ROCKETSHIP RECORDS ****************** Distr. : UK - Piccadilly/Volcanic Tongue/ NE - Sonic Rendezvous/ Style : modern psych. / folk / RS 203 W. LIQUORBALL/STEVE MACKAY : EVOLUTIONARY SQUALOR LP 08.2009 01. EVOLUTIONARY SQUALOR 02. EVOLUTIONARY SQUALOR Long-running, high-energy, San Francisco boy-wonder band that makes shit up as they go along. Recorded before a live audience in Gradys Record Refuge in 2008, this warped and powerful outing features the late, great Steve Mackay, best known for his saxophone work on The Stooges classic Funhouse album, as well as members of the Bad Trips adding to the miasma. 500 pressed. http://www.sonic.nl/sonic_nl/mailing/721upcsh.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RS 0204 THE BAD TRIPS OPEN LP 12.2010 01. OPEN 02. LOCATION FOUR 03. SECRET PLACE 04. IN BETWEEN 05. DANCE OF THE MOUNTAIN POPPIES 06. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 07. END OF WAR elease from these seemingly bipolar individuals, featuring guitar work by Grady Runyan (Monoshock, Liquorball) and Jeff Grimes (Broken Strings). Recorded live to a Sony cassette recorder in the wee hours of the morning in Ventura, CA, Open is chronically atmospheric and unsettling. http://www.sonic.nl/sonic_nl/mailing/721upcsh.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RS 208 CHARLY BENTON INSTRUMENTALISM LP 02.2016 01. BARN DANCE 02. CERVEZA AND A SHAVE 03. CHAZ MAJAL 04. CIGAR BOX 05. CIGAR BOX 2: VARIATIONS ON A THEME 06. CLAUDE'S GRANDFATHER'S BANJO 07. CORN SHUCKIN' 08. DOS CERVEZAS 09. ECHO GUITAR 10. FREE DANCE WILLY 11. PAU HANA 12. HIGH PLAINS HYMN 13. OLD STONE ROLLING HOME 14. ON THE PORCH 15. SEVEN COWBOYS TUNE 16. 13 DOLLAR BANJO 17. THAT WAS SWEET 18. TINDERBOX 19. UNDER THE NUT 20. CAN O' BEANS 21. FREE BONUS TRACK! All acoustic, original compositions, in the American Primitive Guitar tradition of John Fahey, Leo Kottke and Jack Rose. Charley Benton lives in Ojai, CA. A versatile self-taught musician, he has an affinity for the unique and homemade. Instruments played on this album include an1844 parlor guitar,a Ukulele made of Lucite and a guitar built from a gas can. Charley calls this one Ethyl. On the song "Tinderbox" he plays bottleneck on an old cigar box with a hand-carved wooden neck and three tuners. This is no novelty album; Benton draws deep from American roots. The music is genuine and heartfelt. 500 pressed. http://www.sonic.nl/sonic_nl/mailing/721upcsh.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RS 209 JEFF GRIMES MORE THAN MONEY LP 02.2017 01. DICTIONARY 02. INVISIBLE GIRL 03. CROSSINGS 04. HOLY LIFE 05. NO COMPASSION 06. STANDING AT THE STATION 07. FOUR FOOT AND GLASSY 08. WANING SONG Rich, imaginative lyrics wrapped in a skillful mix of blues, psychedelic, rock and folk, this is the ultimate statement from Ventura writer/musician Jeff Grimes. From the guitar-mauling assault against hypocrisy and abuse of power of "No Compassion, " to the gospel-like choir of "Holy Life," to the graceful country feel and mystical lyrics of Crossings, to the not-quite-a-surf instrumental "Four Foot and Glassy, " More Than Memory is consistently diverse and thoroughly sublime. Features backing by members of Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Little Wings, and Neal Casal (Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Ryan Adams). Stoughton gatefold jacket with download code. 500 pressed. http://www.sonic.nl/sonic_nl/mailing/721upcsh.htm =======================================================================================