9/17/12

Norton Presents DADDY LONG LEGS




(Norton 382 LP/CD)  Here comes the long awaited debut platter from Brooklyn’s most blues wailing stompers Daddy Long Legs! Trust us – there’s no Fedora hat, third rate wanky, watered down Chicago blues in these grooves! For fans of Howlin’ Wolf, Captain Beefheart, Little Walter, Flamin Groovies, Kid Thomas and Dr. Feelgood! A dozen pounding workouts -- Death Train Blues / I Feel So Electric / Happy Home / Shackin' Up / You'll Be Mine / Witch Hunt / Trouble (Always Come My Ways) / Sittin' Shotgun / Comin' After Me / Candy Sue / Thirty Days / Evil Eye

Dig it on fabulous footlong LP and pocket size compact disc, too!





DADDYLONG LEGS, the rock n' blues group, derives its moniker from its harmonica-blastin’ frontman.

Daddy Long Legs, the aforementioned wailer, is joined by slide-guitar  driving Murat Aktürk (born in Ankara, Turkey) and legendary NYC trap master Josh Styles, who attacks his kit with a whip and a maraca, although not necessarily in that order.

The  trio has taken the music scene by storm, with alarms sounding throughout the East Coast and reverberating across the globe, as they cut through the mediocrity, directly into the meat of real music—from the hip and to the heart.

Within a few short months, DADDY LONG LEGS has taken to stages with the likes of the Sonics, the Flamin’ Groovies, the Hoodoo Gurus, Lenny Kaye, Andy Shernoff, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and Question Mark And The Mysterians. They have burned down barrelhouse backrooms, afterhours nightspots, and legendary locations like the famed Friars Club, NYC.

Their rapid rise in popularity is based in their total lack of pretense-- all three young men are seriously dredged in deep blues baconfat, seasoned, seared, scored and tempered...and baptized in hotwired wine and brine.

Their first Norton single, a raw reading of the Rolling Stones Cocksucker Blues, coupled with The Under Assistant West Coast Promotional Man recorded with Andy Shernoff at the helm and at the microphone, brought them to the forefront of the local scene, even catching the ear of  Chicago R&B legend T Valentine, who promptly tapped the trio as his band both onstage and in the studio. A much-awaited combined effort, THE VAMPIRE, is due for release in November.

DADDY LONG LEGS presents here their debut full-length Norton label offering, EVIL EYE ON YOU, a showcase of the trio’s finest original proclamations, set in a sparse black and white selection that is meaty beyond definition.

DADDY LONG LEGS is currently on tour in the US, with an overseas itinerary in the works.

Keep your evil ear on DADDY LONG LEGS. Else they put the EVIL EYE ON YOU.


DADDY LONG LEGS – EVIL EYE ON YOU (Norton 382) LP/CD

Also available:
DADDY LONG LEGS – Cocksucker Blues/The Under Assistant West Coast Promotional Man (Norton 45-9663)

Stay tuned for early November release of THE VAMPIRE, the new album by Chicago legend T. Valentine with all backing from DADDY LONG LEGS -- insane and unstoppable...get ready for one heckuva blues blast breakdown!

Exclusive Downloads on Itunes! Get it here!





WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT... DADDY LONG LEGS

"Daddy Long Legs is a man. A tall man. A tall, well-dressed, imposing man who blows the harmonica as if breathing life and soul into Delta bluesmen long dead… DADDY LONG LEGS, a trio of characters forging rock n' roll spectacle for the eyes and ears, hearkening back to when troubadours drank moonshine and took their role as entertainers more seriously."

“a conduit for pure rock n roll”
- Red Hook Star Revue

“Hands down Daddy Long Legs is the best blues harmonica player this writer has ever seen or heard. His playing is so pummeling and soulful it just saws you in half.”
- The Deli NYC Magazine

''In addition to a deliciously unhealthy dose of harmonica, this Brooklyn trio’s electrifying backwater blues is rounded out by primal drums and guitar, which leaves room for singer Daddy Long Legs to belt out his musical sermon.''
- The Most Interesting Academy Dos Equis

6/22/12






MERMAIDS AND MAYHEM • THE PARTIES START NOW!



