FIVE DOLLAR SHOES - Love Song

FIVE DOLLAR SHOES - Rain Train / Love Song (Neighborhood 1972)
A great single from a band that never received a great consideration in the New York City glam rock scene. Five Dollar Shoes included Gregg Diamond (also member of Jobriath backing band, The Creatures), Mike Millius, Tom Graves, Jim Gregory and Scott Woody. In addition to this record they also released another single called "Your Rock'n'Roll Band" and one LP that was recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City´s Greenwich Village.
Produced by Peter Schekeryk.

KASNAT & KATZ FIGHTER SQUADRON - Picken' Up Sticks

KASNAT & KATZ FIGHTER SQUADRON - Picken' Up Sticks / All Fall Down (Hansa 1971)
The two greatest bubblegum producers, Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz together with Ritchie Cordell came out with another astonishing tune. The outstanding handclaps and the catchy guitar make "Picken' Up Sticks" sound a bit heavier than the usual Super K Productions' style. German press.

RED LINE EXPLOSION - Sweet Talking Mama

RED LINE EXPLOSION - Sweet Talking Mama / Evil Woman (Penny Farthing 1971)
Italian and German issues of Red Line Explosion´s "Sweet Talking Mama". The song sounds very much like "Take Off" by Kentucky Freeway always on Penny Farthing (check Purepop blog). Actually, both tracks were written and maybe performed by members of the Stamford Bridge group (John Carter, Ken Lewis, Russ Alquist). A Sunny Records Production.

SCREAMER - City Or Bust

SCREAMER - City Or Bust / I've Got Hairs (Arista 1975)
Not to confuse with the Screemer who released "Interplanetary Twist" and "In The City". This is another good tune that comes from another British obscure band. The record is produced by Pete Smith (who also wrote "City Or Bust") and Phil Chilton. Probably the same couple who released several songs for the "music library" and soundracks for movies such as the Italian "Delitto Al Circolo Del Tennis". UK press.

MICKY - Follow Me

MICKY - The Mouth Organ Boy / Follow Me (RCA 1971)
Junkshop glam from Spain with this single's b side by Miguel Ángel Carreño alias Micky, also singer of the 60s Madrid band Micky y Los Tonys before starting his solo career in 1970. There is also a Spanish version of this single called "El Chico De La Armonica / Sigueme". Both songs are written and produced by the musician, songrwiter and producer Fernando Arbex. German issue.

BZN - Bad, Bad Woman / CORPORATION - Wild Time

BZN - Bad, Bad Woman / CORPORATION - Wild Time (Napoleon 197?)
Italian split single including two Dutch groups. Both these bands' singles were originally released on Negram in 1971. So, as no date appears on this copy I guess it was issued in the same year.

Bad, Bad Woman

Wild Time

GOOD HABIT - Find My Way Back Home

GOOD HABIT - Find My Way Back Home / Wild, Wild Child (RCA 1974)
Here's another good tune from another British obscure band which I couldn't find out much about. UK issue.

THE CRESCENT STREET STOMPERS - Having a Party

THE CRESCENT STREET STOMPERS - Louie Louie / Having a Party (Decca 1975)
Great version of Sam Cooke's "Having a Party" by The Crescent Street Stompers, a Canadian band, featuring the Moonquake singer Jack Geisinger, which also released another single called "Judy Plays The Jukebox". Produced by Aquarius Records, German issue.

VÁCLAV NECKÁŘ - Ja, die Wege

VÁCLAV NECKÁŘ UND DIE BAZILLEN - Träume / Ja, die Wege (AMIGA 1975)
Vaclav Neckar from the Socialist Czech Republic was an actor and a singer popular all over Estern Europe. “Ja, die Wege” with German lyrics can be considered one of few "quasi glam" songs ever produced in the Communist world. Released on the east Berlin label AMIGA, a state-owned record company that had the monopoly on record production.

J.J. PAM - Hip Hip Hurrah / Honey

J.J. PAM - Hip Hip Hurrah / Honey (Hansa 197?)
From the names of the songwriters (Goltermann, Kahn, Hildebrandt, Winhauer) on the labels I gather they were German. The b side is the real "bomb" of this cool bubbleglam single. German issue produced by Gola GmbH.

Honey

Hip Hip Hurrah