October 26, 2012 Playlist

"PTOOFF!" by The Deviants (1967)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
The Deviants  "PTOOFF!"  1967 (UK)
A group called The Deviants who named their first album after the sound of spitting?  Perhaps this would have been unsurprising for a UK group in 1977, but these Deviants came along ten years before that.  Led by writer/raconteur Mick Farren (a bit of a British John Sinclair type, only more musical) and including the nucleus of future underground legends The Pink Fairies (Russell Hunter & Duncan Sanderson, later joined by Paul Rudolph for the third Deviants album), The Deviants were a seminal group in the development of the UK underground.  Their combination of shocking subject matter ala the Mothers and Fugs with goony blooz rock that any idiot could play and Farren's perpetually adolescent whine basically makes them the first British punk rock band!
I don't think there are any videos of The Deviants in action (they were seriously underground and had "no commercial potential" as the saying goes) -- so here's a fan clip for "I'm Coming Home" (which seems like a psychedelicized version of Van Morrison's "Gloria") from this album.  And I did find this non-musical clip from the 1960's of legendary DJ John Peel interviewing Mick Farren.  Finally, a charming singalong from their second album with the antisocial title "Let's Loot The Supermarket" -- naturally enough, Farren did a fully punked up remake of this song in 1977.
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request
Artist Song Album Year (label) Country
The Shaggs
It's Halloween
 		Philosophy Of The World
1969
USA
Mudhoney
Halloween (Sonic Youth)
 		split 7" single (Superfuzz Bigmuff Deluxe CD reissue)
1990
USA
Ty Segall There Is No TomorrowTwins (N)2012 (Drag City)USA
Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Tomorrow Never Comes
Between The Times And Tides (N)2012 (Matador)USA
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Only In My Dreams
Mature Themes (N)2012 (4AD)USA
 
  
The Deviants
I'm Coming Home
 		PTOOFF!
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1967
UK
The Deviants
Deviation Street
 		PTOOFF!
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1967
UK
The Deviants
Billy The Monster
 		No. 3
1969
UK
The Pink Fairies
War Girl
 		Never Never Land
1971
UK
Hawkwind
You Know You're Only Dreaming
 		In Search Of Space
1971
UK
 
  
Joe Cocker (R)
Honky Tonk Women (live - Rolling Stones)
 		Mad Dogs And Englishmen
1970
UK
Crocodiles Endless FlowersEndless Flowers (N)2012 (French Kiss)USA
WoodsSize Meets The Sound
Bend Beyond (N)2012 (Woodsist)
USA
The Luck Of Eden Hall
Bangalore
Alligators Eat Gumdrops (N)2012 (self release)USA
The Setting SonAbove The Rest
Before I Eat My Eyes And Ears (N)2012 (Bad Afro)
Denmark
Tame ImpalaApocalypse Dreams
Lonerism (N)2012 (Modular)
Australia
 
  
John CaleI Wanna Talk 2 U
Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood (N)2012 (Domino)
UK (Wales)
The Orb featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry Ball Of Fire
The Orbserver In The Star House (N)2012 (The End/Cooking Vinyl)
UK/Jamaica
Solus 3 Corner Of The World (King  Krar Remix)Corner Of The Dub (N - remix album)2012 (Solus 3 Recordings)UK
Can Dead Pigeon SuiteThe Lost Tapes (N - previously unreleased tracks)rec. 1972 (2012 Spoon/Mute)Germany
The Funkees
Akpankaro
Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents: 1973-1977 (N - reissue compilation)rec. 1970's (2012 Soundway)Nigeria
Blues Control
Love's A Rondo
Valley Tangents (N)2012 (Drag City)USA
Uriah Heep
Beautiful Dream
 		Return To Fantasy
 		1975
UK
 
 
Carole King
Pleasant Valley Sunday (original Goffin-King demo)
The Legendary Demos (N)rec. 1966 (2012 Rockingdale)USA
Osmosis
Please Let Me Go
 		Osmosis
 		1970
USA
Green Lyte Sunday
High Up In The Sky
 		Green Lyte Sunday
 		1970
USA
Julius Wechter & The Baja Marimba Band
Madagascar
 		Fresh Air
 		1969
USA
White Noise
Your Hidden Dreams
 		An Electric Storm
 		1969
UK/USA
 
 
Holger Czukay (from Can)
Hollywood Symphony
 		Movies
 		1979
Germany
Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank
Langer Atem
 		Begegnungen II (compilation)
 		rec. late 70's, rel. 1985
UK/Germany
                 
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