Just Add Water Records

21/12/2023

Friday 22.12! Hector rides again at The Royal Oak in Bath! Just Add Water UK, our British cousins, will be there selling our Hector reissues and more!

21/12/2023

2023 was bonkers - 15 new releases. Thanks to our loyal customers, shops & distros, WFMU DJs and our heavy, heavy crew. Lots more to come in 2024!

18/12/2023

Phil Brown from faves HECTOR will be performing with our mates Shiner in Bath this Friday!!!!

15/12/2023

OUT NOW!

Overseas customers, we are now shipping via Global Post to several countries and the prices are much, much cheaper. You can also get them from Strangeworld Records, Just Add Water UK, Shiny Beast, etc. in a few weeks. North America, grab them directly from us.

JAW063 JIMMY CAMPBELL “Lonely Norman” 7” *Literally the lads from ROCKIN’ HORSE with EDDY GRANT from THE EQUALS on lead guitar. Mega obscure LP sampler tracks rescued and available on a 7” single for the first time

JAW064 SHAKANE “Gang Man” 7”. First time ever reissue of one of the best Junkshop Glam bangers plus the UNRELEASED original uncensored version “Gang Bang” on the b-side

JAW065 LOBBY LOYDE “Do You Believe In Magic” 7”. Lobby’s first post-COLOURED BALLS recordings from ‘75. A-side was one of the earliest songs he wrote for
COLOURED BALLS but they never recorded it. First time reissue!

JAW066 FAT DADDY “Roll Daddy Roll” 7” First time ever reissue of this hard to find strutting Sharpie fave from 1975. Killer STATUS QUO style boogie

JAW067 THE A-JAES “I’m Leaving You” 7” e.p. Teenage TREVOR WHITE’s first group from ‘64! Original mega rare Oak Records single plus 2 unreleased acetate recordings from ‘65! Killer speedy UK Beat.

12/12/2023

The final piece of the 5-pack of new releases is in hand and now shipping! https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/

11/12/2023

Out Friday! https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/

10/12/2023

Season’s greetings from the guv, Terry Stamp! Still doing what he does best!

08/12/2023

Five new releases out next Friday! On pre-sale now!

07/12/2023

Out next Friday! On pre-sale now. Rockin’ Horse + Eddy Grant of The Equals on lead guitar. Only 300 copies pressed. Listen in the comments.

06/12/2023

So What is back in action this Sunday in SF! Early show, doors at 3. Free BBQ.

05/12/2023

JUST ADD WATER RECORDS is thrilled to present DERV GORDON formerly of THE EQUALS with our very own SO WHAT!

Slight Diversion West Coast Tour 2024!

Thurs 2/22 Sacramento - The Side Door
Fri 2/23 Oakland - The Stork Club
Sat 2/24 San Diego - The Kensington Club
Sun 2/25 Long Beach - Alex’s Bar
Fri 3/1 TBA
Sat 3/2 Seattle - Belltown Yacht Club
Sun 3/3 Portland - Dante’s (early show)

These are Derv’s first gigs since 2019! Derv and So What will be playing a lengthy set of Equals classics and rarities, some performed live for the very first time. As always, So What will also be main support for each gig. Opening bands and DJs to be announced soon.

Poster by .m.v.c

04/12/2023

Out December 15th! On pre-sale now. We’re doing a deeper dive into fave LOBBY LOYDE’s oveure. “Do You Believe In Magic” is obviously not the famous hit by The Lovin’ Spoonful. It is a Lobby original and was in fact one of the earliest COLOURED BALLS tunes dating from early ‘72. The ‘Balls never ended up recording it. A few months after their split in early ‘75, Lobby recorded it with him on lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, JIMMY THOMPSON (ex- Vince Maloney Sect, Tony Worley & The Blue Jays and Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs) on drums, plus PAUL DIXSON on sax. This single was issued in December 1975 on the Bootleg label and has never been reissued before. It is an honor and pleasure to keep Lobby’s music alive.

Pressing info:
400 black vinyl
100 half green/half black vinyl

01/12/2023

TERRY STAMP - Blue Redondo LP JAW068 out early 2024! LISTEN to “Mask Upon Your Face” in the comments.

Terry’s follow-up to his fantastic 1975 album FATSTICKS will finally be heard! Blue Redondo was recorded during 1977-1978 after he had relocated from London to El Segundo, California and still owed his label another album. They passed on the material and the tapes sat in storage until the early 2000s when Terry had the material pressed onto short run CDs to sell at his local solo gigs and via mail order. This the first time any of the tunes have been available on vinyl, lovingly recovered from the original master tapes by and mastered by . Lacquers cut by . This is somehow drinking music and “Sunday morning coming down” music at the same time. Terry puts on a master class in songwriting over these twelve tracks. Pairs perfectly with our double album of Terry’s home demos TWENTY ROUGH ROTTERS. Fact.

