Once again, i'd like to thank all the readers for their nice comments about this special feature. And remember, TRY SOME, BUY SOME...Power Pop to the People

Click on pix below for details of the bands involved

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January 1, 2014, 1:45 am

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014

Surprise gift - a limited edition available on vinyl only
Purchase the item before it gets too expensive.

no clue, no info: link gone

Enjoy the music shared. See you soon on PPC

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January 13, 2014, 3:03 am

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THE UNOFFICIAL 2013 DAVID BASH'S TOP 100 - VOL 1 (2014)

Just like every year, David Bash makes the list of his favorite albums. 2013 is a return to a reasonable Top 100. For the third year in a row, here's the first part of this selection. The Top 25, available in mp3 only (click on the title).

His list gives exposure to some not-so-well-known acts. This sampler is only here to promote their works, , so please support them and buy their albums. I hope this compilation will gives more exposure to the bands featured.

Full list is on David Bash's Facebook

Special note: According to the David Bash's list, i've compiled the fisrt 25 albums, grabbing one song from each album. I made a special PPC artwork for this feature. It will be the only volume i will compile.

Click on the links below to purchase the albums featured on the sampler. Most of them are quite easy to purchase. So, the links will lead you on to the self-released stuff.Click on pix below to see the songs picked

1. Mothboxer - Three (Self-Released)
2. Ben Jones & The Rifle Volunteers - Shangri La (Rifle Tone)
3. Nick Piunti - 13 In My Head (Self-Released)
4. The Maureens - The Maureens (Self-Released)
5. The Grapes Of Wrath - High Road (Aporia)
6. Lee And The Lovedaddies - Lee And The Lovedaddies (Self-Released)

7. The Resonars - Crummy Desert Sound (Burger)
8. Neighbours - Prime Numbers (Get Hip)
9. Shake Some Action! - Full Fathom Five (Sattelite 451)
10. Alfa 9 - Gone To Ground (Blow Up)
11. The Nines - The Nines (TAS Gold)
12. Glenn Case - Throw Money (Self-Released)
13. Wiretree - Get Up (Self-Released)
14. Miles Kane - Don’t Forget Who You Are (Sony) (the deluxe edition is sold out)
15. Phenomenal Cat - Postcards From The British Empire (Self-Released) or Deluxe Edition
16. Greg Pope - Pop Motion Animation (Octoberville)
17. Liar’s Club - Come And Go (Charlatan)
18. Surf School Dropouts - Summer Is A State Of Mind (Sunny Day)

19. Eureka Machines - Remain In Hope (Wrath)
20. Ulysses - Kill You Again (Black Glove)
21. Agony Aunts - Big Cinnamon (Mystery Lawn Music)
22. The Cherry Bluestorms - Bad Penny Opera (Roundhouse)
23. Groovy Uncle featuring Suzi Chunk - One Vowel Away From The Truth (Trouserphonic)
24. Mikal Cronin - MC II (Merge)
25. The Sun Sawed In ½ - Elephants Into Swans (Self-Released)

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January 16, 2014, 8:42 am

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FLAMIN' GROOVIES - LIVE ON THE CHERRY BLOSSOM CLINIC (2013)

In 2013, the Jordan/Wilson/Alexander line-up played live for the first time since 1981 in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth as part of the Hoodoo Gurus' invitational Dig It Up. They also played a series of sold-out shows in Japan. Their show in San Francisco, at The Elbo Room on May 4, sold out in less than 24 hours. They are currently touring, with the addition of Victor Penalosa (Shambles, Melanies) on drums.

On November 16th, the band was recorded live for this broadcast on WFMU on The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T.

A new six-song EP will be out in early 2014. "End of the World," the first song from the release, is the first Jordan/Wilson penned tracked in over 30 years, and it picks up where they left off.

