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

RECORD TOTE:

• 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

TEESHIRTS:

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 - PULLING A TRAIN (KB4)

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!

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

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....

NORTON NOVEMBER ASTRO-SCOPE!

NORTON BLASTS • NEW RELEASES

MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD DEPT. 

Norton's 25th Anniversary Weekender arrives under November 10th's full Beaver moon, followed up by Friday's highly charged numerologically significant 11-11-11. What all this means is anyone's guess, but let it be known that Algol is not in minima!   

Our festival features over one hundred musicians representing thirty stellar Norton combos that have descended upon Brooklyn from exotic ports the world over to make a racket for all of you-- the greatest rockin' fans in the universe! 

NORTON 25th ANNIVERSARY RADIO BLAST 

WITH DAVE THE SPAZZ!

Start your engines by tuning in to Dave The Spazz and his  Music To Spazz By show on  WFMU-- this rabid radio rampage is this Thursday Nov. 3 from 9 PM til midnight!   Join us for a three hour Norton Anniversary celebration live broadcast hosted by Dave The Spazz! Stars will be calling in, the Norton Customer Of The Year will be announced, and the Norton staff will be enjoying beer and pizza on their cultural field trip to a real radio station! Tune in, turn on and we’ll drop a needle on some new and old Norton platters!

KICKSVILLE CONFIDENTIAL

Hey, kids-- Norton’s got a comic book! Come celebrate the launch of KICKSVILLE CONFIDENTIAL: TORRID TALES FROM THE WILD WORLD OF NORTON RECORDS! This full-on label mash is illustrated by top comic artist AVI SPIVAK, of HUMAN BEING LAWNMOWER fame! Dig 28 action-packed pages of totally insane, entirely true, absolutely hair raising rock n’ roll shenanigans in a comic book format that all you kids can enjoy, featuring stories on Norton Records legends HASIL ADKINS, ESQUERITA, LINK WRAY, ANDRE WILLIAMS, RUDY RAY MOORE, KIM FOWLEY, RON HAYDOCK and boatloads mo’ stars from the famed Brooklyn wax hatchery. Following the bookstore launch at Desert Island Books (540 Metropolitan Avenue), 7pm - 9pm, join us across the street for a rock n’ roll dance bash at Union Pool (484 Union Avenue). There will be live “entertainment” plus wild wax spun by Intoxica Radio DJ HOWIE PYRO from 9 PM til 3 AM! Both the book blast and the dance bash will be hosted by Norton artist KIM FOWLEY, author of the upcoming LORD OF GARBAGE due from KICKS BOOKS in 2012. This party is the day-before, pre-festival meet n’ greet for the sold out NORTON RECORDS 25th ANNIVERSARY ALL STAR SPECTACULAR at the Bell House, November 10-13th.

Wednesday, November 9 at 7:00pm - November 10 at 3:00am

Desert Island Books/Union Pool, 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn NY

Admission: free to both events!

NORTON 25^th ANNIVERSARY ALL STAR SPECTACULAR

THE BELL HOUSE, 149 7th STREET, BROOKLYN NY                 

NOVEMBER 10, 11, 12 and 13

ALL FOUR NIGHTS ARE SOLD OUT!

Ticket holders -- rally early and romp 'til the break of day!

DOORS  7 PM • FRONT ROOM 7:30 • MAIN STAGE  9 PM • MERCH ALL NIGHT • DAWNBUSTIN' DEEJAYS EVERY NIGHT! • SUNDAY DOORS AT 6 PM •

Four frantic nights of loud sound abundance from the stellar Norton stable!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10

• BLACK LIPS Atlanta teen faves top off the first night’s festivities with their own brand of mayhem!

• 5.6.7.8.s Japan’s frantic femmes blast forth! Dig their holiday and Stones sevens on Norton!

• ALARM CLOCKS Cleveland’s greatest garage kings celebrate 45 years since their double sided teen snarler Yeah/No Reason To Complain! Two albums on Norton!

