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A Robert Drasnin Track from Voodoo III in the new Tom Hanks Film A Man Called Otto

We are pleased to announce the track “La Mer Azure” from the Robert Drasnin album Voodoo III on Dionysus Records appears in the new Tom Hanks film, A Man Called Otto! Check it out in theaters through early 2023. The movie will be added to Netflix later in the year. Congratulations to the Drasnin family and Skip Heller who was responsible for putting together and polishing up Voodoo III after Robert passed, and many thanks to Ocean Park Music!

January 4, 2023by Dionysus Records
Surf Guitar 101, Surf Music, Surfer Joe Lorenzo

Surf Guitar 101 Convention Returns July 31

After a two-year absence, the Surf Guitar 101 Convention returns!

This year, the event takes place in Hollywood at the American Legion Post 43, 2035 N, Highland Ave, 90068. Performing this year – Surfer Joe, The Nebulas, The Volcanics, The Mach IV, The Scimitars, and a Richard Podolor tribute – lots of surf music and gear at the marketplace including a Dionysus Records booth, and of course there will be food and drink! Check the website www.sg101convention.com for more info.

July 25, 2022by Dionysus Records
Dionysus mail-order cart

25% Refund on Dionysus Records Mail Order Cart Purchases 4/2-4/3!

25% refund on Dionysus Mail Order Cart Purchases! Today, Thursday 4/2 NOW through Friday night 4/3, as the clock strikes MIDNIGHT Saturday AM PACIFIC, I will IMMEDIATELY REFUND 25% of your Dionysus Records Online Cart orders via your PayPal Payment NOT INCLUDING POSTAGE AND THESE ITEMS:

ITEMS NOT INCLUDED
Jesika von Rabbit T-shirts
Gram Rabbit CD
ALL Tiki Oasis glassware
ALL Tiki Oasis 19 New Wave items
Tiki Oasis 14 Beat Tiki Button Set
Tiki Oasis 11 Commemorative 45
Tiki Oasis Avanti Designs Shirt

How does this work? Make an order, and shortly after I will REFUND %25 of what you paid back to your PayPal account with the above exceptions!

www.dionysusrecords.com/shop/

Love to all during this difficult time,
Lee / Dionysus Records

April 2, 2020by Dionysus Records
Tiger Bomb

Tiger Bomb Shows Fall 2019 Upper East Coast!

Tiger Bomb Shows Fall 2019 Poster

Portland, ME’s all-girl garage combo Tiger Bomb will be performing several shows this fall in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. If you haven’t already, pick up their raging debut Uproar LP/CD on Dionysus Records!

TIGER BOMB UPPER EAST COAST FALL 2019 SHOWS!
Oct12: Portland ME; Sun Tiki with Lyers, Gilder
Oct 25: Somerville, MA; Once with The Flamin’ Groovies, Richard Lloyd Group
Nov 1: Portland ME; Geno’s with Joe Wood (TSOL), Covered in Bees
Nov 8: Providence, R; Alchemy with Muck & The Mires, The Gotham Rockets, Gene Dante & The Future Starlets
Nov 16: Somerville, MA; The Union Tavern at the International Pop Overthrow festival.

Tiger Bomb Facebook Page
Tiger Bomb “Baby Come On” video

September 22, 2019by Dionysus Records
Bacchus Archives

Exotica Gem by Hawaiian Spotlighters Reissue on Bacchus!

Hawaiian Spotlighters Manua Kea Breeze

Super Rare Exotica Gem Mauna Kea Breeze by Hawaiian Spotlighters reissue on Bacchus out TODAY! Release celebration at Forbidden Island, Alameda, CA., 4/23

ORDER YOUR COPY AT THIS LINK!

Exotica expert and fanatic Jeff Chenult first heard about the elusive HAWAIIAN SPOTLIGHTERS album called Mauna Kea Breeze in 2015. A copy came up on eBay which he bid for, and won. Shortly thereafter he set out to locate group member Al Pabilona or any of his musical family who were still around. He found Al’s profile on Facebook; still playing music with his daughter Olivia in a band called THE GOOD VIBES DUO/UNDERTOW. What luck! To say Al was surprised would be an understatement. He was gracious, kind and awestruck that we wanted to release a record that he had recorded with his father over fifty years ago! Al Jr. was only 13 years old when he played drums on this record. They were originally called AL’S SPOTLIGTHERS and played at clubs, weddings and other events in Hilo, Hawaii. The family later moved to California. In 1964, Al Pabilona Sr. recorded his musical family inside their garage in Hayward, California. Each family member played an integral part of the band with Bill Pabilona composing the title track “Mauna Kea Breeze”.

