Check this out! Rare stuff you might not have heard

[Zzzptm]

Yeah, I loved that song and a few years ago I finally snagged it and now it's a regular go-to for me. I think it was his only single in the USA to be a hit.

[Zzzptm]

Here's another great old one, I think this was on the first episode of The Young Ones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExM1vP-rhH4

[Typhon]

^^^^^^
Never heard that before.  Kind of catchy.

[Zzzptm]

^^^^^^
Never heard that before.  Kind of catchy.

Definitely pegs the "New Mod" sound of around 1981, even down to the skinny ties and suits.

[Axefiend]

Ha ha, never heard that before either, Cool! I'll bet you never heard this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUEUJmR_WAE

[Zzzptm]

Island hopping, punk rock style!

Meanwhile, here's dropping off the radar, psychobilly style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-D-lXlMy0

[Vyn]

Pretty hard to find this gem:

[Zzzptm]

^ May not be all that hard once it makes the rounds. Released 5 April 2024.

Now, *this* one is nice and rare...

Actually from 1974, and it sounds like a Kiss record. Except it's Rick James doing hard rock.

It's a fantastic track, one of my favorite little gems.

[Vyn]

Pretty cool track! But, Rick James was a real person, and that song currently has 9,300 views on the Youtube. In six years. Whereas the Sticky Sweethearts is a purely AI creation with a current view count of 2,100,000. In two weeks.

All of the possibilities that AI provides, and that song is what we (as human beings) are doing with it

[Zzzptm]

I thought it was either AI or a band that had no clue about musical history. It was all over the road, stylistically, and the cover photo mixes and matches with a broad range of looks. Two-tone bands from the 50s would typically NOT pose with their instruments and were more likely to be vocal groups rather than a full band.

As for AI getting 2.1 million hits... [deep sigh]

In other news, I found the original of "Ain't Nothing But a House Party" by The Showstoppers from 1968. Fun to compare with the J. Giles Band version.

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The 1951 version of "Whole Lotta Rosie"

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EPIC GRAVEDIG

Bubble Puppy were a heavy rock combo out of Texas in the late 60s, and this track sounds very similar to stuff Deep Purple and Amboy Dukes and guys like them were laying down.

This song is their hit.

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Gun - "Race with the Devil"

British band featuring Adrian Gurvitz, who would later do work with Buddy Miles and Eddie Money. Jimi Hendrix picked up the riff from this track for his "Machine Gun" piece. Bands like Girlschool and Judas Priest did covers of this track.

Come to find out that Gurvitz now does a lot of work with Disney music products. Talk about spanning multiple musical styles...