• PHANTOM SURFERS San Francisco’s masked surf legends celebrate 20 years since their Norton debut album 18 DEADLY ONES!

• DEX ROMWEBER DUO Flat Duo Jets front man Dex and his frantic drummer sis Sara - on tour now! Dex has four albums on Norton!

• NOR-TONES Norton’s all-employee band includes members of the Little Killers, Daddy Long Legs, Stalkers, Girls At Dawn and LiveFastDie playing the hits of the Norton catalog!

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11

Norton super soul sensations top the bill on 11-11-11

• NORTON R&B/SOUL REVUE 

- MELVIN DAVIS Dynamic Motor City soul legend tears through all his high geared hits!

- ANDRE WILLIAMS Norton icon Mr. Rhythm delivers the diddlie diddlie whomp from his vast arsenal of greasy greats!

- DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ The Happy Organ man is back with a brand new album – his first recordings in forty years!

- THE MIGHTY HANNIBAL Southern soul king and fan favorite! Get in the groove with some Hannibalism!

  with LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD AND THE BLOODHOUNDS The sax legend known as The Prince of Harlem!

  featuring MICK COLLINS of the Dirtbombs!

• REIGNING SOUND Explosive rock n’ roll from Greg Cartwright and the gang!

• JACKIE AND THE CEDRICS Rippin’ surf blasts from Tokyo’s tycoons of teen!

• MARK SULTAN The one and only – dig Mark’s powerful no bullshit rock n’ roll scorch!

• GREAT GAYLORD WITH THE CONDO FUCKS The Sultan of Squat ably backed by this mysterious slop crew! 

• NOR-TONES … back for more!

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12

• QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS Unstoppable Michigan garage gods, baby!

• RANDY FULLER FOUR (with DEKE DICKERSON) Randy Fuller and DeWayne Quirico of the Bobby Fuller Four return - first time in New York City since 1966! Backed by BF4 enthusiasts Deke Dickerson and Chris Sprague!

• UNTAMED YOUTH  From the cow pastures of Missouri to the bright lights of Hollywood – long overdue East Coast appearance from the band in demand!

• LUIS AND THE WILDFIRES Snarly East LA rockers bring Brain Jail to our side of the Great Divide—new holiday wax out now!

• SOUTH BAY SURFERS West Coast cousins of King Uszniewicz and the Uszniewicztones! Their only East Coast appearance!

• HENTCHMEN Greatest Detroit group since the Underdogs!

• DADDY LONG LEGS Brooklyn blues stompers! Not to be missed!

• NOR-TONES…and more!

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13

• SONICS Kings of Northwest rock n’ roll wrap up our weekend wig out with The Witch, Psycho, Strychnine and more!

• REAL KIDS Rave on with Boston’s best – first NY show in five years!  

• TANDOORI KNIGHTS King Khan and Bloodshot Bill crank it up with their spicy hot sounds! Hotter than a plate of vindaloo! New 45 out now!

• A-BONES Brooklyn’s own racket squad!

• FIGURES OF LIGHT New Jersey proto-punk legends deliver their new album DROP DEAD produced by Mick Collins!

• BLOODSHOT BILL Banned from entering the States five years and back in action! Special commemorative single sold only at the festival!

• NOR-TONES…andmoreagain!

SPECIAL GUESTS THIS WEEKEND

CYRIL JORDAN and ROY LONEY of the FLAMIN GROOVIES

LA LA BROOKS of the CRYSTALS

PLUS IN THE FRONT ROOM AT 7:30

FRIDAY

KICKS BOOKS PRESENTS

ANDRE WILLIAMS author of SWEETS

KIM FOWLEY author of LORD OF GARBAGE

SATURDAY

ANDY SHERNOFF acoustic

GREG CARTWRIGHT acoustic

SUNDAY

ANDY SHERNOFF acoustic

ROCKIN’ ENOCKY one man band

MCs

KIM FOWLEY

ANDRE WILLIAMS

TOM “SPONGEBOB” KENNY

DJs

HOWIE PYRO (Intoxica radio)

DAVE THE SPAZZ (Music To Spazz By, WFMU)

JOSH STYLES (Smashed! Blocked!)

