Featured: Flare Records
San Francisco based indie label specializing in the SF Bay area featuring mostly vinyl releases. Artists include Penelope Houston, Pat Johnson, The Nick Rossi Set, The Maydays, The Sweet Things, The Two-Strokes, The Shimmer Kids and Green Means Go. Mod, pop, folk-rock, garage, psych pop, and soul-jazz.
Featured vinyl releases:
Maydays – The Very Last Time/You Don’t Have To Wait
Price: $4.00
Format: Vinyl Single (7″)
Condition: New
Sleeve Condition: New
Release Number: FRUSA 5
Release Country: USA
Release Date: 2003
Label: Flare Records, USA
Genre: Power Pop
Description:
Debut single by The Maydays, San Francisco’s premier garage-soul combo, featuring two songs by Pat Johnson. Produced (and bass played) by Alec Palao (Sneetches/Joe Foster/Ace Records reissue expert) “The Very Last Time” is an instant mod-pop classic; the flip “You Don’t Have to Wait “, a slow burning soul torcher. It’s a Carnaby Street/Muscle Shoals one-two punch. Features ex-Crawdaddy/Nashville Rambler Ron Silva on drums.
Nick Rossi Set – On The Outset (180 Gram Vinyl)
Price: $15.98
Format: Vinyl Album (12″)
Condition: New
Sleeve Condition: New
Release Number: FRUSA 9
Release Country: USA
Release Date: 2006
Label: Flare Records, USA
Genre: Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo
Description:
Nick Rossi Set – On The Outset 180 Gram, High Fidelity Monaural Nick Rossi has been perfecting his craft in and around the San Francisco Bay area mod and jazz scenes in various acts since 1990, and as leader of The Nick Rossi Set since 1997. Earlier incarnations of the Set have released several 7” vinyl singles and compilation tracks, but the vibe for the album was ever so elusive. Finally, the band gelled with Nick (organ) leading, Steve Burke (guitar), Sameer Gupta (drums), and Aaron Rossi (tenor sax). The soul of the group as well as the interplay between the members was honed in extensive live performances during 2003 and 2004. With the band at its’ creative best, and armed with 7 original tunes, legendary Coast Recorders was booked, and the rest as they say is history. “On The Outset” was recorded in 2 sessions they way jazz was meant to be recorded – live in the studio with no overdubs, using vintage recording equipment and techniques, alongside the latest in high fidelity technology. This was followed by a careful mix by Carl Rusk at Record Recorders, NY. The result? A genuine, authentic jazz experience! Not an homage to the classic jazz of the likes of the Grant Green / Lou Donaldson / John Patton collaborations, but rather executing their own vision…being true to the spirit of their own souls and to the spirit of those who have gone before. Mastered by the legendary George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley and pressed at the world class RTI in Camarillo.
Nick Rossi Set – Spooky (Parts 1 and 2)
Price: $4.00
Format: Vinyl Single (7″)
Condition: New
Sleeve Condition: New
Release Number: FRUSA 7
Release Country: USA
Release Date: 2005
Label: Flare Records, USA
Genre: Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo
Description:
“Spooky Part 1″ b/w “Spooky Part 2″ features their own arrangement of the Classics IV hit. Nick, a former member of the R & B groups the Loved Ones and Ron Silva & the Monarchs, has been wowing the mod/soul-jazz crowds since 1997 with his dance floor-filling Hammond-driven sound.
Various – Flare 6-Pack (6 Flare 7″s)
Price: $20.00
Format: Vinyl Single (7″)
Condition: New
Sleeve Condition: New
Release Number: FRUSA-6PACK
Release Country: USA
Release Date: 2009
Label: Flare Records, USA
Description:
All six of Flare Records’ 7″ releases for one low price of $20!
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