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Coming soon! This summer marks the 25th anniversary of our groundbreaking Train to Disaster comp which was one of the very first modern garage comps way back in 1983. We will be releasing a special digital only version with some special extras in conjunction with Anthology Recordings this summer. Anthology is now offering DRM-Free downloads of our great George Brigman and Left reissues. Dont miss out on this page in musical history! We are the soft white underbelly of the music world, and our artists pursue their own unique artistic vision unfettered by commercial restraints, bringing you some of the finest tunes you'll ever hear! Trust us!
New Releases on the way from Bona Fide! These are tough times for small labels like us, but we will continue to offer fine wares you won't find anywhere else. We encourage you to purchase our current releases if you dont have them yet so you can experience some fine music. We intend to have new releases from both George Brigman and Waitin On A Train eventually so stay tuned for details. Also we will be releasing a special digital only FREE sampler featuring our releases as well as a wealth of amazing unreleased tunes! Coming soon, really!
Now Billy Synth and the Turnups on You Tube!
We have loaded a bunch of historic 80s videos of our friends the Turnups, on their own, as well as backing Billy Synth! These include the amazing 17 minute live version of "Sister Ray" as well as the Turnups classic tune "The Cart Woman of Harrisburg"! These guys started the first punk rock scene in Harrisburg when noone else gave a shit, and these videos both live and studio shots are simply a fantastic record of bygone daze! Click Here! and see for yourself!
Now DRM-Free Downloads from CD Baby!--Click HERE to get to our CD Baby page where we have lowered our prices on CDs as well as downloads! Complete CD downloads with art are now available and contain no DRM so you can transfer easily to any device!
Limited offering of old Bona Fide vinyl! Just a few of each tilte!
The Train to Disaster--80s garage psych comp with Page Blues
Band flexi---Sealed $25
The Left--Last Train to Hagerstown--sealed $30
George Brigman--Silent Bones 7" EP wPS $15
Velvet Monkeys--Colors pts 1 & 2 &' wPS $12
The Deadly Spawn--80s garage psych comp with Stump
Wizards/Voodoo Love Gods flexi--sealed $15
Please write rick @ bonafiderecords.net if you are interested in any vinyl. We only have of few of each for sale, so please write first!
If you are around the mid-Atlantic area, we also set up at area record fairs with a swell batch of used vinyl and other cool stuff. Feel free to stop by if only to chat or say hi! Here's our schedule if you wish to check us out:
Record Fair Schedule:
June 1st-- Allentown Music Expo, Merchants Square
Mall, Vultee St., Allentown, PA
June 8th--Keystone Record Collectors Show
Jaycees Bingo Hall, 2460 New Holland Pike (rt. 23)
Lancaster, PA FREE
June 22nd--Maryland Collectors Show--Arbutus Fire Hall
Baltimore MD FREE
July 13th--Keystone Record Collectors Show
Jaycees Bingo Hall, 2460 New Holland Pike (rt. 23)
Lancaster, PA FREE
October 2007--George Brigman continues to receive raves for his new Rags in Skull--stunning new listeners and fans alike who are amazed George's guitar playing, singing, and songwriting are stronger than ever, 30 years after Jungle Rot!
Scott Seward, writing in Decibel, calls it "heavy entertainment" and "just sheer joy" and proclaims "This album rocks HARD. God bless him." In an exhaustive and informative interview on Radcompany.net, Joe Kelly calls Rags "a stiff middle finger to an indifferent industry." Check the interview out for some unique insight into the origins of George's muse...
*******NEW LOCATION---KEYSTONE RECORD COLLECTORS
SHOW STARTING OCTOBER 14TH! 2007 *********************** After 10 years at Lancaster Catholic High, The monthly 2nd Sunday KRC record Show is moving! We will now be at the Jaycees Bingo Hall 2460 New Holland Pike (rt. 23), Lancaster, PA. Come check out the new location and pick up some great vinyl and CDs while you're there!
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July 2007--As George Brigman's Rags In Skull continues to
turn heads with its wicked rock and roll brew, Bona Fide celebrates the 30th anniversary of George's "Blowin' Smoke" 45 with a special signed edition in an all new sleeve featuring the last remaining copies of the original pressing! For more info check out George's site--specifically the new releases and news pages! We have scheduled a Brigman appearance at Baltimore's great True Vine Record Shop on August 3rd!
We've also been fortunate to catch a few Waitin' On A Train live shows this summer and they continue to serve up a hot platter of their unique take on hillbilly rock, or modern acoustic music, whatever you want to call it. Make sure your check out their schedule as well as their In the Path of Pain CD which is making a big splash! As always, the York County Fiddlers' Convention will be a swell time, especially with Waitin' On A Train playing on the main stage.
