Norton Records Newsletter

FRIDAY APRIL 28

A-BONES! MONOMAN! ACTION SWINGERS! GUILTY HEARTS! GHETTO WAYS!
Gas up the go-kart, cause Brooklyn's gonna be atilt when this bevy of bashers comes to call at Union Pool! Double dippin' DJ's The Thing With Two Heads will keep the floorboards hoppin' twixt stage antics on this birthday of Ann Margret, Saddam Hussein, and Jacques Du Tronc among others! Union Pool, 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Brooklyn NY (718) 609-0484 Doors at 8 PM Dig the poster for the show at http://www.nortonrecords.com

SPEED CHANNNEL SNAGS A-BONES' INSTRO DONUT RUN FOR THEME SONG!
Sports Car Revolution (sister show to Dream Car Garage) employs the insane A-Bones instro Donut Run as the theme music for their Stutz Blackhawk project, where the Stutz is rebuilt over four episodes of SCR! if you missed the first two parts- they will rerun, for now dig the essential
EXHAUST segment. VAROOM!

Wed Apr 12 7:30 PM "Body Work at Oaktown"
Wed Apr 19 7:30 PM "Stutz Drivetrain"
Wed Apr 26 7:30 PM "Stutz Interior and Exhaust"
Wed May 3 7:30 PM "Stutz Custom Rims"
Coming Show schedule:

Wed 7:30 PM, Thurs 7:30 AM, Sat 10:00 AM
http://www.sportscarrevolution.com/stutz.html
Episodes will repeat in sequence throughout the year, check the SPEED Channel for repeat schedule.

MAY 5 (FRIDAY)

SMASHED! BLOCKED! 4TH ANNIVERSARY SHEBANG!
Join NYC in its salute to JOSH STYLES and his massive SMASHED! BLOCKED! all-nite stomp nites wherein he edumacates the youth of today with the loud sounds of yesterday... forevermore! MR. STYLES is just back from a whirlwind tour of London Town where he brandished his bash and then stocked up on savage sevens specially for this big town wrap of FOUR ON THE FLOOR! THIS IS IT! THE WILDEST FOR 4 YEARS!!! DJ JOSH STYLES will be joined by guest loud sound platter pushers BILLY MILLER & MIRIAM LINNA (Norton Records), magnificent MICHAEL ROBINSON, and the unbeatable PEPPERMINTWIST! Plus Go-Go dancers Miss ANNA COPA CABANA and TOSHA MARQUEE! 10 PM-4AM! Free! Open Bar 10-11 PM! BEAUTY BAR 231 E. 14th St. Btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave. NYC http://www.smashedblocked.com

MAY 6 (SAT)

HASIL ADKINS TRIBUTE AT UNION POOL STARRING BLOODSHOT BILL!
Join lovely, energetic Hasil fan Miss Candace and one-man band par excellence BLOODSHOT BILL with a host of talent in a meaty night of mayhem in trib to Haze, who passed away on April 26th, one year ago at home in West Virginia. We'll all be there in spirit, even those of us who will have flown the coop for Ponderosa Stomp. Talk about a good-thing pile-up!

MAY 8-9-10 (MON-TUE-WED)

PONDEROSA STOMP
Last chance for tickets, people. Get to the Stomp site NOW if you plan on goin' South for the blast of all blasts! The Alarm Clocks will set the barre on Monday night, people, and we warn you not to miss what will be a pivotal moment in you-all's lifetimes. Do not be late for ths WAKEUP CALL! The Clocks have recorded eight songs at Freddy Fortune's famed Detroit basement studio including THE LAST TIME for Norton's Rolling Stones 45 Series... and rest assured.. they DELIVER! Ohio gods Bruce Boehm (guitar), Bill Schwark (drums), and Mike Pierce (bass, vocals) are joined by their greatest fan turned guitar player Tom Fallon-- they blew the doors off the Beachland Ballroom, I fear greatly for the mental status of uninitated in Tennessee! But we digress! Check out the three day roster: we get the return of legendary, atomic WILD GUITAR man Arch Hall, Jr... the tall, cool, Fabulous Wailers from the great Northwest... the exciting Roy Head... Clarence "Frogman" Henry, wild man Joe Clay, Jay Chevalier, Willie Tee, Eddie Bo, Alvis Wayne, begloved Warren Storm, garge band excellence from the legendary Bad Roads, beautiful Barbara Lynn, bodacious Archie Bell, Scotty Moore, DJ Fontana, the godlike Sonny Burgess, Hayden Thompson, Ace Cannon, Hi Rhythm Section, mind-blastin' Travis Wammack, Willie Cobbs, Kenny Brown and the Bo Keys, The Nightcaps, Kenny & the Kasuals, Lady Bo, Billy Boy Arnold, Jody Williams, Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics, Little Freddie King, Clifton James, James Blood Ulmer, Dale Hawkins, Dennis Coffey, Wiliiam Bell, and more! Apply adjectives liberally! Holy mackerel! What a line up! Be aware, people, that Question Mark & the Mysterians will not be appearing even though some ads list them. (We will miss you Q!). Keep up to date with show times at http://www.ponderosastomp.com. See you there!

