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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753</id><updated>2025-07-12T02:06:56.532-04:00</updated><category term="60s Garage Bands"/><category term="garage bands"/><title type='text'>Dan's Garage</title><subtitle type='html'><b>Chronicling my obsession with the 45 R.P.M. record</b></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>217</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-6022364357494111274</id><published>2025-07-09T14:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2025-07-09T14:32:31.078-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#158</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkq5yoj6JOLwXoVqonQNP035oqebGr4Lk4qqSjIXw0uT6Dub_XaxZcowzJWHdiBZiUl7-8a5EhWq12gJRCjeYXfeQglOHvT-rAD-p4CZls7Vcsogq78ybaUB7Z7ZM1qKx1i7eqr9Tv-l644Rj4irXys5OEz_49zyXzLWjII86ghiZkvAVT-MQEFsPRESY/s697/158%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkq5yoj6JOLwXoVqonQNP035oqebGr4Lk4qqSjIXw0uT6Dub_XaxZcowzJWHdiBZiUl7-8a5EhWq12gJRCjeYXfeQglOHvT-rAD-p4CZls7Vcsogq78ybaUB7Z7ZM1qKx1i7eqr9Tv-l644Rj4irXys5OEz_49zyXzLWjII86ghiZkvAVT-MQEFsPRESY/w640-h640/158%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers and welcome to Summer 2025! Oh yeah, Ima justa waitin' to have some good times these next couple of months and the upcoming "Fourth Of July Week" is a great place to start. I'm heading over to a weekly flea market in nearby Avon, NY this Sunday, something&nbsp; they've been doing for years and this is going to be my first go around. Hopefully we'll find some good wax there to feature on the show! Wish me luck!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the more somber side of things, it seems that some of our more beloved rock musicians are seemingly leaving us in droves. Brian Wilson, James Lowe of the Electric Prunes, Sly Stone, Rick Derringer, and Mick Ralphs, and teen idol Bobby Sherman just to name a few. Fortunately most of these guys lived fairly long lives and gave us some very enjoyable music, especially Brian Wilson. Between 1965 and 1967 he wrote some of the greatest music of all time. I mean that. He was a guy that had to grow on me over the years. I always viewed The Beach Boys as a "lightweight" act singing surf songs and slow ballads like "Surfer Girl". They were kinda held in high regard by my brother Vinny who really loved them and compared them somewhat to the Beatles in a sense, or at least that's what I remember. "Surfin Safari" got a lot of playtime when I wad a kid. I guess back then he saw something in them that I didn't. As I grew older and wiser I learned to view or rather "hear" music quite differently. I started to break things down and analyze songs instead of just having them go in one ear and out the other. To be honest, I react to music viscerally as opposed to cerebrally, but there's this part of my brain that likes to listen to something, and as a musician myself say, "what the hell were these guys and gals thinking when they recorded this???"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As a fledgling "record producer" I I'm fascinated by the way songs were recorded and especially arranged. Some of this stuff blows my mind and every day I learn something new about what guys like Brian Wilson did in the studio. He was a true genius and he will be missed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the more lesser known artists that passed away recently was James Lowe of The Electric Prunes. They were actually one of the more creative bands from the 1960's but in my opinion, their moniker kept them from hitting the real big time. I know...in that era you had all sorts of kooky names, but prunes aren't exactly something that people endear themselves to. In any case, The Prunes were a hell of a band and they had what I would consider <i>the</i> template for the "psychedelic garage band sound". I've featured a couple of songs by them on this blog, and I'm including one of their best in this edition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was never really a fan of Sly Stone, but he did produce some really cool records in the mid 60's for The Mojo Men, The Vejtables, and The Beau Brummels. A lot of music fans will miss him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I grew into my teens and began playing the guitar, my brother Vic, also a guitarist, was heavily into glam rock ala Bowie and Mott The Hoople who he thought were great. I remember his band playing "Driving Sister" and always thought that was a cool song. Ralphs would later join Bad Company, perhaps one of the greatest hard rock bands of the 70's and the rest is history.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Honorable mention goes to teen idol Bobby Sherman. I remember him being a guest star on the last episode of season 1 of&nbsp; "The Partridge Family". Good times for a 10 year old indeed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These artists will all be remembered for bringing us some good times in our life. May they all rest in peace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've got another "potpourri" of 45's to share this time around, with perhaps a little less focus on poppier sounds. I have been coming across more instrumentals these days and I hope you all like them. I'm already working on the next post so stay tuned. In the meantime please enjoy this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Round Robin - Land Of A 1000 Dances "The Na Na Song" / Yea Yea (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcj-A5bBPiDKsv1TuODyT6lfSa22-MIdlGrvqms7_KpQ_UJ2LwDfPGzgSN5W8GEiZfKHY87_9sVwmO4eaY_0gCeiogaripv9wKEELYQlvNmBDB4LnWZTXgA6gei2zHnASaco_ep4a6UyG53ZjGLWBQnHptnljArzFHgXuhOXh-dyRwwFOJRW9Eb4ufsk/s1129/round%20robin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcj-A5bBPiDKsv1TuODyT6lfSa22-MIdlGrvqms7_KpQ_UJ2LwDfPGzgSN5W8GEiZfKHY87_9sVwmO4eaY_0gCeiogaripv9wKEELYQlvNmBDB4LnWZTXgA6gei2zHnASaco_ep4a6UyG53ZjGLWBQnHptnljArzFHgXuhOXh-dyRwwFOJRW9Eb4ufsk/w393-h400/round%20robin.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Round Robin was a guy named Robin Lloyd who had a bunch of 45's on Domain Records like "Do The Slauson". This was his version of "Land of A 100 Dances" and it pretty much falls in line with all the other versions out of L.A.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rondels - Back Beat No.1 / Shades Of Green (1961)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0USZTrMCc1LDdHFldjJVL6wRr2PjuSg8aPNW37ly86YXqk3M6gfSBzj6MnYznR8Cz8EsPSICBd5RmydodICFdhL8N0VnSqkpXI7HA5oX6vsiqz1uRQAvxnrNgpk3L1Fe0Kz7w8jblqoKZXjzX9m7dBt8CTHeheFxwcp7zHR6xQh9R2818DNGGJp7bsI/s1101/rondelss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0USZTrMCc1LDdHFldjJVL6wRr2PjuSg8aPNW37ly86YXqk3M6gfSBzj6MnYznR8Cz8EsPSICBd5RmydodICFdhL8N0VnSqkpXI7HA5oX6vsiqz1uRQAvxnrNgpk3L1Fe0Kz7w8jblqoKZXjzX9m7dBt8CTHeheFxwcp7zHR6xQh9R2818DNGGJp7bsI/w399-h400/rondelss.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not to be confused with the "Ron-Dels" that featured Delbert McClinton or even the very obscure "Rondells" from Louisville, KY. This was an east coast group, from Boston perhaps? They released five 45's on Amy which were all instrumentals, I believe, and a couple on Nota Records out of Boston, Mass. (I featured one of the Nota 45's in <a href="https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2022/05/in-dans-garage145.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IDG #145</a>). Pretty tough sounding instros on both sides.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">David Wilson &amp; The Characters - Jamie / With All My Heart (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxRRwfL6DRudpQT38keZyguEmFGoCHNt1wqEI9J5yVWWoBZDXXDnjM3lIyvLJiCNGZBklphawqlaFcP9NuQ6yDaZjA2ALBIcV5t-MpQBHKUm_-mWGeQ_AK0oAXXEa7WTpj9OY1NpxOgnaC7xct4N6Y_7yiECHCkEJ7SMBACJR-sQGL3z4NbPPbz0KNvc/s1125/david%20wilson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1113" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxRRwfL6DRudpQT38keZyguEmFGoCHNt1wqEI9J5yVWWoBZDXXDnjM3lIyvLJiCNGZBklphawqlaFcP9NuQ6yDaZjA2ALBIcV5t-MpQBHKUm_-mWGeQ_AK0oAXXEa7WTpj9OY1NpxOgnaC7xct4N6Y_7yiECHCkEJ7SMBACJR-sQGL3z4NbPPbz0KNvc/w396-h400/david%20wilson.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a head scratcher from a group who's origins I know nothing about. Both sides are lo-fi garage band sounds with a cool Farfisa organ. The 'B' side has a distinctive "Stones" vibe to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rockin' Berries - The Water Is Over My Head /&nbsp;<span>Doesn't Time Fly (1966)</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRm0YNjmyccPFcnj7TSJrx_-Nc_fvaObudxD7EBHXkrJL2LdsfcI7qF5o6WKssw6epZMGa8eFmyDXkEvHZ-1YocpiUppEIIEpxDTH1Z9U28524Go25Dlx7GVx2OekwGCMXrAEw1G6b4P0hsEBEw6Fl6XD3HIg5IXsg_NAZ-HYefKo8gCths9ngUjy6xdE/s1093/rokin%20beries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1093" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRm0YNjmyccPFcnj7TSJrx_-Nc_fvaObudxD7EBHXkrJL2LdsfcI7qF5o6WKssw6epZMGa8eFmyDXkEvHZ-1YocpiUppEIIEpxDTH1Z9U28524Go25Dlx7GVx2OekwGCMXrAEw1G6b4P0hsEBEw6Fl6XD3HIg5IXsg_NAZ-HYefKo8gCths9ngUjy6xdE/w400-h395/rokin%20beries.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Rockin' Berries were a rather schizophrenic band out of Birmingham and I don't use the word "schizophrenic" in the pejorative. They were a really good band that had a few hits in the U.K. and they were one of the groups featured in the film "Pop Gear!" amongst other acts from the U.K. like Peter &amp; Gordon, The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and The Honeycombs. This 45 is a good example. The 'A' side is a finely crafted pop tune with excellent vocal harmonies that feature a fair bit of falsetto vocals ala The Four Seasons and The Beach Boys. The flip side on the other hand is a straight up rockabilly tune with a couple of way cool short, but nifty guitar solos. I featured one of their other 45's in <a href="https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-dans-garage-8.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IDG #8</a>. Boy, was that a long time ago......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Shane - Don't Turn Me Off / That Girl Of Mine (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZLPE2muYakpWi2U5Yn4rIh0Fb9knYCegrzl_l9it7Wa7LGkNyp228-0PR_kS0kBhVU8dDyHu07CHkHzOgMbYvnQPv5tN21Gd9DcMPzntE4GHD18SPFxsTXjhsNYfuAO-kkxEqzQ2HMoU2Uvwi3KHlbiDwNg0hfw5q89i-NhruyYgSbZXkaKzujlV3r0/s1126/shane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZLPE2muYakpWi2U5Yn4rIh0Fb9knYCegrzl_l9it7Wa7LGkNyp228-0PR_kS0kBhVU8dDyHu07CHkHzOgMbYvnQPv5tN21Gd9DcMPzntE4GHD18SPFxsTXjhsNYfuAO-kkxEqzQ2HMoU2Uvwi3KHlbiDwNg0hfw5q89i-NhruyYgSbZXkaKzujlV3r0/w394-h400/shane.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another record with some twists and turns in it's history. I won't bore you too much or take you too deep into the weeds, "Shane", whoever he was, also released a 45 as "Kenny Shane". The songs were written by Angelo Spezze and his nephew Ken Ancell who I'm guessing is "Shane", although I could be wrong as usual. Both were involved in a bunch of records including some by "Johnny Shane" that came out on Imperial Records. The End.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Rabbit - Wishy Washy Woman / My Girl (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_9VY46FKQkRI3eFdJ2TGyN6064RZnYVRSvEro7GgJJsO3J3KJf4MWbi_2nIIDZ3-wFtDi-_Y6g4_bCNV4qi0zfRPblZMpeWyRhxYcQn8u0WDcMmGKvae0gV4A0m3tJ6mENCZ9eeqpMQmEQilzShFke-SrI-CWvvo3R3hLGg_geMdS2TYiRNvt250qX4/s1127/jimmy%20rabbit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_9VY46FKQkRI3eFdJ2TGyN6064RZnYVRSvEro7GgJJsO3J3KJf4MWbi_2nIIDZ3-wFtDi-_Y6g4_bCNV4qi0zfRPblZMpeWyRhxYcQn8u0WDcMmGKvae0gV4A0m3tJ6mENCZ9eeqpMQmEQilzShFke-SrI-CWvvo3R3hLGg_geMdS2TYiRNvt250qX4/w393-h400/jimmy%20rabbit.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, a 45 that has some concrete information. Jimmy Rabbit was from Dallas Texas and was a DJ at KLIF, a popular radio station in the area at the time. Jimmy thought he'd try his hand at being a rock &amp; roll singer so he released a few 45's in 1965 this being one of them. Originally released on the local "Knight" label, it was picked up nationally by Josie Records. Jimmy had a couple of local 45's, and is probably most famous for his version of "Psychotic Reaction" by the "Positively 13 O'clock", a bona fide garage classic. Thanks to the awesome website <a href="https://garagehangover.com/jimmy-rabbit-positively-13-o-clock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garage Hangover</a> for the info.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Electric Prunes - Get Me To The World On Time / Are You Loving Me More (But Enjoying It Less) (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XM7rLbCKlSdydg-wxKV2m99aogAj4xqp5Ice3ThSHC2GyhzbX3-uqWqUQtfHPleVteC3_et0tm528_YlIVdvhkGHLZ_fzt6r7Ozve5fdJI-O_JPUjuxFTDlXwyj2kROQvAvLEBTJxWEq8dlcNmMG_qeSxjGWY4GlzzuxycHzR6IfFsIozeBXa3qaV7A/s1090/the%20prunes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1082" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XM7rLbCKlSdydg-wxKV2m99aogAj4xqp5Ice3ThSHC2GyhzbX3-uqWqUQtfHPleVteC3_et0tm528_YlIVdvhkGHLZ_fzt6r7Ozve5fdJI-O_JPUjuxFTDlXwyj2kROQvAvLEBTJxWEq8dlcNmMG_qeSxjGWY4GlzzuxycHzR6IfFsIozeBXa3qaV7A/w398-h400/the%20prunes.jpg" width="398" /></a></div>I can't believe it took me this long to feature this 45 on this blog. The Electric Prunes were one of the better bands from the 60's and their first two albums are great examples of West Coast Psychedelic Garage/Rock. Lead vocalist Jim Lowe who just passed away lead the band through their first three albums, but by the time "Just Good Old Rock And Roll" came out, he had departed and the Electric Prunes weren't the same group. In fact, I believe another band recorded that album and was just credited to "The Electric Prunes". The first two L.P.'s are exceptional and this 45 was their third and the follow up to "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night", a masterpiece if there ever was one. Honorable mention goes to producer Dave Hassinger who helped craft the "Prunes" sound. Hassinger would also produce a few early Grateful Dead albums as well as engineering records for The Rolling Stones, The Mama's &amp; The Papas, Frank Sinatra, and a slew of others that recorded at R.C.A. studios in L.A.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Berkeley Kites - Alice In Wonderland / What Goes Up Must Come Down (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyq-7y4FgvTBNtzPEyrKog7Q2o0-asOfTVFcUrAWnlNG-4TYQZPB8eyxcItefHKBumEDTUR0AzDFxRNlWt-Gt_QqKswO3Y-PaBghfIWJ2RaoYPNuQP7gfU-IYpnRLhopdpK3EmaAEXFa3O5AkbguKuj-siDQZ5JEcLCsA5LV3NK_J1112iV3msMcBSVKo/s700/the-berkeley-kites-alice-in-wonderland-minaret.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="687" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyq-7y4FgvTBNtzPEyrKog7Q2o0-asOfTVFcUrAWnlNG-4TYQZPB8eyxcItefHKBumEDTUR0AzDFxRNlWt-Gt_QqKswO3Y-PaBghfIWJ2RaoYPNuQP7gfU-IYpnRLhopdpK3EmaAEXFa3O5AkbguKuj-siDQZ5JEcLCsA5LV3NK_J1112iV3msMcBSVKo/w393-h400/the-berkeley-kites-alice-in-wonderland-minaret.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice sunshine pop group that had three 45's on Minaret Records. No one is exactly sure where they were from, but Nashville, TN or Florida is a good guess. I wish I had more info.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Berry Street Station - Sick Birds Can't Fly / Sweet City Song (1972???)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1M1VG6D6j4uIIUTl-DS6XtVGIRYSNRQZhaWiBwyAaqeGvrygosUCYeU6R9iNg1iriVSWSrkSpSuRSLNeIJxNKVLqCnCWQEmWzo5pdtMvdMIyKDi2MgzINTiNSk2MNN7S5zARpD-bisf2jJw9XypeKDatKo5FcelvuysBf6WLdCcdSyhIxxqDIhuiLKQ/s1151/berry%20st.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1M1VG6D6j4uIIUTl-DS6XtVGIRYSNRQZhaWiBwyAaqeGvrygosUCYeU6R9iNg1iriVSWSrkSpSuRSLNeIJxNKVLqCnCWQEmWzo5pdtMvdMIyKDi2MgzINTiNSk2MNN7S5zARpD-bisf2jJw9XypeKDatKo5FcelvuysBf6WLdCcdSyhIxxqDIhuiLKQ/w388-h400/berry%20st.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Typical weirdo Texas shit from a group that had several 45's on a few local Texas labels, this one from Fort Worth. Don't know much else about them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Graffiti - He's Got The Knack / Love In Spite (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRIJ9xSlC0GVLEFbrh236h0erPrmxnAFebwUUuGN_u04Z-i2lTEliPiGesCRO7LBP0KwqhnAqrh7dv_FRUGzsxulkB8D2xuOxmRFKLtbg8jKFe2rtp0j2Dyqia8NZ_xQWZxPfFugFIJY2S6XVMekUavbLwou7Hh6SmrE2Ji_5sYGf9aBBJn_H_H7Qflw/s1139/graffiti.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRIJ9xSlC0GVLEFbrh236h0erPrmxnAFebwUUuGN_u04Z-i2lTEliPiGesCRO7LBP0KwqhnAqrh7dv_FRUGzsxulkB8D2xuOxmRFKLtbg8jKFe2rtp0j2Dyqia8NZ_xQWZxPfFugFIJY2S6XVMekUavbLwou7Hh6SmrE2Ji_5sYGf9aBBJn_H_H7Qflw/w394-h400/graffiti.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Supposedly the remnants of Washington D.C.'s "The Hangmen" that relocated to NYC and started up this band managing to get a contract with ABC Records and having their L.P. produced by Bob Thiele who worked with guys like John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and a bunch of other wild jazz musicians that ended up on ABC or Impulse! Records. Pretty good heavy psyche with some impressive guitar and keyboard work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mighty Manfred &amp; The Wonderdogs - Bo Diddley / By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwK7rLcjWULFeehFz-_s-zT8p3aCJ2HHcrcPTwp1d8poMLW9Q4Thcx7eLsUh6mlLPb_IHAUIr_3XXh-SQujKbnYWBDX_TnBU1QaxvVIhuvwQ7XDIKSQ4R54kWkAteEsWVCYjDMi6s-slGUe-89x95HhQfZaQVfy8I9vD4RoGNdl1DRs62OFmmF_ZLOOM/s1140/mighty%20manfred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwK7rLcjWULFeehFz-_s-zT8p3aCJ2HHcrcPTwp1d8poMLW9Q4Thcx7eLsUh6mlLPb_IHAUIr_3XXh-SQujKbnYWBDX_TnBU1QaxvVIhuvwQ7XDIKSQ4R54kWkAteEsWVCYjDMi6s-slGUe-89x95HhQfZaQVfy8I9vD4RoGNdl1DRs62OFmmF_ZLOOM/w391-h400/mighty%20manfred.jpg" width="391" /></a></div></b><span style="background-color: black; text-align: start;">An obscure garage group. The 'A' side is a good cover of this classic song, but the flip is rather lame.</span><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><b style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Stained Glass - Fahrenheit / Twiddle My Thumbs (1969)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimd9DMiLiQ7-fwY0n5N6K8BZI4MzpkNU8oRvSHHSAK3lYLH-drgrIDT7aKwIFaGZ481dGLF_fvCNA47guVDFswIFGVA9-Vz25J_efj-2v4MzIVEsWI-T42LHvUpydmFvf8S7V1z1E0G_2cnBfpUIlxPc8R3C_npuJpkEMj7A-bhwlhZA4ShYOGzipElIg/s1054/stanedglass2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1041" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimd9DMiLiQ7-fwY0n5N6K8BZI4MzpkNU8oRvSHHSAK3lYLH-drgrIDT7aKwIFaGZ481dGLF_fvCNA47guVDFswIFGVA9-Vz25J_efj-2v4MzIVEsWI-T42LHvUpydmFvf8S7V1z1E0G_2cnBfpUIlxPc8R3C_npuJpkEMj7A-bhwlhZA4ShYOGzipElIg/w395-h400/stanedglass2.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite groups from the 60's. The Stained Glass probably should've had more success, but they were hamstrung by major labels that didn't promote them properly. Too bad, they left us with some excellent music.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ars Nova - Pavan For My Lady (Fall Winter Summer Spring) / Zoroaster (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuRdg0Fi_eXhv2UchML7P5a4YYNm4z3-SM0ojjJzxIZNkR_eZSBIoYIiDzys2cQZLWEMWZKh6B2u9imizq2VNvyFeQcgsYY9XhN8luxiKTWPURZwOi-Kq18o_KGwgzCEj6PQSEK59X9qcXF-R-C-balHDyzLo9CHxqsEKp-3YtrGgZKmhoqjXTelk3g4/s1145/ars%20nova.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1136" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuRdg0Fi_eXhv2UchML7P5a4YYNm4z3-SM0ojjJzxIZNkR_eZSBIoYIiDzys2cQZLWEMWZKh6B2u9imizq2VNvyFeQcgsYY9XhN8luxiKTWPURZwOi-Kq18o_KGwgzCEj6PQSEK59X9qcXF-R-C-balHDyzLo9CHxqsEKp-3YtrGgZKmhoqjXTelk3g4/w396-h400/ars%20nova.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure what to make of some of these groups from the 60's like The New York Rock And Roll Ensemble, or The United States Of America, or as we have here, Ars Nova, a band that incorporated classical music with rock. Sometimes this stuff really missed the mark, but I think this 45 is OK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><a href="https://app.box.com/s/8pdjwzui3hh68jz5mbo5gd3tp96xoxtq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></u></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/6022364357494111274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-dans-garage158.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/6022364357494111274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/6022364357494111274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-dans-garage158.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#158'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkq5yoj6JOLwXoVqonQNP035oqebGr4Lk4qqSjIXw0uT6Dub_XaxZcowzJWHdiBZiUl7-8a5EhWq12gJRCjeYXfeQglOHvT-rAD-p4CZls7Vcsogq78ybaUB7Z7ZM1qKx1i7eqr9Tv-l644Rj4irXys5OEz_49zyXzLWjII86ghiZkvAVT-MQEFsPRESY/s72-w640-h640-c/158%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-3187437561625694279</id><published>2025-06-05T17:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2025-06-05T17:29:14.626-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#157</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xtDP0Zrmw1oHEQxffte2T-YGHOzX7fHn6mBLkHnt-Eyw6mnvIFUPD7ZjiH7O_q9UdgJrOVwTaA-yKU4UFhNU8IoCzAysGvVau9Eh_NrgFd2KRw8aC8p3SfXhMKa06nrgovQrZHuS3mYOTQrBciXnmCodTkb_aa9tkp288k-4OFrr1j-I2Qx7TIm4jXw/s697/157%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xtDP0Zrmw1oHEQxffte2T-YGHOzX7fHn6mBLkHnt-Eyw6mnvIFUPD7ZjiH7O_q9UdgJrOVwTaA-yKU4UFhNU8IoCzAysGvVau9Eh_NrgFd2KRw8aC8p3SfXhMKa06nrgovQrZHuS3mYOTQrBciXnmCodTkb_aa9tkp288k-4OFrr1j-I2Qx7TIm4jXw/w640-h640/157%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well hello again!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ya know...I'm getting real close to retirement age and this extended time off is making me chomp at the bit to throw it all in and live the rest of my "golden years" without gainful employment. Unfortunately, I still need a steady income so I can buy lots more records in the future. Ha Ha Ha!!!! Seriously though, I'm liking this time off and since I've been more independent, so to speak, I've been able to get some "light" projects done here at home. Some tasks are a bit difficult like trying to hang a picture on the wall. I can hold a hammer with my right hand ok, but damn if I can reach up for the hook with my left, and no, I can't hammer with my left or I'll just end up crushing my fingers and that would not be a good thing. But I'm on the mend and healing nicely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been meaning to take a trip out west to Buffalo where I hear the record stores are pretty good. I really need a good three or four hours of serious crate digging for cool 45's. Speaking of 45's, this post continues with more "back of the box" stuff. This is a real scattershot post in that you'll get a bunch of different styles of 60's/70's 45's that range from crude instrumentals to glossy pop and some "Neo Garage" as well. I hope you like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wailers - Tall Cool One / Road Runner (1959)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJgxmqsICEMu01AkwMjY4lgQtQJsCrPgCz2yNlaTUDVenWSdn91G5UB8NniwF0NzKHFISMqLuALs8EHnHqx6qy8mxasmbO3y8YAAMSsG2VfXXB-bZgd_XJzenbskW0mxHGcQMDLt8X-H9LJB1o0p7ZYijx0WkYCZ07lOpSaAJR4s5Zjpq70DmvhyphenhypheneTOQ/s1162/tall%20cool%20one.