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KIM FOWLEY

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Gone But Not Forgotten • Kim Vincent Fowley


Kim Fowley was the most action-packed person I ever met. The music business was his life. He had earned more gold and platinum records than the average teenager has pimples, and yet, he understood us folk who measure a great record by what deep thud anxiety it can conjure from the depths of our alley rat souls. Chart and market success to a Nortonian are meaningless. Kim not only understood this, he dug it. No matter how many Kiss and Runaways and Helen Reddy stories he had under his belt, he knew we were yearning to know more about Althea and the Memories or Al Kavelin or the Crenshaws or any of the countless musicians, record label people, and promoters he had made records with, and for, over the past seven decades. Kim was tops in many domains, but in our world, he was King, and he always shall be. We are honored to have shared his earliest and wildest recorded material via the Norton label, and also to have worked with him at Kicks Books, delivering a life story trilogy of Kim's writings. - M.L.

 

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KICKS BOOKS PRESENTS 

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(KB5) Music biz legend KIM FOWLEY reveals his author-itative side. Kim has been writing in journals with prose and poetry since he was a boy. For the first time, his earliest writings arrive with detailed autobiographical notations. The first of three volumes!

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(KB5 Special) Limited autographed edition. This limited  edition presents the book, plus a signed original book plate which you may choose to place inside the book, or you may opt to frame it. Also comes with classic yellow plastic 45 RPM adaptor. 

 

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GARBAGE PERFUME LTD EDITION FRAGRANCE KIM FOWLEY 

LORD OF GARBAGE The brooding complexity of Kim Fowley's signature scent is reflected in this fruity but absurd potion that suits lads and ladies alike. Sprinkle on a pillow before sleep, and all will become evident. Coinciding with the book release (LORD OF GARBAGE) is Kim’s signature fragrance GARBAGE, packaged with with authentic black garbage bag PVC, and of course, a record spindle. The fragrance evokes Kim’s earliest memories of rejection and objection and is formulated with the mannish herb Eugenia Aromatica, ritually employed as an aphrodisiac and gossip-stopper.

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Kim Fowley LPs & CDs 

 

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KIM FOWLEY - TECHNICOLOR GREASE 

Lost Treasures From The Vaults Volume Four Our fourth excursion into the early career of the legendary Kim Fowley rounds up sixteen rare productions, compositions and performances first issued on independent Southern California labels. From the crazed vocal hi-jinx of the pre-Rivingtons Crenshaws to the sultry doo-wop of Yolanda and the Naturals to the Zappa-esque lunacy of Vito and the Hands, each and every track bears the unique Fowley stamp! 

CRENSHAWS – Moonlight In Vermont/NEWMARKS – Goody-Goody Gum Drop/RANGERS – Justine/YOLANDA AND THE NATURALS – My Memories Of You/JACK B. NIMBLE AND THE QUICKS – Like Keyed/FOUR AFTER FIVES – Hello Schoolteacher!/MEMORIES – Little Bitty Girl/BLUE BELLS – Atlantis/RANGERS – Reputation/ALTHEA AND THE MEMORIES – In This Whole Wide World/RANGERS – Mogul Monster/FALLING ANGELS – She’s Mine, All Mine/KIM FOWLEY – Pop Art ‘66/VITO AND THE HANDS – Vito And The Hands/BELFAST GYPSIES – People Let’s Freak Out/BILL WOODS – Story Of Susie 

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 KIM FOWLEY – KING OF THE CREEPS: LOST TREASURES FROM THE VAULTS 1959-1969

 The third volume of brain spraining early unheralded, underworshipped unknown Kim Fowley productions and manipulations arrives as a soundtrack distraction to his upcoming hip pocket paperback LORD OF GARBAGE from Kicks Books. Kim’s always stirring the pot- this time he heaves the boiling stew right into the smug mugs of rock critics and musicologists with a third full-on frantic footlong fricassee guaranteed to cause the listener to rearrange the furniture... and other things! Collect the set and get a party started.

KIM GARRI AND THE RHYTHM KINGS  Big Bad Wolf / KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE  Big Tears / UPTONES  No More / RENEGADE FIVE  Young And Wild /JOHN PAUL JONES Kalani Honey / KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE The Knight In Shining Armor / SKIP AND JOHNNY More Marathon / FALLEN ANGELS Up On The Mountain / KIM FOWLEY Astrology / WOLF PACK The Baddest Wolf / LARRY GREEN AND THE RHYTHMAIRES Watch Your Step / KIM FOWLEY The Trip / NAVARROS Moses / ROGUES Wanted: Dead Or Alive / GRAINS OF SAND Goin’ Away Baby / GRAINS OF SAND Golden Apples Of The Sun / E. ZANE WOOD AND THE DOMINION Got Me Stupid / KIM FOWLEY Outrageous Radio Spot

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 KIM FOWLEY - ANOTHER MAN'S GOLD 

 RENEGADES - Geronimo / KIM FOWLEY - Big Sur, Bear Mountain, Ciroís, Flip Side Protest Song / GAMBLERS - Teen Machine / VAQUEROS - Vaquero Beat / PLAYERS - Memories Of A High School Bride / ASTON MARTIN AND THE MOON DISCS - Fallout / COVER GIRLS - Gone But Not Forgotten / DAYWINS - Heartbeat / RITUALS - Surfers Rule / BONNIE AND THE TREASURES - Eleventh Commandment Of Love* / RENEGADES - Ghost Train* / HOLLYWOOD ARGYLES - Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack / DONNIE AND THE OUTCASTS - Bounty Hunter / ALTHEA AND THE MEMORIES - Daddy Said / U.S. ROCKETS - March Of The Siamese Children / RITUALS - Gone

(* = previously unissued)

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KIM FOWLEY - ONE MAN'S GARBAGE 

BRUCE AND JERRY - I Saw Her First / PATTERNS - Late Late Show / U.S. ROCKETS - Bodacious / RITUALS - This Is Paradise / DONNIE AND THE OUTCASTS - Big Fat Alaskan / RENEGADES - Charge / PLAYERS - The Rebel / KIM AND THE SKIPPERS - Daybreaker / MO AND JO - The Yo Yo Song / JOHNNY C AND THE BLAZES- Inferno / KIM FOWLEY - Music Is The Magic / BLUE BELLS - Moccasin / ALTHEA AND THE MEMORIES - Dedication Time / KIM FOWLEY - Underground Lady / KIM FOWLEY AND MARS BONFIRE - Surf Pigs* / ALTHEA AND THE MEMORIES - Worst Record Ever Made

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KIM FOWLEY - THE TRIP / UNDERGROUND LADY 

50th anniversary edition of "The Trip" tips off the upcoming second volume of Kim's biography from Kicks Books, THE TRIP-- stay tuned! 

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 MICK COLLINS & DANNY KROHA: WINTER BLUES & GREENS: EPITAPHS & ELEGIES BY KIM VINCENT FOWLEY

Gories members deliver an amazing double EP of seven Kim Fowley poems from his second KICKS Books tome PLANET PAIN set to music. Poignant interpretations reminiscent of Arthur Lee.

Summer Storms/Welcome to the Cemetery Club / Red / Winter Blues and Greens / Whispers and Pretty Horses / Blue / Infinite Sadness

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