{"title":"RidingEasy Records","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Los Angeles label that has spent a decade digging up heavy rock nobody was supposed to hear again, and putting out new bands loud enough to sit next to it. Home of the Brown Acid series.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-fourth-trip-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid: Fourth Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you thought Riding Easy was getting close to the end of the Brown Acid series with their last Trip, you were dead wrong. They're only just getting rolling. The well of privately released hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal 45s is deep and nowhere near tapped out. Most of these records, barely released and never properly distributed, were never easy to find, unless you're willing to dig. Hard calluses have formed from handling the shovel and sifting through a lot of dirt, but here are another ten tremendous tracks to share with all the heavy heads out there. This volume brings together eight insanely rare and skullcrushingly heavy 45s as well as two previously unreleased bangers.The records included on this volume vary in rarity, but at least two of them were virtually unknown until Riding Easy discovered them. You'll win the lottery before you find copies of all of the original 45s in even the best record stores. Many of those included in this volume are owned only by the members of the bands and some of the band members don't even have personal copies. That's just how hard these guys hit it back in the day! It's lucky some of these guys are still alive and well enough to give permission to use their masters.Brown Acid is here to stay-plug in, turn up, and freak out, this is what rock 'n' roll is all about!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51595921752359,"sku":"603111719511","price":28.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/cover_7e695a86-55c5-4be4-ad49-fa1e7c5c5564.jpg?v=1787155750"},{"product_id":"aleph-null-nocturnal-vinyl","title":"Aleph Null - Nocturnal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\"If Alice In Chains had a massive nut sack... this is what it would sound like\"\". After forming in Düsseldorf in 2012, Aleph Null quickly made a name for themselves amongst doom and stoner rock connoisseurs with their first EP Dale, and it's 2013 follow-up, Belladonna. Last week the riff loving three piece released their first full-length release octurnal' online, and in an extremely kind gesture, have made the record available as a free download. The band's thick, groovy sound and keen songwriting skills are sure to endear them to fans of bands like Sleep, Down and Clutch, and Nocturnal' finds the band on fine form, busting out all manner of deep, fuzzy anthems in style. Double LP, Heavy Duty 24pt board Single Jacket, Insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51596343443751,"sku":"603111986616","price":38.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/cover_a0baf723-1747-49f1-b69c-3d099253e1a3.jpg?v=1787163435"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-eighteenth-trip-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Eighteenth Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. Eighteen and i like it... if you survived trips 1-17 with one tiny speck of psychedelic sunshine intact, Brown Acid The 18th Trip will be your coming of age nightmare. Vintage underground '70s hard rock, coming at you from bizarre angles, local scene wasteland America when everybody was out for themselves and the drugs went bleak. The guitars kill, the attitude is twisted, even the sex is headed down the wrong road. Real people, no compromise, pure and potent. Get stoked, take the 18th Trip and know that the artists will get paid for pulverizing your soul!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597120733479,"sku":"603111763811","price":30.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4319737-3130069.jpg?v=1783430172"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-seventeenth-trip-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Seventeenth Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucky number seventeen? Believe it. Those at Brown Acid have been scouring the highways and byways of America for even more hidden stashes of psych \/ garage \/ proto-punk madness from the so-called Aquarian Age. There's no flower power here, though-just acid casualties, rock stompers and major freakouts. As always, the songs have been officially licensed, and all the artists get paid. Some samples of this trip include: Stone Hedge were a seven-piece rock band out of Michigan with a penchant for Creedence and anthropomorphism. \"\"Smokey Bear\"\" is their 1972 tribute to the official mascot of the U.S. Forest Services-not to mention the A side of their sole single-and it recalls the kind of organ-drenched swamp jam that soundtracked many a Burt Reynolds flick back in the day.Cedar Rapids, Iowa, may not be known as a cultural mecca, but they did produce Truth \u0026amp; Janey. This deadly hard rock trio delivered their holy grail full-length, No Rest For The Wicked, back in 1976. \"\"Around and Around\"\" is a Chuck Berry cover that originally appeared on a 1973 single the band released under the earlier name Truth.Originally released in 1973, \"\"High School Letter\"\" is the debut single from San Diego rock squad Glory. This infectious bonehead cruncher features future Beat Farmer Jerry Raney and the original rhythm section of Iron Butterfly in bassist Greg Willis and drummer Jack Pinney. Glory is what they got up to after their former bandmates left for L.A.'s garden of Eden.\"\"Jack the Ripper\"\" is a mercilessly bootlegged Cleveland classic from 1978 with a serrated punk edge and vocals that recall Mick Blood of Aussie savages the Lime Spiders. Or maybe it's the other way around-the Lime Spiders formed the year after Strychnine carved off this lethal paean to the infamous Whitechapel slasher of olde.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597120864551,"sku":"603111759111","price":30.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4258430-3050938.jpg?v=1783430173"},{"product_id":"white-boy-the-average-rat-band-white-boy-the-average-rat-band-vinyl","title":"White Boy \u0026 The Average Rat Band (Limited Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite Boy and the Average Rat Band was formed in the unlikely small mountain town of Richlands, Virginia in late 1979 by guitarist and songwriter Michael Matney. Fresh out of high school in 1979, Matney would venture over the mountain to neighboring Tennessee to try his luck in the music Mecca of Nashville. There Matney would join Kriss Famous' longtime established local act \"\"Tabu\"\", replacing Ron Keel as lead guitarist. It was in this arrangement that Matney would be christened with the name \"\"White Boy\"\".His time with \"\"Tabu\"\" and in Nashville would be brief before returning back to Virginia. Once back home, Matney would take a job with a local record store and recording studio owner who would grant him recording time in exchange for employment. There Matney would helm his own project deemed White Boy and the Average Rat Band; writing, composing