Okay,
it’s time for another slab of garage rock courtesy of Eric Reanimator on Love
That Album: Compilation Edition episode 16.

 

Now
just for something different, Eric is going to start off by talking about
Swedish rockers The Hellacopters. Through the nineties it was a common practice
for bands to release seven inches that were not related to an album (come to
think of it, it was a sixties practice as well – score one for the Boomers).
These seven inches would often feature covers the band under concern loved.
Sometimes, in a very communal fashion, two bands would share the EP. Eric
discusses a pair of albums chock full of Hellacopter songs previously only
available on such singles called The Cream of The Crap. Ignore the self
deprecation – the music is great, and Eric gives us the story behind the music.

 

Then
before you can say “Holy Garage Music, Eric” he talks about three compilations
from a band out of Washington DC called Adam West.- Ready Steady, Longshot
Songs For Broke Players, and Hi Balls are Rolling. The number of singles
represented here showed they were quite prolific in that department.
Interestingly enough, both bands cpvered each others songs at some stage, but
there’s a wealth of great material here. I’ll let Eric divulge what record
label Adam West recorded on.

 

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