Issue 4 / September 2010

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Bido Lito! September 2010
Hot In Vinyl
Probe Records
Probe Records
Things are fraught! Time is tight! We here at Probe are in the process of moving shoppe (in fact, by the time
you read this we’ll be in our groovy new premises down at The Bluecoat on School Lane) and that’s why we
missed the deadline for last months small selection of goodies from the vinyl wonderworld... sorry ‘bout that.
Meanwhile fer this ish we give you a quick compendium of contemporary compilation elpees.
A Phase We’re Going Through (Fruits De Mer Records)
A whole buch of modern freaky beaty combos nobody ever heard of (yet) take on a whole heap of old skool classics by
the maestros of the psychedelic 6Ts. Cranium Pie take on Hendrix, The Swims tackle July, Geese engage with Pink Floyd
...among many others. Old hands The Chemistry Set get maximum kudos from us for reviving Del Shannon’s mighty
“Silver Birch”. And it’s all heavy on the phase action, natch.
Absolute Belter (Finders Keepers)
From them fanatical crate-diggin Mancs over at Finders Keepers comes this wild collection of Catalonian craziness
originally released in the way-back-when on the Belter label of Barcelona. Mid-Med-Mod-Rock & Spanish Psychsploitation
it sez on the sleeve and that’s exactly what ya get: 22 way cool cuts to shake yr tail feathers, daddy-o.
Psychedelic Sounds Of The Sonic Cathedral (Sonic Cathedral)
Not the first tribute to the world’s favourite acid casualties Roky Erickson & The 13th Floor Elevators but here’s another great
selection of cover versions from various Anglo-American outfits, this time in the Nu-Gaze / Dream Pop / Neo-Psych stylees of Century
21. Featuring: Dead Meadow, A Place To Bury Strangers, Black Acid (Richard “Death In Vegas” Fearless & Co) and more. Roky himself
appears with fellow Texans The Black Angels (which begs the question: is it acceptable to appear on ones own tribute album?)
Nu Yorica Roots! (Soul Jazz)
Latin music of Puerto Rican and Cuban origin melted down in the NY crucible and forged into yet another new sound
of thee American musical scene of the sixties on the reissue of this ace Soul Jazz comp (originally issued in Y2K and
deleted pretty soon after.) Plenty of big names as you can (maybe) tell from the cover pic ...no longer comes with the
uber groovy poster tho :(
Welcome Home: Diggin’ The Universe (Woodist)
A kinda chronicle of the current US indie underground from one of that scenes cult labels. Aggressively analog attitude
too: it was originally released on cassette (!) and is now getting a limited vinyl pressing ...any digital version seems
unlikely... a lucky thirteen track selection (and all exclusive to this) including Woods, Fresh & Onlys, Art Museums etc.
Contains great fuzz-trance version of Reggae legend Errol Dunkley’s 1974 UK hit “A Little Way Different” from Ripley
“Wooden Shjips” Johnson’s mighty Moon Duo.