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5O
years of Motown
The sound of the young american in Spain

50
YEARS OF MOTOWN - THE SOUND OF THE YOUNG AMERICA IN SPAIN
Find
out about the history of the most important label in the world thru
the
sleeves of ALL the picture sleeves and labels of their spanish 7"'s.
160
full color glossy real 7" size pages devoted to Tamla Motown
production in
Spain from its licensees in the early 60s to proper Tamla 7"s.
Up to 1973,
the complete collection of all singles and Ep's (all 5000 and 7000
series).
All picture sleeves issues & demos, special & curious back
sleeves,
rarities, withdrawn, nos 1, signed sleeves, memorabilia, only spanish
promo
cards, the only promo booklet... and a brief history of the label.
Price:
20 euros + P&P
Limited
edition of 1000 numbered copies. Go ask +info or directly buy it
from 50motown@gmail.com before
they are all gone.
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A
pop & psychedelic comix from Italy
The
adventures of Molly Jones

 
Written,
illustrated and coloured by Max Galli. Introductory
note by New Untouchables' Rob Bailey.
Max Galli's full colour sexydelic masterpiece, starring hip
London sexy girl and secret agent Molly Jones. Set in 1967-1968
period, with plenty of psychedelic graphics.
50 pages, hard cover. Available in English only.
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THE
AUTHOR

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Max
Galli was born and raised in Rome, Italy. Illustrator, graphic designer
and art director at Ultrapop Publishing, he published several books
of graphics, comics and fiction, realized sexy pin ups and psychedelic
posters, all influenced by or inspired to the 60s pop cultures.
Passionate
about comics and illustration since he was a child, he starts to
work profes-sionally- as a freelance designer and illustrator -
as early as 1989, developing during the years a very personal style,
yet influenced by pop-art, psychedelic late-60s graphics and by
artists like Guido Crepax, Guy Peellaert, Nicholas Devil, and the
american illustrators Bob Peak e Peter Max. Max joins the roman
Mod Scene in 1991, and his way of drawing begins to evolve into
a 360°Sixties-oriented style. For the roman Mods he creates
the newsletter "Keep On Trekkin' and produces an industrial
quantity of drawings and cartoons till 1994, while publishing illustrations
on various local and national magazines.
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Specializing
later in pin-up illustration, he moves to London in 1998, where
- influenced by the local Mod/60s Scene - completes his graphic
style with loads of sophisticated details. He goes back to his homeland
in 2003 and starts to produce new material. With his wife, Kristina,
opens Ultrapop Publishing in september 2005, producing high-quality,
limited edition books and pop-psychedelic posters.
Ultrapop
Publishing
is a small, independent publishing company with big ideas, specialized
in pop art and cultures, especially the 60s and early 70s.
Born
in september 2005 from a previous publishing company called Cool
Beat Press, which was based in Croydon (UK), Ultrapop has been created
by Max Galli, illustrator and graphic designer, and Kristina Di
Cesidio Galli, pop artist and Max wife.
As
a publishing company, Ultrapop produces limited and unlimited edition
graphic and illustrated books, posters, fiction and essay books
and other 60s related artwork, working with like minded people worldwide.
Please
visit our website at: www.ultrapop-design.com
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The
Rare Soul Fanzine from Spain Issue 8

THERE'S
THAT BEAT! ISSUE 8 - 2ND ANNIVERSARY EDITION
To
all our readers across the globe, Issue 8 of TTB! is due to be
shipped around 29th July. To order your copy now, please visit
www.theresthatbeat.com - we also have a limited supply of back
issues available that can be purchased from the same site.
This
issue takes a look at The Jimmy Radcliffe Story - Jerry Ross (His
own words) Berry Gordy's Soul Label and much much more - don't
miss out on your copy order now!!
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A
bubble-gum book from France

