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Hello folks. Sorry to interrupt this broadcast (haha). I thought I was back for good, but due to shitty circumstances (don't ask, it's too ridiculous), we've been kicked out from where we lived, so the result is : I'm sitting in a bloody cyber-café again just to let you know that I'm pretty much homeless (more much than pretty actually). Yup, no roof, no records, just the missus , a guitar and the old car. God, I always loved Vince Taylor, but it's not a good reason to end up like him. Okay, I'm not hopeless, you know me, good things are gonna come my way one day or another, but hey, it's pretty weird to sleep in a car. So I really don't know when I'll be able to get my hands on a computer again (not my priority to be honest), so don't worry, you know what they say, 'cheer up, it's not the end of the world'. Until the next time, I wish you the best. Yours Truly, Reverend 'Hobo' Frost.

HONEY, I'M HOME !

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TADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!! Guess Who's Back ! Rev Frost Presents…A Bloody Come-Back Mix, Part 4 ! (57:02) 1. The Ghastly Ones - Surfin' Spooks 2. Link Wray - Friday Night Dance Party 3. The A-Bones - Rollin' To The Jukebox Rock 4. The Sonics - Shot Down 5. Little Richard - I Need Love 6. Johnny & The Uncalled Four - Shortnin' Bread 7. Johnny Carroll - Wild Wild Women 8. The Blind Boys Of Alabama - I've Been Born Again 9. Bobby Lee Trammell - Toolie Frollie 10. Jackie Wilson - Mama Of My Song 11. Big Jay Mcneely - Psycho Serenade 12. Rocky & The Riddlers - Flash & Crash 13. Bo Diddley - Rock'n'Roll 14. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Wailin' & Whoopin' 15. The Apemen - El Rey Del Surf 16. Eddie Cochran - Am I Blue 17. Jack Nitzsche - The Magnificent Seven 18. Harry Belafonte - The Jack-Ass Song 19. Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters - Monkey Man 20. ‘Cile Turner - Crap Shootin' Sinner 21. The Lancasters - Satan 's Ho

Summer Pot-Pourri !!!

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Hello my sweet lil' ducks from outerspace, Bad news or good news, Reverend Frost is taking some time off ! YES, HOLIDAYYYYYYYS !!!!!! No worries though, I'll be back at the end of summer - summer of love '07, here I come - Meanwhile, enjoy this sweeeeeet selection, and of course, thanks for your comments and emails - sorry sometimes I can't find the time to respond, pass me the whip please - thanks for reading/listening, and thanks for still buying records ^_^ My dear amigos, HAVE A GOOD SUMMER !!! REV FROST LOVES YOU ALL !!! The Ramrods : * Ghost Riders In The Sky * Dale Hawkins : * See You Soon Baboon * Jerry McCain : * A Cutie Named Judy * Dirty Red : * Mother Fuyer * hahaha June Carter & Carl Smith : * Time's A Wastin' * as requested ! King Curtis & The Noble Men : * Beach Party * Hadda Brooks : * Jump Back Honey * The Matini's : * Bullseye * The Boyer Brothers : * Step By Step * Perry Como : * Girl Of My Dreams * and your soul is mine "Have

Johnny Powers !

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Born John Leon Joseph Pavlik in 1938 in East Detroit, Rockabilly artist Johnny Powers put together a band, Johnny Powers & His Rockets, with his friend Marvin Maynard on bass, Clark Locker on the drums, and Stan Getz on guitar(no, not the « Jazz Getz »). Powers jumped to the Fox label in 1958, getting a pair of regional hits with "Rock Rock" and "Long Blond Hair." The group got steady work cutting demos, some of which have surfaced as bootleg releases in recent years (as always, thank you Norton Rec). Things began to happen faster for Johnny Powers when his manager, Tommy Moers, got him a contract with Sun Records in 1959, heralded with the release of "With Your Love, With Your Kiss" b/w "Be Mine early that year. A second single followed, but Powers was dropped by Sun in 1960. He later became the first white artist signed to Motown Records, but with the passing of the '60s into the '70s, Power's career found him on the other side of th

There Was A Fungus Among Us !

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Hugh Barrett And The Victors !!! There Was A Fungus Among Us !!! Released in 1961 !!! (Madison M164) What can I say !!! ^_^ Hugh Barrett And The Victors: * There Was A Fungus Among Us * * Got The Bull By The Horn *

Johnny Kidd !

