Volume 2 (Distortions/Waterpipe) is in the same mould as its predecessor. Good tracks by The Softs, Symptomes, Het or Met & Zonder are accompanied by the pure rubbish of Willem O.P. Schepper, Erik or Tinus Plotseling for instance. Again, the dutch people will have more fun with the lyrics than the foreign speaker.
Tracklist: 1. Spiders - Oze-Wieze-Woze taken from the single Oze-Wieze-Woze/Thank You Girl (Fontana YF 278043) 1964 Line-up: Heinz van Tuyl (gtr), Jos Panhuizen (vcls, gtr), Hans Vermeulen (bs), Peter van Breemen (drms). Band origin: Eindhoven (Noord Brabant/Netherlands) 2. Softs - Kassie Kijken taken from the single Kassie Kijken/Paarse Broek (Omega 35481) 1966 Line-up: Felix op't Einde (vcls), Peter Bakker (gtr), Klaas Groot (bs), Rene Vlieger (drms). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 3. Fabien Collin - Ophoepelen taken from the single Water en brood/Ophoepelen (Passe Partout 010) 1967 Line-up incl.: Fabien Collin (vcls). Origin: Antwerpen (Belgium) 4. Symptomes - Zij Liet Me Staan taken from the single Paulien/Zij Liet Me Staan (Philips JF 333666) 1967 Line-up: Jan Cornelissen (lead gtr), Martin Cornelissen (rhythm gtr, vcls), Cees in t'Groen (rhythm gtr), Cees Bogers (bs), Henk Ernst (drms). Band origin: Dongen/Rijen (Noord Brabant/Netherlands) 5. Het - Allen Op Het Kerkhof taken from the single Ik Heb Geen Zin Om Op Te Staan/Alleen Op Het Kerkhof (Fontana 278115 YF) 1965 Line-up: Jacques Zwart (lead vcls), Adri de Hont (gtr), Pim van der Linden (bs), Dennis Witbraad (drms). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 6. Ronnie & De Ronnies - Zo Lui taken from the single Help! Help!/Zo Lui (Delta DS 1264) 1967 Line-up incl.: Ronnie Schutte. Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 7. Ernie Bender & The Jets - Hey Lulu taken from the single Strandfeest/Hey Lulu (Fontana YF 278092) 1965 Line-up incl.: Ernie Bender [real name Ernst Beneder]. Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 8. 12345 - Hullabaloo! taken from the single Neem Me Mee Sexy Natel/Hullabaloo (Fontana YF 278149) 1967 Line-up: Peter Grinwis (vcls), Herman Kroese (lead gtr), Jan van den Broek (rhythm gtr), Leo van de Corput (bs), Henk van Genderen (drms). Band origin: Breda (Noord Brabant/Netherlands) 9. Joske Harry's & The King Creoles - Louie Louie taken from the single Louie Louie/Hoor! Nu Zeg Ik Het Weer (Arsa AR 107) 1964 Line-up incl.: Joske Harris [real name Georges Lisabeth] (gtr, vcls). Band origin: Brugge (West Vlaanderen/Belgium) 10. Cavaliers - Assepoes taken from the single Assepoes/Claudette (Imperial IH 641) 1965 Line-up: Piet Souer (vcls, gtr), Ton Sprenger (gtr), Frits van Antwerpen (keyb'ds), Dick Stigter (bs), Cees van Antwerpen (drms). Band origin: Eindhoven (Noord Brabant/Netherlands) 11. Fabien Collin - Mariwana Maruwana taken from the single Mariwana Maruwana/Met jou aan m'n zij (EMI GBP 225) 1967 Line-up/Origin: See Track 3 12. Andre van Duin - Moet ik lopen? [She's About A Mover] taken from the single Stoelen stoelen! [Wooly Bully]/Moet ik lopen? [She's About A Mover] (Philips JF 327894) 1965 Line-up incl.: Andre van Duin (vcls). Origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 13. Sharks - Pas Op Voor De Sharks taken from the single Pas Op Voor De Sharks/Made In USA (Funckler DL 45108) 1963 Line-up: Hans van Tol [aka Tol Hansse] (gtr, vcls), Fred Bachofner (gtr), Ton Schreuder (bs), Clous van Mechelen (sax, piano, gtr), Chris Uittenboogaard (drms). