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Richard Vollin 5th Jul 2017		VHS The Cramps At The Napa State Mental Hospital - Target Video	Rated 10/10 The performance took place on 13 June 1978 at the Napa State Hospital, Napa, California. It was a free concert by the Mutants, from San Francisco, and The Cramps from New York City. The event was arranged by former CPS (Child Protective Services) activities specialist Bart Swain, through booking agent; Howie Klein. The band originally booked to appear on this occasion was the Readymades, a notable San Francisco based new wave/punk band, but either by divine providence or fate, The Cramps and Mutants performed the show. Video footage of The Cramps was taped using a battery powered Sony Portapak two piece camera/recorder unit (possibly the AV-3400, with a ½" U-Matic S 20 minute cassette). It is believed either Target Video founder/director Joe Rees, or associate Jill Hoffman-Kowal videotaped the show. It should also be noted that many still photographs were captured by photographer Ruby Ray, who can be clearly seen documenting the event throughout. Many of her images can be found on the Internet (mostly uncredited). Mutant band vocalist Freddy Mutant (Fritz Fox), and lead guitarist Brendan Earley both contend that their performance should have been documented on video. However, Ruby Ray did photograph them. Excerpted quote by Target Video founder Joe Rees, from an interview conducted for the L.A. Record by Chris Ziegler, entitled "TARGET VIDEO: LIKE WATCHING SOMETHING BIBLICAL", published 30 April 2009, regarding the Napa State video: "...The same with the Napa State Mental Hospital. You think that could go on today? No way! There would be like fifteen lawyers standing outside the gate licking their chops. One of the greatest things about that event—even to this day I am so moved when I watch that video over and over. But the thing of it is—those people who were going through such a heavy experience in life and were confined to that mental institution, the freedom and the happiness that they had that day during that event was almost like a miracle! It was almost like watching something biblical—something from a Cecil B. DeMille film but in a real sense, a true sense. Nobody was acting and I have never seen anything in my life so moving and I’ve been told that a thousand times. We were at the right place at the right time but we had the right thing in our hearts. We wanted to have an experience and it all came together with magic." footnote # 1: This contributor first stumbled into The Cramps traveling medicine show during their first foray outside of New York City's Bowery, (as I like to refer to as) my "Baptism by Fire" on 07 April 1978, at the Atlantis Club in Washington, D.C., two months prior to their Napa event. I had heard of The Cramps in drips and drabs, in the pages of Richard, and Lisa Robinson's Rock Scene magazine, a rag devoted primarily to NYC glam rock, and the burgeoning punk rock movement. Needless to say, The Cramps opened many doors, and left an incalculable, indelible, life long impression on me. I was now totally corrupt, and, as I won't retrace the circumstances leading up to this moment, suffice to say, it had to do with an employee of a local record store; the Penguin Feather, seeking a gig as a DJ, and my giving him a lift to the Atlantis Club that evening, and as The Cramps lay waste... footnote # 2: The Atlantis Club was located at 930 F Street, NW, in the Atlantic Building, adjacent to Ford's Theatre (where U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated). Atlantis owner Paul Parson's was quoted in the day's following The Cramps ill-fated booking with support group, The Puppets as: "...too controversial, too destructive. No club is ready for that kind of destruction. The Cramps are not healthy." The Cramps were told 'never to return.' Soon after, the Atlantis closed it's doors, and the building was purchased and re-christened the Nightclub 9:30 on 31 May 1980, and there, The Cramps enjoyed many a return engagement. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 4th Jul 2017		DVD Fox Horror Classics - A Terrifying Trilogy Of Terror	additional images pending
Richard Vollin 2nd Jul 2017		DVD Inner Sanctum Mysteries - The Complete Movie Collection	Rated 10/10 "This is the Inner Sanctum. The strange, fantastic world controlled by a mass of living, pulsating flesh: the mind. It destroys, distorts, creates monsters, commits murders. Yes, even you, without knowing, can commit murder." 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 2nd Jul 2017		DVD Night Of The Living Dead [1968] - Genius Products Inc.	This DVD edition is unquestionably the very best.
Richard Vollin 2nd Jul 2017		Book L. J. Brown - Lesbians A-Go-Go	I'll second that!
