Monday, March 26, 2012

Ya Gotta Have Moxie! #1 - CD (AIP, 1998)

A Special 2-CD Tribute to the Pioneering Garage/Punk Label
CD 1
1 The Avengers - Open Your Eyes (Bakersfield, CA, U.S.A.)
2 The Badd Boys - Never Going Back To Georgia (U.K.)
3 The Basooties - You Didn't Try To Call Me (Valparaiso, IN, U.S.A.)
4 The Bassmen - The Last Laugh (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
5 The Bassmen - I Need You (AL, U.S.A.)
6 The Beatin' Path - Original Nothing People (Reading, PA, U.S.A.)
7 Beau Hannon - Who's Got The Right Of Way (U.S.A.)
8 The Beaver Patrol - E.S.P. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.)
9 Beer - Some Kinda Rich Girl (U.S.A.)
10 Bees - Leave Me Be (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
11 The Big Town Boys - August 32nd (Toronto, Canada)
12 The Birdwatchers - I'm Gonna Love You Anyway (Daytona Beach, FL, U.S.A.)
13 The Black Sheep - It's My Mind (La Canada, CA, U.S.A.)
14 Boo Boo & Bunky - Turn Around (Tarzana, CA, U.S.A.)
15 The Boy Blues - Coming Down To You (Chico, CA, U.S.A.)
16 Brand "X" - She Lied (CA, U.S.A.)
17 The Brave New World - It's Tomorrow (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
18 The Bruthers - Bad Love (Pearl River, NY, U.S.A.)
19 The Bush - Don't You Fret (Rialto, CA, U.S.A.)
20 Cave Dwellers - Meditation (Pleasanton, CA, U.S.A.)
21 The Centurys - Hard Times (Lebanon, PA, U.S.A.)
22 Les Chantels - Shaggy Baggy Joe (Montreal, Canada)
23 Les Chantels - Have You Ever Felt Blue (Montreal, Canada)
24 The Chayns - Why Did You Hurt Me (San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.)
25 The Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me (Regina, Canada)
26 The Checkerlads - Shake Yourself Down (Regina, Canada)
27 Cheques - To Stone (Bossier City, LA, U.S.A.)

CD 2
1 Cherry Slush - I Cannot Stop You (Saginaw, MI, U.S.A.)
2 Children - This Sportin' Life (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
3 Chocolate Balloon Company - Gotta Get This (Orlando, FL, U.S.A.)
4 The Outcasts - 1523 Blair (San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.)
5 The Chosen Few - Asian Chrome (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
6 Chris Morgan & The Togas - Would You Believe (Love Is Dead) (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
7 The Chylds - Hay Girl (Canton, OH, U.S.A.)
8 The Cindermen - Don't Knock It (Fresno, CA, U.S.A.)
9 The Claytons - Puttin' Me On (Ft. Wayne, IN, U.S.A.)
10 The Cobras - If I Can't Believe Her
11 The Collectors - Make It Easy (Vancouver, Canada)
12 The Communication Aggregation - Freakout USA (U.S.A.)
13 Country Classic Esquires - Nashville Blues (TN, U.S.A.)
14 The Country Gentlemen - Saturday Night (West Hempstead, NY, U.S.A.)
15 Don Atello - Questions I Cannot Answer (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
16 The Deepest Blue - Pretty Little Thing (Pomona, CA, U.S.A.)
17 The Deepest Blue - Somebody's Girl (Pomona, CA, U.S.A.)
18 The Defiant 4 - Away From Home (Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.)
19 Destiny's Children - For Me (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
20 Destiny's Children - The Collectors (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
21 Dewayne & The Beldettas - Hurtin (Oklahoma City, OK, U.S.A.)
22 The Distant Cousins - She Ain't Lovin' You (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
23 Don & The Agitators - Going Back Home (U.S.A.)
24 The Down 5 - I'm Takin' It Home (U.S.A.)

