After their excursion to the British R&B classics on Vol. 6 the compilers return on the following volumes (up to Vol. 14 to be exact) to good old garage, although there's an english band on this edition too. Everybody knows "The Craig" and their Freakbeat classic "I Must Be Mad" but embed between these cool '60s punkers they could go through as an american band. There's hardly a bad track on this volume (BFD-5024 / 1979) and they only mucked-up a bit the opener by "Something Wild" as they pushed too late the recording button... but I always found it more charming than annoying.
Tracklist: 1. Something Wild - Trippin' Out taken from the single Trippin' Out/She's Kinda Weird (Psychedelic Records 1116) 1966 Line-up: Kal X. Blue (vcls), Bill "Pretty Boy" Evans (lead gtr), Joe Geppi (bs), Bill Payne (organ, hrmnca), Red Libben (drms). Band origin: Santa Maria (California) 2. Descendants - Lela taken from the single Lela/Garden Of Eden (MTA 112) 1966 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Yonkers (New York) 3. Denims - White Ship taken from the single White Ship/Salty Dog Man (Mercury 72613) 1967 Line-up: Steve Curry (lead vcls), Doug Super (lead gtr), Pete Punchowski (gtr, lead vcls), Arnie Belosic (bs, sax), Ronnie Lisowski (keyb's), Mike Zaccor (drms). Band origin: New York City (New York) 4. Heard - Stop It Baby taken from the single Stop It Baby/Laugh With The Wind (Audition 6107) 1966 Line-up: Jeff Wheat (lead vcls), Kerim Capli (lead gtr, hrmca, vcls), Brad Wheat (rhythm gtr, vcls), Gary Quinn (bs, vcls), Peter Genovese (drms, vcls). Band origin: Rochester (New York) 5. Hysterics - Everything's There taken from the single Why Should You Treat Me This Way/Everything's There (Bing B-303) 1965 Line-up: Don Dismukes (vcls), David Archuleta (gtr), David Donaghue (bs), Gary Walker (keyb'ds), Larry Walker (drms). Band origin: San Bernadino (California) 6. Silver Fleet - Look Out World taken from the single Come On Plane/Look Out World (UNI 55271) 1971 Line-up: Harry James Boyle (lead gtr, vcls), Tommy Morrissey (rhythm gtr, keyb'ds, vcls), Jim Tragas (bs, vcls), Ralph DePalma (drms, vcls). Band origin: New York City (New York) 7. Human Beings - You're Bad News taken from the single You're Bad News/Ling Ting Tong (Impact 1006) 1966 Line-up: Ted "Teddy" Licavoli (gtr, lead vcls), Ronnie Blythe (rhythm gtr), Steve Fava (bs), John Ruff (drms). Band origin: Detroit (Michigan) 8. Chocolate Watchband - Sweet Young Thing taken from the single Sweet Young Thing/Baby Blue (Uptown 740) 1966 Line-up: Dave Aguilar (vcls), Mark Loomis (gtr), Sean Tolby (gtr), Bill Flores (bs), Gary Andrijasevich (drms). Band origin: San Jose (California) 9. Craig - I Must Be Mad taken from the single I Must Be Mad/Suspense (Fontana TF 715) 1966 Line-up: Geoff Brown (vcls), Richard Pannell (gtr), Len Cox (bs), Carl Palmer (drms). Band origin: Birmingham (West Midlands/UK) 10. Edge - Seen Through The Eyes taken from the single Seen Through The Eyes/Something New (Enith 1011) 1969 Line-up: Richard Barcellona (lead gtr, vcls), John W. Keith (gtr, keyb'ds), Gallen Murphy (bs, gtr, vcls), David Novogroski (drms, vcls). Band origin: Los Angeles (California) 11. We The People - When I Arrive taken from the single Ain't Gonna Find Nobody [Better Than You]/When I Arrive (RCA Victor 47-9498) 1968 Line-up: Tommy Talton (gtr, vcls), David Duff (bs), Randy Boyte (organ, piano), Terry Cox (drms). Band origin: Orlando (Florida) 12. Soul Survivors - Shakin' With Linda taken from the single Devil With A Blue Dress On/Shakin' With Linda (Decca 32080) 1966 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 13. Four Fifths - If You Still Want Me taken from the single If You Still Want Me/Have You Ever Loved A Girl (Columbia 4-43913) 1966 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: New York City (New York) 14. Dovers - She's Not Just Anybody taken from the single She's Not Just Anybody/About Me (Miramar 124) 1966 Line-up: Tim Granada (lead vcls, rhythm gtr), Bruce Clawson (lead gtr, vcls), Robbie Laudewig (bs), Randy Busby (drms, vcls). Band origin: Santa Barbara (California) 15. Sunday Funnies - A Pindaric Ode taken from the single A Pindaric Ode/Whatcha Gonna Do [When The Dance Is Over] (Valhalla 671) 1967 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Los Angeles (California) 16. Painted Ship - Frustration taken from the single Little White Lies/Frustration (London 17351) 1966 Line-up incl.: Bill Hays (vcls), Bob Rowden (lead gtr), Ken Wain (organ), Barry Rowden (drms). Band origin: Vancouver (British Columbia/Canada) 17. Live Wires - Love taken from the single Love/Being Alone (R.E.F. 301) 1966 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Dubois (Pennsylvania)
