Category Archives: hard rock

#698

October 28, 2025

A Gulls Window Circus CD tracks rock show. That means tracks from these CD-only releases: G Stands For Go-Betweens Vol 2, Skytone ‘Shining Over You’, 27 ‘Brittle Divinity’, Robyn Hitchcock ‘The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities’, Armstrong ‘Fragments & Curiosities (The 4Track Sessions)’, Personal Effects ‘A Collection’, Bone Of Contention ‘Fun’, The Strait-Jackets s/t, Vinyl Devotion ‘If They Know You’re Trying’, Minimalist Love Gods ‘Devolver’, Gary Valentine ‘Amor Fati’, The Direct Records Story Volume Three, Bruce Moody ‘Forever Fresh!’, and Scarlet Drops ‘1984-1992’. All of these are not released on vinyl at all, so this show is your chance to explore these plus the selections I haven’t mentioned, which are incredible tracks I have access to on CD.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Go-Betweens	Living The Life At Hand	G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology – Volume 2	Domino
Scarlet Drops	Sweet Happiness	Scarlet Drops 1984-1992	Harriet Records
Alastair Riddell	Scars Of Love	Space Waltz	RPM Records
Bruce Moody	Above Suspicion	Forever Fresh!	Counterfeit Records
The Seagurls	When The Boys Happy	The Direct Records Story Volume Three	Kool Kat Musik
Female Sharks	Lots More Fish In The Sea	The Direct Records Story Volume Three	Kool Kat Musik
The Northwoods	Something Blew My Mind	The Direct Records Story Volume Three	Kool Kat Musik
Colin Robinson	Can’t Help Thinking Bout Me	The Direct Records Story Volume Three	Kool Kat Musik
Dead Brides	Scary, Ugly, Gone!	The Direct Records Story Volume Three	Kool Kat Musik
The Know	Amor Fati	Gary Valentine – Amor Fati	Not On Label
Minimalist Love Gods	Jack’s Imminent Collapse	Devolver	Igor Records
Vinyl Devotion	Antagonist	If They Know You’re Trying	Widely Distributed Records
The Strait-Jackets	Cause for Alarm	The Strait-Jackets	Strait-Jacket Records
Bone Of Contention	Anesthesia	Fun	Igor Records
Personal Effects	Love Never Thinks	A Collection	Earring Records
Jeanines	Falling Off Of My Feet Again	Jeanines	Slumberland Records
Armstrong	When We Gonna Think About Life?	Fragments & Curiosities (The 4Track Sessions)	The Beautiful Music

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Robyn Hitchcock	The Threat Of Freedom	The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities	Tiny Ghost Records
27	Love Letter	Brittle Divinity	Reproductive Records
Tarta Relena	Esta Montanya D’enfrente	Fiat Lux	La Castanya
Philip Rambow	Summertown	The Rebel Kind Anthology 1972-2020	Cherry Red
Saint Etienne X Confidence Man	Brand New Me	Brand New Me	Heavenly
10¢	Think Different	Buggin’ Out!	Hi-Ho Records
Skytone	Peace	Shining Over You	The Beautiful Music
Ian North	Living With The Jet Set	My Girlfriend’s Dead	Repressed
Harry Kakoulli	I’m On A Rocket	All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985	NIGHT SCHOOL
Billy London	Woman	All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985	NIGHT SCHOOL
The Goo-Q	I’m A Computer	All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985	NIGHT SCHOOL
Peta Lily & Michael Process	I Am A Timebomb	All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985	NIGHT SCHOOL
The Yellow Melodies	She’s A Sensation	Pleasant Dreams	Discos Imprescindibles
Karel Fialka	Armband (The Mystery Song)	All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985	NIGHT SCHOOL
Dream Unit	A Drop In The Ocean	All The Young Droids – Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985	NIGHT SCHOOL

