. War Path/Dead End
2. Danger U.X.B.
3. Self Destruction
4. Self Destruction (Alt/Instrumental)
5. Evidence
6. I'm Watching You/Evacuate
7. I'm Watching You/Evacuate (Alt/Instrumental)
8. Assault And Battery
9. Force It
10. Missing In Action
11. Missing In Action (Alt/Instrumental)

VBR ~231K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo



Monday, 23 September 2024

Panic - 13


Panic were a punk band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, active in 1977-1979.
The band was initially called Big Peter And The Garage, a rock’n roll band with two girls on tambourine. In 1977 the band switched to punk music. Panic rapidly builds a reputation with their crazy chaotic live concerts with fire extinguishers, stroboscope, smokemachine, styrofoam textboards and the acrobatic stunts of Peter.
In 1978 the album "13" was released.
The band split up in early 1979, after a performance in Hedon in Zwolle on 17 February 1979.


Band members:
Peter ten Seldam - vocals
Michiel van 't Hof - guitar
Joep Hellinga - guitar (1977)
Piet van Dijk - bass
Rein de Graaf - drums.

"13" is the only studio album by Panic, released in 1978 on Universe Productions.

Tracklisting:
1. Jimmy
2. Dead Or Alive
3. It's My Pain
4. (So You're) Lost
5. He Can Come
6. I Wanna Be Loved
7. 13
8. Follo The Trend
9. 10 $ Pleasures
10. Baby Please
11. For Bu(c)k
12. S. For Dic.
13. Requiem For Martin Heidegger

VBR ~289K/s 48000Hz Joint Stereo





Monday, 9 September 2024

Speedtwins - Punk Years 1978-79


Speedtwins were a punk band from Arnhem, The Netherlands, formed in 1977.
At the end of 1977 they started doing concerts and soon they signed a recorddeal with Universe Records.
The band had a SM/bondage-like act with Vera Groen as a dominatrix in a sexy black corset, suspenders and net stockings.
Speedtwins have gone through several personnel changes and musical styles. Speedtwins split up in 1984.


Band members:
Jonathan F. Moore Daniel - vocals
Vera Groen - vocals
Leendert Barbier - guitar
Jacqueline Wolters - bass
Nico Groen - drums.

"Punk Years 1978-79" is a compilation album by Speedtwins, released in 2013 on Pirate Love Records.

Tracks:
1-12 LP It's More Fun To Compete, released in 1978 on Universe Productions
13 7" Football Song, released in 1978 on Fontana
14-15 7" Blackmail, released in 1979 on CNR
16-21 from LP Live-Concert t.b.v. De Bootvluchtelingen, released in 1979 on Heja Records.

Tracklisting:
1. My Generation
2. Motorbike Song
3. Sadie Slider
4. So Why Pretend
5. London
6. Midnight Ladies
7. Speedtwins
8. Stiletto Heels
9. Herbert's Hoover
10. Two Friends
11. Domino
12. Two Wheels
13. Football Song
14. Blackmail
15. Bomb In The Jukebox
16. Modern Dancing
17. Cages
18. Midnight
19. Side Show
20. Wounded
21. Obsession

VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo



Thursday, 15 August 2024

Shudder To Think - Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses, Funeral At The Movies & Ten Spot and Get Your Goat


Shudder To Think were an indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986.
In 1984, bassist Stuart Hill formed the hardcore punk band Stüge. Shortly after, the band changed its name to Shudder to Think, after Russell said that he “shuddered to think that we would be just another hardcore band” during a drive to practice. It was this lineup and name change that drove the band to abandon its previous hardcore influenced sound to something more akin to post-hardcore.


They released three albums on Dischord Records and two on Epic Records. Their early work was largely influenced by hardcore punk, although they gradually drew upon a wide range of stylistic influences, including power pop and glam rock.
Swiz ex-bassist Nathan Larson and ex-Jawbox drummer Adam Wade replaced Matthews and Russell in 1992 on guitar and drums. Matthews and Russell last performed live with the band on 1 January 1992 and 28 June 1992, as announced by Wedren to the crowd during those concerts.
However, 1998 marked Larson's departure and the end of the band.


