Tuesday, March 4, 2008

V.A. - Echoes From The Wilderness

16 track collection of UK freakbeaters released on the Paranoid label (Paranoid PARA CD001 / 1998). No liners, just the front-/backcover (the last three songs are not listed on the CD) and the enjoyable music for sure.

Tracklist:
1. Richard Kent Style - Go Go Children
taken from the single
No Matter What You Do/Go Go Children (Columbia DB 7964) 1966
Line-up: Richard Kent (vcls, trumpet), Neil Levine (lead gtr), Harvey Rose (bs), Ian McGregor (sax), Austin Verner (sax), Ronnie Smith (trumpet), Desmond Whitehead (drms).
Band origin: Manchester (Greater Manchester/UK)

2. Chicago Line - Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
taken from the single
Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop/Jump Back (Philips BF 1488) 1966
Personnel incl.: Mike Redfearn (bs). Band origin: Sheffield (Yorkshire/UK)
3. Thane Russal - I Need You
taken from the single
Drop Everything And Run/I Need You (CBS 202403) 1966
Line-up incl.: Thane Russal [aka Doug Gibbons] (vcls).
Origin: London
4. Jimmy Winston & His Reflections - It's Not What You Do
taken from the single
Sorry She's Mine/It's Not What You Do (Decca F 12410) 1966
Line-up: Jimmy Winston (vcls, gtr), John Weider (lead gtr), Alex Dmochowski (bs), Tony Kaye (organ), Terry Slade (drms).
Band origin: London
5. Ten Feet - Shoot On Sight
taken from the single Shoot On Sight/Losing Game (CBS 3045) 1967
Line-up: unknown. Band origin: UK
6. Alan Bown Set - I Really Really Care
taken from the single
Gonna Fix You Good/I Really Really Care (Pye 7N 17256) 1967
Line-up: Jess Roden (vcls), Tony Catchpole (lead gtr), Stan Haldane (bs, vcls), Jeff Bannister (organ, vcls), John Anthony (sax), Alan Bown (trumpet), Vic Sweeney (drms). Band origin: London
7. Universals - Hey You
taken from the single
I Can't Find You/Hey You (Page One POF 032) 1967
Line-up: Chris Lamb (trumpet), Mort Sullivan (tenor sax), Brian Keith (vcls, trombone), Foggy Little (lead gtr), Tony Murray (bs), Paul Raymond (keyb'ds), Terry Parsons (drms). Band origin: London
8. Wards Of Court - How Could You Say One Thing
taken from the single
All Night Girl/How Could You Say One Thing (Deram DM 127) 1967
Line-up: Rod Sones (vcls), Bob Lee (lead gtr), Rob Smethers (gtr), Trevor Danby (bs), Nigel Silk (drms). Band origin: Buckhurst Hill (Essex/UK)
9. Edwick Rumbold - Come Back
taken from the single Specially When/Come Back (CBS 202393) 1966
Line-up: Jeff Martin (vcls, gtr), David Gyngell (bs), Sidney Baker (organ), Robin Laws (drms). Band origin: London
10. Magic Lanterns - I Stumbled
taken from the single Rumplestiltskin/I Stumbled (CBS 202250) 1966
Line-up: Peter "Coco" Shoesmith (lead gtr, vcls), Jimmy "Jambo" Bilsbury (gtr, vcls), Ian Moncur (bs, vcls), Alan Wilson (drms).
Band origin: Warrington (Cheshire/UK)
11. Worrying Kynde - Got The Blame
taken from the single
Call Out My Name/Got The Blame (Piccadilly 7N 35370) 1967
Line-up: John Lamb (vcls), Lawrence "Fig" Fagan (lead gtr), Eddie Lamb (bs), Ray Bartrip (keyb'ds), Roland Rees (drms). Band origin: London
12. Gods - Garage Man
taken from the single
Come On Down To My Boat Baby/Garage Man (Polydor 56168) 1967
Line-up: Ken Hensley (vcls, keyb'ds, gtr, perc), Mick Taylor (lead gtr), John Glasscock (bs, vcls), Brian Glasscock (drms).
Band origin: Hatfield (Hertfordshire/UK)
13. Herd - This Boy's Always Been True
taken from the single
So Much In Love/This Boys's Always Been True (Parlophone R 5413) 1966
Line-up: Terry Clark (vcls, gtr), Gary Taylor (gtr, bs, vcls), Louis Cennamo (bs), Andy Bown (keybd's, vcls), Mike Underwood (drms).
Band origin: London
14. Lindsay Muir's Untamed - Daddy Long Legs
taken from the single
Daddy Long Legs/Trust Yourself A Little Bit (Planet PLF 113) 1966
Line-up: Lindsay Muir (vcls, lead gtr), Andy Dickson (bs), Peter Kelly (keyb'ds), Brian Hire (drms). Band origin: Bognor Regis (Sussex)
15. Peeps - Gotta Get A Move On
taken from the single
Gotta Get A Move On/I Told You Before (Philips BF 1478) 1966
Line-up: Martin Cure (vcls), Steve Jones (vcls, lead gtr), Graham Amos (bs), Paul Wilkinson (drms). Band origin: Coventry (West Midlands/UK)
16. Voids - I'm In A Fix
taken from the single Come On Out/I'm In A Fix (Polydor BM 56073) 1966
Line-up: unknown. Band origin: Somerset (UK)

Get it here (Artwork included)

Listen to Ten Feet - Shoot On Sight

Listen to Gods - Garage Man

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Many thanks for this rare comp. Great UK music.

Anonymous said...

i really enjoyed the song Peeps - Gotta Get A Move On thank you

Anonymous said...

Great posts, Great blog, thanks for the many superb selections!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi thanks fot this great record. I love it really much , powerfull , good guitar's riff, it make you happy, one more time not very specific or original, but full of energy. you can "see them" playing , and moving on the scene .
Thanks again.
Noel from Belgium

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Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing/re-uploading this
freakbeat compilation. Some nice
songs on here, although the last
one by the Void seems out of place.
About half the bands on here are
new to me.

Scott.