www.martyrsofpop.com
www.myspace.com/jeanemmanueldeluxe
www.myspace.com/martyrsofpop
Bubblegum
& Sunshine Pop
Magic
sweets
By Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe
Illustrated by Bart Johnson
Foreword by Bertrand Burgalat
Bubblegum and sunshine pop ? What on earth are such oddities ?
Some pop music, true, and at its best for sure, but what else ?
On
the bubblegum side, one gets catchy tunes and sound candy, naive
and joyful lyrics : let´s just mention, to name a few, Lio´s
Banana Split, Yummy Yummy Yummy by the Ohio Express or Britney´s
Toxic. On the sunshine pop side, one is bathed with elegiac vocal
harmonies, smooth arrangements mingled with rock´n´roll
brisk
rhythms : see for instance the Beach Boys´ Barbara Ann or
Del
Shannon´s Runaway. Actually, it seems that you have already
been
indulging in bubblegum and sunshine pop, without even noticing it
!
These two genres, which quite often converge although they are
truly distinct ones, go "snap, crackle and pops" in the
listener´s brain, a real treat for auditory canals ! And in
these
sullen times, here´s a good way to cheer up, folks !
The history of contemporary amplified music (as civil servants
would name it) owes indeed far more than one may think to such
seemingly "light-hearted" genres : that´s why the
latter
needed reevaluation, as they are much too often unrecognized.
Let´s have a dream, then : you are on an endless summer beach,
where, as the sun´s orange rays beat down, you are busy roasting
marshmallows; You are still in the grip of a Banana Split-like
flash caused by one of these ecstatic concerts given by the Flaming
Lips; You are daydreaming about the Hawaii promised by Sean O´
Hagan´s High Llamas´ record covers ... open your eyes
now and
don´t lose any moment; settle in your most comfortable armchair,
sipping your favourite soda : this book is going to guide you
through to unbeknownst magic countries ! Heaven was at hand, and
you didn´t know it ...
JED is a journalist, performer and pop culture activist. He writes
for Standard Magazine, gonzaï.com website and France 2 TV channel,
as well as for Nude Magazine (England) and Roctober (USA). He´s
both a producer and the Managing Director of French multimedia
label Martyrs of Pop (music,cinema, etc), and is as we now speak
involved in the making of records with artists such as Sean O´
Hagan.
Bubblegum
& Sunshine Pop - édité
par "Autour du livre"
est disponible à l'Irma - distributeur de l'ouvrage
par
Jean-Emmanuel Dubois
illustration de Bart Johnson
préface de Bertrand Burgalat
Bubblegum
pop? Sunshine pop? Mais qu'est-ce donc que ces étrangetés-là
? De la pop, et de la meilleure, mais encore? Côté
Bubblegum, ce sont des mélodies accrocheuses, du bonbon sonore,
des paroles joyeuses et naïves : Banana Split de Lio, Yummy
Yummy Yummy des Ohio Express, Toxic de Britney Spears
Côté
Sunshine, ce sont des harmonies vocales élégiaques,
des arrangements suaves mêlés au rythme entraînant
du rock : Barbara Ann des Beach Boys (ou même ses versions
françaises, qui vous sont peut-être plus familières,
Marylène des Martin Circus, ou la publicité pour Babybel,
vous savez, Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-bybel
), ou encore le Runaway
de Del Shannon, que vous connaissez peut-être mieux par la
reprise de Dave, Vanina (-ah -ah -ah). En réalité,
il semble bien que vous ayez déjà savouré de
la bubblegum pop et de la sunshine pop sans même le savoir
! Ces deux genres distincts mais qui souvent se rejoignent font
«snap, crackle and pops» dans les têtes, une vraie
fête pour les conduits auditifs. Et en ces temps de morosité
ambiante, voilà qui redonne du baume au coeur. L'histoire
des musiques actuelles amplifiées (comme les nommerait un
agent d'État) doit beaucoup plus que l'on veut bien l'admettre
à ces musiques que l'on décrit comme étant
légères. Le moment est donc venu de procéder
à une réévaluation critique de ces genres bien
trop méconnus. Alors, faisons un rêve : vous êtes
sur la plage d'un été sans fin, où, à
mesure que le soleil nocturne darde ses derniers rayons orangés,
vous faites griller des marshmallows. Vous êtes encore sous
le coup du flash en forme de Banana Split récemment reçu
lors d'un de ces extatiques concerts des Flaming Lips. Vous songez
tout éveillé à cet Hawaii promis par une pochette
de disque des High Llamas de Sean O'Hagan
Ouvrez maintenant
les yeux et ne perdez plus un instant. Installez-vous dans votre
meilleur fauteuil en savourant votre soda préféré,
ce livre va vous guider vers des contrées magiques et insoupçonnées.
Le paradis était là, à portée de la
main, et vous ne le saviez pas
Jean-Emmanuel
Deluxe est journaliste, performer et activiste es pop culture. Il
collabore notamment à Standard Magazine, gonzai.com et France
2 ainsi qu'à Nude Magazine (Angleterre) et Roctober (États-Unis).
Producteur, il dirige le label multimédia Martyrs of pop
(musique et cinéma) et prépare de nouveaux albums
avec quelques artistes très sunshine dont Sean O'Hagan des
High Llamas.
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A
rock&roll dictionnary from France

