this 24-track collection (compiled by mojos dave henderson, vinyl-only release) positively effervesces with eccentricity. side one offers half a dozen slabs of lip curling rock n roll, from the madcap beginnings of >bongo beatin beatnik< through to the teenage rampage of gene maltais unhinged >gang war<. side two gives fashion tips, conveys strange love talk, songs where words are meaningless and novelty driving stories, while side three brings guitars from hades, honking saxophones and rhythmic dance routines for the hard of standing. finally, we have sounds to make you shriek on side four, with scorpions, witches and nightmares all on offer plus probably one of the oddest 45s ever in >the cave<.
every track pirouettes dangerously and at times hap hazardly around the expected. these are songs for strange times by what can definitely be considered strange people. gems and nuggets that sparkle even more bright in todays manufactured music maelstrom.