MAY 20 (SAT)

A-BONES MEET THE WOGGLES AND LIVE TO TELL (MAYBE)!
Stay tuned for info on this massive Magnetic Field blowout! Atlanta stompers join forces with Brooklyn whompers! Washable frocks encouraged. Spare fuses, strings welcome. Advance info: Magnetic Field, 97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, 11201 - (718) 834-0069 http://www.magneticbrooklyn.com

R.I.P. Geno D’Alessandro 1937-2006
The A-Bones join with every rock n' roll combo on the planet that ever had the great fortune of playing at Geno's in Portland, Maine in passing regards along to his family, friends and fans.

Geno's memory will blaze on, always!

RECORD RELEASE RENDEZVOUS! FASTEN SEAT BELTS PLEASE... THEE NEW RELEASES ARRIVE JUNE 6!

THEE MIDNITERS - IN THEE MIDNITE HOUR!!! (Norton 315 LP/CD)
Get ye ready for the first ever comp made up exclusively of these East LA kings' top 1964-67 stompers! NO BALLADS!! Just one souped-up killer after another! Whittier Blvd. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love/Jump, Jive And Harmonize/Gloria/Love Special Delivery/Thee Midnite Feeling/I Found A Peanut/Never Knew I Had It So Bad/Down Whittier Blvd./Empty Heart/Looking Out A Window/Do You Love Me/Dragon-Fly/Hey Little Girl/Money/Welcome Home Darling/Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly/Land Of A Thousand Dances (extended live version)/Down Whittier Blvd. (Godfrey vocal) - pounds like no manana! Release announcement in next newsletter. We are deeply saddened at the recent departure of Midniters arranger and horn man ROMEO PRADO, who passed away this month in Los Angeles. This album will be to his memory. GOD BLESS ROMEO.

KING KHAN & BBQ - FLIGHT 505/THE FLAKES - STUPID GIRL (Norton 45-9653)
Yes, the label with the able stable has finally landed the in-demand duo for our Rolling Stones trib series, in which we try to alert the inert public about the essential excellence of this relatively unknown English combo by having the hottest names in entertainment today interpret their bucolic chart bubblers. The King Khan & BBQ Show's version of Flight 505 is flip sided by the fabulous FLAKES rendition of the introspective Stupid Girl on this AFTERMATH twin spin ripper!

THE U-TURNS (Norton EP-129)
Celebrate the death of Garage Rock with the only band that matters! This four song unissued (you'll hear why!) tape of 1966 teenage hi jinx includes a truly demented 1:10 version of 7 And 7 Is, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Get Off My Cloud and a stunning take of the Beatles' I'm Down. Makes Green Fuz sound like Green Day!

LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT!

MARY WEISS TO RECORD WITH THE REIGNING SOUND ON NORTON!

Norton Records is proud to announce the signing of Mary Weiss, lead singer of the Shangri-Las, to the Norton cavalcade of stars... Mary is set for a spring NYC recording date with THE REIGNING SOUND... Billy Miller and Greg Cartwright to produce ... Mary is selecting from a batch of great new comps from today's most talked-about songwriters including Greg Cartwright, John Felice, Andy Shernoff, Jackie DeShannon and others TBA... Mary's first album of new material since 1965... Mary is geared up for her return to the studio and STAGE... and so are we! Mary was fifteen years old when she and her sister Elizabeth (Betty) began singing with identical twins Margie and Mary Ann Ganser in their Cambria Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York, as students at Andrew Jackson High School. They soon came to the attention of George "Shadow" Morton and shot into the charts with massive hits on the Red bird label including Remember (Walking In The Sand), Leader Of The Pack, Give Him A Great Big Kiss, I Can Never Go Home Anymore, Give Us Your Blessings and Out In The Streets.

The Shangri-Las gave a voice to real teenagers, with Mary's explosive lead vocals delivering emotion packed melodramas that made them one of the most consistently exciting groups of the day. Look for our interview with Mary on the Norton website in April, when you will learn where she's been and where she's going, setting the record straight about her days as a teenage rock n' roll star. Says Mary: "I'm excited by the opportunity to work with Billy, Miriam, some great writers and a kick ass rock n' roll band!" Hail, Mary Weiss, ultimate cultural icon!

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