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October 21, 2025

This week Gulls Window Circus inhabits 70s hard rock from the edges. Packed with unknowns, plus lesser known tracks by the eight artists with name recognition (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, Sweet, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, The Amboy Dukes, Black Oak Arkansas, James Gang, Robin Trower, and Beck, Bogert & Appice). Among the artists who careers lay outside of wider audiences, you will hear a track from Diamond Reo’s second LP, an Ian Gillan band that never released anything in its day, the never released third LP by Pavlov’s Dog, and many other stellar tracks that only lacked the critical velocity of a lot of ears hearing them.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Demon Fuzz	Another Country	Afreaka!	Music On Vinyl
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band	Safe As Milk	Safe As Milk	Music On Vinyl
Kannibal Komix	Sunday Morning	Kannibal Komix	ViNiLiSSSiMO
Salty Dog	Have You Got It	Salty Dog	Strawberry Rain
Repo Depo Feat. Ian Gillan	Easy Come, Easy Go	Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi – WhoCares	Ear Music
Sweet	Falling In Love	Platinum Rare 1	Metalville
Diamond Reo	Helter Skelter	Dirty Diamonds	Kama Sutra
Barnabus	America	Beginning To Unwind	Rise Above Relics
The Attack	Anything	Strange House	Guerssen
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express	You’ll Stay In My Heart	Straight Ahead	Soul Bank Music
Pavlov’s Dog	Stop Short (Original Studio Outtake)	Has Anyone Here Seen Sigfried? (The Lost Third Pavlov’s Dog Album)	Ruf Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Arcadium	It Takes A Woman	Breathe Awhile	Sunbeam Records
The Amboy Dukes	Flight Of The Byrd	Journey To The Center Of The Mind	Sundazed Music
The American Dream	Good News	1969 Rundgren Demos	Out-Sider
Black Oak Arkansas	Hey Y’all	Street Party	ATCO Records
James Gang	Woman	James Gang Rides Again	Elemental Music
Robin Trower	Confessin’ Midnight	For Earth Below	Chrysalis Catalogue
Beck, Bogert & Appice	Livin’ Alone	Live In Japan 1973, Live In London 1974	Rhino Records
C. A. Quintet	Underground Music	Trip Thru Hell	Sundazed Music
Christopher	Fugue	What’cha Gonna Do?	Lion Productions
Jericho	Hey Man	The Complete Churchill’s / Jericho Jones (Non-Album Singles, Rarities & Oddities)	Black Gold Records
Raven	Can’t You See	Back To Ohio Blues	Permanent Records
Parish Hall	We’re Gonna Burn Together	Parish Hall	Craft Recordings
Orang-Utan	Chocolate Piano	Orang-Utan	Guerssen

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March 18, 2025, 2025

Show 666 on Gulls Window Circus deserves songs to match the occasion. You will have free spirits and R’n’R outlaws ready to serve you non-conformist spirit and free thinking views. Drink of the goblet and let show #666 satisfy your soul.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Pop Group	Savage Sea	Y Live!	Mute
The Nails	Cutting Edge	Hotel For Women	Jimboco Records
The Velvet Underground	Temptation Inside Your Heart (Original Mix)	White Light/White Heat	UMe
Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells 4 Intro – 2017 Demo	Tubular Bells	Mercury
Thin Lizzy	Johnny	Johnny The Fox (2024 Remix)	Universal Music Recordings
Siouxsie And The Banshees	Playground Twist	Once Upon A Time / The Singles	UMC
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks	Orphans	Teenage Jesus And The Jerks	Migraine
Blue Öyster Cult	Cagey Cretins	Secret Treaties	Columbia
Christian Death	Desperate Hell	Deathwish	L’Invitation Au Suicide
D.I.	Dying In The USA	Greatest Hits A – Z	Cleopatra
Afghan Whigs	I Know Your Little Secret	Up In It	Sub Pop
Black Sabbath	Electric Funeral	Paranoid	Rhino Records
Kiss	She	Dressed To Kill	Casablanca
UFO	Mother Mary	Mother Mary	Chrysalis Catalogue

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Baker Gurvitz Army	Memory Lane	The Baker Gurvitz Army	Culture Factory
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Poison Whiskey	(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)	MCA Records
Bang	Keep On	The Best Of Bang	Ripple Music
Alice Cooper	Killer	Killer	Friday Music
Barnabus	Apocalypse	Beginning To Unwind	Rise Above Relics
Black Oak Arkansas	Lord Have Mercy On My Soul	Black Oak Arkansas	ATCO Records
Christopher	Death Song	What’cha Gonna Do?	Lion Productions
Cromwell	Guinness Rock (45 Version)	At The Gallop	Got Kinda Lost Records
Deep Purple	Burn	Burn	Universal Music Catalogue
Grand Funk Railroad	Call Yourself A Man	On Time	Capitol Records
Kyuss	Mudfly	Muchas Gracias: The Best Of Kyuss	Run Out Groove
Leaf Hound	Drowned My Life In Fear	Growers Of Mushroom	Repertoire Records

