This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
What do Bobby Fuller, Ritchie Valens, Frank Zappa and Barry White have in common? They all recorded for L.A.’s Del-Fi Records.
This year, the original DIY label celebrates (and rejuvenates) its eclectic, 40-year-deep catalog by getting today’s hottest indie bands to tackle its coolest cuts. Like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, who stretch Fuller’s I Fought The Law into a droning, psychedelic outtake that wouldn’t be out of place on Their Satanic Majesty’s Request. Or The Liquor Giants, who strut their stuff on The Hippy Hippy Shake. Or Los Straitjackets, ex-Cars lead guitarist Elliot Easton, Alabama indie-rockers Man Or Astroman? and a dozen more acts that hang 10 to classic surf-rock or reupholster some space-age bachelor pad exotica. With this, Del-Fi proves there’s life after 40; here’s looking forward to the next four decades.
