Look what showed up in the mailbox today… another rarity from Dig The Fuzz! I lack further info, but this seems to be one of the more modern projects DTF wanted to pursue at the time of the Astonishing Sound Show sampler. Sounds like modern UK Psych, but with all the trappings of yesterday's acid-tinged experimentations.
Happy New Year to all you Ladies and germs, faithful followers of this backward spot in the websphere! Time to get back to business. Here's the official Dig The Fuzz release of Diggin' Up Down Under. Now you can discover all the work that went into this LP, just compare it with the promo release. As usual, time is needed to listen and relisten to a bunch of tracks in order to find the perfect flow. Some weaker tracks are gone, the flow is seamless and the new songs are killer. This really showcases DTF impeccable taste and selection.
Just in time for Xmas, here's a rarity…One of the few Promo LP from Dig The Fuzz we ever found. You might know the Diggin' Up Down Under LP, chock-a-block full of Aussie and Kiwi Freakbeat nuggets. Well, this a rare occasion to see and hear the compiler at work. The tracklisting is very different as you'll discover when we will upload the official release. 
By popular demand, here's the back cover… nothing much to see there.
Final instalment of the Incredibe Sound Show Stories, this volume represents one the series' highest point: only the best Freakbeat is featured here.Again Ripped from one of our own mintish Vinyl, this really rips along. SAdly, IT IS the last volume Dig the Fuzz published, although there are rumors that many more volumes were planned. Why did they stop? A few people know…not me.
It took me a while to rip this volume (which I had to source first), sorry for that. After a few below par volumes, this one marks the return of the ISSS series to their usual level of quality.
This is again just a tease… Volume 15 never appeared officially and we don't even have an idea of the tracklisting… In any case, since it was probably made of unknown acetates, it would be extremely difficult to recreate. We are open to any help or hints, leave your comments. 
And now for something completely different: ASSS Vol. 1- Yes, that's not a typo. This promo only CD was meant to be the start of a new series for Dig the Fuzz, concentrating on the modern (read 2000) British Psych Scene.Honestly, before hearing this, I always suspected there were still a few bands here and there working ye olde Psych genre, but a scene? Well, you learn something new everyday. As a matter of fact, this is quite a pleasing surprise music-wise. You do get very period-sounding bands but also some who do give the genre a new twist.
As promised, fresh off the vinyl ripper, Volume 14 of the ISSS series. For once, instead of the usual acetates and promos, we have an interesting collection of overlooked songs, mostly from 45s, coming from all over the world. On this platter, you will find a track sung in Greek and for those of you with a tut on the end of your tongue cos it's not sung in the Queen's dear English, sorry it's not too late. Open up your mind (or learn Greek) and cor blimey! there's two of the blighters! So where are all those obscure American and British bands the "Real Psychedelic" stuff? Up your arse second shelf, mate… we start off this comp with a great unearthed gem of British Psych Pop by "Great Uncle Alfred". "Ex-Beauty Queen" carries on regardless of normality and sits neatly on the throne of insanity with a sitar flavored romp complete with the late sixties affection for rousing the Cossacks (Hey! Hey! Hey!) It only gets better with an early Giorgio Moroder song (yes, of Disco fame) and French, Belgian, Dutch and Australian gems. This will have you searching the dollar bins again for strange "foreign" 45s… Many a surprise is still waiting to be unearthed. (Adapted from the liner notes)This is just a tease… Volume 13 never appeared officially, but we might have some news on that shortly, as one of our international correspondants seems to have a promo-only copy. Meanwhile, we'll just move on to the next Volume, which should be online by tomorrow.
I'll be back in a few days with more sitar insanity, but meanwhile, you shall discover Volume 12 of the Incredible Sound Show Stories, which mark a return to better choice of songs.
Up for your enjoyment is another volume of the fabulous Incredible Soundshow Stories. This one features psych bands from UK and Europe and, with the exception of Jacques Dutronc, are obscure at best. Sadly, in my humble opinion, this is one of the weaker ISSS volume. It may be because the general tone is more pop than psych. I specially resent the inclusion of "Hippie Hippie Hourrah" which is a very ironic & scathing song about hippies (you guessed it) disguised as psychedelic song. If you don't understand French, it can be enjoyable, if you do understand, it is a travesty and a bit of a joke. That said, there is quite a few popsyke gems on this LP, I just find this collection has been assembled in a rush… not quite the same quality and flow Dig The Fuzz used to offer. There should still be enough Belgian and Dutch Beatles/Floyd sound-alikes in there to make you happy.
Another great compilation of acetates and little-known EPs. As usual with Dig The Fuzz, it's filled with very interesting discoveries… Ripped straight from the original limited edition LPee. Due to the varying quality of the originaly, this volume has a somewhat muddy sound. It's all part of the fun!
In the immortal words of Dig the Fuzz Records: "You have here a collection (gathered together by hideous phone bills, hedaches, loft insulated records and of course the sheer love of it all!!) of stupidly rare and obscure discs from foreign shores featuring lost and long forgotten British bands from the mid to late sixties.
Sorry for the delay in reposting, I had the classic hard drive crash - everything I've done in the past year has gone. Thankfully I've got a copy of the next Fools On The Hill, the Sitar Sizzler, Phew!
Even shorter post…It's summer after all! Another brilliant smorgasbord of rarely heard UK Psych, Freakbeat and Hard Psych. One of the best ISS comps, I have to say it goes slightly downhill after that one, untill the pure Freakbeat comps "Clap Hands, Daddy Comes Home" Still plenty of unknown gems here.
Very short Post today. Volume 6 of ISSS is up. One of their best UK Psych comps. Flows seemlessly between Toytown Psych and Medieval Madness. Lots of little known tracks, very well pieced together. A Must hear.
Time for instalment 5 of the Incredible Sound Show Stories, this time centered on the UK R&B scene circa 1964-65. Many gems à la Them and Yarbirds are to be discovered thanks to Dig The Fuzz Records and their world known Rubber Biscuit Studios. As stated on the original Lp, there has been NO digital remastering… and it does sound very original, let's say. Of particular note on this volume is The Silence, an early incarnation of John's Children and probably one of the few bands to really capture the essence of an era.
Short post for today. This is one of the best psych volume in the Incredible Soundshow Stories series…so good I am still listening to it years after ripping it. There's just one heavy prog/psych in the track listing, all the rest is absolute classics. The word "Psychedelic" is mentioned so many times on this comp that I will spare you the track listing! There's also too many favourites in there to start commenting them… you'd end up with another monster post.
More Freakbeat and Psych insanities from Dig The Fuzz label.
Second Volume of the ISSS series now up for grabs. This one has a definite Freakbeat/early Brit psychedelic tint to it. Again compiled from (very) hard to find acetates and master tapes, and ripped from the original Vinyl LP. Featuring rare John's Children tracks along with a BBC Interview… They sound all a bit full of themselves or were they out of their brains? There's also a heavy serving of the later incarnation of the Downliners Sect, when they discovered R&B was out and psych was in. All recorded as demo in a Medium's House with a band that was on the brink of exploding.
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