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| Kelley Stoltz/Dirtbombs
MAMA-042 Kelley Stoltz/Dirtbombs Split Tour Single
We pressed these suckers for the disastrous Dirtbombs/Stoltz tour of Spring 2008 and our high-expectations are now your gain. This be the only place you'll be able to catch the leftovers and once they're gone, good luck. Stoltz offers an exclusive funk jam "(My Baby Always Knows) What Time It Is" and if you know anything about parenthetical titles, you'll know it's guaranteed to be tight. The Dirtbombs cover the Detroit punk classic "Politicians in My Eyes" nowhere near the intensity of the original from 1974 by the band Death. Even so, it's killer. You came too late folks - all sold out.
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| Kelley Stoltz
MAMA-039 Kelley Stoltz Circular Sounds LP
Yes, that Kelley Stoltz. No, I don't know why Sub Pop didn't want to put this gem out on vinyl. Their loss is our gain...just check out how the Cass statue dwarfs that diminutive SP logo. Stoltz continues his impeccable run of instantly familiar home-recorded psychedelic pop classics. "Your Reverie" is sweet affected guitar and Hammond organ perfection while "Put My Troubles to Sleep" is a perfect lyric/music assemblage with swooping "ba ba ba" backing vocals that makes "All You Need Is Love" sound like dog shit. No disrespect to whoever wrote "All You Need Is Love" but Kelley Stoltz is that impressive and needs to be heard on this LP with full-color gatefold sleeve. Less than 100 available from the Cass website and once those are gone I don't know what to tell you. Price is $12 US plus $3 shipping and $7 shipping outside of the US.
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| The Decks
MAMA-040 the Decks "DTC" b/w "What You Said"
These kids started off by leaving late night notes on the Cass HQ front porch. And now their leaving mastertapes in our mailbox! Suburban teenage garage with equal debt owed to Patti Smith and the Underdogs. "DTC" is a slinky bass-propelled shouter that erupts with screaming emotion while "What You Said" is a heart-aching ballad with beautiful boy/girl vocal interaction that makes you want to go to the soda fountain and split a malt with your main squeeze. Limited to 200 copies, large or small center hole.
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| The Ramrods
MAMA-038 The Ramrods "Blood Dues" b/w "Downtown Stories"
Detroit's first post-Stooges punk band have added Sir Dan Kroha (the Gories!) on bass and recorded two new piles of hulking Motor City steam to celebrate their 30th anniversary. "Blood Dues" is a creepy midnight drive down Woodward while "Downtown Stories" name-drops all kinds of 313 also-rans of the past few decades. The lead singer is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and no matter how many times he emails to tell me so, I still don't believe it. Pure, undistilled, annoying Detroit rock and roll. ALL SOLD OUT.
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| The GO LP
MAMA-032 The GO "Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride"
This legendary Detroit band has finally unleashed a masterpiece. Recorded in a suburban basement and produced by the lead singer, this is as perfect a record you will hear all year. Their Beatles influence is ever-present and inspiring while a dedication to other 60's pop staples like Nilsson and the Hollies does not overshadow the jaw-dropping combination of the Krautner/Harlow songsmith team. Vinyl is heavy-as-hell with an immaculate gatefold sleeve straight-outta 1972. This is the ultimate.
You will be sent details for album MP3 download following LP purchase.
GO HERE TO BUY CD
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| Lee Marvin Computer Arm
MAMA-036 Lee Marvin Computer Arm "Me/You" b/w "Last Man/Free Money", "Bootstraps"
With the reckless spirit of the Who and Nation of Ulysses, Lee Marvin Computer Arm obliterate the stage like it did them wrong. This record, although with considerably less sweat, still pumps with flesh-searing rock catastrophe and will have all the middle schoolers aching to play trumpet in first semester symphonic band. Did I mention there are three brothers in the band? That's wicked in a Jackson 5/Osmonds sorta way. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies.
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| The Muldoons LP
MAMA-035 The Muldoons "s/t"
Hunter and Shane Muldoon will destroy all your expectations. Their debut LP stakes their claim as the ultimate bunch of punk-loving pubescents. Where tracks like "Zombies" and "Robot Car" are dissonant blasts of deafening roar, songs like "Chubby Bunny" or "Tall" are clever exercises in catchy choruses. A twisted cover of the Electric Eels "Agitated" and a take on the Stooges "Real Cool Time" complete with a gargling solo? Are you kidding me? This LP-only release is limited to 1500 copies and is co-released by Third Man Recordings!
