With
Record Store Day fast approaching, the fine folks at
Yep Roc Records just announced a Black Friday bonanza of releases from
The Fleshtones,
Los Straitjackets and the
Minus 5 – each containing at least some music you don't already own! Here's the scoop...
The Fleshtones – Budget Buster (Yep Roc Records)
Packaging: 12” Vinyl / red and orange splatter-colored
Limited to 1000 copies worldwide
Known as the “The Kings of Garage Rock” or “America’s Garage Rock Band,” there’s no debate that
The Fleshtones are one of the hardest working (and rocking) bands of all time. In the past decade, Peter Zaremba's crew has released loads of new music that rivals the best of their impressive 40-year run. The 12-song
Budget Buster collects some of their finest singles tracks and rarities over the last 10 years, many of which are long out-of-print and difficult to find. Fleshtones completists should note that Budget Buster includes two previously unreleased tracks and features a sleeve created by Mons. Zaremba himself!
Los Straitjackets – Sing Along With Los Straitjackets (Yep Roc Records)
Packaging: 12” LP with bonus 45 single
Limited to 1500 copies worldwide
Way back in 2001,
Sing Along with Los Straitjackets marked the first time the masked instrumental marvels featured vocals on their recordings, an endeavor they would embark on again later with Deke Dickerson.
Sing Along with Los Straitjackets features a party of musicians spanning the musical sphere, from
Nick Lowe playing bass on his own “Shake That Rat,” to collaborations with the always amazing
El Vez,
Raul Malo from
The Mavericks,
Exene Cervenka from
X,
Mark Lindsay of
Raiders fame,
Mike Campbell from Tom Petty's
Heartbreakers, and even instro royals
The Trashmen. Reissued on wax for the first time, every copy of the LP comes with a bonus 45 single featuring two rare collaborations from the Sing Along with… sessions featuring
Dave Alvin and
Reverend Horton Heat, who also appear on the album.
The Minus 5 – Dear December (Yep Roc Records)
Packaging: 12” LP | white vinyl
Limited to 1500 copies worldwide
In early 2017,
Scott McCaughey penned a few holiday numbers to submit to a well-known artist’s prospective holiday album. He became so inspired by the task that he wrote more than an album’s worth of material and decided to record that album with his group,
The Minus 5, which for this project includes
Peter Buck and drummer
Joe Adragna as core members.
A cool yule selection of 11 original future holiday classics,
Dear December includes collaborations with
Kurt Bloch, M. Ward,
Death Cab's
Ben Gibbard,
Mike Mills,
Colin Meloy (of
The Decemberists),
Chuck Prophet and a few other special guests. The deluxe white vinyl album comes packaged with an Advent-inspired calendar, a gatefold cover and digital download.
