Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

This is the first in a series of spotlights on forgotten independent record labels. For absolutely no reason, I’m picking Kapp records as my introductory label.

For years my brother (aka The Professor) has been bugging me to write about great American independent record labels from the ’80s. I say why not start in ’50s and work my way down. Who cares if these labels were cool or not. I’m sure there are some good stories to tell. To be sure, putting a book together would be a daunting task for this amateur word butcher. Still I can dream that one day Random House will dump a big advance on my lap and I can hang up the mop once and for all.

In the meantime consider these spotlight episodes as seeds tossed into a field that may yield a bountiful harvest…I’m just not exactly sure what I’m planting.

Kapp-Sized

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Sounds of the Hall in roughly 33 1/3 minutes!

Nothing particularly particular about tonight’s episode. I’ve been dwelling on the past since I started reading Simon Reynolds‘ book Retromania, or perhaps I should say “hate-reading.” I liked his post-punk review Rip It Up and Start Again, but this one has me a little bothered or, as the French would say, “bouleversé.” I will read the whole damn thing before passing more judgement. Until then we’ll let these songs play and see if they evoke memories of any good or bad days.

Days

[Note: You can add Saturday Night Shut-In episodes to your iTunes by clicking here. The Rock Town Hall feed will enable you to easily download Saturday Night Shut-In episodes to your digital music player.]

Thank you for the days!