and producing the self-titled debut. On the project, Matney played all the instruments, in exception to the two separate drummers used to complete the album. Musicians were then assembled in order to represent a band on the album and in live performances.In 1980 the White Boy and the Average Rat Band self-titled debut album would be released in a limited number of 300 copies, of which 50 would be lost. They would see very limited distribution, which only added to the curiosity the album would become. The band in the early 1980's would have a short life-span that would well be surpassed by their reputation on into the next couple of decades.Matney would then go on to other projects, such as a live guitarist sitting in with Dr. Hook and as a touring guitarist with David Allen Coe. During which time, unannounced to Matney, White Boy and the Average Rat Band's name was gaining somewhat of a cult status amongst record collectors around the globe seeking private press releases and on-the-fringes type rock bands. As the records continued to circulate through the hands of these collectors, the album began to become more and more difficult to find, as well as fetching prices in the high hundreds of dollars.In 2010 a bootleg pressing of the band's album would begin to circulate. This unofficial release would be a response to the high demand of people seeking the record. Although it was unknown to the band at the time and obviously done without permission, the bootleg only helped to grow the band's cult status even greater. Riding Easy offers the first official reissue of this lost 1980 album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597121093927,"sku":"737879948651","price":37.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4460403-3454701.jpg?v=1783430177"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-eighteenth-trip-cd","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Eighteenth Trip (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCD edition. Eighteen and i like it... if you survived trips 1-17 with one tiny speck of psychedelic sunshine intact, Brown Acid The 18th Trip will be your coming of age nightmare. Vintage underground '70s hard rock, coming at you from bizarre angles, local scene wasteland America when everybody was out for themselves and the drugs went bleak. The guitars kill, the attitude is twisted, even the sex is headed down the wrong road. Real people, no compromise, pure and potent. Get stoked, take the 18th Trip and know that the artists will get paid for pulverizing your soul!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597121159463,"sku":"603111763828","price":16.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4319738-3130070.jpg?v=1783430177"},{"product_id":"zig-zags-strange-masters-vinyl","title":"Zig Zags - Strange Masters (Limited Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\"The origin of this record is a weird one. In 2019, we had just returned from two long European tours when we decided to take a 'little break' from the road. You all know what happened next. That 'little break' turned into a couple of years and during that time Dane, our drummer, decided to quit the band and music in general (no hard feelings). Sean [Hoffman] and I had a discussion and thought about ending the band as a whole, but I knew I had to go out on my own terms. I had an ace in the hole, though. Jeff Murray, drummer from LA rippers The Shrine. I had been friends with Jeff and The Shrine's founder, Josh Landau since our 'Scavenger' 7-inch came out, around 2012. We had run into them in Berlin a few months back and I knew they weren't playing anymore. I called Josh first, 'cause asking a dude if you can take his drummer, is like asking your girlfriend's dad if you can marry her. And Josh said 'go for it.' And Jeff was in. \"\"Honestly if he had said no, that would have been the end. I had written a ton of stuff since our last album but I had shelved most of it. I was trying too hard-basically. Eventually Sean, Jeff and I said, 'Fuck it, let's make a 'Fake Live' record-like Kiss or Slayer did. John Dwyer from Osees was opening his new studio, Discount Mirrors, and it seemed like the perfect place to record it. We settled on re-recording a bunch of old stuff while simultaneously demoing our new material, as the three of us were now starting to really get in the groove. The result is Strange Masters Vol. 1. \"\"These are not new songs. These are Zig Zags classics re-recorded with a ripping-ass band that's old and angry and just wants to get on with it. We are already on to recording the next album of new songs. That one is coming soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this one... while you still can!\"\" -Jed Maheu (guitars\/vocals for Zig Zags)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597133906215,"sku":"603111764115","price":30.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4343316-3185697.jpg?v=1783430378"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-nineteenth-trip-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Nineteenth Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. There is NO LIGHT at the end of this tunnel! BROWN ACID: The Nineteenth Trip fires ten more savage nails deep into the coffin of '60s psychedelic idealism. This series is THE premier top dog journey into the rarest and most wasted early local eruptions of heavy rock, unleashed at a time when harsh reality, human nature and disillusionment drove prevailing underground rock glimpses of a 'better' world into ever darker selfabsorbed comedowns. Mind expanding '60s love energies transform into toxic aggression right before your ears! The great thing is that these moves are totally justified, 'we are all one' is cosmically good in theory but 'get it while you can' ends up perhaps better advice in the light of human history. Both of those angles of awareness can coexist, some of these bands deliver unrelenting sideways positive energy but they aren't over-thinking it, they are youthfully driven by hunger for life and satisfying the undeniable urges their DNA thrusts upon them. Sonically, the results in the BROWN ACID series never fail to breathe hot and heavy, the guitars kill it every time, the variety of approaches these tracks take keep the scenery shifting into new places. The key element that makes this stuff so potent is that THEY (the bands) are in control. Captured genuinely with no compromise, right out of the gate. No doubt they had ambition with high hopes for the future when they laid down these primal efforts, the fact that they captured their energy so vividly at a moment in time when the only direction imaginable was UP creates a hard hitting life affirming subtext to the proceedings. That is the core energy of blues and rock and roll, dealing with the struggles of existence by flipping a gigantic 'what the fuck' high energy bird right in the face of the moronic defective reality these bands were born into. If you take this stuff too 'seriously' you are utterly missing the point, it is beyond analysis, it is life itself! No amount of thinking will get you there quicker! BROWN ACID: The Nineteenth Trip is scary... The bottomless pit of deranged vintage heavy rock the series presents continually expands over time... one deadly dose too many and you might be trapped in the bad trip loop forever... enjoy it or lose your mind!