REX  (Fool’s Paradise, WFMU)

BLOODSHOT BILL EMANCIPATION DAY 11-11-11

Norton artist Bloodshot Bill has been banned from entering the States for the past five years (we told him that running moonshine was not a very good idea and he just wouldn’t listen), but now he’s back to show you he could really shake ‘em down! On 11-11-11, the calamity that is Bloodshot Bill returns to our country, both as a one man band and as a member of the Tandoori Knights! To show that there’s no hard feelings between BB and the border officials, we have pressed up a super limited number of one sided red vinyl commemorative singles of Bloodshot Bill performing Chuck Berry’s Back In The USA to be sold at the Norton shindig!

OOH IT FEELS SO GOOD!

In honor of Norton’s first artist, the immortal Hasil Adkins, we have pressed a limited seven inch single on orange wax, a cover of Slim Harpo’s Don’t Start Cryin’ Now b/w Haze’s own Everybody Loves Somebody – not available in stores! Get them at the Norton blast!


Here's a map of Brooklyn showing the Bell House, subway stops and the  proximity to the hotels and stuff. Dig the links at the Bell House pages, too!

NEW RELEASES NOVEMBER 22   

ADVANCE COPIES AT WEEKENDER

FIGURES OF LIGHT – DROP DEAD (377) The Figures return with fifteen blazing Stooges/Velvets inspired new songs recorded live in one night in a Brooklyn basement studio! Original members Wheeler Dixon and Michael Downey are joined by Mick Collins (who produced the LP), Miriam Linna and Marcus “The Carcass” Natale.  My Box Rocks/Fifteen Minutes Of Fame/Alice/Black Plague Blues/With A Girl Like That/You’re So Innocent/ Is It A Dream?/Colleen/World Of Pain/Mellow The Fuck Out/Family Fun Night/Screwed/A+/You’re Just Another Macaroon/Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

VARIOUS – BATTLE OF RAT FINK HILL (378) Unissued Link Wray and Bo Diddley inspired Pittsburgh teen band instrumentals 1961-63 all from master tapes! OUTCASTS - Scotora Mull/Sleepy/Hollow Rock/Burning Rubber/Let’s Do The Ubangi Stomp/Emergency Exit/Jose Meteres Theme GALAXIES - Malibu Beach KEYS - If You Wanna Be Happy/Louie’s Louie Louie MAD HATTERS - Raw-hide/Peter Gunn/Jack The Ripper/Mumblin’ Guitar SONICS - Blow Out/Super Sport/Torture/Road Runner

DEL SHANNON – MOVE IT ON OVER (379) First ever comp of Del’s 1964-66 in-credible Amy sides with tuff backing by the Royaltones! Incl. unissued Link Wray style instro Torture – don’t miss this one! Move It On Over/I can’t Believe My Ears/Do You Wanna Dance/That’s The Way Love Is/Keep Searchin’/I Wish I Wasn’t Me Tonight/Mary Jane/Break up/Stranger In Town/Broken Promises/Why Don’t You Tell Him/Handy Man/Over You/She Still Remembers Tony/I Go To Pieces/Torture

...

DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ WITH LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD AND HIS BLOODHOUNDS (380) Killer new instrumental workouts from “Baby”, the man who topped the charts in 1959 with The Happy Organ – his first new recordings in decades! Dave is joined by sax legend Lonnie Youngblood who recorded with Jimi Hendrix just prior to the Experience! Produced by Mick Collins! The Lemon Drop/ Sammy Sue/Let’s Do A Slow Dance/Central Avenue Cruise/Bumper Cars/Rollin’ Out/Hot Cakes/Flame Gettin’ Higher, Fire Getting’ Hot/Midnight Sun/Soul Rub

SEVEN NEW SEVENS!

