For this week’s newsletter, we thought we’d have a Rockabilly rummage through the racks and dig out six essential 45s. These are all true pure Rockabilly 45s, from super classics to overlooked gems. Buckle up folks, this is gonna be a bumpy ride.
Read MoreBefore the dawn of Sun
Sun records, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis Tennessee USA. The birthplace of Rock n Roll. That is a pretty huge claim but look at the facts. Sam Phillips started the studio to give a place to the fantastic black artists in the Southern states to record their unique sounds.
Read MoreGettin’ sweaty bopping with Blues Bop 45s
For this weeks newsletter, we thought I’d take a little sift through some of the fantastic Blues Bop 45s we have in stock. Now we’re not much for turning dance styles into musical genres but we reckon this is probably the best description for this style of the blues. For these six slices of blues bop action, we’ve dug out some stone-cold classics but also pulled out a few overlooked gems that we particularly love.
Read MoreGroup Vocal Harmony Rhythm and Blues
Group Vocal Harmony Rhythm and Blues has been called the forgotten third of rock n roll, after Rockabilly and Rhythm and Blues. I think is not accurate as it remains a hugely popular subset of rock n roll. Amongst our huge RnB 45 section we have some great group vocal harmony Rhythm and Blues. So here are six to give you the flavour.
Read MoreScorchio! Six summer sizzlers…
Greeting from sun-drenched Costa del Camden Town! It’s good to see that our UK monsoon season is over or at least paused for a few days and we are soaking up the rays of a nice haul of new releases that have popped up over the last few days. There’s been so much good stuff over the last week that this six of the best really is the tip of the (quickly melting in this heat) iceberg.
Read MoreFive of the British Best 45s and a super CD
Being a loyal old Ted I admit to a soft spot for some of the terrible pop music that was foisted on the British public as Rock ‘n’ Roll from 1954 (yep, that was when Rock Island Line came out) onwards. But amongst the dross shine some gems, so let’s mine some of those diamonds today…
Read MoreA fresh selection of new arrivals
We’ve had a bunch of new stuff through the door this week so no clever themes this time around but if it’s variation you crave, then there’s plenty of that below from LPs and CDs to bubblegum cards. Scroll on…
Read MoreRockabilly repro rummage
Welcome along to the latest installment of the great and the (better than) good from our little Camden Town shop. This week I thought I’d do a random grab into our fit to bursting Rockabilly repro boxes and see what our random grabbiness reveals…
Read MoreThe sounds of the Bayou
We’re taking an excursion to the CD section of the shop today. We have masses of great CDs covering all the genres we love, Rockabilly, Rhythm and Blues Blues, Rock n Roll, Soul, 60s Punk and Garage and current bands recording in these styles but for this mission, we’re headed to Louisiana and the “By The Bayou” series from Ace records.
Read MoreSelected R&B and Blues good stuff
Welcome to another dose of the good stuff for vinyl addicts. For this fix, we’ve flicked through the hundreds of R&B and Blues repros and reissues we keep in the opium den that is our basement and we’ve picked out a few of our faves – some are classics and some deserve to be.
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