Benefit for Japan!
Special ALL-STAR benefit for Japan disaster relief! This is an amazing line-up of entertainment at a low price for a great cause! WFMU DJ/Norton recording star Gaylord Fields emcees a night full of music and rock n' roll! Onstage action from Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, The A-Bones, The Live Ones, Mighty Fine, The Dixons, The Back CCs, and The Underthings plus dance floor traction from WFMU’s Dave the Spazz, WFMU’s Gaylord Fields, DJ Kongress, DJ Shimmy and WMBR’s John Funke! PLUS -- fabulous RAFFLE PRIZES donated by the Great Jones Café, Harefield Road, the Richardson, Academy Records, Permanent Records, Norton Records and more. $10 Admission includes one raffle ticket! Silent Auction of swag sent by your favorite Japanese roc kn' rollers the Jet Boys, Neatbeats, Fifi from Teengenerate, Jackie & The Cedrics, Guitar Wolf and Superchunk! All proceeds go to AmeriCares and Direct Relief International -- two well-run, highly-rated, established charities with commitments to earmark our Japan relief donations. See www.charitynavigator.org Can't make the show? Donate here: http://dri.convio.net/goto/Union.Pool 4 PM start so get there early and stay late!
4:00- Doors, and DJ
4:30 - 5:15 - The Underthings
5:30 - 6:15 - The Live Ones
6:30 - 7:15 - Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
7:30 - 8:15 - The Dixons
8:30 - 9:15 - The Mighty Fine
9:30 - 10:15 - The BAXX SiSiS
10:30- ??? - The A-Bones
ROY LONEY & CYRIL JORDAN of the FLAMIN' GROOVIES !!!
with “musical accompaniment” by the A-BONES-- two big shows on two big shores:
• April 21 Bell House Brooklyn NY rolls and rocks with big A-Bones set sandwiched ‘twixt ROY & Cyril’s headlining superstar spot plus sensational openers LOS VIGILANTES and DADDY LONG LEGS both with solid Norton releases in our Rolling Stones tribute series! Tickets and info HERE!
• April 24 LeBeat Bespoke Festival London, England First time ever appearance of the original Flamin' Groovies head honchos together across the briney blue to upstage the royal wedding and other things! It's Easter everywhere but especially in London Town with a Spring Break to bust all others outta the water!
MEANWHILE, IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BURBANK...
• April 22South Bay Surfers Records Release bash! Burbank, California RECORD RELEASE PARTY for The South Bay Surfers new Norton LP "King Uszniewicz vs The South Bay Surfers: Battle of the Bands"! Original lineup reunion just for Jorge Ojeda's birthday!
Prepare for frantic footlongs and lease-bustin' seven inchers that're sure to test your floorboards and mess up your status with the downstairs neighbors!
KING USZNIEWICZ & HIS USZNIEWICZTONES VS THE SOUTH BAY SURFERS – BATTLE OF THE BANDS (359)
Quarter To Two/California Sun/Crocodile Stroll/Hawaiian War Chant/The Wanderer/This Time/Running Bear/I Got You (I Feel Good)/Walk Like A Man/Kind Of A Drag/Suspicion/Party Lights/Denise/I’ve Had It/Lipstick On My Collar/I Fought The Law THE ONLY BANDS THAT MATTER! Norton DIGS deep into the vaults and comes up with eight unissued King U tracks, their first newly presented material since our 1994 DOIN’ THE WOO HOO LP! Duking it out with the U-Tones is the torchbearers of the Surfin’ School Sound, Los Angeles’ legendary South Bay Surfers!
Other Uszniewicztones masterpieces on Norton…
TEENAGE DANCE PARTY (208)
TWISTING AND BOWLING (221)
DOIN’ THE WOO HOO (238)
Let's watch the handiwork of yet another King U fan-zealot...
BLOODSHOT BILL – THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (370)
All The Time/Be Mine Tonight/Crazy ‘Bout That Girl/My Brand Of Blues/Old Moon/Girl I Don’t Know/Dark Lonely Street/Thunder And Lightning/Crazy Party/Puppy Dog Love/Hang In There/The Hunt/Hot Hot Mama/Stop! He’s made scads of solid senders all over the globe, but here’s the one man racket squad’s first full length Norton platter and we think it’s his best offering to date! THUNDER AND LIGHTNING features brand new Bloodshot Bill-penned rockers like Crazy ‘Bout The Girl and The Hunt plus killer remakes of Tooter Botman’s title thumper and Eddie Cochran’s brooding Dark Lonely Street – GET THIS ALBUM!