You Gotta Have Moxie #2 - CD (AIP, 1999)

A Special 2-CD Tribute to the Pioneering Garage/Punk Label
CD 1
1 Ebb Tides - Seance (Columbus, OH, U.S.A.)
2 Eddie & The Showmen - Come On Babe (CA, U.S.A.)
3 Eddie & The Showmen - Danny Boy (CA, U.S.A.)
4 Eddie & The Showmen - Sheila (CA, U.S.A.)
5 The Edge Of Darkness - Mean Town (Oswego, NY, U.S.A.)
6 Eggheads - (Why Don't You Stop) Foolin' Around (NY, U.S.A.)
7 Electric Train - Try Harder (CA, U.S.A.)
8 Electric Train - Through Winter & Sunshine (CA, U.S.A.)
9 The Emergency Exit - Why Girl (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
10 Enchanted Forist - It Don't Mean A Thing Anymore (CA, U.S.A.)
11 The Escapades - Mad Mad Mad (Memphis, TN, U.S.A.)
12 The Ethics - (A Whole Lot Of) Confusion (Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.)
13 Evergreen Blues - Three's A Crowd (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
14 The Fifth Order - Goin' Too Far (Columbus, OH, U.S.A.)
15 Five Cards Stud - Everybody Needs Somebody (U.S.A.)
16 The Five Of Us - Hey You (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
17 49th Parallel - You Do Things (Calgary, Canada)
18 The Fountain Of Youth - Don't Blame Me (For Trying) (Fredericksburg, TX, U.S.A.)
19 The Gentlemen Wild - You Gotta Leave (Portland, OR, U.S.A.)
20 H.B. & The Checkmates - Louise, Louise (Springfield, OR, U.S.A.)
21 Heart Attacks - Babba Diddy Baby (Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.A.)
22 Huns - Long Way Around (Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.)
23 Huns - The World You Cannot Hide From (Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.)
24 Huns - I've Got You On My Mind (Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.)
25 Huns - I Gotta Move (Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.)
26 The Individuals - Monkey On My Back (NY, U.S.A.)
27 J. Michael & The Bushmen - I Need Love (Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.)
28 The Jackasses - Sugaree (Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.)

CD 2
1 Jerry & The Landslides - Get Off Of My Roof
2 Jimmy Solley - I Just Gotta Get A Little More Sleep (U.S.A.)
3 The Laymen - Practice What You Preach
4 The Legend - Portrait Of Youth (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
5 Limey & The Yanks - Gather My Things And Go (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
6 The Little Boy Blues - It's Only You (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
7 The Liv'in End - The Orange Rooftop Of My Baby's Mind (U.S.A.)
8 The Liv'in End - She's A Teaser (U.S.A.)
9 Livin' End - You're My Woman (Dayton, OH, U.S.A.)
10 The Love Affair - Let Me Know (London, U.K.)
11 The Magic Mushrooms - Never Let Go (Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)
12 Man-Dells - Bonnie (San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)
13 Meddy's People - Sha La La La Lee (Vancouver, Canada)
14 The Mersey Men - I Can Tell (Salem, OH, U.S.A.)
15 Michel & The French Canadians - 'Cause I Believe (Montreal, Canada)
16 The Mops - Blind Bird (Tokyo, Japan)
17 The Mystic Number National Bank - I Put A Spell On You (Kansas City, KS, U.S.A.)
18 New Wing - I Need Love (Canada)
19 Nikita The K & The Friends Of Ed Labunski - Go Go Radio Moscow (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
20 One Eyed Jacks - Love (Champaign, IL, U.S.A.)
21 The Otherside - Streetcar (San Jose, CA, U.S.A.)
22 The Perils - Hate (Hart, TX, U.S.A.)
23 Petrified Forest - So Mystifying (U.S.A.)
24 The Prodigal - You've Got Me (CA, U.S.A.)
25 R. Rogues - The Sound (Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.)
26 Rain - E.S.P. (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
27 Rain - Outta My Life (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
28 Randy & The Radiants - My Way Of Thinking (Memphis, TN, U.S.A.)

Sunday, March 25, 2012

A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF GIGS : WEEK 12 : THE NIGHT OF LEGENDS


REVIEW OF VIC GODARD& SUBWAY SECT/SEXUAL OBJECTS : VOODOO ROOM, EDINBURGH, 24 MARCH 2012

This was a very late call.

The original plan had been to head to see the same line-up in Glasgow the previous night, but I got caught up in a leaving-do for a number of ex-colleagues taking early retirement from the cooncil.  It was a gig being promoted by Alan Hendry under his Sounds In The Suburbs banner and I felt really bad about not getting along.  So I put in a quick call to Jacques the Kipper....asked if he fancied going along to see them in Edinburgh....and to my delight he said yes.

This was a first visit to the Voodoo Rooms for me, and it really is a superb little venue in a tremendous location in the heart of Edinburgh very close to both the rail and bus stations.  It's a highly stylish place as well...nothing the least bit sweaty, sticky or grotty about it, and quite different I imagine from the sorts of places that the headline act has spent much of his career playing.

Just seven days fays previously, I had been just about the oldest person at the Wu Lyf gig in Glasgow. This was a total contrast.  Just about everyone was in the mid 40s and upwards range...loads of old punks and new wavers who were wanting to turn the clock back 30 and more years.  But without the energetic pogoing of our youth.

Lots of people were quite drunk as well. They must all be well off for the price of the booze was on the steep side, albeit the choices on offer were top-quality.  The Voodoo Rooms is the sort of place I could very happily set myself up in for an entire evening...assuming I had save up for it!!!!

And so to the gig.

The venue was quite full for the support act which was no real surprise given is was Sexual Objects.  This is the latest band to feature the genius and talent of Davy Henderson, probably the most unique, influential, highly-regarded but enigmatic musicians to come out of Edinburgh over the past 30 years. He's been part of Fire Engines, Win and Nectarine No.9....as well as collaborating with loads of other bands and singers over the years.  All the while he has been a man who doesn't give a fuck.

He maintained this reputation through this blistering short set. There were times when Davy didn't seem to know or care what the rest of the band were doing...even down to what the next song on the set was going to be.  It threatened at times to descend into a shambles but that it never did was down to the quality of the songs, the superb playing of the band (particularly Douglas McIntyre on bass) but above all else the sheer charisma and magnetism that Davy Henderson radiates when he's on stage.

mp3 : Sexual Objects - Midnight Boycott

And so to the headliners.

There's probably a few folk turned up to see the bloke playing drums as it's none other than Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols.  But there's many more turned up to see the main man himself whose career has lasted 35 years and counting.

Vic Godard & Subway Sect toured with The Clash in 1977 and for a while were managed by Bernie Rhodes who of course had a huge role to play in the career of Strummer, Jones, Simonon and Headon and Chimes, so there's no doubting Vic's punk credentials.  But before too long, the songs he was writing and his band were recording were more poppy than punk. If that was a surprise, then the early 80s material, which  was jazz, soul and easy listening bewildered and astonished and divided everyone, fans and critics alike.

By the mid 80s, Vic Godard was out of the music business altogether, but came back in the early 90s working with Edwyn Collins and releasing on material on the revived Postcard Records. There's since been a smattering of singles and re-released material but in recent years he's become more active than ever, re-forming Subway Sect and releasing the LP We Come As Aliens back in 2010.

The line-up that took to the stage at the Voodoo Rooms consisted of the afore-mentioned Godard and Cook, Paul Myers (Subway Sect member away back in the days) on bass, Mark Braby on guitar and Kevin Younger on keys and additional guitar.

For not far short of 80 minutes they delivered a hugely enjoyable set of 16 songs, covering all 35 years from the late 70s to some as yet unreleased songs. It was a night of many highlights and not a single low. Orange Juice/Edwyn fans would have been delighted that Holiday Hymn and Won't Turn Back were part of the set - I certainly was - but the newer stuff such as Best Album and Back in The Community from the 2010 LP as well as the unreleased songs - Caught In Mid-stream and You Bring Out The Demon In Me - left equally deep impressions.

This was  also a night that made me realise - again - that I'm not getting any younger.  Vic took to the stage wearing his glasses but removed them for the performance until the moment he had to adjust an amp when he had to put them back on to see what he was doing...and having no time to put them back safely in their case he held on to them tightly all the way through the next song.  It wasn't like that in the punk days....

Special word of thanks to the promoter Alan Hendry.

For years he has been putting on small and intimate gigs mostly in a couple of small venues in the West End of Glasgow, but as a fan of Vic Godard & Subway Sect he has been bringing them to more mainstream venues in recent years.  I'd have missed on this unforgettable night if he hadn't spread his wings to Edinburgh and he was rewarded for his ambition with an excellent turnout and an audience that to a man and woman will have gone away very happy indeed.  Well, maybe one or two people had their faces tripping them...there was someone who asked for a refund after taking offence at remarks made between-songs during the Sexual Objects set having considered them homophobic. Quite obviously they don't know Davy....his remarks were a genuinely warm tribute to friends and colleagues from years back...and I'm just sorry they weren't taken that way.

At the ends of the gig I was able to go onto the stage and rescue the set-list that had sat at the side of Paul Cook's drumkit, so here's the performance in full:-

Best Album
Empty Shell
Stop That Girl
Rhododendron Town
Back In The Community
If We'd've
Caught In Mid-Stream
Ambition
Music Of A Werewolf
Watching The Devil
You Brink Out The Devil In Me
Holiday Hymn
Won't Turn Bak
Nobody's Scared
Chainsmokin'
Stool Pigeon

Nothwithstanding one person being unhappy, this yet another night to remember courtesy of Sounds In The Suburbs.  I might not have got home until after 2am thanks to having to wait for a taxi once back in Glasgow and the clocks going forward by one hour.  But it was well worth it.

mp3 : Vic Godard & Subway Sect - Nobody's Scared
mp3 : Vic Godard & Subway Sect- Holiday Hymn



Excellent Vic Godard official site right here. Plenty more to read, watch and listen to.

Friday, March 23, 2012

SATURDAY'S SCOTTISH SINGLE (Part 24)

From the Great Scots Musicography:-

Botany 5. consisting of Gordon Kerr, Steve Christie and Jason Robertson entered into the studio with the Blue Nile's Callum Malcolm. The resulting 'Into The Night' (1991) was preceded by two well-received singles, 'Love Bomb' and 'Nature Boy', the group's mellow meditative soundscapes bearing comparisons with the likes of Talk Talk, The Orb and Animal Nightlife.  Before being lost forever to the music business jungle, the Botany 5 trio completed a series of acclaimed live shows aided and abetted by former Orange Juice drummer Zeke Manyika

I've one piece of vinyl in the cupboard. It's a 7" promotional single consisting of these:-

mp3 : Botany 5 - Love Bomb (LP Version)
mp3 : Botany 5 - Satellite

Other than that, I can't really tell you all that much about this lot.  But I've a vague feeling that I caught them live as a support act in Edinburgh in the early 90s.

Next up...Bourgie Bourgie

Zowie - My Calculator Lyrics

My Calculator by Zowie, Music Lyrics and Video

My Calculator is the fourth official single by New Zealand singer-songwriter Zowie, from her long-delayed debut album, which will be released this year.

Zowie - My Calculator LyricsZowie - My Calculator Lyrics

My calculator
I’ll see you later
On my calculator
I said see you later

It’s time for me to go oh
I just can’t think now no no
Read the numbers on there
Add and substract that now here
(http://musicloversgroups.blogspot.com/2012/03/zowie-my-calculator-lyrics.html)

Read my calculator
I want to see you later
Read my calculator
Nothin’ seems to add up here

111 and 666 and a 222 and a 333 and
That is not my number on your screen!
Say what what?
111 and 666 and a 222 and a 333 and
Don’t you remember me?

This is such a shame for you
You were only off just a few
It could be a digital mistake
And such a big one to make
Read my calculator
I want to see you later
Read my calculator
Nothin’ seems to add up here

111 and 666 and a 222 and a 333 and
That is not my number on your screen!
Say what what?
111 and 666 and a 222 and a 333 and
Don’t you remember me?

