Unknown Instrumental Metal Band - Demo Tape

Still digging through tapes. This one sounds familiar like this is an unfinished tape that SHOULD have vocals but was passed around pre-vox added? The sound is very NJ in the 90's. Like i'm sure who ever this is played with Ripping Corpse, Times Up, Human Remains, maybe Dead Guy or Dirge too!? and all that other metal crossover stuff that was going on at The Fastlane in Asbury Park at the time.... Anyone know who this is?!?!?!???? ==== EDIT: It's been determined that this in FACT the band Dirge from N.J. without vocals! Unknown Instrumental Metal Band - Demo Tape

Clockwork - Cybernaut / Mean Lady

A great heavy prog instrumental on the A side which for my money ends to soon and abrupt. Seems like they start start really cooking and then they were like "shit that's all that is going to fit on the 45!" and end the jam suddenly. Too bad really, because like most proggy goodness i could listen to these stoners ramble semi aimlessly for hours. Side B is more of a crunchy rocker with a great fuzzed out solo. Reminds me of maybe Stepson or Kin Ping Meh a bit. Ace 45.


Clockwork - Cybernaut

Clockwork - Mean Lady

Larry Sonn And His Orchestra - Congo Mambo

Coral 9-61759 (1956). Written by Guitar Gable and Jerry West. B side of "Desert Sunrise". Big band cover of Guitar Gable's Excello R&B classic. Happy birthday to my wife!

Larry Sonn And His Orchestra - Congo Mambo

The Keymen - Camila

ABC-PARAMOUNT 10039— Rocker instrumental with a Latinish beat spots a twangy guitar lead. Wordless chorus is spotlighted.

The Keymen - Camila

George Garabedian And His Royal Armenians - The Crope

I have no idea what a "Crope" is, but here it is.... Rockin' little number from 1958 with some sax & guitar. A side is a comedy act.... Meh.

George Garabedian And His Royal Armenians - The Crope

Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Cheyenne

Pretty killer country instrumental that's very reminiscent of Hank Williams Kaw-Liga.

Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Cheyenne

Eddie Ford - The Drag

Rockin' little instrumental with some fine guitar work from 1959 or 1960? from Eddie Ford and his orchestra on the Sabrina Records label. Other than that, i got nothing....


Eddie Ford - The Drag

The Chevelles - The Gallop

Another well played flea market find. The Chevelles doing The Gallop on the Flaming Arrow record label from 1968. It's a funky little intrumental with a grooving bass line and funky horns. Not bad for 25 cents...

The Chevelles - The Gallop

The Dynamic Dial Tiones - Boss

Another little flea market find. The Dynamic Dial Tiones w/ Boss. A little surf rock ditty from 196?.... Info is scarce..... It's going good with hot black coffee to help cure my hangover...

The Dynamic Dial Tiones - Boss

The Palisades - This Is The Nite - Relic Rock

Cool little record on a cool little label. Front side is a doo wopper and this being from 1964 they must have been hanging on to that sound for dear life, as that was the beggining of the end for that style w/ the British invasion and all. The back side is a soulful instrumental stroller. Nothing amazing but pretty neat.

The Palisades - This Is The Nite

The Palisades - Relic Rock

The Invaders - Wildroote

Little known punky instrumental garage soul stomper from Wall N.J. Go ahead, tell me more...?!?

The Invaders - Wildroote

Ed Pauling And The Exciters - Soul House

Ed Pauling And The Exciters from 1965 w/ a great swinging blues/soul instrumental with some killer guitar work on the great Savoy Records label. The horns keep it pumping and we get a little bass solo action w/ some answering guitar. Neat. The tune ends rather abruptly and i'd have liked it to jam on for a bit more but whats there is pretty excellent. jam on it.

Ed Pauling And The Exciters - Soul House

Sir White And His Sounds ‎– Doin' The Scratch

Here is a cool little soulful mod rock n' romp, w/ a couple of nice guitar breaks on the Redbug label from Dayton Ohio. It dates from 1961.

Sir White And His Sounds ‎– Doin' The Scratch

The Shieks - Baghdad Rock (Part 1 & 2)

2 great instrumentals from 1959 by The Shieks on the Trine label, which is fairly "rare" i suppose...? This became a bit of a "hit" and MGM Records picked it up and released it later.

Part 2 is much cooler imho...