This cool early hardrock item has every bit as much garage attitude as the best '66 LPs. An enjoyable energizer with wild stories about murder and infidelity in a raunchy basement guitar/organ setting. Crappy press and one of the least professional band photos ever on the sleeve. A minor classic within the field. A 10" acetate recorded as Anvil in 1970 has also been found. (Patrick The Lama in "Acid Archives")
This late garage album has a rough sound, cheesy organ, simple hooks, and lyrics about the singer murdering his girlfriend. I like the cymbal-happy drummer and the fact that the bass is way too high in the mix. I can’t say the same about over-loud backing vocals, though. Overall, this is a decent garage-bordering-on-hard-rock album where the cheap production works both for it and against it. The songs and playing are decent; the energy level is high, the singer is appealing. The closing song rocks particularly hard. The only problem is that the “oh oh” vocals in the last couple of minutes are horribly out of tune, ending things on a sour note. That issue aside, most of you will enjoy this quite a bit. (Aaron Milenski in "Acid Archives")
This rip is from a bootleg and exact repro from the 90s (Snakefield SN 001). The band was from Rochester/Michigan.
Tracklist: - Never Come Back - Wrong Road - You Don't Have Me Anymore - Angelisa - Brave New World - You Tell Me You Love Me - I Think I Been Had - Don't Go Away - A Restful Sleep Personnel: Paul Manning [aka C. Hook] (gtr, vcls) Ted Burris (bs, vcls, organ) Bob Maledon (piano, bs, organ, vcls) Brian Walton (organ, piano) Richard Allen (drms, vcls) Band origin: Rochester (Michigan/US)
Discographie: Albums: 1. Wrong Road (Snakefield SN 001) 1971
Not my rip, but this album seems hard to get. The Young Idea were Tony Cox and Douglas MacCrae-Brown. They charted with the Beatles cover "With A Little Help From My Friends" and after five singles for Columbia an album (Music For Pleasure MFP 1225 / 1968) with twelve tracks was finally released. Most of the material was taken from the aforementioned 45s and it's a shame that their best song "Colours Of Darkness" remained as a b-side of their top-ten hit. All in all this is a very good Pop album ("Just Look At The Rain", "Room With A View" or "Mister Lovin' Luggage Man" are great pop-psych tunes). The four "LP-only tracks" are more or less fillers, only "In Bond Street" reaches the standard of the other songs.
Tracklist: - With A Little Help From My Friends - Games Men Play - World's Been Good To Me Tonight - On The King's Road - Mister Lovin' Luggage Man - Just Look At The Rain - Peculiar Situation - In Bond Street - Just To Love Her - Gotta Get Out The Mess I'm In - Room With A View - Tar And Cement Personnel: Tony Cox (piano, gtr, vcls) Douglas MacCrae-Brown (gtr, vcls) Band origin: London
Discographie: Albums: 1. With A Little Help From My Friends (Music For Pleasure MFP 1225) 1968
45's: 1. The World's Been Good To Me/It Can't Be (Columbia DB 7961) 1966 2. Gotta Get Out Of The Mess I'm In/Games Men Play (Columbia DB 8067) 1966 3. Peculiar Situation/Just Look At The Rain (Columbia DB 8132) 1967 4. With A Little Help From My Friends/Colours Of Darkness (Columbia DB 8205) 1967 5. Mister Lovin' Luggage Man/Room With A View (Columbia DB 8284) 1967