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597143081255,"sku":"767461096675","price":31.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4383257-3281616.jpg?v=1783430515"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-nineteenth-trip-cd","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Nineteenth Trip (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCD edition. There is NO LIGHT at the end of this tunnel! BROWN ACID: The Nineteenth Trip fires ten more savage nails deep into the coffin of '60s psychedelic idealism. This series is THE premier top dog journey into the rarest and most wasted early local eruptions of heavy rock, unleashed at a time when harsh reality, human nature and disillusionment drove prevailing underground rock glimpses of a 'better' world into ever darker selfabsorbed comedowns. Mind expanding '60s love energies transform into toxic aggression right before your ears! The great thing is that these moves are totally justified, 'we are all one' is cosmically good in theory but 'get it while you can' ends up perhaps better advice in the light of human history. Both of those angles of awareness can coexist, some of these bands deliver unrelenting sideways positive energy but they aren't over-thinking it, they are youthfully driven by hunger for life and satisfying the undeniable urges their DNA thrusts upon them. Sonically, the results in the BROWN ACID series never fail to breathe hot and heavy, the guitars kill it every time, the variety of approaches these tracks take keep the scenery shifting into new places. The key element that makes this stuff so potent is that THEY (the bands) are in control. Captured genuinely with no compromise, right out of the gate. No doubt they had ambition with high hopes for the future when they laid down these primal efforts, the fact that they captured their energy so vividly at a moment in time when the only direction imaginable was UP creates a hard hitting life affirming subtext to the proceedings. That is the core energy of blues and rock and roll, dealing with the struggles of existence by flipping a gigantic 'what the fuck' high energy bird right in the face of the moronic defective reality these bands were born into. If you take this stuff too 'seriously' you are utterly missing the point, it is beyond analysis, it is life itself! 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The band's feel-good rock \u0026amp; roll rests it's laurels alongside many of the city's musical heavyweights, bringing a swagger and heft present in the best of the MC5 and the Stooges, while balancing the subtle tones and attitude found in prime-era Sabbath, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and the Flower Travellin' Band. It should be no surprise that the band's songwriter, Dusty Rose, haunted the same high school halls as the MC5 at Lincoln Park High, as much of the attitude, poise and spirit can be found on the band's A-One From Day One long player debut for the legendary Riding Easy Records. The songs shimmer and shake, shredding through solo after solo, while packing just enough hazy 70's influence to make it sound like Dusty Rose Gang has been here all along. This is Detroit rock n' roll made by lifers for lifers, the no-bullshit real deal that the Motor City has been breathing since before Gene Simmons coined the term \"\"Detroit Rock City.\"\"A-One From Day One was produced and recorded by Warren Defever at Free Party Bar, Hamtramck and mastered at Third Man Mastering. Engineered by Cam Frank. The album was recorded with Brett Donlon (bass), J. Rowe (drums, percussion), Kara Meister (backing vocals), and Warren Defever (mellotron, organ). 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Indebted to shoe gaze and '90s alt rock, it's 10 tracks are filled with ethereal vocals, melodic guitars, and a heavy low end. It's inspired by groups like Deftones and Hole, powerful bands that explore the emotional bottom but are able to rise from the depths.Lakis was born in Baltimore, where she was raised by her single mother. As she grew up, she lost multiple family members and friends to addiction. She became an actor and a photographer, trying to capture the human experience with each endeavor. Her travels led to stints living in Prague and Tokyo, before she moved to Los Angeles. In 2016 she endured a horrible breakup, and then her mother was in a car accident that left her paralyzed.Though Lakis was already singing in a band at the time, these life-altering events motivated her to focus on writing and recording her own music. \"\"When you're in a place of total surrender, you are able to get out of your own way and finally do the thing you want to do, \"\" she says.After the car accident, Lakis's mother's health deteriorated, and Deadlights was recorded over the last year of life, with Lakis frequently travelling back to Baltimore to care for her. Despite these circumstances and the recurring theme of loss in it's songs, Lakis doesn't consider Deadlights a grief album. Instead it captures what's possible when you survive the worst reality you can imagine. \"\"That loss, the experience of going through the absolute worst thing, there's a freedom in that, \"\" she says. \"\"There's a liberation in that where I almost feel invincible.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597146128679,"sku":"737879948712","price":33.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4503864-3554381.jpg?v=1783430553"},{"product_id":"dusty-rose-gang-a-one-from-day-one-vinyl","title":"Dusty Rose Gang - A-one From Day One","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailing from the southwest side of Detroit, Michigan, Dusty Rose Gang makes music that sounds like a celebratory summer evening with friends on the beach of the city's crown jewel, Belle Isle. 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This is Detroit rock n' roll made by lifers for lifers, the no-bullshit real deal that the Motor City has been breathing since before Gene Simmons coined the term \"\"Detroit Rock City.\"\"A-One From Day One was produced and recorded by Warren Defever at Free Party Bar, Hamtramck and mastered at Third Man Mastering. Engineered by Cam Frank. The album was recorded with Brett Donlon (bass), J. Rowe (drums, percussion), Kara Meister (backing vocals), and Warren Defever (mellotron, organ). 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They've gigged all over the globe with underground luminaries such Mike Watt, Neurosis, Pig Destroyer, Oh Sees and Feral Ohms and recorded collaborations with icons like Iggy Pop.Now the power trio is set to release their fifth incendiary full-length album, Deadbeat At Dawn, named in honor of the beloved B-movie, a no-budget action revenge flick set in the mean streets of suburban Ohio. Cult cinema is an enduring Zig Zags inspiration, with the band frequently calling out exploitation films in their lyrics, odes to teen-delinquent classics like \"\"Over the Edge\"\" and dystopian sci-fi such as, \"\"Terminator\"\" and \"\"Total Recall\"\". The new album sticks to this obsession with the cultural underground, riffing on everything from demonic minions to apocalyptic visions and alien attacks. The result is the most focused, intense, and catchy Zig Zags album yet, with the timing perfect for their distinctly melodic and maniacal call to arms. Finalizing recording and mixing just as the catastrophic fires hit their hometown in L.A., Deadbeat At Dawn is the perfect soundtrack for a city rising up from the ashes of destruction. \"\"I feel lucky that we got to put out this record when we did,\"\" Maheu said, \"\"It's heavy and gnarly and kind of fucked up, but it's also a lot of fun-which is how we feel about Los Angeles.