April 2007--George Brigman's Rags in Skull has been released to much acclaim as the record is a testament to one man's determination to remain true to his sound while continuing to evolve not only as a musician and vocalist, but a songwriter as well. The heavy vibe that runs throughout
George's work is still there though it may be tinged with a bit more anger and vile. Still, there are beautiful flowing melodies, unusual rhythms, and lively instrumentals that offset the hell-bent wicked rock and roll. Rags In Skull is a work that shows Brigman and his many talents in full bloom. James Toth writng in Your Flesh Mag says "His Fred Cole-like dedication to an aesthetic would be noble enough even if the album didn’t rock so mightily, but rock it does. In short, Rags in Skull is everything The Stooges’ bogus ‘reunion’ album should have been but wasn’t, and very near the top of a relatively short list of essential 2007 releases thus far. "
Gregory Conner writing in Tufts Daily seemed to agree, "Brigman sounds totally stuck in the '70s on this album, but still manages to let loose, heavyweight hard rock riffs that knock out present day contenders...when you find yourself at the end of Brigman's tour through his torn up and dragged down world, you find yourself only wanting to go back down for more." Click on the mags names to read the full reviews!
It's the Blog To Comm George Brigman interview! Click here!
Find out why it took George 20 years to make Rags In Skull!
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preview it here! From Rags in Skull: So This is Life
See vintage Brigman video from the 80s (and preview his new cd too) on You Tube on our new youtube page hosted by our video archivist, Floyd Tull!
Bona Fide is proud to announce the release of Waitin On A Train's In the Path of Pain. It's a quite unusual but true blend of old time mountain music with the spit and fire of rock and roll! Mainly an acoustic trio of guitar, mandolin and bass, Waitin On A Train chew up and spit out traditional bluegrass harmony their own way, adding some super charged rhythm to their whiskey soaked tales of honky tonkin, assassins, bootleggers, and lost love. In his All Music Guide 4 star review, Richie Unterberger states, "make no mistake, these guys can play with infectious grit, and know the source material to which they're giving a slight twist." See their page for their gig schedule and more info!
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preview it here! From In the Path of Pain: Boot Hill Bootleggers
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To Buy, Download or Listen to our new George Brigman, Waitin On A
Train or the Left CDs
click Here
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OUT NOW! FIRST TIME ON CD! THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE LEFT! 20 Songs!
Check out the Left's My Space for a very exclusive net only download of the Left covering the Dirty Wurds garage classic "Why". The CD is full of bristling in your face punk rock of the highest order! Everyone needs this one so sign up for our mailing list today so you don't miss out! Available from fine stores, or online thru CD Baby! This is finally the culmination of lots of hard work
and features gloriously loud, hell raising punk complete with a 12 page book with the whole story, lots of photos, and 4 unreleased tracks. An essential document of an amazing band who blazed a unique path thru the punk world back in the mid-80s. It includes their very first recording as well--the incredibly insulting "You're So"! Bona Fide Records is also on my space! Check our page out
where we have posted a special preview of 80s punks the Left. This CD is available online or at cool stores worlwide, but now you can get free Left downloads right here! You can download the previously unreleased track "Columbus Day" -- Yet another rabble rousing tune fromtruly rabble rousing bunch! We also have their epic song "Hell" and their smoking remake of "TV Eye". Hope you dig the CD preview. The whole CD has 20 songs, lots of photos, and as much of the story that anyone can remember!
Welcome to the launch of the Bona Fide Records website! Home of real rock! Check out the first ever authorized CDs by George Brigman, Jungle Rot and I Can Hear the Ants Dancin'. Both have unreleased cuts, great sound straight from the masters and vintage photos Full blown over the top proto-punk with tons of George's great guitar! Hear what the world's buzzing about at our CD Baby page if you need some immediate satisfaction!
Having started with those 2 great reissues, we were not about to stop in our quest to scorch your ears with blazing rock n roll. George Brigman has just released his first all new release in 20 years, Rags in Skull. Now the world can be able to hear such instant classics like Some of My Best Friends are Snakes and Goin to Pieces, further evidence of George's incredible sound.
Check out the new Bona Fide Records Blog for all the latest info and dirt!
We are proud to present a reissue of seminal work we released on vinyl in the 80s. Now the complete studio sessions of the notorious punk band the Left is on CD with 20 tracks, 4 unreleased cuts too! The Left shreds like never before, better hide those kids! The Left CD features great remastered sound that never quite made it to the vinyl!
The Left finally reissued on
Bona Fide Records!
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