{"id":648,"date":"2011-11-18T05:22:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T10:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:03:40","slug":"seven-inch-vinyl-roundup-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/18\/seven-inch-vinyl-roundup-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven-inch Vinyl Roundup, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continued from <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=647\">my last entry&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/rave_madnuts.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"212\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Rave \/ Madnuts &#8211; Double Single <\/strong><br \/>\nI loved Dave Rave\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=532\"><em>Live With What You Know<\/em><\/a>, so I figured I\u2019d dig his side of the single. \u201cRock the Party\u201d aims for anthem territory, and would have fit nicely on the soundtrack to <em>Rock &amp; Roll High School<\/em>. With its timeless vibe and vaguely <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=457\"><strong>Bo Diddley<\/strong><\/a>-sort of beat, it\u2019s easy to imaging a screen full of extras twisting and frugging to Rave and band as they chant \u201cI don\u2019t care\u201d and similar sentiments. On \u201cGimme Gimme Gimme\u201d Rave punks it up for a swaggering, slightly menacing rocker. Imagine \u201cPump it Up\u201d covered by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=509\"><strong>The Damned<\/strong><\/a>. Much harder-rocking than the platter of powerpop served up on <em>Live With What You Know<\/em>, Rave\u2019s side of this single likely captures something closer to his live show.<\/p>\n<p>The Italy-based <strong>Madnuts<\/strong> have a slightly Merseybeat approach, sprinkled with a more modern vibe a la <strong>Hoodoo Gurus<\/strong>. \u201cWe Need Time\u201d evokes the paisley underground scene of the 1980s, but ultimately owes more to the sixties. When a clanging piano figure comes in near the song\u2019s end, it\u2019s a surprise addition to what had been a simple riffy rocker. \u201cLiving Too Fast\u201d kicks off with a drum solo and then moves into a jittery, stuttering melody, then into an almost powerpop arrangement\u2026then back to the jitters. Then, a long and catchy guitar solo. The song is stuffed with more ideas than one usually finds in a three-minute pop song. As a sampler, this does the trick: I\u2019d love to hear more from these guys.<\/p>\n<p>The 7\u201d Dave Rave \/ Madnuts 33 RPM disc is encased in a sturdy four-color gatefold sleeve.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/supervacas.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ceiling Stares \/ The Super Vacations \u2013 Split 7\u201d Record <\/strong><br \/>\nThis limited-run 33 RPM disc is pressed on green or purple vinyl (mine\u2019s purple) and features one song from <strong>The Ceiling Stares<\/strong> and two by <strong>The Super Vacations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ceiling Stares\u2019 \u201cA Tunnel Though the Air\u201d combines sixties garage sonic elements \u2013 cheesy organ, distorted fuzz guitar \u2013 and creates something decidedly more modern in the process. Lots of spirited harmony vocals contrast nicely with the garage vibe, and a stomping beat propels this catchy rocker along.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Vacations play what we used to call pilled-up rock. Wedding pop melodies (with lush vocal harmonies) to an amphetamine beat, \u201cHexing\u201d is a bit reminiscent of The Lime Spiders. (I thought there was a second track called \u201cController\u201d but I guess they segue together.)<\/p>\n<p>Lovely packaging and full-color cover art on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continued from my last entry&#8230; Dave Rave \/ Madnuts &#8211; Double Single I loved Dave Rave\u2019s Live With What You Know, so I figured I\u2019d dig his side of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","category-vinyl","cat-65-id","cat-73-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32281,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/32281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}