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POP GARDEN RADIO (VARIOUS ARTISTS) - POP GARDEN RADIO

Brand new compilation cd in the new POP GARDEN RADIO series! In the spirit of INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW, POP GARDEN RADIO is a live music festival and a power pop compilation cd release. It's also an excellent radio show that airs out of Florida! Adam Waltemire is the mastermind behind this project and he does an excellent job selecting the cream of the pop. The cd features 19 easy to enjoy power pop delights! Artists include: The Successful Failures, D Henry Fenton, Michael Slawter, Popdudes, Stratocruiser,Dave Stephens, Nushu, Walter Clevenger and the Diary Kings, Seth Swirsky, Sparkle*jets UK, Adam Marsland, The Smith Bros, The Anderson Council, Dennis Holseybrook, Maple Mars, Easybake, Vegas with Randolph, Todd Dillingham, and a special secret track! A whole lotta music at a very nice price!

The GOLDEN BUBBLES - A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

(JAPANESE IMPORT) Along comes another great surprise from JAPAN...THE GOLDEN BUBBLES!!! Their music is PURE POWER POP CIRCA the 70's. They sound like a blending of SPARKS, SWEENY TODD, NICK GILDER, THE QUICK, THE KORGIS, PILOT, QUEEN, 10cc, and STACKRIDGE. Here is a band not afraid to be clever and humorous! One minute the vocalist sounds like SPARKS...The next minute it might be JAMES WARREN or FREDDIE MERCURY. The vocal range is outstanding and the songs sound like the soundtrack to a ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS. This is WEIRD, WILD, STUFF coming straight from JAPAN! The GOLDEN BUBBLES are a band to challenge you with their unpredictable chord progressions, strange lyrics, and wild sound. Heavy use of a real piano and Brian May/Pilot style guitars also add to the interest. The songs range from pretty balladry to fast paced explosive pop!. OK, you got the idea...another GRADE A release!

ONEPERCENTRES - DAYDREAMING HORSES

New releases (JAPANESE IMPORT) Along with THE MAYFLOWERS, one of the most impressive JAPANESE POWER POP bands of today is ONEPERCENTRES. (I have seen them perform live quite a few while playing shows in Europe.)They are the real deal. This band has all the good elements! Good singing, crunchy guitars, big bass and drums...and CATCHY tunes. Bands like THE MAYFLOWERS, SUM 41, JIMMY EAT WORLD, WEEZER, PUFFY AMIYUMI, and GLOWFRIENDS, etc...are good reference points. ONEPERCENTRES have an extra power in their pop that is lacking in many of today's bands. This music is a real blast of true excitement while still keeping the beautiful happy harmony vocals! POP ON !!! Grade A

FOXGLOVE HUNT - STOP HEARTBEAT

Fans of RONNIE MARTIN and JOY ELECTRIC will want to pick FOXGLOVE HUNT. This is RONNIE MARTIN in a new band and it has his JOY ELECTRIC trademark sound...which means...innocent and sensitive..sad/happy upbeat synth pop/pure pop for nice people! (JAPANESE IMPORT)

INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW - VOLUME 13

I am making this available at a special price for just a little while. This new 2010 3 cd set is awesome and by far one of the best power pop volumes of IPO (...along with volume 5 of course!!!) Released by the awesome Bruce Brodeen and NOT LAME...you know that's the trademark of power pop quality!!! 66 freaking tracks of quality power pop from around the globe. Bands like...Smash Fashion, The Romeros, True Margrit, Nushu, Chris Richards, Seth Swirsky, Horizontal Ladies Club, The Mayflowers, Jeremy, Popgun, The Kings, The Secrets, Buddy Love, The Deep Ones, The Ringles, Plasticsoul...and so many more. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG HERE!!! DIG IN and DIG IT THE MOST! Grade A

ELSEWHERE - 1981

GREAT NEW POWER POP --JUST OUT!!!-. ELSEWHERE "1981" is an accurate title for this album as the music sounds like something from that same year! This music has a fresh feeling to it...sounding slightly like British new wave mixed with guitar power pop. Tastefully done, this original music sounds like members of The Jam, Flock of Seagulls, Green Day, and Rush (Circa "SIGNALS" ) getting together to create an amazingly original concoction of power pop rock. The music is guitar dominated and full of energy and excitement. The vocals are very appealing and smooth ( fitting perfectly with the music.) This is a top quality release housed in a beautiful digi-pack with top shelf sound production! A great find and highly recommended! Be the first on your block to discover ELSEWHERE!!! This is a band to truly look out for!

