Three Squares And A Roof (1987)& Campfire Songs EP (1986)Cool Acoustic AdventurersI promised I would get to this one last week, the debut CD from acoustic adventurers The Balancing Act, featuring their first EP (produced by Peter Case) packaged with their first full length album. The word quirky gets tossed around a lot with these guys because there aren't many precedents for what they do. The ...
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Jimi By Himself:The Home Recordings (1968)Out Of Print 1995 CD. Not A Bootleg.From The Boat's April '07 ArchivesRE-UPPED For years these tapes have made the rounds under different bootleg titles, but Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings is actually a legitimate 1995 CD release that was packaged inside of a book, Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend Of Jimi Hendrix. Only 30 minutes long, this di...
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Spit It Twig! (Vol. 2) (2009)2nd Free Mix Tape From Slim TwigLast June we posted Slim Twig's free mix tape (below). He's released another freebie, so we thought we'd post this one, too. According to Slim... "This time I decided to stretch out my repertoire in directions both more overtly hip hop ("This Night's Untold" & "More Mercy, Miss Percy"), and even more abstract ("The Pink Room," "Perfec...
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THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955) This one's a stinker. Aliens that travel the universe in what looks like a coffee pot take over the brains of the local town folk and animals. Some of the locals act like they were inhabited by something alien already. Discussing the plot any more than that would be pointless. It sounds a bit like like Criswell narrating the intro. This is posted via Fancast...
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THE BEAST WITH A MILLION EYES (1955) This one's a stinker. Aliens that transversed the universe in what looks like a coffee pot take over the brains of the town folk and animals. Some of the locals act like they were inhabited by something alien already. Discussing the plot any more than that would be pointless. It sounds a bit like like Criswell narrating the intro. This is posted via Fancast,...
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We're going to be taking some time in the coming weeks for some maintenance. Primarily to...a) Dump those fucking Sharebee links (waaay too many pop-ups).b) Replace those dead MOG players.c) Fix any dead links & upgrade a few older posts to 320, where possible.We'll probably bump updated posts to the top just to look like we're posting new stuff, but the idea is to clean things up. Not sure how...
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The Boy Wonder Sessions (1966)Holy Frank Zappa, Batman!From The Boat's May '09 ArchivesHelmed by Freak Out producer Tom Wilson, The Boy Wonder Sessions began as a quick-buck 45 recorded by Burt Ward, a.k.a. Robin from the 60s TV show Batman. Originally taped in June 1966, "Boy Wonder I Love You" features Burt reading teenage fan letters (don't miss the essential punch line) over a Frank Zappa w...
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Naked Angels (1969)Released On Zappa's Straight LabelFrom The Boat's March '09 ArchivesAnd you thought Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up was obscure. Before briefly becoming the bassist for The Mothers of Invention, Jeff Simmons co-wrote and recorded the soundtrack for Naked Angels, a low budget 1969 Roger Corman-produced biker gang movie, later released on Frank Zappa's Straight label. The music, ...
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK Concludes With...HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) Director William Castle, the king of hokey, gimmicky, anything-to-sell-a-ticket movie-making and promotion, probably did more to shape the modern film industry than he's ever been given credit for. The beauty of his art was his transparency. Sure, he wired theater seats to give a "shock" at climatic moments, but he also loved it w...
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Disc Three (2008)The $100 CDFrom The Boat's Dec '08 ArchivesBob Dylan's recent Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006 (yet another triumph in the ongoing series) is a very cool $20 2CD set... and an even cooler 3CD set with a picture book and a dozen more musical rarities. What isn't cool is the price tag; $169 Suggested Retail, or around $110 at Amazon. Even the u...
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK: New Vin each night this week.DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1961) I remember the first time I saw this movie. The theater was nearly empty, and there was a guy down front who started laughing out loud almost from the very beginning. Mistakenly thinking Phibes was a "horror" movie, I was pissed that there was some unruly guy in the house. But, it didn't take long to catch on that Vi...
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Paying For TheSummer Of Love UK Power Pop Band's 1978 DemosFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesIn the late 70s, the short-lived UK power pop band The Records churned out meaty slices of harmonic pop that, for reasons unknown, just seemed to vanish amid the changing of the Punk/New Wave guards. Even Jude Cole’s recruitment in 1980-81 didn’t seem to help the band that arose from the ashes
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In Their Own Words, Volumes One & Two (1994/1996)Various Artists Unplugged And Telling StoriesFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesBefore VH1's Storytellers, Radio DJ Vin Scelsa hosted this similar concept, featuring a vast array of artists recorded live at The Bottom Line. Subtitled “A Bunch of Songwriters Sittin' Around Singing,” the results were released on CDs in 1994 & 1996. Each artist spea
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The Completely Acoustic Glenn Tilbrook (2001) Squeeze Singer Live In The StudioFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesWhen The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook was released in 2001, initial copies were packaged with a very cool companion disc, The Completely Acoustic Glenn Tilbrook. Covering nine of the original disc’s songs, this intimate, acoustic, live-in-the-studio session perfectly compliments the ch.
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Carnegie Hall, N.Y. (1970)Prime Time Live Show... plusFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesOriginally released in the now, out-of-print, 25th Anniversary Boxed Set, Carnegie Hall, N.Y. captures Jethro Tull’s last gasp as a blues/rock band, just prior to morphing into conceptual medieval-prog-rockers. Despite the Jurassic baggage they carry around now as elder statesmen, they really were a great ba.
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Save The Linoleum (1995)Awful(ly) Bizarre Atlantic Promo CDFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesPersonally? Can’t stand her. Which is why this promo-only release is such a great listen. Long before Jewel was embraced at radio, Atlantic Records sent out Save the Linoleum to promote her debut, Pieces Of You. But later, the label attempted to “recall” this CD - as if that was even possible. One li
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Fillmore East - March 6, 1970 Unreleased Shows - Miles Opens For NeilFrom The Boat's March '07 ArchivesYou’re at the Fillmore East to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse and The Steve Miller Blues Band when out walks the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette... with Airto Moreira). It's your first experience in front of the coolest SOB on planet Earth.
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK: New Vin each night this week.THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) Roger Corman's colorful (and loose) take on Ed Poe's classic tale. Screenplay by Richard Matheson (of Twilight Zone fame). The second of five Corman/Price/Poe adaptions, quickly following the success of House Of Usher. Price hams it up and seems to have fun with the role. New Vinnie Every Night This Week @ Midnight.
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK: New Vin each night this week.THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) Roger Corman's colorful (and loose) take on Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale. Screenplay by Richard Matheson (of Twilight Zone/I Am Legend fame). The second of almost half a dozen Corman/Price/Poe adaptions, quickly following the sucess of The House Of Usher. Price, while hamming it up a bit, seems to have fun with t...
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Paulie wants to give you a free video ("Highway," above) and a free MP3 ("Let Me Roll It," below) in exchange for your email address to plug his new live 2CD & DVD, Good Evening New York City. He'd probably like you to pre-order it, too. NOTE: You'll need to click just the center button twice. It might annoy you with one pop up after the first click. Links for both in Comments (no email require...
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