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| Mountains and Rainbows
MAMA-034 Mountains and Rainbows "Knock Me Out" b/w "Indian"
With the impenetrable wall of garage fuzz on "Knock Me Out" and the free jazz sax wail of "Indian" M&R are a confounding enigma. Front man Matt Z's falsetto slices through it all and leaves you wondering if heÕs serious or if you just got duped. Coonskin caps, single-note bass runs, Scum of the Earth, mohair sweaters, Prince's Black Album, vacations in Third World countries and Parables of Arable Land is just a list of things. They may have nothing to do with Mountains and Rainbows. But it makes you wonder, 75% of this band are members of future-legends Tyvek. 300 copies.
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| Tin Knocker
MAMA-028 Tin Knocker "Power Me Up" b/w "Tired of You"
Several years in the making, this sophomore slab from the rockers of Knocker is seven different types of awesome. "Power Me Up" webs you with its spindly guitar slicks while "Tired of You" rolls off some smiley smooth vocal harmonies. Included is a Tin Knocker CD containing the tracks from their elusive debut 45, the tracks from this 45 and a bunch of demos and covers you'll never find anywhere else. Cover art by Gordon Newton, famed Cass Corridor artist whose work can be found in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Guggenheim and Jack White's amplifiers. Did we mention the Detroit Dragway pit pass? Or how many coats of polyurethane were slathered onto the covers? This thing is so limited we neednÕt even tell you... and we did tell you.... and now they are gone!
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| Cyril Lords
MAMA-030 The Cyril Lords "Motherland" LP
WITH EXCLUSIVE TRACKS! This is the way you were meant to hear the
Cyril Lords masterpiece. While the CD made its presence known on some
top ten lists for '06 (with lots of love from Terre T. and Joe Belock
at WFMU) you will dig the LP even more. Recognize the beauty of "Monkey
Paw" and "Niantic City Limits" not available on the CD issue. And with
snazzed-up artwork, be prepared to fall in love all over again. This is
the undeniable nexus of garage and pop music. Guest appearances by John
and Tim Hentch! Limited to 500 copies!
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| Human Eye
MAMA-031 Human Eye "Spiders and Their Kin" b/w "Desperate Hands"
Tim Vulgar and his merry band of weirdos unleash a surefire smash. "Spiders" calls out the secrecy of freemasonry with a gnarly subsonic monster riff that will turn your insides to glue. "Desperate Hands" is frantic skittish punk squealer that sounds like someone's been inventing their own effects pedals. We told you it was limited to 500 copies, now they are gone!
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| The Go
MAMA-029 The Go "Invisible Friends" b/w "Yer Stoned Italian Cowboy"
The first new recordings from these Detroit favorites in several years! "Invisible Friends" is melancholy bubblegum from John Krautner that may or may not use the word "invisible" in a literal sense. "Cowboy" is psyched-out Bobby Harlowe id ramblings with bombastic bongo grooves and quite possibly the best-named song Cass has ever released. Was totally limited to 500 copies - sorry, all gone.
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| Tranzistors
MAMA-027 Tranzistors "Yoo Will" b/w "Yoo Don't"
We hand the descriptorial duties over to Steve Mcdonald of Redd Kross infamy:
As mystical as the unicorn, and hotter than a Warhol superstar. If Virginia Plain had a love child with the Electric Warrior, and gave the baby to the Stardust family to raise, It would maybe have as much to offer as Tranzistors.
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| Black Lips/Dirtbombs
MAMA-026 Black Lips/Dirtbombs "Black Stereo/Dirt Mono"
The Lips and Bombs triumphant 2006 tour ended with a couple of leftover hand-stamped singles. The Blacks deliver the country-styled original "Make It" while the Bombs forget the Eurythmics classic "Missionary Man" live and in mono. Sorry, they're...gone!
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| the Fatals
MAMA-025 the Fatals "Get Out My Life" b/w "Every Inch of Horrors"
France's finest fucked-up fuzz punks deliver a heartfelt mid-tempo ballad of an A-side only to couple it with the most blown-out, speaker shredding Horrors cover of a B-side. It's lo-fi Oblivians-indebted garage scuzz executed to perfection. Was limited to 500 copiesÉooh la la!
