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)
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The Flamin' Groovies showed the way when their 1976 album, Shake Some Action (on Sire Records and Aim Records) moved a lot of vinyl by looking backwards to the 1960's, vindicating Greg Shaw's decision to step up and launch Bomp! Records by releasing their 1974 single, "You Tore Me Down" b/w "Him or Me".
(January 2015/2)
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