Other Bloodshot Bill hits on Norton… THE DING-DONGS (357) THE TANDOORI KNIGHTS – CURRY UP (363) Pretty Please 7” (45-154) High And Dry 7” (9658)
THE IDEALS – THE GORILLA/MO GORILLA (45-162) Five star 1963 Chi-Town Simeon Stomper b/w the original followup fracas! Be zorch, daddy-o – GO APE!
THE FRED WOLFF COMBO – SOMEBODY ELSE WAS SUCKIN’ MY DICK LAST NIGHT/SCRATCHIN’ AND WHAMMIN’ (45-164) Raucous x-rated Detroit blues rocker from the Yowlin’ Wolff! Flip is a charged up instumental hat tip to the great Travis Wammack! Perfect for parties!
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11/14/10
NEW NORTON WAX!
The holiday crop of Norton slabs is in! THE COBA SEAS (James Williamson's 1966 reform school band), SUN RA (three fab spoken word LPs that will blow your brain into the outer reached of space), YVONNE & YVETTE (the Siamese twins- finally Norton enters the gospel field!), KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (Kim Fowley meets the Coasters = perfect world gone beautifully wrong!), the wild and superb and worship-worthy RENEGADES, first time waxing on a pair of flamin' hot1971 FLAMIN GROOVIES studio blasters, new Rolling Stones split 45's inc THEIR HISPANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST (top various new artists...all sung in Spanish!), the fabulous new NOLAN STRONG TRIBUTE ALBUM, and the first time ever on 45 release of THE NAUTILOIDS (surf-color wax).... are not in on the heels of our fall releases on THE GIRLS AT DAWN, ROY HEAD, TANDOORI KNIGHTS, GARAGE ACETATES VOL. 5, HASIL ADKINS, LONESOME DRIFTER, DING-DONGS, and BOBBY FULLER. Let's roll it.... November Nortons!(Hasil Adkins photo @ Norton archives!)
NOVEMBER RELEASES!
THE COBA SEAS - UNREFORMED (ED-364) LP
Just Like Me/Empty Heart/Heart Of Stone/It’s My Life/Louie Louie/Gloria Future-Stooge James Williamson's reform school band circa '66 slams through all-insto blowouts like nobody's business. Pro recording of superb, significant, and snotty teen angst ballbusters! •••
YVONNE AND YVETTE – THE SIAMESE TWINS (EP-156) 7"
After It’s All Over/He’s Sweet I Know/Your Mother/ We Are Workers For The Lord Norton enters the gospel field with super scarce recordings by our favorite Siamese twins! Yvonne & Yvette spent many hard years as sideshow attractions, but were tapped by their church to go into the gospel field. These recordings were private pressings not made for public distribution, and include their raucous 60's pairing plus a sweet childhood chant and an unusual incantation by their mom, set to spook show organ grinding. Look for our Kicks Publishing Company scrapbook on the girls in the months to come!May they revel in posthumous glory always. •••
NEW SUN RA SPACE POETRY! Three volumes of incantations by Sun Ra and his cohorts, sent to sparse music backdrops, 1957-1982. Unknown, unhinged-- let alone unheard recordings from the mystic mind of Sun Ra. This recently unearthed and meticulously restored series compliments our previous trio of early Sun Ra rarities.
SUN RA - STRANGE WORLDS IN MY MIND (ED-365) LP
Message To Earthman/I Seek A New World/I Am Trying To Find Myself/The Damned Air/I Am Strange/My Children/If They Only Knew/I’m Not To Blame/I Am An Instrument/Once Upon A Time/All In The Realm Of Death/Death Speaks To The Negro/I’ll Wait For You/At Night/They Can’t Accept Me/I Am Not A Fantasy/My World Is The Space Way/Strange Worlds In My Mind
SUN RA - THE SUB-DWELLERS (ED-366) LP
The Sub-Dwellers/The Music Is A Universal Language/When The Word Was Spoken/The Past Is A Dream/The World Comes To An End/Pretense Desires/The Universe Is Endless/What Are Words?/There Is Music Everywhere/All Men Are Equal/We Must Not Say No To Ourselves/They Taught Me To Share/The Worship Of A Statue/This Planet Of Death/A Cosmic Dimension Of Music/If You Are Not A Myth/I Speak Of Everything/The Truth About Planet Earth/The Universe Sent Me
SUN RA - THE OUTER DARKNESS (ED-367) LP
I Gotta Get Away/Know What It’s Like On My Planet/The Outer Darkness Part One/The Outer Darkness Part Two/This Is My Day/The Scheme Of Words/Black Holes In Space/A Better World
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THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE - BIG TEARS(45-879) 7" Cool 1962 R&B/soul workouts feature Coasters members working out with Kim Fowley! The latest in our expanding Jukebox "800" series. Get them all!