www.martyrsofpop.com
www.myspace.com/jeanemmanueldeluxe
www.myspace.com/martyrsofpop
Le
dico du rock'n'roll au cinema
Thi
is the subjective dictionary of pop spirit and aesthetics at the
cinema, featuring rock films with iconic figures such as the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, the Sex Pistols or Led Zep, but
also some paths through fields of surprises and true discoveries
( the Spotnicks, Toomorrow, Slade, The Phinx). With sheer humour
and fancy, the book acts as a real panorama, from Danger Diabolik
to Les Coeurs Verts (a true rarity featuring a Serge Gainsbourg-penned
soundtrack),from the cinéma d´auteur to exploitation
movies stuffed with sub-culture, having been breast-fed to flashy
colours and sexy "vroom vrooms", rhythmic shindigs and
lysergic transports. Mods, punks, romantics, hippy vampires, pop
art femmes fatales, Teddy boys and
phoney spies, they all mingle in a zany pop stampede; beach movies,
biker movies, deviant satanist movies, bubblegum movies with leftists
out of a Hannah & Barbera cartoon, psychedelic weirdness directly
imported from Swinging London : blimey, what a tremendous fun
you get when reading such book !
THE
BOOK
Appearing
as a learned dictionary being attractive for newcomers as well
as bursting with discoveries even for movie buffs and music lovers,
the book does not claim to be exhaustive, but aims at leading
readers to go and see (or see once again) a whole piece of sometimes
misunderstood cinema genres. It should be read whilst listening
to good film soundtracks.
KEY IDEAS
Very
well-documented, scholarly, funny, well-illustrated and original.
A kind of pop spirit exhales from every page. The book
entices you to go and practice jerk dancing with Barbarella on
Planet Moog. The foreword by Christophe Lemaire, king of loony
popular cinema, gives even bigger credit to the whole.
THE AUTHOR
Jean-Emmanuel
Deluxe is a specialist in pop culture who has collaborated with
and written for : Standard, Keyboard, Clark,
Playboy, Crash, Gonzaï, Roctober, Misty Lane, The Idler,
Nude Magazine. Mr Deluxe contributed to books such as Les Destins
Brisés du Rock by Bruno de Stabenrath (Scali) or the Dictionnaire
des Images (Nouveau Monde), has written for Alex Jaffrey (Telematin
music chronicles on France 2 TV channel). His name can also be
found, next to April March´s, in the credits to Quentin
Tarantino´s recent Deathproof ! Founder of Eurovisions music
label (featuring works by April March, The Witch Hazel Sound,
Pete Aves, which he all introduced to French audiences), this
self-declared provincial dandy is busy preparing a follow-up to
his Tribute to Alain Delon & Jean-Pierre Melville album, co-written
and produced with Alexander Faem, which featured Jacno, Saint
Etienne or Helena Noguerra. The new album will be promisingly
entitled Hollywood 1, Rouen 1 (his hometown), and will benefit
from the talents of Sean O´ Hagan, Faust, Dondolo, April
March, Bertrand Burgalat, Misawa Masanori, Nicolas Vernhes, Canned
Ham, Hélène Pince (what a cast of characters !).
Monsieur Deluxe now presides to the destiny of Martyrs of Pop,
a label which is specialising in "pop chic", releasing
vinyls, CDs or DVDs (the last with the help of Chalet Films).
Mr Deluxe has also published a book on bubblegum and sunshine
pop and worked as a radio and TV host. He is a full-time entertainer
for the numeric age with a taste for the analogic.
Le
dico du rock'n'roll au cinema
Le
dictionnaire subjectif de l´esthétique et de l´esprit
pop au cinéma. Des films rock avec les icônes que
sont Les Beatles, les Rolling Stones, les Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley,
Les Sex pistols et Led Zeppelin mais aussi des chemins de traverse
via des surprises et des découvertes (Les Spotnicks, Tomorow,
Slade, The Phynx) . L´ouvrage avec humour et fantaisie propose
un panorama de " Danger Diabolik " aux " coeurs
verts " (rareté avec la musique de Serge Gainbourg)
du cinéma d´auteur au cinéma d´exploitation
de toute la culture biberonnée aux couleurs flash, au sexy
vavavoum, aux rythmes tatapoum et aux transports lysergiques.
Mods, punks romantiques, vampire hippies, femme fatales pop art,
blousons noirs et espions pour rire se rencontrent au sein d´une
folle sarabande pop. Films de plages, film de bikers, films satanistes
déviants, films bubblegum avec des gauchistes sorti de
Hanna & Barbera et folies psychédéliques sorties
du swinging London on s´amuse bien avec ce bouquin.
LE LIVRE :
Dictionnaire érudit à la fois attrayant pour les
novices et gorgés de découvertes même pour
les cinéphiles et les mélomanes. L´ouvrage
ne prétend pas à l´exhaustivité mais
vise à donner envie de voir, revoir et découvrir
tout un pan parfois incompris de la cinéphilie. À
lire autant tout en écoutant des bonnes musiques de films.
IDÉES FORTES :
Très documenté, érudit, drôle, illustré
et original. L´esprit pop exhale de toutes les pages. L´ouvrage
donne envie de danser le Jerk avec Barbarella sur la planète
Moog. La préface de Christophe Lemaire le roi du cinéma
populaire et azimuthé pérennise la démarche
de l´ensemble.
AUTEUR :
Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe est un spécialiste es pop culture
qui à collaboré et écrit pour : Standard,
Keyboard, Clark, Playboy, Crash, Gonzaï, Roctober, Misty
Lane, The Idler, Nude Magazine. Mister Deluxe à collaboré
aux " Destins brisés du rock " de Bruno de Stabenrath
(Scali), au dictionnaire des images (nouveau monde) et écrit
des textes pour Alex Jaffray (rubrique musique de Télématin,
France 2). On retrouve le nom de Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe aux coté
de celui d´April March dans le film " Deathproof "
(" l´autoroute de la mort ") de Quentin Tarentino.
Créateur du label euro-visions (April March, The Witch
Hazel sound, Pete Aves) cet auto-proclamé dandy de province
prépare une suite à son album réalisé
avec Alexander Faem " Tribute to Alain Delon & Jean-Pierre
Melville " ( featuring Jacno, Saint Etienne, Helena Noguerra).
L´album se nommera " Hollywood 1, Rouen 1 " et
bénéficiera de la présence de Sean O´
Hagan, Faust, Dondolo, april March, Bertrand Burgalat, Misawa
Masanori, Nicolas Verhnes, Canned Ham, Hélène Pince...M
Deluxe s´occupe désormais du label Martyrs of pop
spécialisé dans le chic pop sous forme de vinyles,
Cd´s et DVd´s (avec Chalet Films) . M Deluxe à
écrit un ouvrage à paraître sur la sunshine
pop & la bubblegum , animateur radio & TV c´est
un entertainer de l´ère numérique avec un
goût pour l´analogique.
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A
band from Spain

