After knocking at the gates of ruin with a double-LP last time, we're shouldering the shovels once again instead of wasting the profits on the Bahamas. And, yes, there still is some soil unplowed, the toture never stops...
Striking platinum after decades of gold digging is quite an unlikely affair, but just what happened when we occasionally stumbled over the unlabeled private pressing released by The Chatles in 65. Needless to say that the band called Berlin (West) their home. Just listen to the raging political statements concerning the city's most famous building (now defunct). Both sides are essential and in a moment of madness we decided to give you full charge instead of making you chew your fingernails waiting for Vol. 11 (which in embryonic format already tickles the amorphous brain of yours truely...). Next is another 45 from 65, again no label but at least an address. Eric & His Misfits are one of the few hard-core punk bands from Stuttgart captured on vinyl. Our hometown had many (just remember Born To Raise Hell in the 60's, Abenteuer unter Wasser in the 70's and The Pinkees in the 80's), but they all seemingly were allergic to studios. Ha, studio! This one sounds like recorded in a trashcan. And don't call it a coverversion. Rufus Thomas would deny any paternity...
An EP on Balex records brings us Buzz Bennett from Basel, with a charming example of the naive art of Pop-Psych, Swiss style.