Don’t worry, we’re still kicking. Just working out some business and trying to get some concepts working properly. Turntabling is still all about the vinyl, but I am contemplating the MP3 posts as well…updates forthcoming. It’s been well over a month since anything hit this space but Turntabling is reviving. Stay tuned.
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The Swimming Pool Qs: Firing Squad For God
This is another of the fun vinyl finds I scored while shopping at Toledo’s RamaLama Records. The Atlanta-based Swimming Pool Qs cut this one in 1987. It’s not REM-style jangle pop, but this definitely rode the wave– late 80s Georgia indie rock, without sounding terribly Athens alt/indie. The right vibe is definitely there, especially on Working In The Nut Plant, an angsty “hate my job” track with a great doomy instrumental section. This would go well in a mix/mashup with Single Bullet Theory. A nice listen indeed. For some reason I think of Fetchin’ Bones, Scruffy The Cat and The Fabulous Poodles when listening to this album, though stylistically they don’t really emulate any of those. They do seem to live in the same musical zip code, though.
I’d never heard this lot until I picked up the Firing Squad For God EP, but you can check out the Swimming Pool Qs page and get the dirt on all their releases, plus more MP3s and photos.
Download/Listen to Working In The Nut Plant by The Swimming Pool Qs.
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Fun Vinyl Finds: Lipps Inc. Mouth To Mouth
Remember that old disco classic Funkytown by Lipps, Inc? This is the four-song EP that track was issued on back in 1980. Funkytown is a whopping seven minutes-plus of doot-doot disco, but the B-side has something really hilarious on it…a song called Rock It, which is one part Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder, a dash of Isaac Hayes funk and one part Kid Creole and the Coconuts (when the bongos kick in). I love the faux Nagel album graphics and the suggestive title…so very very Miami Vice all around. Pure cheese and just as bad for you.
This is the type music Frank Zappa derided as being made by robots, but Lipps Inc is a lot of fun. Zappa clearly misses the boat here as stuff like this as deliciously cheesy–just the way I like it round here when The Clash ain’t on. I picked up this goofy classic at Toledo’s RamaLama Records for a couple of bucks and it’s some of the best pocket change I’ve invested in a while. Who needs to eat Twinkies when you have the sonic equivalent on releases like this? Damn, this is some funny shit. I found this Lipps Inc vinyl for sale on Amazon
but chances are you need to listen to the best (and corniest) track from this first. Listen to Rock It from Mouth To Mouth by Lipps Inc. As always, if you’re the copyright holder and don’t want your tracks listed here, contact me and I’ll remove them immediately. These posts are intended to promote the artist’s work. Nuff said.
Back From Toledo…
…and I have a nice pile of vinyl to review. What a trip! RamaLama Records rocked, Culture Clash was fun (writeup coming) and I have nice retro fun to post about including Lipps, Inc. and a NYC underground comp double vinyl album that is quite all that and a bag of cables.
I’ve debated the merits of posting MP3s here as many of my reviews already have links to the music online in one form or another, but I am toying with the idea of posting an album side a week that you’d listen to like you would enjoy if you were putting it on the turntable. It’s an intriguing notion, and one I think might amuse as much as it would annoy the downloader who wants those individual songs. Hmmmm….leave me feedback in the comments section if you are for or against this one…