Try me

111 and 666 and a 222 and a 333 and
That is not my number on your screen!
Say what what?
111 and 666 and a 222 and a 333 and
Don’t you remember me?

Kill the lights please
I’ll catch you later see

Try me

Thursday, March 22, 2012

REQUEST # 12-0001


Message Number: 100 - Monday, March 19, 2012 12:09:21 PHT 
-Honduras 
Name:   LUIS FLORES
Album :   OUT OF THE DARK LIVE COMPILATION 1997 CENTURY MEDIA
Artist:   VARIOUS
Comments: 
MY MOM BOUGHT THIS TO ME WHEN IT CAME OUT. WE WERE WALKING DOWNTOWN AND I SAW THE COVER I IMMEDIATELY ASKED HER IF I COULD GET IT AND SHE SMILED AND SAID, WELL, LISTEN TO IT FIRST. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MUSIC. I WAS 11 BACK THEN. I LEND IT TO A CLASSMATE AND OBVIOUSLY NEVER GOT BACK TO ME. STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT. NEITHER ON A PHYSICAL COPY NOR ONLINE. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. AND THANKS FOR HAVING A REQUEST AREA.


THE COVER AND BACK WOULD BE GREAT IF POSSIBLE ALSO.




Various Artists - Out Of The Dark


Tracklist:
1. Moonspell — Vampiria (5:15) 
2. Moonspell — A Poisoned Gift (5:46) 
3. The Gathering — Leaves (6:55) 
4. The Gathering — Eleanor (6:37) 
5. Samael — Mask Of The Red Death (4:59) 
6. Samael — My Saviour (5:33) 
7. Sentenced — Bleed (3:33) 
8. Sentenced — Dance On The Graves (4:29) 
9. Rotting Christ — The First Field Of The Battle (6:27) 
10. Rotting Christ — King Of A Stellar War (6:41) 
11. Crematory — Ist Es Wahr (5:21) 
12. Crematory — Eyes Of Suffering 


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

IN PRAISE OF BOOKS : BERNARD SUMNER : CONFUSION by DAVID NOLAN

With New Order being back in the limelight and about to tour once again (albeit with no Gillian Gilbert or Peter Hook on stage it's only 50% of the proper line-up), I thought I'd re-read a biography originally bought on its release back in 2007.

David Nolan has written a number of books dealing with the Manchester music scene. This bio of Bernard Sumner is an excellent rock biography. It's the work of a fan but not someone who has put the subject matter on a pedestal and it reveals in a highly informative and enjoyable way, a great deal about the subject matter and helps the reader understand just what it is that drives and motivates the singer, musician and producer.

It's not a perfect work by any means. There's quite a number of typos, spelling mistakes and bad grammar (a bit like a typical TVV posting then!!!) which will annoy some folk. But having said that, the research that has gone into this book to reveal all sorts of details and facts about a notoriously shy front-man who never wanted the job in the first place more than makes up for it.

The author, in his introduction, makes it clear that while it not an authorised biography, his approach was to give a copy of the manuscript to its subject matter to allow him to respond to some of the issues raised. This means that every so often, Bernard's commentary appears mid-page and it's said/written in a style that is quite different from David Nolan's. This only adds to the enjoyment factor.

Bernard Sumner's career has been astonishing and it's easy to overlook much of it and think of him simply as the singer with New Order. He's had chart success and enjoyed critical acclaim with three of the UK's most influential bands of the late 20th Century as well as being the often un-named producer behind many of the acts that were on Factory. He's co-written and/or played on tracks by Paul Haig, Chemical Brothers and Primal Scream among others. As this book demonstrates, he has been hugely influential, far more than the much more revered Ian Curtis, and yet without the suicide of the Joy Division singer it is by no means certain that he would ever have been given the space to display these talents. Although late and great Anthony H Wilson certainly believes Bernard would have been a success - his contribution to this book via what must have been one of the last in-depth interviews he gave to anyone is worth the cover price alone.

Five years on however, this book is now seemingly out of print. Certainly on Amazon, it's only available second-hand and folk are asking for silly money for it - £27 and upwards. It's the same at ebay. I'm not saying you should fork out such daft sums, but if you happen to come across a copy in a charity shop, car boot sale or the like then pick up a copy and have a read. You won't regret it.

mp3 : Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine)
mp3 : New Order - Krafty 
mp3 : Electronic - Idiot Country
mp3 : Sub Sub - This Time I'm Not Wrong (edit)

Happy Reading. And listening.

Essential Pebbles #1 - CD (AIP, 1998)

Ultimate '66 garage classics!
CD 1
1 The Preachers - Who Do You Love (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
2 The Grains Of Sand - Goin' Away, Baby (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
3 The JuJus - You Treat Me Bad (Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)
4 The Haunted - 1-2-5 (Montreal, Canada)
5 The Wilde Knights - Beaver Patrol (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
6 The Lyrics - So What! (San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)
7 Randy Alvey & Green Fuz - Green Fuz (Bridgeport, TX, U.S.A.)
8 Teddy & His Patches - Suzy Creamcheese (San Jose, CA, U.S.A.)
9 T.C. Atlantic - Faces (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
10 William Penn Fyve - Swami (Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.)
11 The Tree - No Good Woman (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.)
12 The Plague - Go Away (Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.)
13 The Gentlemen - It's A Cry'n Shame (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
14 The Omens - Searching (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
15 The Foggy Notions - Need A Little Lovin' (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
16 Dean Carter - Rebel Woman (Champaign, IL, U.S.A.)
17 The Lost Agency - One Girl Man (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
18 The Trolls - Every Day And Every Night (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
19 The Starfires - I Never Loved Her (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)
20 The Beckett Quintet - No Correspondence (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
21 The Dovers - She's Not Just Anybody (Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.)
22 The Hysterics - Everything's There (San Bernardino, CA, U.S.A.)
23 The Good Feelins - Shattered (San Bernardino, CA, U.S.A.)
24 The Breakers - Don't Send Me No Flowers (I Ain't Dead Yet) (Memphis, TN, U.S.A.)
25 The Uncalled For - Do Like Me (RI, U.S.A.)
26 Gonn - Doin' Me In (Keokuk, IA, U.S.A.)
27 The Mile Ends - Bottle Up And Go (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
28 Bohemian Vendetta - Enough (Long Island, NY, U.S.A.)
29 Keith Kessler - Don't Crowd Me (Renton, WA, U.S.A.)

CD 2
1 Motifs - Someday (MN, U.S.A.)
2 David Clayton-Thomas With The Bossmen - Brainwashed (Toronto, Canada)
3 Les Sinners - Sinnerisme (Montreal, Canada)
4 The Missing Lynx - Hang Around (Lawrenceburg, TN, U.S.A.)
5 The Mixed Emotions - Can't You Stop It Now (Coden, AL, U.S.A.)
6 The Thunderbolts - Heart So Cold (Plattsburgh, NY, U.S.A.)
7 Strangers - What A Life (Newton, MA, U.S.A.)
8 The Roosters - You Gotta Run (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.)
9 Peter & The Wolves - Hey Mama (Palatine, IL, U.S.A.)
10 Peter & The Wolves - I Can Only Give You Everything (Palatine, IL, U.S.A.)
11 The Sound Apparatus - Travel Agent Man (Camden, NJ, U.S.A.)
12 The Shades - Down The Road Apiece (Cannon Falls, MN, U.S.A.)
13 Dynamic Nutones - Sick & Tired (U.S.A.)
14 The Dry Gins - You're Through (Lafayette, LA, U.S.A.)
15 Hustlers - The Sky Is Black (IL, U.S.A.)
16 The Other Half - The Girl With The Long Black Hair (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
17 Thorns - I'm In Love (NJ, U.S.A.)
18 The Malibus - I've Gotta Go (Macon, GA, U.S.A.)
19 The Malibus - I Want You To Know (Macon, GA, U.S.A.)
20 The Creations - I Want You (Bremerton, OH, U.S.A.)
21 unknown - I Just Don't Know
22 unknown - Fed Up
23 Banshees - I've Had It
24 Roy & The Bristols - It's Your Fault (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.)
25 Terry Dee & The Roadrunners - Some Other Guy (University City, MO, U.S.A.)
26 unknown - Go Go Girl

