RANDY RICHARDS - If You've Ever Loved LP 76 w st LP 78

 Featuring this request as he is new to me and has some very cool sounds within.  Not a lot of info but he deserves to be more well known for sure so thanks for the great request.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:

Randall L. Richards

Profile:  American singer / songwriter, musician, producer and arranger.

BMI song titles credit him as both Randy Richards and Randy Matos.

https://bestfile.io/en/ngb05FBrIZh810W/file

VA - VIACOMCMD FROM A FRIEND - SCIENCETIME tape 91

 Found a handful of old compilation cassettes made by my good friends.  This one from my buddy Fred, who I didn't know well in high school, but since he was good friends with another school chum who lived across from my first house during college.  Just in time before he left for the Air Force and this tape is a later assignment in the Phillipines where he met a wife with one kid and had the twins on the cover--Ethan & Paul (custom with his doodles related to our adventures.  I wanted to have this main post because of how well he covers the bands some of which I turned him onto.  Here is a complete list from a screenshot:

I didn't have details on the live selections about when and where they were recorded so if anyone knows please do tell.  He wanted me to hear the fIREHOSE live tape he had got from who knows where on side 2 at the start.  Of course he had to throw in our faves like Butthole Surfers (remember that live song I put on one of my VIACOMCMD comp.'s starting with a good description for our type of music at the time, Gibby voice starts with 'Wiggedity Wiggedity") and Roky Erickson.  Other artist songs from his CD collection:  Wire, The Jam, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, They Might Be Giants (forgot this artist label I see now), Ministry, Soundgarden, Janes Addiction, Big Black, The Black Crowes, Primus, Meat Puppets (good to hear Sam again!) and Dread Zeppelin.

https://bestfile.io/en/QXVtvcZK9378IR6/file

VOICES OF HOPE - Together With Jesus LP 84

 Keeping with the Jesus Music theme as I have lots more to go and whatdya know this one is from my local which I said before I thought was a big Jesus Music scene when the group of neighbor kids let me know that "Jesus Loves You" a few times.  Pop reduction was needed but I think it turned out swell!

https://bestfile.io/en/6aFruzlKfXkAjqj/file

TITO RODRIGUEZ - Let's Do The Bossa Nova! LP 62 w VA - Latin Fiesta LP

REPOST RELABEL and ADD ON:  Well, do I feel like a dolt for not realizing the first post was actually a compilation and maybe why I liked it so much--the best of the best at the time.  So I grabbed one from the stacks that it him for sure and fits nicely into our dance mini-theme goin' on.  Features:  Tito Puente, Machito, Carlos Manuel, Jose Vincente, Juan Hernandez, Alfredito, Luis Alberto and David Lorenzo.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:    Pablo Tito Rodríguez Lozada

Profile:  Puerto Rican singer and bandleader, known as El Inolvidable, whose greatest fame was during the 1950s and 1960s. Brother of Johnny Rodríguez and founder of TR Records.

Born: 4 January 1923, Santurce, Puerto Rico

Died: 28 February 1973, New York City

https://bestfile.io/uvDsfl8S8vXNelz/file

BEACH BOYS - st LP 85

PLEASE SEARCH ABOVE FOR MORE and ADD ON:  Missed this one for years in my stacks until recent organizing so posting on it's own since it was an eye opener for me with their '85 style.  R.I.P. Brian Wilson.  I might mention by Greek friend Kostas over at his excellent Urban Aspirines blog posted a three CD Beach Boys post with many great deep cuts, here is the link:  https://urbanaspirines.blogspot.com/2025/06/brian-douglas-wilson-june-20-1942-cjune.html

Here is my new link:  https://bestfile.io/en/Edb144IrndbKYih/file

Sukpatch - Cabo San Lucas 7 95 w Hoop 7 96 w Ides 7 96 w Haulin' Grass And Smokin' Ass CD 96 w Hey Jolie 7 98 w Stolen Chrome 7 98 w Honky-Tonk Operation EP 98 w Tie Down That Shiny Wave EP 99 w Naturalizms CD 01 w Twenty-Three CD 06 w Phazed And Re-fuzed CD 98 w 3 DEMOs w Patch - 3 demos w Slabco Comp.'s - VA- Arena Church tape 95 w Jet-Age Circuit Rider tape 95