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I'm so restless Johnny Kid (born Frederick Albert Heath in Willesdon, London, on 23 November 1935) had formed his first band, a skiffle group called the Five Nutters, in 1957. They quickly outgrew their skiffle roots and, after a short period fronting the Fred Heath Combo, he joined Alan Caddy (guitar), Tony Docherty (rhythm guitar), and Ken McKay (drums), in early 1958 in an outfit that was dubbed Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, who were spotted by an EMI Records representative and signed to the label. The group cut their first record, the outstanding Please Don't Touch , in April 1959, highlighted by Heath's menacing vocals, which reached number 26 on the British charts. The group's subsequent records were an uneven mix of solid R&B-based rock juxtaposed with awkwardly covered standards. Unfortunately, like every other British label of the era, EMI was never sure how best to deal with rock & roll success, and the group was made to record any amount of dross in

A Bloody Summer Mix !

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SUMMER !!! BEACH ! SURF ! PARTIES ! WORK ! SKIN CANCER ! DEPRESSION ! ALCOHOL ! HAWAIIAN SHIRTS ! GIRLS WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM ! ST TROPEZ ! FLAT BROKE ! VIOLENCE ! NIGHTCLUBS ! IBIZA ! SHARKS ! SUNTAN ! AIDS ! YEAH !!! Rev. Frost Presents…A Bloody Summer Mix ! (51 :07) 01. Intro 02. The Pharaohs – Pintor 03. Richard Berry & The Pharaohs - Have Love, Will Travel 04. Bill Sherell - Rock On Baby 05. Big Sambo & the House Wreckers - At The Party 06. Los Freddys - (Hang On) Lupe 07. The Counts - Chitlin, Etc 08. Carl Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On 09. The Raiders - Walking Through The Jungle 10. Billy Mure - Hawaiian War Chant 11. Annette - Beach Party 12. Thee Midniters - Love Special Delivery 13. The Tick Tocks – Mary 14. Pelvis - Ito Eats 15. Alan Barnicoat - Trip To The Orient 16. The Fender IV - Everybody Up 17. Buddy Holly - Rock Around With Ollie Vee 18. Leon Smith - Little Forty Ford 19. The Zircons - Congawa ! 20. The Hooligans - Juanita Banana 21. The Outsiders - Summer

Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders !

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Ah, sorry for the lack of posts, I have been quite busy lately. Ok, that was very interesting. Felix Mendelssohn (no, not him ) had one of Britain's most popular bands in the 30s and 40s. In the late 30's he became enamored with Hawaiian music and transformed the band into a Hawaiian style group complete with Hawaiian costumes and dancers and played music in Hawaiian style - often using genuine Hawaiian performers alongside British musicians. They were heard regularly on the radio, seen on early TV work, and made a long and fascinating series of records between 1939 and 1951. Felix Mendelssohn died, aged only 40, of Hodgkins’ Disease in Charing Cross Hospital on 4th February 1952. Ouah Ouah Ouah. Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders: * Hawaiian War Chant * * My Little Grass Shack * * Strange Enchantment * In memory of my tahitian bro, Mana Chenu

Broke And Hungry !

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What ? Modern records on STGW ? What the hell ? Hum. Brothers & sisters, who said downhome blues was dead ? Like most great ideas, the concept for Broke & Hungry Records was born in a bar. A juke joint, to be precise. But unlike most great ideas, this one went from half-baked bar babble to stark reality at a juggernaut’s pace. In early October 2005, Broke & Hungry Records founder Jeff Konkel first slurred aloud the idea of starting a country blues label. Less than a month later Broke & Hungry Records was registered as a limited liability company in the State of Missouri. You must understand that Jeff’s record label is one the BEST blues label you can find today. Raw, dirty, raw, scratched, raw and tattered blues. Ooooooh yeah. The first Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes cd been reviewed on this very blog last June, but I couldn’t leave you like that… So thanks to Jeff Konkel , here’s a sampler ! I got my copy of the last cd a couple of days ago, and it hasn't left my cd player ye

Tales From The Archives, Part 2 !

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ooooooooh yeah, a splendid selection, the choices were great, specially when someones asking for one of me song hahaha, hum, just kidding. FOLKS, HERE'S..... TALES FROM THE ARCHIVES - THE RETURN (tadaaaaa) Enjoy, and as always, thanks for your support !!!! yeeeeeeeeha !!!! (For Testify) Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads : * The Goo Goo Muck * (For CaptainScurvy) The Chuck-A-Lucks : * The Devil's Train * Frankie Laine : * El Diablo * (For The Doc) Jesse Belvin : * Ding Dong Baby * Bunker Hill : * Red Riding Hood And The Wolf * (For Masked & Anonymous #1) Bob Landers With Willy Joe And His Unitar : * Cherokee Dance * Rene Hall's Orchestra And Willy Joe : * Twitchy * What? His name's twitchy ! (For Nicolas) Sandy Nelson : * Casbah * (From Wild Instrumental Party Vol.1) (For Masked & Anonymous #2) The Artesians : * Koko Joe * (For Masked & Anonymous #3) The Velveteens : * Dog Patch Creeper * What again? (For sir James) Rev. Tom Frost : * We Shall All Be Reunited *

The Impacts !