Hear the Flamin' Groovies BRAND NEW SONG "End of the World" below

Songs

Mr. Tambourine Man / You Tore Me Down / Tell Me Again / Shake Some Action / Jumpin' Jack Flash

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January 21, 2014, 5:46 am

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RACHAEL GORDON - ROCK 'N' ROLL GIRL (2006)

Rachael Gordon's song selection comprises an interesting collection of two songs by San Diego's Bart Mendoza), a cover of The Pursuit of Happiness'"Man's Best Friend,""Rock and Roll Girl" from Paul Collins' Beat), plus Peter Case, Big Star covers and even the Scandal's 1980s hit "Goodbye To You".

Songs
1 Rock 'n' Roll Girl / 2 Man's Best Friend / 3 Thirteen / 4 Goodbye To You / 5 Crying In The Night / 6 Fun At Your House / 7 Sense Of Perception / 8 Jane / 9 And Sometimes / 10 When You Find Out / 11 Phil Spector's Birthday / 12 Sense Of Perception (Demo) / 13 And Sometimes (Demo) / 14 Fun At Your House (Demo) / 15 When You Find Out (Demo) / 16 Break My Heart (Demo)

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January 29, 2014, 5:18 am

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FLAMIN' GROOVIES - THE END, VITORIA DVD (1987)

NK (669mb)

Originally broadcast in 1987. Rebroadcast 2008-11-29 on the Spanish TV show Katu Kale.

Grabbed on a registered site

1. Can't Stay Away From You
2. Way Over My Head
3. Shakin'
3. Slow Death
4. Livin' In The USA
5. Baby Please Don't Go

Flamin' Groovies 1987
Cyril Jordan - lead guitar & vocals
George Alexander - bass & vocals
Jack Johnson - guitar & lead vocals (ex-The Yanks)
Paul Zahl - drums (ex-The Yanks & SVT)

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January 30, 2014, 4:31 am

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FLAMIN' GROOVIES - LIVE AT THE OLD WALDORF (1981)

After David Wright had left, a new drummer Brittley Black (from Crime) was recruited and the Groovies also drafted Mark Dunwoody (from Kid Courage) to add keyboards to the live set. The Groovies played on, with only poorly attended gigs in San Francisco. Even the choice of covers was becoming more than a little suspect - with bizarre inclusions like Graham Parker's Soul Shoes! Chris liked Mark Dunwoody personally but "somehow" Shake Some action" with a keyboard in there going...mi.mi..mi! Chris Wilson would left later same year. (B.O.B)

Special note: This catchy 15th Anniversary Concert (soundboard source) was given to me some years ago. I made a special artwork for the blog.

Lossy: 320 mp3 (100mb)

Lossless: FLAC 8 (250mb)

Songs

Black Bill / Soul Shoes / Between The Lines / Never Been In Love / Feel A Whole Lot Better / Just Like Me / Lady Madonna / She Made A Fool Of You / Shake Some Action / Old Brown Shoe / Jumpin' In The Night / Dizzy Miss Lizzie / Let It Rock

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February 1, 2014, 11:58 pm

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FLAMIN' GROOVIES - KEYSTONE, BERKELEY (1980)

Back from a spring tour in Germany and a performance at the Rockpalast, the Groovies were back in the U.S.A. They started recording a new album at the Goldstar Studios but they ran out of money and they returned to San Francisco. In December they played at The Keystone in Berkeley opening with a stunning version of Derek & The Dominos'"Tell The Truth", but the set was really heavy with covers - no less than seven Beatles' numbers and only one Jordan-Wilson tune, the perennial "Shake Some Action" - therefore increasing Chris Wilson frustration.

