Rip It Up RI update thread

[Bellino]

Rather than post a new thread for each band, I'll just update this one as new entries are posted.

Here's the Gemini Five / Oddballs:

http://ripitupri.blogspot.com/search/label/Gemini Five

I still need the Oddballs wax if anybody's got one to part with!

 

[Bellino]

Always assumed to have been from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the Nightrockers are in fact a welcome addition to the Rhode Island roster:

http://ripitupri.blogspot.com/search/label/Nightrockers

 

[Bellino]

It's been a few months but we'll kick off the first new entry of 2014 with a scorcher.

Listen!

http://ripitupri.blogspot.com/search/label/Hot Beats

 

[mr. splendid]

One of my fave unobtainable records ! Still remember the stirr it caused when a copy turned up in Allentown and changed hands after prolonged haggling .

 

[MopTopMike]

Yeah, Doug W. and Bruce kept upping the offer I made from the dealer who found it, I finally got the 45 in the end. But upon playing it at home, the groove distortion heard due to the styrene pressing / plays with a lousy needle caused me to trade it away.

 

[Bellino]

A rather lazy entry on my part, but an update nonetheless ... The Alibi:

http://ripitupri.blogspot.com/search/label/Alibi

 

[Nightrocker]

Couple of additions to existing pages:

A few Stonemen reunion pics added to their page (and for those who truly can't get enough, PM me for a dropbox link which contains tons more pics a few videos).

And the Mystic Five master tape has finally been located and digitized! All five tunes added to their page. One previously unheard original - let's say they picked the correct two songs for the 45.

 

[Nightrocker]

Kicking off 2015 with a brand new entry which can only be heard right here.

Enjoy!

 

[eargasm!]

Knocked it out of the park again, my friend. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Toddophonic]

Wow, "The Wash" is genius! Now please go out there and find a Mards acetate...I love that 45!

 

[Nightrocker]

A couple of more updates to existing pages:

The Questionaires (who the Mystic Five morphed into) 12" acetate has been located. All crude covers, but a cool listen nonetheless. Scroll down to the bottom of the Mystic Five page.

And FINALLY, the world gets to see a photo of Vigor Fisher! It's in Shaft-era early 70s, but nix the beard and you've probably got an idea of what he looked like when he cut his sides in 1961/62.