Now that red wig is the bomb. I am going to grab a blue or purple one John. But only wear it when I am watching your new videos. {smile} That was cool. I still cannot believe how popular Dino Jr has become. We used to see them in clubs like the Middle East and Storyville. You could kind of tell that they had something unique from the get-go. I liked the Vibrasonic single. Cool looking label on the Loop single. I have a few original Spaceman 3 albums. I liked them. But I did not think that they were overly brilliant like some people say. Skullflower is new to me. Pretty heavy sound. I get agitated thinking about the music of today. I mean what the heck happened to the music as we knew it? There were so many bands to see and hear in the seventies, eighties and nineties that you could not keep up. If I hear one more thing about Taylor and Travis I am going to move to the UK. The media in the country is the worst. Anyways. Enough babble. That was fun to watch John. Your videos are informative and always enjoyable~ Rob/Boston
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
Cheers Rob! I think a blue wig would suit you... Back in the mid 2000s when I was on holiday in the US I went to the Middle East and saw Bill Callahan / Smog, supported by Antietam.
@CineSceneZone
5 ай бұрын
Stuart Dennison, the drummer from Skullflower, used to hangout in the house I was living in at the time. When they had a new single released, he would bring it into my room to give it a listen because I had a decent turntable. I saw them live once, but wished I'd bought the singles when I had the opportunity.
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
Interesting memory! I wish I had more Skullflower singles, great noisy stuff.
@vinylizingprogger
4 ай бұрын
Fun intro as always John! I keep getting an itch to check out more singles. Thankfully my son was a bit impatient when I went to the record store today. The Spacemen 3 sample spoke to me in particular. Have a great weekend, Richard
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
Happy Easter Richard. I don’t buy as many singles as albums but there’s something appealing about limited edition 45s or tracks which don’t appear on related LPs.
@TheVinylVoyage-ud3uf
5 ай бұрын
Lots of nice singles there… so many great bands from that time. I hadn’t heard of Vibrasonic before, but that’s right up my Straße. The Opal cover of Indian Summer sounds really cool too… away for a listen. Cheers, Jack
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Jack. After making this video I found another single by Vibrasonic which is even better.
@nearwildheaven4840
5 ай бұрын
Hi John, cool stack of singles or "45's" as we used to say. Really liked the Vibrasonic single, sample sounded great. I had a CD of Flying Saucer Attack years ago, now you've rekindled my interest in that band. I love the Fall but don't have any singles of theirs. Loop is cool, the song Pulse is from their album Fade Out. Nice Spacemen 3 single, another band I love. Skullflower and Redd Kross sounded good too. Now I want to go dig through my singles box! Take care John.
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Michael. I only have one Loop album and a 12” but would like to find more. I do like Flying Saucer Attack though it is very lo-Fi stuff.
@carltweed942
5 ай бұрын
Hi John. I must be feeling nostalgic, because I've developed a real soft spot for the Brit Pop era. I turned the sound up on Radio 2 the other day when they played Echobelly. We could certainly do with some new guitar pop bands taking inspiration from UK pop of the 60s, 70s and 80s ... I got into Dinosaur Jr. after seeing them on a show called Snub TV ... Bucketfull Of Brains is much missed by me too ... Seminal Twang is much missed too. I was due to see Redd Kross live, but their UK tour was postponed due to Covid and eventually cancelled.
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
I think the only Britpop band I like are Lush, though they straddled shoegaze and a later poppier direction. Bucketfull of Brains turned me onto lots of great music and bands
@carltweed942
4 ай бұрын
@@baggyhi-fi8628 I was listening to 'Lovelife' recently, when Lush went power pop. What a great record ... When I think of the Paisley Underground, Medway garage bands, the Flamin' Groovies/Barracudas, the Soft Boys/Katrina and the Waves and Australian 80's garage rock, I think of Bucketfull Of Brains.
@cosmicvinyl2937
4 ай бұрын
Hey John! Yeah I remember being way into late 80’s & 90’s Grunge rock & Alt Rock while it was going on! Of course I was hanging around with guys who were in bands like that so I was biased. But man there was some really great bands Some actually had some psych leanings like Screaming Trees. And some were heavily influenced by 70’s Hard Rock like Soundgarden. The bands that were the most interesting were the ones who didn’t necessarily make the big time like TAD, Green River and Mudhoney. One of my faves tho was Mother Love Bone. I know we don’t talk a lot about those grunge/alt rock bands here in the VC but my theory is that these bands didn’t have a lot of material released on vinyl LoL! Check out a 90’s band called Tripping Daisy Poppy Alt Rock with elements of psych and maybe a bit of punk I think you might like em! I went to see Dino Jr awhile back in a club and my ears were ringing for a week! They were great but super loud! Killer guitar heaviness! Love Redd Kross In fact I showed them in my last video! I’ve been meaning to pick up some Vibrasonic. Some great singles here! Man I keep telling myself I won’t go down the 7’ rabbit hole but yall are tempting me into that direction! Haha! Thanks for sharing John! ✨✌️👽✨
@resistor27
4 ай бұрын
Yeah I liked Tad, Mudhoney, and Mother Love Bone more as well. I was into all this stuff in the ‘90s and saw most of these bands. Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Guided by Voices. It was great.
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot Cosmic B. Yep Dinosaur Jr were always LOUD. Have never heard of Tripping Daisy but they sound appealing.
