British 60s psychedelia (especially all the little bands like Argosy, Peter & The Wolves and Turquoise who nobody remembers), that whole Gene Clark/Dillard & Clark/Byrds/Dillards axis, the mighty Jimmy Campbell RIP, The Liquor Giants, The Who, Donovan, Big Star, American Beauty by The Grateful Dead, Sandy Denny, Kontiki by Cotton Mather, The Hollies, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Boulders by Roy Wood, The Mixers, Parallelograms by Linda Perhacs, The United States Of America, Ennio Morricone, The Kinks, Fuzzy Felt Folk, Did You Give The World Some Love Today Baby by Doris, The Bee Gees circa 1967-69, The Easybeats, John Pantry, early Fairport Convention, The Monkees, Anyway That You Want Me by Evie Sands, Teenage Fanclub, Crosby & Nash, Wil Malone, The Move... man, there's tons of this shit!
Also books, writers, movies and telly like Big Sur, Charles Bukowski, The London Nobody Knows, The Wicker Man, The Sweeney, Richard Brautigan, Harvey Pekar, Billy Liar, Woody Allen, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, Lester Bangs, Midnight Cowboy, Children Of The Stones, Puffball, John Fante, M R James and others.
Plus record cover designers like Marcus Keef, Roger Dean and Storm Thorgerson and psychedelic artists Johnny Hurford, Peter Max, Nigel Weymouth and Alan Aldridge.
Sounds Like
Someone who can't actually sing or play any instruments properly and should have stayed behind his drumkit but has lots of lovely friends egging him on and wants to be the new Fairfield Parlour.
Band? Ha! Originally, it was just a bunch of demos that managed to evade being recorded by any of the bands I was in at the time (The Nerve, Bronco Bullfrog) and have now taken on a life of their own. I decided to make something of them and cut them at home with drums and electric instruments in my own slapdash, homespun kinda way.
Anyway, after two years of being badgered and harangued by friends and freaks I finally put the record out on my own label just to shut them up. It's called Makes Your Ears Smile, it comes in a lovely digipak and you can buy it from the following bespoke outlets for a lot less than you'd think:
The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder's Friend Space (Top 24)
The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder has 403 friends.
Hi there...will be playing Elliot Sunshine this Friday on my Radio Base Camp weekly radio show on WPKN in Bridgeport, CT (USA) Streams and archives at wpkn.org
¿QUÉ CANCIÓN ESCOGERÍAS COMO PRIMER SENCILLO? / WHICH SONG WOULD YOU CHOOSE AS OUR 1ST SINGLE?
¡Hola a todos!
Ya estamos a punto de sacar nuestro primer disco, y hemos decidido consultaros qué canción escogeríais como primer sencillo del mismo: la más pegadiza, la que os guste más, lo que piensan vuestros amigos...
Recordad que podéis escucharlas todas en nuestro perfil.
¡Deja tu comentario en el blog y lo tendremos en cuenta!
¡Un abrazo!
Kool
Hi everyone!
Our first CD will be released soon, so we would like you to give us your opinion on which track should be our first single: which song you like the most or think is the catchiest one...what your friends think, etc.
Now you can hear the complete CD on our profile.
Leave us a comment, we'll take it into account!
Peace!
Kool
Who: The Paige Capo What: Introducing their newest model, "The Clik" When: Summer NAMM 2009 Where: Nashville, Tennessee. Booth 1406. Why: Because you asked for it.
I have been listening to BF, good stuff and the things about the 2 freaks in Spain, you know I really hope you lads are going to help me not to stay in such a situation because its bloody killing me!
Andy, it's great to hear from you again. Congratulations for the CSSR release and for the fantastic work on Shindig! magazine. Yes, it would be great to see you again, I hope you have plans to play again in Spain in the near future.
Hi Andy, this is my solo project, I hope you like it!! I really enjoyed The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder demo, I'm looking forward to hearing the definitive versions. Please release that record soon!!
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