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597169819943,"sku":"788362909307","price":33.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4427431-3393393.jpg?v=1783430894"},{"product_id":"zig-zags-deadbeat-at-dawn-cd","title":"Zig Zags - Deadbeat At Dawn (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eZig Zags have been an L.A. institution for over a decade, never veering from their hard-riffin punk\/metal mission statement. 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Finalizing recording and mixing just as the catastrophic fires hit their hometown in L.A., Deadbeat At Dawn is the perfect soundtrack for a city rising up from the ashes of destruction. \"\"I feel lucky that we got to put out this record when we did,\"\" Maheu said, \"\"It's heavy and gnarly and kind of fucked up, but it's also a lot of fun-which is how we feel about Los Angeles.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597170082087,"sku":"788362909338","price":16.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4427432-3393395.jpg?v=1783430899"},{"product_id":"blackout-blackout-vinyl","title":"Blackout","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith food, beer, and America at the forefront, it only makes sense guitar player Christian Gordy and drummer Taryn Waldman would meet at Gordy's 2011 July 4th cookout in Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. With no direction and zero discussion the two instinctually began banging out some massive caveman jams that could party as much as they could crush. In the following months, the two recruited fellow rager Justin Sherrll for bass, and things got loud and heavy. Blackout-referring to Blackout drunk, power failure, or a mobster hit on an entire family, was a no brainer for a name. For fans of Acid King, Weedeater, Trouble, and Black Sabbath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597235978535,"sku":"603111987514","price":28.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/cover_99a2fb6e-0290-4b7c-ad08-ae3543e387a7.jpg?v=1787179010"},{"product_id":"blackout-the-horse-vinyl","title":"Blackout - The Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. Ask any New Yorker what makes them special and they'll all tell you something different. But there's something very particular about a city so condensed with a vast range of humanity all facing myriad daily challenges that gives it's rock music a brash, direct aggression unlike other places. Case in point, NYC trio Blackout's take on doom and stoner rock is filled with a gritty, mechanistic heft unlike bands of their ilk from anywhere else. Subsumed within the greasy grooves of The Horse there are echoes of NYC heavy legends like Helmet, Cro-Mags, Judge, Prong and others - not as intentional homage, but rather a vibe that permeates and inadvertently gives it's bands a unique power that few can match. After a brief hiatus between the March 2015 release of their self-titled sophomore album on RidingEasy Records, Blackout has regrouped and (ahem) gotten back on The Horse for an eight-song blast of riffs that does not fuck around. On one fateful day in July 2016, with a handful of mushrooms and a bottle of tequila, vocalist\/guitarist Christian Gordy set out to write an entire new Blackout record. Following the departure of original drummer Taryn Waldman earlier that year, the band's fate was uncertain. But, Gordy's writing forray resulted in a wellspring of inspiration and by happenstance he contacted drummer Adam Taylor who had just parted with his band Ghost Punch. Within two months of banging out riffs with bassist Justin Sherrell, Blackout was back in action. The Horse was recorded over four days in September 2016 at Spaceman Sound in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, which the band describes as \"\"a whirlwind session laced with loads of buds, Petey's burgers and lipstick.\"\" Or, described by blackout themselves: \"\"What you have before you now is a messy plate of meat, slathered in weird sauces. A haunted steak from from Centaurus A to sink your tingling fangs into. 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The free-wheelin' creativity and infectious vitality of Bay Area thrash is a moment forever locked in time, but it's spirit lives on in this band's galloping guitar picks, soaring harmonies and blistering rhythms. The band's perfect hybrid of NWOBHM theatrics and American thrash attitude delivers a rousing and genuine expansion on sounds long lost to pointless battles over who can be the most extreme.\"\"Hell Fire began when bass player Herman Bandala moved to San Francisco from Tijuana, Mexico, with the hopes of forming a heavy metal band. Herman posted an ad to Craigslist which caught the attention of guitarist Tony Campos. They bonded over a mutual love of '80s thrash and NWOBHM. Just before they entered the studio to record their debut album Metal Masses, Jake Nunn joined on vocals. The lineup continued to develop over time, finally solidifying with Nunn also taking up second guitar duties and drummer Mike Smith joining prior to recording Free Again. 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Where Metal Masses showcased aesthetic nods to Metallica's Kill 'Em All album (as well as a cover photo brilliantly depicting a blurry hand speedily playing a Flying-V guitar), Free Again finds the band coming into their own with emphasis upon grooves, a beefier sound and tighter songs that expertly shift into new parts at the drop of a hat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597239255335,"sku":"603111730028","price":18.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/cover_35705729-4480-4efd-a95a-6e33b87fb3c3.jpg?v=1787179052"},{"product_id":"alastor-onwards-downwards-cd","title":"Alastor - Onwards \u0026 Downwards (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcelsior! It's the hail of yore that one should go ever onward and upward. 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As such, Riding Easy is bringing even more hard rock, heavy psych, and garage rock rarities from the North American wasteland of the 1970s. From L.A. to Youngstown, OH, from Toronto to Charlotte, The Sixteenth Trip has got everything covered. As always, original copies of these 45s would cost a pretty penny-if one could find 'em in the first place. And by now one knows the drill: This ain't no bootleg. All songs are officially licensed.This sixteenth installment kicks off with \"\"Shuckin' and Jiving,\"\" a seven-minute power jam from L.A.'s kings of garage psych, the Seeds. The song appeared as a single in 1972 with \"\"You Took Me By Surprise\"\" on the flipside. It was the only release on Productions Unlimited, a label created by (or for) the Seeds at the tail end of their late '60s \/ early '70s run as Sky Saxon And The Seeds. Get shucked!MacBeth released their one and only 45 in 1978, with the steamrolling \"\"Freight Train\"\" as the b-side to \"\"Didn't Mean (To Come This Far).