The Zantees-Out For Kicks (1980)
Artist: The Zantees
Title: Out For Kicks
Label: Bomp
Format: LP
Cat #: BLP 4009
Year of Release: 1980
Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980
Listed Condition: VG+/G+
Sell Date: 12/2/21
Sell Price: $6.99
Discogs Last Sold: 11/1/21 NM/NM $21.32
Low: $5.00
Median: $9.58
Average: $11.66
High: $25.94
Current low price: $7.88
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 34
Have/Want: 209/50
Where Sold: Lake Worth, FL
Time it took to sell: 6 years
Where and When Bought: got from WERS purge '91 or so
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B
Sad To See It Go: No
Rockabilly rebel revivalists, The Zantees were one of the early Bomp band led by BIlly Miller. Billy of course became the head of Norton and also the A-Bones so he was "of the scene.: His wife, Miriam Linna, came from the Cramps to here, so there certainly is quality on multiple fronts. Who could forget Rob Norris went on to The Bongos? (ed. note: I did until I saw them in 2025).
The standout tracks for me are "Up The River" for it's bad boy shenanigans. "Big Green Car" had a nice echoed out vocal. After thinking it over, "I Thought It Over" is also as standout. The rest is good for the goose and the gander. This clearly ushered in a era or rockabilly that, like Miriam's Cramps, was a bit more raw than what the Stray Cats did. The concept was new enough that people didn't feel the need to go balls to the wall in low fidelity.
Slightly tougher and better than the Levi record I wrote about.
It's a game of inches.
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