Special note: This "Back in the USA" Concert (a fair audience source) was given to me some years ago in lossless format. As it an audience recording, it is shared in lossy format only. I made a special artwork for the blog

Lossy: 320 mp3 (108mb)

Song

Tell The Truth / Never Been In Love / Dizzy Miss Lizzy / Back In The USSR / Ticket To Ride / Hold Me Tight / I Feel Fine / From Me To You / Please Please Me / A Hard Day's Night / Feel A Whole Lot Better / Fall On You / Paint It Black / JuJu Man / River Deep, Mountain High / Shake Some Action

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February 9, 2014, 3:43 am

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GIGOLO AUNTS - THE PRIDE OF POSTDAM (2006)

(20 Years Of Sonic Splendor)

The last Gigolo Aunts album was an odds & ends, hard-to-find Spain-only release with no less than 8 cover versions.

Songs
Everything You Never Heard Is True / Just A Little More / From Now On / Mamacita Says / Long Scattered Daydream / Ask / Kid / They Don't Know / Lost Inside Your Love / I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself / Why Can't This Be Love / Little Wild One

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February 16, 2014, 11:31 pm

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SYLVAIN SYLVAIN - RADIO 3 (2000)

NK (835mb)

Originally broadcast in 2000 on the Spanish TV show "Radio 3"

mpeg 720 x 576

Length: 24'34
1. Cops Are Coming

2. Paper, Pencil & Glue (mistitled on TV)

3. Femme Fatale

4. Emily

5. Pills

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February 17, 2014, 11:02 pm

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THE GRIP WEEDS - RADIO 3 (2002)

NK (398mb)

Originally broadcast in 2002 on the Spanish TV show "Radio 3"

Performing five songs from "Summer Of A Thousand Years" (2001)

converted from vhs to xvid4 avi 695 x 530

Length: 26'11
1. Love's Lost On You

2. She Surrounds Me

3. Save My Life

4. Better World

5. Summer Of A Thousand Years

6.Changed

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February 19, 2014, 8:21 am

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PLASTICLAND - PLASTICLAND (1985)

Their debut album, 1984's "Color Appreciation" was released on the French Lolita label, then reissued the following year as "Plasticland" on Bam Caruso, replacing "Color Appreciation" and "The Mushroom Hill" with "Wallflowers" and "Posing For Pictures". The track order was totally changed and P. St. John Nettleton designed a far superior artwork.

The vinyl rip is available in both lossy and lossless formats and comes with the usual set of artwork

lossy: 320 lame 3.98(100 mb)

lossless: FLAC 8 (276 mb)

Songs
Alexander / Disengaged From The World / Her Decay / The Glove / Sipping The Bitterness / The Garden In Pain / Elongations / Driving Accident Prone / Wallflowers / Euphoric Trapdoor Shoes / Pop! Or Drops / Sections / Rattail Comb / Posing For Pictures / Magic Rocking Horse

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February 22, 2014, 2:46 am

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FLAMIN' GROOVIES - VAILLANCOURT FOUNTAIN (1979)

“Vallancourt Fountain” is one of the two Flamin' Groovies shows in 1979 that were released on record. This soundboard recording was confusingly called "Jumpin' In The Night", otherwise known as "Valencourt Plaza" where it was recorded. The concert serves to document a typical Groovies gig of the time with staples like "Shake Some Action", "Tell Me Again" and "First Plane Home", covers of "Feel A Whole Lot Better", Moby Grape's "Fall On You", the odd Beatles and even NRBQ's "I Want You Bad". The other concert released was “Live at The Roxy” available here

Lossy: 320 mp3 (118mb)

Songs
1. Feel A Whole Lot Better / 2. Between the Lines / 3. Please Please Me / 4. Fall On You / 5. From Me To You / 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown / 7. Baby, Please Don't Go / 8. Tell Me Again / 9. Paint It Black / 10. All I Wanted / 11. First Plane Home / 12. I Can't Hide / 13. Shake Some Action / 14. Around & Around / 15. Let It Rock / 16. I Want You Bad

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February 22, 2014, 5:58 am

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THE QUEERS - RADIO 3 (2013)

NK (910mb)

Originally broadcast in 2013 on the Spanish TV show "Radio 3"