ROCKET
MONAS
Rocket
Monas comienza partiendo de las ganas de hacer música,
pasarlo bien y pervertir a la humanidad de Maicol Lover ( ex Eyeliner,
Orange Peel, Sonosphere), antes cantante y ahora aporreando los
tambores y "Dirty" Fernando conocido vividor Asturiano
Dj y ahora también alcalde de Malasaña, barrio en
el que viven ambos y en el que suele verse a los Rocket Monas
haciendo el mal.
A ambos les une la determinación de montar una banda y
tras varios intentos probando diferentes guitarras encuentran
gracias a un amigo, al señor David Reacción, un
increíble guitarrista recién llegado de Ávila,
en donde tiene su otra banda La Reacción. Ahora en Madrid
como buen adicto al rock n roll tiene la necesidad de tocar, supongo
que es por eso que elige a los Rocket Monas para saciar su mono
de machacar su Fender.
Al mismo tiempo Dane Le Style un gentleman venido de Asturias,
también habitual Dj y fijo de la noche Madrileña
decide colgarse el bajo de un heavy amigo suyo y juntarse a los
Monas para tocando el bajo hacer vudú y pervertir a las
jovencitas.
Por ultimo llega a la banda la más grande servidora del
Fuzz de la península ibérica, Lucia Di Monti (Eyeliners,
Holdens, Fuzztones, Cynics) que decide arrimar su Farfisa a estos
cuatro seres ignominiosos nombrados anteriormente, compaginando
Rocket Monas con su otra banda Las Jennys De Arroyoculebro y otras
colaboraciones. Aun no se creen estos Monas la suerte que han
tenido al contar con Lucia y su malvada y cavernícola manera
de tocar el teclado.
Rocket Monas esta lista!!
Empiezan las ofertas de bolos y casi sin tiempo, en dos meses
preparan un repertorio que va del Garage sucio de bandas como
Fuzztones o Gravedigger V de los primeros 80, al 60's Punk de
Texas o la elegante, oscura e inquietante psicodelia inglesa de
finales de los sesenta pasando por una mezcla de Rock & Roll,
Punk, Soul y mucha, mucha actitud. En escena la tremenda voz de
"Dirty" Fernando, los desgarradores riffs de David "Reacción",
las bases rítmicas eléctricas de Dane Le Style al
bajo y Maicol Lover a la batería y por encima de todo el
Farfisa de Lucia di Monti.
Rocket Monas!! yeah yeah yeahhh ha!!!!!
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