Track from: Johnny Guitar & The Rhythm-Aires – Track Seven/Zaragoza Label: Conteste – I Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM Country: USA (Detroit, MI) Released: 1961 Genre: Rock, Blues Style: Garage Rock
The Clix Records Story: Hidden Gems from the Early Days of Detroit Rock ‘n’ Roll
By Michael Hurtt, Metro Times October 3, 2008
Hidden next to I-75 in Troy, just south of the Big Beaver Road exit, they sit, surroundedby strip malls, corporate high-rises and recently constructed apartment complexes. What we’re looking at is a smattering of old farmhouses — some still heated by oil furnaces and kerosene heaters — on a two-block stretch of dirt and gravel road accessible only through an abutting parking lot.
Standing in stark opposition to its recently overly developed surroundings, one has the eerie feeling that this rural enclave won’t be here much longer. But even after the last old homestead has been mercilessly uprooted and the final skyscraper is finished — indeed after even it meets its bitter end — one aspect of Troy’s countrified past will remain, and that is its status as the hometown of Clix Records, one of the most elusive, seamless and sought-after imprints in all of early rock ‘n’ roll. Those now-ancient abodes once housed the early Michigan label.
“It was out in the sticks back then,” says Hugh Friar, one of the label’s artists whose Clix debut, “I Can’t Stay Mad At You,” has made the rounds on bootleg rock ‘n’ roll compilations for years. Now, along with 30 similarly scintillating tracks that are unique and varied, Friar’s cult classic helps make up the Clix Records Story — recently released on the Pulstar label — an aural snapshot that runs the gamut from primitive bluegrass boppers to raunchy garage instrumentals, all spiked with a heavy dose of striking, homemade originality.
Track from:
ReplyDeleteJohnny Guitar & The Rhythm-Aires – Track Seven/Zaragoza
Label: Conteste – I
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Country: USA (Detroit, MI)
Released: 1961
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Garage Rock
Tracklist:
A) Track Seven 2:20
B) Zaragoza 1:55
https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Guitar-The-Rhythm-Aires-Track-Seven/release/13181193
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The Clix Records Story: Hidden Gems from the Early Days of Detroit Rock ‘n’ Roll
By Michael Hurtt, Metro Times October 3, 2008
Hidden next to I-75 in Troy, just south of the Big Beaver Road exit, they sit, surroundedby strip malls, corporate high-rises and recently constructed apartment complexes. What we’re looking at is a smattering of old farmhouses — some still heated by oil furnaces and kerosene heaters — on a two-block stretch of dirt and gravel road accessible only through an abutting parking lot.
Standing in stark opposition to its recently overly developed surroundings, one has the eerie feeling that this rural enclave won’t be here much longer. But even after the last old homestead has been mercilessly uprooted and the final skyscraper is finished — indeed after even it meets its bitter end — one aspect of Troy’s countrified past will remain, and that is its status as the hometown of Clix Records, one of the most elusive, seamless and sought-after imprints in all of early rock ‘n’ roll. Those now-ancient abodes once housed the early Michigan label.
“It was out in the sticks back then,” says Hugh Friar, one of the label’s artists whose Clix debut, “I Can’t Stay Mad At You,” has made the rounds on bootleg rock ‘n’ roll compilations for years. Now, along with 30 similarly scintillating tracks that are unique and varied, Friar’s cult classic helps make up the Clix Records Story — recently released on the Pulstar label — an aural snapshot that runs the gamut from primitive bluegrass boppers to raunchy garage instrumentals, all spiked with a heavy dose of striking, homemade originality.
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