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THE RENEGADES - CADILLAC/I WAS THERE(45-157) 7" The definitive "Cadillac" from this revered 60's beat combo from Birmingham, England! Batched with their unlauded killer ballad flip "I was There"-- top rank, essential blasting. Detail-hounds make note-- both our Renegades singles come with UK punch-out centre holes! Welcome to Norton, Renegades!
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THE RENEGADES - THIRTEEN WOMEN/CAN'T YOU SEE (45-158) 7" Savage mauling of Haley romper backed with moody, attitudinal flip! All hail Kim Brown and the fabulous Renegades! All recordings on our two Renegades seven inchers were recorded in Finland, where the Renegades held sway as the toppermost of the ravin' poppermost! Absolutely essential-- don't risk the embarrassment of not having these blasts in your collection!
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FLAMIN GROOVIES - BABY SCRATCH MY BACK(45-159) 7" Original1971 studio recordings- first time on wax! Produced by Richard Robinson! Must-have wax in iconic sleeve! Flamin' Groovies Forever!
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THE NAUTILOIDS - NAUTILOID SURF/NAUTILOID REEF (45-160) 7" Crude, spectacular unissued 1965 Maryland surf instrumentals! Forty-five years after it was recorded, the Nautiloids finally have their day-- on posh surf-color wax!
We don't want to miss you at this blast of all blasts at Brooklyn's bodacious BELL HOUSE this Wednesday night- come slip inside this house as Texas legend Roky Erickson makes a big splash on the big stage. Forty-five years ago, teenage Roky was levitating from Spade to 13th Floor Elevator right before everybody's starry eyes! Brooklyn brawlers the A-Bones are on right ahead of Roky with their own brand of mayhem with a Very Special Guest Star to boot! Don't be an evil on-- come click your fingers and applaud the play! Don't Knock The Rok!
WANT WAX? The fall crop of Norton slabs is in! THE COBA SEAS (James Williamson's 1966 reform school band), SUN RA (thre more fab LPs), YVONNE & YVETTE (Siamese twins), KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (Fowley/Coasters), RENEGADES, FLAMIN GROOVIES, new Rolling Stones split 45's inc THEIR HISPANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST, NOLAN STR...ONG TRIBUTE ALBUM, GIRLS AT DAWN, ROY HEAD, TANDOORI KNIGHTS, GARAGE ACETATES VOL. 5, HASIL ADKINS, LONESOME DRIFTER, DING-DONGS, and today's Norton birthday artist and icon, BOBBY FULLER. Pick 'em up at the WFMU fair in New York, happening today, Saturday and Sunday! Info at wfmu.org! (Hasil Adkins photo @ Norton archives!)
KING COLEMAN(1932-2010) It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of Norton’s most popular stars, Carlton “King” Coleman. His name is synonymous with class action dance floor traction-- (Do The) Mashed Potatoes. The Boo Boo Song, Alley Rat, Dressed In Plaid, Down In The Basement, Bulldog, Show Me What You Got, Loo-key Doo-key, to name but a few-- all humongous, inflammatory buttshakers that redefine the dance disc jockey lexicon and realign us regular people's reason for living. King Coleman's wild story and incredible sounds are collected on IT'S DANCE TIME! which was released in time for King's appearance at the Norton Soul Spectacular in 2003, an event that happily coincided with Billy's 50th birthday-- instant party! King delivered the goods in spades to an awestruck crowd of bone-fide Alley Rats who were clearly losing it to see and hear the legend belting out his signature stompers. The Spectacular soundtrack, GET IN THE GROOVE includes King on The Boo Boo Song (with the audience chanting along in unison), and belting it out on the Shake A Tailfeather finale with the also-late Nathaniel Mayer and Rudy Ray Moore, plus Andre Williams, Bettye Lavette, the Mighty Hannibal, Barrence Whitfield, the Great Gaylord, and Lonnie Youngblood. Read local Florida obituary HERE and LISTEN HERE.
NORTON ONLINE STORE Get ‘em while they’re hot! Norton’s snazzy new online store is now open for biz! Our entire seven inch vinyl stock (nearly 2500 different platters) is now available online. LPs, CDs, posters, magazines and loads more comin’ soon! Keep checkin’ in! www.nortonrecords.com
SEPTEMBER 14 RELEASES
ROY HEAD AND THE TRAITS – LIVE IT UP! (358) Sixteen song roundup of the earliest recordings by inimitable Texas madman Roy Head along with the original Traits! These 1958 -62 sides include all the group’s wild TNT and Renner singles! One More Time/Don’t Be Blue/Live It Up/Yes I Do/ My Baby’s Blue/Here I Am In Love Again/Summertime Love/Your Turn To Cry/Walking All Day/Night Time Blues/One More Time/Don’t Be Blue/Little Mama/Linda Lou/Woe Woe/Got My Mojo Working
Don’t miss the phenomenal Roy Head at Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans - September 24 and 25!
