-V/A-Test Patterns CD (BDR #1) – A reissue of John the Mailman's St. Louis compilation LP brainchild from 1981. Straight up sing-along Punk, Power Pop, New Wave and a couple SKA-ish songs that have been big hits with SKA collectors! Chock full of unsung heroes! Two songs each by seven area bands. The Zanti misfits, The Strikers, The Oozkicks, etc. Remastered in brilliant hi-fidelity from the original tapes and featuring new liner notes.
-Raymilland-Recordings ’79-’81 LP+CD or CD (BDR #2) – Acid drenched Psych/Art Punk from the bowels of St. Louis. Hawkwind meets early p.i.l. and Bauhaus. Includes their 7", a track from an early Sub Pop cassette compilation and unreleased demos. Available as a limited edition LP+CD package of 500 copies in a silk screened jacket with insert or as a CD only in a CD wallet with fold out insert.
-The Welders-s/t 7”ep (BDR #3) – Amazingly great all female Glam Pop Punk band that started in 1975! Their unreleased four song EP from 1979. Comes in a glue pocket sleeve with fold out insert featuring previously unpublished photos and liner notes by original producer Steve Scariano. Cover stars of the Feb. 2011 Maximum RnR! The first pressing on red vinyl is already sold out, and the second pressing on black is going fast! Don't miss out!
-The Retros-Inner City Rockers - The Retros 1979 LP/CD (BDR #4) – Great undocumented Punk Pop band. An unreleased studio session from 1979 with their original line up! Limited pressing of 300 LPs with bonus CD featuring extra live tracks.
-Dear John-Frustrated Conversation - 30th Anniversary Re-Release 7" (BDR #5) – Dear John broke up before its original release in 1981, and it's been a tough find for Power Pop collectors ever since. We found out why, when Robert Kuhlmann of Dear John let us know he still had most of the original pressing in a closet at his mom's house! They had only printed a small number of the original sleeve, so we're repackaging that original vinyl with a new sleeve featuring a history of Dear John and more! A limited number of copies will also include a download card with bonus tracks. **SOLD OUT**
-Max Load-collection LP (BDR #6) –Killed By Death stars! Straight up Midwest style Punk, basement psych and homemade ROCK from Belleville, IL (St. Louis metro area). Their brilliant X Rod 7” from 1979 and a bunch of unreleased, demo recordings up until 1983. Like a punk rock Monkees dreaming about the L.A strip circa 1976. Pure pop culture junkie overload music!
-Page Three-collection (download only) (BDR #5.5) - 1983 saw Robert and George of Dear John with a new drummer and name change. After slaying the St. Louis locals for a couple years, they headed to L.A. This download only release will be a collection of studio material from their impossible to find cassette release, live songs from their energetic live performances and other things they turn up in their archives. Stay tuned for more details.
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30th Anniversary Re-release of St. Louis power pop 45!
St. Louis didn’t have the quite the thriving Power Pop scene as that of other blue-collar Midwestern cities Milwaukee or Champaign, but what little it did have was cut from the same cloth. Dear John was one of the few, and like their counterparts from those more Northern regions, they too worshipped ‘70s guitar-based pop like Big Star, the Shoes and the Raspberries.
The band only lasted a couple years, but they managed to release one regionally acclaimed single in 1981 on their own A.K.A. Records. They broke up the first time before the record was even back from the pressing plant, and even though they would briefly reform a year or so later....Dear John soon called it quits for good.
The single has been a tough find for Power Pop collectors, easily fetching $40-60 on auction sites. We found out why it has been hard to locate, when Robert Kuhlmann of Dear John let us know he found half the vinyl from the original pressing in storage during a visit to his mom's house! They had only printed a small number of sleeves at the time, so we've repackaged the remaining, original vinyl copies in a new sleeve featuring liner notes, gig posters and other ephemera. This re-release is limited to the 350 copies on hand. The first 100 copies include a download coupon for the single plus two bonus tracks from the same recording session.
