mama won't like suzi

Sundays are great for fleamarkets. If the weather is fine and I have the time I like to go there and flip through the record bins people put out. Although in recent years there are more and more professional sellers present who know what they are selling. And a lot of them it seems are getting their prices from discogs. Just looking at what people TRY to sell at instead of what people actually pay. So that one day I went I got home with just one record.

Suzi Quatro - your mama won't like me LP - 1975 Columbia 3C 064-96454 

The attitude that title suggests alone would be reason enough to buy that record. Must have been pretty wild for a woman in 1975 to make that kinda statement. Apart from that I guess you'll have to appreciate the music as what it was when it was released. Today it might seem pretty tame but in 1975? Ok, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, MC5 and the New York Dolls were already on the map but apart from those I don't think there were too many bigger bands like that and probably none with an explicitly female lead character. 

Pictured here is an original italian pressing of her 3rd long player delivering solid glam rock with a hint of punk. Or maybe it was even called glam punk. Not sure there. Don't know too much about that. When it was first released there were several pressings made on different labels in different countries but then it was neglected until it got released on CD for he first time in 2011 and then again in 2012. Yes, that's right. No good re-issue has ever been made of the album so whatever you find is original first press. Go for it!

I just realised that this record is older than me. Not many records in my collection are. Always nice to add one more. Oh and yes, I'm kinda old myself or else a lot of my records would be older than me.

Done better

Now I want to present to you a band that is one of the most underrated in all of europe and beyond.

Said & Done - better days LP - 2014

Cobra Records CR-065
Straight & Alert Records S&A08
White Russian Records WRR021

Because they are so fucking underrated it is kind of a risk to release anything by them which led to 3 labels teaming up on this. Or at least that's my guess. 

3 different colors were pressed. red /100, white /100 and black /300. The version I got fits best with the whole layout I'd say. It picks up on the hints of red on the cover and insert and makes it more visible. 

They used to play a pretty groovy kind of NYHC with hints of Underdog and Supertouch. Well, that's what I hear but I know that at least their vocalist is a big fan of Only Living Witness and Life Of Agony so that was probably also a big influence. With this release they went more the way of another one of his favorite bands. Nirvana. Nah, don't worry it's not a grunge record. They just incorporated a lot more rock elements which is quite a step from their last release but nothing you couldn't have seen coming. Before they decided to record this album they were already thinking about calling it a day so if you get the chance to see them live on the odd occasion that they do get out you should go for it. Who knows how long they'll keep going.

white fantasy

and on with more of the same

White Lung - deep fantasy LP - 2014 Domino WIGLP335

As mentioned in the previous post I really like their first full length 'sorry' from 2012. It's one of the best records from that year. This one though I'm not too sure. Most likely it needs a couple more spins so it can grow on me. If it does it will probably stand way out but if it doesn't this might be their last release I picked up. 

white monster

Onto something with a little more rock, indie, grunge or whatever you want to call it touch.

White Lung - drown with the monster 7" - 2014 Domino ‎– RUG584 

The first few 7"es I owned by this band didn't really blow me out of the water so I disregarded them for a while. Until I heard their first full length LP. That is one hell of a record. Ever since I pay more attention to White Lung again. Unfortunately though I don't dig this release as much. Maybe I need to give this a few more spins.

With this release they managed to get on a bit of a bigger Indie Label. Domino puts out good stuff like Sons & Daughters and Anna Calvi. Looks like a good home for them. Congrats.

With a label like that you never know how many records they press but I guess it's quite a few. The A/B matrix' say buzz off / get a life btw. Nice!

Night Surf

I bet you know this band already and if you don't... WHY? This is the best current band playing early 80s US west coast hardcore punk with a surf sound. Not unlike Agent Orange but definitely not a mere rip-off. 

Night Birds - monster surf 7" - 2014 Wallride Records WRR025 

This is an instrumental release the band was contemplating for quite a while as I understand and while their vocalist is busy with other things in life they thought it was the right time to realise that idea. 

So here we have a copy out of this one time pressing of 1000. The basic look of the cover without a full back fits this release pretty perfect as you also don't get to hear the full band on this release. The two color labels are nice but a glow in the dark instead of the yellow would have made it even better. Nevertheless this is a great release that sits well among the other records in their discography.

Pirates gold

Today we start with a raw hardcore punk sound that tips in favor of the punk part. 

Somali Pirates - the gold collection 7" - 2013 Indecision Records ‎– IND91 

I don't know when it was that I heard the first Somali Pirates song but it was definitely a song off their first 7" called 'greatest hits e.p.' Right away I made a mental note to keep my eyes open for that record. Unfortunately there never appeared one in the shops on- and offline that I frequent. But obviously this one did so I went for it.

The Indecision homepage states a pressing of 605 on clear yellow so no other color available which makes sense considering the name. That's the stuff I like. If you do color vinyl it has to fit the release. 

Meanwhile they put out yet another 7". I hope I'll get my hands on a copy of that one too. They seem to be going pretty much under the radar. At least under mine. Damn.