\"\" Boasting a thick-ass riff, a tasty stereo-panned guitar solo and at least one space laser sound effect, this one should satisfy fans of Blue Cheer and Grand Funk alike. MacBeth's bassist, Ned Meloni, went on to play with UFO guitarist Paul Chapman, Virgin Steele guitarist Jack Starr and do a brief stint with doom legends Pentagram.Formed by three brothers-David, Bruce and Barry Flynn, all GM factory workers-along with organist Tom Applegate, The Headstones (also known as simply Headstone) lent their 1974 garage boogie \"\"Carry Me On\"\" to The Fourth Trip. This time, the Midwest psych rockers return with their killer 1975 instrumental \"\"Snake Dance.\"\" One can hear echoes of this particular guitar style in the recent work of Swedish adventure rock overlords Hällas.The band Clinton might've been from Pennsylvania, but that didn't stop them from writing about New York City. \"\"Midnight In New York\"\" is the flipside to their sole single, 1976's \"\"Falling Behind.\"\" Stylistically and thematically, it's not unlike something famous New Yawker Ace Frehley would've written for KISS around the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597244629287,"sku":"603111758817","price":30.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4212596-2980528.jpg?v=1783431876"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-tenth-trip-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Tenth Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere it is, the tenth edition of Brown Acid in just half as many years! 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It's hard to believe it's up to ten volumes of this lysergic Neanderthal wail, but the long-lost jams just keep-a-coming like Texas crude to fuel the rock 'n' roll engine and melt one's metal mind.\"\"Will do for hard rock, proto-metal and heavy psych what Nuggets did for garage rock, and bring it to a wider audience of collectors and music fans.\"\" -The Guardian \"\"Mining the surprising rich reserves of heavy rock and proto-metal from the '60s and '70s, these collections have been crucial to understanding the history of a subgenre of rock that had far deeper roots than most fans realize.\"\" -Paste Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597245284647,"sku":"603111741413","price":29.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/3802045-2548286.jpg?v=1783431879"},{"product_id":"alastor-onwards-downwards-vinyl","title":"Alastor - Onwards \u0026 Downwards","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcelsior! 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This Harrisburg, PA power trio, featuring Dan Hartman (Edgar Winter Group, et al) and his brother Dave, also name-checks Jimi Hendrix Experience in the midst of the song's most blatant Hendrix rip. Perhaps that's how Fever Games work? Transfer's velvet smooth groove has an almost proto-punk feel like a mashup of the Velvet Underground and The Flamin' Groovies. But the lyrics referencing tokin' reefer and the twanging surf lead situate them closer to their heavy rock brethren. This very rare 1974 self- released 45 is this lone archive of the band's existence-assume they just kept right on playin' it cool into oblivion. Cox's Army deploy the grungy rocker \"\"I'm Tired\"\" which sounds like if Jimi Hendrix fronted Mudhoney. Yes, please! Though they hailed from Aurora, IL, it sounds like there's definitely some Pacific Northwest in their blood. Particularly in the gritty production, which hints at The Sonics' \"\"bustin' outta lo-fi\"\" style. Not much is known about the enigmatic Columbus, OH musician known as Raven, whose \"\"Back to Ohio Blues\"\" closes this edition. The mantra-like droning riff of this eight-minute jam is a Black To Comm-style epic, driven by Raven's hostile, no-bullshit diatribe until it all busts open for an insane two-minute long drum solo soaked in odd effects that sounds like it was copped from a Melvins album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597245514023,"sku":"603111748627","price":18.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4100068-2839598.jpg?v=1783431881"},{"product_id":"various-artists-brown-acid-the-eleventh-trip-vinyl","title":"Various Artists - Brown Acid - The Eleventh Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. 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They can rip it up with hot leads, probably jammed out on these songs at live shows but lucky us, they laid them down for all times here with the sort of thought out unified force and construction that screams hit radio. Loads of personality, accessible, produced and mixed with the clarity of classic rock that never loses it's perfectly deployed impact. The uncluttered arrangements leave plenty of space, crafted with the kind of balanced mojo in the mix where every detail adds to the whole. Down and dirty but also achieving a universal pop-friendly appeal! The Mammoth LP was recorded in 1981 at Relayer Studios in DeLand, Florida with the two guitars, bass and drums quartet line-up sounding like it could have been a decade earlier. Buzz Fetters on lead guitar, Bill Abell on rhythm guitar, Joey Costa on bass and Ron Herman on drums... with everybody contributing to the vocals. 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Surfing the line between Motörhead, The Cramps and Dick Dale, the Canadian quartet uncompromisingly blends rawness and power in their riff fueled compositions. Recorded entirely in 48 hours in a live setting just like in the good old days, this second opus is a testament to what the band stands for: a no BS attitude spiked with a heavy layer of crass. 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The L.A. based band comprised of Antibalas members have toured relentlessly over the past two years, while also releasing a second album, You Will Know Nothing and an EP, Animal Noises, both in 2018. No Ground to Walk Upon is their third album. It continues with an ongoing concept of playing a soundtrack to an imaginary movie, with each song being a scene. Rough Trade named HERE LIES MAN in their prestigious Top 10 Albums of 2017. BBC 6 and Classic Rock Magazine deemed it among the year's best, as well as countless other press outlets singing it's praises. 2018's You Will Know Nothing furthered the band's reputation for genre-smashing rhythmic experimentation, topping many year-end lists as well as earning features from countless metal and indie rock outlets, plus cover stories in weekly papers. This latest album is the next step in the band's rapid ascent to what is bound to be influential upon riff-based rock.\"\"We're very conscious of how the rhythms service the riffs,\"\" explains founder and vocalist \/ guitarist \/ multi-instrumentalist Marcos Garcia (who also plays guitar in Antibalas) of the band's sound. \"\"Tony Iommi's (Black Sabbath) innovation was to make the riff the organizing principle of a song. 