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Announcement: New Machine Acquired!

UPDATE #1

09/01/11 — the extruder has been completely restored…..looks better than the day it was bought new!

Original post from 08/06/11 —

Wow, what a difference two years make!  We are approaching our 2-year anniversary this month, and to celebrate, what better way than to move a “new” pressing machine onto our shop floor!  (Well, we’d like to say we planned it that way, but in actuality, it’s just a happy coincidence).

On Thursday, we finished moving a Finebilt press and extruder to GGR from the former Boddie Recording Company pressing plant in Cleveland.

While this is certainly exciting news from the perspective of adding capacity, many of us here are perhaps even more excited about the back-story surrounding this machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas and Louise Boddie founded the Boddie Recording Company during the 1950’s.  Mr. Boddie brokered vinyl pressing through a handful of regional pressing plants throughout the 1960’s – mostly regional acts, but not of one specific genre.

In 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Boddie had the opportunity to purchase some of their own pressing equipment.  They moved two Finebilt presses into their eastside Cleveland garage, and built the necessary electrical and water lines to begin pressing wax in-house.  Throughout the 70s and most of the 80s, many  7” and 12” records were pressed in this small building.  There is a fantastic compilation LP (and cassette/CD) set, along with a small series of 7” records released by the Numero Group which chronicle many of the recordings pressed at Boddie.  The plant ceased operation in the mid 1990’s, and sadly, Mr. Boddie passed away in 2006.

Through a stumbled-upon 1960’s Billboard advertisement, and a tip by Cleveland music industry veteran Clay Pasternack, we were able to make contact with Ms. Boddie earlier this year.  The presses were indeed still intact in the eastside Cleveland garage, and the Boddie Recording Company sign still adorns the front lawn of the adjacent home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of us Gotta Groovies are vinyl consumers and music fans – many even musicians ourselves.  We are proud to be a part of what is not only a world-wide “vinyl resurgence” (as if records ever really went away); but perhaps even more excited to be a small part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame City’s resurging music movement.  We were humbled and excited when Ms. Boddie agreed to sell us the equipment, and we look forward to breathing new life into a piece of what in many circles is a legendary local music imprint.  Stay tuned as we rehabilitate this press into our operation…

Louise Boddie, 2011

Customer Highlight — Ressurection

Available now from Deathwish — I Am Not:  The Discography.

Within months the sound and ideologies that dominated the hardcore scene from the mid 80’s into early 1990 had literally collapsed as if an entire scene had “grown up” and gave in all at once. Looking back it should have come as no surprise. A scene that was predicated on being an individual had become as pathetically uniform as the world it claimed to disdain. It died because it no longer had a pulse.

In early 1991 a few friends decided that sound, feeling, and emotion was more important than mere memories, and that ideals didn’t need to be confined to the sounds of the past. There were no goals, no strategies, and no need to over think what could be. With that, a band was formed, and Ressurection set out to play as loud and as often as possible.

Musical influences? Black Flag, Bl’ast, Absolution, whatever. A message? At times straight edge, at times political and at times just hurt kids. Simply put the idea was to say what you feel and feel what you say, no limitation. Ressurection was noise and feeling.

Between 1991 and 1994 Ressurection played well over a hundred shows around the US while releasing 2 EP’s, an LP, and a few tracks on various compilations. The beauty of Ressurection? The sole focus on the energy of the live setting. The downside? That same sole focus on the energy of the live setting. When recording the “I Refuse” LP the band was in heavy debt from touring and used all of the recording budget to pay off their debts leaving $200 to record, mix, and master the record, and of course, buy something to eat during this process. The result was not pretty. Over the years this remained a regret shared by the members of the band.

In 2007, the idea of a discography was brought up to the fine people at Deathwish. Over a four year period, the recording reels were dusted off and Kurt Ballou completed a remix at Godcity Studios. Soon after, additional tracks were collected and the result is the 21 track “I Am Not: The Discography”, containing remixes of all three records, the band’s first recorded song, as well as their classic live set from KXLU in its entirety.  Here it is, on three limited-run colors of wax.