DATELINE CONEY ISLAND! 


Summer means flash and crash all about the big town and this weekend all signs point south to fabulous CONEY ISLAND USA, land of mermaids and mayhem! 

This Saturday, June 23, ride the rails to the incredible and amazing  10th Annual Mermaid Parade Ball, the official after-party of the Mermaid Parade 2012!



Brooklyn brawlers THE A-BONES  will bait and tackle the instro-mental MOTO-WRAYS, the sultry and savage LAMBRETA SUEDE and MOTEL 6, the controversial JACKIE "THE JOKEMAN" MARTLING, loads of real live mermaids, the amazing sea lion show, burly-cuties galore, plus... that guy MOBY, while wildman super-host ADAM REALMAN officiates! 

Add the Sideshow by The Captain and Maybelle and the Brooklyn Peaches Synchronized Swimmers, a laser light show and a Rock-n-Roll Disco deck and you KNOW this is the place to be this SATURDAY!

Cheer on the parade all afternoon and then head over to the party! 

Coney Island or bust--see you there... SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012 7:00PM - 12:30AM, (21 AND OVER) NEW YORK AQUARIUM 602 SURF AVE. @ WEST 8TH STREET CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN, NY 11224








Be like Roy Campanella, dig the Aquarium-- 
but leave the net at home!









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TUESDAY JUNE 26- PREPARE FOR BLAST OFF KIDDIOS!


HENRY JONES PRESENTS 
THE A-BONES! THE FLESHTONES!
NERVUS REX! TODD-O-PHONIC TODD 
3-D SNAKEMONKEY BENEFIT




The Bowery Electric - Tuesday, June 26, 2012
327 Bowery @ Joey Ramone Pl, New York, New York 10003

A benefit for Fly's Eye 3-D and SnakeMonkey, the East Village’s own 3-D Optical Art Laboratory , presented by M. Henry Jones. 
Come to the Rock 'n Roll Art Blast Super Show!!!!!!!

3-D WITH NO GLASSES!! IT'S WIIILLLLDDD!!!
Rock 'n Roll by a rash of noisemakers from Henry's flicks!

DOORS BLOW OFF AT 7 PM
MUSIC STARTS AT 8:30 
MISS LAUREN AGNELLI
NERVUS REX
A-BONES
FLESHTONES
DJ TODD-O-PHONIC TODD AND DANY JOHNSON

Synchronized With:
M. HENRY JONES’S SEMINAL SHORT ROCK FILMS:


Artworks from the SnakeMonkey Studio, including:
3-D Fly’s Eye Images, Stroboscopic Zoetropes & MORE!!!!!!!!
M. Henry Jones, created pioneering short films that laid the groundwork for the rock video genre. His influential
short films capture the East Village downtown punk music scene circa 1977-1979. Using photoanimation and strobing techniques, the films explore relationships between cyclical time, color and sound.


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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JULY BLASTS!


DETROIT COBRAS/A-BONES
Friday, July 20
Maxwells, 1039 Washington St., Hoboken

 DICK DALE/THE LYRES
Saturday, July 21
Maxwells, 1039 Washington St., Hoboken


WAVESTOMP! DICK DALE/MANITOBA/DETROIT COBRAS and DJ BILLY MILLER
Rocks Off Concert Cruise aboard the Princess
Pier at W. 41 St., NYC
Boards 6PM/Departs 7PM sharp!
Sunday July 22








5/15/12




Greetings from Nortonville!


The merry month of MAY means MAYHEM at Nortonville, USA, with a brash rash of blastables and perusables (and so much more)! Get thee to the Norton website -- we’ve added a mess of tuff stuff—wax of all persuasions, plus hundreds of first time offered original and vintage rock n’ roll show and promotional posters from then to now and a mess more 1960's garage band original show posters rare vintage Mexican poster onesies (stirred up with assorted worldwide movie gunk)  that are sure el spraino your el braino- Git ‘em while you can—when they’re gone, they’re really GONE!  Also dig a limited souvenir crop (posters, novelties) from T Valentine’s NYC invasion and don’t be driving when you check out the Kicks Books link! Bad Seed icon HARLAN ELLISON has joined the starry knights at KICKS BOOKS with his first (and not last) collection for us, PULLING A TRAIN, which delivers his genre-bustin’ 1959 juvenile delinquent-PLUS  opus SEX GANG alongside a passel of arresting tales that haven’t seen print in fifty years! Limited signed box set and perfume available. Remember, slow means SORRY!