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February 13, 2024

The eighth and final week of the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series: We complete the alphabetical series in the first 5 tracks, then we start a quick A-Z of CDs with this sound, bringing a lot of fun tracks that aren’t easily available on vinyl. Got the first 5 tracks in the show, White Zombie (Like Red Kross in week 6) cover Kiss, rather spectacularly. Black Sabbath make their 3rd appearance in this series, completing a view of the last 3 LPs Ozzy sang on, this time with the title song of the final Ozzy LP Never Say Die. In the CDs section, the recent movie The Creator had 2 Deep Purple tracks in it, and we hear Flight Of The Rat. Maggie Estep has a fun track (all hers are) that you will remember. 45 Grave is heard without Dinah Cancer singing in the epic track Slice O’ Life. Long Island 70’s band Good Rats sound just right. Inter Lorre’s original band Nymphs sound fine on one of their singles. Ten Foot Pole is really the HC band Scared Straight after they changed their name and sound (much like Ill Repute did back on show #606). 70’s artists in the CD portion include Cycle, John Du Cann, Terry Reid, Stray, Tear Gas, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, and Vanilla Fudge. Permanent Green Light is the post-Three O’Clock band.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Wet Dreams	Her	Wet Dreams	Black Pop Records
Whirlywirld	Sextronics	Complete Discography 1978-80	HoZac Records
White Zombie	God Of Thunder	God Of Thunder	Caroline Records
Wildest Dreams	She Loves Me Not	Wildest Dreams	Smalltown Supersound
The Wonder Stuff	Grin	The Eight Legged Groove Machine	Polydor
Black Sabbath	Never Say Die!	Never Say Die!	BMG
Cycle	Rich Man, Poor Man, Pig	Cosmic Clouds	Rise Above Relics
Deep Purple	Flight Of The Rat	Deep Purple In Rock	Parlophone
John Du Cann	Don’t Be A Dummy	The World’s Not Big Enough	Angel Air Records
Maggie Estep	The Stupid Jerk I’m Obsessed With	No More Mister Nice Girl	NuYo Records
45 Grave	Slice O’ Life	Sleep In Safety	Real Gone Music
Faz Waltz	Good Time Is Callin’ Loud	Callin’ Loud	Contra Records
Good Rats	Back To My Music	Tasty	Mondo Records Corporation

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Minimalist Love Gods	Cyclone Fence	Devolver	Igor Records
Nymphs	Imitating Angels	A Practical Guide To Astral Projection	DGC
Permanent Green Light	We Could Just Die	Hallucinations	Omnivore Recordings
Terry Reid	The Way You Walk	Seed Of Memory	BGO Records
Sleepers	Flying	The Less An Object	Tim/Kerr Records
Stray	Time Machine	All In Your Mind – The Transatlantic Years 1970-1974	Esoteric Recordings
Tear Gas	That’s What’s Real	Tear Gas	Esoteric Recordings
Ten Benson	Dark Forces	Benson Burner	Jetset Records
Ten Foot Pole	Man In The Corner	Swill	Ten Foot Records
Thin Lizzy	It’s Only Money	Nightlife	Vertigo
Thin White Rope	Eleven	When Worlds Collide	Munster Records
Thirty Ought Six	Eris	Hag Seed	Mute America
Uriah Heep	I Wanna Be Free	Look At Yourself	Sanctuary
Vanilla Fudge	Shotgun	Psychedelic Sundae (The Best Of)	Rhino
The Winkies	Long Song Coming	The Winkies	Lemon Recordings

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February 6, 2024

In this seventh week of the 8 week Gulls Window Circus hard rock series (I’ve been thinking more of it as ‘hardrock-like’) we speed through the letters S-W. Sonic’s Rendezvous Band is Fred Smith of MC5, The Split Squad includes Clem Burke, Keith Streng (Fleshtones) and Eddie Muñoz (Plimsouls). That Petrol Emotion is basically Undertones after Feargal Sharkey left. The Tourists is pre-Eurythmics, Tyla Gang is post Ducks Deluxe. Ronnie Spector rocks it out from her 1980 lp. I am very happy to bring you Spitboy, Starcrawler, The Strings, The Twinkeyz, The Velvet Monkeys, The Victims (The NYC ones, not the Aussie ones) and Wasted Youth (The English ones, not the California ones). Much to uncover, let’s get started!