VARIOUS – GIANT GILA MONSTER VOL. 1 (165) Rare 1959 West Coast rock n’ roll from the vaults of Cascade Records! Joe Johnson – Gila Monster/Bob Norris – Party Time/Joe Johnson – Cool Love

VARIOUS – GIANT GILA MONSTER VOL. 2 (166) More wild sounds from Cascade Records! Tommy Knackin –Worry Worry Worry/Joe Johnson – Gila Monster (alternate take)/Three Dimensions -Alone

KNIGHTS OF THE NEW CRUSADE – (CHRISTMAS AT) MONTSEGUR/THREE MAGI OF DAMASCUS (167) New holiday sides from everyone’s favorite obnoxious Christian Rock band!

QUALITIES – IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME/HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU (169) Reissue of impossibly rare 1955 Sun Ra doo wop chants!

TANDOORI KNIGHTS – I HEAR SOMEONE CRY/BHAJI BLUES/WILD WILD EAST (172) King Khan and Bloodshot Bill return with more Eastern musical delicacies!

LUIS AND THE WILDFIRES – WHO LIKES CHRISTMAS ANYWAY?/I KNOW YOUR MIND (173) Yuletide scorch from East LA’s premier rockers! Feliz Navidad it ain’t!

DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ – JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH/LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD AND HIS BLOODHOUNDS – MONKEY MAN (9664) Instrumental Stones dance floor shakers from two R and B giants! Produced by Mick Collins!

SEPTEMBER NEWS!

Norton ED 369 Carl Perkins

NEW FROM NORTON RECORDS
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CARL PERKINS- PUT YOUR CAT CLOTHES ON! (369) Spectacular Sun session warm up takes – half of them with Jerry Lee Lewis on piano! Put Your Cat Clothes On/Sweethearts Or Strangers/Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby/Honky Tonk Babe/Her Love Rubbed Off/Lend Me Your Comb/ Be Honest With Me/Caldonia/Sure To Fall/Pink Pedal Pushers/I’m Sorry I’m Not Sorry/Dixie Fried/Put Your Cat Clothes On

Norton ED-368 Gaye Blades

GAYE BLADES (368) Ten spectacular new recordings featuring members of the Black Lips, Gentleman Jesse and his Men and the Carbonas! Nine originals plus an amazing Sanford Clark cover! Pretty Boy/You Were With Him/His Girl/We Are Only Gonna Die/Jesus Didn’t Try Hard Enough To Save My Soul/Cry Of The Castrati/O So Far Away/I Wanna Join The James Gang/Still As The Night/Don’t Get Married

Norton 45-161 Myron Lee

MYRON LEE AND THE CADDIES – HOMICIDE/AW C’MON BABY (45-161) Atomic 1958 Midwest rockers! Only 400 pressed in 1958!

Norton 45-163 Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics

BOBBY FULLER AND THE FANATICS – STRINGER/THE CHASE  (45-163) Pummeling surf instrumental twin spin from Bobby’s El Paso home studio! Unbeatable!

NICK TOSCHES IN THE OPEN!

KICKS BOOKS PRESENTS NICK TOSCHES

Nick Tosches will spill the beans about his latest book SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR SATAN on the FOOL'S PARADISE show on WFMU this Saturday from 1-3 PM Eastern Standard Time! Mighty disc jockey/radio personality REX will grill elusive Newarkian Mr. Tosches for two solid hours about the caustic claims and harrowing histories unleashed in this latest "hip pocket paperback" from the fast-expanding Kicks Books empire! Join Rex and Nick in the legendary leatherclad library of FOOL'S PARADISE fur-lined fallout shelter, where tales -- and records-- will be spun... and how! Be sure to join Nick afterhours in New York on September 9 at a rare personal appearance courtesy NYPL's old courthouse-gone-bibliotheque JEFFERSON MARKET LIBRARY. It's free and fabulous-- 8 PM- details here! Pick up SATAN at this sensational meet & greet with the author! Outta towners make acquisitions at Norton or Kicks Books!