Crabby Appleton - Go Back (1970)
Here are two great clips of Californian psych-heads, Crabby Appleton, with their debut single Go Back.
The MOJO Weird Record Club #8:
John Peel’s BBC Archive Things (BBC, 1970)
What’s this?: This record came about as a result of John Peel’s post-Perfumed Garden show on a fledgling BBC Radio One simply called Night Ride. Beamed out every Wednesday between midnight and 1am, the show’s musical policy was “whatever fits”. An average broadcast might include avant-pop, spoken word, harsh modern classical compositions and some electronics. It was decided to put the audience favourites onto BBC vinyl. Most of the artists were unknown.
MOJO says: “This challenging LP was a milestone in broadcasting and a wild, free-form approach to playlisting and compiling. With dark children’s nursery rhymes, Wellington boot dances performed by Zulus in South Africa and a unusual Austrian chap who imitates a brass band among the tracks, it showcases Peel’s eclectic taste and has to be one of the strangest listens you could ever wish to endure.”
Where can I get it?: Vinyl copies occasionally appear via auction sites.
The MOJO Weird Record Club appears every month in MOJO magazine and is curated and written by Jonny Trunk.
The MOJO Weird Record Club #5:
The Groupies (Earth Records, 1970)
Who?: Four unnamed women were flown in from California, sat in a New York studio by Ultimate Spinach producer Alan Lorber, and recorded eight feet apart for maximum ping-pong stereo effect. Lorber took 12 hours of serious groupie rap and distilled it into a 40-minute aural romp through tawdry tales, a concise groupie history, ageism and some serious kinks.
MOJO says: “A genuinely odd trip into a twilight world of sex and drugs and rock’n’roll.”
The MOJO Weird Record Club appears every month in MOJO magazine and is curated and written by Jonny Trunk.
Some Heads at the Isle Of Wight Festival, August, 1970
Some Heads watching the Festival Express tour in 1970.
Some Heads watching the MC5 in 1970
MC5 - Looking At You (Tartar Field, Wayne State University, Detroit, July 19, 1970)
Here’s some razoring, proto-punk abandon from the Detroit legends. “That became the powerful idea…we are the MC5!” Look at Wayne Kramer go!