Band members:
Craig Wedren - vocals
Chris Matthews - guitar
Stuart Hill - bass
Mike Russell - drums.

"Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses" is the debut studio album by Shudder To Think, released in 1989 on Sammich Records. The album was reissued in 2003 on Sammich Records and Dischord Records.

Tracks:
1-11 LP Curses, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses
12-15 7" It Was Arson, released in 1988 on Sammich Records
16 previously unreleased.

Tracklisting:
1. A Vampire's Proposal
2. Abysmal Yellow Popcorn Wall
3. Take The Child
4. Luv You Too
5. Imagine
6. Floating
7. I Grow Cold
8. Fresco
9. Touch
10. 3 Sisters
11. Let It Ring
12. Questionable
13. Abysmall Yellow Popcorn Wall
14. Ro
15. It Was Arson
16. Take The Child

VBR ~278K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Funeral At The Movies & Ten Spot" is a compilation album by Shudder To Think, released in 1991 on Dischord Records.

Tracks:
1-7 LP Funeral At The Movies, released in 1991
8-18 LP Ten Spot, released in 1990.

Tracklisting:
1. Chocolate
2. Lies About The Sky
3. Day Ditty
4. Crosstown Traffic
5. Red House
6. Funeral At The Movies
7. I Blew Away/Ride That Sexy Horse
8. Heaven Here
9. Jade-Dust Eyes
10. Rag
11. About Three Dreams
12. Speak
13. Corner Of My Eye
14. Summertime Train
15. On The Rain
16. Vacation Brain
17. Yes
18. Tony Told Me

VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Get Your Goat" is the fourth studio album by Shudder To Think, released in 1992 on Dischord Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Love Catastrophe
2. Shake Your Halo Down
3. White Page
4. Goat
5. Pebbles
6. Baby Drop
7. The Hair Pillow
8. She Wears He-Harem
9. Rain-Covered Cat
10. Funny

VBR ~260K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo



Saturday, 20 July 2024

Gray Matter - Food For Thought + Take It Back, 4 Songs & Thog


Gray Matter were a Washington, D.C. based hardcore punk band.
The band formed in the summer of 1983. Geoff Turner, Mark Haggerty and Dante Ferrando had been playing in bands since their early junior high school days. In 1983, Dante and Mark were playing in Iron Cross, but when the band's image began to reflect its violent supporters more than the members themselves, Dante quit. Soon after Mark also left and the two reunited with Geoff and Steve Niles and started playing shows around Washington D.C. as Gray Matter.


The band's first album, "Food For Thought", was recorded at Inner Ear studio in November 1984 with Minor Threat's Ian Mackaye assisting with production. It was originally released on R&B Records in 1985, while the members were still in high school. In 1986, Dischord Records released the EP "Take It Back". Shortly thereafter, Mark left the band to go to college and Gray Matter broke up. Dante went on to play drums for Ignition and Geoff, Steve and Mark reunited and formed the band Three, with Jeff Nelson from Minor Threat. Gray Matter reformed in the spring of 1990 and released a double seven inch in 1991 and the full-length, "Thog", in 1992. The band officially disbanded in 1993.


Band members:
Geoff Turner - vocals, guitar
Mark Haggerty - guitar
Steve Niles - bass, vocals
Dante Ferrando - drums.

"Food For Thought + Take It Back" is a compilation album by Gray Matter, released in 1990 on Dischord Records.

Tracks:
1-10 LP Food For Thought, released in 1985 on R&B Records
11-16 12" Take It Back, released in 1986 on Dischord Records
17-18 unreleased demo
19 7" Alive & Kicking, released in 1985 on WGNS Recordings and MetroZine.