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band	Electrophonic Tonic	Detroit Tango	Svart Records
Soul Asylum	April Fool	Grave Dancers Union	Music On Vinyl
Sort Sol	Fire Engine	Everything That Rises… Must Converge!	Medley Records
Specimen	Tell Tail	Batastrophe	Sire
Spitboy	Seriously	Body Of Work 1990 – 1995 All The Songs	Don Giovanni Records
Ronnie Spector	Boys Will Be Boys	Siren	Polish Records
Speedtwins	Selfmutilation	It’s More Fun To Compete	Pseudonym
The Split Squad	Showstopper	Another Cinderella	Folc Records
Queer	Hot Child In The City	Spore / Queer – Phuko & Flan Is Ta	Chunk Records
Starcrawler	Goodtime Girl	Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack	Loma Vista
The Strings	Deflower	Yum Yum	Parsley
The Struts	Wild Child	Strange Days	Interscope Records
The Sueves	Mop Bucket	Tears of Joy	Magicatalog
Sundowners	The Rush That Blinds	Gnome & Glacier	Dirt Cult Records
Sunflower Bean	Puppet Strings	Twentytwo In Blue	Mom + Pop

Artist	Song	Release	Label
SWA	Optimist	XCIII	SST Records
Tad	Lycanthrope	Inhaler	Real Gone Music
Teenage Head	Lucy Potato	Teenage Head	Warner Music Canada
Teenage Fanclub	Interstellar Overdrive	The King	Pema
That Petrol Emotion	Creeping To The Cross	Babble	Polydor
The Tourists	Circular Fever	Reality Effect	Logo
The Twinkeyz	Wild Love	Alpha Jerk	S-S Records
Tyla Gang	Flashing In The Subway	Moonproof	Beserkley
The Vaselines	Sex Sux (Amen)	Dum-Dum	Glass Redux
The Velvet Monkeys	World Of …	Future	Fountain Of Youth Records
The Victims	She’s So Hot	Real Wild Child	Golden Disc Records
Sonny Vincent	Lament	Diamond Distance & Liquid Fury- Sonny Vincent: Primitive 1969-76	HoZac Records
Violence Creeps	Whine	Soul Narc	Digital Regress
Virgin Prunes	Pagan Lovesong	Pagan Lovesong	BMG
Wasted Youth	Something’s Going Wrong	The Beginning Of The End	Bridge House Records