THE GIRLS AT DAWN – CALL THE DOCTOR (361) A dozen heart stoppin' originals from the astonishing and fabulous Girls At Dawn, who sing and write and play in flawless combination. This album serves up a stellar stew that will stick to your ribs and keep you coming back for more. Four stars, say I... high praise when Billy says, “It’s like the Paris Sisters backed by the Churchmice…” Come Here To Die/When She Goes Away/Miss Me/I’m Alone/On And On/Evil One/They’re Waiting/Reach Me (Don’t Forget)/Most Terrible Thing/A Secret/It’s Getting Cold/Your Girl
The Girls At Dawn will be at Gonerfest! Details below...
VARIOUS ARTISTS– YOU TORE MY BRAIN! SIXTIES GARAGE ACETATES VOL. 5(362) Clobberin’ fifth volume of brutal unissued garage crunchers by the Fanatics, Pharaohs, Invictas, IVbidden, Sir Winstonand the Commons, mo’! IVBIDDEN Sick And Lonely/SIR WINSTON AND THE COMMONS All Of The Time/BUNCH Do The Jump/UNKNOWN Palace Of Love/UNKNOWN Follow Her Home/JAMES STREET OVERPASS She Can’t See/UNKNOWN Poor Man Dreamer/INVICTAS Watusi/PHARAOHS The Isle Of Love/UNKNOWN I Won’t Play Your Game/JAMES STREET OVERPASS You Tore My Brain/SIR WINSTON AND THE COMMONS No Sorrow/FANATICS I Can’t Go On/UNKNOWN The Hunter
Be sure to pick up all five volumes in this brain bustin' series!
THE TANDOORI KNIGHTS – CURRY UP (363) A dozen curried treats (packaged in a massive FUNHOSUE style gatefold jacket!) from the remarkable King Khan and Bloodshot Bill featuring the hit single Pretty Please as well as soon-to-be Tandoori taste treats Into Her Arms and Bandstand and mo’ Hindu hi-jinx! Pretty Please/Bucketful/Roam The Land/Tandoori Party/Books And Ribs/Bandstand/Big Belly Giant/Into Her Arms/Dress On/Lovers Moon/Brown Trash/Beauty And The Feast
Billy says, “This is what Warren Smith would have sounded like if he recorded in Bombay instead of Memphis…”
VARIOUS ARTISTS - DADDY ROCKING STRONG: A TRIBUTE TO NOLAN STRONG AND THE DIABLOS (The Wind 002) Norton-distributed comp on The Wind Records dedicated to Fortune Records R&B giant Nolan Strong! Andre Williams has this to say in his liner notes: “Hearing these Diablos songs re-interpreted today just proves how timeless Nolan’s music will always be. I can hear the admiration and respect towards Nolan in each and every track.” LONG LIVE NOLAN STRONG! LONG LIVE FORTUNE RECORDS! (LP only) MARK SULTAN The Wind/DIRTBOMBS Daddy Rockin’ Strong/CUB KODA You’re The Only Girl, Delores/OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (Yeah, Baby) It’s Because Of You/ANDRE WILLIAMS WITH THE A-BONES The Way You Dog Me Around/DANNY KROHA AND THE DEL TORROS Do You Remember What You Did/REIGNING SOUND Mind Over Matter/WRECKLESS ERIC AND AMY RIGBY I Want To Be Your Happiness/A-BONES Real True Love/HENTCHMEN The Mambo Of Love/DEMONS CLAWS Try Me One More Time/GENTLEMEN JESSE AND HIS MEN Harriette It’s You/LENNY KAYE I Wanna Know Dig this COOL REVIEW!
Danny Kroha (Gories) and Howie Pyro (Intoxica Radio) pick up their door prizes at Norton HQ!
OUT OF OUR HEADS! Hot on the heels of our mucho loco THEIR HISPANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST, Norton shows no signs of gathering moss, with two brand new Rolling Stones cover song platters for your listening pleasure!
THE PARTING GIFTS – (WALKIN’ THRU THE) SLEEPY CITY/THE GREAT GAYLORD AND THE CONDO F*CKS – ROLLING STONES RICE KRISPIES JINGLE (9662) Top METAMORPHOSIS gem gets a dreamy stroll treatment by new all star combo featuring members of Reigning Sound, the Greenhornes and the Ettes! Flip it and dig as Double G makes good on his long threatened promise to overhaul the Stones’ legendary 1964 TV commercial, ably backed by the mysterious Condo Fucks! Snap! Crackle! SQUAT!!
