Mirrors - Shirley 7" (Violet Times 104) Cleveland, Ohio 1975. Ground zero pre-punk sounds reissued

Two new reissued releases from VTWrecks available now. 35 years later and both these wrecks still sound timeless. Essential Cleveland, Ohio pre-punk / proto-punk sounds, trax recorded in 1975.

Although these two trax were recorded in 1975, their release would have to wait until two years later when original Mirrors drummer, Michael Weldon facilitated their release on Hearthan in 1977, the label run by David Thomas of Pere Ubu.

VT 104 - Mirrors - "Shirley" b/w "She Smiled Wild" 7" w/ sturdy, color pocket sleeves



















This 45 is now SOLD OUT from VIOLET TIMES.

Kim Fowley knows about Violet Times & The Blimp...

Met the Living Legend, the Baby Bulldog himself, last evening at the Norton Records 'Kicksville Confidential' comic book release party. GREAT comic too- i say check it out. A true hero of epic proportions in the Violet Times multiverse, he's in town to host Norton's 25th Anniversary blowout (featuring Black Lips, 5.6.7.8's, Sonics, Reigning Sound, Question Mark & The Mysterians, Cyril Jordan & Roy Loney of Flamin' Groovies, and many, many more) as well as read from his upcoming Kicks Books mindbender, "Lord Of Garbage", which will soon join other fine Kicks reads from Nick Tosches, Sun Ra, and Andre Williams on the bookshelf. Congrats to Billy & Miriam on 25 years of debaucherous rock n roll wax greatness.

I gave him a DVD copy of way below ground Psychotronic classic, 'Petertag', made by Lucas Gunn of The Blimp, as well as 'Drano' & 'Shirley' 45s, while wearing my Jimbo Easter drawn & screened Garbage River t-shirt. Epic. Now that the Ultimate Underground Animal knows about us, we can sleep contentedly at nite, right? Let's hope he likes the film too! I think if anyone can or would appreciate this flick tho, it's the Tall Cool One.

Also, in a (perhaps not so) subliminal way, and to bring things full circle, 'Petertag' can be viewed, on some level at least, as a sort of tribute to Hasil Adkins, whose "Out To Hunch" LP started it all for Norton 25 years back. Well, that's at least one potential puzzle piece to this visual vavoom.

"vintage" Mirrors 'Shirley' Hearthan 45 ad from Psychotronic Video magazine

Hey hey, a quick one. Flipping thru a back issue of Psychotronic lately that i got from the best used record shop in NYC, my eye caught this tasty bit that i thought i'd share here. Cuz it's a cool bit and even relevant to this here sput that is VTWrecks. Nothing too involved, just exactly what the title up there sez. It's how i gripped my first copy of the classic pre- punk platter and many others did as well, i'm sure. Not sure that it was this particular issue that i saw back when- think there might've been a few ad variations over the years, but i ain't pulling out my other back issues this sec. He's still got issues available of the very worthy read at his site if ya so please, pleaser. B-movie, exploitation, 'something weird' type film fans take note, ok? Cool.


Don't think he's got copies still but I've got just a very few copies of the repress left if ya need, here, and the other classic Cle proto-punk wildness that Violet Times reissued at the same time, Poli Styrene Jass Band (aka: The Styrenes) 'Drano In Your Veins' 45 which is even harder to find in its original form and equally essential to these ears, if not the mass ear. Who said the good's gone?

And while i've got yr attention people, remember- there's no "the" in "Mirrors".

Poli Styrene Jass Band - Drano In Your Veins 7" (Violet Times 103) Cleveland, Ohio 1975. Ground zero pre-punk sounds reissued

VT 103 - Poli Styrene Jass Band - "Drano In Your Veins" b/w "Circus Highlights" 7" w/ hand-stamped sleeves Two new reissued releases from VTWrecks available now. 35 years later and both these wrecks still sound timeless. Essential Cleveland, Ohio pre-punk / proto-punk sounds, these heavily dosed trax were recorded at Owl Studios in Columbus, Ohio, August of 1975 at the same session where Mirrors laid down an album's worth of trax, mostly compiled on the inaugural Violet Times release. This is what Paul Marotta & Jamie Klimek did next. On 9.20.75 the last performance of Mirrors & Electric Eels took place at a Case Western Reserve University courtyard at WRUW-FM. This was also the first show for Poli Styrene Jass Band. "The end of Mirrors, the birth of The Styrenes, and the revenge of the eels" - Jamie Klimek 

This 45 is now SOLD OUT from VIOLET TIMES.