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January 30, 2024

The sixth week of the 8 week Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters N-S alphabetically, with stops such as pre-The New York Dolls band Actress, post Milk ‘n’ Cookies Ian North, Dwarve’s side-project Penetration Moon, pre-Chesterfield Kings Greg Prevost, pre-The Sound band Second Layer, pre-Detective band Silverhead, pre-Adverts band Sleaze, two versions of The Stooges track 1969 [by The Sisters Of Mercy and Joey Ramone], speaking of, a track from the often neglected ‘Instinct’-era Iggy Pop, the often-hated Sigue Sigue Sputnik shines, a Kiss cover by Redd Kross, latest PiL, and must-hear tracks by Out Of Band Experience, Novak, Planchettes, Ratcat, The Reactors, Shadow 15, Sic F*cks, Sixteen Deluxe, and Skeletal Family.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The New York Dolls	It’s Too Late	Actress: Birth Of The New York Dolls	Get Back
Ian North	Tran-Sister	Neo	Metronome
Novak	Real Cool Guy	Dumb Records: 1977-1979	Athena Records
No Direction	All Night Long	No Direction	Rerun Records
Out Of Band Experience	Genius	Call Now! 1-800-OUT-BAND	Immortal Records
Penetration Moon	It’s A Wonderful Life Of Crime	Penetration Moon	Burger Records
Planchettes	(You’re Just Like) Everybody Else	The Truth	Rise Above Records
Iggy Pop	Tom Tom	Instinct	A&M Records
Pop Will Eat Itself	Grebo Guru	Box Frenzy	Rough Trade
Greg Prevost	Hey Mister	Vintage Violence: Barbaric, Crude & Primitive 1975-1979	Mean Disposition
PiL	The Do That	End Of World	PiL Official
Punishment Of Luxury	All White Jack	Laughing Academy	United Artists Records
Joey Ramone	I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)	Don’t Worry About Me	INgrooves
Ratcat	Everything Is Happening Again	This Nightmare	Waterfront Records
The Reactors	Seduction Center	Half-Life!	Rave Up Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Redd Kross	Deuce	Teen Babes From Monsanto	Gasatanka Records
Rema-Rema	Rema-Rema (Renegade Soundmachine Mix)	What You Could Not Visualise	Le Coq Musique
Mike Rep And The Quotas	Rockstar	Hellbender	HoZac Records
The Runaways	Black Leather	And Now… The Runaways!	Mercury
Shadow 15	Just Like Before	Days of Innocence 1983-85	Beat Generation
Second Layer	I Need Noise	Courts Or Wars	1972
Sigue Sigue Sputnik	Massive Retaliation	Flaunt It	Manhattan Records
Sic F*cks	Rock Or Die	Sic F*cks	Sozyamuda Records
Silverhead	Bright Light	16 And Savaged	MCA Records
The Sisters Of Mercy	1969	Alice	Merciful Release
Joey Ramone	1969	Don’t Worry About Me	INgrooves
Sixteen Deluxe	Idea	Backfeed Magnetbabe	Trance Syndicate Records
Skeletal Family	Promised Land	The Singles Plus 1983 – 85	Graveface Records
Sleaze	Dum De Dum	Sleaze	Sing Sing Records

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January 23, 2024

Fifth week of 8 in the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters L-N. Several bands follow the artist from very popular previous bands [Screaming Trees > Mark Lanegan Band , Psychedelic Furs > Love Spit Love, Dead Boys > Lords Of The New Church, Nymphs > Inger Lorre, Codeine, Come, Volcano Sons > The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, Hanoi Rocks > Michael Monroe, Husker Du > Bob Mould], a few of the artists went on to bigger fame in subsequent bands [The Living > Guns ‘n Roses, The Mike Gunn > Charalambides, Mother Love Bone > Green River > Pearl Jam]. All songs have mentionable aspects, but I want to draw your attention to the Menace Dement track, the fact that Map Of Africa is re-edit wizard DJ Harvey, and Manikins, who were formed as Cheap Nasties in Australia.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Mark Lanegan Band	Stitch It Up	Somebody’s Knocking	Heavenly
Leather Towel	Food Poisoning II	Leather Towel IV	HoZac Records
The Living	A Song For You	1982	Loosegroove Records
Love Spit Love	Sweet Thing	Trysome Eatone	Real Gone Music
The Lords Of The New Church	World Without End	Is Nothing Sacred?	I.R.S. Records
Inger Lorre	Monitor	Live At The Viper Room	Sweet Nothing Records
L7	Drama	The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum	Real Gone Music
The Lurkers	Sex Crazy	Sex Crazy	Damaged Goods
Lydia Lunch Retrovirus	Snakepit Breakdown	Urge To Kill	Rustblade
The March Violets	Steam	Natural History	Rebirth
Manikins	Young And Restless	From Broadway To Blazes	Manufactured Recordings
Map Of Africa	Get Outta Bed	Map Of Africa	Whatever We Want Records
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries	The Know It All	Suns Out Guns Out	Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Masters Of Reality	V.H.V.	Sunrise On The Sufferbus	Real Gone Music

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Melvins	Hot Fish	Working With God	Ipecac Recordings
Menace Dement	Corpse	Menace Dement	Vermiform
Metal Urbain	Numéro Zéro	Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux	Byzz
The Mike Gunn	Liska	Durban Poison	Double Naught
Ministry	Stigmata	Greatest Fits	Run Out Groove
The Mission UK	Child’s Play	Children	Mercury
Mirrors	Penthouse Legend	Something That Would Never Do	Violet Times
Michael Monroe	All Fighter	I Live Too Fast To Die Young!	Silver Lining Music
Mother Love Bone	Half Ass Monkey Boy	Shine	Stardog Records
Motörhead	Iron Horse – Born To Lose	On Parole	Parlophone
Bob Mould	When You Left	Blue Hearts	Merge Records
Mudhoney	Overblown	Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge	Sub Pop
Neon Christ	The Knife That Cuts So Deep	1984	Southern Lord