To fully utilize the Norton site, use the handy pull-down menu at the top of the home page—you’ll find all the Norton label fare, plus tons of recommended non- Norton fare including records, posters, sheet music, magazines, books, souvenir items, teeshirts, totes and patches, single copy DVD’s and more! 
Use the “Search” link to find anything on our site.

New at Nortonville



• ESQUERITA – SINNER MAN: THE LOST SESSION
(ED-381) Ten unissued selections from a long lost June 1966 NYC session showcase Esquerita pounding it out on piano and organ, flashing back and forth between the two during each song, accompanied only by a fantastic drummer! Dig the over the top nine minute gospel wailin’ title track (based on Nina Simone’s version but delivered at super Voola velocity) that’s worth the price of admission alone! STAGGERING! Sinner Man #1/Hittin’ On Nothing#1/ C.C. Rider/ Leave Me Alone#1/ Letter Full Of Tears/ Hittin’ On Nothing #2/On Broadway/ Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out/ Leave Me Alone #2/Sinner Man #2  LP $12


• ESQUERITA – HITTIN’ ON NOTHING/LETTER FULL OF TEARS (45-170) Explosive soulful pairing of Irma Thomas and Gladys Knight covers! Unissued sides from the Voola vaults! (7”) $5

• HASIL ADKINS AND HIS HAPPY GUITAR – GET OUT OF MY CAR/ SHAKE THAT THING (45-168) Hunch that thing with the world’s greatest one man band! Two monstrous chicken walkin’ hits on one platter! (7”) $5

• GENE MALTAIS – THE RAGING SEA/ GANGWAR
(881) Now on 45 by popular demand - Mad Man Maltais’ storming 1959 Lilac Records double headed blaster! (7”) $5



• FIGURES OF LIGHT – DROP DEAD (377) is now available on super limited CD edition on the website only– git it! $12






Related Essentials!



CHECK YOUR COLLECTION FOR ALL OUR HAIR RAISIN’ ESQUERITA SOUNDS!
LP:
• VINTAGE VOOLA (ED-202) vinyl LP  $10
• ESQUERITA! (Capitol T1186) vinyl LP $12
CD:
• VINTAGE VOOLA (CED-202) CD $12
7”:
• DEW DROP INN/ROCKIN’ THE JOINT (45-014) 7” $5
• DIDN'T IT RAIN (Esquerita with the Clovertones)/I HEAR VOICES (SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS) Esquerita is on one side only. $5
• YOU BETTER BELIEVE ME/WHAT WAS WRONG/ LITTLE RICHARD INTERVIEW (45-149) 7” $5
• Esquerita emblazoned in color on natural 15x16 LP shoulder sack! $10
BOOK:
• KICKS MAGAZINE ROCK N' ROLL PHOTO ALBUM #1: THE GREAT LOST PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDDIE ROCCO Esquerita on cover and featured in several full page photos herein. $5