GRIP WEEDS - STRANGE CHANGE MACHINE (DOUBLE VINYL RECORD)

GREAT DOUBLE VINYL RECORD FROM THE WAY FAB GRIP WEEDS!!!!" A gorgeous alchemy of 60's/70's CLASSIC ROCK! brought into the 21st centery...Rippling Guitars, Explosive Drums, and Golden Harmonies!!!! GRADE VINYL RELEASE....GRADE A

GRIP WEEDS - STRANGE CHANGE MACHINE (CD)

NEW DOUBLE CD FROM THE GRIP WEEDS!!! One of power pops most enduring and excellent bands is back again with a double blast of fabulous pysch-drenched pop power bliss! Here comes the best bits from The Who, The Move, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Byrds, and all the great classic bands. The GRIP WEEDS take all these sounds to create one all their own. 12 string Rickenbacker, Mellotrons, Wah-wah pedals, phase shifters, groovy bass, explosive drums,.loads of harmony vocals. What more could you ask for!!! GET A GRIP ON THE WEEDS and pick this up pronto!!!!!! GRADE A

GRIP WEEDS - STRANGE CHANGE MACHINE (CD)

The BRITANNICAS - BRITANNICAS, THE

The BRITANNICAS is an international power pop super group consisting of pop verterans HERB EIMERMAN--(Nerk Twins..solo artist from the USA) MAGNUS KARLSSON--(Swedish pop hero of HAPPY DEADMEN) and JOE ALGERI--AUSSIE pop hero of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK and solo artist!) These three guys blend their talents to create this new band that draws from all of the above including the Byrds, Beatles, Neil Young school of classic power pop rock!!! The cd comes in beautiful digi-pack. No expense was spared in making this a top quality release. BRAND NEW POWER POP for the masses!!!

MAXI DUNN - WELCOME TO SOONVILLE

(BRITISH IMPORT) MAXI DUNN makes sublime British pop music that draws a nice balance between two particular BRITISH artists: KATE BUSH and TRACEY ULLMAN. MAXI continues on where these artists previously left off...making her own special concoction of unique and artistically expressive pop music. It's refreshing to hear and so much better the prefabricated pop music of today (Most of which lacks any real heart.) There's a strong emotion here in Maxi's music that is spiritually akin to a female version the band SPARKS. This is the real deal and the listener can sense that a "love or leave it" attitude prevails in the heart of this artist. You can't please everyone but MAXI DUNN is sure to please many who celebrate her unique brand of unadulterated pop! Yes,it's the top of pops.

GREG WOLLAN AND NEW COMMAND - DAMASCUS JOURNEY

New 2010 release for GREG WOLLAN and his excellent band NEW COMMAND. Greg is a musical explorer covering styles ranging from pop, to folk, to progressive. On this outing the style is what could be called "a nice blending of folk/pop/progressive.There is a blending of his many styles and it works extremely well here. Greg's vocals and guitar work often remind me of the finest moments of Phil Keaggy. Musically this album sounds like Phil Keaggy jamming good with Shadowfox! If Windham Hill morphed into a pop label, it might sound something like this. The sound is stellar and the performance flawless. The vocals and harmonies are pitch perfect! This is simply a TOP GRADE A release and in my opinion the best thing Greg Wollan has produced so far! However, I am confident that his next one will top even this as he continues his progressive musical uphill climb toward pure state of the art excellence!

CAZENAVE - GUITA RA

ATTENTION FANS OF ACOUSTIC GUITAR! This is the newest cd from Argentina born progressive musician and brilliant artist Guillermo Cazenave. GUITA RA is pure and wonderful acoustic guitar, often performed on 12 string and classical guitar. CAZENAVE studied guitar with the amazing guitarist from Genesis ANTHONY PHILLIPS! You can really hear the inspiration in his playing as it sounds a lot like Anthony Phillips in many ways! This is a great cd! Fans of pure, wonderful acoustic guitar....please buy this cd! GREAT MUSIC!