DADDY LONG LEGS – COCKSUCKER BLUES/ANDY SHERNOFF AND DADDY LONG LEGS – THE UNDER ASSISTANT WAST COAST PROMOTION MAN (9663) Brooklyn’s fiercest blues stompers hammer out the legendary banned Stones number! Decca’s trash becomes Norton’s treasure! The long legged lads lend fiery support to the Dictators tunesmith on the B-deck! Both sides produced by Andrew Loog Shernoff!
NOVEMBER RELEASE TEASE!
Stay tuned for our big-time annnouncement about new releases from Sun Ra, the Coba Seas, the Flamin Groovies, Yvette and Yvonne (The Siamese Twins), Knights Of The Round Table, the Renegades, plus Christmas goodies! Psst.. wanna sneak peek?
COBA SEAS
YVONNE & YVETTE
SUN RA - OUTER DARKNESS
SUN RA - THE SUB-DWELLERS
SU RA - STRANGE WORLDS IN MY MIND
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE - BIG TEARS
THE RENEGADES - THIRTEEN WOMEN/CAN'T YOU SEE
THE RENEGADES - CADILLAC/I WAS THERE
FLAMIN GROOVIES - BABY SCRATCH MY BACK
Still with us after that sneak peek? You'll need to wait til Halloween for the treats above! meanwhile, check out the hep....
...HAPPENINGS AROUND TOWN AND IN OTHER COOL PLACES!
It's dumb to be glum when there's so mucho much going on all over this super crazy planet! Time is short, so if you haven't set your antennae up to tune into HOWIE PYRO'S fabulous weekly radio show INTOXICA, well.. DO IT! Five years running, he's been blasting nutty, wild insanity, Mad Mike style, every Tuesday at 9 PM (California time) all from original 45's and things at www.luxuriamusic.com. And yes, he's archived! I had the great pleasure of guesting with HOWIE on his show while on a week-long record/research/onion ring junket. Question Mark and Kim Fowley called in and had us laughing and learning... dig it in two parts at : http://jellsmayhemsgarage.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-01T04_52_03-07_00 and http://jellsmayhemsgarage.podomatic.com/entry/2010-09-01T04_37_09-07_00
September 24 and 25 PONDEROSA STOMP IN NEW ORLEANS! Dr. Ike and the gang once again put the romp into the Stomp with Duane Eddy, the Trashmen, Thee Midniters, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Roy Head, Young Jessie, Joyce Harris, Barbara Lynn, Johnnie Allan, Red Simpson plus stars upon stars! http://www.ponderosastomp.com/ponderosa_stomp_9.php
September 24 THE TRASHMEN In-store live show at the Louisiana Music Factory in New Orleans. The Bird is the word!!!
November 10ROKY ERICKSON and THE A-BONES Meanwhile, back in the asphalt jungle.... if somebody doesn't bring at electric jug to this extraterrorestrial event, then there is no justice! His lordship Roky Erickson, superhero to us and everybody we know, returns to Brooklyn at the Bell House, located near the scenic Gowanus Canal (Roky should be informed that this location is a stone's throw from H.P. Lovecraft's horrorific RED HOOK!) Suitably starry-eyed A-Bones will blast things off in full-on gear-mash mode! The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn
September 18 WFMU The Girls perform live on Terre T’s Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU showcasing tunes from their brand new Norton long player CALL THE DOCTOR! Do not miss this! 3PM on your radio dial... http://www.wfmu.org
September 18 KNITTING FACTORY THE GIRLS AT DAWN w/the Dum Dum Girls After tuning in to the WFMU's Terre T radio broadcast, plan to make the scene as the Girls play live, followed by even more Girls! 361 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn
September 22 MERCURY LOUNGE THE GIRLS AT DAWN with the Crocodiles. Bulgarian Independence Day never had it so good! 217 E. Houston Street, NYC
September 25 GONERFESTThe Girls At Dawn join the stellar lineup at this year’s Memphis blast!
Sunday September 19 VINTAGE PAPERBACK SHOW 2010! New York City Collectible Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo #22! This annual show is growing! Scads of spectacular vintage paperbacks in all price ranges, plus old magazines and loads of original art and artists, authors, book mavens, and pulp stuff! Yes, Kicks Books is set up so bring a sandwich and coffee and come hang out! Juvenile delinquent, early adult, crime, detective and garden variety off kilter mayhem on tap, Bad Seed/Smut Peddler style! Holiday Inn, 440 West 57th St., NYC.
