Viking Dan
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It IS the greatest lost track of all time.
Vinyl Me Please Essentials
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It IS the greatest lost track of all time.
Expensive Headache
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THEM is a possibility- they have already done Van Morrison. No idea if they have something never on vinyl before. I’d likely swap but whatever, willing to take a chance on whatever the pick may be.
TheThinWhiteDuke
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Yeah, with soul you can pull off something like Nat Turner because there was SO MUCH quality underground soul music in so many cities that we may never unearth it all- Numero will die trying.
But punk/"proto-punk"? Virtually anything that is relevant to that scene has been mined. I'm really curious what selling point this one has.
Expensive Headache
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Agree with the mined comment. I’d be surprised if it was a solid deep find, but it’s either super specific/abstract/limited appeal or incorrectly characterized as Proto-Punk.
TheThinWhiteDuke
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And let's be real and strip the "punk" label off of this clue. Because no punk label that would have anything scene relevant on the scale of the DEATH reissue would hock it to a record of the month club.
Expensive Headache
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IMO, proto-punk sounds loosely what people consider ‘punk’ so VMP will liner note it up to make it fit. Stooges and MC5 are maybe my go-to examples but I think there are too many to mention and I don’t care where punk came from anymore. They should just do Grunge because I selfishly just want Seaweed to get reissues.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I support this. I am completely unfamiliar with this band but after a quick google search discovered they are from Tacoma and have an LP named Spanaway so clearly they have to be amazing. I am downloadling their discography as I type this.
Expensive Headache
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This made me smile to read! Fantastic band. I’ve been trying to track down all of their singles and they are really the best at blending grudge and punk from that era.
ToasterChef
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The Clash's soundtrack to the film Rude Boy was only ever released as a cassette (according to Discogs). Would Storf consider them "proto-"?
It also looks like the full version of Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense is only available on CD (once again, according to Discogs). Not sure if either of these would qualify as proto-punk, but both bands have enough name recognition to warrant the Essentials track.
It also looks like the full version of Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense is only available on CD (once again, according to Discogs). Not sure if either of these would qualify as proto-punk, but both bands have enough name recognition to warrant the Essentials track.
Cheesefry
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Man I would love that Talking Heads, but I’ve got a feeling this is going to be an Ayalew Mesfin scenario...I have no idea who it would be, but it feels like an out of left field, uncovered treasure type of thing.
BattleFlag
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apassant
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That sounds like a very plausible option! Even though the use of "album" is a bit of a stretch here.
Also, there's already a vinyl release of their discography (EP boxset or LP), but it's a Spanish pressing and IIRC I've read (maybe in this thread?) that VMP considers "first time on vinyl" records w/o US pressing.
Los Saicos - ¡Demolición! The Complete Recordings
Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for ¡Demolición! The Complete Recordings by Los Saicos. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.
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I'd be happy with this pick though...
JonnyH
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Like Heroin Bob. And Steveo.
LeSamourai
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The random juxtaposition of references to Mormons and proto-punk makes me think of the documentary New York Doll, about Arthur "Killer" Kane of the New York Dolls and how he hit rock bottom, joined the Mormon church, and fulfilled his dream of playing with the band again (one of those stories that's too weird to make up). It's been well over a decade since I saw it, but I remember it being pretty good.
Looks like it's streamable on Amazon Prime.
Looks like it's streamable on Amazon Prime.
tonythegamer
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I’m lost on the essentials. What the hell could it even be in ‘69 that never got a vinyl release?
duke86fan
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its going to be like wells fargo where it was made around the 60s or so but never actually came to america or the world so they made a compilation with now again
Mather
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Well that likely precludes Los Saicos, most of their output was 65-66. Although their final single released was in 69 so if they're going by the latest date of the last single it would work for a singles comp album. So actually nevermind it's totally Los Saicos. Confirmed.
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duke86fan
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the thing is there already IS a singles collection and its available on vinyl on bandcamp for 16 euros
