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From a release by a classic german hardcore label we now move on to a a release by a classic german punk band:

Rotzkotz - lebensfroh + farbenfroh LP - 1981 No Fun Records NF 08/15

Those of you who actually follow my scribble may have some kind of a Deja-Vu right now since I already posted about this record before. I picked up a copy in Zürich at the end of last year for what I thought was a good price but unfortunately that one didn't have the booklet and was therefore not as well priced as I initially thought.

This copy of their 2nd LP I picked up at a flea market over the easter weekend. As you can see it does have the booklet but what you don't see is that I paid less than I did for the incomplete one. Nice!

starting from zero

Crucial Response Records is a force to reckon with since the late 80s. Continually putting out new stuff and yet staying true to the real hardcore-punk sound. Surviving all the ups and downs of the scene and shitloads of kids. Say what you will about the dude but this deserves respect.

V/A - starting from zero LP - 2014 Crucial Response Records CRR 084

This platter compiles 34 tracks by 24 different bands from all over the place. What an effort. I once put out a compilation with 16 bands from germany and I thought that was a lot to do. I can't imagine how much more hard it must have been to get this thing put together. No wonder it took the time it did. Not sure how long this was in the works but it felt like it was about 2 years.

Stand out tracks are supplied by Dogends, Crucial Section, Zero Progress, Echoes, Isolation, Night Prowler, Eye-Gouge, Sniffing Glue, Skaggs. The others are good too I guess. Just not my thing.

Great effort. Definitely worth checking out.

not as forgotten as advertised

This nice little bootleg came with the last one I posted about. Gotta love The Cramps

The Cramps - the band that time forgot 7" - 2014 unofficial release

The title track of this live bootleg from August 1979 at CBGBs is supposed to be an otherwise unreleased track but I found another bootleg from 2011 that already features this song among other rare and unreleased material. I don't have that one though so I ordered it anyway.

Great cover. Good recording quality. Plus two of my favorite Cramps songs. Human Fly and Domino. Yes I know the latter is actually a Roy Orbison track but I still love their version.

bootlegs Du Plenty

I think that the Screamers are the band that has the most releases made from the least amount of songs. Even without ever having released anything officially. There are so many demo this, live that bootlegs that I've lost track. And yet I had to pick up another, different, better pressing of their demo material:

The Screamers - Strength Through Intimidation

The 1978 Geza X Demos LP - 2014 unofficial release

Well, as you can see I did not just pick up one more pressing of these songs but two. Looks like I'm pretty much into this band.

underground notion

The last two posts covered the last of this years RSD releases that I picked up and both of those got to one of the stores of my choice a little late for the actual day. But I had them put away for me and the next time I was able to go I bailed them out along with this beaut:

The Velvet Underground - foggy notion / I can't stand it 7"
2011 Sundazed Music S 227

I like their 1st LP. The 2nd one I never listened to because so far I couldn't find a copy for a price that I consider decent.

At first I was a little hesitant about buying this but it turned out to be really worth it. These songs have a little more drive and less spaced-out-junky-hippy-parts.

Turns out this was an RSD release after all. It's nice to pick up a record like this 3 years late

Toxic Hero

Another RSD release that got in a little delayed.

Toxic Reasons - war hero 7" - 2014 Beer City Records BCR 173-7

Continuing with my backwards approach to this band here we have the RSD 2014 repress of their first 7".

Only I missed a step. I don't think I ever heard their debut full length. Must correct situation for sure.

Die Crusin'???

This RSD release got into stores here in germany with a bit of a delay and I also only heard about it on RSD. Luckily I'm connected so this copy was reserved for me to pick up whenever and sure enough I did

Die Kreuzen - cows and beer 12" - 2014 Beer City Records BCR 169

This is one of the really nice re-issues and the only 12" version. They did about 5 different color 7"es with a foldout sleeve that's totally different from the booklet cover this pressing comes in. Also the smaller version doesn't come with the Comic about how this record originally came into existence. Very well made. Done like this it actually makes sense to re-release a record.

I don't think I have to tell you about how this is classic, must have early 80s midwest hardcore. You know, right?
If not... change it! Believe me you won't be sorry.

total de-evolution

The one thing that I still love about Record Store Day is going to the stores I like and hanging out with friends. One of those didn't need a record anymore that I was missing out on so I took it off his hands:

Devo - total devo LP - 1988 Enigma Records 209315

This was the last regular full length release I needed for my collection. Now I have at least a pressing of each of them. First or special pressing don't concern me with this band.

Upon putting this in my discogs have list I realised that I am missing inserts to one or the other Devo LP. Now that I am concerned about. So now I have to go looking for these records again. Damn!

not the VIP you probably think of

actually not even VIP but The V.I.P.'s. They were a Power Pop band that released 6 eps between '78 and '81. This compilation compiles all of these:

The V.I.P.'s - beat crazy! The best of the V.I.P.'s LP - 1997 Waterson Records WAIN 41

Yesterday I listened to a few Power Pop 7"es that I had downloaded and most of these didn't really appeal to me. There is a very thin line dividing the good from the bad and it seems the good section is pretty small. My ears only like those bands that have this certain raw, kinda punk feeling to it. If they don't have that it's just boring Beat or standard Pop music. A few tracks really stood out though. Among those were each song that came on from this record.

It's chock full of hits. As you might guess from a Best of record but it's not really a best of. More of a discography as there is every song on here that I know they released.
The original 7"es are not that expensive but this is a good point to get to know the band and to be honest who puts on all the 7"es? This is way more convenient and in a much better way than any CD or mp3.

the Haze

Rockabilly is among those genres that I like but actually don't know too much about.

This posts record which I picked from the regular bins on RSD is by one of its more obscure artists. Well, obscure might not be the right term here because I think he's pretty well known. Strange, weird, raw and primal might be more fitting descriptions.

Hasil Adkins - chicken walk LP - Dee Jay Jamboree DJ-LP 2043 - 1984

This pressing of the LP is nothing special but the songs on here are a compilation of some of his recordings from the 1950s of which some, I think, have not been officially released before. So it's great to have.

Just don't expect your average 1950s rockabilly his style admitedly is an acquired taste but once you're there it's great.

here's some info on the artist from discogs:
[April 29, 1937 - April 26, 2005] He was born and lived in Boone County, West Virginia and was a self taught one man band. The reason for this was because when he first heard Hank Williams on the radio he didn't know there was a band behind Hank. He thought that Hank Williams played all the instruments. He claimed a repertoire of over 9000 songs including over 7000 original compositions. Recurring themes in Adkins' work include love, heartbreak, hunchin', police, death, decapitation, commodity meat, aliens, and chicken. His life was so unusual that you couldn't begin to start writing about it here. His music has a shared appreciation by the likes of The Cramps and John Zorn.

This should give you a good idea about this character and the music he makes.