October 2 ALLENTOWN RECORD FAIR The big mammy jammy East Coast 45 show – don’t miss it! See grown men fight over records they already have! This could be the only place in the world to score that elusive copy Hindu On A Honda by Count Down and the Moonsters! SEE YA THERE! Merchants Square Mall, South 12th and Vultee Streets, Allentown PA http://www.surroundsoundproductions.com
October 22-24 WFMU RECORD FAIR Three days of record madness! Records, live bands, records, celebrities, records, movies, records, pizza, records, Edgar and records! Stop by the Norton table and score advance copies of November blasts! http://www.wfmu.org
HENTCHMEN NEWS! The Hamtramck, Michigan noisemakers have a new album out on PJ's Dirty Water Records in the UK so pick it up!
October 9-11FUNTASTIC DRACULA CARNIVAL Benidorm, Alicante, Spain Featuring the legendary Peruvian garage kings Los Saicos!!! Make the scene and catch Davila 666 and Los Peyotes performing numbers from epic THEIR HISPANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST double EP on Norton!
OUT THERE HAVIN’ FUN! PLAY BALL WITH NORTON… in case some of you have been dwelling under a rock, you've come aware of the brain spraining fact that our beloved Dictators are now blasting out of television sets across America, setting the musical pace for the top ball players in the nation... this clip is the 2010 MLB All-Star Game TV ad! God Bless America, indeed... the Dictators 1973 demo version of California Sun was picked off the Norton collection EVERY DAY IS SATURDAY.... congrats, Dictators...
Norton super group the Ding-Dongs (Mark Sultan and Bloodshot Bill with Jared from the Black Lips on bass) are making their live debut today at the Sled Island Fest in Calgary, Alberta – knock ‘em dead guys! Be sure to pick up their fabulous Norton LP here.
WHO'S NEW AT NORTON, YOU ASK?
Super mega major thrill is an upcoming Norton release of never-issued 1966 recordings from guitar snarler JAMES WILLIAMSON... and his pre-Stooges teen band, the Coba Seas... our favorite 16 year old guitar blaster ignites a teenage rampage at an upstate juvie facility with pals Michael Adams, Andy Yood, and Michael Rosen.. the Coba Seas gore local zit-poppers with instro-mental anthemic shellackings of Louie Louie, Heart Of Stone, Gloria, and It's My Life, among others... our posh fall package will coincide with the year end issue of UGLY THINGS, which will feature a massive bio-story on the group...U.T. genius Mike Stax is tapped to scribble liners for the Norton album, as well... we are also proud to announce a posthumous release from conjoined twins Yvonne and Yvette, who have been a irrational obsession here at Nortonville for many years. Last year, we were privileged to mourn at their California gravesite, an odd occasion that led immediately to locating their elusive and effusive lone gospel 45. Now, with permission from their family, an authorized reissue of the impossible to find record will launch as Norton's first-ever gospel recording...the disc is due in the fall, with a print bio paperback on tap via Kicks Books... Rounding out the triple threat is a new trio of full-lengths on Sun Ra-- three albums of unissued prattlin' rattle and spine chilling incantations, set to stratospheric log-bompin'... poetic pounce you can't renounce... also due is a yet-untitled paperback original of Sun Ra space stories and out of this world poems... all with a science-fiction slant... due from Kicks Books, as is the sequel to Sweets... in the works from Andre Williams, as we speak... look for the return of major SWEETS characters Dandy Dan, Bruno, Goldie, Tank, and of course Mr Nobles of Nobles Funeral Home, who will be processing more than cocaine in his velvet-ensconced mortuary... look out Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed... Norton’s multi-volume EL PASO ROCK series continues now, after three volumes of early Bobby Fuller... scores of rare and unreleased 1958-66 West Texas recordings from the vaults of Yucca, Suemi, Exeter, Eastwood, Frog Death and other local labels... we recently pacted a deal to issue over a dozen incredible 1963 raw, rockin’ sides by Terry Manning and the Wild Ones – KILLER STUFF... Terry is known for his 1970 cult album HOME SWEET HOME and his work with Big Star, the Stax family of artists and his engineering work for Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top… but he got his start diggin' Bobby Fuller back in El Paso, Texas... one of Bobby's very earliest... and most ARDENT... disciples...he's a key witness for the forthcoming BOBBY FULLER BIO…by the way, we’ve recently logged in tapes for future Norton Rolling Stones cover singles – Brooklyn’s stompin’ blues kings Daddy Long Legs deliver a soul searing rendition of Cocksucker Blues produced by Andy Shernoff who also tackles Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man plus the Parting Gifts (featuring members of Reigning Sound, Greenhornes and Ettes) with Walkin’ Thru The Sleepy City... later this month, Davila 666 and Los Vigilantes are throwing a big blowout in San Juan, Puerto Rico to kick off the release of THEIR HISPANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST... see below... four bands.. four Stones covers... two records.. gatefold package... the latest technology... only at Norton... and dig this...the A-Bones teamed up with the Great Gaylord for their first studio venture since the 1991 classic Squat With Me Baby. Double G laid down an over the top version of El Pauling's Solid Rock at Montreal's Sin Studios with Bloodshot Bill "producing." It's Squattin' time again! Dig the press-ola!