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January 16, 2024

Fifth week of 8 in the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series covers the letters L-N. Several bands follow the artist from very popular previous bands [Screaming Trees > Mark Lanegan Band , Psychedelic Furs > Love Spit Love, Dead Boys > Lords Of The New Church, Nymphs > Inger Lorre, Codeine, Come, Volcano Sounds > The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, Hanoi Rocks > Michael Monroe, Husker Du > Bob Mould], a few of the artists went on to bigger fame in subsequent bands [The Living > Guns ‘n Roses, The Mike Gunn > Charalambides, Mother Love Bone > Green River > Pearl Jam]. All songs have mentionable aspects, but I want to draw your attention to the Menace Dement track, the fact that Map Of Africa is re-edit wizard DJ Harvey, and Manikins, who were formed as Cheap Nasties in Australia.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
John Du Cann	Don’t Talk	The World’s Not Big Enough	Just Add Water
E. Coli	Permafrost	To Drool	Triple X Records
Fanny Kaplan	The Reason To Cover Self Up	Fanny Kaplan	Inflammable Material
Fields Of The Nephilim	Chord Of Souls	The Nephilim	Beggars Banquet
Flesh D-Vice	Color Me Gone	Some Bloodstained Morning	Jayrem Records
Ace Frehley	She	Origins Vol.2	eOne
Girlschool	Race With The Devil	Demolition	Renaissance Records
Giuda	Overdrive	E. V. A.	Burger Records
The Godfathers	Tell Me Why	Birth, School, Work, Death	Epic
Gorillas	Foxy Lady	Message To The World	Damaged Goods
The Gordons	Laughing Now	The Gordons	1972
Grand Funk Railroad	In Need	Grand Funk	Capitol Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Green River	Together We’ll Never	Dry As A Bone	Sub Pop
Gruntruck	Follow	Push	Real Gone Music
Hanoi Rocks	Lost In The City	The Best Of Hanoi Rocks	Lick Records
The Haskels	Walk To The Beach	The Haskels	Splunge Communications Inc.
The Harry Von Zells	Stardom Because	Play It Backwards	Igor Records
Hitmen	Death Grip	Hitmen	WEA
Hollywood Brats	Chez Maximes	Hollywood Brats	Get Back
The Hollywood Stars	So Blue	Sound City	Liberation Hall
Ill Repute	Beware	Transition	Mystic Records
Iron Prostate	Hell Toupee	Loud, Fast, And Aging Rapidly	Skreamin’ Skull Records
Ivy Green	I’m Sure We’re Gonna Make It	Ivy Green	Pseudonym
Tommy Jay	I’ve Been Waiting For You	Tommy Jay’s Tall Tales Of Trauma	Assophon Records
Joneses	Good From Far	Jonesin’ Discography Vol. 2	Projectile Platters
Killing Joke	Wardance	Killing Joke	Spinefarm Records
King’s X	Fade	Tape Head	Svart Records

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January 9, 2024

In this third week of the Gulls Window Circus hard rock series, we leave the 70s (after the first 4 songs, overflows from last week), letting the sound endure through time. It is in these coming weeks that amazing discoveries will be made. Hard rock by artists you might never expect to have dabbled in these waters. Special attention to Baby Grande (Steve Kilby pre-Church), Corpse Grinders, Arthur Kane (post-New York Dolls), Dark Carnival (Niagara, post-Destroy All Monsters). Every track has earned its place, details given after each 3 song set.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Terry Stamp	Itchy Feet	Fatsticks	Just Add Water
Status Quo	Is It Really Me / Gotta Go Home	The Rest Of Status Quo	Music On Vinyl
Sweet	Cockroach (Munich Mix)	Give Us A Wink (Alternative Mixes And Demos)	Sound City Records
The Third Power	Like Me Love Me	Believe	Future Days Recordings
Alien Sex Fiend	I’m Not Mad	Who’s Been Sleeping In My Brain	Anagram Records
Asteroid B-612	Believe It’s True	Not Meant For This World!	Bang! Records
Bakamono	This Is An Unreinforced Masonry Building	The Cry Of The Turkish Fig Peddler	Priority Records
Banned From Chicago	Dear Ron	1978	Alona’s Dream Records
The Batfish Boys	Not Enough Blue	Lurve: Some Kinda Flashback	Twilight Records
Stiv Bator	You Must Be A Witch	Do You Believe In Magyk?	Easy Action
The Beasts Of Bourbon	Drop Out	The Axeman’s Jazz	Big Time

