Chicago Benefit • A-Bones Tour • New Wax!

Chicago Benefit • A-Bones Tour • New Wax "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill It's been six months since Hurricane Sandy delivered us into a watery hell, but we are back on the scene, and rarin' to go. Humongous thanks to everyone who toiled through trouble during the briney baptism, and to the wax mavens, musicians, promoters, club owners, and record makers who went the extra mile to pull us out of the sump. Hail, hail rock n' rollers everywhere! (read more...) NEW NORTON SEVEN INCHERS OUT NOW! Nothing says "we're back" better than some hot new 45 rpm spinners! SUR ROYAL DA COUNT AND THE PARLIAMENTS – SCREAM BABY SCREAM/SCREAM MOTHER SCREAM (174)Dig the utterly insane 1967 classic single Scream Mother Scream and then warp your mind even more with the earlier and even more deranged demo Scream Baby Scream – TOTALLY NUTS! SONICS – DO YOU LOVE ME/MONEY (175)Two pulverizing pounders from the deadly HERE ARE THE SONICS debut album now on 45! HARLAN WOLF – RADIOACTIVE FLIP FLOP/MARTY WATERS – MIDNIGHT BLUES (878) The two greatest names in show business offer unreleased gems sure to thrill music lovers worldwide! The sure cure for your BIG ITCH! MONARCS – SOUR GRAPES/VI-TONES – KAMIKAZE (882) Heavy reverb instrumental surf rippers by El Paso’s Monarcs and Chicago’s Vi-Tones! Two 1963 monsters from master tapes released here for the first time! HURRICANE SANDY SPECIALS GALORE! We've got lots of $2 "Sandy Specials" 45's sold separately and in value sets, plus you can now purchase from the dwindling stock of Spivak specialty sleeves. Dig in at the SANDY SPECIALS HOTLINE LINK! PREPARE FOR WILD WAX COMING IN JUNE! BLOODSHOT BILL - THE LONESOME ROAD (386) Second Norton full length by today’s top one man band! MICK COLLINS AND DANNY KROHA – WINTER BLUES AND GREENS (1701) Gories members deliver an amazing double EP of seven Kim Fowley poems from his second KICKS Books tome PLANET PAIN set to music! LA LA BROOKS - PLAY WITH FIRE/PIGGIES – PARACHUTE WOMAN (9665) The fabulous lead singer of the Crystals returns with a fiery take on an early Stones ballad produced by Mick Collins while the Piggies (featuring Andy from the Little Killers) work it out on a BEGGARS BANQUET favorite! 150 NEW NON-NORTON 7" TITLES ARE IN! Limited stock on a class stash of boss non-Norton seven inch blastables sure to set ya pants on fire. Get 'em while they're hot! Dig all the small qty non-Norton wax goods on tap, categorized by style for quick pickability! NYC RECORD SHOW MAY 18! Norton Records will be dealing at the NYC Record Showa t the Holiday Inn, 440 West 57 St., NYC on Saturday May 18. The show runs from 10AM-4PM with an 8AM early admission. This special expanded event will be held in the ballroom and will be way bigger than the regular monthly shows. Stock up on Norton platters! A-BONES EUROPE ROAD TRIP + NYC! The A-Bones blast through Europe June 13-23, with a send off here at home with the fabulous Remains! A-Bones page! June 7 Bell House, Brooklyn NY (with THE REMAINS!) June 13 Wurlitzer Ballroom, Madrid, Spain June 14 Wamba Buluba club, Barcelona, Spain June 15 El Loco Club, Valencia, Spain June 16 La Gramola, Orihuela, Spain June 18 4AD, Diskmuide, Belgium June 19 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands June 20 Vera, Gronigen, Netherlands June 21 Orange Peel, Frankfurt, Germany June 22 Grillen, Colmar, France June 23 Norton Records Night, La Via Lactea, Madrid, Spain (with DJs Billy and Miriam of Norton Records) Facebook event link Twenty years ago this month - the A-Bones on tour in Vancouver, British Columbia with Guitar Wolf, Jackie and the Cedrics and the 5.6.7.8s. We will be playing with Guitar Wolf once again in Colmar, France on June 22. ROCTOBER NORTON TRIB BENEFIT JUNE 7 Roctober HurROCKane RelIef Review FRIDAY , JUNE 7 Bottom Lounge (Volcano Room) 1375 W.Lake Street Chicago The first all-Norton artist trib show from the masterminds at Roctober and utilizing all the fritzy talent that the Windy City can offer!!!! Featuring Norton R'n'B Legend - T.VALENTINE OF "Hello , Lucille , Are You a Lesbian?", "Betty Sue" , "Shake Your Funky A.S.S." fame! The Bama Lamas play The Norton Hits ! Girl Group Chicago as The Shangri - Las ! The Polkaholics as King Uszniewicz and his Uszniewicztones ! The Dyes salute Norton Rockabilly ! Gentleman John Battles as Hasil Adkins ! James Porter as Sam The Sham ! Ratso as Esquerita ! DJ Todd Killings ! East of Edens Soul Express ! Raffles ! Prizes ! Surprises ! BEWARE UNAUTHORIZED NORTON CD'S While we were bubbling under, we found out that almost a hundred Norton titles were being manufactured and sold on the internet as authentic Norton product. These dodgy Print-on-Demand CD's certainly appeared to be the real thing from a distance, with the same cover art, and with the Norton trademark printed on the discs and on the packaging. However, these cheap, ugly CD's had shoddy packaging, and no booklets. Some of them didn't even have track listings. All of these bogus CD's have now been erased from the internet. If anyone has purchased a Norton CD from anyone other than us on line or in person, and suspects it is one of these substandard knock-offs, please contact us right away. It is painful to lose the sales and even worse to have low class bogus crap versions of Norton releases in circulation. Kicks Books went completely underwater when Sandy hit. Three Kicks titles-- THIS PLANET IS DOOMED (Sun Ra), SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR SATAN (Nick Tosches), and PULLING A TRAIN (Harlan Ellison), as well as remaining stock of Kicks #7 (and all the original art for Kicks mags), our Eddie Rocco book, and 3/4th's of the in-house, life-long collection of paperbacks, magazines, hardcovers, original art and layouts, and fanzines -- were totalled. The three Kicks Books titles -- over 10,000 minty fresh copies-- were immersed under salt water, destroyed. As it came to pass, our printer came to the rescue to rush reprint all three titles as special second printing Hurricane Sandy Editions. We are happy to say that all six Kicks Books hip pocket paperbacks are now officially back in print. Watch for an all-Kicks Books newsletter coming soon-- we have new authors and Summer titles to announce, plus-- an all new all-smash KICKS  BOOKS website!