This hugely anticipated collection (Toytown Recordings TT-1001 / 2004) was causing murmurs on the psych scene for several months prior to its arrival and now I understand why. These obscure (and I mean obscure) European 45s are drawn mostly from the catalogues of pioneering indie imprints Poplandia, Accion, Bocaccio and others, Spanish counterparts to the likes of Immediate, Penny Farthing and Page One if you will. Spanning the years 1969 to 1974, the selection is inspired to say the least and it manages to wipe the floor with most self-professed ‘psychedelic’ compilations in one fell swoop by virtue of being, well… fucking weird. Casting all concessions to the listener’s mental safety aside, the plainly sadistic Mr Toytown casually throws full-on gonzoid lunacy (Christophe’s five minute lobotomy-fest ‘Da Da Song Part 1’, Big Cherry’s hilarious yet nuts ‘Come In Bonzo’), relentless hard rock (Schizo’s frankly disturbing ‘Schizo And The Little Girl’, The Honest Men’s two-chord drone through The Beatles’ ‘Help!’ – I kid you not), candy-coated Mark Wirtz soundalikes (Napoleon’s irresistible ‘Jimmy Joe’, Barry Wigley’s Carry On-style romp ‘Brother Jack’), mutant folk hybrids (Demsey & Dover’s ominous ‘Emptiness Of Mind’, Children Of The Morning’s, er, ‘Children Of The Morning’) and rip-roarin’ psych pop (J Bastos’ ‘Alice’ – essentially a lysergic DDDBM & T thrashing ‘I Feel Free’ – The Electric Machine’s wah-wah smothered ‘Samantha’s Coming Home’) into his big pot and gives it a stir with his weird stick without pausing for so much as one single reassuringly familiar band or artist name. I like their style. When you emerge, blinking into reality, with the aptly-named Panics’ ‘Come With Me’ still echoing round your head, you may discover that you’ve been staring at a daddy longlegs for 70 minutes and, in the process, it’s somehow “borrowed” some of your brain cells and made itself a cup of tea. Don’t worry. Things like that happen every day in Toytown. (Andy Morten in "Shindig")
Tracklist: 1. Christophe - Da Da Song Part 1 taken from the single Da Da Song Part 1/Part 2 (Poplandia P-30502) 1969 Line-up incl.: Daniel "Christophe" Bevilacqua. Origin: Paris (France) 2. Schizo - Schizo And The Little Girl taken from the single Schizo And The Little Girl/Paraphrenia Praecox (SFP 44005) 1972 Line-up: Olivier Pamela (vcls), Richard Pinhas (gtr, synth), Pierrot Roussel (bs), Patrick Gauthier (piano), Georges Grunblatt (synth), Coco Roussel (drms). Band origin: Paris (France) 3. J. Bastos - Alice taken from the single Holy Goly Girl/Alice (Bellaphon BF 18055) 1971 Line-up incl.: J. Bastos [real name Rolf Steitz] (vcls). Origin: Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany) 4. Honest Men - Help taken from the single Help/Who You Got To Love? (EMI-Odeon J-006-24.412) 1971 Line-up: Henk Bruinewoud (gtr, vcls), Aloys van der Zwaan (gtr, vcls), Simon Duivelaar (gtr, vcls), Johan Aldenkamp (bs, vcls), Martin Hofman (flute, vcls), Henny Lubben (drms). Band origin: Enschede (Overijssel/Netherlands) 5. Electric Machine - Samanta Viene A Casa taken from the single Maní Caliente/Samanta Viene A Casa (RCA 3-10884) 1973 Line-up incl.: Charlie 'Levy' Leroy. Band origin: Argentina 6. Big Cherry - Come In Bonzo taken from the single Give A Dog A Bone/Come In Bonzo (Penny Farthing PEN 812) 1973 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: UK 7. Black Swan - Go Where The Rain Goes taken from the single Da Ga De Li Da/Go Where The Rain Goes (Polydor 2056123) 1972 Line-up incl.: Billy Bridge [real name Jean-Marc Bridge). Band origin: Paris (France) 8. White - Sing Little Bird taken from the single Life Is Love/Sing Little Bird (RCA Victor 40.049) 1972 Line-up incl.: Henri Sere (bs), Gilbert Einaudi (perc, vcls). Band origin: Cannes (France) 9. Mike Y Toti - De Nata, Fresa Y De Limon taken from the single De Nata, Fresa Y De Limón/La Lección [Ekkoleg] (Explosion E-34507) 1973 Line-up: Mike Kennedy [real name Michael Kögel] (vcls), Toti (vcls). Band origin: Madrid (Spain) 10. Barry Wigley - Brother Jack taken from the single Walk On The Grass/Brother Jack (Accion AC-10.0922) 1972 Line-up incl.: Barry Wigley (vcls). Origin: Hull (Yorkshire/UK) 11. Napoleon - Jimmy Joe taken from the single Keep On Loving Me/Jimmy Joe (Poplandia P-30507) 1970 Line-up incl.: Roger Wallis (lead vcls). Band