 

Customer Highlight — Shitty/Awesome

We are really pumped that Guest Room Records picked us to press the very first Shitty/Awesome full-length album!  This self-titled debut was recorded live in middle of last winter with Chris Harris at Hook Echo Sound. It features artwork from nationally renowned artist, Derek Erdman, as well as 13 tracks of the same outrageous, raucous post-punk this quartet spews out at their live shows. Catch their video for ‘Hang Up’ , and if you are anywhere near Oklahoma this weekend, be sure to hit up the joint Broncho & Shitty Awesome release party August 20 at Guest Room Records in Norman!  (set list below)

Set Times (approximately):
10:30 – Broncho
9:30 – Shitty/Awesome
8:40 – Dikes of Holland
8:00 – Boom Bang
7:20 – Easy Lovers
6:40 – Copperheads
6:00 – Crown Imperial
5:30 – Kerai Pantsu

Customer Highlight — Broncho

Harkening back to punk rock’s glory days of the 70s, Oklahoma outfit BRONCHO captures the aggression, DIY authenticity and youthful exhilaration of a bygone era and then drags it by the hair into the Here and Now, creating a fresh sound that’s unlike anything being played today. With echoes of The Replacements, Iggy and the Stooges and The Ramones, BRONCHO’s exuberant ten song debut Can’t Get Past the Lips is a blisteringly cathartic 20 minute flash of gritty, crunching guitar work supported by an assaultive rhythm section and made whole by songwriter Ryan Lindsey’s aggressive, yelping vocal work.

Released in conjunction with Oklahoma-based record label (and killer record stores) Guest Room Records, Broncho’s latest LP, Can’t Get Past The Lips, will be available on wax on August 20 at the exclusive Guest Room Records Broncho/Shitty Awesome Release Party (and available everywhere after that)!

  

 

A limited number of records were pressed on pink wax

Customer Highlight — Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Available exclusively from Shake-It Records!

The core Savages lineup of Whitfield/Greenberg/Lenker have reunited for a full-bore rhythm & blues fueled, rock n’ roll stomp. Savage Kings returns to the Savages’ heyday of their debut & Dig Yourself sound of an all-nite party blowout that you will pay severly for the next morning…. and isn’t that the way it should be??? Rave-up covers mixed with originals combine to serve up the return of the classic lineup that may very well out deliver the goods than those initial LPs… which says alot.  This limited edition LP includes a download code.

Customer Highlight — Urge Overkill

The first new Urge Overkill album in sixteen years, Rock&Roll Submarine marks the return of the 90s alt rock stars to the music world.  The album streets in the U.S. on May 10, and will be available at indie stores everywhere.  Can’t wait until Tuesday?  You can pre-order a copy through Urge Overkill and get instant access to a digital copy!

Urge Overkill spent 1996 in seclusion as they attempted to regroup. By the end of the year, tensions between members Nash Kato and Eddie “King” Roeser had escalated, resulting in Roeser’s departure from the band. Kato and Onassis continued on as a duo, leaving Geffen for 550 Music in early 1997. As the band was preparing its first album for 550 Music, Roeser was replaced with guitarist Nils St. Cyr. However, unhappy with the results, the label soon dropped them, upon which point Urge Overkill disbanded. Nash Kato released his solo debut, Debutante, in early 2000. In 2011, the band, which includes Kato and Roeser along with newbies Bonn Quast (drums) and Hadji Hodgkiss (bass), concluded production on Rock&Roll Submarine.

Customer Highlight — Soft Kill

Thank you to Fast Weapons for enlisting GGR for the first time on the brand new album by Soft Kill – An Open Door.

Soft Kill’s earliest experiments took place in September of 2010 and the name was decided upon the following month.  With no set agenda in mind, the pair –Tobias and Shiloe– crafted emotionally uplifting and hopeful songs influenced by their shared love for Howard Devoto, The Cure, Wire/Colin Newman and Killing Joke.  They are joined live by Nathan Howdeshell, Matthew Hunter and Maxamillion Avalon.

An Open Door consists of nine songs created between August and November of 2010, bouncing between The Mime in Los Angeles and the House of Ohms in San Luis Obispo.  The album was recorded at Jackpot Studios in Portland, Oregon with some overdubs at Klickitat (also in Portland) a couple days after those sessions.  Justin Gradin played drums and Mattey Hunter handled most of the bass parts.

The record will be available nationally through indie record stores on March 15, and you can also grab a copy from Fast Weapons direct.

Customer Highlight — 50 Lions

Six Feet Under (SFU) Records is releasing Time Is The Enemy on vinyl — this is the first time the album has ever been available on vinyl in the U.S.!  This is 50 Lions‘ first album, with a heavy No Warning, Guns Up vibe to it, much rawer than their second album Where Life Expires (also available from SFU Records).

You can pre-order a copy now — available on two limited edition colors of wax!

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