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1126" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJgxmqsICEMu01AkwMjY4lgQtQJsCrPgCz2yNlaTUDVenWSdn91G5UB8NniwF0NzKHFISMqLuALs8EHnHqx6qy8mxasmbO3y8YAAMSsG2VfXXB-bZgd_XJzenbskW0mxHGcQMDLt8X-H9LJB1o0p7ZYijx0WkYCZ07lOpSaAJR4s5Zjpq70DmvhyphenhypheneTOQ/w388-h400/tall%20cool%20one.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Wailers from Tacoma, WA were one of the best band to come out of the Pacific Northwest and were an early example of a "garage band", although I usually classify "garage" as anything that came out after the British Invasion in 1964. Early on they were primarily an instrumental band but evolved into a hard nosed R&amp;B based garage band like they're crosstown pals, The Sonics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was their 1st 45 and went to #36 on the Billboard charts with a bullet. They would also back&nbsp; Rockin' Robin Roberts on his 1961 recording of "Louie Louie" whose version and arrangement pretty much set the template for all other versions to follow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They carried on all the way into 1967 and recently have had many of their early 45s and L.P.'s re-issued on Norton and Sundazed records.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Baskerville Hounds - Space Rock Part One / Space Rock Part Two (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkTpbC-WbHzTk_Oh4a5yKYsNP_wsTD8KJ6KFP37pb8T1dxepaPH4VGsnGI6viFzW1Aq1Vy1drdeCqBZbxIin_vVvl7Ad5vHmH16EnzC1MAwvzXoVEFahFId_5B0KLWR0T1D_Y4jdTjgs77F0nG07KvNohgh40wZ90uMlk42Aro33IHcKlQy2seDvJ-p4/s1135/space%20rock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkTpbC-WbHzTk_Oh4a5yKYsNP_wsTD8KJ6KFP37pb8T1dxepaPH4VGsnGI6viFzW1Aq1Vy1drdeCqBZbxIin_vVvl7Ad5vHmH16EnzC1MAwvzXoVEFahFId_5B0KLWR0T1D_Y4jdTjgs77F0nG07KvNohgh40wZ90uMlk42Aro33IHcKlQy2seDvJ-p4/w388-h400/space%20rock.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A really popular Cleveland, Ohio group rips off&nbsp; the Stones' "2120 South Michigan Ave."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Astronauts - Around And Around /&nbsp;Main Title From "Ride The Wild Surf" (1964)</span></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9OQo252jSz2XJq93gEanD_Ka_3i6xHCgsAf4HbCmYsUEm0_uUTjw3CunyybT9c9PXiAIdDA440_KtFB_H_uCUcQKiqAy8f9lDn6Jll3aOxGiKPnHdQwvRz6rtTYuBmtlLVwZ4y_43ofjKqkBVQDIJ1fSeIGde6TD9h5JUwyI1YnM5ma5VuND14BKGpI/s1125/astronauts%20around%20around.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1125" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9OQo252jSz2XJq93gEanD_Ka_3i6xHCgsAf4HbCmYsUEm0_uUTjw3CunyybT9c9PXiAIdDA440_KtFB_H_uCUcQKiqAy8f9lDn6Jll3aOxGiKPnHdQwvRz6rtTYuBmtlLVwZ4y_43ofjKqkBVQDIJ1fSeIGde6TD9h5JUwyI1YnM5ma5VuND14BKGpI/w400-h399/astronauts%20around%20around.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Astronauts do an admirable job covering Chuck Berry's classic, in fact they released this in August of 1964, beat the Rolling Stones by a couple of months, but unfortunately never gained enough traction on the charts as The Stones would kick off their debut appearance on Ed Sullivan's show in October the same year with this song and...well...that's a hard act to follow, or catch up with. It also appeared on "12X5" their second album and in fact, the Stones' version could be considered the "definitive" version. So this 45 sort of languished in obscurity, "just another Astronauts 45" so to speak.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The flip side of this is more in their vein. A great moody surf instrumental that was augmented by a bunch of horns and strings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fraternity Bros. - Laugh It Off / I Think It's Me (196?)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FZzJtR_qsn3t8hobQPwY64LtIZ4saWPD5NlzsxBaLpEq8lyfrTGac7RMRbWQyVgIrIQRXLO3FjIZswxZj1S8cB9W4Eu7rbILmVhbNU1iK_wi9N08pvvMWxGDdcvJ5QcRk4IM0r0ttbjIY0P_TucGoy-f6nxXa_RlqL07uAUI_ARlceP1MDe6JqsD62Q/s1162/fraternity%20bros.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FZzJtR_qsn3t8hobQPwY64LtIZ4saWPD5NlzsxBaLpEq8lyfrTGac7RMRbWQyVgIrIQRXLO3FjIZswxZj1S8cB9W4Eu7rbILmVhbNU1iK_wi9N08pvvMWxGDdcvJ5QcRk4IM0r0ttbjIY0P_TucGoy-f6nxXa_RlqL07uAUI_ARlceP1MDe6JqsD62Q/w389-h400/fraternity%20bros.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not sure about the origins of this one. It was probably released in late '66 or early '67 but I cannot confirm that.&nbsp; It was produced by Joe South and was most likely a studio project. Lots of "Four Seasons" influence here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring - Please Don't Forget Tonight / For A Moment (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7Yp_K3bbvxm0G-4_3sf6Z_zhko9dswikEy7xmQM9qJM3_L9tqy5JuKtwVl9sNsisiSaFywefie7yLtQnH-0T7kFibcHxPFU8JAEx-rPcw_aF_2osDBTCAMZF2CmmcLzPussKSAxU0z-GCu88AgWm-mFh2lVRSwqkBCvgBUTMq3L-r0ZeibYCXH5Ntew/s1117/sfws.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1090" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7Yp_K3bbvxm0G-4_3sf6Z_zhko9dswikEy7xmQM9qJM3_L9tqy5JuKtwVl9sNsisiSaFywefie7yLtQnH-0T7kFibcHxPFU8JAEx-rPcw_aF_2osDBTCAMZF2CmmcLzPussKSAxU0z-GCu88AgWm-mFh2lVRSwqkBCvgBUTMq3L-r0ZeibYCXH5Ntew/w390-h400/sfws.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not too sure about this one either, but it has the same "Four Seasons" vibe as the previous 45.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Equipe '84 - Io Ho In Mente Te / Resta (Stay) (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLILXRBNVIMk3RFVd9Dz07CWo7Dk-vB7D0ycHhIOmjmUYnD8AfBtAUstaik9yPxO-PfTXZOlKnNFBRPZTDR9Aieh-McbnhVP47mar5Z6ePVlDznZH5bGa7XwzuALuKw-u6jvlJ7DJiXb5Nui6irSBYeYT1MAKPvN6WGGTfdXa6AV7APtXWbTIH5Of0SFM/s1097/equipe'84.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1084" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLILXRBNVIMk3RFVd9Dz07CWo7Dk-vB7D0ycHhIOmjmUYnD8AfBtAUstaik9yPxO-PfTXZOlKnNFBRPZTDR9Aieh-McbnhVP47mar5Z6ePVlDznZH5bGa7XwzuALuKw-u6jvlJ7DJiXb5Nui6irSBYeYT1MAKPvN6WGGTfdXa6AV7APtXWbTIH5Of0SFM/w395-h400/equipe'84.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Equipe '84 were one of the biggest groups in Italy during the 60's and well into the '70's and beyond. Here they tackle the "We Five's" "You Were On My Mind" sung in Italian, and do a decent version of "Stay" on the 'B' side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Outside of the garage, psyche, bubblegum, sunshine pop etc. that I usually collect, I have a strange fascination with Italian 45's. I have a bunch here, and someday I may do posts on them, although none of what I have falls into "garage" or "psychedelic'. It's mostly what I call "San Remo Pop" from the 60's and 70's. perhaps in the future I may entertain you with that....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Candymen - Georgia Pines (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy8P69KpdoBLKiVDGoycCLeZzQIbK3otxRe70CuKgLP3BBT4K7qNaICjjowkcrA2VewpPYZbrZKNJv2l36yCQ3zluse8DDKl4xMom22fqmfef-jOuCclgx1TQZH_Q5Guh8IIn_SQu1W_ZhrUDqZna21XlmDEzU8Jn0y-rTlNr5NfIrK40CYjaVTvq3R4/s600/georgia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="600" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAy8P69KpdoBLKiVDGoycCLeZzQIbK3otxRe70CuKgLP3BBT4K7qNaICjjowkcrA2VewpPYZbrZKNJv2l36yCQ3zluse8DDKl4xMom22fqmfef-jOuCclgx1TQZH_Q5Guh8IIn_SQu1W_ZhrUDqZna21XlmDEzU8Jn0y-rTlNr5NfIrK40CYjaVTvq3R4/w400-h398/georgia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ask, and you shall receive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Main Attraction - Everyday / One Must Cry (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI55CGEqw1PUsHkpjonhjYRo-eMIQZ0o9b9jHNzNs3QxSoiWxn_EZhvHaB37Rpi3bgujXNzHt_XQWGF6reC6QTAyNCE31Q2QG5-7JARbmeQhRcP55xCQF7VNwOJmc7hquShLdHf5cQAizJwKhLHgk8O3YEAv9rtRzly3KtYiCzcfrITbDIpFDwN6stZs/s1125/main%20attraction.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI55CGEqw1PUsHkpjonhjYRo-eMIQZ0o9b9jHNzNs3QxSoiWxn_EZhvHaB37Rpi3bgujXNzHt_XQWGF6reC6QTAyNCE31Q2QG5-7JARbmeQhRcP55xCQF7VNwOJmc7hquShLdHf5cQAizJwKhLHgk8O3YEAv9rtRzly3KtYiCzcfrITbDIpFDwN6stZs/w396-h400/main%20attraction.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pop group from Pittsburgh that managed to get an entire LP released on Tower. Interesting arrangements with lots of slick background vocals, some strings, and a Farfisa organ that gives this somewhat well produced 45 a cheezy garage vibe. Not too bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Marbles - Only One Woman / By The Light Of A Burning Candle (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStNJ7N2Zc4mizlg3uB9_I3JrWHAaikfL8yH2UPJn0NTldhm8qBzrqw8paZSAYpvAhXGB94m0PqWk6QiMO09O1mIVB-yIe0iPU6kMHkqjG1G0ZfmDiMUF2WAgMpysLFpD7F_4Afv27Zy4EkWH91ovUdunU4KnjzuJvFszEtTbJquGpUg7t_zD7-5vQzUM/s1129/marbles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStNJ7N2Zc4mizlg3uB9_I3JrWHAaikfL8yH2UPJn0NTldhm8qBzrqw8paZSAYpvAhXGB94m0PqWk6QiMO09O1mIVB-yIe0iPU6kMHkqjG1G0ZfmDiMUF2WAgMpysLFpD7F_4Afv27Zy4EkWH91ovUdunU4KnjzuJvFszEtTbJquGpUg7t_zD7-5vQzUM/w396-h400/marbles.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back story on The Marbles is a bit more interesting than the music on this 45, in my opinion. Obviously this British duo which comprised of Graham Bonnet and Trevor Gordon worked very closely with The Bee Gees who wrote the songs and produced this 45. Gordon played lead guitar on some of The Bee Gees early cuts and The Bee Gees backed him in 1965 on "Little Miss Rhythm And Blues", a terrific slice of Australian R&amp;B Garage Beat. Fast forward to 1967, Gordon leaves for Britain hooks up with his cousin Graham Bonnet and joins the Graham Bonnet Set who later evolved inti The Marbles. Being friends with the Gibb Bros certainly helped as they wrote about a half dozen songs for the duo. They eventually broke up around 1970, Gordon leaving the music business not before releasing a couple of solo LP's and Bonnet would take a turn as a hard rock/heavy metal singer replacing Ronnie James Dio in Rainbow (?) and also doing some time in Alcatraz, The Michael Schenker Group, and released a solo LP featuring the likes of Cozy Powell, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt of Stays Quo, Mick Moody from Whitesnake, and Deep Purple legend Jon Lord.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As for this 45...it sounds like the Bee Gees had their fingerprints all over it. Not exactly a bad thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Marmalade - Hey Joe! / Lovin' Things (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NmuEO-QqjOqwWIvSDe3mrOQHQffCbpDpNOXCGQwggt_mRRD02EQBXrgZGubXToX6nyoINrBGgOSFaEBbzvmdobTdvrmVxLKT6CWpdaFPdg1d0AjAsM4lIENLHFseAGbejq3Hf5hlinpaXcv4t6vpaLkDwcN3KnYZ_pfyYagcQS2Qy-TLkXNMHBbKpKE/s1119/marmalade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NmuEO-QqjOqwWIvSDe3mrOQHQffCbpDpNOXCGQwggt_mRRD02EQBXrgZGubXToX6nyoINrBGgOSFaEBbzvmdobTdvrmVxLKT6CWpdaFPdg1d0AjAsM4lIENLHFseAGbejq3Hf5hlinpaXcv4t6vpaLkDwcN3KnYZ_pfyYagcQS2Qy-TLkXNMHBbKpKE/w384-h400/marmalade.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got this 45 real cheap with a bunch of other stuff and I said to myself, Dan???, how bad could this be? Well, it's pretty damn good. The Marmalade from Glasgow, had a slew 45's before they hit it real big in 1970 with "Reflections Of My Life", a song that was played to death on AM radio here in the states. I always considered them a one hit wonder, but after a lot of digging I found out that this group were very talented and accomplished. A pleasant surprise I might say.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Think - Stop Runnin' Away / Faster<span>&nbsp;Faster (1968)</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSGnefgc-B0vrFynoSqEmjAG8rPkU5BXkcQOtJ1BvfmN5gtpz7rjihe8rU27vY6xfOpy7qyO_yi4NHBeJ-zRzahBE6gob4mYhoGWY4R-xe901_ZkNqnzXkDi1Tmwp_H2coHdScAU0AiUVkjrdeS9hOm18AC5iOdL05zlFSL5p_v5bxiR1RSh4uA__VwE/s1103/think.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1103" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSGnefgc-B0vrFynoSqEmjAG8rPkU5BXkcQOtJ1BvfmN5gtpz7rjihe8rU27vY6xfOpy7qyO_yi4NHBeJ-zRzahBE6gob4mYhoGWY4R-xe901_ZkNqnzXkDi1Tmwp_H2coHdScAU0AiUVkjrdeS9hOm18AC5iOdL05zlFSL5p_v5bxiR1RSh4uA__VwE/w400-h399/think.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A west coast group that had two 45's on Columbia. A decent 45 albeit with a lot of brass involved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wishbone Ash - Blind Eye / Queen Of&nbsp; Torture (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JT75EHrlmIPIPbNSKimbS1_LS5Dvsq89ZbVD7_8H6rIEnwUtodQUCVEdDRCpM1_x7bSkeFbwGNlCMt76FQeTgH000MjuPgypi6H-ELSJqeeT9VxZkdpWOP_bC1rW0gPuPfyiE7A4OEzROvj8-BzgxZMLyPvKe8PY7Aj5U_d9aa5g9cesZ9g92mIagxw/s1124/wishbone%20ash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JT75EHrlmIPIPbNSKimbS1_LS5Dvsq89ZbVD7_8H6rIEnwUtodQUCVEdDRCpM1_x7bSkeFbwGNlCMt76FQeTgH000MjuPgypi6H-ELSJqeeT9VxZkdpWOP_bC1rW0gPuPfyiE7A4OEzROvj8-BzgxZMLyPvKe8PY7Aj5U_d9aa5g9cesZ9g92mIagxw/w394-h400/wishbone%20ash.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first 45 released by this fantastic band in 1971. I was very fortunate to see Wishbone Ash last November here in Upstate New York at club called "Fanatics" in what one would call a "very intimate" setting. The current lineup which still features Andy Powell on lead guitar is still touring and if they come around to where you live, I would definitely check them out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Last Nikle - She's The One (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtNaOvfOIUS6YvSnobHDeHzzJ2L9W7LiglIXpT-Ppcx1dmplHJqR7zDRFO18GiNqwsfojD4ugZIu6qF_zSulHNmPz7wPoyJCXlctWKN6gdX7xUKg5ctFJ2M6VTGjf1Gb5ttp4EVQ015a5ISUjTnOIvj8K1j1T_ypGGf7bZ5-39vcF10xrYGdmXUIVtGw/s1111/last%20nikle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1082" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtNaOvfOIUS6YvSnobHDeHzzJ2L9W7LiglIXpT-Ppcx1dmplHJqR7zDRFO18GiNqwsfojD4ugZIu6qF_zSulHNmPz7wPoyJCXlctWKN6gdX7xUKg5ctFJ2M6VTGjf1Gb5ttp4EVQ015a5ISUjTnOIvj8K1j1T_ypGGf7bZ5-39vcF10xrYGdmXUIVtGw/w390-h400/last%20nikle.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should have put this one before the Wishbone Ash 45. Heavy brass on this one. Not too bad, but some out there may wretch...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Detroit - Rock And Roll / Box Of Old Roses (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVa05ygeFuLYmdoVGrBI51ZRU9setHcKv6xBHYddYkESeeuc3gOMM1j58njFpNvKlNfrweCWodaAv7HUvBwEWN1VlPUcwkMX1p9U0_RxZL9P1uPTratZAt_RsMlRby0q8878oZ9Gq-zZHjN4fY8jPU7GqkzBYN2jCTY1sFRbfNnOJ4t9Qoqc3rM07-BYM/s1152/detroit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVa05ygeFuLYmdoVGrBI51ZRU9setHcKv6xBHYddYkESeeuc3gOMM1j58njFpNvKlNfrweCWodaAv7HUvBwEWN1VlPUcwkMX1p9U0_RxZL9P1uPTratZAt_RsMlRby0q8878oZ9Gq-zZHjN4fY8jPU7GqkzBYN2jCTY1sFRbfNnOJ4t9Qoqc3rM07-BYM/w388-h400/detroit.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember my brother Vinny telling me about this band once when we were having a conversation about Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, and what a great band they were. He mentioned them and said they had this one-off LP released after The Detroit Wheels sort of broke up and told me how they were a great hard rock band. So I'm in The Bop Shop around 1988 and I see this 45 and say what the hell. I played it once, filed it and really never listened to it much. This one here kind of aged like fine wine because when I put on the turntable some 20 years later, I was blessed with some of the finest early 70's hard rock sounds ever. Now, mind you, this was a song I heard Lou Reed sing a gazillion times on "Rock 'N Roll Animal', perhaps one of the finest live LP's ever (in my humble opinion), and wouldn't ya know? Guitar whiz Steve Hunter, the man who laid down some of the finest riffs in hard rock lore with Reed and Aerosmith is playing lead guitar on the A side of this gem. This, again in my humble opinion, is the definitive version of this song. Mitch just blows this out vocally and his backing band is top notch, thanks to Hunter's guitar work and Ryder's trusty drummer and Detroit Wheels band-mate Johnny "Bee" Badanjeck. A+</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Free-Men - Elanor Rigby (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVKesC7YPXPXco3NwfqBqkLvCq9X0JPO66yz2rdXSZBEpyZRWNK5TehU8zk732-pK7WxS1bywodURFPWtuURhhnNKxTsF5NsrIWczZk6hxTGOTcIiYYfD1otta93m4z0buvdtzVddJya0PkPAy1-s8DrW9kkp-PT73V529Dyp025hFEsQkSiosX1a0Pg/s1121/free-men.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVKesC7YPXPXco3NwfqBqkLvCq9X0JPO66yz2rdXSZBEpyZRWNK5TehU8zk732-pK7WxS1bywodURFPWtuURhhnNKxTsF5NsrIWczZk6hxTGOTcIiYYfD1otta93m4z0buvdtzVddJya0PkPAy1-s8DrW9kkp-PT73V529Dyp025hFEsQkSiosX1a0Pg/w398-h400/free-men.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put more instrumentals in this post than I usually do. It really wasn't planned that way, but it's what I came up with. I sometimes have fun getting weird covers of Beatle songs, and this is one of them. I'm guessing "The Free-Men" were a studio group of some kind and I don't exactly know where they were from, but New York City may be a good guess...or not. This sounds like it may have been recorded as a background for a TV commercial or perhaps the intro to some cheezy local late night talk show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><a href="https://app.box.com/s/950ww1j62b512cp2fx1slmoixrexixox" target="_blank">HERE</a></u></b></div><br />&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17zZu90tN46J4XS7xtRwCB-ehxGekPjhF1Yy-spYNr0KLaIsAHV9K0Deu6vkO9fHf68_d0FbnOiyF-RUQa4uALbMEKdNk5NROESB-gfRwjN86sm4EOxnG6pn-sQAJW_idIhPdVPeIJypRLTrStvSSzBo65U4rkuPj8GvRzaos7iTNdcFTBZcD732wnvY/s600/georgia.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/3187437561625694279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-dans-garage157.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/3187437561625694279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/3187437561625694279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-dans-garage157.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#157'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xtDP0Zrmw1oHEQxffte2T-YGHOzX7fHn6mBLkHnt-Eyw6mnvIFUPD7ZjiH7O_q9UdgJrOVwTaA-yKU4UFhNU8IoCzAysGvVau9Eh_NrgFd2KRw8aC8p3SfXhMKa06nrgovQrZHuS3mYOTQrBciXnmCodTkb_aa9tkp288k-4OFrr1j-I2Qx7TIm4jXw/s72-w640-h640-c/157%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-4208891637455105386</id><published>2025-05-15T14:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2025-05-15T14:28:10.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#156</title><content type='html'><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_wW9zaIA5NsqVMHteNoPxX6violJFIJzSSnefC0Oh_qN9OsWV8Uy136ZPJdmpe-Ztke97zpZsz-VFw6b7EzPE6KY0QL1WkvWZ3qylIOHKyUCCJSOmTJo9KMgMEbaH-reAkKoFQuRGNZb5YRTl78hZ_iGtPkNb9_v8PShrJSSdts60dpAarWO2WJ9Glc/s697/156%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_wW9zaIA5NsqVMHteNoPxX6violJFIJzSSnefC0Oh_qN9OsWV8Uy136ZPJdmpe-Ztke97zpZsz-VFw6b7EzPE6KY0QL1WkvWZ3qylIOHKyUCCJSOmTJo9KMgMEbaH-reAkKoFQuRGNZb5YRTl78hZ_iGtPkNb9_v8PShrJSSdts60dpAarWO2WJ9Glc/w640-h640/156%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hey everybody. Back again with some more 45's for all to sample. Right now I'm just grabbing things randomly and ripping them, in fact I got some pretty good mojo workin' here as all the keystrokes it takes to rip and edit this blog are coming to me effortlessly. Practice makes perfect I guess. The only thing I'm avoiding is posting 45s with the same label in the same post, aside from that anything goes except for obvious stinkers (in my opinion) that I'm just not going to bother with.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This last Monday was be six weeks since having surgery and I'm starting to feel like I'm on the mend. I disposed the sling and I'm feeling somewhat normal again, although I have a few more months of rehab, but in the meantime I can keep plugging away here. Enjoy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">U.S. Six - I Do Love You / The Push (1964)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytm7Zcda0RqyeJF-ArIhJYF6UCNbKphVDK5MpevJqgpVpQMFdhEOXgHjxEmj2Xv2mJbSTa7ksAK_YyBwh9lslvwvCNiy5gdUOmuk58YfzSzPpSY-mwb4b87YlBpEwa64oSYimByQ0AuwV8azLkcRM8a1KMnfV24R07yD73GuhUmP40D1zLLTroaeC3qc/s1112/us%20six.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytm7Zcda0RqyeJF-ArIhJYF6UCNbKphVDK5MpevJqgpVpQMFdhEOXgHjxEmj2Xv2mJbSTa7ksAK_YyBwh9lslvwvCNiy5gdUOmuk58YfzSzPpSY-mwb4b87YlBpEwa64oSYimByQ0AuwV8azLkcRM8a1KMnfV24R07yD73GuhUmP40D1zLLTroaeC3qc/w399-h400/us%20six.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HEY! Let's start with a total dead end!!!! Outside of the fact that this 45 came out on Ascot records, I know nothing about this group. One lead suggested they were from San Jose, CA, but that's iffy. 'A; side is a really cool mid-tempo minor chord ballad, and the flip is pretty good garage/soul.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Balloon Corps - Muddy Water / Make It Right (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgst6xJllIyzv9wjBtVjbEkTvw2DgPScHujFtwPJzcxASn6__e7ci05YV3e0zrq3CJmbA0Ax-09Tf5WIQMOiNgOZbi_OF4uNxhwcnjcSnUS0gB539nY9QakQ8JWNCzaFj2TeAQ5UY94tqiI7Mm6kJ-1kr1usaBaGxq7GxHCucZE2wmJY7icKXmh04OV4/s1145/balloon%20corps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgst6xJllIyzv9wjBtVjbEkTvw2DgPScHujFtwPJzcxASn6__e7ci05YV3e0zrq3CJmbA0Ax-09Tf5WIQMOiNgOZbi_OF4uNxhwcnjcSnUS0gB539nY9QakQ8JWNCzaFj2TeAQ5UY94tqiI7Mm6kJ-1kr1usaBaGxq7GxHCucZE2wmJY7icKXmh04OV4/w386-h400/balloon%20corps.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Balloon Corps were from somewhere in Pennsylvania and were previously known as The Snaps and The Underground Balloon Corps. Nice rockin' two sider from the late 60's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Candymen - Movies In My Mind (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6Fih5Oz_UOiyrFTAgRCKFmAy1NfX31U1UiHNPy-SIwxsgHSlTycvIAgBVJk1r3P7cAkhnqJBLDvQUuxEpTuiQGBPsezlkqobhECM0AaEviT2xqDoNJ2LD8Rp-QrAU3ASO-M-coIjK810Gj5TUfOzQxQtozOGyAAFgo4ZUyfeZ7KhOqGFsWzQjuuifwU/s1145/candymen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1145" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6Fih5Oz_UOiyrFTAgRCKFmAy1NfX31U1UiHNPy-SIwxsgHSlTycvIAgBVJk1r3P7cAkhnqJBLDvQUuxEpTuiQGBPsezlkqobhECM0AaEviT2xqDoNJ2LD8Rp-QrAU3ASO-M-coIjK810Gj5TUfOzQxQtozOGyAAFgo4ZUyfeZ7KhOqGFsWzQjuuifwU/w400-h398/candymen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I probably should've ripped both sides of this 45 but "Georgia Pines" was somewhat of a hit in '67 so I left it out. The flip is a really interesting number though with a really nice hook. The Candymen were Roy Orbison's backing band in the mid 60's and several of the band members were involved in The Classics IV who's "Spooky" was a huge hit, and then they evolved into "The Atlanta Rhythm Section" in the 70's. Let me know in the comments if you want the 'A' side posted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Russ Alquist - Ordinary Morning / Fly Free As A Bird (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBtzu1xNDEmnhW7wvKN_Hm6Bh8zwAKbfMcFYje9atEcX1LMCajUp94x54b6VvfkPJyxbI9MlzxzlVu6AosFhQMDxoJXRIscUQPSlRY-aolghShDs_OuXSZ4-ER3IEN13JFjK6MP7hXjZNo8ZNNua9tltlfcDZkLwVIFwXh68ywtdr72heAVqxBo2ToRc/s1124/russ%20alquist.