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 14. Clungels - Geen Cent! taken from the single Dat Had Ik Nog Nooit Gedaan/Geen Cent! (Artone DS 25337) 1966 Line-up: Axel van Duin (vcls, gtr), Paul Brachel (gtr), Jaap Gerritsen (bs), Arthur de Groot (piano), Theo Pietersen (drms). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 15. Rolf De Meijer - Leef Alleen Om 'Ja' Te Zeggen taken from the single Leef Alleen Om 'Ja' Te Zeggen/Wat Wil Ik Nog Meer (?) 1968 Line-up incl.: Rolf De Meijer. Origin: Netherlands 16. Erik - Hippie Hip taken from the single Alexander Bell/Hippie Hip (Decca 23727) 1967 Line-up incl.: Erik van Malder (vcls). Origin: Antwerpen (Belgium) 17. 12345 - Neem Me Mee Sexy Natel See Track 8 18. Confetti Combo - Die Pil taken from the single Ik Weet Dat Jij Niet Nee Kan Zeggen/Die Pil (Philips JF 334641) 1969 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Netherlands 19. Babs, Marina & De Hippe Vogels - LSD taken from the Soundtrack-album De Stunt (Philips 844056 PY) 1967 Line-up: Mary van den Berg (vcls), Marian Berk (vcls), Carola Baay (vcls), Maelys Morel (vcls), Lia Karon (vcls), John Kuipers (vcls), Frank Sanders (vcls), Beer Bossu (vcls), Jan Bolt (vcls). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 20. Softs - Paarse Broek See Track 2 21. Het - S.O.S. taken from the single S.O.S/I Call You Bluff (Fontana 278146 YF) 1967 Line-up/Band origin: See Track 5 22. Willem O.P. Schepper - De Tien Geboden taken from the single De Tien Geboden/De Pantoffelheld (CNR UH 9853) 1966 Line-up incl.: Willem O.P. Schepper (vcls). Origin: Netherlands 23. Tinus Plotseling - Trip Trap Door De Tulpjes taken from the single Trip Trap Door De Tulpjes/Quinn The Eskimo (Havoc SH 149) 1968 Line-up: Tinus Plotseling [aka Peter Tetteroo] (vcls). Origin: Delft (Zuid Holland/Netherlands) 24. Met & Zonder - Meneertje Pils taken from the single Meneertje Pils/Rood En Oranje In De Schemering (Fontana YF 278150) 1967 Line-up: Tony Leroy (gtr), Martijn Dresden (bs, vcls), Hessel de Vries (keyb'ds, vcls), Pierre van den Linden (drms). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 25. Ronnie & De Ronnies - Help! Help! See Track 6 26. Selfkick - Zo Is Het Toevallig Nog Eens Een Keer taken from the single Zo Is Het Toevallig Ook Nog Eens Een Keer/Blues For Us By Us (Delta DS 1187) 1966 Line-up: Yme de Jong (vcls), Ton van der Woude (lead gtr), Dick Kuyer (rhythm gtr), Fred de la Rie (bs), Wim van Beek (drms). Band origin: Beverwijk (Noord Holland/Netherlands)
I assume that you all know The Action. The Mods and Beat fans love them for their 65-67 recordings respectively the retrospective "Ultimate Action" album, the Psychedelic entusiasts prefer the "Brain" aka "Rolled Gold" releases. "Action Speaks Louder Than..." contains five studio demos from '68 shortly before they became Mighty Baby and was released 1985 on the Castle label (Castle DOJOLP 3). Although it's already the Mighty Baby line-up the sound is better comparable with the "Brain" recordings and highly recommended for every Psychedelic connoisseur. All the tracks were written by Ian Whiteman and presumably recorded as they've picked up the name Azoth for a short while. "The Tapestry of Delights" described it as "a soft, West Coast psychedelic feel with very pleasant harmonies". The tracks also appeared on Big Beats CD re-issue of the first "Mighty Baby" album and if you have this release you don't need necessarily "Action Speaks Louder Than...". If you haven't you should grab these songs for your complete Action discography!
