Reviews of things I bought from The Salvation Army.

...because you need to know these things.

The Radmanics - 100% Rip Roaring. demo tape
This is from 1997 and as far as I know, this band went nowhere. Unless YOU heard of them, and you haven't so don't lie. They seem to be from PA. Anyhow, at best, they sound like The Bouncing Souls, and at worst, they don't sound like The Bouncing Souls. Their name is The Radmanics though, and that's awesome.

Frankie Randall - The Mods & The Pops LP
I bought this for two reasons. Reason one being, the first sentence on the back of the record is: "When Frankie Randall first approached me with the idea for this album, my immediate reaction was: sheer modness!", and the second reason is because last night I was watching this pretty not good horror movie called 'Kiss Me Kill Me' and there was a good amount of music in it that I could only describe as 1960's Sleazy European Trash-Pop and for some reason I thought this MAY sound like that. It doesn't though. It kind of sounds like Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra singing over slightly hipper music. Or, like alternate takes of The Love Boat theme song. It's not bad I guess. It's sleazy and cheesy enough where it sounds like it can be in an old movie, and lately, I just want to listen to music that sounds like it was sin bad old movies.

OMP Soundtrack to 'Live and Let Die' LP
I'm pretty into spy music, but it's not like I have a lot of it or I'm well versed in it. I just like it because it sounds sleazy. I wasn't really sure if this would have a lot of spy music on it, because it's for a Bond movie from 1988 and it's the Baron Samadi Bond movie. Unfortunately, the record sounds like someone shit on it then used it to polish something, so I can't even really listen to it. On the plus side, the cover art is world-beating and worth the 49 cents the record sent me back. If I were nice, I'd post a picture of the cover art, maybe I'll do that at the end of this lil' post.

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger LP
This is just one of those things you have to buy if you see. Especially me, because I'm a huge Rocky fan. The record itself is in surprisingly excellent condition. Actually, it's not that surprising. Survivor really doesn't have very many good songs besides 'Eye of the Tiger', so it's not like you have to listen to the rest of the record. I will say though, if you get a chance to check out the backside of this record, do it. These guys look like the biggest douchebags ever. Like people who are real into shitporn and smelling their own farts. Fuck Survivor.

The Beach Boys - Endless Summer 2XLP
The Beach Boys - Spirit of America 2XLP
When I was like 4, my two favorite bands in the whole world were Blondie and The Beach Boys. There's a good chance it's because those were the only bands I knew of when I was 4. None of this is important though. Both of these records (or all 4 actually) are Greatest Hits types of things. Endless Summer is filled with a bunch of songs I'm familiar with and everyone is familiar with. Although none of them are off of Pet Sounds, which kind of bugs me, because I can't find a cheap copy of that record ANYWHERE EVER.
Spirit of America is filled with a bunch of songs I'm not familiar with and then all The Beach Boys songs about cars, all of which I hate. There are also no songs from Pet Sounds on this collection either. If you're all into The Beach Boys, I think you can get that Endless Summer set anywhere for $3 or under. I always see it around.

James Bond Live And Let Die artwork