FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Shake Some Action LP (colour vinyl) experimental The very essence of punk

The very essence of punk is a contemptuous “fuck you” to convention anyway

it's just perfect

guitarist and singer PAUL SAMSON had replaced Bernie Tormé (of Gillan fame) in the band Scrapyard before founding Samson

Nightmare punks on a hallucinatory run through empty streets

It remains dark and desperate music but is more in line with John Fahey and Syd Barrett then the psychopathic rock of Venom P Stinger or Dead C

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Shake Some Action LP (colour vinyl) experimental The very essence of punkMastered by Kevin Gray from the original 1976 master tapes. Includes inner sleeve with tape box scans. Pressed at RTI on limited colour vinyl. Highly recommended. The Flamin' Groovies were a band out of time. Formed in 1965, they played lean, hard driving boogie and had a sharp cut, stylish image in a San Francisco scene that was more about free love, secondhand clothes, and 28 minute modal jams. That raucous, explosive version of the band lasted