A reported 200 copies of the original album were made by the Century Custom label, a vinyl manufacturer that catered to private pressings. Today, only a handful of these exist, making this one of the rarest exotica records ever recorded! The audio has been lovingly restored by the legendary Dana Countryman (Cool and Strange Music Magazine, co-conspirator with the late JEAN JAQUES PERREY among others) and cut using a tube system, vintage Scully lathe and Westrex cutting head at HRS in Culver City, CA. The reissued LP features cover photography by Jochen Hirschfeld, producer of The DVD of Tiki. Red vinyl too!!

Tracks:
1) Adventure in Paradise
2) Misirlou
3) Un Like No A Like
4) Yellow Bird
5) Beautiful Kahana
6) Filipino Love Song
7) Mauna Kea Breeze
8) Sweet and Lovely
9) Kawohikukapulani
10) Caravan

Good Vibes Duo / Undertow Facebook page can be found at this link
The duo will be performing at Forbidden Island, Alameda, CA, Sunday, April 23 in celebration of the release, during the bar’s 11th anniversary weekend!
3pm Doors
4-6pm Showtime
Forbidden Island
1304 Lincoln Ave, Alameda, CA 94501

April 14, 2017by Dionysus Records
Creepxotica

San Diego! Free Creepxotica Postcard Record Today!


Hunt down a preview of the new Creepxotica album via this Creepxotica Postcard Record today in San Diego!

Creepxotica Postcard Record

Here are the rules…. All you have to do is go to one of these locations and ask for a Creepxotica Postcard Record. There will be five per shop.  One per person. Must show up in person to get the record, which is a preview from the upcoming Creepxotica album on Dionysus! After today, these records will not be available until Tiki Oasis!

They are available at Pack Rat Records, Vespa Motor Sport, La Loupe Vintage on Park, Zumwalts Bikes, Bar Pink (for Tiki Tuesday), Avalon Tatoo 2, Nickelodeon Records, Classic Rocks Sandwich Shoppe, Brake and Rumble (closed today get it Wednesday, Spindles Music Shack in Temecula and Old Town Records

 

July 26, 2016by Dionysus Records
Skip Heller

3/24: Skip Heller 78 RPM Record Release Party at La Luz de Jesus

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Skip Heller 78 RPM Release Party
Thursday, March 24
7-9 PM

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Soap Plant / Wacko
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com

Join Skip Heller’s Hollywood Blues Destroyers at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in celebration of Skip’s new release, a limited edition three-track 10” 78 RPM record. Heller and group will be performing a full set, featuring a Hot Five performance of the songs on the 78. The event is free, all ages, and takes place in the gallery surrounded by this year’s massive Laluzapalooza group show!

About the release:
Dionysus Records inaugural 78 RPM release does the label proud. Roots/exotica/rockabilly master Skip Heller returns to the imprint with Heller’s Hot 5, including Dionysus Records head honcho Lee Joseph on acoustic bass, delivering three smoking, blues-drenched tunes, recorded and cut live to mono tape by former Big Sandy and the Fly Rite Trio’s bassman, Wally Hersom, on all tube powered analog gear. This platter that matters is a limited edition vinyl microgroove 78, playable on anything that plays 78, including jukeboxes. The release comes with a download card. Purchase online direct from Dionysus Records at this link – or from Amazon, etc – downloads available from iTunes, Amazon, eMusic…

>All analog 78 RPM cut with a Westrex head on a vintage Scully Lathe
>Edition of 300 on Blue Vinyl in plain gold vintage 78 RPM sleeve
>Includes digital download with bonus tracks!

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ARTIST: Heller’s Hot Five
Title: “I Hate You” 78 RPM
Label: Dionysus Records
Catalogue Number: D7801
Format 10” 78 RPM
Genre : Rhythm and Blues – Acoustic
SRLP: $16.95
UPC: None
Track List:
“Our Old Street”
“I Hate You”
“Sweet Sue, Just You”
Bonus digital track
“Have Love, Will Travel”
Distributed by ILD

March 24, 2016by Dionysus Records
Dionysus Records

New Dionysus Releases – Alika Lyman Group LP and Skip Heller 78RPM!


Dionysus Records proudly announces our first new releases of 2016; The Alika Lyman Group “Leis of Jazz Vol 2” and Heller’s Hot Five “I Hate You” 10″ 78 RPM. Both releases are available in our online mail order cart (individual links below) or via retail via our distributor, ILD.

