Gravel, anyone?

Back to normal after a one-day "hippie holiday"......really, surprised myself that I haven't put these 
yet, they are LOADED with tracks that I think are exclusive, pretty much to this set, each disc is stacked with 25-30 tracks, and I really don't remember seeing these aroundnet all THAT much (although I'm sure that is where I picked them up).....for the most part these are some rare and obscure shit, so if you missed out n your fix of such stuff yesterday, take a deep breath!

First volume includes 30 tracks (these are all North American bands, by the way), a HIGH number of which I think do not overlap much with the other comps of this ilk......The Spacemen, Unwritten Law, Sons of Sound, The Jads, The Moon-Dawgs, The Runaways (no not THAT Runaways!). In fact the most well-known band here might be Yesterday's Children, and there must have been about ten bands with that name, so this one could be unique as well!

TONS of rare stuff on Volume 2 as well, 30 tracks and MOST of them I think are found pretty muchy here....randomly: Hyperions, Try-Angle, Conner Family, Baroque Brothers, not to mention the Edicates from Columbus Ohio (about 45 minutes from my home) and Us Too from Fairfield Ohio (about an hour in the other direction) neither of which I had ever heard, prior to this set.

The third volume adds a bunch of equally obscure Candian bands, such as The Stitch In Tyme, The
Nocturnals, and the Esquires, to compliment thier USA bretheren such as The City Zu, The WordD, Dalek & the Blackstones, and Sugar Cube Blues Band...honestly, this is a fairly amazing undertaking, my hat is off to Kumquat May (no, really) Records for their ability to compile stuff THIS out-there without having to resort, really at all, to standard stuff that is comped regularly.....this is a GREAT set for those in the mood for TRUE obscurity.

Volume 4 is more of the same, I'll name a few at random again: Simple Simon & the Piemen, Baker Street Irregulars, The Goodsons, Dee & the Yeomen......Painted Ship who ar fairly frequently comped do turn up here, but if, in the course of 5 discs/150 or so tunes PAINTED SHIP is the BEST KNOWN act, you are REALLY onto some stuff that just doesn't turn up every day.

And so the series wraps up with volume 5. Threads of Fybre, 8th Wonders of the World, The Media, Southampton Story, The Hustlers 4, The Drop....I could go on and on, but really, you HAVE to get the idea here....there are a couple Painted Ship tracks that you may have heard before, and "Who Dat?" by the Jury is semi-known, other than that, well, this is for all you guys who were upset yesterday over the Jeffereson Airplane/Byrds/whatever ( if you WERE...I don't want to say that actually happened until it really does)!

Again, enjoy this set.....many sets portend to be rarities collections but "flesh out" the concept with
fairly well known or easy to acquire stuff.....not so in this case, these are five discs of stuff that I'd guess at least 90% of which is unique in my own personal collection, and that is saying something.  these quick!

VOLUME 1-01 THE CIRKIT-Yesterday We Laughed/02 THURSDAYS CHILDREN-Dominoes/03 BLUE BOYS-I Know/04 UNWRITTEN LAW-This Whole World Is Blind/05 THE ONE WAY STREET-Illusions/06 FABULOUS COURDELS-And You Believe Me/07 THE SPACEMEN-Run For Your Life/08 THORNS-I Want You/09 BUCK ROGERS MOVEMENT-Baby Come On /10 THE CHECKMATES-Get It While You Can/11 THE CHANTS-Hypnotized/12
THE PACK-Baby I Ask You Why/13 THE SOOTHSAYERS-Please Don't Be Mad/14 YESTERDAYS CHILDREN-Feelings/15 THE WHAT NOTS-I Need You Baby/16 THE TROLLS-They Don't Know/17 NEXT STOP-I Said No/18 THE GRIM REEPERS-Two Souls/19 FACTS OF LIFE-I've Seen Darker Nights/20 THE JAGGED EDGE-Gonna Find a Way/21 THE RUN A ROUNDS-I COuldn't Care Less/22 THE COUNTS-Night of Misery/23 BEAU GENTS-Three Letter Word/24 DEL RAYS INC-I'm a Lovin/25 SONS OF SOUND-He's Gonna Ride/26 SECRETS-Somethin Good For Me/27 THE RUNAWAYS-18th Floor Girl/28 THE CIRCUS-Bad Seed/29 THE JADS-Miss Pretty/30 THE MOON-DAWGS-Baby as Time Goes By