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Following his tenure in proto-metal pioneers Blue Cheer in 1969, the guitarist aimed for more control over his next project. Thus, Randy Holden - Population II was born, the duo naming itself after the astronomical term for a particular star cluster with heavy metals present. Along with drummer \/ keyboardist Chris Lockheed, Holden created what many say is one of the earliest forms of doom metal. Their six-song debut album Population II delves into leaden sludge, lumbering doom and epic soaring riffs that sound free from all constraints of the era. However, troubles with the album's original 1970 release bankrupted Holden, who subsequently left music for over two decades. For good reason, it's widely hailed as a masterpiece, and until finally getting a proper formal release in 2020 on Riding Easy Records, was a longtime Holy Grail for record collectors. Flash forward forty years to 2010, one finds the guitarist \/ vocalist quietly coaxed into recording a followup album by Holden superfan and Cactus member Randy Pratt. Joined by drummer Bobby Rondinelli (who has played with Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow), the trio cut the six-song collection of leaden future blues, Population III. \"\"Randy Pratt had written the basic song structures, he understood my music and where I come from quite well,\"\" Holden says. \"\"He nailed it.\"\" But the recording was ultimately shelved for over a decade.Throughout Population III, Holden effortlessly dishes out squealing, soaring leads and skull-thwacking riffs with his signature low end grit and penchant for Middle Eastern scales. Coupled with Pratt's pocket-locked bass, the slight flanging effect on Rondinelli's drums and his pugilistic beats, the album occasionally brings to mind Presence-era Led Zeppelin. At times, Holden sounds reminiscent of Neil Young leading Crazy Horse's ruptured grunge as his lilting falsetto vocals push and pull his guitar's siren's call. Population III is the real deal -a powerful continuation of a sound forged fifty years ago, that almost didn't happen. Somehow, Randy Holden's music always finds a way to stand the tests of time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597262127399,"sku":"603111754918","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4096247-2833328.jpg?v=1783432003"},{"product_id":"spelljammer-abyssal-trip-cd","title":"Spelljammer - Abyssal Trip (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\"The vastness of everything is something that I think about a lot,\"\" says Spelljammer bassist \/ vocalist Niklas Olsson. 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Likewise, the lyrics take a poetic approach to establishing the sonic scenery.The recording process for this album differs from previous releases in that the band-guitarist Robert Sörling, drummer Jonatan Rimsbo and Olsson-opted to capture the performances while holed up in the mental bathysphere of a house in the countryside near Stockholm. \"\"The songs benefitted from the relaxed environment of being away from everything,\"\" Olsson explains. Indeed, the album sounds confident and meticulously arranged, afforded by the band's isolation. Sörling mixed the album and it was mastered by Monolord drummer Esben Willems at Berserk Audio. Abyssal Trip is, just like it's title suggests, an epic tour through desolate zones which yields much to discover.\"\"Low, slow, crunchy and crushing. 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Previously, only the most extremely dedicated and passionate record collectors had the stamina and prowess to hunt down long forgotten wonders in dusty record bins-often hoarding them in private collections, or selling at ridiculous collector's prices. Legendary compilations like Nuggets, Pebbles, ad nauseum, have exhausted the mines of early garage rock and proto-punk, keeping alive a large cross-section of underground ephemera. 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Ten powerful early hard rock brain benders, primal energy exploding sideways out of the ash heap of '60s idealism, rocking the darker side of human nature in style! Raw and unfiltered, no compromise, blasting gnarly sound perfectly sequenced to take you on one helluva ride! Territory populated with dicey characters, perilous women, predators, bad relationships... anti-social alienation delivered with smoking guitars, real people ripping it with no self-defeating namby-pamby finesse sabotaging their brutal energy. Every track sounds fresh today because Brown Acid is the real deal when it comes to what matters in music... communication! Life itself sonically sneering across time! Opus Est - \"\"Maggie Johnsons\"\" kicks it right out of the gate, taking only a minute and a half to do you in with brash proto punk attitude. Tight and savage riffing shifts gears with an ascending backup vocal hook right out of the twilight zone. The singer sounds disoriented, he can't get away from Maggie quick enough! Power trio from Belgium in 1974 nail it to the wall and then the whole building collapses. Freedom North - \"\"Losing You\"\" seamlessly alternates gutsy female vocal ranting with trippy floating guitar passages. Singer Franki Hart sounded psychedelic dreamy on their debut 45 \"\"Doctor Tom\"\", here she sounds like her throat is gonna fly right into your face. Gnarly lead, harsh dry metallic guitar sound, score one for the ladies here, the dude's a loser and she dumps him. Canadian band from 1970 cranked out four singles and an LP that year... this is their killer. Accents - \"\"Friendly Stranger\"\" serves as an ominous warning for the girls. That seemingly charming guy you just met may be more Ted Bundy than Romeo... do not get in his car! Gushy organ, dark buried fuzz guitar, terrific post-psych catchy vocal arrangement. The band formed in Rhode Island in 1966 and cut this dark killer in 1969 in L.A. issued on the Gazzari label, associated with the legendary rock venue. Brother Love - \"\"Rock N Roll Band\"\" takes the popular theme of being on the road to a new prequel type zone, the guy is headed to New Orleans to start up a band. Great details about wieners and beans, limousines and Cajun Queens, terrific fuzz riff groove like a sideways blend of \"\"Satisfaction\"\" with \"\"Jumping Jack Flash\"\"... best move is the innovatively crude way the lead guitar works a Chuck Berry approach into new territory. Trio led by the Pettito brothers out of Cleveland circa 1970. Perfectly placed break from the darkness on the previous tracks. River Styx - \"\"Bike Writer\"\" out of Beverly, New Jersey in 1971 gets right back to woman trouble with lyrics as mysteriously inscrutable as the bizarre song title. Non-stop acidic fuzz guitar action all thru, weaving around but coming in for nasty little bites at just the right time. Vocalist rants with hallucinatory twisted Sky Saxon level intensity, searing distorted guitar burning it up on the extended fade-out. Maxx - \"\"200 Years\"\" was originally issued out of Lansing, Michigan on the local Signal label and picked up for national release as a promo-only by Mainstream Records. The theme is the original USA ideal of 'land of the free' becoming utterly doomed by greed and corruption. Menacing light-touch Stooges style rhythmic groove with watery wah-wah action on the intro into dirty bad trip sheets of psychedelic fuzz guitar, this dark beast functions as a bleak epitaph for civil society, as pertinent now as in 1969! Pump - \"\"Kinda Like\"\" is kinda like outrageous with it's combination of askew vocal swagger over a churning groove veering into a ridiculously cool chorus about a young girl hanging out with an old man because he makes her feel safe like an old umbrella. Wait until his hand comes into the picture and try not to crack up! Fab primitive guitar lead rides you out and any song with the phrase 'Nagasaki perfume' in it is speaking my language! Left-field 1970 winner out of Newark, Delaware on the Dwikey label. 