Mondo Exploito
Monday, June 29, 2015

Jim Gordon

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Not that Jim Gordon. DIG IT
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Friday, June 26, 2015

Songs of Love and Regret

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What if I had read the signs And acted a little more quick When I think of what I might have done It just makes my heart feel si...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

The Sounds of Our Times

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Sounds of Our Times sans Anne. DIG IT
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Anne Murray + Sounds of Our Times

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What Anne Murray has to do with the Sound of Our Times who can say. DIG IT
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Western Daylight

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This album picks up where my last album, "Eastern Standard," leaves off. A sequel of sorts, then. DOWNLOAD AT BANDCAMP
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Primo People

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Move over Cowsills and Osmonds ... here are the Primo People. DIG IT
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

My Son the Surf Nut

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Don't know what it's like where you are, but it's pretty much summer weather-wise here in Boston. DIG IT
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Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Bell Curve

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I construct my albums like puzzles, with each song a piece that's part of the greater whole - and the instrumentals play a cri...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Best of the Soundtracks

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Seriously serious shit from my fave budget label. DIG IT
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Stephen Ambrose

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Robert Christgau gave this one a D+, so I figured that it must be good. DIG IT
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Monday, June 8, 2015

Eastern Standard

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I scream at you but you don't hear You flash an evil grin "I am Henry the Eighth," you say "And you're ...
Saturday, June 6, 2015

We Got a Groovy Thing Going

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There's a dream that I have And I'm with you again There's a dream that I have And we're laughing And in this...

Split Level

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By request, here is Split Level's "Divided We Stand," which has been described as a "record driven by a relentl...
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Spanky & Our Gang

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Spanky and her cohorts reveal a more mature country-pop sound for what would be their final record. Who was buying it? DIG IT
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Stu Phillips

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A very mellow record of the hits of the day, arranged by Stu Phillips. This one goes out as a big thank you to Jason, who made a ni...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

The Surfing Song Book

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The Rincon Surfside Band were really just an alias for P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, the production and songwriting team that eventua...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Westphalia

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"Westphalia" was my fourth album, and even though several songs were done at least in part at Woolly Mammoth Studios in B...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

San Diego Reader Interview

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Yeah, so I a did an interview recently with the San Diego Reader where I talk about my album Quartet and some other things. REA...

Thomas & Richard Frost

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The Frost bros bring you something harmonious for your Sunday morning coming down. DIG IT
Saturday, May 30, 2015

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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"Ricochet," the Dirt Band's second album, finds the group transitioning from a folky-pysch sound into something a lit...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Pendulum & Co.

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Obscure Boston-based psych-rock band on the Perception label. DIG IT
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Jerry Merrick

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Jerry's songs have been recorded by B.J. Thomas, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Susan Tedeschi, but he is best known for writing ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

The Abstracts

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One-off record on Atlantic’s short-lived Pompeii subsidiary. No great work of art, but not without merit. DIG IT
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Chad Mitchell

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In which the veteran folkie jettisons his trio and becomes ... himself. If anyone has his "Love, a Feeling Of" album, pl...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Heart

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No, not that Heart. DIG IT
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Monday, May 11, 2015

Remember Me

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So I am a peephole Into a windowless room Where the sweat on the tiles Is the only perfume On the desk is a diary And n...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Nino Tempo

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In which the sessioning sax man sheds his sultry chanteuse. DIG IT
Friday, May 8, 2015

The Rubber Band

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The quintessence of exploito. DIG IT
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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Siegling & Larrabee

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Look label-mates saddled with the CSN tag for their layered harmonies. DIG IT
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Ray Brown

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Aussie Ray came to L.A. in 1967 with high hopes, one would assume. After all, Capitol had just signed him, and studio ace David Axel...
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Stephen Monahan

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Keeping you up to date on the obscure. DIG IT
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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Geoff & Maria

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A slice of pie with some sweet potatoes on the side. Enjoy. DIG IT
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Friday, May 1, 2015

Pure Love & Pleasure

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Indeed it is. DIG IT
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Les Baxter

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Got your Les Baxter right here. DIG IT
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Los Feliz

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Here is my new album. It's got Sharon, my ex, on the cover. I took this shot in 1985 when she was going to college in Santa C...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Dick Campbell

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Never was a Dylan rip-off so blatant . Doesn't hurt (or help) that Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield are on board. DIG I...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

B.S. I Love You

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By request, here's the soundtrack to "B.S. I Love You," featuring Stouffville Grit, whoever they were. DIG IT
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Christopher Kearney

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Once again, many thanks to bayouangel for fulfilling this request! DIG IT
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Great Movie Themes

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By request, here's a re-up of this sweet Colgems comp. DIG IT
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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Maxine Sellers

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Thanks to bayouangel, here is Maxine Sellers' album, produced by Beach Boy associate Nick Venet and featuring a host of Wreck...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Christopher Cloud

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In 1973, Tommy Boyce (sans Bobby Hart) teamed up the the band Aim (see entry below) to record this glam-rock album. Perhaps he was...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Aim

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Here's an obscure '70s pop-rock record that features guitarist and singer Michael W. Overly who, along with Tommy Boyce,...
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Nancy Michaels

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Found this one at a crate dig yesterday. Nancy definitely sounds influenced by Joni Mitchell, which more than likely is why she was ...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Smokey and His Sister

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Before White Stripes, there was this brother snd sister act. DIG IT
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Dreamland

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This was an attempt to make an album in singular style (in this case, a mostly acoustic record), rather than hopscotching all over t...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Spirit of Rock

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Here's yet another choice sampler that was released on Probe, which was an offshoot of ABC/Dunhill. DIG IT
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Jacob's Ladder

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A mystery surrounds me Like none I've ever known And I don't know the meaning As it spins 'round me like a cyclo...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Friend & Lover

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Music from a seemingly more innocent time. DIG IT
Sunday, March 8, 2015

Don Kirshner

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In which dandy Don lets his hair down (so to speak). A prime slice of exploito, from a guy who really knew how to cash in on the c...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Michael McGinnis

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Here's another wonderful record I picked up at In Your Ear. Check the comments for a link for Michael's third album, "H...
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