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1093" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBtzu1xNDEmnhW7wvKN_Hm6Bh8zwAKbfMcFYje9atEcX1LMCajUp94x54b6VvfkPJyxbI9MlzxzlVu6AosFhQMDxoJXRIscUQPSlRY-aolghShDs_OuXSZ4-ER3IEN13JFjK6MP7hXjZNo8ZNNua9tltlfcDZkLwVIFwXh68ywtdr72heAVqxBo2ToRc/w389-h400/russ%20alquist.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Russ Alquist's story is rather interesting. He was married to British actress Juliet Mills and wrote or co-wrote songs for The Fourmost, Herman's Hermits, Chad &amp; Jeremy, and collaborated with the British songwriting team of&nbsp; Carter and Lewis who were responsible for several hits in the mid-sixties as well as a slew of lesser known songs for a bunch of other acts. This was Russ' only recording and in my opinion is perfect mid-sixties pop. I can't say for sure, but the Wrecking Crew probably backed him on this gem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Red Baron - Gonna Get You In The End / Cowboy (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_3uKNa3V2nUTS8kqlVdD-TQSBYNWu4FTuXDUH-_K4QQRGAv5xQEfYxmVDp_vRtN_oUeL26IoX3NymBbYt-PL-x096LMhUnkFKW42i6Uqgfg9tAfy3Ksys7C45xVsXmKpcOuZVMYw2hyphenhyphenBfZp1BL1RZ64oJKl_EOKI7q8FyJyeJkism15wX-Uao2vTmTA/s1124/the%20red%20baron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_3uKNa3V2nUTS8kqlVdD-TQSBYNWu4FTuXDUH-_K4QQRGAv5xQEfYxmVDp_vRtN_oUeL26IoX3NymBbYt-PL-x096LMhUnkFKW42i6Uqgfg9tAfy3Ksys7C45xVsXmKpcOuZVMYw2hyphenhyphenBfZp1BL1RZ64oJKl_EOKI7q8FyJyeJkism15wX-Uao2vTmTA/w399-h400/the%20red%20baron.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not much is known about "The Red Baron" A/K/A David "Von" Garber. He did have this one 45 in '67 and fortunately it has nothing to do with the "Snoopy" craze that The Royal Guardsmen were responsible for, in fact, the 'A' side sounds kind of demented. Hell, the 'B' side is a wee bit out there as well. Perhaps it's because genius producer Tom Wilson was involved in this affair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thanes - So Alone / If She Were Here (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqq-2DhPWdXqRk4gqOW6i3FXeb8ZCUoYC9aAF1OiheFGqYb6Wo4nWdFk_wLVVNkTq4agVD5cvAuADZ9TZdAmRa_u-38Qf2Hhgp-w3gezGBN1QlkZIjDGkCoYaLW6GZlRW2PRXlgInoj7jW4yyGaKCySEtIbxlRa7g1plQs9sJ9pcPWZbgRnoEDYQDV5g/s1137/thanes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqq-2DhPWdXqRk4gqOW6i3FXeb8ZCUoYC9aAF1OiheFGqYb6Wo4nWdFk_wLVVNkTq4agVD5cvAuADZ9TZdAmRa_u-38Qf2Hhgp-w3gezGBN1QlkZIjDGkCoYaLW6GZlRW2PRXlgInoj7jW4yyGaKCySEtIbxlRa7g1plQs9sJ9pcPWZbgRnoEDYQDV5g/w390-h400/thanes.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Thanes were from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and had this one very moody 45 that only came out in Canada. Sorry for the poor shape of this record. I tried doing some "fixing" on the desktop, but I couldn't manage to get all of the crackles out. Not to be confused with the with the 80's band from Scotland.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Traffic featuring Steve Winwood - Paper Sun / Giving To You (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPU28pSTOLCKjZCJTaRgPS2c1rWwUZQE5QJCQAjSPlKFB06XEGj514hRKZjhckpVSIu9_FouBg7nYYut4WOGEPbAIpkNQSq3HkLyakcBa8TAaikZfM3HHmCKAY5IF3zHwO8QwNWoD9uT7dOpFE2KKDM4-OVXQkOmFpxL29USZhfVfdlnzQq2yLqXfm2c/s1132/traffic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1132" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPU28pSTOLCKjZCJTaRgPS2c1rWwUZQE5QJCQAjSPlKFB06XEGj514hRKZjhckpVSIu9_FouBg7nYYut4WOGEPbAIpkNQSq3HkLyakcBa8TAaikZfM3HHmCKAY5IF3zHwO8QwNWoD9uT7dOpFE2KKDM4-OVXQkOmFpxL29USZhfVfdlnzQq2yLqXfm2c/w400-h399/traffic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know this is a well known song by a well known band, but this particular version of "Paper Sun" is mixed somewhat differently than the LP version and is a bit shorter, perhaps for radio play. The 45 is also credited to "Traffic <i>featuring Steve Winwood</i>" as this 45 came out a couple of months after he left The Spencer Davis Group, probably because Spencer Davis' "Somebody Help Me" was still on the charts.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Alan Bown! - Gypsy Girl / All I Can (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6J6dhmQjkhZh6n6tONmu3fbKwGmc7fqgA6ehoG_iLjP9Bad3fUF6Mh1nwPS2GIXYHvEyGkrVNnzA5goqy-zns2yVqJv7dBVX3BpdaYTf3od2iGkqOLdXKD9rPq6Q7FwsNXEkB_2e91qnoEfxxmP59GfuelvFsK3ftM6EvW4gGiZ64KHW02u7Mx3vZ6ZI/s1102/alan%20bown!.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6J6dhmQjkhZh6n6tONmu3fbKwGmc7fqgA6ehoG_iLjP9Bad3fUF6Mh1nwPS2GIXYHvEyGkrVNnzA5goqy-zns2yVqJv7dBVX3BpdaYTf3od2iGkqOLdXKD9rPq6Q7FwsNXEkB_2e91qnoEfxxmP59GfuelvFsK3ftM6EvW4gGiZ64KHW02u7Mx3vZ6ZI/w399-h400/alan%20bown!.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alan Bown started his career playing with the John Barry Seven and eventually left that group and took a couple of other members with him and formed The Alan Bown Set. They were an R&amp;B group not unlike Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames and started releasing records in 1965. They would evolve into more of a pop/psyche group in the later 60'sreleasing an LP here in the states on Music Factory records. They dropped the "Set" and added the ! to their name in 1967 although in the U.S. they would simply be known as "The Alan Bown" until this 45 from 1969 which would be their last release here.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right about the time this record was put out and getting some steam on the charts, lead vocalist Jess Roden left and was replaced by none other than Robert Palmer. "Gypsy Girl" was re-recorded with Palmer on vocals but in the U.S. we got the original song with Roden. Sax player John Helliwell and bassist Dougie Thompson eventually hooked up with Supertramp and enjoyed huge success with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Group Therapy - Bad News (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOxifJe06srPORzjKzGuNuHfwxezkqIyraESw9HTdDo3jXPHkOgAKrUOpuULPugB4W6BioBHgOpsxBDp-Q1rNdMBHTjruaO4lkRCcupHKMCIZf7rPA53a3HjWvLLwiKqx6J6IzGIC58kgnpvIEvq9asCmesdme5Zh-sxv6ps0FSH0X4kX5WRMur4fcZc/s1117/grouptherapy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOxifJe06srPORzjKzGuNuHfwxezkqIyraESw9HTdDo3jXPHkOgAKrUOpuULPugB4W6BioBHgOpsxBDp-Q1rNdMBHTjruaO4lkRCcupHKMCIZf7rPA53a3HjWvLLwiKqx6J6IzGIC58kgnpvIEvq9asCmesdme5Zh-sxv6ps0FSH0X4kX5WRMur4fcZc/w394-h400/grouptherapy.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of several bands that called themselves "Group Therapy" during the 60's, this band was bassist Leland Sklar's first band. I skipped the 'A' side of this because I couldn't get past the first 30 seconds of schmaltz, but on second listen, it get's better, although it kinda sounds a bit like a Partridge Family song, That's not necessarily a bad thing. I'll throw it on the next effort.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Affection Collection - Feelin' Fine / Can't Put Her Down (1971)</span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqIlOc1BxSy8zeSizQKl3WV6g3UFYP_M7memKW0yFX5_cn6UAhr-U2ioR4VgDuFoIiG1h-2-sH9PlrMmic3p_BfrEwkgNOYzrC8P2Br1UbfYNQfs9-ObzIK4SGdxY7hb_CmLKk6Y6xX7rTsnoL6pQf0Ik4wp_Et4UNqT-1KNcWXuEiOqpnSQknB2wxRU/s1144/affection%20coll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqIlOc1BxSy8zeSizQKl3WV6g3UFYP_M7memKW0yFX5_cn6UAhr-U2ioR4VgDuFoIiG1h-2-sH9PlrMmic3p_BfrEwkgNOYzrC8P2Br1UbfYNQfs9-ObzIK4SGdxY7hb_CmLKk6Y6xX7rTsnoL6pQf0Ik4wp_Et4UNqT-1KNcWXuEiOqpnSQknB2wxRU/w390-h400/affection%20coll.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Idaho Falls, ID, The Affection Collection trucked down to Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, NM to record this and in fact, all their records. That's a 16 hour drive! Their perseverance earned them seven 45's on Maudz, Evolution, and United Artists records all decent songs that range from folk rock to pop.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Beast - Move Mountain (You Got it) / Communication (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EAiM4yCPRpiPAz2JeJtiWlumNWcX02erpjkisosjx494xnThdGAiWQNzKmjyJo4vpcCvbmPLTjjjh6DvdQNPySVEkagR_CXnw0jbObNXjpuQs3yUxxZtkJCYPCvWTU489PMTLCNFkxkDasnePRB8Pyu5bjjnXOzHM1Sydf2HBSBemjyigDZg5IkoTI0/s1130/beast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1130" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EAiM4yCPRpiPAz2JeJtiWlumNWcX02erpjkisosjx494xnThdGAiWQNzKmjyJo4vpcCvbmPLTjjjh6DvdQNPySVEkagR_CXnw0jbObNXjpuQs3yUxxZtkJCYPCvWTU489PMTLCNFkxkDasnePRB8Pyu5bjjnXOzHM1Sydf2HBSBemjyigDZg5IkoTI0/w400-h399/beast.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Denver, CO group that also recorded at Norman Petty's studio although their trip only took about 7 to 8 hours. Nice heavy stuff here. They had two LP's, one on Cotillion and one on Evolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Boffolongo - Please Stay / Mr. Go Away (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NmIamGOGvGFb3rBHMIj2pJ6fdkTbemhQaO1Q6DLGekVy7Ci1A1d76XcPeaXpFh3EFi7f9nDrMA3f5tARIoQNL2A4LB-eENNTtVx7qIGJ8UCioYkR2wgBx9yTjR7xiic50HPkTooprz3VeEoyTR2kktX2fgO6VIAFsCu3Hhx1x_YsKzA8pSXNbCZpxTA/s1132/boffolongo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1097" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NmIamGOGvGFb3rBHMIj2pJ6fdkTbemhQaO1Q6DLGekVy7Ci1A1d76XcPeaXpFh3EFi7f9nDrMA3f5tARIoQNL2A4LB-eENNTtVx7qIGJ8UCioYkR2wgBx9yTjR7xiic50HPkTooprz3VeEoyTR2kktX2fgO6VIAFsCu3Hhx1x_YsKzA8pSXNbCZpxTA/w388-h400/boffolongo.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm breaking my rule of putting more than one 45 of the same label in a post. So much for quality control. Boffolongo, from what I can gather, was a band from Ithaca, NY, a mere 2 hours away from Dan's Garage central. They were Cornell University students at the time and managed to record two LP's before they broke up. Some of them migrated to Paris and worked as session musicians and eventually headed back to the states, regrouped, and formed King Harvest who had a memorable AM radio hit with "Dancing In The Moonlight" This 45 is pretty good up-tempo pop/rock and "Mr. Go Away", to my ears, sound kinda like Procol Harum. By the way, Boffolongo released the first version of "Dancing In The Moonlight" in 1970 but apparently had no success with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Majic Ship - Hummin / It's Over (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3haXhMHUQsddRDJSUgewvedjoY3WghtnQawSFzqCL_P0kMqFOe234bFEDAevR1j576QKd3E8zmQclUjk5EvGqFFrfekTeBIjKkM4E5Z7AamhVUz8G0wjzz_nYUtLvHWfWMYwmY1ynVIJUGY_cAUDvtrWSzR93O6HoJEI8kmXGV8Id-cVmLCJ3FJfpyKg/s1139/majic%20ship.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3haXhMHUQsddRDJSUgewvedjoY3WghtnQawSFzqCL_P0kMqFOe234bFEDAevR1j576QKd3E8zmQclUjk5EvGqFFrfekTeBIjKkM4E5Z7AamhVUz8G0wjzz_nYUtLvHWfWMYwmY1ynVIJUGY_cAUDvtrWSzR93O6HoJEI8kmXGV8Id-cVmLCJ3FJfpyKg/w394-h400/majic%20ship.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have two copies of this 45. The one you see here on Crazy Horse, which incidentally was pressed by Capitol records, and the original which appeared on the local Magic-L label. This copy popped up in my pile of stuff&nbsp; and unfortunately it's pretty trashed. I tried to let Audacity do some "pop and crackle" voodoo on it, but it's still pretty crispy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Majic Ship were from Long Island, and were a typical band from that location and era, ya know, Heavy Hammond B-3 organ not unlike their fellow Long Islanders The Vanilla Fudge and The Hassles. who also covered Hummin'. Unlike The Hassles version which has some horns in it trying to get that Stax Records vibe, the horns on this record sounds like they were recorded in a different building, or just an afterthought.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas And Richard Frost - Got To Find The Light / St. Petersburgh (1972)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSGYGrfEa7Hsakw32tUF5CDNpnYg05cgRmLlYHyvauE5hv5CaEoPNLd-xiiDQHDPLDG9gNdIvd38OBpENDN56MP_JFU5U7Rx4MbGMtIg6kFpJhX9y62knd3dOBCYOFCoIRcCdnJtbfzQIr1nVxQ8orep1Epdjwejugc9f2rfG3b_64gzIEMWBu63qKec/s1125/t%20&amp;%20r%20frost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSGYGrfEa7Hsakw32tUF5CDNpnYg05cgRmLlYHyvauE5hv5CaEoPNLd-xiiDQHDPLDG9gNdIvd38OBpENDN56MP_JFU5U7Rx4MbGMtIg6kFpJhX9y62knd3dOBCYOFCoIRcCdnJtbfzQIr1nVxQ8orep1Epdjwejugc9f2rfG3b_64gzIEMWBu63qKec/w399-h400/t%20&amp;%20r%20frost.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tom and Rich Martin A/K/A Thomas And Richard Frost were a duo from San Mateo, CA that had a very interesting history. They played in a surf band called the Impressions and then went on to form The Art Collection and backed New Zealander Ray Columbus after he left the Invaders and moved to the U.S. They then went on to form a power pop group called "Powder", that did the freakbeat/mod thing ala The Who and did it quite well I might add. I've only heard one song by them, "Gladly" that sounds like it was recorded in the U.K. sometime in 1966 or '67. Real good stuff. The two garnered attention from Imperial Records and recorded a handful of 45's before recording an entire LP for Uni in 1972. 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I got to work "fast-fast" on this latest offering knowing that I didn't want to lollygag with all this spare time on my hands. I have a bunch of 45's in my collection that fall somewhat outside of what I usually offer up, ya know, garage, psychedelic, etc. These were to have been set aside for "Dan's Leftovers", a blog that never really got off the ground which is unfortunate because this stuff is actually quite good given it's context. I could post a bunch of Perry Como records and still call them leftovers, but that stuff is actually what I consider the "flotsam and jetsam" of my collection. These 45's are all worthy of a spin even if it makes a lot of hardcore garage/psyche collectors cringe, but hey, who knows??? You may find something you like here. I did one of these way back which was a two part post (IDG #66) and I dispensed with descriptions. This time I'll add my impeccable commentary, but I'll try to keep it brief. These pretty much fall into the "Sunshine Pop, Pop Vocal" category with some bubblegum and teener stuff thrown in. I hope you like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>April Fools - Things Go Better With You / You Won't Be There (1968)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAxLxt6SeLZbGHOhHwVMJWbrI20WT1Q1TI66CCT7qsFykgmCW5Fdq9Pip3ABJEhdponJOZyZqWBQvoHVljLKUcf0-5J9quxtQ7gD8_DYDnTFvNW1mRfOYbwHkPPZOTTQdfGovL-GjC-7zXcDAQLtu-LmO2mbLvHQXoEW0ZWEhPHXVMZbbhTLIoyajrPQ/s1141/april%20fools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAxLxt6SeLZbGHOhHwVMJWbrI20WT1Q1TI66CCT7qsFykgmCW5Fdq9Pip3ABJEhdponJOZyZqWBQvoHVljLKUcf0-5J9quxtQ7gD8_DYDnTFvNW1mRfOYbwHkPPZOTTQdfGovL-GjC-7zXcDAQLtu-LmO2mbLvHQXoEW0ZWEhPHXVMZbbhTLIoyajrPQ/w389-h400/april%20fools.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're older, like myself, you may recall Coca Cola's pitch back in the 60's was "things go better with Coke", a line that's stuck in my head since then. It looks like this song was a play on that phrase. I'm not sure who the April Fools were. They seem to be a studio concoction of Wayne Carson Thompson, a prolific songwriter out of Nashville who's biggest achievement was writing "The Letter" for The Box Tops, a mega international hit that was covered by Joe Cocker, The Arbors, Leon Russell , and several others including my present band who mixes into our set lists on occasion. This is definitely a pop tune with some twinges of bubblegum, perhaps it should just be classified as a "bubblegum" song. Nice tune, but the flip, which I sorely neglected until I played it, is actually better and sounds like a different group. Apparently, this was a big hit in Anchorage, Alaska in '68. Go figure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Centuries - Don't Let It Fade Away / Just Today (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcDarC9YvGFI-PePLESEO5JLOVN8lh_CstA6TEptX1yaTmeDJDQz8IO0jT-z9aWvLcjGNPqv7yIVVwowoyFgZXso5kqF8qFhbf5t3b0fduiruaJvTbY-2or6R859BlR6WwbQ6j3Vv0O2DIcjVozL-wGPzGTmYQyVXvPKhYlZfgaSPyImIyZV8xFlH4KE/s1093/centuries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1093" data-original-width="1078" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcDarC9YvGFI-PePLESEO5JLOVN8lh_CstA6TEptX1yaTmeDJDQz8IO0jT-z9aWvLcjGNPqv7yIVVwowoyFgZXso5kqF8qFhbf5t3b0fduiruaJvTbY-2or6R859BlR6WwbQ6j3Vv0O2DIcjVozL-wGPzGTmYQyVXvPKhYlZfgaSPyImIyZV8xFlH4KE/w395-h400/centuries.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember picking this 45 up in a huge $1 bin of 45's back in 1986 at a record show in Albany and having high hopes. Cool label, cool band name, but alas, it turned out to be somewhat disappointing. The Centuries were a big deal in Oklahoma City back in the mid-sixties. They played all over the place, appeared on TV, and released two 45's. If you want some real detail on their story check it out <a href="https://garagehangover.com/centuries/" target="_blank">HERE</a> at Garage Hangover, perhaps the best website dedicated to lost bands from the 60's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rick and Al - All I Do Is Dream Of You / The Story (1963)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDBhRB5vAczWAD3vJiS_l4Dk0Ravl2HzopYeIH1Pl19TPdvgJvMcOEKHKcMmBP1MHij08VzQoJGa-Ygt9ZfHNSOdQhEJZDYP5L4MSxAGrYGq5DCtbXKugrsG_ap7No22yNGeHJ8WUZkM6PwjUAlhhtnIvs8n_9dKM30IhhU3Depx7kiPRDx5ViJ2Yigo/s1137/rick&amp;al.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDBhRB5vAczWAD3vJiS_l4Dk0Ravl2HzopYeIH1Pl19TPdvgJvMcOEKHKcMmBP1MHij08VzQoJGa-Ygt9ZfHNSOdQhEJZDYP5L4MSxAGrYGq5DCtbXKugrsG_ap7No22yNGeHJ8WUZkM6PwjUAlhhtnIvs8n_9dKM30IhhU3Depx7kiPRDx5ViJ2Yigo/w393-h400/rick&amp;al.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a nice "teener" 45 from 1963 by Rick, who is Rickie Page, wife of producer George Matola and Al who is Al DeLory. Both were session musicians and this looks to be a one-off effort.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Arbors - I Can't Quit Her / Lovin' Tonight (Maybe Tonight) (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxiFWZt7rRvwA-S-mKvEZA45UIleloUq2oI_4pPtnV5P79tpMYklUk8ujbjdzFXbSAoXRje4rrGr_CCsVjXjaLbonj65ttNyhba6N3yJVyz5__kz-8s8h83J5FuxTwi7n6IK3bvWz4kJ4PMOQp7hyVjeHEfZ_83pdrL-0L_iRjtKvZ9dnH0Os738bsl4/s1115/arors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxiFWZt7rRvwA-S-mKvEZA45UIleloUq2oI_4pPtnV5P79tpMYklUk8ujbjdzFXbSAoXRje4rrGr_CCsVjXjaLbonj65ttNyhba6N3yJVyz5__kz-8s8h83J5FuxTwi7n6IK3bvWz4kJ4PMOQp7hyVjeHEfZ_83pdrL-0L_iRjtKvZ9dnH0Os738bsl4/w396-h400/arors.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Arbors were a very <i>nice </i>soft pop vocal group from Ann Arbor, MI. They remind me of The Critters of "Mr. Dieingly Sad" fame. The had some fame covering "The Letter" (as I mentioned previously) and released a whopping 13 45's, not including double sided promos. This one here is pretty much more of the same.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tom &amp; Ellen - Too Many Things / My Up Is My Down (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QLUZ4Yh8cOi0pd4BK4pXvKDtsObN4vrBrwKqyBtLfGpqBNE9ETyZqzti00iT32I0462PldOMyZVVnkJgvGU40GyXphFBco5hGQSu0zmJpshFfMfkXMNg98tuaX_oa2VE9uA22vKMp2LX7zb6qKLRVTFKz62BpCgXK8Cz3bX1nZ6oNWxYpR3qaUotM6E/s1134/tom%20and%20ellen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QLUZ4Yh8cOi0pd4BK4pXvKDtsObN4vrBrwKqyBtLfGpqBNE9ETyZqzti00iT32I0462PldOMyZVVnkJgvGU40GyXphFBco5hGQSu0zmJpshFfMfkXMNg98tuaX_oa2VE9uA22vKMp2LX7zb6qKLRVTFKz62BpCgXK8Cz3bX1nZ6oNWxYpR3qaUotM6E/w394-h400/tom%20and%20ellen.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another one-off effort this time from a duo consisting of Tom Everett, a musician and actor who I must admit have never seen or heard of, and Ellen who was his collaborator at the time. Aside from having top tier producers like Joe Wissert and the famous Koppelman &amp; Rubin team behind it, this is a pretty good folk/pop two sider with some great 12 string guitar work and great production, naturally.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Free Design - You Be You And I'll Be Me / Never Tell The World (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffAl4Rugs3W9GwTtrv8bqgIFkgW-bpz6SDUZEVfbdr0cS2dSbA2bfLiWtxj310K_L0PaI05AJosMm2nVZoghlbf6BEiQLCrL_z3VHyfJK-gSjcMp4UtvLMaSp0eGlGlcZj9VwlXAbiXfWkfJZy1Gyn-CSF5kPgYQU2jK0Cd10CeF6_3uoaSbbW6S0XFA/s1119/free%20design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1110" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffAl4Rugs3W9GwTtrv8bqgIFkgW-bpz6SDUZEVfbdr0cS2dSbA2bfLiWtxj310K_L0PaI05AJosMm2nVZoghlbf6BEiQLCrL_z3VHyfJK-gSjcMp4UtvLMaSp0eGlGlcZj9VwlXAbiXfWkfJZy1Gyn-CSF5kPgYQU2jK0Cd10CeF6_3uoaSbbW6S0XFA/w396-h400/free%20design.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Free Design are considered to be something of an influential pop group in that they incorporated some jazz and progressive touches to their music. They originated in Delevan, NY, a small town just southwest of Rochester but ended up in Greenwich Village like so many other vocal artists did at the time. They released all their music on Project 3 records which used cutting edge recording technology at the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Society's Children - Live For Today (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jfwP2gYwrtVdiL1RbxGgmhl8og_eNCbCiO5Wbw2pfEFIHYG01n_oFH02MC3Xqtt0s6vwgMD8zomTUJYZtGm0gjD6ECugiscCw5DQThog4O51fHTPek5XGV2GkKFa6LzAz_a8Tk0U7fDVqCUHRP-FrykfhD1Bu01AE9afvSLAzJ37Y2swncWaCDdCdAE/s1132/societys%20children.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1132" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jfwP2gYwrtVdiL1RbxGgmhl8og_eNCbCiO5Wbw2pfEFIHYG01n_oFH02MC3Xqtt0s6vwgMD8zomTUJYZtGm0gjD6ECugiscCw5DQThog4O51fHTPek5XGV2GkKFa6LzAz_a8Tk0U7fDVqCUHRP-FrykfhD1Bu01AE9afvSLAzJ37Y2swncWaCDdCdAE/w400-h398/societys%20children.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to do a little bit of digging around for info on this 45 and what I came up with is that Society's Children's songs were mostly written by Wayne Wadhams and Don Askew and produced by Steve &amp; Bill Jerome who were all involved with The Fifth Estate of "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" fame, which leads me to believe that this was a side project of that group. If I'm totally wrong about this, please correct me in the comments section.