Tracklist: - Only Dreaming - Dustbin Full Of Rubbish - An Understanding Love - My Favourite Day - A Saying For Today Personnel: Reggie King (vcls) [ABCD] Peter Watson (lead gtr, vcls) [A] Alan 'Bam' King (gtr, vcls) [ABCDE] Mike Evans (bass, gtr) [ABCDE] Roger Powell (drums, gtr) [ABCDE] Ian Whiteman (keyb'ds, sax, oboe, clarinet) [CE] Martin Stone (lead gtr) [DE] Band origin: London
Discographie: Albums: 1. (A/B) The Ultimate Action (Edsel ED 101) 1980 2. (E) Action Speaks Louder Than (Castle DOJOLP 3) 1985 3. ( ) Rolled Gold (Dig The Fuzz Records DIG 025) 1998
45's: 1. (A) Land Of A Thousand Dances/In My Lonely Room (Parlophone R 5354) 1965 2. (A) I'll Keep On Holding On/Hey Sha-Lo-Ney (Parlophone R 5410) 1966 3. (A) Baby You've Got It/ Since I Lost My Baby (Parlophone R 5474) 1966 4. (B) Never Ever/Twenty Fourth Hour (Parlophone R 5572) 1967 5. (B) Shadows And Reflections/Something Has Hit Me (Parlophone R 5610) 1967 6. (B) Harlem Shuffle/Wasn't It You (Hansa 14321 AT) 1968
There was no real connection between the two bands except that they shared the same label (Ember Records) in their early days. After the Dave Clark Five started to hit the charts high Ember Records used them as a lure to promote the Wahington DC's and released the "Dave Clark Five with The Washington DC's" album. It contains only two songs of the DC5 but eight tracks of The Wahington DC's, who had prior to this release a number 1 hit in Turkey with "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", but failed to make the charts in England. The LP didn't make any impact too and very little was heard of the group over the next two years. They then got a record deal with CBS and reappear on the scene in '66 with the excellent "32nd Floor" 7-inch, followed by the even superior "Seek And Find" single. Again success eluded them and as a consequence the band headed to the continent where they were seemingly better recognized than in their homeland. The end of '68 saw the release of their final 45, the cool Mod/Freakbeat "I've Done It All Wrong/Anytime". Not long after the group finally split.
The CD-only release on Repertoire (Repertoire REP 4314-WY / 1993) contains the first three DC5 singles, white-bread early '60s Pop if you ask me. More interesting is the tracklist of the Washington DC's (17 tracks in total) that contains their whole output plus 2 unreleased songs.
Tracklist: [Dave Clark Five] - Chaquita - In Your Heart - First Love - I Walk The Line - That's What I Said - I Knew It All The Time
[Washington DC's] - Seek And Find - I Love Gerald Chevin The Great - 32nd Floor - Whole Lot More - Any Time - I've Done It All Wrong - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Where Did You Go - Shimmy Shimmy - Sweet Little Rock'n'roller - Yakety Yak - Little One - Is It Me - Have You Seen My Baby - Carol - Return To Me - Have You Seen My Baby [alt. take] Personnel [Washington DC's]: Pat Curley (lead gtr) [AB] Barry Fitzgerald (gtr) [ABCD] Roger Creed (bs) [AB] Baz (drms) [A] Glen Duke (drms) [BC] Roger Saunders (vcls, lead gtr, keyb'ds) [CD] Berbie Trott (bs) [C] Gary Lee Illingworth (keyb'ds) [C] Walt Monaghan (bs, gtr, keyb'ds) [D] Brian Hillman (drms) [D] Band origin: London
Discographie: Albums: 1. (C) The Dave Clark Five With The Washington DC's (Ember FA 2003) 1965
45's: 1. (B) Kisses Sweeter Than Wine/Where Did You Go (Ember EMB S 190) 1964 2. (C) 32nd Floor/Whole Lot More (CBS 202226) 1966 3. (C) Seek And Find/I Love Gerald Chevin The Great (CBS 202464) 1967 4. (D) I've Done It All Wrong/Anytime (Domain D 9) 1968
This unofficial release went about six volumes and was compiled "from members for members" of the (now gone) U-Spaces group. Some illustrious people were involved like Max Waller, Patrick Lundborg or Alec Palao, to name a few. By the time of finishing "California Love-in" contains previously uncompiled or forgotten material of Psychedelic and Pop groups from the californian '60s. For my taste more than half of the material is well worth hearing. As I was never a member of any group or forum I've picked it up a while ago at Soulseek.