Recorded in TS 720 x 576 PAL 16/9

Length: 29'28

1 No Tit / 2 You're Tripping / 3 Wimpy Drives Through Harlem / 4 Hi Mom, It's Me! / 5 I Hate Everything 6 Kicked Out Of The Webelos / 7 Ursula Finally Has Tits / 8 S.L.U.G. / 9 Noodlebrain / 10 Definitely / 11 Born To Do Dishes / 12 Like A Parasite / 13 Debra Jean / 14 Psycho Over You / 15 Love Love Love / 16 Cindy's On Methadone / 17 Don't Back Down

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February 28, 2014, 6:54 am

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THE GRIP WEEDS - HOUSE OF VIBES (1994)

The original mix and master of the classic first album. OOP and not available of the band's site.
"House of Vibes Revisited" can be purchased from the band's site here.

Lossy: 320 lame 3.98 (107mb)

Songs

Out Of Today / Salad Days / Close Descending Love / Realize / Someone / Embraces / Always Come / Don't Belong / Haunted / Realise / Before I Close My Eyes / Walking In The Crowd

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February 28, 2014, 7:17 am

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THE FLESHTONES - RADIO 3 (2014)

NK (925mb)

Originally broadcast in February 2014 on the Spanish TV show "Radio 3"

Recorded in TS 720 x 576 PAL 16/9

Length: 35'03

Hitsburg USA / Feels Good To Feel / Let´s Go / Pretty Pretty Pretty / Available / Dance With The Ghoulman / The Dreg / The Vindicators / Alright / Remember The Ramones / I Was A Teenage Zombie / My Kinda´ Lovin´

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March 8, 2014, 5:04 am

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PLASTICLAND - SALON (1987)

Salon puts an even less selfconscious twist on things (although the faint British component in Glenn Rehse's accent argues against that) and displays an easy command of swinging London art-school power pop psychedelia. Armed with a mellotron and other relevant instruments, Plasticland shoots delicious flashes of Manfred Mann, frilly-shirt-era Who and Stones, Yardbirds and Magical Mystery Tour into their creations, making Salon an incisive nostalgia exercise that transcends its basis to stand on its own merits. A remarkably good time. Trouser Press

Songs
1 Go A Go-Go Time / 2 What Am I To Say / 3 It's A Dog's Life / 4 A Quick Commentary On Wax Museums / 5 Abcessed Words To Climb / 6 (The Lie Of) Great Sedan Pinocchio / 7 We Can't / 8 Serene It's True / 9 Reserving The Right To Change My Mind / 10 The Window Sills / 11 Don't Antagonize Me

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March 28, 2014, 9:02 am

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THE JOOK - Singles (1972-1978)

After the breakup of John's Children, John Hewlett went to work for Apple in the publishing division. Then, when Apple started falling apart, he went into management with Gallagher & Lyle and later McGuiness Flint. He soon lost interest working with all these singer songwriters and it wasn't really the sort of music he liked.

So Jook was a conscious attempt to get back to he really wanted. And that's what Jook was about: a 70's John's Children, complete with futuristic Mod clothes. They made five 45's in a year, powerful records with Slade-like production, teen rebellion lyrics and Townshend-styled guitar.

Some of the songs were great, from the debut "Alright With Me" to the tremendous flip side of their last single "Crazy Kids" (later remade by Trevor White, both versions are among the all-time classic teenage anthems). As it was, the records were relative flops and are fetching now hefty prices.

Alright With Me / Do What You Can

(1972) RCA 2279

lossy - lossless

Shame / City And Suburban Blues

(1973) RCA 2344

lossy - lossless

Oo Oo Rudi / Jook's On You

(1973) RCA 2368

(Promo copy)

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King Capp / Rumble

(1973) RCA 2431

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Bish Bash Bosh / Crazy Kids
(1974) RCA LPBO 5024
(Promo copy)
lossy - lossless

Jook Rule OK EP
(1978) Chiswick SW30
Watch Your Step / La La Girl
Aggravation Place / Everything I Do
lossy - lossless

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