PLUS… MORE HUNCHERS FROM HASIL ADKINS!
LP:
• OUT TO HUNCH (ED-201) vinyl LP $10
• THE WILD MAN (ED-203) vinyl LP $10
• PEANUT BUTTER ROCK & ROLL (ED-216) vinyl LP $10
• MOON OVER MADISON (ED-217) vinyl LP $10
• LOOK AT THAT CAVEMAN GO! (ED-232) vinyl LP $10
• ACHY BREAKY HA HA HA (ED-239) vinyl LP $10
• POULTRY IN MOTION (ED-281) vinyl LP $10
• WHITE LIGHT/WHITE MEAT (ED-328) vinyl LP $12
CD:
• OUT TO HUNCH (CED-201) CD $12
• THE WILD MAN (CED-203) CD $12
• PEANUT BUTTER ROCK & ROLL (CED-216) CD $12
• MOON OVER MADISON (CED-217) CD $12
• LOOK AT THAT CAVEMAN GO! (CED-232) CD $12
• ACHY BREAKY HA HA HA (CED-239) CD $12
• POULTRY IN MOTION (CED-281) CD $12
Hasil also appears on:
• TURBAN RENEWAL (CED-234) Wooly Bully $12
7”:
• HAZE’S HOUSE PARTY Sex Crazy Baby/Do The Hot Pants/Dottie Dottie/She’ll Be Coming Around The Mountain (EP-001) $5
• BOO BOO THE CAT/MATHILDA (45-017) $5
• SANTA CLAUS BOOGIE/BLUE CHRISTMAS (45-022) $5
• CHICKEN SHAKE/SHE’S MINE #2 (45-026) $5
• SEASICK CRUISE/CHOCOLATE MILK HONEYMOON (45-062) $5

PLUS… MORE GENE MALTAIS MAYHEM!
7”:
• GENE MALTAIS & FLAT DUO JETS Voodoo Woman/Little Girl Jets back up the legend! (EP-029) $5
Gene also appears on:
• RAGING TEENS VOL. 1 (ED-226) LP $10
• RAGING TEENS VOL. 1 (CED-226 CD $12

PLUS… MORE FIGURES OF LIGHT!
7”
IT’S LAME/I JES WANNA GO TO BED (45-130) 7” $5
LP:
FIGURES OF LIGHT – SMASH HITS (ED-336) LP $10
FIGURES OF LIGHT – DROP DEAD (ED-377) LP $10
CD:
FIGURES OF LIGHT – SMASH HITS (CED-336) CD $12
FIGURES OF LIGHT – DROP DEAD (CED-377) CD $12
FOL Band logo - white on Black tee, super ltd, made by band! $12
FOL “I’m Not Here” - white on Black tee, super ltd, made by band! $12






KICKS BOOKS PRESENTS… HARLAN ELLISON!

Harlan Ellison joins Andre Williams, Sun Ra, Nick Tosches and Kim Fowley at KICKS BOOKS, as he explodes from the launching pad with the first volume of mind-maulin’ short stories that deliver a one-two JD punch that is sure to rearrange your zipgun collection. The king of sci-fi future-bop finally reclaims the throne as the unadulterated boss cat of juvenile delinquent badass fiction with a mess of insane stories (including the elusive landmark JD/jailbait/bad seed socker SEX GANG) that have been unavailable for fifty years. Harlan has written a massive introduction that unravels the mystery behind his most elusive cranium crackers! Full blast at kicksbooks.com!  176 pages. $14.95


HARLAN ELLISON - PULLING A TRAIN (KB4-SPECIAL)
Limited first edition boxed edition. Arrives packaged in "plain brown wrapper", with a nod to the days when such books were hidden from public view and sent thru the mail in, yes, a plain brown wrapper! Box set boats a full size switchblade comb, commemorative authentic autographed bookplate (suitable for framing or ready to adhere to inside front cover of book or inside of presentation box lid, as you prefer, dear reader), and four commemorative postcards. One per customer. Website only. Box edition ships for May 27 delivery (author's birthdate). $50


SEX GANG - COMMEMORATIVE LTD FRAGRANCE
In step with all books in the Kicks paperback line, a "sidekick"  perfume has been formulated, street-tested, bottled and packaged. SEX GANG is the heady scent that tells the world OFF! Exclusive, limited, and totally dangerous. With miniature switchblade comb. Arrives bottled in authentic Italian half ounce Baralan bottle, boxed in signature Kicks Books Co. gift box. $15  


Stay tuned at kicksbooks.com!

3/30/12

T VALENTINE! ESQUERITA! OW!!!!!



Chicago music legend T. Valentine descends upon New York City for the first time in 79 years-- and grabs the hottest young rockers in town-- DADDY LONG LEGS-- to back him as he delivers his cult classics HELLO LUCILLE ARE YOU A LESBIAN, TEEN-AGE JUMP, BETTY SUE and more! VAL, as members of his fan club refer to the sensational septuagenarian, will also present, for the first time in New York City history, his VAMPIRE PLAY, in tribute to the death centennial of DRACULA genius BRAM STOKER! 


CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL 19-24

Thursday, April 19, 9PM
Music To Spazz By with Dave The Spazz (wfmu.org)
Debut of upcoming  ESQUERITA album SINNER MAN plus Billy will be spinning loads of crazed rock n’ roll 45s!


Saturday April 21, 1PM
Fool’s Paradise with Rex (wfmu.org)
The award winning FOOLS PARADISE radio program with REX will host an in-person radio interview with T. VALENTINE at WFMU on Saturday, April 21. Tune in at 91.1 FM or online at wfmu.org 1-3 PM -- T. Val will be stopping in during the show for a chat n' chew. 

Sunday April 22 8 PM
T VALENTINE AND DADDY LONGLEGS
AT THE LAKESIDE LOUNGE  
162 AVE B  NYC
$7 ALL ACCESS

T. Valentine may be spotted taking in the town as he makes his way on Sunday to the LAKESIDE LOUNGE, where he will treat an elite audience to a full-on sneak preview of the VAMPIRE PLAY and will perform with the amazing DADDY LONG LEGS, who will also exact a wailing set of their own. T VALENTINE will be available for a meet-and-greet autograph session his records, commemorative novelties and posters. Sadly, this will be the last Lakeside performance for all concerned, as news has just broken that the NYC fixture is shuttering its doors at the end of the month.

An exclusive Tuesday night showing at a private local show will include NICK TOSCHES  as Master of Ceremonies. This event is not open to the general public. So don't miss him at the Lakeside!

Please enjoy these exciting fan posts at Youtube!




  


T VALENTINE BIO BY MR WIGGLES
Exacted from the T Valentine myspace  which is extracted from the supreme biographical essay by Nick Tosches, presented on the T. Valentine album T VALENTINE - HELLO LUCILLE... ARE YOU A LESBIAN? (Norton 280)

Thurmon Valentine was born in West Helena, Arkansas in 1932. Inspired by Sonny Boy Williamson's "King Biscuit Time" show on KKFA, Thurmon moved to Chicago in 1950 to make music and become a performer. From 1957 to 1959 he created and performed a live show called "The Vampire" in clubs with three female co-stars out of his love for "old vampire pictures, Lugosi and all those guys." He met up with Detroit Junior of the Cadillac Baby Show Lounge at 4708 Dearborn Street in Chicago. Detroit Junior had a small record company called Bea & Baby and released T. Valentine's first hot singles around 1960. Soon afterwards T. Valentine started his own label VAL Records in 1962. From there he released his own singles "Do the Do" and "Betty Sue," and both of his versions of "Black Power," as well as recordings from other artists. After divorcing his wife Lucille he decided to get back at her by recording the song "Lucille Are You A Lesbian," inspired by Josie Cotton's "Johnny Are You Queer." Val Records pressed 200 copies. It has become a rare and sought out 45. Most likely Lucille never heard it, but the song has become a cult favorite among lesbians. 

Trivia: The phone number he uses in the song when he calls Lucille was the number for his Chicago-based label, VAL Records. 

Influences:
Lesbians, Sonny Boy Williamson, lesbians, Sonny Liston, Stokely Carmichael, Bela Lugosi, lesbians

3/13/12







Greetings once again, Nortonians, as we prepare for lift off at the newly stoked Norton Records website. We've just added scads of tuff to git wax of all sizes, speeds and persuasions, plus there's loads of insane old stuff- Mexican movie posters from the archives.. plus Fang DVD's and lot lot more. So dig in! We have some major new stuff happening at Nortonville, so read on....