Richard Vollin 2nd Jul 2017		Music Memorabilia Eric Burdon And War - Coupon To Discount For A Concert	These were tucked inside WAR albums up through "All Day Music". I've never seen one in a used copy of any early WAR album. Too easy to become separated from it's jacket and lost.
Richard Vollin 1st Jul 2017		DVD Dawn Of The Dead - Anchor Bay Entertainment	Yep...I'm comfortable with this DVD release, and always rates a 10.0 with me.
Richard Vollin 30th Jun 2017		DVD Brainiac - CasaNegra / Panik House Entertainment	Outrageous, lurid, and dirt cheap. Deserving of it's cult status. Buy it before it's too late.
Richard Vollin 29th Jun 2017		Live Music Pentagram @ The Bayou	Although it appears Cathedral is top-billed for this show, the band members agreed to have Pentagram headline, as this was their hometown. Iron Man was a suburban Maryland metal band, predominantly African American (with the exception of member Rob Levey) who billed themselves as "Blacker than Black Sabbath".
Richard Vollin 29th Jun 2017		DVD Mothra Vs. Godzilla - Classic Media / Vivendi Entertainment / Toho	Toho really hit their mark with this picture, and arguably, it never got better than this. The formula worked, and although mindful of budget, the Toho staff placed most of it on the screen, and little was squandered. Much of that credit goes to Toho effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and his dedicated team of artists, and technicians. The typhoon during the opening credits looks almost real, and I don't ever recall Godzilla looking meaner than in this film. Mothra vs. Godzilla is tremoundously enhanced, from the Tohoscope logo onward, by a ponderously heavy, doom laden music score, courtesy of composer Akira Ifukube. Following the release of this film, and it's subsequent follow up Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, the demographic shifted noticeably, and it was clear Toho would pander to an even younger audience, beginning with Godzilla vs. Monster Zero in 1965.
Richard Vollin 28th Jun 2017		DVD Matango - Tokyo Shock	This film, and the The H Man, are two of the finest non-Kaiju films Toho ever produced. Guaranteed 100% Weird!
Richard Vollin 28th Jun 2017		DVD Super Fly - Warner Bros.	Rated 10/10 Harlem coke dealer Youngblood Priest (Ron O'Neal) wants to cash in and enjoy an early retirement, but before he can walk away, he has to choreograph an elaborate scheme to move 30 kilos of blow to enjoy the pimp lifestyle he's become accustomed to. Add to that, an opposing mix of partners, fair-weather friends, street pushers, thugs, his girlfriends, and even the Deputy Police Commissioner, all of whom would like to see him stay put. In the film, the streets of New York never looked better; litter everywhere, grime and graffiti, overcast skies, and everyone looks cold and miserable. It's a fairly straight portrayal for it's period, and never hokey or camp. The team of Sig Shore, and Gordon Parks, Jr. created a film that quickly became an integral part of the fabric of American pop culture. Super Fly can also attribute much of it's colatteral success to Curtis Mayfield's brilliant soundtrack, just as Isaac Hayes had done for Shaft the previous year. Mayfield and his group appeared in the film, and released two singles, both of which were Top 10 hits. He also made a large number of television appearances performing the songs Freddie's Dead, and Superfly. Those songs helped extend the film's shelf life, and keep it in neighborhood theaters well past it's expiration date. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		DVD The Curse Of The Crying Woman - CasaNegra / Panik House Entertainment	Artwork images pending
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		DVD The Man And The Monster - CasaNegra / Panik House Entertainment	Artwork images pending
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		DVD Eraserhead - Absurda	This is marketed as ERASERHEAD DVD 2000, and appears to be legitimate. I would appreciate any additional information pertaining to it's background and marketing strategy.
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		CD Album The Beatles - The Beatles [The White Album] 30th Anniversary Limited Edition	Mine is No. 0085175.
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		CD Album The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] 30th Anniversary Limited Edition	This is a duplicate listing, just as JPGR&B indicated.
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		DVD Invisible Ghost - Roan Group Archival Entertainment	The first of Lugosi's Monogram Nine. Very decent print and Monster Club approved.
Richard Vollin 27th Jun 2017		DVD The Mad Monster - Alpha Video	A shameless and thrifty knock-off of Universal's The Wolf Man. Slightly off-kilter, and not all that bad... 'cause it features a decent cast who knows the drill. Plus it carries the PRC stamp of quality assurance, and is Monster Club approved.
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		DVD Five Minutes To Live - …And More Bears	Uploaded back and inside cover images.
