C. NEWMAN-TRACKWAYS MADE BY TWO DINOSAURS, PROBABLY MEGALOSAURUS, LP, 1983, UK

Fabulously untutored/unfettered in its approach to song form, this first salvo from quintessential British nutter Chris Newman is a stone cold classic of cockeyed art damage, establishing the blueprint for the Ivor Cutler meets Wildman Fischer stance he'd continue to "refine" on his follow up LP alongside his band Janet Smith that I shared a little while back. A giant thank you to blog friend Ansgar for supplying this wonder, as my copy of it is completely trashed!

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GRABSCHANDER-DAS ERSTE MAL, TAPE SINGLE, 1981, GERMANY

Like the Frustrierte Konsumenten tape that I posted back in November of last year, this bent little cassingle represents yet another long lost iteration of the Geniale Dilettanten trajectory within Neue Deutsche Welle tape culture, the mental cases in Grabschander seeming more than content to worry away at patterning their lobotomized chants and dejected grunts over dictaphone distortion and threadbare seams of dilapidated Casio plonk which are strung across the two "songs" here like garlands of tinsel encrusted dental floss.

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SINTESIS-S/T, LP, 1976, ARGENTINA

These obscure Argentinians (not to be confused with the Cuban proggers of the same name) erect a chassis of smokin' low down acid rock smolder in the mode of their countrymen in Montes, Relax or Arco Iris, upon which they graft flute/violin sympho elaborations that carry a strong whiff of Italian prog and rough spurts of horn-y jazz rock energy akin to something like Burnin' Red Ivanhoe. Quite nice.

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ORANGE HEAD-RIGHT INTO THE SUN, CDR, 1999, JAPAN

I posted a raft of Cha-Bashira label lunacy back in '08, but somehow overlooked upping this nugget of plunderphonic fuckery by label head and avant garde musical polymath Pol Mahlow (he of Cooking Errchestra infamy) at the time. This does however seem like a pretty apt counterpoint to today's post of Satan Alfa Beel Atem's dada spew, with Mahlow here summoning his inner Milan Kniszac as he stacks up layers of mulched audio debris sourced from overlapping slabs of broken, warped or otherwise wounded vinyl, though the thoroughly kitsch nature of the vinyl sources and the quasi-narrative form of their skipping vinyl arrangements render the results closer to LAFMS territory than anything else.

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SATAN ALFA BEEL ATEM-DELICIOR RIBBON PINK BEEL (MUSIC OF DEATH), CD, 1997, JAPAN

A patently obscure bulldada beacon from Japan's 90's freak fringe in the spirit of ultima-idiocy like UFO or Die, Violent Onsen Geisha and Xper.Xr. Is that a Bananafish in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

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SORRY...NEW POSTS SOON...

My apologies for the delay in getting new posts up. I got laid out with a particularly nasty case of the flu. I'll hopefully have my next round up within 2-3 days.

MIXER-ANDROS, LP, 197(?), ITALY

Enjoyable and deeply obscure library synth action from Italy. Lots of wacky little thematic chestnuts amiably plonking along in the mode of Eddie Warner's library albums alongside Eric Swan and Georges Teperino here. One for your next space age bachelor pad soiree.

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JOHN L. & ADAMAH-LONESOME IN OVERDRIVE, CD, 1996, GERMANY

For all you krautrock acolytes out there who wondered what the hell ever became of that histrionic furry freak that spewed a geyser of feral vocal mania across Ash Ra Tempel's "Flowers Must Die" (and whom Julian Cope would memorably wax rhapsodic about in Krautrocksampler), wonder no further. The 24 years between Schwingungen and this CD have definitely seen the hysteria abate for this hirsute head, though fortunately not Mr. L.'s engagement with tapping the mysteries of the cosmos, with the entho/psych/trance seam that he's working here tapping a mode of communication reminiscent of modern Polish units Atman and their eventual successor The Magic Carpathians, but with the occasional graft-ons of his still very untutored sounding spieling.

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SURPLUS STOCK-DANCE ERSATZ, 12" EP, 1983, UK

Following Jim's post way back in 2007 of the highly spectacular post punk missive "Holland In Not", here's another choice selection by these British post punk art pop merchants who've often been mistaken for a NDW outfit, due to their residing in Germany at the time. You won't find much on Dance Ersatz that'd be mistaken for NDW though, with the mixture of sly whimsy, scrappy rhythm box-driven post punk guitar scrabble and unexpected studio punch and polish (think: The Passage) here rendering this material much more akin to the in-house aesthetic of something like Cherry Red Records.

