Arcade Academy - Demo '05 CD

ARTIST: Arcade Academy
TITLE: Demo '05
LABEL: Not on a label
CATALOG: None
YEAR: 2005
PRESSING INFO: Self released CDr. Probably around 100 pressed or so.

Arcade Academy was the brainchild of Mike Doyle (formally of Lanemeyer). And since I am terrible at writing biographies, here is what their website says..

Arcade Academy is the brainchild of ex-Lanemeyer frontman/ex-fat kid, Mike Doyle. Upon his glorious return to NJ from his exile in California (after Lanemeyer's demise) he recorded 3 demo songs and got down to the business of putting together a new band. After some lineup changes, a seemingly endless parade of guitar players and an accordion section that never really panned out - the current lineup was solidified. Steve Jaworski of LWL and Jettison fame sings back up, plays guitar and does some crazy kung fu style leg kicks. Sean Bergin formerly of Day at the Fair and September Sky (whatever happened to those guys?) tries (poorly) to play the bass and write lame band bios. Dan Ryan, a part time Ben Gibbard impersonator and our resident ladies' man, hits the skins and consumes wine coolers like they're going out of style. We've got some shows in the not too distant future as well as some new whore- inspired songs that Doyle swears are the best shit he's ever written. I tend to believe him, so thanks to the whore for the inspiration! We hope you like what you hear.

Arcade Academy play some catchy emo style pop punk. Check it out!

TRACK LISTING:
1. Welcome to the Homestretch
2. So Far No Good
3. One Million More
4. No Rewind
5. Diner Parking Lots

http://www.mediafire.com/?7h694wp0w7dbs0l

Boris The Sprinkler - Kill The Ramones 7"

ARTIST: Boris The Sprinkler
TITLE: Kill The Ramones / Kill The Sex Pistols
LABEL: Junk Records
CATALOG: JR# 187
YEAR: 1996
PRESSING INFO: Pressed on clear vinyl, and red vinyl

Here is the Boris the Sprinkler 7" I promised on Monday, but of course never delivered. I believe I bought this at Celebrated Summer Records in Towson MD. Although my memory of this release is sketchy at best. Most likely I only paid a few bucks for it. I don't get the joke, but it's a really good 2 song 7".

I have the red vinyl version (as seen in the pictures). There is also a clear vinyl version that seems to be harder to find.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Kill The Ramones
2. Kill The Sex Pistols

Record excursion weekend in Philly

I will be posting another Boris the Sprinkler 7" later on today. But until then, here is some stuff I found in Philly this weekend.

First off I saw 2 of the best shows I've seen in some time. Saturday at the troc in Philly I saw None More Black, 7 Seconds and of course the Bouncing Souls. None more black was pretty good. Although I had higher expectations for them. 7 Seconds was amazing. I havent seen them and I've always been a huge fan. Still great to see Kevin Seconds tearing it up at his age. Of course the bouncing souls were amazing as always.

Sunday I saw Tim Barry, Lifetime and the Bouncing Souls. This was the first time I had heard Tim Barry. I thought he did a great set. I will be picking up his releases in the future for sure. Lifetime just blew me away. And they played Young, Loud and Scotty, and Northbound Breakdown so I'm a happy camper. The souls put on the best set I have ever seen. TONS of energy and they played all my favorites. My god what a great weekend.

Here is what I picked up from the various record stores in philly

CD's
Buzzcocks - Songs in a Different Time (bootleg recording from 1995) $4.00
NOFX - Punk in Drublic (I had this CD a couple of years ago but lost it. I think this is their berst album) $5.99
V/A - Pick It Up (ska comp from 1995 with rudiments, DHC, less than jake and more. 23 tracks.) $1.99
V/A - Shut The Punk Up! Volume 1 (27 track comp with spare lead, hospital food, falling sickness....) $4.99

7"
Buford - S/T (black vinyl. 1996) $1.99
Cringer - Life In Europe (black vinyl. another release in my attempt to complete my Crigner / J Church collection) $3.00
Kungfu Rick - Statues To Stones, Soldiers to Bones (gloom records on white) $1.99
Oblivion - Full Blow Grover (1993. Black vinyl) $0.98
Reckless Kelly - S/T (looks pop punk. Havent listened to it yet) $0.25
The Bouncing Souls - 20th Anniversary Series Volume 1 (Red splatter vinyl. I bought this at the show on Sunday) $5.00
The Bouncing Souls - 20th Anniversary Series Volume 3 (Green Splatter Vinyl) $5.00
The Load Levelers - A Half Step Flat (1999. Black vinyl. I dont know who this is. But for 25 cents, fuck it. It might be good.) 25 cents
The Monkees - I'm A Believer / Steppin' Stone (picture sleeve only)
Buford / Loose Change - Split (another one of those rare pop punk 7" splits I never knew existed!) $1.99
Kungfu Rick / Curtainrail - Split (Black on 625 thrashcore.) $1.99