origin: Stockholm (Sweden) 12. Morning Glory - Marjory Daw taken from the single Green On The Other Side Of The Mountain/Marjory Daw (Chapter One CH 148) 1971 Line-up incl.: Peter Lee Stirling. Band origin: London 13. Ginger Ale - Sugar Suzy taken from the single Scoobidab/Sugar Suzy (Injection 134541) 1971 Line-up: Steve Allet (vcls), Rick Beekman (gtr), Ron Bijtelaar (bs), Fred van Zegveld (organ), Will Luikinga (flute, sax), Richard de Bois (drms). Band origin: Amsterdam (Noord Holland/Netherlands) 14. Dorians - Torch Song taken from the single Torch Song/Worm Conquers All (Belter 07-848) 1970 Line-up: John Unger (vcls), Bill Loop (gtr), Bob Nixon (bs), Mike Bets (drms). Band origin: Kingsville (Ontario/Canada) 15. Jumbo - I'm Leaving Today taken from the single He Goes Blabla/I'm Leaving Today (Injection 134546) 1972 Line-up: Kees de Blois (gtr, vcls, sax), Hans Schotel (bs), Martin Achterberg (vcls, gtr, organ), Fred de Groot (drms). Band origin: Rotterdam (Zuid Holland/Netherlands) 16. Demsey & Dover - Emptiness Of Mind taken from the single Little Car Of Mine/Emptiness Of Mind (BP06-046) 1973 Line-up incl.: Charles Dumolin. Band origin: Brugge (West Flanders/Belgium) 17. Tucky Buzzard - You're All Alone taken from the single You're All Alone/Free Ticket (Hispavox CP-86) 1971 Line-up: Jimmy Henderson (vcls), Terry Taylor (gtr), David Brown (bs), Nick Graham (keyb'ds), Chris Johnson (drms). Band origin: London 18. Sunshine - Worshippin' The Sun At Dawn taken from the single Melody Lady/Worshippin' The Sun At Dawn (EMI J-006-95.383) 1974 Line-up incl.: Freddy Meyer. Band origin: Paris (France) 19. Children Of The Morning - Children Of The Morning taken from the single Hey America, America/Children Of The Morning (Bocaccio B-32519) 1973 Line-up incl.: Norman David [aka Shel Shapiro]. Band origin: Rome (Italy) 20. Edelweiss - Sunday taken from the single Balada A Un Amor Perdido/Sunday (Top Records MO-1336) 1973 Line-up incl.: Eduardo Marti. Band origin: Madrid (Spain) 21. Panics - Come With Me taken from the single Hippopotamus/Come With Me (Goma Carrère G-1036) 1974 Line-up incl.: Peter Dreamoos, Paul Baile. Band origin: France
The first release on Whaam! records (a label headed by the Television Personalities' Dan Treacy), Pop Goes Art! is basically a Television Personalities album with Treacy and his longtime cohort Ed Ball trading roles: Ball is the singer and songwriter, and Treacy just plays guitar and bass. The amateurish cover (the original LP cover was a simple white jacket with a design silkscreened on the front and a small piece of paper glued on the back listing the song titles) and no-budget production can't hide the wit and inventiveness of Ball's take on Carnaby Street-era pop. Besides two immediate classics, "Miss London" and the brilliant "I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape" (a song Ball would record several more times in the '80s), the album includes the B-side of Times' first single, "Biff! Bang! Pow!" - not the song by Ball's freakbeat heroes the Creation, but an homage to that band using the same title - and the eight-minute psychedelic closer "This Is Tomorrow," featuring the sort of droning plane-crash guitar that would figure into the next couple of Television Personalities records. Pop Goes Art! is a completely ingenuous record with no agenda, other than the re-creation of one of Ball's favorite musical eras. (Stewart Mason / allmusic guide)
Tracklist: - Picture Gallery - Biff! Bang! Pow! - It's Time! - If Now Is the Answer - A New Arrangement - Looking at the World Through Dark Shades - I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape - Pop Goes Art! (Melody in Mono) - Miss London - The Sun Never Sets - Easy As Pie - This Is Tomorrow... Personnel: Edward Ball (vcls, gtr, bs, keyb'ds) [ABCDEFGHI] Daniel Treacy (gtr) [B] John East (bs, vcls) [ABCD] Paul Damien (drms, vcls) [ABCD] Ray Kent (organ) [C] Keith Allen (drms, vcls) [D] Paul Mulreany (drms, gtr, vcls) [EHI] Jowe Head (bs) [E] Richard Green (gtr) [E] Paul Heeren (gtr, vcls) [FHI] The Shed (bs) [H] Jan Stevens (vcls) [HI] Nick Heyward (bs) [I] Band origin: London