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| Dan Sartain
MAMA-019 Dan Sartain "Gun vs. Knife", "Leeches 2 (the Hangers-On)" b/w "When You See Me Coming"
This kid from Alabama is the perfect cross between Johnny Cash's badass and storytelling with the intensity of the Flat Duo Jets. He says it best when he sings "When you see me coming get the fuck out the entrance." You do not want to meet Dan Sartain in a dark alley. Limited to 500 copies.
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| Kelley Stoltz
MAMA-021 Kelley Stoltz "Discount City" b/w "'84 Tigers"
Two amazing tracks not on Stoltz's upcoming album on Sub Pop. Their loss. "Discount" is all kinds of Lou Reed narrative with funky breakbeats while "84 Tigers" is dedicated to the best sports team in Detroit history and name-checks the entire starting line-up. This record will most likely get us sued. Was limited to 500 copies.
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| The Muldoons
MAMA-016 the Muldoons "Red and Black" "Driver's License" "Destruction Boy" "70's Punk Rocker".
8-year-old Shane Muldoon writes lyrics poignant for any age while his 11-year-old brother Hunter writes guitar riffs with equal respect to Asheton and Ramone. Their dad Brian plays drums. Recorded live at Third Man Studios and produced by Jack White, this band is going to make us rich.
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| Int'l Shades LP
MAMA-018 Int'l Shades "Hash Wednesday" LP
LP issue: Modern day NYC psychedelia from the likes of Bob Bert (ex-Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, etc).
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| Int'l Shades CD
MAMA-018 Int'l Shades "Hash Wednesday" CD
CD issue: Modern day NYC psychedelia from the likes of Bob Bert (ex-Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, etc).
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| The Stabs
MAMA-016 the Stabs "The Woods" & "Six Foot Rodent".
Aussie knife-rockers with guitar tone that slashes your chest and lunges at the juggular, they'd be comfortable in a police line-up between the Birthday Party and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But, we're sold out of these.
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| The Sights
MAMA-015 the Sights s/t LP
This tracklist available only from Cass blows away Cargo and Scratchie's attempts at understanding the Sights. Separated into a side for "Rockers" and a side for "Weepers" and eliminating a few of the uninspired throwaway tracks, this is the definitive version of the Sights masterpiece third album. Limited to 1000 copies with a sleeve that you just have to rub against your cheek.
$8 ($2 shipping in US, $7 everywhere else)
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| P.A.
MAMA-014 P.A. "No Blue Dye" b/w "The Fall Apart"
Debut single from Detroit band featuring Chris McInnis (ex-They Come In Threes) singing about robbing banks and wondering where all those loose screws are coming from. Like Television waiting for its Warm Jets to come in Cyrillic. Limited to 500 copies.
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| The Sights
MAMA-009 the Sights "Sticks and Stones" b/w "Stop and Think it Over"
Tracks only available on this single! Detroit lads pay tribute to Ray Charles ("Sticks") way before Jamie Foxx ever did with this psyched-out staple from their live set. B-side pays tribute to Greg Cartwright with a genius cover of his timeless track from his Compulsive Gamblin' days. Limited to 1000 copies.
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| Viva L'American Death Ray Music
MAMA-013 Viva L'American Death Ray Music "Same Suit, Different Tie"
A 12" single with three different versions of the same song? Dub remix? Is Cass going crazy? Hardly. "SSDT" is a rumbling testament to the daily malaise of those tiring away in the workaday world. Complete with backing vocals stolen from Old Dirty Bastard (before he died). Limited to 500 copies, edition of 50 already copies sold on Death Ray's 2004 Euro tour.
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| Hot Machines
MAMA-011 the Hot Machines "Hole in My Heart" b/w "Draw Your Face"
Jered from the Ponys and Matt from the Baseball Furies team up with timebomb teen dream Alex White for this slowly scorched blast. Deathbed screams, lonely fuzztoned guitars and the excitement of a band on their debut release. A-side Cramps-y, B-side antsy. Limited to 500 copies.
