Record Time

Record Time covers obscure, unusual, forgotten and neglected records: used records get passed over a hundred times, but should have bought for a bargain bin price because they are great, if not interesting. It’s also about the arcane knowledge and stories one learns when they fall off the edge of fandom to freak.

The turmoil of the Gibbs family and the wonderful run of Bee Gees records when the brothers were at their personal worst; a hip hop through the Roxanne Wars, the longest running answer song spree ever; the splendid freakiness of Kentucky’s Sapat; The Frost and their horny masterworks; Finnish trash Smack’s hard rock perfection; guitar instro whizz Travis Wammack; a primer on the romantic darkness of the Mexican Bolero; Golden Earring and their struggle to crack the USA; the great 90’s garage punk label Bag of Hammers; the Allman Brothers Band on the skids; anti-punk songs by bitter old rockers; Japanese 70s teen idols Chaco & Hells Angels; steel band funk; country studs do rock & roll; Rocketship goes ambient; wretched music biographies; power pop zines; our 12x4 with Scott Derr, Erin Yanke, Joan Toledo, and Jello Biafra; and more!

Contributors include: Pete, Fred de Vries, Stella Beratlis, Owen Maercks, Johnny Sunshine, Eric Davison, Laurent Bigot, William Tutton, Mike Trouchon, Eric Friedl, Jay Hinman, Bob Beatty Ryan Wells, and others.