LP's
Kid Dynamite - Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems (clear yellow vinyl) $16.99
Plow United - Goodnight Sellout! (I didnt know this was released on vinyl. So when I saw this, I was pretty excited.) $6.99
Shook Ones - The Unquatable AMH (black vinyl. Jake gave me this)
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (Black Vinyl. Lets hope this lives up to its hype) $16.99
V/A - Pebbles Volume 3 (Original pressing 1979. Rare acid garage) $10.00
V/A - Rare Rockers From Small 1950's Labels (18 tracks of super rare 50s rock and roll) $7.98
V/A - Today Brooklyn, Tomorrow the World (rare comp from the 80's. Power pop and Mod style punk) $1.98
V/A - The World's Worst Records! (wierd and rare out there 45's on a compilation) $6.98

Pictures Can Tell - Everyday CD 2000

ARTIST: Pictures Can Tell
TITLE: Everyday
LABEL: Braeburn Records
CATALOG:04
YEAR: 2000
GENRE: Indie / Emo
PRESSING INFO:

Before I go into detail, a band member of The Bad Boys http://chairshotrecords.blogspot.com/2009/03/bad-boys-love-black-olives-45rpm.html left a comment on one of my blogs! Here is what he had to say. Thank you for leaving a comment and leaving some information about your band!!:
"Charlie Daniels was the energetic force, the bassist and producer of both sides of this recording. The drummer was Danny Conway, the vocalist and keyboardist was Gary St.Clair and I, Demetri Callas, was the guitarist. The songs were recorded at Sambo studio, Louisville, KY, in '66. The instruments played (for those who may care to know) were a 1951 Fender Precision bass, a Lowery organ, and a 1953 Fender Esquire guitar plugged into a Fender Bassman 'Piggy-back' amp head. Charlie connected a cable from the speaker output on the Fender amp directly to a channel in the studio mixing console. No fuzztone devices were used; the guitar distortion/overload was a natural occurrence.
The bass solo on 'Black Olives' may be the only bass solo ever recorded by Charlie Daniels. The 'Olives' recording was to be the 'B' side of the disc. It took approximately ten minutes to record it. Charlie said 'play a riff......any riff', and we did.
Danny Conway took his life in '87. Gary St.Clair is still active in the music biz....produced a smash hit in the '90s ('I Swear' /All4One)....has his own indie label (Dynatone Records) and a first class recording studio in CA. Charlie Daniels attained the stardom he so rightfully deserved after having devoted many years of his life helping others advance their musical careers.
I, Demetri Callas, still play occasionally and communicate with Gary and Charlie whenever possible.
The Bad Boys changed their name to Flavor and recorded for Columbia Records in the '60s. Gary St.Clair recorded a remarkable, self-titled solo album in 1970 (ABC Paramount label). The album features Gary's inimitable vocal ability.
In 2007, Sony Records procured the master recordings created by Flavor for Columbia Records (1968-1969). Sony issued a CD entitled 'Flavor'...Sally Had A Party'. The CD is available on eBay and from various other sources. It, too, features Gary St.Clair's soulful singing."

Pictures Can Tell were a 4 piece band from...well I don't know. I had gotten this album (more of an EP) from a huge indie lot of CD's I purchased off of ebay a few years back. Lots of tracking this band down has come up fruitless. Unfortunately I don't have any other information about this band.

5 tracks if indie music that is good for a rainy day. Some of the songs drag on much more than what I like (some almost 7 minutes), but it makes a good driving CD.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Everydays Diseases
2. More Than That
3, The Best To Bring Me Down
4. Wash Our Hands And Walk Away
5. She Remembers

http://rapidshare.com/files/266717674/pictures_can_tell_-_everyday.zip

V/A - What'd You Expect For Free? Volume 8 CD

Skratch Magazine has been around for ages. 12 years to be exact. The unfortunate part about that is, not many people have heard of this wonderful punk mag. They would also issue quarterly CD compilations and give them out for free. Hence the name of the comp! I also believe they are working on their 50th CD comp.

