Mexican Summers Records ha rilasciato una nuova edizione di un classico oscuro degli anni 70, conosciuto soprattutto per la fama del suo autore, Ramases. Il disco, " Space Hymns ", fu rilasciato dall'etichetta Vertigo nel 1972. Un disco prog-psichedelico la cui peculiarità sta nel contenuto. Il venditore di Sheffield conosciuto come Martin Raphael , un giorno ebbe una visione nella quale venne a conoscenza di essere la reincarnazione di un antico faraone egizio di nome Ramases; decise così di diventare musicista e di cambiare il suo nome. Il risultato è "Space Hymms" uscito per la Vertigo nel [...]
Ramases - Balloon If you're thinking, "Gee, that sounds like Lol Crème on lead guitar, moog synthesiser, and possibly background vocals," you are correct. Indeed, all four members of 10cc comprise the backing band here. (This was about a year before they recorded this .) The LP was reissued on vinyl somewhat recently by Mexican Summer .
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Fully aware that this song came out way back in April on several blogs from the Mexican Summer preview but for some reason the album didn't seem to follow suit. Even if it did and I simply missed it, I'm blogging this now to spread word about this amazing repress of a 1970's album that has once again seen the light of day. Ramases are originally from England and that psychedelic yet brit-pop sound is very much present here. The album can be found here Balloon [...]
A long lost gem, reincarnated.
Got a mammoth list of upcoming Mexican Summer releases late last week. On top of a "lost" re-issue (Ramases) and a new Mantles 123, Jacuzzi Boys will be dropping an as of now untitled 73 in mid-May. The a-side, "Bricks or Coconuts", is another jangly garage slice that exploits their sound to fullest. Jacuzzi Boys - Bricks or Coconuts and some tracks from those other releases I meantioned... Ramases - Balloon Mantles - Lily Never Married
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Gorilla vs. Bear just posted some new tracks sent over by super label Mexican Summer (feeling a little snubbed over here) and one of the more interesting tracks was "Balloon" by Ramases. Now, if you're not up on your 1970s British pop/rock/psychedelia (I wasn't), you might not know that "Balloon" is actually a single from the Ramases' (aka Martin Raphael) 1971 album Space Hymns . The album gained some hype in England and Germany and the mysterious artist even released a follow-up album, Glass Top Coffin , in 1975. But after some displeasure with his [...]
Vinyl- och digitallabeln Mexican Summer skickade över en mindre novell med info om vår- och sommarsläpp samt en hel drös sköna mp3or, och några av dessa har ni nedan. Om man befinner sig i New York med omnejd kan man dessutom plocka upp limiterade exklusiviteter på Record Store Day, mer info om det här Ramases - Balloon Jacuzzi Boys - Bricks or coconuts Dunes - Handle The Young - Bird in the bush
Our friends at Mexican Summer just sent over a list of their upcoming releases, and in addition to some pretty rad and extremely limited Record Store Day exclusives (see above) that will be available on Saturday, they've also got some great releases planned in the coming months from the Mantles, the Bitters, the Samps (Cole of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti), Ramases, Dunes, and more. Here's a... click through for more...
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