Simply put, Terry is one of the most underrated songwriters of the past 50 years. He got his start in the early 60s playing bass for Mike Rabin and The Demons, the house band at the Wimbledon Palais, supporting the likes of The Kinks and The Rolling Stones. After the Palais closed, he was hired as a songwriter for Schroeder Music in ‘68. He soon connected with Jim Avery (ex-Attack, Thunderclap Newman) and formed the axis of underground heroes, THIRD WORLD WAR, the best bit of aggro ever, pre-figuring the UK Punk explosion by a good five years. After TWW, Terry released his debut solo album Fatsticks, an incredible collection of superb songwriting seeing him backed by the likes of Ollie Halsall, Tony Newman, Herbie Flowers and Jim Avery. Terry relocated to America by the time Fatsticks was released. Terry dutifully entered Brother Recording Studio and laid down the album he still owed using some of his earliest efforts such as “Mask Upon Your Face” which dated from 1968 and very recently written ones like “Harbor Freeway”, which literally went right by his new house. This is a listen on repeat ten times kind of album and it’s a honor to make it available to you. TERRY RULES OK!

29/11/2023

PROWLER “Pale Green Vauxhall Driving Man” b/w “I’m Your Leading Man” 7” JAW069 coming March/April 2024! This is not really a reissue per se because the original uncensored version has never been released on vinyl before. It was released in a censored version as the oddly titled “Pale Green (Hmmmm) Driving Man” in 1972. The BBC’s policy at the time would not allow a commercial product or brand name being used. Same reason The Kinks had to re-record “Lola” for the single version substituting “chery cola” in place of “Coca-Cola”. Prowler masked the offending “Vauxhall” auto brand name in their song with a Moog (played by Chris Thomas) sort of replicating an accelerating car. The fact that you can clearly hear the word “Vauxhall” several other times outside of the chorus didn’t seem to phase anyone. It was all for naught. The Beeb didn’t play it anyway. The subject matter alone, a kerb crawler searching the streets for unwitting victims of his tainted “sticky brandy balls” sweets would warrant a ban from The Beeb regardless.

PROWLER featured the wildly prolific team of MARTIN BRILEY and BRIAN ENGEL from such faves as MANDRAKE PADDLE STEAMER, STARBUCK “Do You Like Boys”, LIVERPOOL ECHO, SHAMBLES “Hello Baby”, TRUE ADVENTURE, etc. LISTEN IN THE COMMENTS!

The b-side “I’m Your Leading Man” has never appeared on vinyl before. As always, we provide bang for the buck! Mastered by Sean M. Lennon at Control C in Oakland.

29/11/2023

Europe, grab the Atlantis single from Shiny Beast while you can!

This is simply Rockin' Horse, featuring Jimmy Campbell and Billy Kinksley, recording under a different name. Their 'Yes It Is' LP completely flopped in 1971. They were still under contract as Rockin' Horse so they got around that by releasing this single as Atlantis on their producer Hal Carter's Fury label in 1972. Now this single is finally available again. Released by Just Add Water Records.

27/11/2023

Out 12/15/23! First time ever reissue of their rare first single from late ‘75. On pre-sale now.
https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com

26/11/2023

Out 12/15/23! On pre-sale now. Jimmy Campbell backed by his bandmates in Rockin’ Horse with Eddy Grant of The Equals sitting in on lead guitar. https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/

24/11/2023

Out 12/15/23! Unreleased b-side!On pre-sale now. https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/

23/11/2023

Out 12/15/23. On pre-sale now. 400 black vinyl. 100 half green/half black vinyl. https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/

22/11/2023

Ever wondered why Giuda’s records so good? This guy! Danilo Silvestri! Danilo both restored and mastered recent releases for us by Damon Lyon-Shaw and Snooty from the original early 70s acetates.

22/11/2023

Out 12/15/23! First time reissue of this classic Junkshop Glam banger from ‘74. UNRELEASED original version “Gang Bang” on the flip! On pre-sale now.

21/11/2023

Live in the UK? Just Add Water UK can sort you!

Go ahead and add last month’s bundle of releases to your order in case you missed out!
https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com

17/11/2023

Back in print for the first time in over 45 years! Listen in the comments! On pre-sale now. Out 12/15/23. https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/

16/11/2023

Go ahead and add last month’s bundle of releases to your order in case you missed out!
https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com

15/11/2023

https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/
Pre-sales are live! Release date is 12/15/23. Overseas customers, we are now shipping via Global Post to several countries and the prices are much, much cheaper now.