@Harrispilton22
4 ай бұрын
I Definitely remember Firehose, their debut album is one of my favourites. Slovenly were ok as well. I was a huge fan of early grunge Mudhoney, Tad, Nirvana, but it became boring quite quickly. I loved the frantic nature of the U.K. music press...& looking back it was rare that they dropped a band that were actually worthy of much more attention. As a BritPop survivor, probably like yourself I watched the whole thing unfold like a slow motion nightmare. Signalled the end of the weekly music press really, although the internet would have killed it off anyway. Wonderful selection of singles.
@Harrispilton22
4 ай бұрын
Yes Mudhoney did a rather sarcastic version of Spacemen 3’s ‘Revolution’ which is actually fantastic...the Spacemen begged to differ! 😂
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
I’ve looked at some old 90s music papers and frantic is the word. Do you remember the Melody Maker championing ROMO, which was apparently a new romantic revival?
@Harrispilton22
4 ай бұрын
@@baggyhi-fi8628 I do indeed! I’m a bit of a product of the Music weeklies. Simon Price invented it, it was quite Brighton based..& frequently average! Then came the New Wave Of New Wave...which kind of bled into Britpop. It’s seems almost extraordinary looking back the power the weeklies developed by the nineties..in conjunction with Steve Lamacqs evening session.
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
@@Harrispilton22 True! also remember something a bit further back which was tagged ‘Positive Punk’. Another flash in the pan...
@gatefold33
5 ай бұрын
In the 90s I remember telling a colleague who was a big Beatles fan that Oasis were way better and he should listen to them. I have now seen the light and purged my Oasis vinyl albums...Those singles are way too good for the garage John, glad they were rescued...
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
It’s mad how Oasis were thought of as the second coming. All that Blur versus Oasis controversy also now seems to have been an example of clever marketing.
@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147
5 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure Q Magazine declared Oasis as the second coming of the Beatles lol. I had recently bought an album by The Heads, it was great. Do you collect a lot of singles John? Your openings are still the best in the VC. Loved the diversity on your singles today
@baggyhi-fi8628
5 ай бұрын
Hi Steve, yes I need to get more records by The Heads. I like singles, though I guess they’re not that popular in the VC. Hard to believe now that Oasis were supposed to be the best band of all time...
@soundsfromthewestcoast9939
5 ай бұрын
Is the red wig available in the Baggy Hifi merch store? Glad to hear someone else has the same opinion of grunge and Britpop as I do. I've got 6 or 7 Heads albums. I was put onto them by my friend Dave Cambridge who runs the Cardinal Fuzz label He released 3 or 4 albums by them on CF. Flying Saucer Attack were a name I used to see mentioned quite a bit and always thought they'd be up my street, but I'm afraid the needle drop didn't do much for me. Did like the Vibasonic though. Funnily enough just recently bought a couple of Loop reissues along with an album by Pete Kemper's band Spectrum (which was particularly good). Great to see PXR5 in the background. I'm a massive fan of that album - has some of my favourite Hawkwind tracks on it - Death Trap, Uncle Sam, Robot, and High Rise in particular. Have a great week John.
@baggyhi-fi8628
5 ай бұрын
Yes I do think Grunge was massively over-hyped. There was so much better music around at the time which should get more credit. I think I do need to get more by The Heads. Have seen a few people speak highly of them on the VC. The Loop record I’m after is the Peel Sessions comp. Is that one called Wolf Flow? PXR5 is a recent purchase. It’s brilliant. I believe there are some Hawk fans who don’t like the Robert Calvert tracks but I love them to bits! Hope you have a good week and a Happy Easter. 😊
@Russell.S
5 ай бұрын
I love that FSA Distance compilation. Great to hear these singles, thanks!
@seanwelch71
Ай бұрын
Hi, My name is Sean Welch, of Madison, WI, USA, and I enjoyed your silly intro. My reason for writing here is to tell you about my upcoming annual radio program, "What is Psychedelic?" I'll be taking part in a DJ reunion at WWSP 89.9 FM, Stevens Point, my home town. The radion station is a service of the University of Wisconsin campus there. Both are truly local treasures. I'll be on Sunday August 11, at Noon to Three CST (our Central Time). I'll be playing a lot of music like this. The station is online of course.
@baggyhi-fi8628
Ай бұрын
Thanks for letting me know Sean!
@spmoran4703
Ай бұрын
Red hair doesnt suit you. Red hair doesnt suit me and I was born with it.
@robison5396
5 ай бұрын
I think the main issue with grunge and Britpop was that the movements were overhyped and many of the bands just sounded too derivative ..i certainly never really liked Oasis and Noel Gallagher is a complete tet imho. That said, on the grunge front i think Nirvana and The Pixies had an authenticity that set them apart. however acts like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam were kind of Zeppelin wannabes and all a bit turgid to be honest. Some interesting singles John, Dinosaur Jr and Spaceman 3 were probably the only 2 i was familiar with..i also liked Spiritualized that Jason Spaceman did afterwards. Nice cooy of PXR5 in the background..love Jack of Shadows on that album.
@baggyhi-fi8628
4 ай бұрын
You are spot on re. Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, though some US music fans still seem to hold them in high esteem. Loving PXR5, which is a recent purchase. Off to see Hawkwind this Friday at Newcastle City Hall.
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