VOLUME 2-01 EPIC FIVE-I Need Your Lovin/02
SOMETHING ELSE-I Can't Beleive/03 SATINS-Get Out of My Life/04 US TOO-I'll Leave You Cryin/05 SOUNDS UNLIMITED-Cool One/06 MOTION-The Thief/07 THE AZTECS-What Mood/08 SLOTHS-Makin Love/09 BRANDED X-Society and Me/10 HYPERIONS-The Truth Always Hurts/11 THE LIME-Love a Go Go/12 CHAPARRALS-It May be My Fault/13 THE AARDVARKS-I'm Higher Than I'm Down/14 THE STAFFS-Anotehr Love/15 THE TROLLS-Are You
the One/16 VECTORS-What In the World/17 WILD ONES-Just Me/18 TRY-ANGLE-The Writing On the Wall/19 BONDSMEN-I Don't Want Your Lovin Anymore/20 CONNER FAMILY-A Lesson In Love/21 NEXT STEP-I Said No/22 THE EDICATES-Shes Gone/23 SONDS UNLIMITED-Nobody But You/24 WITNESS INC-Not You Girl/25 THE CHANGNG TYMES-You Make It Hard/26 DESTINYS CHILDREN-The Fall of the Queen/27 THE BAROQUE BROTHERS-So Glad I Was/28 CASUALS INCORPROATED-I Realized/29 THE CHANGING TIDES-Don't Say Goodbye/30 THE TRACKERS-You Are My World

VOLUME 3-01 DICK ST JOHN-You Know What I Mean/02 THE STRIDERS-Am I On Your Mind/03 LAST WORDS-She'll Know How/04 INFERNO 5 PLUS 1-I Can Take It/05 THE INFINITIVES-
Heidi/06 JACK & THE BEANSTALKS-Don't Bug Me/07 THE CHOSEN FEW-Get In On Life/08 THE CHESSMEN-Love Didn't Die/09 THE SANDS OF TIME-Red Light/10 PENTAGONS-About The Girl I Love/11 THE STITCH IN TYME-Point of View/12 THE SURREALISTIC PILLAR-I Like Girls/13 THE TIMETAKERS-At Least I'll Try/14 THE NOCTURNALS-Because You're Gone/15 THE OUTER LIMITS-Walkin Away/16
THE KINGZ ENGLISH-Doctor Hunger/17 CITATIONS-The Day That She'll Go/18 THE WORDD-You're Gonna Make It/19 THE YO YOS-The Raven/20 THE CITY ZU-I'll Find Another/21 CHAZ & THE CLASSICS-Girl of the 13th Hour/22 DALEK & THE BLACKSTONES-Never Feel the Pain/23 THE CRUCIBLES-Beware of Birds/24 THE SHAPRELS-A Fool For Your Lies/25 THE ESQUIRES-Cry Is All I Do/26 THE GESTURES-Run Run Run/27 THE JURY-Please Forget Her/28 THE GROOP LTD-As Time Goes By/29 THE NO-NA-MEES-Gotta Hold On/30 SUGAR CUBE BLUES BAND-My Impression

VOLUME 4-01 THE TREEZ-You Lied to Me
Before/02 THE SECRETS-Cryin Over Her/03 GOODSONS-Twisted Mind/04 BAKER STREET IRREGULARS-It Don't Mean Nothing/05 KING BEES-Little Girl/06 THE TROLL-Something Here Inside/07 RICHIE KNIGHT AND THE MID-KNIGHTS-Homework/08 THE JESTERS III-Say That I'm The One/09 KEITH ALLISON-Louise/10 THE BELLS OF RHYMNY-She'll Be Back/11 THE BLUE BEATS-I Can't Get Close (To Her At All)/12 DEE & THE YEOMEN-Say Baby/13 EMOTIONS-I Just Do/14 THE NORTHWEST COMPANY-Hard to Cry/15 NOBODY-Follow Me/16 SYSTEMS-How High Is High/17 THE PAINTED SHIP-Frustration/18 LUKE & THE APOSTLES-Been Burnt/19 MAGICAL MIST-Time Out to Fly/20 THREADS OF FYBRE-Beleive Me/21 SIMPLE SIMON & THE PIEMEN-Anyhow/22 ME & DEM GUYS-Come On Little Sweetheart/23 TOMMY JETT-Groovy Little Trip/24 THE WEEDS-It's Your Time

VOLUME 5-01 (THOSE) ROGUES-Wish I Coul See You Again/02 CLOUDWALKERS-Never Told Me So/03 OUR GANG-Careless Love/04 THE MIDNIGHT ANGELS-I'm Sufferin'/05 THE JURY-Who Dat?/06 THE LIVERPOOL SET-Seventeen Tears To the End/07 SKALIWAGS-Turn Him Down/08 THE DOMINIONS-I Need Her/09 MEDIA-Girl I Want You/10 THE PAINTED SHIP-Little White Lies/11 CHARACTERS-Tell Me/12 ROBB LONDON & THE ROGUES-Who'll Be the One/13 SOUTHAMPTON STORY-Leave Me Behind/14 THE TEMPOS-All That I Really Want/15 TORQUES-It's Me Not You/16 TYDE-Psychedelic Pill/17 8TH WONDERS OF THE WORLD-You You Yeah/18 THE WRONG NUMBERS-I Wonder Why/19 THE YOUNG MEN-A Thought For You/20 THE ROKS-Transparent Day/21 THREADS OF FYBRE-Mama/22 THE HUSTLERS 4-How Does Feel/23 THE HERD-Things Won't Change/24 DROPOUTS-I'm Leaving


Don't miss this one guys, I'm tellin ya!