Purchase The Alika Lyman Group “Leis of Jazz” LP at this link
Purchase Heller’s Hot Five 78 RPM at this link

Leis of Jazz LP cover
Leis of Jazz LP cover
Heller's Hot Five 78 label
Heller’s Hot Five 78 label
Marty Lush opens the Alika Lyman Group LP at Wacko
Marty Lush opens the Alika Lyman Group LP at Wacko
The Alika Lyman Group LP
The Alika Lyman Group LP
Lee Joseph and Skip Heller at La Luz de Jesus
Lee Joseph and Skip Heller at La Luz de Jesus
Skip Heller and his 78!
Skip Heller and his 78!

 

From Hawaii, The Alika Lyman Group delivers a heartfelt tribute to Alika’s Great Uncle, Arthur Lyman. This album spans the gamut of vintage combo jazz and classic Exotica, featuring original compositions and Hawaiian standards with instrumentation featuring vibes, stand-up bass, percussion and guitar!

ALG vibest, Marty Lush has strived to make the album jacket of Leis of Jazz Vol 2 as close to the original Leis of Jazz as possible including an exact repro of the Hi-Fi Records “Stereophonic Hi-Fi” sticker, and label that bears striking resemblance to the silver and black HIFI Records labels of the late ’50s! The first pressing is on purple orchard vinyl and the album comes with a free digital download!

Dionysus Records has released it’s first 78 RPM! Roots/exotica/rockabilly master Skip Heller returns to the imprint with Heller’s Hot 5, including Dionysus Records head honcho Lee Joseph on acoustic bass, delivering three smoking, blues-drenched tunes, recorded and cut live to mono tape by former Big Sandy and the Fly Rite Trio’s bassman, Wally Hersom, on all tube powered analog gear. This platter that matters is a limited edition vinyl microgroove 78, playable on anything that plays 78, including jukeboxes and the sound flying off this thing is super hi-fi! The release comes with a download card which includes bonus tracks- a digital version of down songs can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon, etc.
March 11, 2016by Dionysus Records
Jesika von Rabbit

1/9: Jesika von Rabbit plays Boondocks in Banning


Calling all inlanders, and hi and low desert dwellers! It`s all happening in Banning on Saturday, Jan. 9 with Jesika von Rabbit, Drug, Jason Nutter, Boss Pilgrim and Ricochet at Boondocks Tavern, 4296 W Ramsey St, Banning, California 92220! And, it`s a FREE show! Get there by 8 PM!

JvRBanning

January 8, 2016by Dionysus Records
Jesika von Rabbit

10/24: Jesika von Rabbit returns to LA for Howie Pyro’s Madhouse Bop


MarinaChavez-GramRabbit15-9241_72In September, Jesika von Rabbit, bassist Lee Joseph and von Rabbit’s dancers The Grundles opened 12 sold out shows for Eagles of Death Metal’s “Zipper Down” tour in the mid-west, south and East Coast. The packed rooms all responded enthusiastically to von Rabbit’s set which included songs from her recently released “Journey Mitchell” album (self released CD and Digital, vinyl LP on Dionysus Records), a twisted, searing industrial electro version of Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places” and a couple of von Rabbit’s country songs which were recorded by Gram Rabbit.

Photo by Marina Chavez – www.marinachavez.com
Click here for Washington City Paper DC show review and photos
Click here for “Journey Mitchell” review by Ron Garmon in LA Record
Click here von Rabbit’s latest video “Glamorous Misery” directed by Jessica Janos (NSFW)

JvRPyroMadhouseBop
von Rabbit and crew will be playing their first post-tour Los Angeles show, DJ Howie Pyro’s Madhouse Bop – Pre Halloween Dance Party starring Chief labotologist DJ Howie Pyro, plus live performances by Geneva Jacuzzi, Haunted George, L.A.Drones, Nora Keyes and special guest DJ Roger Mar

HM157 feels very fortunate to still be standing after the horrific May 1St Fire. Rumor has it that it was the Devil who spared the house* Halloween being their all time favorite holiday. The venue is putting on a monstrous pre-Halloween costume dance party where you will lose your mind! The winner of the costume contest will recieve FREE ENTRANCE to all HM157 events for a full year!

HM157
3110 N Broadway,
Los Angeles, California 90031
www.hm157.com
Click for Facebook event invite

Saturday, Oct 24 at 8:00pm to 3:00am
$13 Entrance @ Door
$11 in Advance @ http://localbuy.me/tickets/events/45


In October, von Rabbit’s group Gram Rabbit will come out of hiatus to perform four shows with Eagles of Death Metal

10/20/2015 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
10/21/2015 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
10/23/2015 The Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
10/26/2015 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA

and on Halloween Weekend, Gram Rabbit will perform their 11th annual Grim Rabbit Halloween Ball at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown. On October 30, Spindrift will be opening and on the 31st Misfits cover band Astro Zombies will be opening. More information and tickets can be found at this link.

October 13, 2015by Dionysus Records
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