JULY 20 RELEASES!
THE LONESOME DRIFTER – EAGER BOY (327) Seventeen song roundup on Thomas Johnson, the mysterious Lonesome Drifter culled from the vaults of Shreveport’s Ram Records. His 1958 single Eager Boy stands as one of the most sought after records of all time. The Drifter’s haunting vocals and stark instrumentation make him a truly unique figure in rockabilly and hillbilly music. This is real bone chilling stuff! For fans of Hasil Adkins’ MOON OVER MADISON and Charlie Feathers’ UH HUH HONEY albums. Eager Boy/Tear Drop Valley/Honey Do You Think Of Me/No Lovin’ No Rockin’ Blues/Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues/I Want You Back/Eager Boy (alt. take)/I’ll Be Lonesome When You’re Gone/Tear Drop Valley (alt. take)/I’ll Take A Chance/This Old World Don’t Seem The Same/I’m Gonna Quit My Crying/Blues From A Broken Heart/I Wished It Wasn’t So/Your New Love/Tear Drop Valley (alt. take)/Eager Boy (alt. take)
HASIL ADKINS – WHITE LIGHT/WHITE MEAT (328) Celebrate Hasil’s 25 years as a Norton Records artist with fourteen 1958-65 hunchers and weepers recorded in Hasil’s Boone County, West Virginia shack! Roll Roll Train/Woke Up This Morning/So Tell Me Darlin’/Hot Dog Baby/Come On And Do The Shake With Me/Teenie Weenie Waddy Kiss/Turn My Coat Tails Loose/Donnio Boogie/Tomorrow You’re Gone/Somebody Help Me/You’re Gonna Break My Heart/Lonely Graveyard/You Don’t Love Me/Donnio Shuffle
THEIR HISPANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST (9666) Double 45 set (in posh non-3D gatefold cover) featuring four mucho loco Rolling Stones songs con carne - sung in Spanish! Los Peyotes Let’s Spend The Night Together/Davila 666 She’s A Rainbow/Luis and the Wildfires Get Off My Cloud/Los Vigilantes Paint It Black – arriba!
THE LONESOME DRIFTER – EAGER BOY/TEAR DROP VALLEY (877) Fired up alternate takes of both sides of the incredible Lonesome Drifter’s astonishing 1958 K label rockabilly masterpiece! Absolutely stunning! Of course, you can always buy an original…
IN THE PIPELINE... COMING SOON...
Here’s some upcoming summer releases from Norton! Mr. Excitable Foreigner – do not order these platters yet!
ROY HEAD AND THE TRAITS – LIVE IT UP! (358) Sixteen song roundup of the earliest recordings by inimitable Texas madman Roy Head along with the original Traits! These 1958 -62 sides include all the group’s wild TNT and Renner singles! One More Time/Don’t Be Blue/Live It Up/Yes I Do/ My Baby’s Blue/Here I Am In Love Again/Summertime Love/Your Turn To Cry/Walking All Day/Night Time Blues/One More Time/Don’t Be Blue/Little Mama/Linda Lou/Woe Woe/Got My Mojo Working
Don’t miss the phenomenal Roy Head at Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans September 24 and 25!
THE GIRLS AT DAWN – CALL THE DOCTOR (361) A dozen heart stoppin' originals from the astonishing and fabulous Girls At Dawn, who sing and write and play in flawless combination. This album serves up a stellar stew that will stick to your ribs and keep you coming back for more. Four stars, say I... high praise when Billy says, “It’s like the Paris Sisters backed by the Churchmice…” Come Here To Die/When She Goes Away/Miss Me/I’m Alone/On And On/Evil One/They’re Waiting/Reach Me (Don’t Forget)/Most Terrible Thing/A Secret/It’s Getting Cold/Your Girl
THE GIRLS AT DAWN SUMMER TOUR The band will have advance copies of their new Norton album CALL THE DOCTOR available only at their gigs!
July 31 Gooski’s, Pittsburgh, PA Aug 1 Woodchuck’s, Toledo, OH Aug. 2 Lager House, Detroit, MI Aug. 3 Louie’s Trophy House Grill, Kalamazoo, MI Aug. 4 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL Aug. 5 Cactus Club Milwaukee WI Aug. 6 The Comet Cincinnati, OH Aug. 7 Hi-Tone Memphis, TN Aug. 8 Flying Monkey Arts Center, Huntsville, AL Aug. 9 The Earl Atlanta, GA Aug. 10 tba, Greensboro. SC Aug. 11 The Summit, Columbus, OH Aug. 12 The Union, Athens, OH Aug. 13 tab, Philadelphia, PA Aug. 14 Bruar Falls, Brooklyn, NY (early show) Aug. 14 Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY (late show)
VARIOUS ARTISTS– YOU TORE MY BRAIN! SIXTIES GARAGE ACETATES VOL. 5(362) Clobberin’ fifth volume of brutal unissued garage crunchers by the Fanatics, Pharaohs, Invictas, IVbidden, Sir Winstonand the Commons, mo’!
