***"Oh yass! More unissued stuff, way more pix and stories of Boston's finest Rock & Roll band. Essential? We'd leave this decision up to you, but definitely a must for ye Real Kids fans out there!" Twenty-four previously unreleased Real Kids cuts—kicks off with ten crude rehearsals from April/May 1976, of which six were never re-recorded in a studio setting, plus fourteen live cuts from 1976-1977 chosen as best from a stack of 31 cuts. 21 originals and 3 cover songs all housed in a double gatefold LP, plus innersleeve crammed with photos, zine clippings and liner notes. CD version includes a 20-page booklet.
CD $23.75
12/14/2018
2XLP $38.95
12/14/2018
***"Oh yass! More unissued stuff, way more pix and stories of Boston's finest Rock & Roll band. Essential? We'd leave this decision up to you, but definitely a must for ye Real Kids fans out there!" Twenty-four previously unissued REAL KIDS cuts—23 live from 1977-1978 chosen as the best from a stack of 44 songs, plus one crude rehearsal from April/May 1976. 19 originals and 5 cover songs in double gatefold jackets with innersleeve crammed with photos, zine clippings and liner notes. CD version includes a 24-page booklet.
CD $23.75
12/14/2018
2XLP $38.95
12/14/2018
***“A three day engagement at Boston’s Rat club (Jan. 20, 21, 22) kicked off the release of THE REAL KIDS premier LP for Red Star Records. The club was packed to capacity despite the two-odd feet of snow and ice which had closed several of the city’s main thoroughfares during the week. Sunday, Red Star and The Real Kids celebrated the official release of RS-2 with friends, fans and members of the press with a party at a local bowling lane, with beer and pizza to boot. Everyone was a real kid (for the afternoon at least) as boots got traded in for bowling shoes and rock & rollers hit the pins to the tune of piped-in recordings of the Kids’ favorite records, past and present, including their own slice of vinyl history, of course. The highlight of the weekend came that evening with a live broadcast on WCOZ-FM, one of New England’s top FM stations. Featured on the live show were several tracks from the new LP, entitled simply, THE REAL KIDS.”—Miriam Linna (1978). And THIS here is that night. Imagine that the Real Kids have somehow drunkenly stumbled from the bowling alley over to the Rat. Then imagine that a hammered band could pull off a set like this. Yes. The Real Kids were just THAT DAMN HOT. Packaged in gatefold jackets with double-sided printed insert.
LP $22.85
05/11/2018
***Eight previously unissued proto-punk godheaded rippers from the pre-REAL KIDS combo THE KIDS recorded on Nov 10 1974—plus four previously unissued Real Kids demos from Spring 1977, recorded by DJ OEDIPUS at WTBS radio station with 1 mic suspended above the band! CD includes ten bonus blasts recorded at the Rat, January 22, 1978. CD packaged with a 204-page booklet, LP packaged in gatefold jackets with 32-page 12”x12” booklet.—both crammed with tonsa liner notes, NEVER SEEN photos, flyers, press-clippings, info, etc on John Felice’s days with The Modern Lovers, his combos The Children’s Rock & Roll Band, The Kids, and the Real Kids! There was a young Boston lad named John Felice who took it upon himself to say “F.U.” to the current dull-ass folkie/prog/Top 40 crap and blast forth with HIS OWN fucking vision/riproar and, most important, POP SONGWRITING MASTERY of Groovies/ /Kinks/ Stones/ Stooges/ VU/ Dolls-influenced rip-roar. In 1970 at age 15 John Felice formed the Modern Lovers with next door neighbor Jonathan Richman. At age 16 John Felice formed his own band, which Jonathan Richman named The Children’s R&R Band because Felice was in 10th grade and drummer Paul Murphy was in 9th grade and lead singer Ricky Carmel was in 6th grade. A band consisting of teenagers covering the unissued Velvets’ “Foggy Notion” was certainly an oddity in the age of Zep/singer-songwriter folkie pap. Felice departed the Modern Lovers in January 1973 to concentrate on The Children’s R&R Band, who soon became The Kids, then...
LP $30.45
05/11/2018
***Eight previously unissued proto-punk godheaded rippers from the pre-REAL KIDS combo THE KIDS recorded on Nov 10 1974—plus four previously unissued Real Kids demos from Spring 1977, recorded by DJ OEDIPUS at WTBS radio station with 1 mic suspended above the band! CD includes ten bonus blasts recorded at the Rat, January 22, 1978. CD packaged with a 204-page booklet, LP packaged in gatefold jackets with 32-page 12”x12” booklet.—both crammed with tonsa liner notes, NEVER SEEN photos, flyers, press-clippings, info, etc on John Felice’s days with The Modern Lovers, his combos The Children’s Rock & Roll Band, The Kids, and the Real Kids! There was a young Boston lad named John Felice who took it upon himself to say “F.U.” to the current dull-ass folkie/prog/Top 40 crap and blast forth with HIS OWN fucking vision/riproar and, most important, POP SONGWRITING MASTERY of Groovies/ /Kinks/ Stones/ Stooges/ VU/ Dolls-influenced rip-roar. In 1970 at age 15 John Felice formed the Modern Lovers with next door neighbor Jonathan Richman. At age 16 John Felice formed his own band, which Jonathan Richman named The Children’s R&R Band because Felice was in 10th grade and drummer Paul Murphy was in 9th grade and lead singer Ricky Carmel was in 6th grade. A band consisting of teenagers covering the unissued Velvets’ “Foggy Notion” was certainly an oddity in the age of Zep/singer-songwriter folkie pap. Felice departed the Modern Lovers in January 1973 to concentrate on The Children’s R&R Band, who soon became The Kids, then...
CD $26.95
05/11/2018