JAW063 JIMMY CAMPBELL “Lonely Norman” 7” *Literally the lads from ROCKIN’ HORSE with EDDY GRANT from THE EQUALS on lead guitar. Mega obscure LP sampler tracks rescued and available on a 7” single for the first time

JAW064 SHAKANE “Gang Man” 7”. First time ever reissue of one of the best Junkshop Glam bangers plus the UNRELEASED original uncensored version “Gang Bang” on the b-side

JAW065 LOBBY LOYDE “Do You Believe In Magic” 7”
Lobby’s first post-COLOURED BALLS recordings from ‘75. A-side was one of the earliest songs he wrote for
COLOURED BALLS but they never recorded it. First time reissue!

JAW066 FAT DADDY “Roll Daddy Roll” 7” First time ever reissue of this hard to find strutting Sharpie fave from 1975. Killer STATUS QUO style boogie

JAW067 THE A-JAES “I’m Leaving You” 7” e.p. Teenage TREVOR WHITE’s first group from ‘64! Original mega rare Oak Records single plus 2 unreleased acetate recordings from ‘65! Killer high velocity UK Beat.

15/11/2023

Good news for once! We now have Global Post available to us. Overseas shipping just got much cheaper if you live in 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇯🇵🇰🇷🇳🇴🇨🇭🇲🇽🇨🇦🇧🇷 🇦🇷plus many others. The difference is MASSIVE. For example, if you buy the new 5-pack bundle of 7” releases and you live in Australia it’s now only $20 to ship instead of the previous rate of $35.25. If you buy one 7” the price went down from $19.50 to $12. Savings vary by country but Brazil is seeing the biggest difference so far. Of course there’s a catch, there’s always a catch. Global Post only works for parcels 16 ounces and under. All our releases are also available overseas from Clearspot (NL), JAW UK, Strangeworld (AU), Base Records (JP), and soon Sounds Of Subterrania (DE). Thank you for following us on this never-ending quest to shine a light on overlooked, unknown or forgotten sounds. Lots more to come in 2024. Also, we’ve completed our move back to Berkeley and are shipping daily. Truly, Jason

14/11/2023

THE A-JAES “I’m Leaving You” b/w “Kansas City” 7” e.p. JAW067

OUT DECEMBER 15th, 2023. Listen in the comments section.

First time ever reissue of The A-Jaes hyper-rare 1964 single on Oak Records, only 99 pressed. Killer high velocity pounding UK Beat. Plus, we’re also adding two unreleased tracks from a one-of-a-kind 1965 acetate. An alternate and superior version of “I’m Leaving You” plus “Maybe It’s The Way You Said Goodbye”. All four songs will be released on a 7” 45 e.p. as JAW067. The A-Jaes feature TREVOR WHITE later of JOOK and SPARKS on guitar and his big brother GEOFF WHITE on lead vocals and harp.

Pressing info:
400 black vinyl
100 half white/half black vinyl

13/11/2023

Pre-sale starts this Wednesay, 11/15!!! Release date is 12/15!

10/11/2023

5-pack of new releases out 12/15/23! Pre-sales start 11/15/23 at 10am PST.

02/11/2023

Europe, Shiny Beast has all our new releases!

These are are the only known songs by each of these groups. Both are junkshop glam, restored and mastered by Danilo Silvestri (Giuda). Snooty sounds a bit like a mashup of Harpo's 'Teenage Queen' and Muff's 'Sexy Lady', while the flip side reminds a bit of Pantherman. Released by Just Add Water Records.

26/10/2023

European friends, Shiny Beast carries our entire catalog.

This rough and tough absolute Junkshop Glam grail has never been officially reissued on vinyl since it was originally released in 1974. This was Gumbo's one and only release. Limited to 300 copies via Just Add Water Records.

14/10/2023

Now shipping!

13/10/2023

OUT NOW! We are still working our way through the mountain of pre-orders. Everything will ship by early next week. Thank you. Don’t forget, low flat rate shipping in the US no matter how many records you buy.

Aussie shops contact Strangeworld Records
European shops contact Clearspot (NL)
American/Canadian shops, we deal direct or you can get them from Revolver USA/Midheaven mailorder, Get Hip Recordings, etc

12/10/2023

Out tomorrow! Unreleased Junkshop Glam banger from ‘74. Have a listen.

06/10/2023

Out next Friday! https://justaddwaterrecords.bigcartel.com/