The Shieks - Baghdad Rock Part 1

The Shieks - Baghdad Rock Part 2

The Vice-Roys - Buzz-Bomb

Another 50 cent flea market find. Today we have the Vice-Roys w/ Buzz-Bomb. A nice little surfy garage number from 1963 w/ cool sax, some mean guitar licks & killer keyboard fills.

Yeah, it's seen better days but hey, for 50 cents i aint complaining.... and since it is free to you, you shouldn't either...

As for the Vice-Roys.....??? Looks like they were a Seattle Washington band.... Other than that your guess is as good as mine.

Edit: Oops, per the comments of BobbyM these guys were not from the PNW but a Chicago area band. And they had a very minor hit in '63 with "Seagrams". They followed that one up with "Buzz-Bomb"....

Thanks BobbyM!

The Vice-Roys - Buzz-Bomb

Royaltones - Poor Boy - Seesaw

2 instrumental cuts from 1963 by The Royaltones on the Port label. Looks like Poor Boy was original issued with "Wail" as the flip on Jubilee records in 1958. In 1959 Seesaw was issued on Jubilee w/ Little Bo as the flip. This pressing from '63 pairs both A sides.....

Here is some Royaltones info lifted from www.rockabilly.nl

One of the better instrumental rock 'n' roll acts, the Royaltones hailed from Dearborn in Michigan. They had a longer run than most (1957-1964), the constant presence throughout these years being sax player George Katsakis, who was recently interviewed by Dave Burke and Alan Taylor of Pipeline magazine, for the liner notes of the new Royaltones CD on Ace. George Katsakis (born 1941) started out on clarinet at the age of eight, but later switched to the saxophone. Influences were Clifford Scott, Lee Allen, Red Prysock and Sam Taylor, among others. The group that Katsakis formed in 1957 was initially called the Paragons and included the twin brothers Mike and Greg Popoff (also born 1941). The three youngsters began to write their own instrumentals, one of which was "Poor Boy". Studio owner Stuart Gorelic was impressed with the acetate of the song and gave them a chance to make a professional recording. For this purpose the group was expanded with guitarist Bob Sanderson and a second sax player, Ken Anderson. Mike Popoff played keyboards and Greg Popoff drums. Gorelic sent the tapes to New York and within three days the group was signed to and released on Jubilee Records, owned by Jerry Blaine, who changed the group's name to The Royaltones, as there was already a recording group with the name the Paragons. Gorelic also told them that they needed someone over the age of 21 to sign the publishing contract. Although Bob Sanderson (1935-1994) had no hand in writing "Poor Boy", he was the only one old enough to sign and so he became the official composer of the group's early group-written tunes. The plan was to sort things out later, but that never happened.

"Poor Boy" entered the Billboard charts in October 1958 and rose to # 17, quite a feat for such a "dirty" instrumental. The flip was the equally exciting "Wail!", making this one of the classic double-sided rock instrumental 45s of the 1950s. The Popoff brothers then temporarily left the group and were replaced by Bo Savich (drums) and Ken Anderson's wife Diane on piano. This line-up plays on the second Jubilee single, "See-Saw"/"Little Bo" (Jubilee 5362), again a strong coupling, but this time there was no chart action. "

Royaltones - Poor Boy

Royaltones - Seesaw

The Fugitives - Freeway - Fugitive

I just picked this 45 up recently at the flea market. 2 instrumental cuts from 1960 by The Fugitives on the Arvee label. I couldn't find much about this group on the web but i did find that another blog had posted this up and when they did they got an email from the man who wrote the song. Head on over to Dad's 45's to check it out.

The Fugitives - Freeway

The Fugitives - Fugitive

Boots Brown And His Blockbusters - Juicy - Cerveza

1958 instrumentals.... i think i payed a quater for this.... yeah its sounds like it but this is great anyway... nice play on tequilia w/ cerveza...

Boots Brown And His Blockbusters - Juicy

Boots Brown And His Blockbusters - Cerveza

Mark III Trio - G'Wan (Go On) - Good Grease

2 great & funky soul intrumentals from 1966.

Mark III Trio - G'Wan (Go On)

Mark III Trio - Good Grease

Country & Instrumentals Mix Tape

An old tape with some early country and western and a weird mix of instrumentals. Yes i know now that the Art Foxall song "Potato Chips" is recorded at the wrong speed.... what can i say. I'm not always so with it....

Country & Instrumentals Mix Tape Side A

Country & Instrumentals Mix Tape Side B