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    09/28/1999

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    All Music Guide Review

    Bomp! was, in addition to being a pioneering historical-savvy rock fanzine in the 1970s, a label that put out some notable early punk singles, and (with its AIP and Voxx subsidiaries) reissued tons and tons of '60s garage/punk. In the 1980s and 1990s most of its contemporary releases were in the psych/pop/punk/garage revival mode. It is fair to say that this two-CD, 45-song compilation does not represent the label at its very best. Disc one is entirely devoted to material from Bomp! and its Voxx subsidiary, mixing vintage late-1970s cuts by the Dead Boys, Barracudas, Iggy & the Stooges, the Weirdos, the Germs, the Dils, DMZ, and the Heartbreakers with a mish-mash of more recent releases -- some from as late as the late '90s -- by the Brian Jonestown Massacre and several names that are obscure even by indie standards.

    Disc two is entirely devoted to the relatively new, but similarly minded, Alive! and Total Energy subsidiaries, going all over the raw power map from the late 1960s to the late 1990s, from late-'60s psych-punk (the Deviants, the MC5, the Pink Fairies) and late-'70s punk (Swell Maps) to blues and jazz from the early 1970s Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival (Sun Ra, Roosevelt Sykes) and '90s cuts by cult rockers like Davie Allan, Tav Falco, and Kim Fowley. One gets the feeling that it's serving as both a label best-of and a promo sampler for the label's overall catalog, and not entirely succeeding at either endeavor. The best rarities -- the Dils' "I Hate the Rich," the MC5's "Looking at You" single, and the Deviants' "Garbage" -- aren't as rare as they used to be. Also, the contributions by the lesser-knowns are often rather generic revivalist music -- whether indebted to punk, psych, pop, or whatever -- or tracks by significant performers that do not rate among their best work. There's some decent music here, but it's not a particularly cohesive package or engaging listen. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Right Now!
  • Zeros [1]
  • 1:41

  • 2
  • Third Generation Nation
  • Dead Boys
  • 2:38

  • 3
  • Don't Let Go
  • Barracudas [1]
  • 3:01

  • 4
  • Servo
  • Brian Jonestown Massacre
  • 3:25

  • 5
  • Make It Together
  • Beachwood Sparks
  • 4:23

  • 6
  • 1x2x3 Devastated
  • DM Three
  • 4:18

  • 7
  • Ain't Got No Dough
  • Psychotic Youth
  • 2:39

  • 8
  • God Save Us
  • Jacobites
  • 3:41

  • 9
  • Kerouac
  • Alexander, Willie [1] "Loco"
  • 3:06

  • 10
  • Gimme Some Skin
  • Iggy & The Stooges
  • 2:42

  • 11
  • Destroy All Music
  • Weirdos
  • 1:38

  • 12
  • Suicide Music
  • Germs
  • 1:45

  • 13
  • I Hate the Rich
  • Dils
  • 1:42

  • 14
  • Pony Dress
  • Flesheaters
  • 2:31

  • 15
  • Pirate Love
  • Heartbreakers
  • 3:32

  • 16
  • Heartache
  • Lazy Cowgirls
  • 2:23

  • 17
  • Suicide City
  • Dahl, Jeff
  • 2:44

  • 18
  • You're Gonna Miss Me
  • DMZ
  • 2:31

  • 19
  • One Way Ticket
  • Breakaways [2]
  • 2:12

  • 20
  • Don't Give It Away
  • White Flag
  • 2:55

  • 21
  • The First Time
  • Jones, Amanda
  • 2:29

  • 22
  • Summertime Fun
  • Nikki & The Corvettes
  • 2:05

  • 23
  • Almost Summer
  • Surf Trio
  • 2:05

  • 24
  • Baby Hold On
  • Martians
  • 3:33

  • 25
  • New Fast Car
  • Imajinary Friends
  • 5:54

  • 26 (2)
  • International Rescue
  • Swell Maps
  • 2:24

  • 27 (2)
  • Open Throttle
  • Allan, Davie & The Arrows
  • 2:21

  • 28 (2)
  • Do the Pop
  • 2:29

  • 29 (2)
  • Porno Beach
  • Smogtown
  • 2:37

  • 30 (2)
  • Junkie Son
  • Pushers
  • 2:26

  • 31 (2)
  • Monsters
  • US Bombs
  • 2:40

  • 32 (2)
  • City Slang (Edit)
  • Dodge Main
  • 4:26

  • 33 (2)
  • (Annie Got) Hot Pants Power
  • Lovemasters
  • 3:34

  • 34 (2)
  • Mr. Fruity Pants
  • Silencers [US #2]
  • 3:57

  • 35 (2)
  • Brazil
  • Falco, Tav Panther Burns
  • 3:57

  • 36 (2)
  • Maximum G
  • Certain General
  • 5:02

  • 37 (2)
  • Hippopotamus
  • PePG!RLZ
  • 5:36

  • 38 (2)
  • Face on the Factory Floor
  • Fowley, Kim
  • 3:03

  • 39 (2)
  • Monk in Orbit
  • Sinclair, John [1]
  • 3:41

  • 40 (2)
  • Do It!
  • Pink Fairies
  • 3:02

  • 41 (2)
  • Garbage (Edit)
  • Deviants
  • 3:56

  • 42 (2)
  • Looking at You
  • MC Five
  • 2:52

  • 43 (2)
  • I Need $100
  • One String Sam
  • 2:35

  • 44 (2)
  • Night Time Is the Right Time
  • Sykes, Roosevelt
  • 3:34

  • 45 (2)
  • Space Is the Place
  • Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra
  • 8:20

    • Credits

    • Sun Ra
    • Organ, Keyboards, Vocals, Piano
    • Ron Kleim
    • Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
    • Irene
    • Vocals (Background)
    • MC5
    • Performer


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