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WELCOME TO THE CHEAP BEATS

WELCOME TO THE CHEAP BEATS

23 March 2016

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GONE WITH THE WIND – BUT FOUND

GONE WITH THE WIND – BUT FOUND

28 February 2017

One of the problems of running The Rare Record Club is the ones that got away. One of my greatest ambitions was to put the classic Rendell-Carr Quintet albums Shades Of Blue and Dusk Fire back onto the black stuff. Sadly, this was thwarted by the company that owns this material declining to license them. As many readers will know, these albums issu…

PSYCHAMERIICA PARTT 2

10 January 2010

The influence of hallucinogenic drugs had begun to be felt in ultra-hip musical circles from the start of the 60s, but it wasn’t until 1965 that it became explicit. Future Doors drummer John Densmore (see interview, page 54) joined a band named The Psychedelic Rangers that spring, ubiquitous Hollywood scenester Kim Fowley released his The Tri…

Luke Haines

Luke Haines

09 September 2021

As a younger fellow, I used to quite like the idea of subversion and (hushed tone) transgression in pop music. These days I’m not so bothered. I’m not sure that pop music has ever been particularly subversive. Has it ever had a corrupting effect, though? Yep. As a lower middle-class dweller (old skool class definitions here only) I am happy to …

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