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Artist:	SCREW
Title:	Banks of the River/Devil's Hour
Label:	SHAGRAT (UK)
Format:	10"/CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SHAG 009EP

"A 10" single by legendary '60s band Screw. Screw were a psychedelic blues quintet from south London whose chief claim to fame was their support spot at The Rolling Stones Hyde Park concert in July 1969. It was subsequently written up in Richard Neville's Play Power book. The group released no records during their brief heyday (1967-'70) but Shagrat has unearthed its only two extant recordings 'Banks of the River' b/w 'Devil's Hour' recorded in May 1969 under the supervision of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. With nods towards Captain Beefheart, The Misunderstood and Free, the band featured Chris Turner (harmonica), Al Kinnear (guitar), Nick Brotherwood (drums), Stan Scrivener (bass) and Pete Hossell (vocals), and they played many gigs at the time including The Roundhouse, Eel Pie Island and The London Guildhall. The 10" comes in an intricate package all designed by Savage Pencil and includes a special fold over inner sleeve (featuring photos of their Hyde Park appearance and an extensive history of the band written by Shagrat boss Nigel Cross) plus a bonus CD of 'Psychedelic Harps,' a lengthy, exciting blues harmonica duel between Chris Turner and Pete Hossell."

Artist:	FORMERLY FAT HARRY
Title:	Mariachi Riff Live and Free Music
Label:	SHAGRAT (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	SHAG 010LP

"Second archival release in one year by this fabled late '60s band, featuring Bruce Barthol -- ex-Country Joe & the Fish. Formed in Croydon, Surrey, UK in 1969 by Barthol and two mates from Berkeley, California, Gary Peterson and Phil Greenberg, Formerly Fat Harry were managed by the legendary Blackhill Enterprises (Peter Jenner and Andrew King, original managers of the Floyd) -- they played many gigs in the UK before their demise in 1972, such as two of the Hyde Park free concerts, Phun City, and the 1970 Bath Festival, as well as many college and club gigs. The band's one and only eponymous LP on Harvest Records didn't really reflect their true capabilities (Hux released a far more interesting selection of material from the group's own archive early this year Goodbye For Good) -- a fabulous mix of country, blues and psychedelia. This Shagrat LP reflects another side of the band -- FFH could also be very experimental, playing in odd time signatures and they were completed by a series of the greatest UK jazz drummers -- Laurie Allan, Alan Jackson and John Marshall. Side two of this limited edition 500-only vinyl LP features two free music tracks recorded in 1969 -- something the band rarely did live. Side one features a 24-minute version of their much-loved favorite 'Mariachi Riff,' which has been favorably compared to the best live work by both the Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service -- an epic acid-rock tour de force. It was recorded live at Aylesbury Friars in December 1970. The original tapes have been digitally transferred and mastered by Ron Geesin. Packaged in a beautifully mind-blowing sleeve by legendary British psychedelic designer Mike McInnerney (who designed the sleeve for The Who's Tommy), the LP comes with a nice insert with photos, gig adverts from the era and an evocative essay about the band by long-time fan, Colin Hill. Limited run of 500 copies."

Artist:	WEAVER, CHICKEN LEGS
Title:	Wishbone Hands
Label:	SHAGRAT (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	CLUCK 001

Trio from Sheffield, England of slide guitar/vocals, upright bass & drums. Cover art by Billy Childish. Liner notes by Mick Farren of the Deviants. Press: "Bee-stung guitar, vocals dug up in some gravel pit, Chicken Legs Weaver create some of the most feverishly destroyed R'n'B in recent memory.." - Byron Coley, Arthur magazine. "The Debut Album Nowhere [produced by Johnny Dowd] has a timeless, stateless feel -- equally redolent of dingy northern cities and the plains of middle America .. essentially, this is international blues of the very highest calibre.." - Joe Cushley, 'Blues Matters' magazine / 'Ballin' the Jack' on Resonance FM 104.4. "Clearly the best band the UK has produced in a while.." - Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth. "Hard times, lost loves, missed connections and dangerous visions, common to all, concealed from none, but each murderously twisted to the tenor of the times. Too true to be any easy, diamond-ring tall-shucking tale - and too good to be ignored by those who know the shouts and moans - the howling of the mighty Wolf and the graveling of the exalted Captain -- and all the rest who have moved, red-eyed, in from the special places where the brain and the heart and the hand strike the ever-particular smokestack-sparks -- and the words that make strong men weep, women wail, and policeman turn in their badges. Cheap gin will make you blind, but the clear truth will never fail you. The blues will set you free....Chicken Legs Weaver play the blues -- and plays it right, right? Not a bad one in the barrel. So help me, Hannah." - Mick Farren.

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Artist:	REDBIRDS, THE
Title:	Truth Justice and a Wholesome Packed Lunch
Label:	SHAGRAT (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$6.00
Catalog #:	SHAG 002