Tracklisting:
1. Retrospect
2. Oscars Eye
3. Fill A Void
4. Give Me A Clue
5. Gray Matter
6. Caffeine Blues
7. Crisis And Compromise
8. Flash In Time
9. Phobias
10. I Am The Walrus
11. Chutes And Ladders
12. Burn No Bridges
13. Walk The Line
14. Take It Back
15. 4 A.M.
16. Head
17. Phobias
18. The Spy
19. Walk The Line

VBR ~253K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"4 Songs" is a double 7" by Gray Matter, released in 1991 on Dischord Records and WGNS Recordings.
Songs 1, 2 and 4 were later re-recorded and included on the album Thog.

Tracklisting:
1. Bite The Bit
2. October
3. Shiver Boy
4. Slow Grind

CBR 192K/s 44100Hz Stereo




"Thog" is the second and final studio album by Gray Matter, released in 1992 on Dischord Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Thog
2. Second Guess
3. The Disinclined
4. Bite The Bit
5. Song In Threes
6. I've Just Seen A Face
7. Killing Direction
8. October
9. Snare
10. Slow Grind
11. Smoking Hole
12. Drain

VBR ~275K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo



Thursday, 4 July 2024

Hepcat - Out Of Nowhere, Scientific, Right On Time & Push 'N Shove


Hepcat are an American ska, rocksteady and reggae band from Los Angeles, California. The band formed in 1989.
By the early 2000s, the ska scene became oversaturated and commercially less interesting, so Hepcat were dropped by their label. Hepcat went on a hiatus, then reunited in 2003 and continued touring.
Their soulful harmonies and mellow rhythms were unlike those of contemporaries and more akin to musicians from the heyday of 1960s Jamaican ska with elements of soul, jazz and R&B.
The term "Hepcat" originates from an early slang term (1930–1935) pertaining to an admirer or devotee of jazz, especially swing or one that was "hep" or a hipster.


Band members:
Alex Désert, Gregory Lee - vocals
Dennis Wilson, Lino Trujillo, Aaron Owens - guitar
Deston Berry - piano, keyboards
Jeremiah Ben Zion, Raul Talavera, David Hillyard, Efren Santana - saxophone
Kincaid Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn
Joey Urquijo, David Fuentes - bass
Greg Narvas, Scott Abels - drums, percussion.

"Out Of Nowhere" is the debut studio album by Hepcat, released in 1993 on Moon Records. The album was reissued in 2004 with two bonus tracks on Epitaph.

Tracks:
1-13 LP Out Of Nowhere
14-15 7" Nigel, released in 1990 on Laughing Pussy.

Tracklisting:
1. Dance Wid' Me
2. The Secret
3. Hooligans
4. Skavez
5. Miss Congeniality
6. Clarence Thomas
7. Prison Of Love
8. Earthquake And Fire
9. All For You
10. Caravan (Skaravan)
11. Policewoman
12. Same O' Same O'
13. Train To Skaville
14. Nigel
15. Club Meditation

VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Scientific" is the second studio album by Hepcat, released in 1996 on Better Youth Organization (BYO).

Tracklisting:
1. Country Time
2. Bobby & Joe
3. Black Sky
4. Solo
5. Keep On
6. Home
7. Dollar Dance
8. Come Out
9. Clarence
10. Anita Hill
11. Positive
12. Lovin' Man
13. Relation
14. Marcus Garvey
15. The Fool
16. Yoko Zuna

VBR ~250K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo






"Right On Time" is the third studio album by Hepcat, released in 1997 on Hellcat Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Right On Time
2. I Can't Wait
3. Goodbye Street
4. The Secret
5. Pharoah's Dreams
6. No Worries
7. Mama Used To Say
8. Rudies All Around
9. Tommy's Song
10. Nigel
11. Together Someday
12. Baby Blues
13. Open Season....Is Closed
14. The Secret (Secret Remix)

VBR ~266K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Push 'N Shove" is the fourth and final studio album by Hepcat, released in 2000 on Hellcat Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Push 'N Shove
2. Tek Dat
3. 'Lude 1
4. Prison Of Love
5. The Ronnie
6. Daydreamin'
7. Comin' On Strong
8. You And I
9. Beautiful
10. The Region
11. Gimme Little Sign
12. 'Lude 2
13. The Spins
14. Live On

VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo