Tracklist: 00:00 Tree - No Good Woman (Wilmington, DE) Barvis 7010, January 1967 02:33 Plague - Go Away (Albuquerque, NM) Epidemic 2164, May 1966 04:25 Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion - She's The One (New Orleans, LA) Flambeau 103, August 1967 06:34 Gentlemen - It's A Cry'n Shame (Dallas, TX) Vandan 8304, December 1966 09:01 Five Canadians - Writing On The Wall (San Antonio, TX) Domar 1120, May 1966 11:19 Dirty Wurds - Why (Chicago, IL) Marina 502, March 1966 13:38 Merry Dragons - Universal Vagrant (Los Angeles, CA) ABC-Paramount 10838, October 1966 16:35 Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From The World Of LSD) (Santa Fe, NM) Lance 101, February 1967 18:52 Escapades - I Tell No Lies (Memphis, TN) Arbel 1010, February 1966 20:54 Danny & The Counts - You Need Love (El Paso, TX) Coronado 136, August 1966 23:27 Satyrs - Yesterday's Hero (Haddon Heights, NJ) Spectrum 2668, 1968 25:59 Little Phil & The Night Shadows - The Way It Used To Be (Atlanta, GA) Dot 16912, July 1966 28:02 State Of Mind - Move (New Castle, DE) Chavis 1038, October 1966 30:09 Yesterday's Children - Wanna Be With You (Rockville Center-Long Island, NY) Showcase 9812, September 1966 32:38 Timestoppers - I Need Love (Pittsburgh, PA) HBR 516, February 1967 35:29 Thursday's Children - You'll Never Be My Girl (Houston, TX) Paradise 1022, 1966 37:34 The 12 A.M. - The Way I Feel (San Antonio, TX) Groovy 102, July 1967
1979 BFD Records
This is arguably the best volume in the series. Top notch and consistent all through (but whaddup with Magi?). It is packed with classics and genre-definers and even if I have heard this a thousand times before it still manages to put a smile on my face.
If you are new to sixties garage, then this is an excellent place to start. It is one of maybe 5 of the most important comps - it is canon and an inspiration for other canonical albums.
You others who already have this on CD in you ipod - you might want this for two reasons: better sound, original artwork, original sequence and most importantly - no Magi.
Yes, I replaced Magi with She's The One by Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion instead. Magi just don't belong here.
Says the Llama: "Compiled (or at least annotated) by NJ collector Vic F who was involved with the Eva comps as well."
Says John Peel: "The British Invasion's influence can be heard throughout the album. Bands from Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Florida, Illinois, Georgia and Canada sounding like "All Day And All Of The Night" era-Kinks, or "Get Off My Cloud" era-Stones, or "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" era-Animals. Rawer than a freshly broken heart, vocals yelp, scream and occasionally harmonise, guitars fizz, grind and clash and drums are thrashed within a inch of their lives. Occasionally skittish keyboards will float through the mix and on The Satyrs' "Yesterday's Hero" a sitar howls as if strung with catgut and the animal concerned isn't quite extinct. It's unsophisticated, it's ugly, it's amateurish and it's exactly why I became interested in music in the first place.
The best tracks are The Trees' "No Good Woman", The Shag's "Stop And Listen", The Gentlemen's "It's A Cryin' Shame", The Five Canadians' "Writing On The Wall", Little Phil And The Nightshadows' "The Way It Used To Be", The Time Stoppers' "I Need Love" and Dirty Wurds' "Why" but nothing included here can be discounted."
Tracklist:
ReplyDelete00:00 Tree - No Good Woman (Wilmington, DE)
Barvis 7010, January 1967
02:33 Plague - Go Away (Albuquerque, NM)
Epidemic 2164, May 1966
04:25 Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion - She's The One (New Orleans, LA)
Flambeau 103, August 1967
06:34 Gentlemen - It's A Cry'n Shame (Dallas, TX)
Vandan 8304, December 1966
09:01 Five Canadians - Writing On The Wall (San Antonio, TX)
Domar 1120, May 1966
11:19 Dirty Wurds - Why (Chicago, IL)
Marina 502, March 1966
13:38 Merry Dragons - Universal Vagrant (Los Angeles, CA)
ABC-Paramount 10838, October 1966
16:35 Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - I Wanna Come Back (From The World Of LSD) (Santa Fe, NM)
Lance 101, February 1967
18:52 Escapades - I Tell No Lies (Memphis, TN)
Arbel 1010, February 1966
20:54 Danny & The Counts - You Need Love (El Paso, TX)
Coronado 136, August 1966
23:27 Satyrs - Yesterday's Hero (Haddon Heights, NJ)
Spectrum 2668, 1968
25:59 Little Phil & The Night Shadows - The Way It Used To Be (Atlanta, GA)
Dot 16912, July 1966
28:02 State Of Mind - Move (New Castle, DE)
Chavis 1038, October 1966
30:09 Yesterday's Children - Wanna Be With You (Rockville Center-Long Island, NY)
Showcase 9812, September 1966
32:38 Timestoppers - I Need Love (Pittsburgh, PA)
HBR 516, February 1967
35:29 Thursday's Children - You'll Never Be My Girl (Houston, TX)
Paradise 1022, 1966
37:34 The 12 A.M. - The Way I Feel (San Antonio, TX)
Groovy 102, July 1967
1979 BFD Records
This is arguably the best volume in the series. Top notch and consistent all through (but whaddup with Magi?).
It is packed with classics and genre-definers and even if I have heard this a thousand times before it still manages to put a smile on my face.
If you are new to sixties garage, then this is an excellent place to start. It is one of maybe 5 of the most important comps - it is canon and an inspiration for other canonical albums.
You others who already have this on CD in you ipod - you might want this for two reasons: better sound, original artwork, original sequence and most importantly - no Magi.
Yes, I replaced Magi with She's The One by Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion instead.
Magi just don't belong here.
Says the Llama:
"Compiled (or at least annotated) by NJ collector Vic F who was involved with the Eva comps as well."
Says John Peel:
"The British Invasion's influence can be heard throughout the album. Bands from Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Florida, Illinois, Georgia and Canada sounding like "All Day And All Of The Night" era-Kinks, or "Get Off My Cloud" era-Stones, or "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" era-Animals. Rawer than a freshly broken heart, vocals yelp, scream and occasionally harmonise, guitars fizz, grind and clash and drums are thrashed within a inch of their lives. Occasionally skittish keyboards will float through the mix and on The Satyrs' "Yesterday's Hero" a sitar howls as if strung with catgut and the animal concerned isn't quite extinct. It's unsophisticated, it's ugly, it's amateurish and it's exactly why I became interested in music in the first place.
The best tracks are The Trees' "No Good Woman", The Shag's "Stop And Listen", The Gentlemen's "It's A Cryin' Shame", The Five Canadians' "Writing On The Wall", Little Phil And The Nightshadows' "The Way It Used To Be", The Time Stoppers' "I Need Love" and Dirty Wurds' "Why" but nothing included here can be discounted."