29.9 -\"\"You Got Me Floating\"\" takes the Hendrix song deep into the garage. Way loose vocal, serendipitously crude guitar add to the vibe in a way no virtuoso could top. Led by the Harrison brothers John and Doug out of Pittsburgh but recorded in late 1969 at a band communal party house in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. John later scored films for George Romero, and used 29.9 track in his own horror classic \"\"Effects\"\". Wakefield - \"\"Here I Am\"\" is a mini-epic with rudimentary progressive rock moves Sioux Falls, South Dakota style from 1979. Opens with a slinky start and stop stalking groove, vocal has the singer up on the stage but feels like a cage, the crowd isn't really getting where he's coming from. Extended break goes into double time with flying guitar leads and shifts gears into to a dreamy vibe with synth mimicking airy mellotron skies saying \"\"you'll find an answer someday\"\". Fat chance, you're in Brown Acid Land! Peacepipe - \"\"Lazy River Blues\"\" completes Trip 21 in deep psychedelic blues territory with lurking danger in the sinister chord changes, eerie effect dosed vocals, mournful acid guitar leads... makes you feel like you're getting cornered by something scary you can't see. Obscure heavy trio led by John Uzonyi from L.A. circa 1969, originally issued on the custom Accent label. 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The rhythms bash and pummel right through it all with aggressive force ensuring that nothing gets overly complicated and the horrors keep coming throughout the band's warlike assault.\"\"Remember when indie rock sounded all grimy, corroded and metal-sludgy-the last thing you'd hear in a commercial or being played at an arena show? Warish do. It's music to the ears of anyone who wants to damage their ears.\"\" -Rolling Stone \"\"Warish totally rules... 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As usual, these rare tracks have been carefully curated, analogically sourced, and fully licensed so one can listen guilt-free and save a lot of time and money tracking down the original copies.This Trip comes straight at ya with an all out attack, quite literally-Attack's \"\"School Daze\"\" kicks out the jams Detroit-style. White Rock will knock your stank-ass socks off with their 1972 burner \"\"Please Don't Run Away\"\". This 45 was privately released by this Houston-based band that reportedly played shows with Josefus, Stone Axe, and Purple Sun. Riverside's two-sider from 1974 rips from front to back. It's also exclusively available here and is virtually unknown. And that's just some of the stellar collection of rare singles featured here.Some of the best thrills of the Internet music revolution is the ability to find extremely rare music with great ease. But even with such vast archives to draw from, quite a lot of great songs have gone undiscovered for nearly half a century-particularly in certain genres. Previously, only the most extremely dedicated and passionate record collectors had the stamina and prowess to hunt down long forgotten wonders in dusty record bins-often hoarding them in private collections, or selling at ridiculous collector's prices. Legendary compilations like Nuggets, Pebbles, ad nauseum, have exhausted the mines of early garage rock and proto-punk, keeping alive a large cross-section of underground ephemera. 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For Dead End, R.I.P. worked with legendary producer Billy Anderson, interring onto wax their heaviest and most ambitious album yet. Continuing to move further away from their classic doom influences like Pentagram and Saint Vitus, the band offers a rare blast of originality in a scene rife with formulaic bands. 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The band formed when guitarist \/ vocalist and pro-skater Riley Hawk (son of skating legend Tony Hawk) and drummer Bruce McDonnell decided they wanted to try their hand at something more distinct than they'd done previously. \"\"We wanted to do simpler riffs and a fun live show,\"\" Riley explains. \"\"A little more punk, a little bit of grunge... a little evil-ish.\"\"Their sound takes cues from a variety of cool underground sounds and twists it all into an energetic and exciting fist-to-the-face of dark fury. Hawk's effect-laden vocals hearken to early Butthole Surfers and David Yow's tortured caterwaul in Scratch Acid. The guitars are heavy and powerful, though decidedly not straightforward cookie cutter punk; more like Cobain's and Buzz Osbourne's wiry contortions. The rhythms bash and pummel right through it all with aggressive force ensuring that nothing gets overly complicated and the horrors keep coming throughout the band's warlike assault.\"\"Remember when indie rock sounded all grimy, corroded and metal-sludgy-the last thing you'd hear in a commercial or being played at an arena show? Warish do. It's music to the ears of anyone who wants to damage their ears.\"\" -Rolling Stone \"\"Warish totally rules... 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The legendary Captain Foam kicks off this trip like an anvil to your skull with a rollicking stomper sounding like The Who with Matt Pike's thunderous guitar tone. \"\"No Reason\"\" wasn't easy to find, but lo and behold, the super sleuths located him and got his blessing to include the A-side of his sole single. Good luck finding an original copy of the record. It's rarer than raw beef-and that's just the tip of the iceberg. The other nine tracks continue the onslaught in typical Brown Acid form: George Brigman's charmingly disjointed bedroom-fi production of \"\"Blowin' Smoke,\"\" Finch's way out of time and place grungeadelic anthem \"\"Nothing In The Sun,\"\" Cybernaut's heavy prog, Fargo's hallucinogenic BBQ-sauce soaked \"\"Abaddon,\"\" Mammoth's fittingly beefy eponymous riff-monger, Flasher's \"\"Icky Bicky\"\" boogie, Ohio-based screamers Lance, Zebra's gritty rendition of \"\"Helter Skelter\"\" and finally, the mysterious and previously unheard Thor appears here exclusively and for the first time ever with their unknown 45 track \"\"Lick It.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51597434716455,"sku":"603111720210","price":28.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/cover_3348e59d-c030-4903-98d9-3d6e8713523b.jpg?v=1787181042"},{"product_id":"micks-jaguar-fame-and-fortune-vinyl","title":"Mick's Jaguar - Fame And Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. 2018 release. 