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Eddie and the Hotrods’ pre- and post-Teenage Depression Horseplay – what they tell us

May 3, 2023 0

In his most recent book Lightning Striking (review here), Lenny Kaye lists ten pivotal moments in the history of Rock and Roll. One of the transformative occasions mentioned is the emergence of punk rock that […]

Peter’s Twenty Favorite Albums 2022

January 15, 2023 0

Here I share my twenty personal favorites among newly recorded albums released in 2022 with some short comments to go along each one of them. Usual suspects mixed with newcomers in one big unholy mess. […]

Spotting ten modern instrumentals

December 11, 2022 0

As we know, the instrumental era ended abruptly when the doomsday comet named “British Invasion” entered the skies in the early 1960s and turned the music scene upside down. Admittedly, other genres were also extinguished […]

Birthday Byrd

July 13, 2022 0

You know, it’s becoming increasingly obvious, with every passing Summer and with every passing trend, that The Byrds were just about the greatest rock ’n’ roll band America ever produced. Now sure, I bet lots […]

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking

July 9, 2022 0

Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music […]

DEAD MAN’S CURVE: Mark A. Moore relives The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of JAN BERRY

April 8, 2022 0

I must confess that prior to the red-hot July of 1964, I’d never ever heard anything quite like Tommy Morgan’s harmonica solo on The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) …Dylan vinyl having not yet infiltrated […]

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Sad to read about Svenne Hedlund's passing. The times I met him, he was always happy, humble with a nice subtle sense of humor.

We had an interview with Svenne in Now & Then #8 where he talks about Swedish pop life in the 60s and of course mainly about Hep Stars. He had lost his copy of the magazine so I was happy to give him some new copies. You can see him holding it in the slightly blurry picture.

Thanks for the music and memories Svenne.

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This Ramones book and its photos look fantastic. Really looking forward to reading it. "Ramones in Sweden", and in Swedish.

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honors Gene Clark"s birthday and is #nowplaying "Here Tonight (The White Light Demos) [Omnivore Recordings, OVLP-60], 2013.

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Apparently it's singles day. Yes! "God Bless the 45"! And "(I Wish it Could Be) 1965 Again"!

Barracudas "God Bless the 45" // " Festival Pop" / "East European Girls" [Pure Pop Recordings, PP 1965], 2013.

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is back with "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" [Parlophone, R 5452], 6/1966.

A pretty good single don't you think? 😎

Swedish sleeve and record.

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Yes. Nice birthday present.

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The Hollies "Carrie Ann" / "Signs Will Never Change" [Parlophone, R 5602], 1967.

"Carrie Anne" is misprinted as "Carrie Ann" on both sleeves and labels.

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is now reading The Stems "1984 • 1987" by George Matzkov, 2014.

Or rather, checking out all the cool photos. The book came with four postcards and a CD (!) "Underneath The Covers 1985 - 1987.

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Tages "One Red, One Yellow, One Blue" / "True Fine Woman" [Platina, PA 139], July 1967.⁠
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Eddie and the Hotrods’ pre- and post-Teenage Depression Horseplay – what they tell us

May 3, 2023 0

Even though the album … There’s Pretty Things in Palookaville … from last year, by Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders, was fully packed, there are even more recordings in the pipeline waiting for release. Pat […]

Jeremy Scott – Bear Grease (album)

February 23, 2022 1

Jeremy Scott is best known from his work with Harlan T. Bobo and the Memphis-based bands The Toy Trucks and, maybe foremost, Reigning Sound – currently in the spotlight with the album A Little More […]

Alan Vega – After Dark (album)

September 24, 2021 0

This second unearthing in 2021 from the late Alan Vega (1938–2016) archive, the posthumous After Dark (In The Red Recordings), is very reminiscent of Alan Vegas’ two-day improvisation with Alex Chilton, which materialized as Cubist […]

Reigning Sound – A Little More Time with Reigning Sound (album)

June 17, 2021 0

As Jeremy Scott, the bassist of Reigning Sound, commented a while ago on PopDiggers’ announcement of Merge Records’ re-issue of Abdication…For Your Love – Plus, Reigning Sound had an album underway – seven years after […]

He’s Bad! 11 Bands Decimate The Beats of Bo Diddley (6×7” box, various artists)

May 22, 2021 0

Slovenly Recordings’/Black Gladiator‘s limited edition box set contains six 7” with Bo Diddley-related material – all are covers of Elias McDaniel’s or his co-conspirators originals. Some of them are well known while others are rare. […]

Bad Nerves – Bad Nerves (album, 2020)

February 22, 2021 0

Bad Nerves is an East London quintet with three singles in the baggage before this self-titled debut album was released in late 2020. It’s full throttle from start to finish with twelve songs in less […]

