Due Sept. 5, 2009 : "Forty One Sixty: The Songs of The Shambles" (JAM/ Blindspot Records 109)
"Forty One Sixty: The Songs of The Shambles" (JAM/ Blindspot Records 109)
Release date September 5 2009
24 worldwide artists perform songs written by The Shambles.
Details: Features artists from Spain, England, Serbia, Canada, Sweden, Australia and the U.S.
Some tracks are previously released. Lots of exclusive songs are included. Two tunes aren't sung in English. One scored a prize*.
Includes appearances from power-pop all star (and actor) Robbie Rist (The Brady Bunch, TMNT, etc), 70’s UK Mod legend Anthony Meynell (Squire), 80’s British indie heroes Yeh Yeh, Risk frontman Mark Le Gallez, Mike Kamoo (Lights On / The Stereotypes), Ray Brandes (The Tell-Tale Hearts), Victor Penalosa (The Quarter After/ The Fuzztones), Earle Mankey (Sparks), Patrick Dennis & Christopher Hoffee (Steve Poltz) and many more.
TRACK LISTING:
1) Static Halo (San Diego) – The American Way (Mendoza)
2) Yeh-Yeh (England) – And We Still Feel The Same (Mendoza)
3) Mark Le Gallez & The Eddies (UK/US) - Don't Know Where To Start (Donaker-Ring)
4) Liebling (Denmark) – Survive* (Riddervold/Mendoza) (2003 EMI Publishing Award)
5) Happy Losers (Spain) – Blurs Somewhere (Mendoza/Morris)
6) The Lola's (Alabama) – I Can't Don't Want To Faster (Mendoza)
7) The Sleepwalkers featuring Action Andy (San Diego) – Days & Maybes (Mendoza)
8 ) The Kingpins (Canada) – Plan of Action (Mendoza)
9) The Anna Troy Band (San Diego) – 31968 (Mendoza)
10) Eva Braun (Serbia) – Blindspot (Mendoza/Morris)
11) The Andersons featuring Robbie Rist (Los Angeles) – Rain or Shine (Mendoza/Morris)
12) Mod Fun (New Jersey) – Nothing Can Be Everything (Mendoza)
13) The Ringles (Illinois) – Innocence Becomes You (Mendoza)
14) Rachael Gordon (San Diego) – Fun at Your House (Mendoza/Morris)
15) Jeremy (Michigan) – I Believe (Mendoza/Morris)
16) Marie Haddad (San Diego)– Where You Are (Mendoza/Morris)
17) The Hipnotes (Michigan) – Change (Donaker-Ring)
18) Sugarplum featuring Anthony Meynell (England) – Confidence & Love (Mendoza)
19) Herb Eimerman (Illinois) – All Sorts (Mendoza/Morris)
20) Afterglow (England) – Of Heart & Soul/For Jamie (Mendoza)
21) The Eddies (Los Angeles) – Jungle Beat (Mendoza) version 1
22) The Truckee Brothers (San Diego) – The Waiting Game (Mendoza)
23) Cockeyed Ghost (Los Angeles) – Brilliant (Mendoza)
24) Mega Super Ultra (Illinois) – Confidence & Love (Mendoza)
A worldwide collection of songs originally recorded by long running American rock group’s Manual Scan and the Shambles. The connection between the two bands is vocalist Bart Mendoza and guitarist Kevin Donaker-Ring, mainstays of both combos, who have now been performing together for over 30 years. While the tunes were originally a rock 'n' roll, garage, mod, power-pop hybrid these recastings are stylistically diverse. Witness San Diego twang and stomp favorites the Sleepwalkers take on "Days and Maybe's", here recast as a Mexican cumbia, or Spanish rockers The Happy Losers energetic romp through “Blurs Somewhere.” Then there's the blistering power-pop of Los Angeles based Cockeyed Ghost, and a terrific "Plan Of Action," updated ska style by Canada's Kingpins. Seventies British mod hero Anthony Meynell (Squire) was a big influence on the band's songwriting, and here Meynell returns the favor with his new group Sugarplum and a brilliant rendition of "Confidence & Love." Meanwhile top pop rockers the Anderson's contribute one of the biggest surprises here, an otherwise unreleased tune from Mendoza's archive. It's a truly eclectic collection. Mendoza penned most of the material here, but long time followers of the band will be thrilled to find additional songs from Donaker-Ring. While a few numbers have been previously released, the majority of the music here is brand new and includes artists from Spain, England, Serbia, Canada, Sweden, Australia as well as the U.S., all adding up to an inspired new take on the music of Manual Scan & The Shambles.
Online purchasers can find the album at JAM Recordings (www.jamrecordings.com), Kool Kat Musik, Not Lame, CDbaby and I-Tunes.
For more information please contact:
JAM Records www.jamrecordings.com
Mendoza mendozab@juno.com
The Shambles www.theshambles.net
The Shambles www.myspace.com/theshambles
www.myspace.com/fortyonesixtysd
4160 Songs of the Shambles now at JAM (online) & M-Theory (retail)!
M-Theory Records in Mission Hills / San Diego (next to the library on
Washington Street) now has advance copies of Forty One Sixty: The songs of The Shambles in stock! Only $9.99 plus, at this location only, you score a free bonus disc , containing an exclusive Shambles track, with purchase!
M-Theory Music
915 W Washington St
San Diego, CA 92103-1806
(619) 220-0485
www.mtheorymusic.com
The Spring Collection, The Shambles reviewed in Goldmine by John Borack
The Spring Collection
The Spring Collection’s new one, titled In Between
(Blindspot Records), is another low-key, below the radar
treat, with leader Joe Mendoza (brother of Bart Mendoza
from longtime mod-pop stalwarts The Shambles) offering
up 13 swell examples of his hyper-melodic style, all
sung in a winning, everyman voice with plenty of
Rickenbacker jangle. Covers of the Everly Brothers, UK
mod gurus Squire and The Jetset, and The Byrds (an
unplugged take of “Mr. Spaceman”) fit in nicely.
The Shambles
An entertaining all-covers record by The Shambles. 20
Explosive Hits (Black Cherry Group) is a ball from start
to finish, cobbling together 22 tracks dating from
1992-2007 that were released as singles or recorded for
various comps and tributes.
It’s certainly a varied record, with nifty versions of
tunes by everyone from The Birds (Ron Wood’s first
group), The Zombies, Oasis and the Monkees to Connie
Francis (a storming, yet sweet, version of “Warm This
Winter”), Sam Phillips, Neil Diamond and the Cardigans.
Any band that can pull off a version of the Mary Tyler
Moore Show theme (dolled up here as a warm, jangly
treat) as well as Ringo Starr’s “Snookeroo” and even
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” — in a medley with “Rhythm of the
Rain,” for corn’s sake — is worthy of attention. Genius
move: taking the Raspberries’ countrified “Might as
Well” and turning it into a nice little power-pop number.
John Borack / Goldmine - Rave On Column
Anna Troy is the cover artist in the July issue of the
San Diego Troubadour !
Dave Humphries is working on his follow up to "...and so
it goes..." with Mike Kamoo once again at the board- he
was featured in The San Diego Reader on July 4 !
New "Blindspot Showcase" series at the House of Blues on July 5.
Skelpin's new album won't be titled "The Singing Bird"
after all- new Title TBA, but the band has just wrapped
the disc, with Alan Sanderson (Weezer/Rolling Stones)
behind the board!
Work on Staring at the Sun VIII has begun.... look for a
Winter release
