Music Emporium was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1967. Fronted by experimental multi-instrumentalist Bill “Casey” Cosby, the group was created at UCLA, and developed a sound centered around Cosby’s keyboards and vocal harmonies. Music Emporium released one ultra-rare self-titled album in 1969, which is praised among psychedelic enthusiasts and has been re-released multiple times.
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Sic Alps were an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 2004 by Mike Donovan and Adam Stonehouse, they released music on Siltbreeze, Drag City, Woodsist and several other independent record labels.
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Bardot and Gainsbourg in lurid form
Serge Gainsbourg - (2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion.
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No health and safety bothers for Antoine
Pierre Antoine Muraccioli (born 4 June 1944), known professionally as Antoine, is a French pop singer, and also a sailor, adventurer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker.
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Another Joi Lansing Scopitone. Just beautifully camp!
Scopitone is a type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. Scopitone films were a forerunner of music videos. The 1959 Italian Cinebox/Colorama and Color-Sonics were competing, lesser-known technologies of the time one year before the Scopitone in France
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Truly camper than a row of tents.
Joi Lansing was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening “tracking shot” in Orson Welles’ 1958 crime drama Touch of Evil.
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Clinic are an English rock band, formed in 1993 in Crosby, Liverpool by frontman Ade Blackburn, guitarist Jonathan Hartley, bassist Brian Campbell and drummer Carl Turney.
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An almost mind bogglingly diverse compilation from Cherry Red - Things put together that really should not work on paper but it’s like a pychedelic fever dream of Radio 3 late junction meets Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday service and some more.. I’m enjoying this immensely and for £11 for four CDs it’s exceptional value and the kind of utter genius that seems to be Cherry red’s licensing team at the moment. I might sneak into their cellar and sleep there.
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A uniquely British studio sound combining fantastic funky 60’s pop feel with English medieval instrumentation. Recorded in 1969 studio band The Roundtable featured the Early Music Consort’s David Munrow and Chris Hogwood alongside UK jazzmen including Don Lusher, Kenny Clare and Kenny Baker.
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The joy of finding this in some tiny little backstreet record shop in Tontine Street in Folkestone in the mid 80s. It was a lot harder to find records then (pre-internet). I think I picked up Computerworld in the same shop.
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