BEST OF THE REST
Other new releases out this month.
Iggy And The Stooges
Born In A Trailer: The Session & Rehearsal Tapes ’72-’73 CHERRY RED
The most thorough (four-CD) autopsy so far of the Raw Power-era
Stooges speeding their unhinged proto-punk nuts off in increasingly sweaty rooms. A rare treat for all those who can never hear too many savage assaults on I Got A Right. 8/10
Various
Wild Sounds From An Overheated Jukebox: Lux & Ivy Dig Those 45s RIGHTEOUS
The latest instalment in an incomparable series: 50 further examples (on two discs) of the kind of glorious left-field 50s rock’n’roll’n’R&B’n’hillbilly 45s The Cramps assiduously collected, played prior to live sets and occasionally covered. 7/10
Deep Purple
Live At Montreux 2011 MERCURY STUDIO)
Back by the Lake Geneva shoreline and appropriately on fire, Mk VIII Purple, augmented by the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt orchestra, (mostly) celebrate their early-70s heyday in fine style. Now comprehensively presented as a DVD/two-CD set. 7/10
Zombies
Oddities And Extras CRAFT
Despite its unassuming title, this limited RSD vinyl release is surprisingly essential. Packed with a dazzling line-up of UK-only album tracks and rarely heard beat-boom singles (She’s Coming
Home), it’s a veritable gold mine, ripe for reappraisal. 8/10
Audioweb Audioweb DEMON
One of the 90s’ most overlooked bands, Manchester’s Audioweb, fronted by Martin ‘Sugar’ Merchant (equal parts Isaacs, McAlmont, U-Roy) combined rock and reggae better than anyone post-Clash. An exceptional debut, finally back on white vinyl. 9/10
Queenadreena Djin CADIZ
Expanded fourth album of barbed-wire/baby-doll tender ferocity from Katie Jane Garside and Crispin Gray’s first project in harness postDaisy Chainsaw. Delicate, brutal, poetic, unhinged, its six bonuses include Heaven Doesn’t Wait with Gang Of Four’s Andy Gill. 7/10
Various
I’m A Freak, Baby 3 GRAPEFRUIT
Emblematic of a unique era, the UK Underground’s no nonsense biker prog (ambitious, but never precious) found fruition in Motörhead-viaHawkwind, but here are its fry-up-nourished, squat-born, free-festival roots. Stray, Deviants, Pink Fairies. Far out, man. 7/10
Beautiful People If 60’s Were 90’s RILLY GROOVY
A bizarre novelty, yet one that still pays dividends, this collision of the first and second summers of love (Hendrix material officially sanctioned to be sampled and reimagined in a 90s dance setting) has now been expanded with remixes and live clips into a sumptuous box set. 7/10
Tom Petty Angel Dream WARNER
Restructured Record Store Day reissue of Petty’s She’s The One soundtrack. This cobalt blue-vinyl 25th-anniversary edition replaces four tracks (included on April’s Finding Wildflowers) with two previously unheard songs, an instrumental and a crack at JJ Cale’s
Thirteen Days. 7/10
Mickey Jupp
Kiss Me Quick, Squeeze Me Slow REPERTOIRE
Journeyman Southend rocker Jupp is finally accorded the career box his bafflingly undervalued career deserves. Aural snapshots from his pre-glam Tony Visconti-produced Legend and late-70s Stiff Records rebirth predominate across three CDs, alongside a 1984 DVD documentary. 7/10