Essential Pebbles #2 - CD (AIP, 1998)

Still More Ultimate '66 garage classics!
CD 1
1 The Rogues - How Many Times (Lindsay, OK, U.S.A.)
2 Neal Ford & The Fanatics - Shame On You (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
3 The Jelly Bean Bandits - Generation (Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.)
4 Sonny Flaharty & The Mark V - Hey Conductor (Dayton, OH, U.S.A.)
5 The Denims - I'm Your Man (Queens, NY, U.S.A.)
6 Evil Enc. Group - Hey You (Beckley, WV, U.S.A.)
7 Ravin' Blue - It's Not Real (Starkville, MS, U.S.A.)
8 The Jaybees - I'm A Loner (Montreal, Canada)
9 The Spirit - Man Enough For You (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
10 The Wig/Wags - I'm On My Way Down The Road (Hope, AR, U.S.A.)
11 The Four Fifths - If You Still Want Me (Manhattan, NY, U.S.A.)
12 The Soul Survivors - Shakin' With Linda (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.)
13 The Magic Plants - I'm A Nothing (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
14 Live Wires - Love (Dubois, PA, U.S.A.)
15 The Inmates - More Than I Have (Long Branch, NJ, U.S.A.)
16 Les Sinners - Nice Try (Montreal, Canada)
17 Cole & The Embers - Hey Girl (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.)
18 Kama-del-Sutra - She Taught Me Love (Duluth, MN, U.S.A.)
19 The Sweet Acids - That Creature (GA, U.S.A.)
20 Evil Enc. Group - The Point Is (Beckley, WV, U.S.A.)
21 Danny's Reasons - Triangles (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
22 Baker Street Irregulars - I'm A Man (Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.)
23 Dee & Tee - Something's Comin' (FL, U.S.A.)
24 The Yo Yo's - Crack In My Wall (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
25 The Original Sinners - You'll Never Know (What Love Is All About) (New Haven, CT, U.S.A.)
26 Les Lutins - Laissez-nous Vivre (Montreal, Canada)

CD 2
1 The Purple Haze - Shades Of Blue (AL, U.S.A.)
2 Dawn 5 - Mike's Bag (Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.)
3 Denny Noie & The Catalinas - It Ain't A Big Thing (Appleton, WI, U.S.A.)
4 Fading Tribesmen - More Feathers
5 The Lost Souls - It's Not Fair (Dickinson, ND, U.S.A.)
6 The Spires Of Oxford - But You're Gone (Oxford, MS, U.S.A.)
7 The Vistas - Don't Know (Burlington, VT, U.S.A.)
8 The Chimes - #38 (Dothan, AL, U.S.A.)
9 D.C. Drifters - Louisiana Blues (MN, U.S.A.) *
10 Dean Kohler - Gooseberry Pie (Portsmouth, VA, U.S.A.)
11 The Children - I Can Feel It (U.S.A.) *
12 The Why Four - Hard Life (U.S.A.)
13 The Why Four - Not Fade Away (U.S.A.)
14 Doo & Diddits - I'm A Man (U.S.A.)
15 Night Watch - The Good's Gone (IL, U.S.A.)
16 Night Watch - Shake (IL, U.S.A.)
17 Rick & The Rivals - Stricken By You (PA, U.S.A.)
18 The Sinders - Get Out Of My Life (McMinville, TN, U.S.A.)
19 The Abstracts - Always - Always
20 Paul & Ritchie & The Cryin' Shames - Come On Back (Liverpool, U.K.)
21 Berries - Baby Won't You Follow Me Down
22 Outcasts - I Wanted You (Norman, OK, U.S.A.)
23 Lunduns - It's Gonna Be Alright
24 Ye Court Jesters - But I Still Love Her (NM, U.S.A.)
25 Checkmates - Eyes On You Baby (Durham, NH, U.S.A.)
26 N. Patrick Williams & The Inner Prism - Bad Seed (Conneaut, OH, U.S.A.)
27 Classics 5 - Wine, Wine, Wine (U.S.A.)
28 Thee Inn Crowd - Gotta Find A Girl (CA, U.S.A.)
29 Lawson & Four More - If You Want Me You Can Find Me (Memphis, TN, U.S.A.)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Essential Pebbles #3 - CD (AIP, 2000)