Discographie: Albums: 1. (B) Pop Goes Art! (Whaam! LP 01) 1982 2. (C) This Is London (ArtPop ART 19) 1983 3. ( ) Hello Europe (ArtPop ART 17) 1984 4. (A) Go! With The Times (ArtPop ART 21) 1985 5. (D) Enjoy (ArtPop ART 15) 1986 6. ( ) Up Against It (ArtPop ART 16) 1986 7. (E) Beat Torture (Creation CRELP 038) 1988 8. (F) E for Edward (Creation CRELP 053) 1989 9. (F) Et Dieu créa la femme (Creation CRELP 070) 1990 10. (G) Pure (Creation CRELP 091) 1991 11. (H) At the Astradome Lunaville (Creation CRELP 123) 1992 12. (I) Alternative Commercial Crossover (Creation CRELP 137) 1993 13. ( ) Sad But True (Rev-Ola CREV055CD) 1997 14. ( ) Pirate Playlist '66 (Creation CRECD 222) 1999
[13. 1987 recordings]
45's: 1. Red With Purple Flashes/Biff! Bang! Pow! (Whaam! 002) 1981 2. Here Comes The Holidays (Voici Les Vacances)/ Three Cheers For The Sun (Artpop POP 50) 1982 3. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape/ The Theme From "Dangerman" (ArtPop POP 49) 1982 4. Blue Fire/Where the Blue Begins (ArtPop POP 45) 1984 5. Boys Brigade/Power Is Forever (ArtPop POP 46) 1984 6. London Boys/(Where to Go) When the Sun Goes Down (Unicorn PHZ-1) 1986 7. Manchester/Love and Truth (Creation CRE 71) 1990
[2. A-side as Joni Dee feat. The Times]
E.P.'s: 1. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape [+ 5] (ArtPop No. 1) 1983 2. Blue Period [+ 4] (ArtPop No. 2) 1985 3. Boys About Town [+ 3] (ArtPop POP 43DOZ) 1985 4. Times TV [+ 4] (Fire BLAZE 16T) 1986) 5. Manchester [+ 2] (Creation CRE 71T) 1990 6. Lundi Bleu [+ 7] (Creation CRE 114T) 1992 7. Finnegans Break [+ 3] (Creation CRE 158T) 1993
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A seminal group from the Boston scene, Jim Kweskin and his Jug Band appeared in 1963 and played a happy mix of folk, blues, jug band music, rock and old timey songs. The personnel was quite unstable, having between four and eleven members, but they had a very good live reputation. Muldaur and Richmond also played with Eric Von Schmidt and are both present on the Elektra Blues Project album from 1964. Their records may interest fans of the early Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dr. West's Medecine Show and Junk Band or the Lovin' Spoonful. (taken from "Fuzz, Acid & Flowers")
This is their fourth album from 1967 (Vanguard VSD 79234). It's really nothing for the garage or psychedelic connoisseur and the comparison to the "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" works better than compare it to "Lovin' Spoonful". I like their version of "Cadillac" (aka "Hey Gyp") and they must have had a lot of fun recording this.
Tracklist: - Blues In The Bottle - Chevrolet - Christopher Columbus - Never Swat A Fly - Richland Woman - Downtown Blues - Turn The Record Over - Fishing Blues - Storybook Ball - That's When I'll Come Back To You - Viola Lee - Papa's On The Housetop - Onyx Hop Personnel: Jim Kweskin (gtr, banjo, vcls) [ABCDE] Geoff Muldaur (gtr, kazoo, vcls) [ABDE] Bob Siggins (banjo) [A] Bruno Wolf (hrmnca, vcls) [AB] Fritz Richmond (jug, washtub bs) [ABCDE] Bill Keith (banjo, gtr) [BDE] Maria D'Amato (vcls, fiddle, kazoo, gtr, perc) [BDE] Mel Lyman (hrmnca, banjo) [BCDE] Rex Rakish (perc, vcls) [B] Richard Greene (fiddle) [E] Band origin: Boston (Massachusetts/US)
Discographie: Albums: 1. (A) Unblushing Brassiness (Vanguard VSD 2158) 1963 2. (B) Jug Band Music (Vanguard VSD 79163) 1965 3. (C) Relax Your Mind (Vanguard VSD 79188) 1966 4. (D) See Reverse Side For Title (Vanguard VSD-79243) 1967 5. (E) Garden Of Joy (Reprise 6266) 1968
[3. Jim Kweskin solo with Mel Lyman & Fritz Richmond]
45's: 1. (E) The Sheik Of Araby/Minglewood (Reprise 0624) 1967
Pebbles Vol. 6 (BFD-5023 / 1980) offered the listener cool R&B sounds from the UK between 1963 and 1966. Some of you might be familiar with the tracklisting because most of the songs (except the great Wheels and Betterdays tracks) were later on English Freakbeat Vol. 6 and on the occasion of this release Mike Stax wrote: "Most of you will probably already have all of this - if not, yours must be an empty and shallow existence."
Tracklist: 1. Fairies - Get Yourself Home taken from the single Get Yourself Home/I'll Dance (HMV POP 1404) 1965 Line-up: Keith 'Nick' Wymer (vcls), John Acutt (rhythm gtr), John 'Freddy' Gandy (bs, gtr), Mick Weaver [aka Wynder K. Frog] (keyb'ds, bs), John 'Twink' Alder (drms, gtr, vcls). Band origin: Colchester (Essex) 2. Junco Partners - Take This Hammer taken from the single As Long As I Have You/Take This Hammer (Columbia DB 7665) 1965 Line-up: Ronnie Barker (vcls, hrmnca), John Anders (vcls), Charlie Harcourt (gtr, bs), Dave Sproat (bs), Peter Wallace (keyb'ds), John Woods (drms). Band origin: Newcastle (Tyne and Wear) 3. Fairies - I'll Dance See Track 1 4. Cheynes - Respectable taken from the single Respectable/It's Gonna Happen To You (Columbia DB 7153) 1963 Line-up: Eddie Lynch (lead gtr, vcls), Peter Hollis (bs), Peter Bardens (organ, vcls), Mick Fleetwood (drms). Band origin: London 5. First Gear - Leave My Kitten Alone taken from the single A Certain Girl/Leave My Kitten Alone (Pye 7N 15703) 1964 Line-up: Dave Walton (vcls, hrmnca), Raymond Wafer (lead gtr, piano), Phil Berkenshaw (gtr, vcls), Michael Ryal (bs, vcls), Ian Colling (drms). Band origin: Doncaster/Barnsley (Yorkshire) 6. Betterdays - Here 'Tis taken from the single Don't Want That/Here 'Tis (Polydor BM 56024) 1965 Line-up: Mike 'Shane' Hayne (vcls), Richard Broczek (lead gtr), Mike Weston (bs), Bob Pitcher (gtr, piano, hrmnca), Frank Tyler (drms). Band origin: Plymouth (Devonshire) 7. Wild Ones - Bowie Man taken from the single Bowie Man/Purple Pill Eater (Fontana TF 468) 1964 Line-up: Johnny Shadow (vcls), Danny Gavan (vcls). Band origin: London 8. David John & The Mood - Bring It To Jerome taken from the single I Love To See You Strut/Bring It To Jerome (Parlophone R 5255) 1965 Line-up: David John (vcls), Peter Illingworth (lead gtr, vcls), Peter Atkinson (gtr), John Brierly (bs), Fred Isherwood (drms). Band origin: Preston (Lancashire) 9. Wheels - Road Block taken from the single Bad Little Woman/Road Block (Columbia DB 7827) 1966 Line-up: Brian Rossi (vcls), Herbie Armstrong (lead gtr, vcls), Rod Demick (gtr, bs, vcls), Tito Tinsley (bs, organ), Victor Catling (drms). Band origin: Belfast (Northern Ireland) 10. Fairies - Anytime At All taken from the single Don't Think Twice It's Alright/Anytime At All (Decca F 11943) 1964 Line-up: Dane Stephens [real name Douglas Robert Ord] (vcls), John Acutt (rhythm gtr), John 'Freddy' Gandy (bs, gtr), Mick Weaver [aka Wynder K. Frog] (keyb'ds, bs), John 'Twink' Alder (drms, gtr, vcls). Band origin: Colchester (Essex) 11. Rhythm & Blues Inc. - Honey Don't taken from the single Louie Louie/Honey Don't (Fontana TF 524) 1965 Line-up: Tim Kirby (vcls), Barry Womersley (lead gtr), Mike McKay (gtr), John McCaffrey (bs), Alan Menzies (drms). Band origin: Southport (Merseyside) 12. Erkey Grant & The Eerwigs - I'm A Hog For You Baby taken from the single I Can't Get Enough Of You/I'm A Hog For You (Pye 7N 15521) 1963 Line-up incl.: Erkey Grant [real name Eric Grant] (vcls). Band origin: London 13. David John & The Mood - I Love To See You Strut See Track 8 14. Bill & Will - Goin' To The River taken from the single Goin' To The River/Let Me Tell You Baby (Checker 1070) 1964 Line-up incl.: William 'Bill' Sasser Jr., Jerry Leon Willis. Band origin: Nashville (Tennessee/US) 15. Blues By Five - Boom, Boom taken from the single Boom Boom/I Cried (Decca F 12029) 1964 Line-up: Len Ashley (vcls), Ron McQueen (lead gtr), Mick Wright (bs), John Blisset (piano, keyb'ds), Noel Chartres McManus (sax), Dick Brice (drms). Band origin: London 16. Steve Aldo & The Challengers - Baby What You Want Me To Do taken from the single Can I Get A Witness/Baby What You Want Me To Do (Decca F 12041) 1964 Line-up incl.: Steve Aldo (vcls). Band origin: Liverpool (Merseyside) 17. Rats - Spoonful taken from the single Spoonful/I've Got My Eyes On You Baby (Columbia DB 7483) 1965 Line-up: Benny Marshall (vcls), Frank Ince (lead gtr), Brian Buttle (bs), Robin Lecore (keyb'ds), Jim Simpson (drms). Band origin: Hull (Yorkshire) 18. Jason Eddie & The Centremen - Singing The Blues taken from the single Singing The Blues/True To You (Parlophone R 5473) 1966 Line-up: Jason Eddie [real name Albert Wycherley] (vcls), John Kirk (lead gtr), Terry Barrett (rhythm gtr), Charlie Richmond (bs), Bill Conroy (drms). Band origin: Liverpool (Merseyside) 19. Bo and Peep - Young Love taken from the single Young Love/The Rise Of The Brighton Surf (Decca F 11968) 1964 Line-up incl.: Jimmy Page (gtr), John Paul Jones (vcls). Band origin: London
This band operated out of Turin/Italy and was responsible for the fantastic "Le Insegne Pubblicitarie". This great piece of garage-psych could be best described as a mixture of the Elevators "Tried To Hide" and Famen's "Hurry" (if that helps). Their first EP (Musical Time MT 01 / 1966) contains the aforementioned "Le Insegne Pubblicitarie", the forgettable "Nadia" and "Il Treno", another fine acid-punker. On their second release (Moon GNP 79024 / 1967) they teamed up with singer Eligio Irato and did two covers, "We Shall Overcome (Trionferemo)" and "Come By Me (Vieni Qui Vicino)", not their best idea and to be honest absolutely out of question. They did better on their last 7-inch (Polydor 2060002 / 1969). "Katia" is a wonderful dreamy soft-psych song whilst "Felicità Vuol Dire" is a fine slice of late '60s Pop. Destination X Records released an album (Destination X TRR 33032 / 1998) with all their singles (except "We Shall Overcome") and ten unreleased songs from 1968. These demos can not really match with their best stuff but "Anche Se..." and "Alberi" are pretty worthwhile.