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The heads just can't get enough obscure hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal from the late'60s and '70s! This time around Riding Easy present ten deep cuts from across the continental USA and one from the neighbors up North. This trip kicks off with an outrageous number from Gold out of San Francisco circa 1970. The band used to open their sets with this over-the-top frantic jammer which is absolutely mind-blowing! Delving deeper into the depths, Canadians continue to prove that they could bang heads with the best of 'em! Heat Exchange from Toronto released the rollicking ripper \"\"Inferno\"\" on the Yorkville label way back in 1968 and it's still thumping almost fifty years later. Some more examples of the mind-melting tracks on this platter: Missouri isn't a state that brought us a lot of heavy 45s, but there are a handful of outstanding tracks, one of which is the funk-laced anthem \"\"Give Me Time\"\" by Backwood Memory from Kansas City. Youngstown, Ohio, meanwhile, might have been the Hard Rock Mecca back in the day. Travis is yet another Youngstown group that aimed to get asses out of seats and out in the streets. Truth \u0026amp; Janey had their incredible proto-metal masterpiece 1976 album No Rest For The Wicked; released four years earlier, \"\"Midnight Horseman\"\" was a 45-only track, included here! Those are just some of the fruits of months worth of record digging and detective work included on this latest installment. 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These killer tracks may be a half century in the rear-view mirror now but... since We Can't Work It Out... we gotta mess it up! A vibe that resonates timelessly, real life ripped out of the haze by real people, fresh and unfiltered right out of the gate. Getting it while they can. These are no mere historic sound recordings, they are life itself! 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Like they've done throughout this series, all of these tracks were painstakingly licensed legitimately and the artists were paid. Make oneself comfortable and prepare for yet another deep, deep dive into the treasure trove of dank, subterranean, wild-eyed and hairy rock 'n' roll of yesteryear. Some key examples include: As usual, this Trip opens strong, as \"\"Take The Time\"\" swaggers along with switchblade stabs of guitar twang and frantic drumming that sounds like Nick Cave's '80s post-punk barbarians The Birthday Party on this 1969 single from the mysterious Boston area band The Looking Glass. Negative Space toil in the dark web of The Seeds, and dwell in the mystic haze of working class suburbs in Camden, NJ circa 1970. Their angry, nasty guitar sounds and frustration-bogged frontman Rob Russen ensure that the aggro fueled \"\"Forbidden Fruit\"\"-in which he confesses his love for his sister-in-law-will hit one right in the face. Truth \u0026amp; Janey might be familiar from their 45-only \"\"Midnight Horseman\"\" single heard way back on the Sixth Trip, and \/ or their incredible 1976 album No Rest For The Wicked. 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Like records by similarly late 60s\/early '70s-possessed anti-modernists Blood Ceremony, Wolf People and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, over nine tracks Sateen provides a blueprint for long term appreciation. Recorded and produced by fellow Ohioan and local stalwart Brian Olive (The Greenhornes, Soledad Brothers) the album draws on sounds synonymous with the roots of early '70s proto-metal from groups such as Sir Lord Baltimore, Pentagram, Cream and the daemonic spirit of Amon Düül. Not to mention the comparisons it draws with the rock 'n' roll ceremony of forgotten acts like Frumpy and Shocking Blue when held up against the spellbinding light of high priestess Laura Dolan's enigmatic voice and live presence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51618210742567,"sku":"603111986418","price":39.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/cover_9e6cbb45-e195-48a5-88d8-4f119a2979c1.jpg?v=1787269021"},{"product_id":"stunt-rock-stunt-rock-original-soundtrack-vinyl","title":"Stunt Rock (Original Soundtrack)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s era of rock's theatrical excesses, Sorcery delivered next level performances in which a battle ensued on stage between illusionists portraying Merlin versus Satan.While Alice Cooper and KISS brought costumes, gore and flashpots to the mainstream, these Los Angeles hard rockers integrated live magic, theatrical drama and fourth wall breaking performance for new heights in musical storytelling. While Sorcery consists of professional musicians-the core group being guitarist Richard (Smokey) Taylor, vocalist Greg Magie and bassist Richie King-two magicians also performed on stage when they played live. The band's nearly immediate local popularity from their debut in 1975 also made them in demand for film and TV. Enter: Stunt Rock.Way before Jackass, before Crocodile Dundee, contemporaneous with Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park and as timeless as classic Heavy Metal, there was Stunt Rock. The 1978 low budget, high concept B-movie integrated hard rock, magic, dangerous stunts and an early form of mockumentary filmmaking into an epic feature film about an Australian stunt man reunited with his American cousin (and Sorcery member) in L.A., and all Hell breaks loose.Sorcery composed the soundtrack-which also served as the band's debut album -and were shown performing songs throughout the film. The Stunt Rock soundtrack highlights the sweet spot between the playful, campy occult imagery of the 70s before Satanic Panic and the religious right's kayfabe outrage pushed bands to tone things down in favor of glam pomp. What one gets here is pure, knobby occult heavy metal that sounds something like Sin After Sin-era Judas Priest with Robert Plant on vocals, crossed with the melodrama of Alice Cooper and The Who's rock operas. The songs are taut, quickly shifting from part to part, motif to overture. The tunes are infinitely catchy and laden with attention grabbing titles like \"\"Talking To The Devil\"\", \"\"Mark of The Beast\"\", \"\"Stuntrocker\"\" and \"\"Burned Alive.\"\" On the surface, the film Stunt Rock seems campy and crazy enough to be embraced even if the music weren't all that exciting, but Sorcery proves that their work deserves to be seriously appreciated in the canon of classic rock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Highway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51618211758375,"sku":"603111755113","price":39.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/0640\/5927\/files\/4127185-2886974.jpg?v=1783667740"},{"product_id":"pentagram-high-voltage-live-at-spotsylvania-78-vinyl","title":"Pentagram - High Voltage - Live At Spotsylvania '78","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an extremely rare recording when the band was a 5 piece with 2 guitar players.\"\"Live at Spotsylvania\"\" captures Pentagram performing an all-night backyard concert in Spotsylvania, Virginia, at bassist Martin Sweeney's mother's house, in front of roughly 500 fans camping out for the weekend. 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