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Still waiting for da wild Instrumental Party Vol.III ? Aaaaaaaaa c’mon, wait patiently with the Impacts ! Our guys were a surf instrumental group from California that originally lasted from 1960 to 1964. The band included Merrell Fankhauser on lead guitar, John Oliver on bass guitar, Steve Evans on rhythm guitar, Martin Brown on pedal steel guitar, Joel Rose on wild-saxophone and Steve Metz on drums ! (if I'm correct of course) The Impacts: * Fort Lauderdale * * Steel Pier * * Impact * By the way, if you want some reposts, it’s your lucky day, I’m launching ‘Tales From The Archives, Part II’ on a special post next week !!! So if you want to hear something you missed or something you, hum, missed (songs, not mixes please !), write your wishes in the comments, email me, fax me, and of course, you can send me pigeon post. Cheers my dears !

A Bloody Zombie Mix, Part 2 !!!

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Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ! Run for your liiiife, it's a bloody zombie mix, part 2 !!!! Rev. Frost Presents A Bloody Zombie Mix Part 2 (59 :59) 1. Intro/ The Treasures - Minor Chaos 2. Corporate Image - Not Fade Away 3. Doc & Harvey - Oh Baby 4. The Who – Run Run Run 5. The Tradewinds - Aba Daba Do Dance 6. Ronnie Self – Petrified 7. The Music Machine – Wrong 8. The Boys – Cobra 9. Andre Williams - Is It True 10. Lincoln Trio - Shakedown 11. Spencer Wiggins - Lonely Man 12. The Sonics - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark 13. Johnnie Ray - Such A Night 14. David Ray - Lonesome Baby Blues 15. Nanine - Souie Baby Souie 16. Dave Edmunds & Love Sculpture - Farandole 17. Lou Lawton - Knick Knack Patty Wack 18. The Kee-Notes - St. James Infirmary 19. The Trumpeteers - I'll Fly Away 20. Bert Kaempfert - A Swingin' Safari 21. Hermanos Guzanos - Empty People 22. Outro / Turner Junior Johnson - When I Lay My Burden Down DOWNLOAD THE SECOND MIX OF THE LIVING DEAD !!! This one'

House Of Elegance Part 1 !

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Welcome to a romantic, smooth and gentle world where you can find glorious romances with spellbinding adventure, thrilling suspense and, of course, the triumph of love over every adversity. My classy friends, welcome to Spread The Good Word, and have a classy week-end. Truly yours, Lord Frost. Fred Wolff Combo: * Somebody Else Was Suckin' My Dick Last Night *

Lonely !

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Quote of the day : "The brave man knows the fear 3 times in his life. The first is when he sees footprints of lion, the second when he hears the lion , and the third time when he spots the lion". Song of the day : The Warner Brothers: * Lonely * Am I not that funny?

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee !

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Yeeehaaa, I'm back. You're all happy, aren't you. Well, you should be. Brownie McGhee was born Walter Brown McGhee in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1915 and suffered from polio as a child, which incapacitated his leg. His Brother is of course Stick ‘Spo-Dee-O-Dee‘ McGhee. Sonny Terry wasn't born blind -- he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion. McGhee first met Sonny Terry in North Carolina in 1939 and worked with him and singer Paul Robeson in Washington, DC, in 1940. McGhee began to record for Okeh Records in 1940. He had Sonny Terry play on his recording session of Workingman's Blues, and a long-standing partnership was formed. Shortly after they relocated and broke into the New York

Kip Tyler !

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There's suave, ultra-suave and even, as the Legendary Stardust Cowboy would tell ya, psycho-suave, but the drawling, lazy-as-hell vocal and the mean'n'evil descending guitar line on Kip Tyler's LA hipster masterpiece pretty much out-suaves everybody. And Sandy ‘Casbah’ Nelson was on drums... Kip Tyler: * She's My Witch * (this ones for Missus Frost of course) * Rumble Rock * I'm taking the week off folks. Have a good one.