ESQUERITA – SINNER MAN: THE LOST SESSION

(ED-381) Ten unissued selections from a long lost June 1966 NYC session showcase Esquerita pounding it out on piano and organ, flashing back and forth between the two during each song, accompanied only by a fantastic drummer! Dig the over the top nine minute gospel wailin’ title track (based on Nina Simone’s version but delivered at super Voola velocity) that’s worth the price of admission alone! STAGGERING! Sinner Man #1/Hittin’ On Nothing#1/ C.C. Rider/Leave Me Alone#1/ Letter Full Of Tears/ Hittin’ On Nothing #2/On Broadway/Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out/Leave Me Alone #2/Sinner Man #2




ESQUERITA – HITTIN’ ON NOTHING/
LETTER FULL OF TEARS



(45-170) Explosive soulful pairing of Irma Thomas and Gladys Knight covers! 
Unissued sides from the Voola vaults!



HASIL ADKINS AND HIS HAPPY GUITAR 
GET OUT OF MY CAR/ SHAKE THAT THING 
(45-168) Hunch that thing with the world’s greatest one man band! 
Two monstrous chicken walkin’ hits on one platter!



GENE MALTAIS – THE RAGING SEA/ GANGWAR
(881) Now on 45 by popular demand - Mad Man Maltais’ storming 
1959 Lilac Records double headed blaster!



KICKS BOOKS NEWS BLAST!






HARLAN ELLISON - PULLING A TRAIN (KB4)

HARLAN ELLISON - GETTING IN THE WIND (KB6)

Top hero icon Harlan Ellison joins Andre Williams, Sun Ra, and Nick Tosches at KICKS BOOKS, exploding from the launching pad with a inseparable pair of JD paperbacks that is sure to rearrange your furniture. The king of brain-sprain sci-fi future-bop finally reclaims the throne as the unadulterated boss cat of juvenile delinquent badass fiction with a set of his mega-rarest dark tales that have been unavailable anywhere for fifty years. Do you know the story? You will very, very soon, as Harlan has written massive introductions to both tomes which unravel the mystery behind his most elusive and mind-rending works! The full blast comes at you at kicksbooks.com within a fortnight.. meanwhile, start sweatin'! Dig PULLING A TRAIN by Harlan Ellison (KB4) followed by his superb twin-spin GETTING IN THE WIND (KB6)-- both books will also be available as limited signed versions in presentation boxes for you collector beasts and beastesses.


Naturally, as with all books in the Kicks paperback line, a sidekick perfume has been formulated, street-tested, bottled and packaged. SEX GANG is the heady scent that tells the world OFF! Exclusive, limited, and totally dangerous. Stay tuned at kicksbooks.com!

HOT OFF THE BLOTTER.... T. Valentine of "Hello Lucille" and "Betty Sue" fame is destined for exclusive April appearances in New York City... that's all we can say right now... more as it develops...Norton is working in conjunction with X-Bat Records on an entire LP on rockabilly king Don Ellis (a/k/a Harold Shutters) featuring wicked sides like Rock And Roll Mr. Moon, Bunny Honey, Come In World, Blue Fire – complete with detailed liners and cool pics! Norton has also assembled WOLFE CITY MADNESS: TWISTED HILLBILLY BOP FROM THE VAULTS OF WOLF-TEX RECORDS, the first ever roundup of singles, unissued sides and radio broadcasts from the Texas waxery best know for Harold Montgomery’s immortal rocker How Much Do You Miss Me. Our long promised EL PASO ROCK VOLUMES 4-9 are finally in the pipeline as well - nearly 100 Southwest pulse pumpers, many issued for the first time from master tapes! Fifties rockers, surf instrumentals, guitar killers...sure to fill in the gaps in the the El Paso area story... which funnels down into the upcoming big book from Kicks Books, I FOUGHT THE LAW: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF BOBBY FULLER... we have a solid batch of singles brewing, too...watch for updates... EDUCATION DEPARTMENT… Dig what they're sayin' ABOUT ... KICKSVILLE CONFIDENTIAL... see you on SATURDAY, MARCH 24 at the ALLENTOWN RECORD SHOW... join the feeding frenzy at the 26th semi-annual Allentown 45 and 78 show... we’ll be bringing lots of rockers, R&B, doo wop, instrumentals, garage sounds and more, so stop by the Norton Records table and grab up some maulers, crawlers and bawlers!... that's about it for the moment... see you at nortonrecords.com....