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EERO KOIVISTOINEN-THE ORIGINAL SIN, LP, 1971, FINLAND

Lump-in-throat jazz rock loveliness from this very under-recognized Finnish saxophonist, with an atmosphere as inviting as a warm bath. The rich and relaxed Canterbury-derived moves heard here exist in a direct lineage from Soft Machine's Third and early Nucleus and merits comparison with some of the other Euro units of the era that were carrying a flame forward for this sound, like France's Magma-associated Rhesus O and the related Belgian outfits Placebo and Solis Lacus.

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DAVID FULTON-MARCOS & HARRY, LP, 1988, USA

The final installment of my posts of the three related album issued by this Downtown NY avant operative and sometime Elliott Sharp associate on Dossier Records, Marcos & Harry continues the experimental processes of its predecessors in spectacular form, with tendrils of effected guitar chatter swarming around cockeyed electronic progressions over two sidelong slabs.

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Brunst - Rrröster,tape,1985,Sweden

Classic analog blippin'n'bloppinby Njurmännen member Magnum Axelsson.Excellent minimal synth with experimental edges.

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The Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast-Zoom < Zero,LP,1983, Australia

2nd LP of this great exerimental/electronic Australian outfit.More experimental than their dreamy first release (The Vessels) but yet wonderful,combining perfectly ambient tunes with experimental weirdness.

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Yann Tomita & The Doopees-Doopee Time!,CD,1995,Japan

Awesome experimental/dada electronic concept by the experimentalist Yann Tomita backed by the mysterious Doopies.As requested.

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Monster Island - From the Michigan Floor,LP,1997,USA

Following my post ages ago of their LP Dream Tiger, here's their 1st. one.Folk psychedelic tunes with eastern influences...dreamy!

"Cary Loren, founding member of seminal '70s anti-rock outfit Destroy All Monsters (which, at one point, included former Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton and former MC5 bassist Michael Davis), emerges on this 1998 release showing his psychedelic roots. From the Michigan Floor is a period piece, and the period, stylistically, is somewhere between 1967 and 1970. Full-fledged psychedelic revivalism going on here, bathed in sitars, bells, vague religious musings, and even a reference to the Kent State shootings. Beginning with "Lady of Shalot" (adapted from a Tennyson poem), Loren's acoustic guitar and gruff vocal delivery (which sounds almost identical to Giant Sand's Howe Gelb) weave through 11 songs about death, Jesus, war, magic mirrors, and Japanese movie monsters with such conviction that it doesn't take much suspension of disbelief to imagine this album is some lost psych-rock gem. The warm production of Warren Defever (from His Name is Alive) helps matters, as does the sitar playing of Outrageous Cherry member Matt Smith, who appears almost throughout the album. Erika Hoffman of Godzuki is also featured prominently, singing and playing violin and bells. Highlights include the ironic "Happy Girl," sung by Hoffman in a Nico-esque deadpan accompanied by head-bobbing handclaps and shakers, and the following track, "Blue Revolution (Yves Klein)," which somehow makes lyrics like "the void shot out a flame from the heart of the earth" make sense. Overall, the album is pretty mellow and subtle; no fuzz guitar freakouts really. Rather, Loren chooses to explore the folkier side of psych with From the Michigan Floor. Similar in tone to albums by other latter-day psych revivalists like Bardo Pond, In Gowan Ring, and Bent Leg Fatima.

Jason Nickey, All Music Guide"
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Vyto Beleska & First Chips-Volume 1,LP,1972,USA

First Chips is actually Vyto Beleska backed by various musicians which were probably the different bands he was in or other musician friends....one track is from December '64 on which Vyto plays all the instruments & sound effects and all the other tracks date from December '70 to September '72.Pretty strange sound between psych,blues with much experimentation.

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Ullulators - Share A Clam with the..., tape,1985,UK

Great first tape of this Ozric spin off .Ethno space folk rock all through. No need to say more!