MAPLE MARS - GALAXY LAND

MAPLE MARS are back with a new release for 2010. This ever reliable band makes one consistently good power pop album after another and this cd is no exception. The good batting average continues on this release with songs that echo an array of classic bands from ELO to Cheap Trick, The Shazam, Myracle Brah, and of course The Beatles. This album would have been a huge smash had it been released in the 70's. For those who still want melodic rock, this is your ticket! Marple Mars understand what it takes to craft a great power pop song.

The FROGGIES - THE ANTHOLOGY

The Froggies were one of best FRENCH power pop bands of the early 80's. This cd contains for the first time ..the complete recordings of the band. They released 2 albums in the 80's: "Hour of the Froggies" --New Rose (1983) and "Get Frogg'd" --Madrigal (1985). The music is an excellent blend of The Stems, The Ramones, The Romantics, The Kinks, (They do a great cover of "All the Day and all of the night" and The Chesterfield Kings, Bobby Fuller Four, The Spongetones, and more!!! This cd is loads of fun. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! (French Import at a really "nice price")

The WELL WISHERS - POST MODERN ROMANTIC

BRAND NEW 2010 CD! The Well Wishers were formerly The Spinning Jennies....the mastermind of Jeff Shelton! This new cd delivers 11 super solid power pop songs and man does this sound like SHOES and THE POSIES! Great stuff and top power pop music!!!

OWSLEY - OWSLEY

Sealed original copy and pressing of the AMAZING debut power pop cd from OWSLEY! Sadly, the man recently passed away. However, his music lives on. The cd debut is regarded as the best thing he ever did. Fans of Beatles and Jellyfish will enjoy this one. OUT OF PRINT!!!

ROBERT HILLCOX - THE HEALING

(IMPORT CD---ENGLAND) ROBERT HILLCOX is an outstanding acoustic guitarist who plays wonderful solo finger picking guitar. Listening to his heavenly instrumental music will give you peace and it will certainly heal your heart and soul! One word to describe this cd "Beautiful"!!! This cd is a must for fans of Gordon Giltrap's acoustic albums! It also will appeal those who are fans of the acoustic guitar work of Anthony Phillips. These are two of my favorite English guitarists! Now we can add Robert Hillcox to the list. He is one of England's best kept secrets!

SETH SWIRSKY - WATERCOLOR DAY

Here is one of the *BEST* POP RELEASES OF 2010!!! Yes, that's right! SETH SWIRSKY is a master songwriter of the Beatle school institute! Seth knows how to pen a mighty catchy tune and give it the perfect arrangement with superb harmony vocals and rich sound production! There is a blending of Beach Boys--Pet Sounds--Paul McCartney---Emitt Rhodes--Klaatu--ELO--and The Association! and still there's so much more. The music is extremely rich! ... A beautiful tapestry of pop sound that will demand repeated listening! Cloud Eleven main man Rick Gallego is also on board for this release and along with Seth they make an amazing musical team. Seth Swirsky has done his pop homework and he understands what it takes to craft an amazing pop song. Just listen to the cd from start to finish and it won't take long to figure that out! GRADE A --It's the TOP OF THE POPS!!!

Sound Samples:
Watercolor Day
Summer in Her Hair
Matchbook Cover
Harry
I'm Just Sayin'
Living Room
Movie Set
Song for Heather
Stay
Twenty Minutes to Myself

RANDY MASSEY - THE TRUTH

New 2010 release from power pop rocker RANDY MASSEY. Randy hails from Orange Park, Florida and brings us a nice sounding brand of power pop that is very strong in the guitar department. So strong in fact that the guitar playing is the highlight of the disc. The songs are very catchy as well. Structurally, they often remind me of the music of Ed James: very upbeat and positive feeling. Randy's lower register singing is very unique. The closest comparison would be that of a serious sounding Elvis Costello. What I mean by that is simply that Randy Massey makes sincere sounding music. He's not afraid to do that, and that is one of the finest qualities of this cd. This music comes from the heart and you can feel it. Recommended to fans of power pop/rock music with the spirit of the 70's. Well done and his best effort yet!

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