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Life Cycle - My Karma / I Wanna Live (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRiK7GVhXUYSZ-Sgi6cF8oobtj1hnMfHjZ08I1I_H5UQQ355J8SXPR5v1y0w421z5TjxSeI8uk32RTofRdhfaFzaZTVCm6TNCRZIHjj4dU08Szz67wRxnEDyuAaTbDxzq80RkqaPjYzytA9SYgxtsFfARz6YB421a-WniETz4ArLIruNSjt4Dfh1wuTE/s1127/life%20cycle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPRiK7GVhXUYSZ-Sgi6cF8oobtj1hnMfHjZ08I1I_H5UQQ355J8SXPR5v1y0w421z5TjxSeI8uk32RTofRdhfaFzaZTVCm6TNCRZIHjj4dU08Szz67wRxnEDyuAaTbDxzq80RkqaPjYzytA9SYgxtsFfARz6YB421a-WniETz4ArLIruNSjt4Dfh1wuTE/w396-h400/life%20cycle.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Almost certainly a studio project by Hickory records out of Nashville. Nice background music for that groovy summer cocktail party you're having in your backyard this summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Peppermint Rainbow - Don't Wake Me Up In The Morning Michael / Rosemary (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfgYBpfM1IU3kSav6OPkiM9Va2geugFPWBGJfIaKM6AMbXuV8_mDwVW6GrjYZdVA2-6PBWujgIKLwyH4hpRm1oDXGSKDybEOuKiJhX5cdu8Al4aiQFYMpdnwOc4AiPTwW0scfe1fYXc9tLQcfRN4GvYLCKfZTrlXINFaJzPXSFqWlKKkqJ9aO_OKSqfk/s1115/peppermint%20rainbow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1103" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfgYBpfM1IU3kSav6OPkiM9Va2geugFPWBGJfIaKM6AMbXuV8_mDwVW6GrjYZdVA2-6PBWujgIKLwyH4hpRm1oDXGSKDybEOuKiJhX5cdu8Al4aiQFYMpdnwOc4AiPTwW0scfe1fYXc9tLQcfRN4GvYLCKfZTrlXINFaJzPXSFqWlKKkqJ9aO_OKSqfk/w396-h400/peppermint%20rainbow.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Peppermint Rainbow were a pop vocal group not unlike The Mama's And The Papas and The 5th Dimension, Spanky And Our Gang, etc. They were good but perhaps missed out on real fame and fortune due to the glut of groups like this that were floating around in the mid sixties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">San Francisco Earthquake - Hold The Night / Sophia (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jQjMU6HSwks1XZOqFZnzp8JelTKe1d2Ixq5mvePCLlYpmubZEA6mcaRdh9eghwbeVF4ikcjd9fXg7vI9WAltqnKds1JrB65i-m1GOBlRZ3Zf_iIdbt6FaGel-VjtqyaL-1B0J6KRJs550-wuIYD3eyCbtVVuFJ6fRwpUbcTcTUoWuJF27aRspG6b6EU/s1134/SF%20Earthquake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jQjMU6HSwks1XZOqFZnzp8JelTKe1d2Ixq5mvePCLlYpmubZEA6mcaRdh9eghwbeVF4ikcjd9fXg7vI9WAltqnKds1JrB65i-m1GOBlRZ3Zf_iIdbt6FaGel-VjtqyaL-1B0J6KRJs550-wuIYD3eyCbtVVuFJ6fRwpUbcTcTUoWuJF27aRspG6b6EU/w395-h400/SF%20Earthquake.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More from Bill &amp; Steve Jerome here, this time with The San Francisco Earthquake most likely another studio project. The songs were written by Kenny Young most famous for writing the hit "Under The Boardwalk". I barely played this 45 but time has a habit of erasing bad memories so when i plopped this on the turntable, I was pleasantly surprised. This 45 is actually a very good sunshine pop record. They had four other 45's all on Smash.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bazooka - Boo On You (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNh2j794rW2Fk8qEgiI5Mb7stWjgtoNLWx20CW8IgOuEcr9x1z4q0hH6YnK7zLDUgVhNJdXlAADRdSP2h5EgoJvEgZuZUvvcKNg1gN3X5-ayYibuZnQm2VktFp9jTPdAaO4DkGPFScLCnWMEGD0UDltrVoK0UKsOrQ7aDm5VIcoMW3FpkYbLVZOkn0fw/s1145/bazooka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNh2j794rW2Fk8qEgiI5Mb7stWjgtoNLWx20CW8IgOuEcr9x1z4q0hH6YnK7zLDUgVhNJdXlAADRdSP2h5EgoJvEgZuZUvvcKNg1gN3X5-ayYibuZnQm2VktFp9jTPdAaO4DkGPFScLCnWMEGD0UDltrVoK0UKsOrQ7aDm5VIcoMW3FpkYbLVZOkn0fw/w389-h400/bazooka.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bubblegum 45 written, and presumably sung, by a guy named Austin Roberts who I know nothing about. Apparently he had a sizable hit in 1975 with a song called "Rocky", one of those sad life tales that bands and artists were constantly singing about on AM radio back in the early 70's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Utopia Parkway - Come With Me / I Don't Understand You (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2tcjkFlCldVS7e3dff3llwfByXHEseyAeJEUVjOtiiGV5Y2kROdS8sBb-DLeO-kSfbYZS6ZS8pve4O_lTLl8GWVR57dgGf7B-L0_zNIgrHV6n7ii3hq4Gw5WrEz4TeehlRyuPEIB3qTLSG_2PbUXU97_ieJVKX4h30okbvJF45zG2iFzURlV95ajh3g/s1130/utopia%20parkway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2tcjkFlCldVS7e3dff3llwfByXHEseyAeJEUVjOtiiGV5Y2kROdS8sBb-DLeO-kSfbYZS6ZS8pve4O_lTLl8GWVR57dgGf7B-L0_zNIgrHV6n7ii3hq4Gw5WrEz4TeehlRyuPEIB3qTLSG_2PbUXU97_ieJVKX4h30okbvJF45zG2iFzURlV95ajh3g/w386-h400/utopia%20parkway.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From what I could gather, The Utopia Parkway evolved from "The Sintrifical Fours" who had two 45's on Mr. G Records in 1968.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jamestown Massacre - Summer Sun (1972)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDBvsjUm-8zA89v7IxePLp3kqKbswsG0_nWAuIwkjOWSIfV8pZKdAm32xDTpzbZfDnMtFDbsI6bZdXxkcgwz529rcLYOyQ_qOUTnfVxOytT0q8em__SCWen5LrbfAmbM23V0CxVCBW6JHvJCPJhrYY0PnFksKNuxMq0AUGnzHRJ0UIp32V8RXH8Umys4/s1126/jamestown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDBvsjUm-8zA89v7IxePLp3kqKbswsG0_nWAuIwkjOWSIfV8pZKdAm32xDTpzbZfDnMtFDbsI6bZdXxkcgwz529rcLYOyQ_qOUTnfVxOytT0q8em__SCWen5LrbfAmbM23V0CxVCBW6JHvJCPJhrYY0PnFksKNuxMq0AUGnzHRJ0UIp32V8RXH8Umys4/w395-h400/jamestown.jpg" width="395" /></a></div></b>The Jamestown Massacre were from Chicago and had this particular 45 released twice, The other issue got national distribution and is on Warner Brothers Records. Unfortunately, hits eluded this group, but their lead singer Dave Bickler ended up in "Survivor" and had a huge hit in 1983 with "Eye Of The Tiger".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Harmony Dawg - Schoolboy Promises / Full Moon Child (1976)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaIwYTDzYb3fIlY9TPWEv7jou-yXMC5CQ3f9-et1wzJ-xFaMW6W6KAR7NpmGWU3DOUTG10p3FRDrSK8AKS3XzfbvFwbwj9Wg1t5fX4srJQGGA8NSZ84jH4e-nzIYSJMRpgo1T2KFzFsOfPQU8lenCBLd-H2m5RyYIw-2DpFMprBsiSFPz59TnXiLSHvg/s1125/harmony%20dawg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1110" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaIwYTDzYb3fIlY9TPWEv7jou-yXMC5CQ3f9-et1wzJ-xFaMW6W6KAR7NpmGWU3DOUTG10p3FRDrSK8AKS3XzfbvFwbwj9Wg1t5fX4srJQGGA8NSZ84jH4e-nzIYSJMRpgo1T2KFzFsOfPQU8lenCBLd-H2m5RyYIw-2DpFMprBsiSFPz59TnXiLSHvg/w395-h400/harmony%20dawg.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 45 here is perhaps the most obscure and certainly the rockin'-est 45 in this posting. I pulled this one out on the outside chance I could get my turntable to play this thing as it had some warp damage on the edge that kept it from playing properly on my other machines. Luckily with a few adjustments, I got it to play rather well considering its condition. I can't say for sure where these guys are from, the person I bought it from is in the Dayton, OH area so it's possible they're from that area. It's a Rite Records pressing, so Cincinnati or the northern Kentucky area may be another possibility. Anyway, it's not a bad 45 and the six plus minute 'B' side is pretty epic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before I send you to the link, I'd like to show my gratitude to <a href="https://garagehangover.com/" target="_blank">Garage Hangover</a>, a truly great website dedicated to lost bands from the 60's, for providing me (and you) with much needed info on many of these records. My intention is not to poach or claim that I did any original research here. I just want to acknowledge and thank them for their hard work and keeping this stuff alive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><a href="https://app.box.com/s/uzzw1qit71016gso7n7t0tdxhq6oj3et" target="_blank">HERE</a></u></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/2277860159004250876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-dans-garage155.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/2277860159004250876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/2277860159004250876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-dans-garage155.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#155'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-g-x5W463QazKLLCW0BszzPqIcuWHaCu0Cv9nk3W9UQHwgq01qm-LNgxwDzX0ZzLFL_eN0OvNDe-d8lNjSfjSFOT0gvdmvP7Df1M1VR2zlJTlQC9sAZwBXm4XcziQciwe5ERZ4w8SzsDDtZo_teCdh_EfTb6Q-wqgzXs68HGxPVuBJJuqRuV5BIE6WRk/s72-w640-h640-c/155%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-5547644477172510777</id><published>2025-04-24T15:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2025-04-24T15:47:02.797-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...154</title><content type='html'><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaey8yhV_ZeQmP6OIIz4DEm_cqSPVQzh1X6g2i3e9wXavBKohhpW1rZG4BeGvH5w1MBYVYy3ylIQAT1fy_YhpSWYM-_7cR1yTIdcsCv4SQkDe8f6MBnq654Lyyqf1vE6YtC50A0j59FqUQSvfspJkkDBff0mFhYR7ZHCFiSxrUDJsbR49j2rloPZBurRU/s697/154%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaey8yhV_ZeQmP6OIIz4DEm_cqSPVQzh1X6g2i3e9wXavBKohhpW1rZG4BeGvH5w1MBYVYy3ylIQAT1fy_YhpSWYM-_7cR1yTIdcsCv4SQkDe8f6MBnq654Lyyqf1vE6YtC50A0j59FqUQSvfspJkkDBff0mFhYR7ZHCFiSxrUDJsbR49j2rloPZBurRU/w640-h640/154%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers!!!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So there I was, this icy cold winter, hoping to get some more blogging in than usual, but I just don't have a lot of "disposable" time on my hands so it's a bit here and a bit there until it all kinda gels. Well...fate has stepped in and has given me a torn rotator cuff (as well as a bicep) that we had to get all fixed up with surgery, and that's gonna keep me at home and out of work for at least three months. My misfortune is a blessing in disguise because now I can devote more time to doing this, seeing that I really can't do much of anything else for the time being.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I'm really glad that I could at least navigate a keyboard, a mouse, and a turntable. This will keep me from going completely insane over the next few weeks.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, we've got a "veritable cornucopia of fine 45's" on tap for this post and I hope you enjoy it all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bougalieu - Let's Do Wrong (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xJ-T_Erb2jlOWcpJoYMca8QixLzmvvujsjeKx3SVN2pi4NsNojUU0sCfb7OQglhk4uMwuK91yJWzRki5g5dWH5UggdLVU4KyOVS0fjX704M3NlURyBpO57zO83pkZzPG7HUAxYbzGWOWbtTwDMzEK0JNH1k47itZxinXEMq1zbnYGolWH0evvI0C_yQ/s1143/bougalieu%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1127" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xJ-T_Erb2jlOWcpJoYMca8QixLzmvvujsjeKx3SVN2pi4NsNojUU0sCfb7OQglhk4uMwuK91yJWzRki5g5dWH5UggdLVU4KyOVS0fjX704M3NlURyBpO57zO83pkZzPG7HUAxYbzGWOWbtTwDMzEK0JNH1k47itZxinXEMq1zbnYGolWH0evvI0C_yQ/w395-h400/bougalieu%202.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I first posted The Bougalieu waaaaaaay back in IDG #4, and that was September 30, 2009! I was a fledgling blogger at the time and ripping my 45's with an Ion portable turntable. I've significantly upgraded over the past few years, and have also accumulated a whole lot more 45's in the meantime.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;This is one of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You say, <i>hey Dan, why are you posting this again????&nbsp; </i>Because this song was recorded twice. The "clean" version (Roulette 4767) that was featured in IDG#4, and this "dirty" version (Roulette 4776).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's really weird, stock copies are all the clean version, and these promos are the raunchy one. The clean version is pretty cool but this rips it to shreds. Super snotty vocals with unintelligible lyrics, fuzzy guitars, and this bizarre break and ending with all sorts of grunts and feedback.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bougalieu were from nearby (2 &amp;&nbsp;½ hrs.) Albany, NY our state's capital, a city that also gave us The Third Bardo, and The Gray Things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hullaballoos - I'm Gonna Love You Too / Party Doll (1964)</span></b></div>&nbsp;<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHxjzRlNBPDyuqdPZrVUaAzoo_1I23qX0JppVf6K6WWZoQBvMG3fx6x8Xv5_n1_TkRofhtpUzk6Z2GQbWfltD_Zr75dLmXOI1VKQKfqwgTjgELKM8M6AacbfvvXdzha0mSV_d0ZgERmOphJN_DKxg72xdPdmOL810jI4gEjgqsdf4kmw8DhM8eynx0zY/s1102/hullaballoos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1095" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHxjzRlNBPDyuqdPZrVUaAzoo_1I23qX0JppVf6K6WWZoQBvMG3fx6x8Xv5_n1_TkRofhtpUzk6Z2GQbWfltD_Zr75dLmXOI1VKQKfqwgTjgELKM8M6AacbfvvXdzha0mSV_d0ZgERmOphJN_DKxg72xdPdmOL810jI4gEjgqsdf4kmw8DhM8eynx0zY/w398-h400/hullaballoos.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a real soft spot for the The Hullabaloos. I had their album years ago, but never really listened to it much. I guess at the time, I was into real hard-core garage band sounds ala "Back From The Grave" and thought they were quite lightweight, so as I grew a wee bit older and perhaps softened my attitude on such things, I snatched a copy of this 45 for very cheap, and when I put it on the turntable I was pleasantly surprised at the energy these guys put into this Buddy Holly gem. The Hullaballoos were from Hull, England hence their name. I guess their name had nothing to do with the T.V. show which aired at the time on NBC television. In fact, Hullaballoo the TV show didn't premiere until about six months or so after this 45 was released. Eventually they would appear on Hullaballoo sometime in 1965 performing this A side and another number "Beware", a 45 I will get to sometime in the future.&nbsp;<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.S. The flip side ain't half bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Motions - It's Gone / I've Got Misery (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBIcTr9iAys19oA0sxlVxcWNaEVis-7pZNEqiFbG1TETUL16LYW6OH5bOvhIO8XDK1j-H8pC7k9xfVB4ddWnpGeHBTFqMa0Ebo17ze7tmYSpeLNrcmDd4_qux110ExTueln1CmTOgbXd2RxY8ePORABZDd4wjVzzYpUrKCM4J191olYz_Im4d1hpd7qk/s1130/motions2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBIcTr9iAys19oA0sxlVxcWNaEVis-7pZNEqiFbG1TETUL16LYW6OH5bOvhIO8XDK1j-H8pC7k9xfVB4ddWnpGeHBTFqMa0Ebo17ze7tmYSpeLNrcmDd4_qux110ExTueln1CmTOgbXd2RxY8ePORABZDd4wjVzzYpUrKCM4J191olYz_Im4d1hpd7qk/w394-h400/motions2.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a really good find. The Motions from The Hague in The Netherlands had around 25 or so 45's released in their home country, but only managed to have two released here in the U.S., this, their first in 1965 and a later one on Philips in 1969. This is a great two sider and arguably their best and is kinda rare&nbsp;(IMHO). Obviously Kapp Records, as well as a slew of other labels in the U.S., were trying to get their hands on any kind of beat group from Britain and Europe to capitalize on Beatlemania and the British Invasion so they'd dig pretty deep to license music to release here in the States.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Motions were the first beat group n The Netherlands to hit the charts and were together till around 1972. Guitarist Robbie Van Leeuwen split from the group in 1967 and formed Shocking Blue who would have a huge international hit in 1969 with "Venus"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mystics - Ride My Pony / This Is What I Was Made For (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifJX5g6dz8URlK_FC3l7eRBG9_ae6DmSy0LVWQdjuJ2j7IXEEZw7C8o-a6kjXIPY3VOBSJ7s36e64ur-PkmF7mdZPPR280AcXj0YQa2Y3up_mNFS16mfG-gaLrsp-tZ7ZzOKMMgrUmkm-d8svpEyVH9sVBXW7J6rK0J2Fw8NJcvH29kaoyx5EmNOWHv0/s1121/Mystics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifJX5g6dz8URlK_FC3l7eRBG9_ae6DmSy0LVWQdjuJ2j7IXEEZw7C8o-a6kjXIPY3VOBSJ7s36e64ur-PkmF7mdZPPR280AcXj0YQa2Y3up_mNFS16mfG-gaLrsp-tZ7ZzOKMMgrUmkm-d8svpEyVH9sVBXW7J6rK0J2Fw8NJcvH29kaoyx5EmNOWHv0/w400-h400/Mystics.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Mystics from the White Plains area of Westchester County in "Upstate NY". They had three 45's on three different local labels. This lo-fi effort isn't too bad on the 'A' side, a bit of goofy circus style organ flourishes in the tune, but the 'B' side is an excellent version of "This Is What I Was Made For" which was originally recorded by The Grass Roots (when they were somewhat of a folk/rock band), the Wild Life, and a group from Mexico called The Iguanas, which I featured on IDG#73 but was unable at the time to add any anecdotes as we were transitioning from the "old" Dan's Garage Central to the new one where we are presently located. But I digress....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ren-Vell also released a local "Battle Of The Bands"&nbsp; L.P. that featured The Mystics although I've never heard it. But I'd like to!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want more info on these guys, <i>please </i>check out Chris Bishop's awesome&nbsp;<a href="https://garagehangover.com/mystics-westchester-ny/" target="_blank">Garage Hangover</a>, a website that has been very informative and entertaining as well as being helpful in all my slipshod attempts to get any concrete info on the bands/groups that I've featured on this blog over the past 16 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Steve Alaimo - Blowin' In The Wind (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKb279LLFYebDs4a-i_Od5ZYww_oLA0jFKbovrulj6-p6e1Jy-4pmjzuN2rDy8rXmU4PV3scr6wAHD8KjHAGq9-6N8skegorbuMyv8w4BdQr-zSuVpnc5fjWgP2gJJhrsbcGCTdeWJhIT9x7OP7JUpB7G66VPxOX2nG-mBX6dv-ItDKAOeO7R2o7lL7k/s1128/alaimo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKb279LLFYebDs4a-i_Od5ZYww_oLA0jFKbovrulj6-p6e1Jy-4pmjzuN2rDy8rXmU4PV3scr6wAHD8KjHAGq9-6N8skegorbuMyv8w4BdQr-zSuVpnc5fjWgP2gJJhrsbcGCTdeWJhIT9x7OP7JUpB7G66VPxOX2nG-mBX6dv-ItDKAOeO7R2o7lL7k/w399-h400/alaimo.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steve Alaimo was one of these guys who had a gazillion records on the charts through his career. Unfortunately, none of them got close to No. 1. Middling, would be the word best to describe Steve Alaimo, a guy whose career spanned from the late 50's into the early 70's. Steve was born in Omaha, Nebraska and he&nbsp; would eventually move to Rochester, NY for a brief time and then on to Miami, Fl. Some folks up here consider him a local star, but I don't think he qualifies, mainly because he earned his fame while based in Miami and then went on to gain wider popularity as co-host of "Where The Action Is", a show I fondly remember as a kid after coming home from school.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although Steve's first recording was on the local Lifetime Records label here in Rochester, he got a gig with Checker Records in 1961 and had a decent hit with Arthur Alexander's "Everyday I Have To Cry", a tune which surprisingly has numerous cover versions by other artists.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this particular 45 Steve tries to get some "meaningful folk rock" into his catalogue, but falls a wee bit short. It's not bad mind you, but he's obviously trying to mix what is perhaps Bob Dylan's most "meaningful" song with a mid-sixties beat/pop arrangement. I like it for what it is, but you be the judge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Torquays - Harmonica Man / Our Teenage Love (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nXZwFppJ5ahS29LRzkwTGmWjUwQONHyKrhYEOe21n09Si18gON1i8Z-_SU1n9x6iRynrUB4GpGnqHitkXWZj6DlLdKC1cHkd6dObP8VMw8CcLZTcs_SDHrWGL5IRqL_I4yQHQZN2DiwrKiKaNR6vSDQwnI2wNS-oCuof5m6l1ZAV2Jla74nyqG5GIus/s1134/harmonicaman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nXZwFppJ5ahS29LRzkwTGmWjUwQONHyKrhYEOe21n09Si18gON1i8Z-_SU1n9x6iRynrUB4GpGnqHitkXWZj6DlLdKC1cHkd6dObP8VMw8CcLZTcs_SDHrWGL5IRqL_I4yQHQZN2DiwrKiKaNR6vSDQwnI2wNS-oCuof5m6l1ZAV2Jla74nyqG5GIus/w394-h400/harmonicaman.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you know that there were at least EIGHT different Torquays floating around during the mid-sixties???? Three of them were from California which may have made things a bit confusing especially since this group who were out of San Bernadino, and one of the others who were from Rialto, and if my geography is correct, Rialto pretty much sits in the middle of San Bernadino. Same band or were they competing acts?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys had a short string of killer garage 45's in '65 and '66 with "teener" flips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tombstones - Times Will Be Hard / Mary Jane (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLoMj1ApbHDyUCeWJ6OYQRUJciK3oY-LcM2bQlvs-hkT8YXPu0-HmiEqbuImd6d1VzWXd7fL8wxaZooQeg7hP4uM2UY0Dwq30lxI7aS3WKS4mQiQjgyHzUSjsOVTsZX2w6a3BxvRA0gC0Ret71EY_eDLVkFR-PgkyI1RD1bzY9IHpztavK2pieWbqQXU/s1130/tombstones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLoMj1ApbHDyUCeWJ6OYQRUJciK3oY-LcM2bQlvs-hkT8YXPu0-HmiEqbuImd6d1VzWXd7fL8wxaZooQeg7hP4uM2UY0Dwq30lxI7aS3WKS4mQiQjgyHzUSjsOVTsZX2w6a3BxvRA0gC0Ret71EY_eDLVkFR-PgkyI1RD1bzY9IHpztavK2pieWbqQXU/w400-h400/tombstones.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fast paced Monkee-like number from an unknown group. Alex DiAzevedo produced a number of cool garage singles on Capitol including The Human Bienz from Youngstown, OH which leaves one to speculate on whether these guys were from Ohio or somewhere else.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What Four - Stop! In The Name Of Love / Asparagus (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8vj7XrQ5soURUAm5PA_kJa8dZIoreKaro3JT5m1ZudAFvFSNvohlbS_K6dWY30_2dNw-fJp6aEumhWXXIPKGuLOy_vRJAjaYLuI5TqVFloSQmqM_e_DTFd45FMb2Gtkcf7TTKO_rTPtwiyFIif9bCQmOc55CwrUtdCsMb53OOAqwddFbYDGR8mwpQtQ/s1143/whatfour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1097" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8vj7XrQ5soURUAm5PA_kJa8dZIoreKaro3JT5m1ZudAFvFSNvohlbS_K6dWY30_2dNw-fJp6aEumhWXXIPKGuLOy_vRJAjaYLuI5TqVFloSQmqM_e_DTFd45FMb2Gtkcf7TTKO_rTPtwiyFIif9bCQmOc55CwrUtdCsMb53OOAqwddFbYDGR8mwpQtQ/w384-h400/whatfour.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The What Four were from Queens N.Y. and had one other 45 released on the local "Rollem" label. Both sides of this 45 are great and I especially dig the flip side "Asparagus", a quirky garage rocker with some kooky lyrics. The 'A' side is a splendid cover of The Supremes' hit with a rather interesting arrangement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Young Men - A Young Man's Problem / Angel Baby (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFlIun-S5w8bA-o-xh1ttWi9Rb5tnVaNPOOuq0wcDTav-vJ75QBgHXtQkjpONXQaEqi8-g_SWUZfRaFHpURqJpCZbi6D4cTgEZUQLN98bhuJgQD-oxtwWI3b8931T0TVAk9JH1uPTFJ9ZMCnKftWEzAQ71PDgB9hWkDUfgvByXCGDmlVomF4Reg-3snI/s1110/young%20men.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1090" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFlIun-S5w8bA-o-xh1ttWi9Rb5tnVaNPOOuq0wcDTav-vJ75QBgHXtQkjpONXQaEqi8-g_SWUZfRaFHpURqJpCZbi6D4cTgEZUQLN98bhuJgQD-oxtwWI3b8931T0TVAk9JH1uPTFJ9ZMCnKftWEzAQ71PDgB9hWkDUfgvByXCGDmlVomF4Reg-3snI/w393-h400/young%20men.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Way cool snappy 'A' side describing the ills of being a teenager growing up in suburban Detroit. MI. Unlike most records from this period that depict the many pitfalls of adolescent teen relationships, these guys wrote an anti-war song. Not exactly like The Byrds, but great anyway!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rodd Keith - No Trespassing / White Elephant Stomp (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmlPvQZ__oGzyC-SjuvJDhzKITv8JehfRiIeXw6gcXTyu3RdMtw38aYdZ5SlCx4XozvC6-cyAzGc13x-cJG9pBOPeTZOxu0WOcWI6XzGWtAIrZJeLqM5p6URa4iYAxq_QgkbwXWLgo5pZqItfAuG29hyX7PQcC9LGsQWlfmJDoiJXPOe54ixjAce9Cu0/s1125/rodd%20keith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmlPvQZ__oGzyC-SjuvJDhzKITv8JehfRiIeXw6gcXTyu3RdMtw38aYdZ5SlCx4XozvC6-cyAzGc13x-cJG9pBOPeTZOxu0WOcWI6XzGWtAIrZJeLqM5p6URa4iYAxq_QgkbwXWLgo5pZqItfAuG29hyX7PQcC9LGsQWlfmJDoiJXPOe54ixjAce9Cu0/w396-h400/rodd%20keith.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's one of those "Song Poem" records that a select group of collectors fawn over, by who is unarguably THEE king of song poem records, Rodd Keith. Okay, I apologize to all the Gene Marshall fans out there, another song poem great, he was quite prolific as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the uninitiated, "Song Poem" records were a huge scam. Let's say you're reading a copy of "Popular Mechanics" and you see this ad in the way back section that says, "poems wanted, and if your poems show hit potential, we'll put music to to them and send them to all the major radio stations".&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3jwTgFKs7h3g9qOdTPlc8QoPUx10q8WUwkCB0HBvuWA4Xq_Osegj9a75ewbwjql5mcPvxuU4wlY6dHrdiwaYcQU2M7xKvsQEq9pnAwCNtdU8Hu5LIvpr8houdYlzPkj7ME9BcpuubxPqSvhFtmTrCBnxCrqhfHYAOGKs-trcPoGHCsg9aghIHcbURThE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="225" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3jwTgFKs7h3g9qOdTPlc8QoPUx10q8WUwkCB0HBvuWA4Xq_Osegj9a75ewbwjql5mcPvxuU4wlY6dHrdiwaYcQU2M7xKvsQEq9pnAwCNtdU8Hu5LIvpr8houdYlzPkj7ME9BcpuubxPqSvhFtmTrCBnxCrqhfHYAOGKs-trcPoGHCsg9aghIHcbURThE" width="320" /></a></div><br />So Joe Schmo the appliance mechanic, or Edna the housewife would get busy writing something meaningful, send it to the given address, and they'd get a form letter back telling them their song could be a hit. Unfortunately they would need some startup $$$ to pay for studio costs etc. They would reel people in with this schtick and when they got the dough, guys like Rodd Keith and a roomful of session musicians would put music to it and they would press up a few hundred copies. These outfits would record dozens of songs a day spending fractions of an hour cobbling an arrangement, and recording it. Eventually, the "song poem artist" would end up with a few boxes of records to pass around to the family, but I'm not sure if many got to any radio stations.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rodd Keith was actually a genius musician that sang, played keyboards, wrote music, and appeared on over 300 of these 45's and he wasn't the only one doing this. There are scores of these 45's on a bunch of different labels including Preview, M.S.R., Sterling, Tin Pan Alley, and too many others to mention here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How's the music??? Well...this certainly isn't the kookiest song poem record I've ever heard, but you can tell the lyrics were written by rank amateurs. If you'd like to seek out some real good stuff I recommend "The Beat Of The Traps Vol.1", compiled by late N.R.B.Q. drummer Tom Ardolino. It is the primer if you want to dip your toes into this, there's also several websites out there devoted to all this as well. Happy hunting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Travel Agency - What's A Man / She Understands (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZDHNdbjjoFQgP8XAiVu8-l-oGbqD2q9GrcOxh0HK-LcfNKQYNK7HchiCeLpgKZUzXpYhjEPzXHhEM4jO6LrwytwazlvfXilEM4MiRrXCTn7madhpwYxgYqe7Ul8tr929kfjn0un-84OZ-3UKdNT9cKvMltT5Vs3AFL8Hn3siAhchp9Nd0Wn72wOJsuw/s1132/travel%20agency.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZDHNdbjjoFQgP8XAiVu8-l-oGbqD2q9GrcOxh0HK-LcfNKQYNK7HchiCeLpgKZUzXpYhjEPzXHhEM4jO6LrwytwazlvfXilEM4MiRrXCTn7madhpwYxgYqe7Ul8tr929kfjn0un-84OZ-3UKdNT9cKvMltT5Vs3AFL8Hn3siAhchp9Nd0Wn72wOJsuw/w391-h400/travel%20agency.jpg" width="391" /></a></div>A group out of San Francisco with some roots in Houston, TX, they released an L.P. and a couple of 45's, this one being on the Viva label which, I guess, was Leon Russel's label. It makes sense since he was closely associated with guys like Snuff Garrett, and label-mates "The Shindogs" This is a decent late 60's psychedelic two sider, and their album is pretty good too. Their first 45 on Tanqueray Records is superb I might add.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>&nbsp; <b><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp; Hounds - What's He Got, That I Ain't Got / The Office Girl&nbsp;</span></b></span><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">(1967)</span></b></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcBgdtagSDp0HpRFmSAJmci8kxQV3uUz9TouaAjv3mEn93VCG2wfUKgtHPBRpsV8-eJAtrYSsFOsvs424ChlNQ6fK70bO4Q3lUjNfV-_S_SWazLyjloUiIy0NnRdiI8DjXCW30hJgbtBG-lneQKLwUScaw0encP7nL5F2z49Qdt-zSMz6jfwIpnSe4RU/s1141/hounds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1141" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcBgdtagSDp0HpRFmSAJmci8kxQV3uUz9TouaAjv3mEn93VCG2wfUKgtHPBRpsV8-eJAtrYSsFOsvs424ChlNQ6fK70bO4Q3lUjNfV-_S_SWazLyjloUiIy0NnRdiI8DjXCW30hJgbtBG-lneQKLwUScaw0encP7nL5F2z49Qdt-zSMz6jfwIpnSe4RU/w400-h399/hounds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hounds must've been a pretty popular band in Stockholm because they released twenty 45's between '66 and '68. Sadly they did not achieve much in the way of success on this side of the Atlantic. They managed to get this only one released in Canada, and only one in the U.S., and on a very obscure West Coast label. The band is really into pop/rock with an emphasis on vocal harmony, and some weird yet cool organ sounds.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Joshua Fox - It's Just Meant To Be / Don't Tell Me No Story (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVtRBZllVz9WEqu90Svn26YBXBhjBFzxRI9p7zV5Jl6Phyphenhyphen7M6W-IQ0v_S_D0MOWmi8X0CYjrCnsPSA7XwhyphenhyphenmLA43vijMrAHxjOYzA6Pf1QPDeARa6eos0Pg1ykohZdUnAQa_GerBwgdJSgboxEeANM-K9U0xI7cvHs-hTnBo95_ANZskpbCD1_ldVNTY/s1114/Joshua.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVtRBZllVz9WEqu90Svn26YBXBhjBFzxRI9p7zV5Jl6Phyphenhyphen7M6W-IQ0v_S_D0MOWmi8X0CYjrCnsPSA7XwhyphenhyphenmLA43vijMrAHxjOYzA6Pf1QPDeARa6eos0Pg1ykohZdUnAQa_GerBwgdJSgboxEeANM-K9U0xI7cvHs-hTnBo95_ANZskpbCD1_ldVNTY/w398-h400/Joshua.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know much about theses guys. Los Angeles seems to be where they are from and released an L.P. and two singles in 1969. Surprisingly good pop/psych.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">P.K. Limited - Shades Of Gray / My Imagination (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3_ab_N7N2L-ijp1Hi-BtI5G9QFWPtjmq8eXSTCR3NUXkJgJvazP2AzZ4VH96-w2xSQE2OktffGqipWCLWPFokY_4aIT21hb3JQagx_igT4hD0y3cWEeFa_U0RrPSDwLO9r3BspgjYnEp0aleTzyU0rD0Oe_mcXseILvUB8BwBDCe8udKwPiFLP6GbwY/s1121/pk%20ltd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1121" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3_ab_N7N2L-ijp1Hi-BtI5G9QFWPtjmq8eXSTCR3NUXkJgJvazP2AzZ4VH96-w2xSQE2OktffGqipWCLWPFokY_4aIT21hb3JQagx_igT4hD0y3cWEeFa_U0RrPSDwLO9r3BspgjYnEp0aleTzyU0rD0Oe_mcXseILvUB8BwBDCe8udKwPiFLP6GbwY/w400-h396/pk%20ltd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.K. Limited were basically Marty Kaniger and Dan Payton, a songwriting duo that wrote a bunch of stuff for the likes of The Partridge Family, Sajid Kahn, Bobby Sherman, Bryan Hyland, you get the picture. They also appeared on&nbsp; a few Monkees cuts as background vocalists. They had five 45's on Colgems and one on Bell, simply as "P.K.". This, the last Colgems release, is a nice version of The Monkees hit and was produced by David Gates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual, if any one out there has any pertinent info on any of these bands, or is related to any of the band members, I'd love to hear from you in the comments. This has always just been a labor of love, and the reason I keep doing this is because I love sharing this, and it gives me a great reason to play my records and just mess with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd also like to re-iterate that I'm no "garage band Svengali, and I certainly don't have all the info on the bands that I post. I like to keep things anecdotal because I don't want to bore you with my hideous writing talents. 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Happy New Year to all out there and best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2025! I'm glad I was able to get something going here this early. It was nice to have some time off the job and not have to play a gig every other week. It gave me some down time to just spin records and put a new PC through the paces. I had to replace my old workhorse as it would not support Windows 11 after this October (or whenever) so I bought one of these "mini computers" that I've seen on Amazon lately. To be perfectly honest, I'm quite impressed and for the price you cant beat them, and trying to build something these days costs a fortune. So I threw caution to the wind and bought one of these little buggers. I've never spent LESS time setting a PC up than I have with this one. I just plugged everything in and that little son of a bitch practically went right to work. Oh yeah, I had some headaches, like downloading apps and transferring files from my old hard drive, but getting it up and running was a cinch, so I figured, why not start ripping some 45's and get a fresh post going???? Well... here we are, a dozen 45's for your pleasure. Please enjoy and have a pleasant New Year moving forward!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Danny &amp; The Sessions - Mojo / Grand Times And Gay Nights (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5J4hYP95gP3Iz9rBI-UbdMYbcfJhyrwzE6QYSDq84HypB2t5mF7mQiDyxTL8dxLQkHR9UJyH0J0UYSS_J8XA_U1CtuIFr_o0DJl6QmIGB-FXjbAquIu4oUxaPUl8aUNGRA1whpN8SYFwwEX1svDdIGHjlmSBAuyksKlRPBt2_t4tQ1vSguCv7XGh-lc/s1121/danny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5J4hYP95gP3Iz9rBI-UbdMYbcfJhyrwzE6QYSDq84HypB2t5mF7mQiDyxTL8dxLQkHR9UJyH0J0UYSS_J8XA_U1CtuIFr_o0DJl6QmIGB-FXjbAquIu4oUxaPUl8aUNGRA1whpN8SYFwwEX1svDdIGHjlmSBAuyksKlRPBt2_t4tQ1vSguCv7XGh-lc/w396-h400/danny.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to assume that Danny &amp; The Sessions were from San Antonio as the label states, or at least from somewhere in Texas. "Mojo" is actually the B side to this one and is significantly better than "Grand Times And Gay Nights" which is the A side. Great version of "Mojo" by the way...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Decades Combo - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow / Funny How Time Slips Away (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcTG2ogpjPhdPViwLVWSPRZDlvWB6BFdtvUFyh6Mw2YrHK48PDgZQII8e6JBj5iWfVJNlkVsY67KsYkxwhLHx0JeDtnQP_NzwRH3MgTevT8vV6yTCgH296bmCM5Tmsfh-2BNT-on01l5G3_jqhrByQObx3xNl5Ef-k7MnkpHdfHKF9j9h-xnGjytRSE4/s1113/decades%20combo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1113" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbcTG2ogpjPhdPViwLVWSPRZDlvWB6BFdtvUFyh6Mw2YrHK48PDgZQII8e6JBj5iWfVJNlkVsY67KsYkxwhLHx0JeDtnQP_NzwRH3MgTevT8vV6yTCgH296bmCM5Tmsfh-2BNT-on01l5G3_jqhrByQObx3xNl5Ef-k7MnkpHdfHKF9j9h-xnGjytRSE4/w400-h399/decades%20combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An unknown "combo" from around Nashville runs through a couple of covers, and give both of them the "Southern Treatment" as I like to call it. They tackle Marvin Gaye's hit "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow", and Willie Nelson's "Funny How Time Slips Away".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Flock - Can't You See That I Really Love Her / Hold On To My Mind (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn67SbpYA2IhpbjB7q380bourNpxj8GBIpgrW-W2T2GJnxn52kZgegZkIL8ZBofATg6ZkHdkfnwBEb0wZgQZTq_2tXGMLgfzbVPAcqTD7DNzrdOxKprXBWN02s-jzD_Y3VThzIIqTw2k5m2MwqVW-WwirTNpmpokurN15jyhSffu8wo21O93ZP806JI84/s1125/flock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1125" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn67SbpYA2IhpbjB7q380bourNpxj8GBIpgrW-W2T2GJnxn52kZgegZkIL8ZBofATg6ZkHdkfnwBEb0wZgQZTq_2tXGMLgfzbVPAcqTD7DNzrdOxKprXBWN02s-jzD_Y3VThzIIqTw2k5m2MwqVW-WwirTNpmpokurN15jyhSffu8wo21O93ZP806JI84/w400-h399/flock.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first 45 from this Chicago garage band that later moved toward horn oriented pop songs ala The Buckinghams (and other Chicago groups), and then evolved into a progressive rock band in the late 60's. This is probably their best 45 in my opinion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lost - Violet Gown / No Reason Why (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXPTejIAL1Rg-rqR-wkIYcU0AygrGcvSZKB-8faKe5wYXWuxkIlC_M8fkSA7KxofG_VPJZtHjszs_PBmUa24la7pJiEe9F-W3zDEVQtGEZhRCDDjyI67lc-UKWw2GKV-6Thk_hF_3BBt3hmqI85g_AbzzApU7XM07zRa0MOks6zNG-TbckxS13hpt4nk/s1134/thelost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1128" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXPTejIAL1Rg-rqR-wkIYcU0AygrGcvSZKB-8faKe5wYXWuxkIlC_M8fkSA7KxofG_VPJZtHjszs_PBmUa24la7pJiEe9F-W3zDEVQtGEZhRCDDjyI67lc-UKWw2GKV-6Thk_hF_3BBt3hmqI85g_AbzzApU7XM07zRa0MOks6zNG-TbckxS13hpt4nk/w398-h400/thelost.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Lost were right up there with The Remains as perhaps the best bands to come out of Boston in the mid-sixties. It's a shame that Capitol couldn't promote them better, I guess they were too busy with The Beatles at the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rationals - Little Girls Cry / Feelin' Lost (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYCcLMGJ1IJDnW88yCRdOrkUBjO9AzPWwSGhWqgARj8QTB3hC0cqpUtCSJ5BqqrnWV9g86Ajl7HTfd1QxVwkRXQ6WxRc1umX-_6ShqLXqvvveKOxsebUDmXi59Ay3cPH9_yn5pbem4ZeAgidPf2TfOAfUYczjrkoATaymEKufm58dIWCVZHo10X7zwiM/s1103/ratioals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYCcLMGJ1IJDnW88yCRdOrkUBjO9AzPWwSGhWqgARj8QTB3hC0cqpUtCSJ5BqqrnWV9g86Ajl7HTfd1QxVwkRXQ6WxRc1umX-_6ShqLXqvvveKOxsebUDmXi59Ay3cPH9_yn5pbem4ZeAgidPf2TfOAfUYczjrkoATaymEKufm58dIWCVZHo10X7zwiM/w396-h400/ratioals.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love The Rationals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys were heavily involved in the mid-sixties Detroit scene (although they were actually from Ann Arbor) and released a slew of 45's on various labels that mess with my brain because there's various repeats of songs as well as two songs titled "I Need You", one, a frantic raving cover of the Kinks favorite, and the other a soulful ballad. They released 45's on A-Square, Cameo, Capitol, and Crewe records including a promo 45 from Danby's which I guess was a hip men's clothing store at the time. They would also release a full length LP on Crewe which is very good. "Little Girls Cry" is actually the B side here but since I posted "Feelin' Lost" quite a while back, I decided to bring this one to the fore. It is the better side IMHO.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Epics - White Collar House / She Believed In Me (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CgykfGI86D2StjwqaMaGPZ3J30i4C8icrxw2qipFM39O1J9meE8gTyOeERk0Jv24S4M9dx9wFoHvHhZmwdRo748qG8GZL4o4k9_KRormSlyMa0eB6J2KxaYEgmk_hPE4Z-7VZUhrQoxUTO-JkDh_205aSHU6uCkOCtLDpV0wfNggG0LiXvZAouMVIGY/s1156/epics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CgykfGI86D2StjwqaMaGPZ3J30i4C8icrxw2qipFM39O1J9meE8gTyOeERk0Jv24S4M9dx9wFoHvHhZmwdRo748qG8GZL4o4k9_KRormSlyMa0eB6J2KxaYEgmk_hPE4Z-7VZUhrQoxUTO-JkDh_205aSHU6uCkOCtLDpV0wfNggG0LiXvZAouMVIGY/w386-h400/epics.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cool rarity from Columbus, Ohio that released this lone two sider. They were all pals from Brookhaven High School which I would assume was in Columbus and it came with a cool pic sleeve pf the band looking all surly like. Unfortunately I do not have one of those. You can find a lot more detailed info on these guys at the superb <a href="https://garagehangover.com/epics-columbus-ohio/" target="_blank">Garage Hangover</a> website.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Grace Slick &amp; The Great Society - Didn't Think So / Sally Go 'Round The Roses (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQl_gQNtn3rYIgkibA0-NR6aVIMZkRjIdbGPToA0IdFWQuNXTec1CgQTUnUrmThFREILfMHh2laCHTkqaEbrq6QEgP7spIjs0KBy40953EW7GrFBtVuPpqsTej9WdetJepka6gG13YdlphZkjYSKNE33ejBwfEmBdD4hhyK94pPcjciTY-rdbf4k-fiaM/s719/graceslick.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="715" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQl_gQNtn3rYIgkibA0-NR6aVIMZkRjIdbGPToA0IdFWQuNXTec1CgQTUnUrmThFREILfMHh2laCHTkqaEbrq6QEgP7spIjs0KBy40953EW7GrFBtVuPpqsTej9WdetJepka6gG13YdlphZkjYSKNE33ejBwfEmBdD4hhyK94pPcjciTY-rdbf4k-fiaM/w398-h400/graceslick.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A 45 that was released about two years after Grace Slick left The Great Society to join The Jefferson Airplane. Columbia decided to capitalize on the success of The Airplane by releasing a bunch of stuff recorded at the Matrix in 1966. This 45 is basically outtakes of that show. I'm not going to complain that both these sides are heavily edited, because what's in the grooves is exceptionally cool.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dangerfield - Rockpile (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMN37MoVYZ7xCRxORZZ5lGD3Clh54-hHRqk-7eKneD8U67k9oncFofSFu_9lNg68-92CZqA3hNR9bG6mTnKNsSL-1tN8lKJzaEb9NJ5pdJx0nM_F0Clmh9AdKdNxw7LVPjSfmu9E2YT9U2QhP2vLDUdduhow2KvISuCD1NBYMWbogxVcJ5FxwXbbFYvec/s1114/dangerfield.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMN37MoVYZ7xCRxORZZ5lGD3Clh54-hHRqk-7eKneD8U67k9oncFofSFu_9lNg68-92CZqA3hNR9bG6mTnKNsSL-1tN8lKJzaEb9NJ5pdJx0nM_F0Clmh9AdKdNxw7LVPjSfmu9E2YT9U2QhP2vLDUdduhow2KvISuCD1NBYMWbogxVcJ5FxwXbbFYvec/w399-h400/dangerfield.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dangerfield was a band that evolved from The Elastik Band who's "Spazz", is one of the kookiest, if not most offensive, songs ever released. This 45 shows the band heading in a "hard rock" direction but is very cool. I like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Duke's New Sound Band - Where Did I Go Bad (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCE8ESO29k6reS6J6ttWoIxRO1LrhBa8zTwyFAGpW_df8r4FSeJmCSnLu2pH4ldU02_g8z1ff4-T4yBzjjSckaasfocOB0ibC7BHzPjo_zoUEH5JJ7NZrCilatsr6xB1jJCKhW6WmGud4wJfOTz6-AisI6fwo3qxK9AjeC9Tkc4e2tiaiv43vBLXm0X_A/s1094/dukes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCE8ESO29k6reS6J6ttWoIxRO1LrhBa8zTwyFAGpW_df8r4FSeJmCSnLu2pH4ldU02_g8z1ff4-T4yBzjjSckaasfocOB0ibC7BHzPjo_zoUEH5JJ7NZrCilatsr6xB1jJCKhW6WmGud4wJfOTz6-AisI6fwo3qxK9AjeC9Tkc4e2tiaiv43vBLXm0X_A/w395-h400/dukes.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know absolutely nothing about Duke and his "New Sound Band" other than it was produced by John Simon, a guy that produced a plethora of records for Columbia, and that it was co-written by Carol Bayer, a prolific songwriter who would later team up with Burt Bacharach in his post Hal David days. This song is actually a pretty good dance number and moves along quite nicely. The flip??? I could do without it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mouse - Requiem For Sarah / Look At The Sun (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnqqWyWhy1zgGWdLl4TDz-gDRM4Nr9cKgIWoEKYECaWnE3bvxFkDys1RCW9GNZ7ar1WlTeFMFun33m2_tLxC5F8VueoVXOSbmk8UJMkWTKnIsHZVZO3gv5xxRFjokPM4_1WorMFd7QxsHICRbRRR94VF7O0A0CbtISQZ3YI9qT2SkfX2r6sRNu7SK-9s/s1146/mouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1136" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnqqWyWhy1zgGWdLl4TDz-gDRM4Nr9cKgIWoEKYECaWnE3bvxFkDys1RCW9GNZ7ar1WlTeFMFun33m2_tLxC5F8VueoVXOSbmk8UJMkWTKnIsHZVZO3gv5xxRFjokPM4_1WorMFd7QxsHICRbRRR94VF7O0A0CbtISQZ3YI9qT2SkfX2r6sRNu7SK-9s/w396-h400/mouse.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mouse A/K/A Ronnie Weiss is a Texas Garage/Psyche legend. "A Public Execution is perhaps his most famous song, and he and "The Traps" released a slew of 45's from '66 to '69 on Fraternity Records and had several more on Bell and a few other indie labels. This is the last one released on Fraternity and is a terrific psychedelic two sider.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wellington Arrangement - Lorraine / Melissa Jones (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IXKIxoWYG0A9khUHD0iyx8WJVnBrOB92xqvM8BDbmTNwnrR7xEuXSHXSrmYnkb7VQNUl0qmiF0cmanOPVmpVAB4HChgP-l3GnjC_kImNh4VIopcg6NQTNA4MnuxkIGtea-Nb0h7Fp1SW3SmuX0j_dY5VF7Vp1uUa4K0QtqKxgNw1JtBOyK2c6HPKY9Q/s1130/wellingtonarrangement.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IXKIxoWYG0A9khUHD0iyx8WJVnBrOB92xqvM8BDbmTNwnrR7xEuXSHXSrmYnkb7VQNUl0qmiF0cmanOPVmpVAB4HChgP-l3GnjC_kImNh4VIopcg6NQTNA4MnuxkIGtea-Nb0h7Fp1SW3SmuX0j_dY5VF7Vp1uUa4K0QtqKxgNw1JtBOyK2c6HPKY9Q/w396-h400/wellingtonarrangement.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a change of pace for y'all. A very nice piece of Sunshine Pop by a group out of Philadelphia. They released five 45's on Decca, and at least one was a promo with the same song on both sides. Their output was mainly lightweight pop as we hear on this 45, but they let loose on their last one with the excellent "Love", a standout heavy psych track. They were produced by Paul Leka who also produced The Lemon Pipers amongst many others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">World Of Oz - Muffin Man / Peter's Birthday (Black And White Rainbows) (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvu5Dhf7rx-XgOCnDA2cUqYdjdPuV_bFjHDxx-hIpR4azWh6omSH2khloWGqvHFM-ViomuvnAAj6eWjBxnJ7S8Ej0ea1anXU5vZTZgBaTld7cvN_vqXeTqyFGQ_INCeQf9nZ9xLXSP76GUtG_OcdyKyuGNgIA8gionpLpy0GsHF31DIeMQPYsG9Y7lF0w/s1105/world%20of%20oz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1092" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvu5Dhf7rx-XgOCnDA2cUqYdjdPuV_bFjHDxx-hIpR4azWh6omSH2khloWGqvHFM-ViomuvnAAj6eWjBxnJ7S8Ej0ea1anXU5vZTZgBaTld7cvN_vqXeTqyFGQ_INCeQf9nZ9xLXSP76GUtG_OcdyKyuGNgIA8gionpLpy0GsHF31DIeMQPYsG9Y7lF0w/w395-h400/world%20of%20oz.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Textbook British Psych from a band that had four 45's released in the U.S. and the UK, all on Deram (one of my favorite labels by the way...). "Muffin Man" is typical British pop/psyche, but is so catchy! I love this 45 and the flip is superb as well.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Triangle - Magic Touch / Music, Music, Music (1969</span></b>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSufFEukB1Jjo8K7ZVT1V6UgKP4vD2ntyExEYUyg_ixLUKzYl8amKx3Q1HhF9Hat8Jt-6EGCRxVOxwFCd1pU_DiaYq-q-bEq2w78gUYX88V1zIHokbja4ryHi9E1KnGLLlJSgQgydp8IM-0DlvO7XZv6Hy9NuW9OD6ETT-IkBDPgUcF1A6m3po1-i784U/s1146/triangle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSufFEukB1Jjo8K7ZVT1V6UgKP4vD2ntyExEYUyg_ixLUKzYl8amKx3Q1HhF9Hat8Jt-6EGCRxVOxwFCd1pU_DiaYq-q-bEq2w78gUYX88V1zIHokbja4ryHi9E1KnGLLlJSgQgydp8IM-0DlvO7XZv6Hy9NuW9OD6ETT-IkBDPgUcF1A6m3po1-i784U/w389-h400/triangle.