GOLD SOUNDZ: CALIFORNIA DREAMS IN STEREO

   

An all California mix with the exception of Little Joy, who named their group after the L.A. bar 'round the corner from where they recorded.

     Tunes range from olderly school to (pretty) new. The Electric Prunes get their Association on to kick things off all wistful and groovy. The Growlers skiffle thru the graveyard, while Kaleidoscope tastefully turn on. Pocahaunted drags dub into the garage and the Lions bring it back into Jah Selassie light. Jefferson Airplane's surrealistic swag or Dan the Automator's cine-o-scopic soundscape...? The Originals bust some hot tub funk and the aforementioned Little Joy go slightly Latin on a bitter sweet beach comber. A lost cut off the Red Hot Chile Peppers' '84 debut sounds like Berlin-period Eno. Fuck (the band)  do their best Echo and the Bunnymen riffs and the 3' O Clock's Day in Erotica gets stripped. Pastel Six finish off the ride with a swinging close-out.



the Electric Prunes - Big City
the Growlers - Graveyard is Full
Kaleidoscope - Keep Your Mind Open (edit)
Pocahaunted - Touch You (edit)
The Lions - Ethio-Steppers (Wilderstyle Dub) ((edit))
Jefferson Airplane - She Has Funny Cars (3 on the tree edit)
Dan The Automator - Sleep (edit)
the Originals - California Sunset
Little Joy - Next Time Around (edit)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Grandpappy DU Plenty
Fuck - Love Me 2 (dubfuck edit)
the 3 O' Clock - Day in Erotica (paisley chop shop edit)
Pastel Six - Bandido

SUEDEHEAD! ROCK STEADY STYLE

Nice piece from British television about the origins and influence of Mod, Ska, Soul Boy Suede and Skinhead culture. From Rocksteady, Ska and Reggae to Northern Soul and Punk. Bust out your Fred Perry.

Whom..?



This IS the ROCKSTEDY!


Suede Whip!

Mod Father rockin' some Suede style

The Specials - Two Tone Suede Style

The Good, the Bad and the Fred. Albarn


Double-Oh Style


Soul Patch

Going Steady in Spain 2012!

PICTURES LIFTED FROM STYLE FORUM (see More!)
and SUBCULTURES LIST + CROCODILE JOCK tumbler
F*CK YEAH SKA

ADELE SEBASTIAN-DESERT FAIRY PRINCESS

I tend to get obsessed with certain artists or groups and end up trying to track down there records. Adele Sebastian was a flute player who played with Horace Tapscott's People's Pan African Arkestra. I have been reading "The Dark Tree", a book written about Tapscott's group and the Los Angles community art scene that grew up around it. Sebastian's one LP is a holy grail among Spiritual/Soulfull Jazz collectors. Tragically, she died at the age of twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. You can pick-up the CD at dustygroove.com for around eleven bucks. Wax is going top cost you a lot more...! All but the last track posted here for your listening pleasure.