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| Mystery Girls
MAMA-005 Mystery Girls "3/5's of a Mile in 10 Seconds" b/w "Mr. Thompson"
Twentysomething Green Bay brats cover Jefferson Airplane and make it sick. Like the Yardbirds, this sounds like the lead singer is being electrocuted in a bathtub. B-side follows in the grand tradition of rock ballads written about what musicians truly love...cheap alcohol.
mystery girls info
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| The Waxwings
MAMA-007 the Waxwings "Leave Less Waiting" b/w "Sky's a Mirror"
The finest Detroit has to offer via three-part harmony, the Waxwings give Cass earlier, better, more fragrant versions of the two stand out tracks from their "Let's Make Our Descent" album available from Rainbow Quartz. Limited to 500 copies!
the waxwings site
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| Adult/Dirtbombs
MAMA-033/EZ-033 Split/Split/Split 7"
Why Split/Split/Split? Because we rule, that's why. Honestly, it's a split between two bands (Dirtbombs and Adult.) two labels (Cass and Ersatz Audio) and two photographers (Patrick Pantano and Nicola Kuperus). Dirtbombs cover the forlorn Adult. classic "Lost Love" while Adult. covers the Dirtbombs' ode to indulgence "Pray for Pills". Limited to 3000 hand-numbered copies, 1500 available through Cass, the rest through Ersatz. Here's to the two most misunderstood bands in Detroit! SORRY, TOTALLY SOLD OUT! (FOR NOW)
official adult site
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| Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players
MAMA-008 "Look at Me" b/w "Don't You Know What I Mean"
Already a household name, the Trachtenburg's played "Look at Me" (a wistfully romantic jaunt through the lives of two retired army nurses) on the Conan O'Brien show. The Trachtenburg's are America and how it should be. Rachel's childish (well, she is only ten years old) backing vocals will make your coal turn to candy. Their first appearance on vinyl! Limited to 1000 copies on Pepto Bismol pink vinyl. www.slideshowplayers.com
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| Blanche
MAMA-010 "If We Can't Trust the Doctors..."
Folks, WE GOT MORE CDs!
This is the record that's going to bankrupt Cass. Hot-ass digipak, a booklet with full-color printing, a CD that plays on any record player and...oh, the music? Shit, this stuff will melt your heart, kiss your cheek and then leave you for dead. For fans of Hank Williams, hospitals, the Gun Club and melancholia. We're putting all our eggs in this basket, so start making some omelettes.
official blanche site
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| The Mooney Suzuki
MAMA-001 "Hey Joe" b/w "7 and 7 Is"
Totally Sold Out
These New York thieves of Detroit rock bust out with two hot sixties covers. "Hey Joe" starts like the Music Machine's version, raves up like the Leaves, and then explodes into something that no one else has done. "7 and 7 Is" ends with an explosion.
On awesome black vinyl!
www.themooneysuzuki.com
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| The Cyril Lords
MAMA-002 "No More Good Times" b/w "Where Do Girls Go?"
The newest garage band in Detroit erupts like Chuck Berry secretly videotaping the Hentchmen going to the bathroom while "Back from the Grave" plays in the background. Their first release! Buy this before V2 signs them.
The Cyril lords at MP3.com
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This single intentionally opens on the left-hand side. We at Cass like to voice our
distaste with the right-handed-centric world we live in by giving a big "left-you" to it. We
also pay tribute to the legendary Australian record label Giant Claw that had it's singles
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Blanche
MAMA-003 "Who's to Say?" b/w "Superstious"
Back in print, baby!. Don't let V2 grab all the glory, Blanche was bucking around in our stable long before the majors bridled them up. Relive the autumn of 2003 with these two standout tracks. Limited quantities on snot green vinyl. www.blanchemusic.com
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| Sagger
MAMA-006 "Black Market Body Parts" b/w "Satyrs Make Martyrs"
This Milwaukee trio somehow escaped from the aslyum. "...Body Parts" is the disco-punk-dance classic that will have you saying "House of Jealous what?" Look for the Neptunes remix in March. "Satyrs Make Martyrs" is the best play on words since...ever.
official sagger site
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>SOLD OUT |
Tin Knocker
This is the most important and most elusive single in Detroit rock and roll since the MC5 released "Looking at You". Twisted schizo-slide breaks tear through "Garage" while "Distracted" is the best (only?) song to ever name drop the Jujus Fenton 45. Limited to 250 copies. SOLD OUT.
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