REPOST Request:  Well thank you Raegnar's Rock for requesting a repost on this great Radio K band as I had no idea about their Patch early band or how fine the Slabco label's compilations brought it all together with other bands like Land Of Loops that I posted on another comp. that was huge local hit! The Grand Royal label had signed them then gone under but the Japanese hits CD got released to I added all songs since it included my favorites as kind a cross check on my earlier rips.  Talk about yer desert island winrar file to bring with...this one might be it with all the funny voice samples and whatnot.  These two guys I learned are from the Southern USA.  Bands on the comp.:  True Circles In Jig Time, Vegas Spaceman, Sukpatch, They Make Jewels At Home, Displacer Beast, Slabroller, Kickstand Productions, Sissy Teens, Challenger,  Ah-Fill, Land Of Loops, Little Green Apples, Clyde, Astro-Blaster, Air Conditioning School, Sweet Country Living, 77, Ah-Patch, Creeper Lagoon, Paper Board Tiera, Six Cents And Natalie, Stinky Fire Engine, Collider, Kittycraft, Analog Cabin and Buddy System.                       

 https://bestfile.io/en/jHylU1JJcP4pi3p/file

The World's Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows #34 - LIFEBOAT 11-16-50

Sorry about mislabel last week in this series but that is fixed now.  This is a very cool one from Screen Director's Playhouse with a Betty Davis style main character in three parts.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/NQDFDkSiC6otONg/file

Catapilla - st CD 71 w Changes CD 72 w Embryonic Fusion CD 70 02

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Great prog rock band with a female singer you either love or hate.  I always think of my old fave band Soul Asylum's lyric, "Caterpillar climbing up the big phone pole is there somebody that you'd like to talk to" but anyways cool concept.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/mNcLgVkLY9wmE1B/file

DIANA ROSS - Surrender LP 71 w & THE SUPREMES - The Number 1's CD 03 w Let The Sunshine In LP 69 w Join The Temptations LP 68 w The Supremes 1963-1969 Time-Life tape 87 w The Wiz OMPS 2LP 78 w The Boss LP 79

IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL:  Well, second to last in this series for now anyways and so I added the bottom record as well as redid the cassette songs with the new system as I had it laying around and liked the quality of the first Elvis rock songs from the other week.  Side two of it had a couple songs near the start that really could be considered psychedelic with great lyrics but she must have had thee best songwriters in the world working for her as I just love how it all comes together with her street background growing up.  Yes, she really IS THE BOSS!

https://bestfile.io/en/kN3EBBYtKFPd4i0/file

Cargo - Front Side, Back Side CD 69 w Simple Things CD 70 15 -cc

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  A dreamy, garage-psych driven rock band, with some mild prog jazz... from Toronto Canada

Bruce Oxley: lead guitar

Mike Proudfoot: guitar, piano

Garth Vagan: bass

Norm Foster: drums and percussion

https://bestfile.io/en/RmyA43OQNv3O2ON/file

PROFESSOR LONGHAIR - Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Live 1975 LP 82 w Mardi Gras In Baton Rouge CD 91 w The Last Mardi Gras 2LP 82 w Companion LP House Party New Orleans Style 82 w Henry Roeland Byrd 1918-1980 CD w Rock Organ (How To Play) step-by-step music book

REPOST for PIANO THEME:  Well this is where the piano theme starts (with some filler reposts) going through to last week so I added the "How To Play Rock Organ" piano tutorial.  Have loved 'Fess since my high school friend taped me the white retrospective CD included.  Then I taped the Last Mardi Gras vinyl from the library that really had the cool versions that blew me away how soulful!!!  Since then I found the live bootleg and compiled it all into this file...essential listening IMO (and the Beatles!)

https://bestfile.io/mZZPSqwH3ndgmhd/file

THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH - st LP 71 w Face To Face With The Truth LP 71 w Law Of The Land LP 73 w Down To Earth LP 74 w Cosmic Truth LP 75 w Higher Than High LP 75 w Method To The Madness LP 76 w Smokin' LP 79

REPOST Request:  What I wrote last time:  This Motown band was assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques and to this end really end up blowing your mind!  Coincidentally the Love and Rockets sticker in the picture reminds me that they covered 'Ball of Confusion' as did others shown on the inside sleeves...lot's of scene unity.              https://bestfile.io/en/hBsd9GMIMpaK6JS/file