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A band that was reportedly from El Paso, TX, covers Bobby Fuller's "Magic Touch" with a bit of heaviness, trying to mix in some hard psyche with, well.. the "Bobby Fuller Four" sound. That's the best description I can give to this 45. I bought this one on a whim and and it certainly wasn't the cheapest record I've ever purchased, but it was worth it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brian's Idols - Tin Soldier / Sharing My Troubles (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_COcjIPJMHIpjkEHhw2wzPukHyQSz2V-gJFuNfDkGv1obpYZ302ttnKSyGrLF2Rm4Sb3NGQEpZ549CfD463ggAFtWOaN_g-bo3j2J9F0VEngXnKWe5wILVD2gLqPxCxeG1CPBjZXA5iS2uOQMJgWHE3dFkKl5iMW2yxHiwWRwGVW3Dd6i4l9OdkVvGc/s296/brians%20idols.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="295" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_COcjIPJMHIpjkEHhw2wzPukHyQSz2V-gJFuNfDkGv1obpYZ302ttnKSyGrLF2Rm4Sb3NGQEpZ549CfD463ggAFtWOaN_g-bo3j2J9F0VEngXnKWe5wILVD2gLqPxCxeG1CPBjZXA5iS2uOQMJgWHE3dFkKl5iMW2yxHiwWRwGVW3Dd6i4l9OdkVvGc/w399-h400/brians%20idols.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a great one from a band not to far away from my stomping grounds. Brian's Idols were from Cortland, NY about 2 &amp; 1/2 hours away from good old Rochester down in what we call "The Southern Tier" which includes cites like Elmira, Binghamton, Corning, etc. I guess they were a pretty popular band around that area and Syracuse as well. I wish I knew more about them because this is a great 45. I wonder how they ended up getting their songs released on RCA. In any case, they turn in a respectable cover of one of my all time fave Small Faces Songs, "Tin Soldier" and the flip is really good as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><b><a href="https://app.box.com/s/s9k0y3ulvt3w6n0nq7ualoiau56aeyge" target="_blank">Enjoy</a></b></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzS3nDWrIfBPgq5NjaTWfSOBy56oJvOdaUBqEX9hQTGZE_I873WrsRgPge_MsUf2EAy1bqlW6ubR1g23-qpvrpTPGTyRUitFUUkM9U0SV5aIqyG8O81nkpExMlz1cpODj0DlxJjTnPYq85FXtge__cs-Fslhf7aoSKzkjZZv_ykMexbnAeTEvUgQ7Iac/s697/152%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzS3nDWrIfBPgq5NjaTWfSOBy56oJvOdaUBqEX9hQTGZE_I873WrsRgPge_MsUf2EAy1bqlW6ubR1g23-qpvrpTPGTyRUitFUUkM9U0SV5aIqyG8O81nkpExMlz1cpODj0DlxJjTnPYq85FXtge__cs-Fslhf7aoSKzkjZZv_ykMexbnAeTEvUgQ7Iac/w640-h640/152%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers! Glad to be here again after another long hiatus. I wish I had more time to do this, but as long as I can get <i>something </i>in a few times a year, I'll be happy. I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving holiday this year, I know I did, and I hope the upcoming Christmas season will be a good one as well. I'm trying to be optimistic this year, as my lovely wife and I have experienced some setbacks, most notably, the passing of our cat Miko, who was what we all called a "love whore". He was a lovable little fuzzball, and we will miss him dearly. We also had a catastrophic breakdown of our refrigerator just before Thanksgiving day, which threw our plans into chaos, but with the help of family, we managed to have a nice celebration without any issues.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That being said, my NY Giants are absolutely HORRENDUS this year, and the Yankees did make it to the World Series, but were beaten soundly by the LA Dodgers. Kudos to those guys. I'd rather see the Yanks get beat by The Dodgers than anyone else in the league.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Records... Yeah, these things keep coming into my mail box and I have a ton yet to be blogged, so I'll keep going into the non-foreseeable future. I just wish I had more time to record and write, but hopefully I'll find some xtra hours when we start hunkering down taking things slowly during the winter months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As usual we've got a veritable "cornucopia" of fine 45's here so please enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sonny Flaharty And His Young Americans - Whole Lotta Shakin' / Please Be Real (1964)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNg-_t3_3m8HeNs8LTpKEDTuDaseYtArY1m2SGfYdsRFi0Ur5qVEnueanqaHOzshLnSgvQAVbZAUC3ylvhsTqCbhyphenhyphenW0xBTMrg8uzr03lJnHotCOPtRTEZbPL_K2_kdUdR27FB0Y5zZ4C2C7BZ_rgnDVLsL92QcU81jzLjidYEGjOb-WbcAJshh8PWpzs/s1125/sonnyflaharty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNg-_t3_3m8HeNs8LTpKEDTuDaseYtArY1m2SGfYdsRFi0Ur5qVEnueanqaHOzshLnSgvQAVbZAUC3ylvhsTqCbhyphenhyphenW0xBTMrg8uzr03lJnHotCOPtRTEZbPL_K2_kdUdR27FB0Y5zZ4C2C7BZ_rgnDVLsL92QcU81jzLjidYEGjOb-WbcAJshh8PWpzs/w399-h400/sonnyflaharty.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dayton Ohio's Sonny Flaharty had a slew of 45s released from the 50's into the 70's with, most notably, The Mark V, The Grey Imprint, and The Young Americans as we hear on this 45. Super tuff version of the Jerry Lee Lewis classic here, with a decent B side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mad-Ladds - Dream Lover / Midnight Terror (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKqWL4puLYg-lbedFEZz_hgcI4HToqmzSd0WNFVMvfZkAXNDAp_Tv16Y-Fd0nMTUthg9eoD2-3u5tbIf_2yw-LhB5Y6OglDMQDgNbl93PadInI5z-_birFYfV1at4w7BDmiOOyYrUQ_YxcOpsEv1-3U22edGas2CzP0WvxJ8VNsqcyhITeKEQVBLCyzk/s1125/madladds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1125" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKqWL4puLYg-lbedFEZz_hgcI4HToqmzSd0WNFVMvfZkAXNDAp_Tv16Y-Fd0nMTUthg9eoD2-3u5tbIf_2yw-LhB5Y6OglDMQDgNbl93PadInI5z-_birFYfV1at4w7BDmiOOyYrUQ_YxcOpsEv1-3U22edGas2CzP0WvxJ8VNsqcyhITeKEQVBLCyzk/w400-h395/madladds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not exactly sure where The Mad-Ladds were from, but Ohio would be a really good guess. Pressed at the infamous Rite Records pressing plant, this was one of thousands of 45's released privately during the 50's through the 70's. real straight up garage band stuff here.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Smoke Ring - That Girl Was My Girl One Time / Her Love's A Lie (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH78iN0Fy0wHLTtOJMyOYborMKiRWusAQaTQ79XxsDgf17I7A12QDjNgJLc19gTjrDpx0cH1aNlMX8hUu3NwJu-fvwRr_xBE4AYwz0damk1eMtPP_kDy-PKTHPgKllmR4iWvys1_n-W2Ucygi93sj_3f-oKGpWuvrfpXI1z1k9Z1dyKqEEDskvyXoiv6k/s1121/smoke%20ring.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1093" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH78iN0Fy0wHLTtOJMyOYborMKiRWusAQaTQ79XxsDgf17I7A12QDjNgJLc19gTjrDpx0cH1aNlMX8hUu3NwJu-fvwRr_xBE4AYwz0damk1eMtPP_kDy-PKTHPgKllmR4iWvys1_n-W2Ucygi93sj_3f-oKGpWuvrfpXI1z1k9Z1dyKqEEDskvyXoiv6k/w390-h400/smoke%20ring.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Smoke Ring were from the Midwest, Norfolk, Nebraska to be specific and had somewhat of a hit in 1969 with "No Not Much". This, their first, was released in 1967 and has a lot of Beach Boys/Four Seasons style falsetto vocals but it moves along quite nicely. "Her Love's A Lie" is a decent moody ballad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Blackburn &amp; Snow - Stranger In A Strange Land / Uptown Downtown (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBDSA_3G3duYDWp-H9ojh7lP6JIA0uFMkW6brpY7SUDpaz3loxY3IVXXR_9guj2FPuo8xZH3RIAneyLfj1ftvtYvI-BtT3gVTIlElNXwtH413Erp0wdaARaGNale6lFO-sL9EYEDDFXe52ALq3oDHuS1yVkynGW6pvrML6kSOxZsoKz44XEMrZgAjc3o/s1119/blackburn&amp;snow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBDSA_3G3duYDWp-H9ojh7lP6JIA0uFMkW6brpY7SUDpaz3loxY3IVXXR_9guj2FPuo8xZH3RIAneyLfj1ftvtYvI-BtT3gVTIlElNXwtH413Erp0wdaARaGNale6lFO-sL9EYEDDFXe52ALq3oDHuS1yVkynGW6pvrML6kSOxZsoKz44XEMrZgAjc3o/w395-h400/blackburn&amp;snow.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeff Blackburn and Sherry Snow were a Folk Rock duo from San Francisco and were in the thick of the mid-sixties music scene there at the time. This 45 is a real gem, and is at least as good as, or better, than most of the stuff that came out of San Fran at that time. Unfortunately, they really never hit the big time like many of their contemporaries, and that's a shame.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As a side note, it was rumored that Sherry Snow was considered to be Signe Anderson's replacement in The Jefferson Airplane, but she declined wanting to continue with Jeff Blackburn. "Stranger In A Strange Land", was written by David Crosby using "S. Omar" as a pseudonym.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Erik - She Belongs To Me / One Too Many Mornings (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9KHAKSlPs2lPnFGSB9Ifox8xzKC9dr6FWhp-z3fGd3dOz5Hr0_17I7f4aUzlXd2bPH1qz3qAK4LvPjkQo8EdxtgcWWBhaFVVPQPmitLBm8w5GNMMey4yPmoZrWpa43uTAlCiQCRLg49T9PiP67XsCSCo6dzACAgIwef0nPiso3i4LMJ8hZMzhDWGUZk/s1120/erik.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1120" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9KHAKSlPs2lPnFGSB9Ifox8xzKC9dr6FWhp-z3fGd3dOz5Hr0_17I7f4aUzlXd2bPH1qz3qAK4LvPjkQo8EdxtgcWWBhaFVVPQPmitLBm8w5GNMMey4yPmoZrWpa43uTAlCiQCRLg49T9PiP67XsCSCo6dzACAgIwef0nPiso3i4LMJ8hZMzhDWGUZk/w400-h399/erik.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm trying to hash out the history of "Erik" and his other 45 which I featured a while back on IDG #66 part 2, but as far as who "Erik" was, I haven't come up with any facts. Yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">General International was a label established by Alan Lorber who was responsible for creating the "Bosstown Sound", that were bands from Boston who were supposedly paralleling the scene in San Francisco at the time. Lorber created that for MGM records and they featured some really good groups like The Beacon Street Union, Pluph, Orrpheus, and several others. Unfortunately, The Bosstown thing never really caught on and was panned by some of the press.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">General International released only three 45s in its existence, two by Erik, and one by Layng Martine Jr. who became a successful writer of country music.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of Erik's songs was co-written by Bobby Comstock, so is Erik Bobby Comstock perhaps????</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Probably not, but Erik's rendition of "She Belongs To Me" is really good with some ringing 12 string guitar at the fore. "one Too many Mornings is OK but falls a bit short.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Gary Farr &amp; The T-Bones - Give All She's Got / Don't Stop And Stare (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJif3zzDeKtC_qCmMJOwAlNnZXJSwb-zCgl3RMbmAChshXOT9Df4WFT9uY2ub4ZiUXnYSEsUc8quMAL9tmAvEUdMsfqn0M3JfkO-HG892W-Op53cgrUir707vLqYgK6BLvONV5UzMQBeyq1tzIvgHbhIJ_K0Nez4YaZln15X5jb0726aLbaFRwqZ2FXoE/s1096/gary%20farr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1096" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJif3zzDeKtC_qCmMJOwAlNnZXJSwb-zCgl3RMbmAChshXOT9Df4WFT9uY2ub4ZiUXnYSEsUc8quMAL9tmAvEUdMsfqn0M3JfkO-HG892W-Op53cgrUir707vLqYgK6BLvONV5UzMQBeyq1tzIvgHbhIJ_K0Nez4YaZln15X5jb0726aLbaFRwqZ2FXoE/w400-h399/gary%20farr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the only record that Gary Farr And The T-Bones managed to release in the U.S., but they did have an E.P. in the U.K. entitled, "Dem Bones Dem Bones Dem T-Bones", a clever title if you want my humble opinion. This is a great 45 which I was extremely glad to get my hands on, both sides are great mid-sixties British R&amp;B, although "Give All She's Got" is definitely on the moody side. Keith Emerson was in this band for a spell, but I don't think he plays on this particular 45.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brotherhood - Are You A Turtle? (Yes I Am) / Mari (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXgAu6wio047XfRtES4AICd5-_SfUoK2hNHuv5o1cO0iU-qVgwkUdp50mPKu1rxEBQOc58cL1Ry7ODXOq1eK0RSR-LP5WYt1QWALSGbgQleuKB15GcdQX9g5joz4-HA6lCz9TqluCzAr8Juc_Qut8v9GNk-6NHijdSt2twlm0hjpzHNa4EXgqJPORc6g/s1129/brotherhood.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1129" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXgAu6wio047XfRtES4AICd5-_SfUoK2hNHuv5o1cO0iU-qVgwkUdp50mPKu1rxEBQOc58cL1Ry7ODXOq1eK0RSR-LP5WYt1QWALSGbgQleuKB15GcdQX9g5joz4-HA6lCz9TqluCzAr8Juc_Qut8v9GNk-6NHijdSt2twlm0hjpzHNa4EXgqJPORc6g/w400-h398/brotherhood.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a 45 that's interesting, not that the music is anything special, it's just a good ol' band from the South doing a high energy James Brown thing, and very well I might add. It's the "Turtle" thing that makes it interesting. A "Turtle" you ask????? Well... "<i>This was the theme song of the unofficial U.S. Space Program's Turtle Club, of which Wally Schirra was president</i>" That's a quote I obtained from an unknown commenter on the "<a href="https://itsgreatshakes.blogspot.com/2010/10/brotherhood-are-you-turtle-yes-i-amdial.html" target="_blank">It's Great Shakes</a>" blog, a fine one indeed. Another commenter stated that these guys were originally "The What-Knots", whose 45, also on Dial entitled "I Ain't Dead Yet",&nbsp; was featured in IDG #123. That's most likely very accurate, as a "B. Wilfong" appears on the writing credits of both 45s. By the way, The What-Knots 45 shares the same high energy James Brown vibe as this one does. OK, hit the dance floor!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Les Sauterelles - Dream Machine / Heavenly Club (1968)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqQvmrexplqX03aYhYeHCVemMCSC5nZRB2kXxIHLom2xBLUKuKyCly7VRDzV90C_O38b0m6LaXlVu8ZV84Mfw-9Lvt1lqB2z2ITIp13HURorq5O1BXu99MrbwYK6NKeu622NgvwBL6dohj2hJanwVJ7wsvySNgDjNVZWwEReX-PcDQH7o7TJMc68M97M/s1108/les%20sauterelles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1087" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqQvmrexplqX03aYhYeHCVemMCSC5nZRB2kXxIHLom2xBLUKuKyCly7VRDzV90C_O38b0m6LaXlVu8ZV84Mfw-9Lvt1lqB2z2ITIp13HURorq5O1BXu99MrbwYK6NKeu622NgvwBL6dohj2hJanwVJ7wsvySNgDjNVZWwEReX-PcDQH7o7TJMc68M97M/w393-h400/les%20sauterelles.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember first hearing this on "Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks Vol. II" way back in the 80's. It was a comp I had stumbled upon after hearing Vol. I which was perhaps THE FIRST, 60's comp I ever purchased. I remember going into The House Of Guitars one Sunday afternoon, and I bought Flashbacks and "Acid Visions", which at the time was only one volume. Oh yeah, this 45 was on Vol. II, and I always loved it. I managed to get a copy rummaging through Fat Chuck's warehouse way back when, but like a complete idiot, I sold it on Ebay, with some other way cool 45's that I won't mention here because it pisses me off just thinking about it. I was fortunate enough to find another copy just recently after taking several stabs at it on Ebay, and scored a decent one for what I consider a bargain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Les Sauterelles were a very popular band from Switzerland, that released ten 45s in their country but managed to get only one here in the U.S. "Dream Machine is superb with it's mix of acoustic and heavily fuzzed out electric guitar, and the kooky "music box" interlude toward the end. "Heavenly&nbsp; Club" is a somewhat more subdued psychedelic number.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Doug Adams &amp; The Early Morning Traffic - I Can't Wait To See You / Hontusharaya (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOXX0C6djVe6FOOGgmDBA0fIoy3hSD337Uw5StK0q14gtWgRFKSsQ06ADjAFJ869EPcdir4g0Uy_uBccABdrDGL3zZDZ4QUATapxHkiwghSUuPyfos1hfF_2ugX_DBzG10tymKBWMfKVHDZI1LKI932_wdIcowjzIYqEHtAMvkIRbeuLqPjEviMNikBo/s1141/doug%20adams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="1141" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOXX0C6djVe6FOOGgmDBA0fIoy3hSD337Uw5StK0q14gtWgRFKSsQ06ADjAFJ869EPcdir4g0Uy_uBccABdrDGL3zZDZ4QUATapxHkiwghSUuPyfos1hfF_2ugX_DBzG10tymKBWMfKVHDZI1LKI932_wdIcowjzIYqEHtAMvkIRbeuLqPjEviMNikBo/w400-h400/doug%20adams.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't have much info on these guys, except that they were most likely from El Paso, Texas and that Doug Adams was in another band called "Wailing Wall" that had an L.P. on Suemi records in 1970. Kind of makes sense as that label was also out of El Paso. As for the record, it's decent moody fuzz laden folk/garage/psyche with more than a hint of Christian overtones in the lyrics.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Notes From The Underground - Down In The Basement / I Wish I Was A Punk (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwylYbqndrPBE4i2VL3LiQoWvK5dKKeOOFTys35424Vu19YQaSV5xoeMlr_wU9_Rw7bOO6Y2tfJ3Hoo8WAD0CowWkB45LOzqzWK9CtrvIsecQo-XqtBRb9Txd6WLQwhryGyS4t0f41VjpnLqII74w-N4Yl9Qnl6DGdnnagtCYrHGGEvjufYV45KRClN4/s1098/underground.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1087" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwylYbqndrPBE4i2VL3LiQoWvK5dKKeOOFTys35424Vu19YQaSV5xoeMlr_wU9_Rw7bOO6Y2tfJ3Hoo8WAD0CowWkB45LOzqzWK9CtrvIsecQo-XqtBRb9Txd6WLQwhryGyS4t0f41VjpnLqII74w-N4Yl9Qnl6DGdnnagtCYrHGGEvjufYV45KRClN4/w396-h400/underground.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another Bay Area group from Berkeley to be specific, that probably should've gotten a little more publicity. A real good two sider from this period where bands from this area took a few more chances than most.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Eric Marshall &amp; The Chymes - The Countess / I Can't Love You Anymore (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJUnEr_NBvBFVI4hBgodeUkHKLWagtJSufe1apaKA2m0U4jntVFt9I12TuCM8xqvbWr5zoMDqGxGfXKXm_Q95369pg7RvLuV31aucGotWiSyMPSgYWLjOYyE8YOp9vbZ1nkfVWQm-zJ3KgCEhotg1ne3zmEGQQbub2w4prK_56t5l5Sj6Jh9GyrrriDY/s1108/Eric%20Marshall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJUnEr_NBvBFVI4hBgodeUkHKLWagtJSufe1apaKA2m0U4jntVFt9I12TuCM8xqvbWr5zoMDqGxGfXKXm_Q95369pg7RvLuV31aucGotWiSyMPSgYWLjOYyE8YOp9vbZ1nkfVWQm-zJ3KgCEhotg1ne3zmEGQQbub2w4prK_56t5l5Sj6Jh9GyrrriDY/w399-h400/Eric%20Marshall.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm gonna try to piece together a "bio" on this band, based on what paltry info I could come up with on the interwebs. Eric Marshall and The Chymes were most likely a Minneapolis/St. Paul area group. "Moby" Steinberg was an artist, songwriter, and producer for Dove and Candy Floss records. Much of Candy Floss' output was finely crafted pop songs as we can hear on this record, an early release on Sire. This was included on a comp called "The Lost Music Of Mid-America", but I haven't heard it yet, but I'd really like to!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fast Eddie - Hey Lou / Do You Wanna make Love (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgAw-1I_MJH2moSI3RNgiOS64J_p03tYAlsfL_vTgxeZY-E8vRwz_wXHWLbxhcS6JPLO4lDEtUhrLMy9S2kkdxwuSQmqxV7nDFpVg2Li81kQcOUOymGmwijZX9Fuf5-xM7_fY7ShrmtIjJCcozVXlykxbiVScdFMRSrJxjKlN5ORUSSIkkSWoPJZBCsc/s1127/fast%20eddie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgAw-1I_MJH2moSI3RNgiOS64J_p03tYAlsfL_vTgxeZY-E8vRwz_wXHWLbxhcS6JPLO4lDEtUhrLMy9S2kkdxwuSQmqxV7nDFpVg2Li81kQcOUOymGmwijZX9Fuf5-xM7_fY7ShrmtIjJCcozVXlykxbiVScdFMRSrJxjKlN5ORUSSIkkSWoPJZBCsc/w396-h400/fast%20eddie.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's not a lot of info on this early seventies "bone-cruncher". I kinda figured that Fast Eddie was from Ohio, given the fact that this was pressed in Cincinnati by QCA, but from what I can gather, "Smooth Ruth Productions" was out of Grand Rapids, Michigan and this may have been their one and only release.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Shira - Liar / Frank's Ant Farm (1973)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjq2uV8PVq4o6zN-oq0MaR0tT-E8pVvMvTpYJ1zkitd1xpR8O-8SPx7tspG7sh3HZx1YKTdFzfuSVQFxIMm79g-0CxNTTogMyyphxCX1un1UE8LXQaSND9qeg3YDAGUd2FmFkfu58oMtde7zZsGg2ZlTVBj571ggEv5a2RrTQANcMAHsQv8sdu2Aodli4/s1138/shira.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1138" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjq2uV8PVq4o6zN-oq0MaR0tT-E8pVvMvTpYJ1zkitd1xpR8O-8SPx7tspG7sh3HZx1YKTdFzfuSVQFxIMm79g-0CxNTTogMyyphxCX1un1UE8LXQaSND9qeg3YDAGUd2FmFkfu58oMtde7zZsGg2ZlTVBj571ggEv5a2RrTQANcMAHsQv8sdu2Aodli4/w400-h399/shira.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I coulda swore I saw some detailed info on these guys, but alas, it got lost somewhere in the google universe. What I do know for sure is that Shira was from Philadelphia, and were apparently a very popular hard rock band at the time that didn't quite make it. 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I've been home sick the past few days, and thought it would be a great opportunity to spin some 45's and share them with you all. I just got hit with some kind of "non covid" respiratory virus, and it's taking me down HARD. That being said, I like to use my time of convalescing to good use, so here we are today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just grabbed a bunch of 45's that haven't been posted yet, and did my "stream of consciousness"&nbsp; thing which to be perfectly honest with you, works out quite well. I have a "system" where I "mark" the 45's I haven't posted yet, with a little sticker as you can see in this pic....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzFqz0_8peZaNE-fs6-bXXckGCJ__kYdwYABBifvZeWnrT03g2l1h97ISrXyRrYv3_m_MApWeOrwEVGimTpSEIqDo4fl-SY5U30M8phQth9jVyodR5kuHMhdZjx9MwAmqQ0keD4h-VPslGjx5jagfoYvEfWZxUaxXpfmFlHOZcfPEhj-MTmkRRHKO6Pc/s4032/IMG_0685.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzFqz0_8peZaNE-fs6-bXXckGCJ__kYdwYABBifvZeWnrT03g2l1h97ISrXyRrYv3_m_MApWeOrwEVGimTpSEIqDo4fl-SY5U30M8phQth9jVyodR5kuHMhdZjx9MwAmqQ0keD4h-VPslGjx5jagfoYvEfWZxUaxXpfmFlHOZcfPEhj-MTmkRRHKO6Pc/s320/IMG_0685.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, anything I come across with this little marker, is fair game for this blog, and let me tell you, I am overrun with sleeves that have these little colorful stickers on them!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think this is a pretty good edition as I've included some very recent acquisitions, along with some 45's that have been hanging around for a while waiting to be let loose on this here blog 'o mine.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to all who stick around here and please share all this with your friends and loved ones!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Deltones featuring The Gypsy - Bow Legged Annie / La-La-La (1959)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s_OfdZthRIfg5SGpf-r1FV_YpohTRn5w0PSccpdhSv94Y6oJ8tlXLcjhsUFRhj_0XAmbXJIRuqR4bU9hu09QCYVaZkGs6UMrRriI7Z50fJMCrXRcCeGiAkrJNf2Lec5bRSU1nEJw-8uWLGtf6dR-7UgwIFUEBhAakn9GtmsbEC-ekh3TCqn2dvBJKBU/s1132/Te.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1132" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s_OfdZthRIfg5SGpf-r1FV_YpohTRn5w0PSccpdhSv94Y6oJ8tlXLcjhsUFRhj_0XAmbXJIRuqR4bU9hu09QCYVaZkGs6UMrRriI7Z50fJMCrXRcCeGiAkrJNf2Lec5bRSU1nEJw-8uWLGtf6dR-7UgwIFUEBhAakn9GtmsbEC-ekh3TCqn2dvBJKBU/w400-h395/Te.