Artist: Jeffrey Novak One Man Band
Title: Go Way Out
Year: 2005
Label: Sonic Assault Records
Tracks: 1.) Burn Out!, 2.) Nothing Can Bring Me Down, 3.) Go Way Out, 4.) Mad Lover, 5.) Fire In The Hole Pt. 1, 6.) Fire In The Hole Pt. 2, 7.) Stabbed In The Back, 8.) Little Girl, 9.) Go Way Out (Boombox Version), 10.) Coming Back Again, 11.) Teenage Psycho
Another CDR. A lot of these songs would end up on vinyl.
Sample: here
Artist: Jeffrey Novak One Man Band
Title: Jungle Beat Stomp
Year: 2005
Label: Heart Of Chrome Records
Tracks: 1.) Junkyard Blues, 2.) Never Good Enough, 3.) Pine Box Rock, 4.) Jungle Beat Stomp, 5.) One Trick Pony, 6.) Sugar Shack, 7.) Doin' The Shake, 8.) I Don't Take Much, 9.) Teenie Weenie Bopper, 10.) Tugboat, 11.) The Crusher, 12.) She Rides A Rockin' Horse, 13.) Been A Fool Too Long, 14.) Alright, 15.) She's Got The Leather, 16.) Whistle Bait, 17.) Working Blues, 18.) Road Runner, 19.) Get In The Car
You already know I'm a Jeffrey Novak fan and his one man band is my favorite stuff. This is a reissue of his first recorded output, all cut in his bedroom as a disaffected teen in rural Tennessee. The first edition of this CDR was released by Jeff's own Sonic Assault Records but somehow this is credited as a Japanese version.
The story goes he sent his demos to people all over the world looking for offers and he definitely found more interest overseas, as all his vinyl was put out by foreign labels. However, I just don't see why a Japanese label would want to reissue a handmade CDR, when Jeff was just making them himself at cost. But, Jeff has never been one to create a fake culture around his music like Jesse Lortz and the Boom Boom empire, so I guess there's no reason to think this is bogus. I bought this direct from Jeff in 2005.
The original version only had the first 16 songs. This version added three extras. Most of these are Novak compositions, with the exceptions of The Novas class "The Crusher", The Collins Kids' "Whistle Bait", and Bo Diddley's "Road Runner". A few of these songs were re-released on Jeff's proper vinyl slabs.
Sample: here
Artist: First Base
Title: I've Got A Girl
Year: 2009
Label: Pizza Party Records
Tracks: 1.) I've Got A Girl, 2.) Nobody Makes My Girl Cry But Me
Like with The Yolks and Nobunny's cover of "Somewhere New", many people had their first exposure to First Base via a cover, with Personal & The Pizzas doing "Nobody Makes My Girl Cry But Me" on their "Brass Knuckles" 7" and Raw Pie LP.
And you're excused if you had no idea who First Base was because for a while barely anyone knew who was behind it. First Base began as a bedroom recording project by a kid in Toronto named Fraser Wynne, who was such an outsider many people thought First Base was an offshoot of Eric LaGrange or someone else from the Indiana pop underground, home of Pizza Party Records. Fraser did this 7" and two more 7"s, as well as a cassette that preceded all of this, before eventually putting together a full band. The band would go on to record an LP for HoZac Records and play SXSW and the Chicago Blackout.
Sample: here
Artist: Lightning Beat-Man
Title: Tonight
Year: 1999
Label: Ken Rock
Tracks: 1.) Tonight, 2.) My Baby's Child, 3.) You Don't Know Who I Am, 4.) You Will Never Love Me, 5.) My Name Is Susi
More Beat-Man.
Sample: here
Artist: Skipper
Title: Cold Pizza 'N' Pop
Year: 2009
Label: Chocolate Covered Records
Tracks: 1.) Hangin' On The Telephone, 2.) Just Miles Away, 3.) You're So Charming, 4.) 'Til She Comes Around
You already know I am a Brian Hermosillo fan. Not too long ago I thought I knew everything about his music I needed to but then discovered Skipper and now I think this is the best stuff he's ever done. There's not a lot of info about them out there, but from what I can tell they were based out of Minneapolis and only existed for a short run at the end of the 2000s. Brian sang and played guitar and the rest of the band was filled out by Briana on bass and crystal on drums. I can't find any info about Briana and Crystal playing in other bands but they did sing backup vocals on a Boys Club 7". When they played live, they wore shirts with anchors on them as part of a loose nautical theme.
This is the second Skipper release. The first was a split with Thee Makeout Party on Recordstar Records. After "Cold Pizza 'N' Pop", they released a 10" on Bachelor Records. There was at time talk that Douchemaster Records would release a full album but I guess that never happened. I'd love to know if an unreleased recording exists.
Sample: here
Artist: Scripts
Title: Dim Stars
Year: 2004
Label: Jeth-Row Records
Tracks: 1.) Dim Stars, 2.) Let It Ride, 3.) Nobody Cares, 4.) Japanese Tourist
Here's the full Scripts 7", recently acquired.
Sample: here
Artist: The Spaceshits
Title: I'm Dead
Year: 1996
Label: Rat City Records
Tracks: 1.) I'm Dead, 2.) Bunny Hop Rock, 3.) Gotta Get It Back, 4.) So Fucked
More Spaceshits, this time their very first release. Sadly, I don't own this. "I'm Dead" and "Gotta Get It Back" would get re-recorded for the Winter Dance Party LP. "Bunny Hop Rock" and "So Fucked" are exclusive to this.
Sample: here