Tracklist: 1. The Love-Ins Cinema Trailer Edit 2. Family Tree - He Spins Around taken from the single He Spins Around/She Had To Fly (RCA 9671) 1968 Line-up: Bob Segarini (gtr, vcls, keyb'ds), Mike Dure (gtr), Bill 'Kootch' Troachim (bs, vcls), Jim Decocq (keyb'ds), Van Slatter (drms). Band origin: San Francisco (California/US) 3. Hobbits - Jolly Good Fellow taken from the single Frodo Lives/Jolly Good Fellow (ZAR 25) 1967 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: California 4. Gladstone - What A Day taken from the single Upsome/What A Day (A&M 1061) 1968 Line-up: Ned Torney (gtr, keyb'ds, vcls), Jim Sawyers (gtr), Alan Graham (vcls, bs), Ken Matthew (drms, vcls). Band origin: San Jose (California/US) 5. Travel Agency - Time taken from the single Time/Made For You (Tanqueray 20102) 1966 Line-up: Steve Haehl (gtr, vcls), Tom Beal, Busby. Band origin: San Francisco (California/US) 6. Avant Garde - Honey And Gall taken from the single Naturally Stoned/Honey And Gall (Columbia 4-44590) 1968 Line-up: Elkin "Bubba" Fowler (vcls), Chuck Woolery (vcls) + session musicians. Band origin: California 7. Ariel - It Feels Like I'm Crying taken from the single I Love You/It Feels Like I'm Crying (Brent 7060) 1966 Line-up: Jack Walters (lead gtr), Chris Guiver, Paul Studebaker, Dennis Studebaker. Band origin: Burlingame (California/US) 8. Now - I Want taken from the single I Want/Like A Flying Bird (Embassy C-1968) 1968 Line-up: Frank Straight (lead gtr), David Zandonatti (bs, vcls), Oliver McKinney (keyb'ds), Randy Guzman [aka Randy Gordon] (drms). Band origin: Los Angeles (California/US) 9. Tow-Away Zone - Searchin' taken from the single Searchin'/Shabd (Epic 5-10369) 1968 Line-up: Phil Franks (gtr), Bjorn Nymann (gtr), Randy Molitor (bs), Bill DeHaan (drms). Band origin: San Leandro (California/US) 10. Weathervane - My Original Blue Jeans taken from the single 4-4,4-5/My Original Blue Jeans (Plamie P 1026) 1968 Line-up: Kevin Beamish (lead gtr), Bob Wilson (rhythm gtr), Ed Bowman (bs), Steffen Presley (organ), Mike O'Bryan (drms, lead vcls). Band origin: Modesto (California/US) 11. Vandells - American Eagle taken from the single Hunter's Fox/American Eagle (Bay Town BT 021/022) 1969 Line-up: Drew Serb (lead gtr), Joe Serb (rhythm gtr, lead vcls), Mike Raffanelli (bs), Gary Raffanelli (organ), Paul George (drms). Band origin: Richmond (California/US) 12. Stained Glass - Mediocre Me taken from the single A Scene In Between/Mediocre Me (RCA Victor 47-9354) 1967 Line-up: Bob Rominger (gtr), Jim McPherson (bs, vcls), Dennis Carrasco (drms). Band origin: San Jose (California/US) 13. Spring Fever - You Made My Life taken from the single Stop!