Although the magazine has gone mostly digital (along with the comps), its still a good read. I am also looking for all of their CD comps for my collection. This is the only one I have!

About 7 years ago, there was a venue in Hanover PA called The Go Point. Which was in the basement of the Moose. I saw The Commercials there and they were selling this CD for $3. Yea I didn't think they should have been selling it, but I'm a comp guy. And for 39 bands that's still pretty cheap. I tried peeling the price sticker off and well what you see is what you get. 39 songs of hardcore, ska, emo and pop punk. A lot of unsigned bands I would love to hear more about. If you have any info on the bands from this comp (except goldfinger, link 80, luckie strike, the commercials) let me know.

PRESSING INFO:
6000 copies pressed and given away to the bands and subscribers.

TRACK LISTING:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Whatd-You-Expect-For-Free-Vol-8/release/1872272

http://rapidshare.com/files/262913531/skratch_8_cd.zip

Boris The Sprinkler - Grilled Cheese? 7"

ARTIST: Boris the Sprinkler
TITLE: Grilled Cheese
LABEL: Bulge Records
YEAR: 1994
CATALOG:
PRESSING INFO: There seems to be a cover that has orange lettering instead of yellow as well.

Does anybody still read this blog anymore? I'd like to think so. I've been way slacking on new updates. I'm also going to create a separate blog for my non-punk 45 finds.

I bought this a while back at Double Decker Records in Allentown for I think $1. I was surprised to see an early BTS 7" in the dollar bin. So I had to pick it up. If you are into punk rock, or pop punk I'm sure you know who these guys are. I think the a-side is a great catchy pop punk tune. B-side is your typical BTS. Which isnt a bad thing. Here is both sides to this release.

TRACK LISTING:
1. (Do You Wanna) Grilled Cheese?
2. Bad Guy Reaction

Latest record digging finds!

Almost a month without an update! No, I'm not dead. Just trying to pay my bills and get everything back on track. I'm on vacation right now, and I ended up hitting up some antique stores here in southern West Virginia. A lot of these I picked up because I didnt know what they were and I figured, hell, I'll give em a chance! Here is the fruits of the hunt:

45's

Alex Campbell, Olabelle & Deacon and the New River Boys - 4 Song EP (New River)
Alive And Kicking - Tighter, Tighter / Sunday Morning (Roulette)
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman / I'll Love You Forever (Alston, 1971)
Bill Ocean - Love Is Forever (promo) (Jive)
B.J. Thomas - Hooked on a Feeling / I've Been Down This Road Before (Scepter)
Canned Heat - Going Up The Country / One Kind Flavor (Liberty)
Crazy Elephant - Gimme, Gimmie Good Lovin' / Dark Part of My Mind (bell)
Earl Brogan - Don't Let 'Em Wear The Midi / Wolfcreek (delight)
Eric Jacobsen - When The Word Comes (Bring Them Home (Promo) (Curb, 1986)
Garland Jeffreys - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (promo) (Epic, 1982)
Gloria Lynne - I Wish You Love / Through A Long And Sleepless Night (everest)
Johnny Rivers - Going Back to Big Sur / These Are Not My People (Imperial)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Brainwasher (Part 1) / What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (Soul, 1968)
Liz Damon's Orient Express - 1900 Yesterday / You're Falling In Love (white whale)
Maxine Nightingale - Lead Me On / Love Me Like You Mean It (Windsong)
Murray Head - One Night in Bankok / Merano (Chess, 1984)
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue / Better Days (A&M, 1975)
Starpoint - It's All Yours / Don't Be So Serious (Elektra, 1983)
Teegarden & Van Winkle - God, Love And Rock & Roll / Work Me Tomorrow (westbound)
The 4 Seasons - Santa Claus is Coming to Town / Christmas Tears (Vee Jay)
The Doors - People Are Strange / Unhappy Girl (elektra)
The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy vs. The Red Baron / I Needed You (Laurie)
The Scotties / I Kadez - Popsicles And Icicles / Louie Louie (Hit)
The Second Coming - Requiem for a Rainy Day (promo) (Mercury)
Three Dog Night - Never Been to Spain / Peace of Mind (Dunhill)

78's

Lenny Carson and the Whiz Kids - Molasses, Molasses (It's Icky Sticky Goo) / Everybody Clap Hands (Discovery)

Most of the common 45's came with a stack I bought at an antique store. I had to buy the whole stack. I'll listen to these when I get home on Thursday, and hopefully I'll be able to find some great numbers to add to my collection. An update is soon on the way!