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Deja Voodoo-Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die,MLP,1985,Canada

Something unusual for this blog this one. Deja Voodoo was a Canadian duo(guitar,drums,vocals),combining 50s b-movie horror imagery with rockabilly primitivism.The result is an ultra primitive rockabily,reminding amaturish Cramps sound meeting Captain Beefheart (Trout Mask Replica era)primitive sound and undergound doo wop singers of the 50s.In my opinion very original and unique.

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This was jst a starter....more posts within weekend

Bill Bruce-Changing,Mini LP,USA, 1982

Fantastic minimal synth by one called Bill Bruce, released through Interior records(possibly private label) in 1982. I have first introduced this artist in the "tribute to some bizzare vol.10 " compilation (that i have compiled myself actually),with the song "chanching" and here's the full mini LP. Seems (sadly) that this was his only output.Bought it in late 90s in a used records store for almost nothing (i think was less than 1 Euro!) but seems to be mch sought after lately fetching up prices higher than 200 USD.

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V/A-16 DANCE PARTY SMASH HITS!, 16x7" BOXSET, 1985, VARIOUS

Discs 1 & 2: Faust-Extracts

Disc 3: Peter Blegvad-Alcohol

Disc 4: Univers Zero-Triomphe Des Mouches

Disc 5: Art Zoyd-Manege

Disc 6: Joseph Racaille-Six Petites Chansons

Disc 7: Art Bears-Coda To Man And Boy

Disc 8: V/A-The Recommended Sampler EP

Disc 9: Art Bears-Rats & Monkeys/Collapse

Disc 10: Lindsay Cooper-Pictures From The Great Exhibition

Disc 11: News From Babel-Contraries

Disc 12: Chris Cutler & Fred Frith-Limoges

Disc 13: David Thomas, Chris Cutler & Alan Ravenstine-Didn't Have A Very Good Time

Disc 14: Cassiber-Time Running Out

Disc 15: Mnemonists-Nailed/Tic

Disc 16: Vogel featuring Ivor Cutler-Guten Morgen Arschloch

Well, this sprawling beast (clocking in at around 2 1/2 hours of music) took two full days to pull together, so it's gonna be my sole post for this round, but hopefully it's one that'll fill in a lot of desired blanks for those that recognize the centrality of R.I.O. in general and Recommended Records in particular to any discussion of adventurous music, as the contents herein offers both a spot on crash course in the idiom for the uninitiated and, for those already keyed into this vibe, a trawl through the obscure odds 'n' ends bin of some of the most radical bands of the last 30+ years; this jaw-dropping doorstop of a boxset serving as the repository for all of the accumulated bonus singles that had come with subscriber's editions of albums issued by this nonpareil Rock In Opposition imprint over the years (barring the Art Bears' Rats & Monkeys single, which was issued by Ralph). Sure, some of of this stuff has appeared elsewhere in the intervening years (most notably the four Faust sides, which were later repurposed for their Last LP and the subsequent 71 Minutes Of Faust CD), but it felt essential to make this set available in it's complete form, as the cumulative impact of experiencing all this back to back makes this one of the most impressive artifacts of the scene in existance, not least for the inclusion of the Art Bears' quietly harrowing Coda To Man And Boy, which gets my vote for the most sublime guitar work that Fred Frith has ever laid to tape. All the aforesaid does however come with the proviso that the 11-13 minute per side duration of the Art Zoyd single and The Recommended Sampler EP make both sound like they were pressed on recycled truck tires.

Contents:

Discs 1 & 2: Faust-Extracts
Disc 3: Peter Blegvad-Alcohol
Disc 4: Univers Zero-Triomphe Des Mouches
Disc 5: Art Zoyd-Manege
Disc 6: Joseph Racaille-Six Petites Chansons
Disc 7: Art Bears-Coda To Man And Boy
Disc 8: V/A-The Recommended Sampler EP
(Peter Blegvad, Ici La Bas, Faust, R. Stevie Moore)
Disc 9: Art Bears-Rats & Monkeys/Collapse
Disc 10: Lindsay Cooper-Pictures From The Great Exhibition
Disc 11: News From Babel-Contraries
Disc 12: Chris Cutler & Fred Frith-Limoges
Disc 13: David Thomas Chris Cutler & Alan Ravenstine-Didn't Have A Very Good Time
Disc 14: Cassiber-Time Running Out
Disc 15: Mnemonists-Nailed/Tic
Disc 16: Vogel featuring Ivor Cutler-Guten Morgen Arschloch

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