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		DVD The Rogues Tavern - Alpha Video	Rated 8/10 Top notch Poverty Row thriller from start to finish. The always lovely Joan Woodbury as the exotic fortune teller. Director Robert F. Hill later directed Gun Crazy. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		DVD Crime And Punishment - Mill Creek Entertainment	This was Peter Lorre's second American film appearance.
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		Blu-ray The Man Who Knew Too Much [1934] - The Criterion Collection	This was Peter Lorre's first English speaking film role, having recently fled Nazi Germany via Paris, then to London. Hitchcock wanted him largely on his reputation in Fritz Lang's "M". Lorre learned much of his script phonetically, and by rote, with the aid of an interpreter.
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		DVD Satan In High Heels - Something Weird Video	Rated 9/10 Times Square grind house exploitation cult classic, produced by fetish magazine publisher Leonard Burton. Slut goddess Stacey Kane is a second-rate stripper in a third-rate carnival who wants more out of life. So when she finds her junkie ex-husband lurking in her dressing room with a wad of bills, Stacey promptly steals every cent, hops on a plane for New York, and auditions for a singing job at a nightclub run by a terse, wide-eyed lesbian named Pepe who is soon trying to turn the tramp into a lady. Things get quickly complicated, however, when Stacey shacks up with the club's owner, Arnold Kenyon, while also having an affair with Arnold's son. But when her ex-hubby once again pops up in her dressing room, this time with a knife instead of cash, Stacey sends him off to commit a little murder...(Excerpted from the DVD cover) Disc comes with a second exploitation feature The Wild and the Naked! (1962), and is stuffed with bonus extras including two short subject quickies, eight exploitation trailers, gallery of grind house art, and a host of radio ads. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		Vinyl Album Eric Burdon And War - The Black-Man's Burdon	The Eric Burdon & WAR bonds were included in the first four releases (including) All Day Music. They must have slipped them in randomly, because the serial numbers don't reflect release date. My number for this particular release is # B 009878, or maybe I somehow co-mingled them over the passage of time. I guess it's of little import. I'll unearth my WAR chest and scan them up later.
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		Vinyl Album Eric Burdon And War - Eric Burdon Declares "War"	My copy came with an official Eric Burdon & WAR bond, # A 372000
Richard Vollin 26th Jun 2017		DVD The Old Dark House - Kino Video	Regarded as the quintessential, and definitive. However, I let Paul Leni's "The Cat and the Canary" share equal billing.
Richard Vollin 25th Jun 2017		Book Dr. Robert R. Hieronimus - Inside The Yellow Submarine	Rated 9/10 It's common knowledge that the Beatles distanced themselves from being too involved in Yellow Submarine, and that proved to be a wise choice. Before reading this book, I had no idea there was such a tangle of film & music politics, budget issues, and unreasonable deadlines imposed. The entire project was peppered from concept to the big screen with such petty squabbles. Some even threatened to torpedo the submarine itself. Thankfully the directors, artists, animators, and production team pulled it together to deliver the wonderful film most have come to love, and appreciate. The book is well researched and written, and all the nuts & bolts are exposed, and explained. After you've finished reading the book, you understand why the Beatles made the right decision. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 25th Jun 2017		DVD Last Days Here - Sundance Selects	[YouTube Video] The following text is from 9.14 Pictures official website: Last Days Here is a raw, yet unexpectedly touching chronicle of cult metal legend Bobby Liebling as he attempts to resurrect his life and career after decades wasting away in his parent's basement. Bobby Liebling made his mark in the 70s as the outrageous frontman of Pentagram, a "street" Black Sabbath whose heavy metal riffs once blew audiences minds. But various acts of self-destruction, multiple band break-ups and botched record deals eventually condemned his music to obscurity. Now in his 50's, wasted by hardcore drug use and living on the charity of his ever-patient mother and father (a former Nixon advisor), Bobby's music is finally discovered by the heavy metal underground. With the help of fan-turned-manager Sean "Pellet" Pelletier, Bobby struggles to overcome years of addiction, loneliness and broken dreams to get back on stage again. Witness his unbelievable journey, following the triumphs and downfalls of this underground icon at the crossroads of life and death.
Richard Vollin 25th Jun 2017		DVD The Ghoul [1933] - MGM	Flawless film print and spotless transfer.

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