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Blackwater Holylight	Wave Of Conscience	Blackwater Holylight	RidingEasy Records
The Buck Pets	How Delicious She Looks	The Buck Pets	Island Records
Chainsaw Kittens	Heartcatchthump	Chainsaw Kittens	Jett Plastic Recordings
Charlie ‘Ungry	Who Is My Killer?	The Chester Road Album	Rave Up Records
Baby Grande	Pure, White, & Deadly	Baby Grande	HoZac Records
Christian Death	Resurrection – Sixth Communion	Only Theatre Of Pain	Frontier Records
Clinic	Fantasy Island	Fantasy Island	Domino
Corpse Grinders	City Rocker	Grind On	Rave Up Records
Eddie Criss Group	Killer	Undertaker	HoZac Records
The Cult	Dreamtime	Dreamtime / Dreamtime Live At The Lyceum	Beggars Banquet
The Damned	Motorcycle Man	Darkadelic	Ear Music
Dark Carnival	Let There Be Dark	The Last Great Ride	Sympathy For The Record Industry
Avis Davis	Miss Ya	Love Junky	Innovative Communication
The Donnas	It Takes One To Know One	Gold Medal	Real Gone Music

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January 2, 2024

Second week of 8 in the hard rock series. This week completes the original 70s artists (and adds a Gulls Window Circus favorite: alphabetization). Next week we will move on to bands that honor this sound in post-70s recordings. In this show there are only 4 well-known artists, with obscure tracks carefully chosen [Black Sabbath, Cactus, Frampton’s Camel, Spooky Tooth]. Outside of that, many fine discoveries to start the new year with, setting the stage for 6 more weeks of unexpected finds.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Angel	Can You Feel It	On Earth As It Is In Heaven	Casablanca
Bang	My Window	The Best Of Bang	Ripple Music
Barnabus	The War Drags On	Beginning To Unwind	Rise Above Relics
Blackfoot	Road Fever	Strikes	Friday Music
Black Sabbath	Dirty Woman	Technical Ecstasy	BMG
Cactus	Let Me Swim	Cactus	Real Gone Music
Christopher	The Great Clock	What’cha Gonna Do?	Lion Productions
Detective	Tear Jerker	It Takes One To Know One	Swan Song
The Dregs	Cruise Control	Unsung Heroes	Arista
Frampton’s Camel	White Sugar	Frampton’s Camel	A&M Records
Fuzzy Duck	In Our Time	Fuzzy Duck	Be With Records
Jo Jo Gunne	Getaway	Jumpin’ The Gunne	Asylum Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Kannibal Komix	Neurotic Reaction	Kannibal Komix	ViNiLiSSSiMO
Leaf Hound	Freelance Fiend	Growers Of Mushroom	Repertoire Records
Mother Trucker	Rock N’ Roll Lady	Mother Trucker	Sundazed Music
Noah	Goodbye Earth	Brain Suck	Guerssen
Odyssey	Got To Feel It	Setting Forth	Lion Productions
Pandora	Only Seventeen	Space Amazon	Supreme Echo
Parish Hall	Skid Row Runner	Parish Hall	Craft Recordings
Pavlov’s Dog	Song Dance	Pampered Menial	ABC Records
Power Of Zeus	It Couldn’t Be Me	The Gospel According To Zeus	Mr Bongo
Raven	War With Your Soul	Back To Ohio Blues	Permanent Records
Someone’s Band	Country Ride	Someone’s Band	Sunbeam Records
Spooky Tooth	Evil Woman	Spooky Two	A&M Records