The first CD of Destination: Bomp! in particular walks the listener through the chronological history of Bomp! Records, beginning with the “A” side of their very first release: “You Tore Me Down” by the Flamin’ Groovies. Greg Shaw’s liner notes about this song describe how Bomp! Records got started: “When Cyril Jordan first played me this, and the other stuff that they’d done in England (including ‘Shake Some Action’) that nobody would release, I was stunned. Then he said, ‘Why don’t you put it out?’ I couldn’t think of a good reason, except of course that there was no way to distribute, promote or sell it . . . all I knew was that music this good had to come out. So we did. And that’s as good a foot to start on as any, I reckon.”
(September 2013)
