Following on the heels of their intergalactic collection of 45 pile drivin’ tracks digitized from 45s, I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 2, Miriam at Norton has hit the mic with the brand new podcast series, “Norton’s House of Wax.” Episode 1 kicks off with an introduction to Nortonville’s creepy house on the hill where the rain never stops, and neither do the killer tunes – from gut-bustin’ garage to groovin’ R&B to roilin’ rockabilly. And as the gatecrashing gateway to NHOW’s podwave takeover, Miriam spins a bunch of the stand-out tracks on I Still Hate CD’s for our listening pleasure, including Gino Washington’s “Out Of This World,” Pleasure Seekers’ “What A Way To Die” and T. Valentine’s “Hello Lucille, Are You A Lesbian?”
This first podcast blast also includes an exclusive phone interview with bassist Jared Swilley of Black Lips, who dishes on his favorite Norton artists and one of the band’s first New York shows, which was attended by Miriam and her husband, Norton co-founder Billy Miller. Jared describes the show as “dark and dank and fun,” and also remembers a request from Miriam for his John Hancock, which he says was “probably the first time we were ever asked for an autograph”!
Get ready to readjust the horizontal, as Norton Records has unleashed their second volume of forty-five interstellar overdrivin’ tracks digitized from 45s this week. I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 2 hit all digital stores on Tuesday, just in time for all of your summer BBQ steak-outs and muffler-maulin’ holiday hop-ups, and the first 15 tracks of the set are streaming on AOL Spinner right now. It’s been a year and a half since the first volume of these rousing rarities, I Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 1, hit the stratosphere, and boy was it worth the wait!
Featuring blasters from the Del Tinos, Dictators, The Readymen, Gino Washington and more, I Still Hate CD’s delivers all the rock ‘em knock ‘em attitude of Vol. 1 and then some. This raging collection also proudly celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 45 RPM format, and in addition to the aforementioned classic artists, spotlights some top rank contemporary garage legends including King Khan and founding Shangri-Las leader (of the pack) Mary Weiss.
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