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in 1992, I lived in a rented duplex with my former wife and my first born, which was comfortable, but ownership of the property was tenuous at best. We were literally chased out of this place after living there for three years and the whole situation was chaotic. In all the chaos, I lost a box full of VALUABLE 45's and this was one of them. I saw this on Ebay and had to buy it because it was one of my absolute favorites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know who the "Gypsy" was, but I'm guessing he's the lead vocalist on this white hot slice of rockin' R&amp;B. Please enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bobby Flores - Every Day I Have To Cry / Hey Girl, Please Listen (1968)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjZvjdbOBOviuqtVqWRMJIpUbb1f4JPKQf1SY21nAi0Uy57T0zcF5tA1vMcDVgqpT1Nf2ajyxvVvxJSrf8OPtm6uPQ1A_6iJvbPtC8757jXqAn46nf5tRqNt_-A-gVAXlKQceHIwqpcjHkXtda_PZCoOAc7MYLXgnlF0sQJ9BlTypx9CrS-B2K_q3KFm0/s1118/bobby%20flores.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjZvjdbOBOviuqtVqWRMJIpUbb1f4JPKQf1SY21nAi0Uy57T0zcF5tA1vMcDVgqpT1Nf2ajyxvVvxJSrf8OPtm6uPQ1A_6iJvbPtC8757jXqAn46nf5tRqNt_-A-gVAXlKQceHIwqpcjHkXtda_PZCoOAc7MYLXgnlF0sQJ9BlTypx9CrS-B2K_q3KFm0/w395-h400/bobby%20flores.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not exactly sure if this 45 is from 1968, but I don't have anything telling me otherwise. Bobby Flores, according to this little blurb in a trade mag...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh98_anDJ2nws7ySKko0p-Pacj1amP_W5EQfev38Hh5jMLhKigRMpSXbLBaueHfr-AOzx5VGBWjzPGejI4i8g3yp1NX5WQFJTSly2XvoERZQwISF9XsDc6CWExBf-hiHiz6qYw3Meri40TS03VtJcwtIoejULOHPSvI7sz-Gp52Jr4sU7kTJiBAEb6JTD4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="731" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh98_anDJ2nws7ySKko0p-Pacj1amP_W5EQfev38Hh5jMLhKigRMpSXbLBaueHfr-AOzx5VGBWjzPGejI4i8g3yp1NX5WQFJTSly2XvoERZQwISF9XsDc6CWExBf-hiHiz6qYw3Meri40TS03VtJcwtIoejULOHPSvI7sz-Gp52Jr4sU7kTJiBAEb6JTD4" width="320" /></a></div>was from Fresno, CA. "Everyday I Have To Cry" was written by R&amp;B great Arthur Alexander, but Upstate NY legend, Steve Alaimo was the first to have a hit. It's been covered numerous times by The Gentrys, Dusty Springfield, The Bee Gees and others. Bobby turns in a nice performance here. Pure pop music.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Uniques - Bolivar J / Lady's Man (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWIvd-hzyVcqdbi2PFiw7uGOruG9lNF9IKJ-VxtqasfeOd-joJWRIkzCc0GnewSW5kI1z_pc6gwhIphnNSpFXaxFZUqywgmHPnMB8P-fVAsa7GWigrSjOkdGWdVDfMB1fR8VUrI2Zw0XwgKxrl4NCQ6tcol8BLcNHjiSkbUTwltQnZ3AweAvK-b_NaL4/s1155/uniques%20bolivar%20j.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1126" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWIvd-hzyVcqdbi2PFiw7uGOruG9lNF9IKJ-VxtqasfeOd-joJWRIkzCc0GnewSW5kI1z_pc6gwhIphnNSpFXaxFZUqywgmHPnMB8P-fVAsa7GWigrSjOkdGWdVDfMB1fR8VUrI2Zw0XwgKxrl4NCQ6tcol8BLcNHjiSkbUTwltQnZ3AweAvK-b_NaL4/w390-h400/uniques%20bolivar%20j.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love The Uniques. They had a slew of 45's on Paula Records, and I still don't have all of them yet, although I think I only need two or three more, and this was one I'd been wanting for a while. Bordering on Garage, R&amp;B, and Country, they consistently released great music during the mid sixties. Joe Stampley would later have a successful career in Country music.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Grasshoppers - Mod Socks / Twin Beat (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3QuTTUvPHTJ3h0nddLEfdUiNSkji8pxq_Ae0FAdsK94GbWvOOhzp-rUqR41Y-HuyZK0Mz95cWQrd0udBy3ebqDb3YyNdVdbbg_oU_nAMlzorTUkpm01OCzlwIerajyq_4_9rACCRCw-tvpWB2w-XpJYaH38ZZ0L-bD3dwy_LNq4MJHyC68q9-7pSyrU/s1135/grasshoppers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3QuTTUvPHTJ3h0nddLEfdUiNSkji8pxq_Ae0FAdsK94GbWvOOhzp-rUqR41Y-HuyZK0Mz95cWQrd0udBy3ebqDb3YyNdVdbbg_oU_nAMlzorTUkpm01OCzlwIerajyq_4_9rACCRCw-tvpWB2w-XpJYaH38ZZ0L-bD3dwy_LNq4MJHyC68q9-7pSyrU/w399-h400/grasshoppers.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another one that has slipped through my fingers dozens of times!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Grasshoppers were from suburban Cleveland, OH and included a guy named Benjamin Orzechowski who played rhythm guitar, drums and sang as well. He later moved to Boston, bumped around there for a few years, changed his name to Benjamin Orr, met Ric Ocasek, formed a band called The Cars, and received worldwide fame. Orr sang on The Cars' "Just What I Needed" as well as a bunch of other hits. I love these stories of guys that played in local bands like The Grasshoppers, only to hit the big time later. Orr died of pancreatic cancer in 2000 and was admitted to the sleazy and corrupt Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the Cars posthumously in 2018.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I Giganti - La Tomba Dell Amore / Proposta (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGdPk3R_24XsSRszNArbzurvz9DX2WRgoPqmb1lFiTcfaLnlEedToSryK-0WBKY65IZJwtGwHHAx0KUMQ2avnRlUcAoWdYVNmUwdrwBg941vA7XtJzC3d7RIuqYea47BFc28dwzzldXk6-bMaanIp2aMZQFF4wSsyFOmM91VRXLlnOZE7HEkKgVWG0qM/s1104/i%20giganti.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1094" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGdPk3R_24XsSRszNArbzurvz9DX2WRgoPqmb1lFiTcfaLnlEedToSryK-0WBKY65IZJwtGwHHAx0KUMQ2avnRlUcAoWdYVNmUwdrwBg941vA7XtJzC3d7RIuqYea47BFc28dwzzldXk6-bMaanIp2aMZQFF4wSsyFOmM91VRXLlnOZE7HEkKgVWG0qM/w396-h400/i%20giganti.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I Giganti (The Giants) were an Italian group from Milano and had around 19 45's released in Italy, a very popular band I may say. I've been lucky enough to find two of their 45's which are a mixed bag of pop and psyche.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Westwinds - A Look Into Your Eyes / Summer (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXkw4m0Dk2EmRU9Db222nBCJhNuD9evKEEel_VtzkRnAow2yxVO4JBtqt9QepB0M5I8Yp9WU7GS1v8aGvOfHSHZLX_GljKdvKo_omwCqfCnPkr2XlhtJG8_-ymodZK1aOuV3J35Yfq7OMdAIPXh5bqgEgfgbfz5mUflH0zjlUZMGeAXdWQkZ-C4SZHbs/s1130/westwinds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1119" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXkw4m0Dk2EmRU9Db222nBCJhNuD9evKEEel_VtzkRnAow2yxVO4JBtqt9QepB0M5I8Yp9WU7GS1v8aGvOfHSHZLX_GljKdvKo_omwCqfCnPkr2XlhtJG8_-ymodZK1aOuV3J35Yfq7OMdAIPXh5bqgEgfgbfz5mUflH0zjlUZMGeAXdWQkZ-C4SZHbs/w396-h400/westwinds.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not sure where these guys are from. Something tells me Pacific Northwest, and something else tells me Minneapolis, MN. Can someone out there help???? Both sides are lightweight garage sounds with a good dose of Wurlitzer Electric piano.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Del Shannon - She / What Makes You Run (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4yFNUm2Vuo_AzXX-tqckZYI3djtfY5qa9iynhvPxVXzjUnYKt2QHpXCClFvIH-wJ7pk4Erme4FRrdcAxyVikDf8qpx6zBcrjqZRIharqKrdXxQOoTRvpB4AUTWq8d8G_H6NW2I2honywaYT7H5fpQDpxKVwdEo5WjY3mYaLzD3ITCqPLPhvF2Ivsa5k/s1135/del.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4yFNUm2Vuo_AzXX-tqckZYI3djtfY5qa9iynhvPxVXzjUnYKt2QHpXCClFvIH-wJ7pk4Erme4FRrdcAxyVikDf8qpx6zBcrjqZRIharqKrdXxQOoTRvpB4AUTWq8d8G_H6NW2I2honywaYT7H5fpQDpxKVwdEo5WjY3mYaLzD3ITCqPLPhvF2Ivsa5k/w389-h400/del.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Del Shannon's Liberty years were probably his best. He had top notch production, top notch material, and he seemed to be at the top of his game vocally, witness his version of "Under My Thumb", which rivals the Stones' original. Written and produced by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, those two assholes gave the song to The Monkees who would have a hit with it, or at least it was one of their more popular songs on their TV show. I wish Del had gotten more of a fair shake on this stuff. I get it, he was considered "old hat' by 1966, and business is business, but I feel he should have gotten better treatment. I saw him at an oldies review with a bunch of aging "has been" acts back in the 90's just before he passed away, and he was far and away the best act in the show.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks Del.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Devons - Come On / A Little Extra Effort (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmg7RR3GseTKkLfm92pnjHqtO0mhKBbLdzsZehlCiDejg1_DlMdE7Qh-EjhTDZyscpVpezU5zqpFGwzzhoCEjIvcDoebDFz3gr5gtRX5r4j7l-PfyZodBM41A6Ai0dlavS80JQ3vtbcfgc1c7aNthCEveyOnMxTx6TEhbE6wY-z6sXqB9CX8nnWajVyjc/s1102/the%20devons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmg7RR3GseTKkLfm92pnjHqtO0mhKBbLdzsZehlCiDejg1_DlMdE7Qh-EjhTDZyscpVpezU5zqpFGwzzhoCEjIvcDoebDFz3gr5gtRX5r4j7l-PfyZodBM41A6Ai0dlavS80JQ3vtbcfgc1c7aNthCEveyOnMxTx6TEhbE6wY-z6sXqB9CX8nnWajVyjc/w400-h400/the%20devons.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Devons had three 45's on Decca, quite a mixed bag if you ask me. I haven't heard their first one, but their second 45 was a cover of "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" and had a distinct folk rock flavor to it. This one on the other hand, sounds like The Four Seasons backed by a solid garage band.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am NOT a Four Seasons fan. I had a fight with a co-worker once (nothing physical mind you) about who was the greater Italian - American artist, Frank Sinatra, or Frankie Valli. Well, I'm firmly in the Sinatra camp, but my co-worker was trying to make a case for Frankie Valli, and even accused me of <i>not really being Italian</i>.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where the hell am I going with this????&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look, I get that both those guys were nice Italian boys from New Jersey, hell, Frankie Valli was even on The Sopranos and did an admirable job on that show, that is until he got whacked by a couple of Italian guys that Tony Soprano hired. But Frank Sinatra is still "The Chairman Of The Board", OK??? 'Nuff said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yeah, this 45. This was produced by Gary Usher who also took care of The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Surfaris, The Hondells, in other words, he was quite an eclectic guy, but certainly focused quite a bit on surf and vocal related groups. As I stated previously, both sides of this 45 have a Four Seasons style to it, I like "A Little Extra Effort" better because it has a bit of a folk/rock influence.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jon Mark - Night Comes Down / Baby I Got A Long Way To Go (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp2EpY8oHsDB0IUhkoTjXvTsJq5gA3UOFKwxdDxrzX44Z76pYSaUGcGzD3QZFvq6cuXQ5qFC6S14QmDOIjluTY7BLOd5ZEdHddWqESdUgQPYci77T_gsahv1-WFUqhs_FpOWvlZloebEsrVUTAkmcAEFpDDR07PC7eLZS83syebhNR55k3sbVY5BBcTU/s1133/jon%20mark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1131" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp2EpY8oHsDB0IUhkoTjXvTsJq5gA3UOFKwxdDxrzX44Z76pYSaUGcGzD3QZFvq6cuXQ5qFC6S14QmDOIjluTY7BLOd5ZEdHddWqESdUgQPYci77T_gsahv1-WFUqhs_FpOWvlZloebEsrVUTAkmcAEFpDDR07PC7eLZS83syebhNR55k3sbVY5BBcTU/w399-h400/jon%20mark.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a cool and interesting 45! Jon Mark played guitar with Marianne Faithful, and a group called "Sweet Thursday" that included Nicky Hopkins, and Alun Davies (who would go on to play with Cat Stevens), but he is most famously known for playing "fingerstyle guitar" in John Mayall's post Bluesbreakers band, and is on Mayall's popular "Turning Point" LP. After his stint with Mayall,&nbsp; he and sax player Johnny Almond created Mark/Almond and had a certain degree of success in the seventies.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Night Comes Down" is very cool and sounds a lot like the stuff he played with Mayall. The flip is also great, possibly better than the A side. Apparently, this was produced and co-written by Shel Talmy, and "Night Comes Down" would later be released by The Mickey Finn on one of their 45s, also produced by Talmy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>New Lime - Whenever I Look In Her Eyes / And She Cried (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7K46YWFw9BKI2IIT6ZaAbqnt1qCGIomk6WFtHxC4ggi1pJAafBFmzxUlez5gFJwmNl-zY_m34RKPdQzWdYch9jG0oJr3HasI6e2-FGHGKOVz-qD8cueD7Y7waERj_mg52exVk_H1oODqcQtOn7Zzi2SRDB4nAb5bUoDlOFY-g9Fe3y2SyWVwLcOnkF1Y/s1140/nulime.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7K46YWFw9BKI2IIT6ZaAbqnt1qCGIomk6WFtHxC4ggi1pJAafBFmzxUlez5gFJwmNl-zY_m34RKPdQzWdYch9jG0oJr3HasI6e2-FGHGKOVz-qD8cueD7Y7waERj_mg52exVk_H1oODqcQtOn7Zzi2SRDB4nAb5bUoDlOFY-g9Fe3y2SyWVwLcOnkF1Y/w393-h400/nulime.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a band that we've featured several times. I've often stated that The New Lime were from Cincinnati, OH, but I guess they were actually from Kentucky, Campbell County to be precise, which is just across the river from Cincinnati. Now that we've got the geography lesson out of the way, we can discuss this 45 which is the first released by this group. They would have 15 45's total released on Fraternity, Counterpart, Minaret, Boss, and even a couple on Columbia, as they were picked up for national distribution because of their regional popularity. Most of their sides are really good, although there's a few clunkers in the mix. This two sider is very good.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Third Degree - Your World's Gonna Be My World / My Guy (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbVN57Yxn-lbf6h5nhWACw4phPHwm63xTgUQBWvSAtUeZTuiD6bdn_ct4IypFIJO5uATfrnx0Bbl4wOSW2Ga_sIqoQjftIwg3nZWyVdtC1GG6MTRAeurr9PqgshUdQ3XJRo1AHshrrZAPTxlrpgG4tW2LltBJx8SoJhyPOfuo7Cbx6jMG7bkLcVlvBww/s1143/third%20degree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1143" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbVN57Yxn-lbf6h5nhWACw4phPHwm63xTgUQBWvSAtUeZTuiD6bdn_ct4IypFIJO5uATfrnx0Bbl4wOSW2Ga_sIqoQjftIwg3nZWyVdtC1GG6MTRAeurr9PqgshUdQ3XJRo1AHshrrZAPTxlrpgG4tW2LltBJx8SoJhyPOfuo7Cbx6jMG7bkLcVlvBww/w400-h399/third%20degree.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lets take a sharp U-turn here with some syrupy girl group sunshine pop sounds! "My Guy" is pretty bland, in fact, it's an embarrassing attempt at pulling off a Motown classic. They do redeem themselves somewhat on the flip, which is a pretty good up-tempo sunshine-pop at that.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Joy Unlimited - Oh Darling (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tbScIw8K7KtcAv8KMwL-RpCs1OUbNDvjH6QQIcKYFKHymFpuJFwM4u8yjDao8AbVkMGmkUHseZRxLeKioAnqu3Hyslh6HFAa5sUp1NFC87nNExPpT48sfDVQ9O4w2i-kARSCP1tHh3oy3E9tVEA8Lu1PkGlk-tes-Ui_Ztxw2GcRpm-C3pRdTfUqMGM/s1132/joy%20unlimited.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1126" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tbScIw8K7KtcAv8KMwL-RpCs1OUbNDvjH6QQIcKYFKHymFpuJFwM4u8yjDao8AbVkMGmkUHseZRxLeKioAnqu3Hyslh6HFAa5sUp1NFC87nNExPpT48sfDVQ9O4w2i-kARSCP1tHh3oy3E9tVEA8Lu1PkGlk-tes-Ui_Ztxw2GcRpm-C3pRdTfUqMGM/w398-h400/joy%20unlimited.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joy Unlimited were a band from Germany that featured Joy Fleming on lead vocal. I guess they were kind of a prog-rock act, but I wouldn't know for sure because the only thing I've ever heard from them is this fine cover of The Beatles' "Oh Darling". They pretty much nail this one, and don't take to many liberties with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jellyroll - Help Me Over / Trying To Forget Someone Too (1971)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTf-mL6OhwROnDKbf9tpS7o8rgvBsoYOgMNwtPcIIJ7QGPquvpdDTYOGpFd0xY2gVmyKmWkpZ9DLVNzLmwpEAilSpRINHaGxyXdm2_ZDjvzIqgCP_5ITGB8iT7JREUffjaK93iGhyphenhyphenCX_aZWtTc300LwhvlU2hcLcju5NYKlcXqyFVcLIa2isQWqSypf5o/s600/jellyroll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="589" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTf-mL6OhwROnDKbf9tpS7o8rgvBsoYOgMNwtPcIIJ7QGPquvpdDTYOGpFd0xY2gVmyKmWkpZ9DLVNzLmwpEAilSpRINHaGxyXdm2_ZDjvzIqgCP_5ITGB8iT7JREUffjaK93iGhyphenhyphenCX_aZWtTc300LwhvlU2hcLcju5NYKlcXqyFVcLIa2isQWqSypf5o/w393-h400/jellyroll.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jellyroll was one of a plethora of bands promoted by "MCA" in the late 60's and early 70's. MCA, during this period, consisted of a bunch of labels, most notably Uni and Decca, but also included Coral, Brunswick, Kapp, and others. Eventually, everything ended up on MCA Records as they absorbed them all, but some of what was released during this era was pretty cool heavy psyche and progressive rock. 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Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were perhaps the epitome of British progressive rock acts, although I'm sure you can make a case for others (Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant....), so it's fascinating how a virtually unknown group, that I think were from Pennsylvania,&nbsp; re-worked "Lucky Man" without the synths, and added a cool fuzz guitar solo to it. This really isn't a bad version of the song. I'd love more info on these guys if anyone out there has some! 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Holy crap. This my be <i>the </i>longest hiatus from this thing I've ever had, not that I'm not into this anymore or anything, it's just that life gets in the way. At 63 I still get up to work everyday for the University Of Rochester, I'm up to five (count 'em FIVE) grandchildren, my Ma, God bless her is 93 years old, and she's not going anywhere anytime soon, and I have my beautiful house and my lovely wife to keep me busy, as well as The True Believers (my band), who have made a major comeback this past year after the untimely death of our beloved bass player Jerry Flanagan, who passed away in July of 2020. We finally re-grouped after <b>ace</b> bass player Jim Lampert joined us, a veteran of the Rochester music scene and one of the finest musicians I've ever had the opportunity to rub elbows with. This cat has got it together, and as a working musician, I'm finding myself busier than ever! I've also had a few issues with my health, mostly back related. But I still carry on as usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't posted anything since last October, and that's a shame, because I still have LOADS of content to share with all of you out there! Some followers may think that things have dried up. On the contrary, I've got more stuff to share than ever! So, here we are many months later with a new post full of cool 45's. You know the drill...I sift through boxes of records and find cool stuff to post, kind of a stream of consciousness thing. I have these little "dot" stickers I place on my record sleeves to distinguish the 45's I haven't posted vs. the ones that I have. Turns out I'm seeing a lot of dots, so here we go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one's a mixed bag of Garage, Psych, Surf, Sunshine Pop, and a classic novelty for your pleasure. It's good to be back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fendermen - Don't You Just Know It / Beach Party (1960)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqJ6ZaX9dNQR9e9tHAHAAqknvuu1zdiMnR5luEIxAakC0bxrDWEWTz8d4dAZdxAoi9pbCAg-eLRbXLCoH5jtngLqCecJy8F7BLGPo6qLFXIwrrxD-Hf8_3bYyaOmo6wQkWZWlk9rB5olQubGP-ilAbG_xA4zcnLRXGiqZ__dptnFx55fZQWr4KFMnwoM/s1135/fendermen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqJ6ZaX9dNQR9e9tHAHAAqknvuu1zdiMnR5luEIxAakC0bxrDWEWTz8d4dAZdxAoi9pbCAg-eLRbXLCoH5jtngLqCecJy8F7BLGPo6qLFXIwrrxD-Hf8_3bYyaOmo6wQkWZWlk9rB5olQubGP-ilAbG_xA4zcnLRXGiqZ__dptnFx55fZQWr4KFMnwoM/w393-h400/fendermen.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's start with this. The Fendermen were duo (two guitars!) from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and had a big regional hit with "Mule Skinner Blues" which was released locally on Cuca Records, and was then picked up by Soma Records for national distribution. They named themselves after the Fender guitars they played. They really only had one more 45 outside of this one, "Heartbreakin' Special" which came out in 1961, and that was it for The Fendermen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Astronauts - KUK / Baja (1963)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllfOcEk2huTCTCnwIyVU_1PecMkfLz39dOi8kr1JKS0oZ70DP9G5IUn9HBtoX85joBAeHfqerKX2iVydR5bxe_n-Hqhw-FXPVI82Qm3AcUGa6uNqmFS0_1zF8_n9N1op7U1dnpGjlL8Yvq5fSkJB_K1MfUfPOmDtKKPbGg2FZ7ji4_c9rw0SlZRZB2XE/s1127/astronauts%20KUK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1127" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllfOcEk2huTCTCnwIyVU_1PecMkfLz39dOi8kr1JKS0oZ70DP9G5IUn9HBtoX85joBAeHfqerKX2iVydR5bxe_n-Hqhw-FXPVI82Qm3AcUGa6uNqmFS0_1zF8_n9N1op7U1dnpGjlL8Yvq5fSkJB_K1MfUfPOmDtKKPbGg2FZ7ji4_c9rw0SlZRZB2XE/w400-h393/astronauts%20KUK.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really love the Astronauts. Hailing from Boulder, Colorado, they cut their teeth on nailing down a surf sound that rivaled the best band from California. They later dipped their toes into straight up garage sounds, folk rock, and even some Beach Boys style pop ala "Pet Sounds". This is their 1st 45 on RCA, and an essential surf two sider.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bassets - So Bad (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPPE8MGAjMHC4E-_XP9GUnSilvfiKjxdZ6PQ_IUAfp72RmrA1kFnsbTko7bF_jkwep1rd5NklQQD6jjxYZEHs2eYRGf6o_6BqggMLoLL2MrbaL5PBw7pN7GGDm2DLGSAMohYaCH4MCebxGr2zxUdc1vIqYeboUfTk0q-vPobD7hIHW29KTedN7aaK3iA/s1145/bassetts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1137" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPPE8MGAjMHC4E-_XP9GUnSilvfiKjxdZ6PQ_IUAfp72RmrA1kFnsbTko7bF_jkwep1rd5NklQQD6jjxYZEHs2eYRGf6o_6BqggMLoLL2MrbaL5PBw7pN7GGDm2DLGSAMohYaCH4MCebxGr2zxUdc1vIqYeboUfTk0q-vPobD7hIHW29KTedN7aaK3iA/w398-h400/bassetts.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is most likely a studio group put together by Artie Kornfield who produced and arranged this. He and Steve Duboff had a bunch of 45's on Philips (a Mercury subsidiary) as The Changing Times, and at least one as The Sterlings on Mercury. This is a pretty good beat influenced tune, the flip on the other hand kinda sucks so I left it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>New Colony Six - The Power Of Love / (The Ballad Of The) Wingbat Marmaduke (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcbqYsh2i8JH6NBscFCHlK4uPOcLFZp5Zb84GOKrMrarEv7sCKbOz2_UjwIiVNlXoqrDaJVBHE2olKZadtAKYkSsyfUUVpu8bRvoVRZdHnJDxEPelgQWZ1AHn51T8JE62FgJ45yzDh-XoTbOLr_b_BsSbJhObWE3XIX_GZ-xjoOjVPGIIflr28z8wTh0/s1143/newcolony6poweroflove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcbqYsh2i8JH6NBscFCHlK4uPOcLFZp5Zb84GOKrMrarEv7sCKbOz2_UjwIiVNlXoqrDaJVBHE2olKZadtAKYkSsyfUUVpu8bRvoVRZdHnJDxEPelgQWZ1AHn51T8JE62FgJ45yzDh-XoTbOLr_b_BsSbJhObWE3XIX_GZ-xjoOjVPGIIflr28z8wTh0/w386-h400/newcolony6poweroflove.