Ska/Reggae/Dub, Label: , (Typ: LP) - Rocksteady only lasted for a brief period from 1966 to 1968, but its significance to the subsequent development of Jamaican music is incalculable and it would...

Rockabilly: 50's, Label: Dee-Jay, (Typ: CD) - Wow - this reviewer was left out of breath, and wanting to start right over again with this CD, which might well be the best single title in the...

Freakbeat, Label: Radioactive, (Typ: LP) - The Loot is one of those cult bands whose 45s sell for quite a bit these days. They are also the sort of band who if you see their name on a 60s...

Rock'n'Roll: Underground/Independent, Label: , (Typ: CD) - San Diego's Deadbolt has a dependable trick, if not a completely original one, and their fourth album Zulu Death Mask is the best of...

Doo Wop, Label: , (Typ: LP) - Here is a group whose versatility is without peer. They're at home as much with a ballad as they are with an up-tempo tune. Each member is capable of handling the...

Rock, Label: Sundazed, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - Featuring GRAM PARSONS. A half-hearted Harvard University theology student in 1965, Gram Parsons wasn't really thrilled about attending classes. He...

Rock'n'Roll: 50's, Label: Stag-O-Lee, (Typ: LP) - 'Buzzsaw Joint' was born of a club offering Londoners the chance to revel in the sounds of good ol' trashy rock'n'roll in all its vintage vinyl...

Rhythm'n'Blues, Label: , (Typ: LP) - Here's a selection of cracking RnB instrumentals from 1964, with not a chart hit amongst them. There's guitar-led rockers from the West Coast, with fiery...

Country, Label: Mississippi, (Typ: LP) - In 1972, the reknowned and singular folk musician Roscoe Holcomb left his home in rural Daisy, Kentucky and embarked on a west coast tour with Mike Seeger...

Exotica/Strip, Label: Juke Box Music Fact, (Typ: LP (plus CD)) - Through the ages, stripteasing music has been stunningly eclectic, from the smoothest to the most electric of genres: blues of...

Swisspostpunk, Label: , (Typ: Doppel-LP) - Café Türk, an inimitable Turkish-Swiss band formed in the 1980s, whose genre-bending sonic palette draws from Anatolia, the Caucasus and Western Europe....

Transworld Beat Punk, Label: , (Typ: LP) - Conquer The World! Rare Global Mod-Beat-Garage Punk 1965-1968 (Psychodelic Records) "I'm a sucker for these comps, especially when they're on...

Rockabilly: 50's, Label: Dee-Jay, (Typ: CD) - On each of these Buffalo Bop anthologies, there's usually at least one song that should be plucked out and featured on a rockabilly best-of. In this...

Psychedelic, Label: Fruits de Mer, (Typ: 7 inch (Single)) - 4-track EP featuring new or previously-unreleased tracks by: The Bevis Frond, Nick Nicely, Anton Barbeau, and Paul Roland. Quote from...

Rockabilly: 50's, Label: Dee-Jay, (Typ: CD) - Patsy Cline turns up here with "Gotta Lot of Rhythm," and one of her Four-Star sides, but other then that I defy anyone other than the most...