The Rolling Stones – vår bästa tid är 1964

June 19, 2019 0

Det är hög tid att en gång för alla avliva myten om att Mick Jagger och Keith Richards inte började skriva låtar på allvar förrän i samband med The Last Time, eller att paret dessförinnan […]

Olofssons Lost Treasures – Vol. 2

June 13, 2019 0

Efter ytterligare tolv artiklar och två specialartiklar är det ännu en gång dags att summera dem med en spellista. Det är också dags att ta en längre paus, efter att under drygt sju intensiva månader […]

Yrke: låtskrivare

June 6, 2019 1

Vi inleder veckans Olofssons Lost Treasures med ett pop quiz. För nu gäller det att klura ut den gemensamma nämnaren mellan poppig garagerock, mästerlig soul, drömlik psykedelika och sommardoftande pop. För att inte tala om […]

Finnkampen i sextiotalspop

May 30, 2019 0

Olofssons Lost Treasures erkänner villigt att kunskaperna i finländsk pophistoria lämnar mycket övrigt att önska. Men nu, när Finland vann Hockey-VM och den första Finnkampen i sextiotalspop, är det hög tid att sätta sig i […]

The greatest girl group song?

May 24, 2019 1

Det är dags att presentera gruppen som gjorde en av de bästa girl group-låtarna och som spelade in förträffliga skivor under fyra olika namn. När jag ändå lyckats väcka er nyfikenhet, varför inte fortsätta att […]

The Outer Limits – klassisk engelsk sextiotalspop

May 17, 2019 1

För några veckor sedan skrev Olofssons Lost Treasures om staden Leeds i samband med artikeln om Christine Quaite. Varför inte ta och återvända dit för att berätta om mannen bakom en av pophistoriens stora landsplågor. […]

Hugh Barker and Yuval Taylor – Faking It

August 13, 2020 0

I finally got to read Faking It after all these years. But this time gap matters less, since the framed topic is still valid and maybe even more relevant today. The question of authenticity is […]

Dogmatics are back for sure!

February 8, 2020 0

What a pleasant surprise it was to reconnect with Dogmatics after so many years through their 2019 7” release She’s The One; a 1m44s pop knockout that Buddy Holly should have been proud of. The […]

The Third Wave of Big Stir Singles

September 12, 2019 0

It is easy to sympathize with the fact that Big Stir Records has taken its name to pay tribute to Big Star, which also indicates what output is expected from Big Stir. Big Stir Records […]

Gabba Gabba Hey Ho

August 9, 2019 0

The Ramones are among the strongest proofs of a mismatch between long time impact and records sold. Their slow burner debut album Ramones acquired status of US gold (500,000 copies) as late as 2014 – […]

Reigning Sound: Abdication…For Your Love – plus

August 3, 2019 2

Superstitious people may say that Greg Cartwright’s lucky stars must have been aligned when he was approached by the car company Toyota’s US “Generation Y brand” Scion in 2011 to make a promotion record. All […]

Ugly Things # 50 – Fifty Reasons to be Cheerful

June 9, 2019 0

This landmark release # 50 of Ugly Things is certainly a very good reason to celebrate its editor Mike Stax and at the same time congratulate all readers of this exquisite music magazine. Mike Stax […]

Lenny Kaye – Lightning Striking

July 9, 2022 0

DEAD MAN’S CURVE: Mark A. Moore relives The Rock ‘n’ Roll Life of JAN BERRY

April 8, 2022 0

Seth Bovey – Five Years Ahead of My Time

February 22, 2020 0

I am not the first to congratulate Seth Bovey for writing a book that fills an important gap in the music history. Garage rock is for some reason sadly under-represented compared to other genres when […]

Gene Clark – The Byrd And The Best (Del 6 av 6)

September 23, 2020 1

Några avslutande ord från skribenten: Det är dags att avsluta en fantastisk resa, som inleddes den 11:e december i fjol. Men jag kanske återvänder med djuplodande biografier om mina andra favoritartister i framtiden. Trots att […]

Gene Clark – The Byrd And The Best (Del 5 av 6)

July 1, 2020 0

Hösten–vintern 1974–1975: Gene Clark inser att senaste skivan, No Other som han lagt ner hela sin själ i, har floppat. Gene tvingas ge sig ut på turné, för det finns räkningar och huslån som måste […]

Gene Clark – The Byrd And The Best (Del 4 av 6)

June 3, 2020 0

När Gene Clark avslutade samarbetet med Doug Dillard berodde det inte enbart på att duon ville gå skilda musikaliska vägar. Sent omsider hade Gene börjat inse att han inte kunde fortsätta att misshandla kroppen. Han […]