Tracklist: - Le Insegne Pubblicitarie - Nadia - Il Treno - Un Nuovo Giorno - L'Indossatrice - Specchi Di Ghiaccio - Crema - Katia (demo) - Un'Immagine - Anche Se... - Alberi - Ti Voglio - Il Trionfo Del Diavolo - Vieni Qui Vicino - Katia - Felicità Vuol Dire Personnel: Luigi Nagliero (lead gtr) Walter Nagliero (rhythm gtr) Spartaco Nagliero (vcls, bs) Gino Antone (organ, vcls) Gino Nagliero (drms) Band origin: Turin (Italy)
Discographie: 45's: 1. We Shall Overcome [Trionferemo]/Vieni Qui Vicino [Come By Here] (Moon GNP 79024) 1967 2. Katia/Felicità Vuol Dire (Polydor 2060002) 1969
E.P.'s: 1. Le Insegne Pubblicitarie/Nadia/Il Treno (Musical Time MT 01) 1966
Not surprisingly, the debut solo album by the major creative force behind the group Orange Bicycle is similar in nature to the latter group's music. Almost self-consciously pretty in a manner closer to art-rock (or theater music) than psychedelia (despite its richly hued multi-colored cover), the overall feel of the album, between Wilson Malone's introspective vocals and the reed- and horn- dominated accompaniments with low-volume guitar, is somewhere midway between Baroque pop and singer/songwriter-style reflection. It's all rather dark and brooding but also very beautiful in its execution, and filled with haunting melodies and rich timbres, all of this despite the narrow range and limited expressiveness of Malone's voice, which - even with all of the help he seems to get from the studio in this setting - seems to reach only about half-an-octave. You might find yourself thinking of Wil Malone as a British equivalent to David Ackles' American Gothic, which it predated by two years, but that's not a bad benchmark to have hit, even if it didn't bring Malone much success in 1970. (Bruce Eder, All Music Guide)
Wil Malone was also part of "Motherlight" who created the wonderful "Bobak, Jones and Malone" (I'm still not sure what's the album title and what's the group name). An original copy of his rare solo album sold lately at ebay for £ 1.950 (crazy). Even for a CD re-issue from Japan you have to pay on Amazon 54 Euro upwards. I've got this fine record at Soulseek and hope you enjoy it like I do (although I can't offer you the artwork).
Tracklist: - Catherine Wheel - I Could Write A Book - February Face - Love In The Afternoon - Winter In Boston - Caravan - Down Maundies - Suzy - Tale To Tell - One More Flight To Parker - At The Silver Slipper - How About Then Personnel: Wilson Malone (all instruments, vcls) Origin: London
More Pebbles, more Garage, more classics. The compilers keep the good standard on the fifth volume (BFD-5022 / 1979) with a large amount of high class tracks.