Still More Ultimate '66 garage classics! - European Garage
CD 1
1 The Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group - When People Talk (Haarlem, Holland)
2 The Fun Of It - Drollery (The Hague, Holland)
3 The Phantoms - Someday I'm Somebody (Eindhoven, Holland)
4 The Jets - I Was So Glad (Utrecht, Holland)
5 The Haigs - Where To Run (The Hague, Holland)
6 The Jets - Worker In The Night (Utrecht, Holland)
7 The Lords - Day After Day (Amsterdam, Holland)
8 The Counsellors - I'll Be Your Man (Eindhoven, Holland)
9 The Golden Earrings - Not To Find (The Hague, Holland)
10 The Lazy Bones - I'm Driftin' (Haarlem, Holland)
11 A B & C - Vies (Amsterdam, Holland)
12 Danny & The Royal Strings - Get Away (Denmark)
13 The Slaves - Shut Up (Vienna, Austria)
14 Jack & The Outlaws - Step Into My Heart (Nykoebing Mors, Denmark)
15 Meteors With Curt Bilsbo - Anytime (Copenhagen, Denmark)
16 Mad Sound - To Masturbate (Grena, Denmark)
17 The Beatchers - What'd I Say (Malmo, Sweden)
18 The Tages - Bloodhound (Gothenburg, Sweden)
19 The Palmes - The Nazz Are Blue (Stockholm, Sweden)
20 The Shakers - Move Out Of My Mind (Gothenburg, Sweden)
21 The Baby Grandmothers - Somebody Keeps Calling My Name (Stockholm, Sweden)
22 The Lee Kings - Orient Express (Stockholm, Sweden)
23 The Stringtones - Ode To Rhythm & Blues (Karlskoga, Sweden)

CD 2
1 The Sooner Or Later - This Hammer (Gavle, Sweden)
2 The Sooner Or Later - Night Time (Gavle, Sweden)
3 The Melvins - The Man Down There (Nybro, Sweden)
4 The Trappers - Too Much Monkey Business (Umea, Sweden)
5 The Shakers - Tracks Remain (Gothenburg, Sweden)
6 The Fabulous Four - 438 S. Michigan Ave. (Stockholm, Sweden)
7 The Shakers - Who Will Buy (These Wonderful Evils) (Gothenburg, Sweden)
8 The Cads - Call My Name (Kaarlskoga, Sweden)
9 Los Comancheros - It's So Right (Lulea, Sweden)
10 The Deejays - Striped Dreams Checked Fear (London, U.K.)
11 The Demons - You (Karlshamn, Sweden)
12 The Gents - Honor Bright (Vasteras, Sweden)
13 The Deejays - You Must Be Joking (London, U.K.)
14 The Flippers - Louie Louie (Sater, Sweden)
15 The Bootjacks - Stoned (Malmo, Sweden)
16 The Ones - Love Of Mine (Berlin, Germany)
17 Drafi Deutscher & His Magics - I Don't Need That Kind Of Love (Berlin, Germany)
18 The Dukes - I'm An Unskilled Worker (Germany)
19 The Sevens - Talk About Her (Basel, Switzerland)
20 The Sevens - PanAm (Basel, Switzerland)
21 Les Sauterelles - No No No No (Zurich, Switzerland)
22 The Countdowns - Sex Maniac (Basel, Switzerland)
23 The Sevens - In God I Trust (Basel, Switzerland)
24 The Sevens - What Can I Do (Basel, Switzerland)
25 Les Sauterelles - Hong Kong (Zurich, Switzerland)