IVBIDDEN Sick And Lonely SIR WINSTON AND THE COMMONS All Of The Time BUNCH Do The Jump UNKNOWN Palace Of Love UNKNOWN Follow Her Home JAMES STREET OVERPASS She Can’t See UNKNOWN Poor Man Dreamer INVICTAS Watusi PHARAOHS The Isle Of Love UNKNOWN I Won’t Play Your Game JAMES STREET OVERPASS You Tore My Brain SIR WINSTON AND THE COMMONS No Sorrow FANATICS I Can’t Go On UNKNOWN The Hunter
Be sure to pick up all the volumes in this series!
THE TANDOORI KNIGHTS – CURRY UP (363) A dozen curried treats from the remarkable King Khan and Bloodshot Bill featuring the hit single Pretty Please as well as soon-to-be Tandoori taste treats Into Her Arms and Bandstand and mo’ Hindu hi-jinx! Pretty Please/Bucketful/Roam The Land/Tandoori Party/Books And Ribs/Bandstand/Big Belly Giant/Into Her Arms/Dress On/Lovers Moon/Brown Trash/Beauty And The Feast
Billy says, “This is what Warren Smith would have sounded like if he recorded in Bombay instead of Memphis…”
VARIOUS ARTISTS - DADDY ROCKING STRONG: A TRIBUTE TO NOLAN STRONG AND THE DIABLOS (The Wind 002) Norton-distributed comp on The Wind Records dedicated to Fortune Records R&B giant Nolan Strong! Andre Williams has this to say in his liner notes: “Hearing these Diablos songs re-interpreted today just proves how timeless Nolan’s music will always be. I can hear the admiration and respect towards Nolan in each and every track.” LONG LIVE NOLAN STRONG! LONG LIVE FORTUNE RECORDS!
MARK SULTAN The Wind DIRTBOMBS Daddy Rockin’ Strong CUB KODA You’re The Only Girl, Delores OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (Yeah, Baby) It’s Because Of You ANDRE WILLIAMS WITH THE A-BONES The Way You Dog Me Around DANNY KROHA Do You Remember What You Did REINING SOUND Mind Over Matter WRECKLESS ERIC AND AMY RIGBY I Want To Be Your Happiness A-BONES Real True Love HENTCHMEN The Mambo Of Love DEMONS CLAWS Try Me One More Time GENTLEMEN JESSE AND HIS MEN Harriette It’s You LENNY KAYE I Wanna Know
THE SONICS 2010 SUMMER EURO TOUR! July 2 – Italy - Parma Festival Italy July 8 Augsburg – Kantine 8 Germany July 9 – Koln – Essigfabrik Germany July 11 Finland – Ruisrock Festival Finland July 15 – Tromsoe – Bukta Festival Norway July 17 - Spain – Quente Festival Spain July 18 – Belgium – Dour Festival Belgium
July 16Rebel Night Weekender, Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY w/the Trashmen, Hayden Thompson, Gene Summers, the A-Bones, Stompin Riff Raffs, Sit and Die, Twang Bangers and loads more! This is gonna be a total blast! Lotsa cool DJ's with Rex from Fool's Paradise leading the charge!
July 31 PONDEROSA STOMP AT LINCOLN CENTER: THE DETROIT BREAKDOWN! Just spoke with Question Mark and he is confident the Empire State Building will shine ORANGE after he sets the town on its ear at this wild bash.... and MELVIN DAVIS makes his NYC debut.... see you there! Eddie Kirkland, the Gories, Mitch Ryder, Dennis Coffey, the Party Stompers, the Velvelettes, Spyder Turner!!!!! SEE YOU THERE!
Thee Midniters, Thee Trashmen... Duane Eddy...Sugar Pie De Santo.... plus an unannounced cherry-on-top brain-blaster of a closer for Sunday night’s wild, wild top secret party! Be sure to stick around til Monday morn!
The newly ram-charged Norton website will be up soon... meanshilw, note a change of email address. In a grand attempt to rid ourselves of aol and other things, we are now operating (drum roll, please) from the norton website!
So replace your address book with our new address:
orders@nortonrecords.com
if that gives you pain, stick with
nortonrec@aol.com
until some kindly computer literate nortonian comes forth and hotwires the internet to drive everyone directly to nortonville!