Tracklist: 1. Tree - No Good Woman taken from the single No Good Woman/Man From Nowhere (Barvis 7010) 1967 Line-up: Jeff Cook (gtr), David Farrar (bs, vcls), Anthony Cloud (organ, vcls), Johnny Laspoda (drms). Band origin: Wilmington (Delaware) 2. Plague - Go Away taken from the single Go Away/Money (Epidemic 2164) 1966 Line-up: Larry Shryock, Billy Main, Steve Erickson, Bill 'Corky' Anderson (drms). Band origin: Albuquerque (New Mexico) 3. Magi - You Don't Know Me taken from the single Rock And Roll Lady/You Don't Now Me (Farr 71271) 1971 Line-up incl.: Dru Lombar (gtr), Jim Glines. Band origin: Jacksonville (Florida) 4. Gentlemen - It's A Cry'n Shame taken from the single It's A Cry'n Shame/You Can't Be True (Vandan TK4M 8303) 1966 Line-up: Seab Meador (lead gtr), Mike Kelley (rhythm gtr, vcls), Bruce Bland (bs), Tommy Turner (keyb'ds), Tim Justice (drms). Band origin: Dallas (Texas) 5. Five Canadians - Writing On The Wall taken from the single Writing On The Wall/Goodnight (Domar 1120) 1966 Line-up: Louie Siedlecki (vcls), Raul Pina (gtr), Bobby Flores (bs), Bruce Svoboda (organ), Bill Kaitner (drms). Band origin: San Antonio (Texas) 6. Dirty Wurds - Why taken from the single Why/Takin' My Blues Away (Marina 502) 1966 Line-up: Mick Mackles (vcls), Mike Peterson (lead gtr), Justin Pomeroy (rhythm gtr), James T. Savage (bs), Marc Bringman (drms). Band origin: Chicago (Illinois) 7. Merry Dragons - Universal Vagrant taken from the single Let's Sail Away/Smokey/Universal Vagrant (ABC 10838) 1966 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Los Angeles (California) 8. Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back
[From The World Of LSD] taken from the single I Wanna Come Back [From The World Of LSD]/Double Crossin' Girl
(Lance 101) 1967 Line-up: Danny Houlihan (vcls), Mike Layden (lead gtr), Eddie James (gtr), Ernie Gonze (bs), Vic Roybal (organ), Eddie Roybal (drms). Band origin: Albuquerque (New Mexico) 9. Escapades - I Tell No Lies taken from the single I Tell No Lies/She's The Kind (XL 356 + Arbet 1010) 1966 Line-up: Tommy Minga (vcls), Benny Kisner (gtr), Dale Rourke (bs), Ron Gorden (keyb'ds), Ronnie Williamson (drms). Band origin: Memphis (Tennessee) 10. Danny & The Counts - You Need Love taken from the single You Need Love/Ode To The Wind (Coronado 136) 1966 Line-up: Danny Parra (lead vcls, gtr), Javier Valenzuela (lead gtr), Eric Huereque (bs, vcls), Joe Huereque (drms), Joe Martinez (tamb, vcls). Band origin: El Paso (Texas) 11. Satyrs - Yesterday's Hero taken from the single Yesterday's Hero/Marie (Spectrum 2668) 1968 Line-up: Mike Doerr (vcls, perc), Bob Agnew (gtr), Craig Morrell (bs, vcls), Kenny Reibel (keyb'ds), Andy Madajewski (drms, perc). Band origin: Haddon Heights (New Jersey) 12. Little Phil & The Night Shadows -
The Way It Used To Be taken from the single So Much/The Way It Used To Be (Dot 16912) 1966 Line-up: 'Little Phil' Ross (lead vcls), Ronnie Farmer (gtr), Alec Janoulis (bs), Bobbie Newell (keyb'ds), Charlie Spinks (drms). Band origin: Atlanta (Georgia) 13. State Of Mind - Move taken from the single Move/If He Comes Back (Chavis 1038) 1967 Line-up: Paul Murtagh (gtr, keyb'ds, vcls), James Booth, Bill Sayers, Tim Ward. Band origin: Wilmington (Delaware) 14. Yesterday's Children - Wanna Be With You taken from the single Wanna Be With You/Feelings (Showcase 9812) 1966 Line-up: Bob Huling (vcls), Joe Delio (bs), Don Howard Krantz (gtr), Dave Natis (keyb'ds), Fred Davenport (drms), Rich D'Benideto. Band origin: Long Island (New York) 15. Time Stoppers - I Need Love taken from the single I Need Love/Fickle Frog (HBR 516) 1967 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 16. Thursday's Children - You'll Never Be My Girl taken from the single You'll Never Be My Girl/Try, Girl (Paradise 1022) 1966 Line-up: Jan Pederson (gtr, vcls), Pat Sullivan (bs), Charles Helpinstill [aka Ezra Charles] (keyb'ds, vcls), Richard Gollwitzer (drms). Band origin: Houston (Texas) 17. 12 A.M. - The Way I Feel taken from the single The Way I Feel/Good Day (Groovy 102) 1967 Line-up: unknown. Band origin: San Antonio (Texas)
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).
After their excursion to the British R&B classics on Vol. 6 the compilers return on the following volumes (up to Vol. 14 to be exact) to good old garage, although there's an english band on this edition too. Everybody knows "The Craig" and their Freakbeat classic "I Must Be Mad" but embed between these cool '60s punkers they could go through as an american band. There's hardly a bad track on this volume (BFD-5024 / 1979) and they only mucked-up a bit the opener by "Something Wild" as they pushed too late the recording button... but I always found it more charming than annoying.