/You Made My Life (Capitol 2337) 1968 Line-up incl.: David Bryan Orgill. Band origin: Salt Lake City (Utah) → San Francisco (California/US) 14. Drongos - Under My Thumb taken from the single Under My Thumb/If You Want To Know (White Whale WW-235) 1966 Line-up: Bruce Clausen (lead gtr), Arnold Levinson (rhythm gtr), Michael Friedman (bs), Todd Anderson (vcls, piano, sax), Alec Axt (drms). Band origin: Berkeley (California/US) 15. White Haven Pillow - Music Man taken from the single Wreck It/Music Man (MTA 142) 1968 Line-up: Dave Corboy (vcls), Mick Cantrell (lead gtr), Kenn Simms Jr. (gtr), Dennis Brock (bs), Don E. Cantrell Jr. (keyb'ds), Roger Corboy (drms). Band origin: Hayward (California/US) 16. Flying Circus - Got To Learn To Love taken from the single Green Eyes Green World/Got To Learn To Love (MTA 130) 1967 Line-up: Bill Berry (vcls), Kevon "Kid" Haapala (gtr), Jim Grandjean (gtr), John Haapala (bs), Don Perkins (drms). Band origin: San Anselmo (California/US) 17. Kensington Forest - Movin' On taken from the single Bells/Movin' On (Baysound 6901) 1967 Line-up: Jack Walters (lead gtr), Chris Guiver, Dennis Studebaker, ? Walters. Band origin: Burlingame (California/US) 18. Recurring Love Habit - Faiola Bros. taken from the single A Day In The Life/Faiola Bros. (Buddah BDA 4) 1967 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: San Francisco (California/US) 19. Captain Zoom - I Really Want You taken from the single I Really Want You/Long Tall Texan (A&M 785) 1965 Line-up: Ron Cornelius (gtr), Joe Davis (bs), Robin Reich, Gary Vasquez. Band origin: Richmond (California/US) 20. Weird Herald - Saratoga James taken from the single Saratoga James/Just Yesterday (Onyx 2202) 1968 Line-up: Billy Dean Andrus (lead gtr), Paul Ziegler (gtr), Cecil Bollinger (bs), Patrick ? (drms). Band origin: San Jose (California/US) 21. Tommy Faia & The True Blue Facts - The Boy I Left Behind taken from the single Rain, Rain, Rain, Rain/The Boy I Left Behind (A&M 945) 1968 Line-up incl.: Tommy Faia (vcls, gtr), David Rosenkranz (drms). Band origin: Los Angeles (California/US) 22. Vandells - Hunter's Fox See Track 11 23. Now - Like A Flying Bird See Track 8 24. Travel Agency - Made For You See Track 5 25. Spring Fever – Stop! See Track 13 26. Broken Arrow - Every Night You Never Give Me Money taken from the single Keep On Truckin'/Every Night – You Never Give Me Your Money (Vault V-968) 1970 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: California 27. Tow-Away Zone - Shabd See Track 9 28. Gladstone - Upsome See Track 4 29. Wildwood - Swimming taken from the single Plastic People/Swimming (Magnum 420) 1968 Line-up incl.: John Turner (gtr), Frank John Colli (vcls, bs), Mike Ross (keyb'ds), Tim Mora, William Chalker. Band origin: Stockton (California/US)
Rare, original and hard to get music is the demand of that blog here. If a record is still available through mailorders I won't post it (but I make exceptions if I get the feeling the dealers force up the prices). Enjoy the music and... ...leave comments (or leave me alone).
Volume 2 (Distortions/Waterpipe) is in the same mould as its predecessor. Good tracks by The Softs, Symptomes, Het or Met & Zonder are accompanied by the pure rubbish of Willem O.P. Schepper, Erik or Tinus Plotseling for instance. Again, the dutch people will have more fun with the lyrics than the foreign speaker.