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The New Colony Six is one of my favorite "garage" bands from the sixties. I put "garage" in quotes because they were actually a well rehearsed and well produced band out of Chicago, Illinois. They had two LP's, "Breakthrough" which had the local hit "I Confess", and "Colonization" which this, and three other 45's came from. The 'A' side of this is pretty cool with the typical cheezy organ in the background, and the flip is also good as well, telling a tale of some fantasy BS while still keeping it down to earth. This was the LAST 45 I needed for my "pre-Mercury records" NC6 collection. They would eventually turn into a decent Sunshine Pop band, but none of that material was as good as this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pretty Things - Don't Bring Me Down / We'll Be Together (1964)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCV-_tdkCDXbpZFzXsZ8hx-3oElN-6j22J3hxcIacSBUaBo4yVRQ70x_y5q4sNS42QONSc7AfoACojGmFgjEGTonLdIatwlHqEp3PSgzCNnuXT4L7-TT2Sj3SFvYDgl7IAgYn9NUdMhPfVr1F9I7SaE73NXzPIVkid4ep0dq0hOOLC2n-PV5hI8ATEHc/s1159/prtythngs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1146" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCV-_tdkCDXbpZFzXsZ8hx-3oElN-6j22J3hxcIacSBUaBo4yVRQ70x_y5q4sNS42QONSc7AfoACojGmFgjEGTonLdIatwlHqEp3PSgzCNnuXT4L7-TT2Sj3SFvYDgl7IAgYn9NUdMhPfVr1F9I7SaE73NXzPIVkid4ep0dq0hOOLC2n-PV5hI8ATEHc/w395-h400/prtythngs.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">YEAH BABY!!!! I was pretty stoked when I scored this 45, and for fairly cheap I might say! It's The Pretty Things at the top of their game. I don't think I need to say much about this one except that when I was assembling this, I thought this 45 was from late '65 or '66. I was wrong. This one is from 1964, so compare it to all the other "Beatlemania" stuff, (or even Stones for that matter) that came out in that year. Pretty heavy shit if you ask me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Hjerpe - Behind The Times / Mrs. Frost (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-QTp9Z8sSweJXd74ripfKmwpZVFeLCA76yBa7cQhebcEjZzRwnw9va0jNrFs51F2BPYk4Xdnzhadk6UN7y0nzDENAAygVd06kvv3v7ZlzSem7RgCovFNPY2Qrsq87UufrQCZL0SE9j7p36ZdAaClyB7WM5Krx1vxB7029JjKMqMM9nAe0UnF96mHT84/s1107/bill%20hjerpe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1088" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-QTp9Z8sSweJXd74ripfKmwpZVFeLCA76yBa7cQhebcEjZzRwnw9va0jNrFs51F2BPYk4Xdnzhadk6UN7y0nzDENAAygVd06kvv3v7ZlzSem7RgCovFNPY2Qrsq87UufrQCZL0SE9j7p36ZdAaClyB7WM5Krx1vxB7029JjKMqMM9nAe0UnF96mHT84/w394-h400/bill%20hjerpe.jpg" width="394" /></a></div>I featured this guy back in '22 in IDG #144 with something called "Navigation Blues", a Dylan inspired track. This 45 isn't much different, in fact it's even better! Bill Hjerpe had two 45s on Epic and wrote a couple of songs for Rochester, NY legends The Show Stoppers, who were supposedly discovered by John Hammond who was a bigwig at Columbia Records at the time. He brought them into the studio and had them record two of Hjerpe's songs which were both in this style. I think this guy was one of the more creative figures in the '60s and its a shame he never really had more success.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">XL's - Wheels / We Must Find A Way (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-V3Wdr9sIlo_PqE5Ig_-PjnBC13HZZ6SYWDaahBoTV883YjHYgfaZwlHY1y51J7yJ8y6_yZR04XNtRjDol0D5iJDXra7s3CCj4aTR47dPPn73RVLPBsMIPLN1x2uSrBAi-6ESuWrHoS0Sm3-DqbJFSgfc2zcww2EAyxYaDsFhVilU2fE5aYA90uR8khQ/s1103/xls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-V3Wdr9sIlo_PqE5Ig_-PjnBC13HZZ6SYWDaahBoTV883YjHYgfaZwlHY1y51J7yJ8y6_yZR04XNtRjDol0D5iJDXra7s3CCj4aTR47dPPn73RVLPBsMIPLN1x2uSrBAi-6ESuWrHoS0Sm3-DqbJFSgfc2zcww2EAyxYaDsFhVilU2fE5aYA90uR8khQ/w399-h400/xls.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did a very quick search on this group and found out that they were from St. Louis, backed up a singer named "Patti", had a couple of 45's on Dot Records and most likely headed to L.A. where Snuff Garrett produced these two great sides for White Whale Records. They had one more 45 after this one but I haven't heard it yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brimstones - I'm In Misery / Cold Hearted Woman (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E_1MK_f0Chvxwl3rRMTvVFMgXTZnt5187fGQs5EGxXUzSJF8qbVWEsXlIeyvHzQXB_06cWUxq_Tf65v-kqYFBu3QbYQqP5LUE5GqKkXSP6VcQwvD2ifwyCsjoOMltWgpvz-Z_IQFiF2Sk99xA7ggzUKOYnilpBin1WCyCH_1Mt1PGub0m2HFtRQp170/s1121/brimstones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E_1MK_f0Chvxwl3rRMTvVFMgXTZnt5187fGQs5EGxXUzSJF8qbVWEsXlIeyvHzQXB_06cWUxq_Tf65v-kqYFBu3QbYQqP5LUE5GqKkXSP6VcQwvD2ifwyCsjoOMltWgpvz-Z_IQFiF2Sk99xA7ggzUKOYnilpBin1WCyCH_1Mt1PGub0m2HFtRQp170/w400-h400/brimstones.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I got on this one is that they were from Placerville, CA which is just outside of Sacramento. Not a killer, but a decent 45 nonetheless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Herman's Hermits - Moonshine Man /&nbsp;Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt) (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaL7iffSsvVnB7-0ffuxL_KSt5J9seFeZO-XmSI24XmQvYqvgcxddvt2AGiGuvb9UDuYNj_mtGfmKhcrKmO2bfdPiFpTK9WulgQ1wIqdnYoo-GmUmpol2TWcZGPrFT2z5nkV8l4IiATwshaaBqEPpeh-jrhVWaPB8LQwXGXESp8zE-JiIZi6JuPGaZaQ/s1145/hermanshermitsmoonshine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="1132" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkaL7iffSsvVnB7-0ffuxL_KSt5J9seFeZO-XmSI24XmQvYqvgcxddvt2AGiGuvb9UDuYNj_mtGfmKhcrKmO2bfdPiFpTK9WulgQ1wIqdnYoo-GmUmpol2TWcZGPrFT2z5nkV8l4IiATwshaaBqEPpeh-jrhVWaPB8LQwXGXESp8zE-JiIZi6JuPGaZaQ/w395-h400/hermanshermitsmoonshine.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am a Herman's Hermits defender. If all you have to go on is "I'm Henry The VIII", and "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", then your opinion of these guys is probably set in stone. They're a bunch of lightweights who really don't play their own instruments blah, blah, blah.... And while those songs are...well...'lightweight", the do garner some merit. They actually played on their records, on their playing is pretty good. Peter Noone may not have been the greatest front man, but he could deliver a solid vocal as he did on "Moonshine Man". This is one of those original 'B' sides that Mickie Most would let them have and by the way, Derek Leckenby was a pretty good player and Karl Green, Keith Hopwood, and Barry Whitwam were a decent rhythm section.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">International Submarine Band - One Day Week / Sum Up Broke (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hUSR0O5r_HN5BsLFdYbZp5mZyg2Cl26bG06rjXL0M_04GrHcKVRUGTKMCWMMnJOJn5lMXiOJuGz-NFecpN37L8D1wBVwJcjVitXIiv4ROiBuDmoPackebp0xud0wPTYOldtX1tqEvRvcOYhbpO9OkFIwog9BEaVThyphenhypheni7m-9udXzC94idFVk1OxrZ8bw/s1150/intnlsubband.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1089" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hUSR0O5r_HN5BsLFdYbZp5mZyg2Cl26bG06rjXL0M_04GrHcKVRUGTKMCWMMnJOJn5lMXiOJuGz-NFecpN37L8D1wBVwJcjVitXIiv4ROiBuDmoPackebp0xud0wPTYOldtX1tqEvRvcOYhbpO9OkFIwog9BEaVThyphenhypheni7m-9udXzC94idFVk1OxrZ8bw/w379-h400/intnlsubband.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WAAAAHOOOO!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been waiting <i>forever</i> to post this one! This is one of those two siders where you can't decide which one is better, although One Day Week is my pick. The International Submarine Band was formed in Cambridge, Mass. by Graham Parsons and John Neuse in 1965. I'm not going to go through a detailed history of the band, because they were mainly a "Country Rock" band, but I ain't hearin' much country here, tell you what. I mean, dang! These boys are just playin good ol' Rock 'N Roll! It's interesting that these guys, at least this particular 45, reminds me of the Remains (from Boston) somewhat, with the same instrumentation, guitar, bass, drums, and electric piano. Also interesting is that the Remains would cover one of their later songs from 1968, "Luxury Liner". Did these guys know each other in the sixties perhaps when they were hangin' around Boston and Cambridge??????? Inquiring minds want to know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Evil 'I' - Can't Live Without You / Love Conquers All (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGw0iKyTS4Lv4AizKfVWIrxghQayqKp9cfTpfmp9R8oOoUIy3S3J_6YjKEpWESgzechZthOtAWUIIoHZLY9OgnioZCmGn2J8Gmhj6vEJ-RFqU3OtdR6araWvkArTXYz3oOMarxcISpeducG68GI2FS6x4_cShxpXH353rP-m5h709wtr3CWIsowky_KQ/s361/evil%20i.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="353" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGw0iKyTS4Lv4AizKfVWIrxghQayqKp9cfTpfmp9R8oOoUIy3S3J_6YjKEpWESgzechZthOtAWUIIoHZLY9OgnioZCmGn2J8Gmhj6vEJ-RFqU3OtdR6araWvkArTXYz3oOMarxcISpeducG68GI2FS6x4_cShxpXH353rP-m5h709wtr3CWIsowky_KQ/w391-h400/evil%20i.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lately I've found myself buying repros of killer garage 45's. In this case I would call it a re-issue because it was originally released on the Bridge Society label. That being said, kudos to whoever it was that re-issued this wild psychedelic gem in 1996. Both sides are fuzz drenched insanity although "Love Conquers All" sounds a bit like The Doors. Not that that's a bad thing.&nbsp; I understand that this was a very limited pressing of 300 copies, so I guess it makes it kinda rare.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Racket Squad - Suburban Life (1968)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfTNGHow8lMD8rCVCDBxW09kJ03tpUNI1uqta66_pmckpmB4VZqsChOhkBpVIsVmlFN3eqous2gwXVc_1BnqegJfgRdIxWgqdK6DaHm4gZoZzZKkujHMZaup5DoqgXde1PcJEp8IE57KZaQs632jYUpTMCIdbMn6wqZmdDe6GMKtyApJ_nC0TqqL78Dk/s1123/racket%20skuad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1101" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfTNGHow8lMD8rCVCDBxW09kJ03tpUNI1uqta66_pmckpmB4VZqsChOhkBpVIsVmlFN3eqous2gwXVc_1BnqegJfgRdIxWgqdK6DaHm4gZoZzZKkujHMZaup5DoqgXde1PcJEp8IE57KZaQs632jYUpTMCIdbMn6wqZmdDe6GMKtyApJ_nC0TqqL78Dk/w393-h400/racket%20skuad.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Racket Squad were originally known as The Fenways, kind of a frat-rock band that had several 45's on Co &amp; Ce, Roulette, and some other labels. They supposedly backed up The Vogues on "Five O'Clock World", but I can't confirm that. They would eventually change their name to "The Racket Squad", record a couple of LP's on Jubilee and release nine 45's before calling it quits. I like these guys but I can't put a finger on what they do because their style varied wildly from song to song. This one is a nice funky soul/psych number with some great fuzzy guitar and heavy a B-3 organ break.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Village - Help Your Brother / A Passing Thought (19??)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8j3mWKZlpLVw9wnZeTUnWepsbMq-3Sb5UBQXge1ocQ-MPR6jUt4tqW9O0nTPf669yy6YJLhG6ugcSvNb3M8Wst8x55GNe0Q4snEZoNaMWHmMN6UljMdnUWZYYbMyLmslvwwRzuvxw_qHbPaArUNxT1TNQbKYvO4LU2OAh1q-rGsr-_NaN5kPk_0rU0g/s1143/Thevilliage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1128" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8j3mWKZlpLVw9wnZeTUnWepsbMq-3Sb5UBQXge1ocQ-MPR6jUt4tqW9O0nTPf669yy6YJLhG6ugcSvNb3M8Wst8x55GNe0Q4snEZoNaMWHmMN6UljMdnUWZYYbMyLmslvwwRzuvxw_qHbPaArUNxT1TNQbKYvO4LU2OAh1q-rGsr-_NaN5kPk_0rU0g/w395-h400/Thevilliage.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now we're getting deep into the weeds. Another one of those, "I'll take a stab at it" 45's, this gets into some of what most record collectors these days call "Outsider" music. To me it sounds like a bunch of hippie folkies and all the hippie platitudes that go with it, but with just a touch of ineptness that makes it charming.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Motions - I Want You, I Need You / Suzie Baby (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpOpzQF9Sq2rCdrnUSeb74F5jY38U-SjOJMU1NkwMgSS7gkUZ4A2xSQAPAt5YGh6_aHvQ2h2V_nx1KU-GD58EIon174qRJKT5HUMW_-mdIxqRtigTzIewRWUK8qztgUqT8D9jC5L-t5U33lZiKSJDhfQUUO0CRU8KnQDvzpyiePgcqEoOJia7PUwXQ0k/s1114/mtions.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1050" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpOpzQF9Sq2rCdrnUSeb74F5jY38U-SjOJMU1NkwMgSS7gkUZ4A2xSQAPAt5YGh6_aHvQ2h2V_nx1KU-GD58EIon174qRJKT5HUMW_-mdIxqRtigTzIewRWUK8qztgUqT8D9jC5L-t5U33lZiKSJDhfQUUO0CRU8KnQDvzpyiePgcqEoOJia7PUwXQ0k/w378-h400/mtions.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwa88Dininkhe2S1yZhxU9nCcu9ZCw08OxjG7zBZAu0n9wL7GfmfgtPmLSmrv10V2uGp0wReT21Hd4kBZ5sn4VFgXdyNRlO4Jm4JPaMxf1SuK4yMhG0bsywQjODHZgszUyfPEm7hfaWg8KPSDWWM7edZIJyOeGBLTyudCz09geaA4tVdZ-jN3bQUM_eI/s2048/motions%20front%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2004" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMwa88Dininkhe2S1yZhxU9nCcu9ZCw08OxjG7zBZAu0n9wL7GfmfgtPmLSmrv10V2uGp0wReT21Hd4kBZ5sn4VFgXdyNRlO4Jm4JPaMxf1SuK4yMhG0bsywQjODHZgszUyfPEm7hfaWg8KPSDWWM7edZIJyOeGBLTyudCz09geaA4tVdZ-jN3bQUM_eI/w391-h400/motions%20front%20cover.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Motions were possibly one of the most popular bands to come out of The Netherlands. They started out as a beat group, but as the decade progressed, they started venturing into pop sounds and some blue eyed soul sounds, as we hear on this 45. Guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen would later on form Shocking Blue and have a huge international hit with "Venus".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Precious Treasure - Penny Bright / Cinnamon Taxi (196?)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB77zLSrTmsiaHYKRtWtOoFAoHg02vAh3DGmPLCvaFgs1pujclyrtaasLnBUvqecMcOM2ZDHTgsGqBRtd7khEVAM9MAcKsuOX4qMOpdpUvKeAS22sWpkVjGijcBYdptbCrgYQFtTh71a9mpVcJQ0OLVS8_2EXqhLCvSBRnBnttGSbG1F9PBEggYqBonFw/s1132/precious%20treasure.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB77zLSrTmsiaHYKRtWtOoFAoHg02vAh3DGmPLCvaFgs1pujclyrtaasLnBUvqecMcOM2ZDHTgsGqBRtd7khEVAM9MAcKsuOX4qMOpdpUvKeAS22sWpkVjGijcBYdptbCrgYQFtTh71a9mpVcJQ0OLVS8_2EXqhLCvSBRnBnttGSbG1F9PBEggYqBonFw/w395-h400/precious%20treasure.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a little "twee" pop from a girl group, probably a bunch of suburban teens from Massachusetts, with a "killer" sunshine pop two sider. I have no idea who these teen gals were, but this is a fun 45 to spin. Definitely an acquired taste.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Alfred E. Neuman - It's A Gas (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8fYiPC0cGwVh5oCQznoTapgmPMUXegIT63x6Xru-oHmj4uCMQBuW9N830iEHhDHIzjzhhJwfU2VbgYUAs0_Ty2Ifqsxvb74Y1hFLb0Ro134B46Uuri3PAutMh9AwprZnosGtDDKx1X5n063IsfismJCfbnpcrBdJIAbFetPShMy9ck7uZrPPWWnY4Yk/s544/alfred%20e%20neuman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="544" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8fYiPC0cGwVh5oCQznoTapgmPMUXegIT63x6Xru-oHmj4uCMQBuW9N830iEHhDHIzjzhhJwfU2VbgYUAs0_Ty2Ifqsxvb74Y1hFLb0Ro134B46Uuri3PAutMh9AwprZnosGtDDKx1X5n063IsfismJCfbnpcrBdJIAbFetPShMy9ck7uZrPPWWnY4Yk/w400-h395/alfred%20e%20neuman.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to do it.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This has been floating around in by box for over ten years, just begging to be ripped, and posted on this blog. I have very fond memories of this particular "record". When I was a young lad of five or six, I lived in a neighborhood where EVERYONE knew each other. My oldest brother Vince, or "Vinny" as everyone would call him, was about seven years older and at the time was really getting into music. So were a lot of our neighbors at the time, including Jimmy Gattalerro, A/K/A "Guts", who was really into James Brown, but also bought every issue of Mad magazine, especially the issue that included this cardboard 45. I remember everyone flocking to his house just to hear Alfred E. Neuman "vocalize" while we busted a gut laughing at this. Those were good times.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">King Curtis was responsible for the wild Tenor Sax solo on this cut, and the rest of the band is pretty solid as well. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafz6yVwKP6FRpwRL0EH0OlHsFCNXrmex6ODIzikQvQxW_hCbuVv_TdRtbHB-Y37S77_HJidn51rf0rMHB40xdKfWvkuYcTh5gZeFXDG_x_JstL9Ij_8TjDN5wwGyxLAENtvYJXAKvB4pdmbKnWnaBVFx5K_fJYapWvz_CszpqeJ7J_FfYUTWCXJ4UTIA/s697/149%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafz6yVwKP6FRpwRL0EH0OlHsFCNXrmex6ODIzikQvQxW_hCbuVv_TdRtbHB-Y37S77_HJidn51rf0rMHB40xdKfWvkuYcTh5gZeFXDG_x_JstL9Ij_8TjDN5wwGyxLAENtvYJXAKvB4pdmbKnWnaBVFx5K_fJYapWvz_CszpqeJ7J_FfYUTWCXJ4UTIA/w640-h640/149%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers!!!!! Alas, alack! I'm back with a new post, still digging through boxes of records, and still scrounging around for good buys, although I haven't been too successful in the last year, but I still manage to obtain some very cool records, and a few surprises along the way. I'll admit that lately I've been buying more L.P.s than 45's, and as usual, just looking for cool stuff as opposed to big ticket items. I think I mentioned in my last post my dismay at how expensive things have gotten, so I won't bore you with that rant again. But I do manage to obtain the records that my whims take me to, and that's a good thing. As far as 45's go, I bought a wad back in September, and will eventually get to posting those, after I get to the wad I bought in 2016!!!!! Seriously though, I still have LOTS to get to here, it's just a matter of me having enough "down time" to get it done. Right now I'm home feeling very poorly, and that's the perfect time to convalesce, and knock out this particular post, chock full of cool goodies. While this may lack somewhat in hardcore garage/punk, it makes up for in eclectic value. Make sense? Sure. Now please enjoy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Underbeats - Route 66 / Foot Stompin (1964)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-4weF7D9rGIhCtL-okLukFx86tlZoCPw0oJ9LuWs46BvSHVkx17vftTJa_MWRP9laNvolP98djlxXqJYBI38S3MO21yHM-jy43uYeRAq61IMwRMGawMzRWbFKnIOvhA183510wmODF135qNpikwHO5XGYWCMVGlMmPwHk53FR5iAKN-GX_UNyNQyNd4/s1140/underbeats%20route66.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-4weF7D9rGIhCtL-okLukFx86tlZoCPw0oJ9LuWs46BvSHVkx17vftTJa_MWRP9laNvolP98djlxXqJYBI38S3MO21yHM-jy43uYeRAq61IMwRMGawMzRWbFKnIOvhA183510wmODF135qNpikwHO5XGYWCMVGlMmPwHk53FR5iAKN-GX_UNyNQyNd4/w390-h400/underbeats%20route66.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I swear, anytime I see ANYTHING on Garrett, Soma, Bangar, Re-Car, Studio City or any of those other labels out of Minneapolis, I jump on it and this is one of my favorites. Not only is the A side the de-facto theme song of The True Believers, but it features one of my all time faves on the B side, a cover of The Flares' "Foot Stompin"!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Marv Dennis IV - Honeycomb / The Hurt Will Go Away (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALRMZ6UNxkNaoPr_COttev6U5sxgtj3_-LVVww_QCRNj92xHFeF90lTRYmLo8RHmXaZ8qSnx3k9Fna1-Z7xb-aCoqxMkZbJEtoKBLn4R-W9ACEicJelYYhb6Slc3cpOeUrMRPepYtTmcD-V5nvmopNisEV7-Ig1kF1QwJIfRKqj_KqE9ME-xCeYZVCKU/s1136/marv%20dennis%20iv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALRMZ6UNxkNaoPr_COttev6U5sxgtj3_-LVVww_QCRNj92xHFeF90lTRYmLo8RHmXaZ8qSnx3k9Fna1-Z7xb-aCoqxMkZbJEtoKBLn4R-W9ACEicJelYYhb6Slc3cpOeUrMRPepYtTmcD-V5nvmopNisEV7-Ig1kF1QwJIfRKqj_KqE9ME-xCeYZVCKU/w391-h400/marv%20dennis%20iv.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another group out of the Minneapolis area. Not too sure about this band's history, but judging from the looks of a few of the pictures I've seen, they seem to be some kind of hokey lounge act. THIS IS MERELY SPECULATION! Please, no hate mail from Marv Dennis fans, they may have been the rockingest group in the mid-west for all I know, but judging from this 45, we certainly have a mixed bag here. Their cover of "Honeycomb" is better (IMHO) than the original, (not a fan), but the B side is low key horn driven pop music. Not horrible, but not overly great. I'll give this 45 a solid 6.5 out of 10. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Erik &amp; The Smoke Ponies - I'll Give You Love / From Where I'm Standing (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUOMyPILkF7pBtOxW-YXmyS_Ba_6mVZ35L9w1souTIZO9SPdmbfoKystPtUKpY6QD9YR4D6bBBgEiRlHxdbNN3JYvTaCI5ZBvOJw6-NPsYLVamQFYR6TBmgkPSemf4r0rKKfx7rSulMidWh25Cq8QsDyR-wlrJSreViXSY4EN-LHshdgFUvF_WqA5qsU/s1122/erik%20smoke%20ponies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUOMyPILkF7pBtOxW-YXmyS_Ba_6mVZ35L9w1souTIZO9SPdmbfoKystPtUKpY6QD9YR4D6bBBgEiRlHxdbNN3JYvTaCI5ZBvOJw6-NPsYLVamQFYR6TBmgkPSemf4r0rKKfx7rSulMidWh25Cq8QsDyR-wlrJSreViXSY4EN-LHshdgFUvF_WqA5qsU/w395-h400/erik%20smoke%20ponies.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Supposedly from Hempstead on Long Island, these guys put out this 45 on Kama Sutra, and <i>I guess, </i>released one more on Cobblestone as simply, "The Smoke Ponies". Maybe Erik got tossed out of the band????? I'm not sure, but that Cobblestone release seems to be fetching big bucks. In any case, "I'll Give You More" is a fast moving number with some cool fuzzy guitar in the background and a prominent harmonica as well. The B side is a great overlooked folk rock number. Highly recommended!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nicco E I Gabbiani - Ora Sai / Parole (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BV1vA4asygnxCSPpm63l-4Bfo5bIaaoFGkN5F67wtq2JdfPa8DHMJwYdu-ajY_SyhblXpYF67WluYFCI-UcyFxjTqxkU7PBUVo51Omrl02EG-qIktACWnfmRwDv6nUajkxNg4wa84jVOZSfBVwtx3oDDfJvb1FMaSZBWhZlvm20HkNF-wk8VmwqGyro/s1134/nicco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1099" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-BV1vA4asygnxCSPpm63l-4Bfo5bIaaoFGkN5F67wtq2JdfPa8DHMJwYdu-ajY_SyhblXpYF67WluYFCI-UcyFxjTqxkU7PBUVo51Omrl02EG-qIktACWnfmRwDv6nUajkxNg4wa84jVOZSfBVwtx3oDDfJvb1FMaSZBWhZlvm20HkNF-wk8VmwqGyro/w388-h400/nicco.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always like taking a stab at oddball 45's, especially Italian 45's, being that I am from solid Italian/American stock, and understand the language, although I wish I could speak it a little better. But when you grow up in a house where both parents spoke Italian on a daily basis, and still have relatives that do, records like this take on a somewhat different life. Not that this record is really special, in fact, it's pretty tame compared to some other Italian garage/punk classics, but I think this one deserves some attention. Both sides of this 45 are decent organ driven garage type sounds, nothing crazy, but like I said, they deserve some attention. Nico e I Gabbiani, translated to English is "Nico And The Seagulls", Ora Sai translated is "Now You Know" and "Parole" translated is "Words". There's your Italian lesson for the day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Boots Walker - They're Here / A Bum Can't Cry (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyIG50wtrCAqQLd-rnGPa9M34wH6mlEplEY2Sg97XZs54UytsStlXi5JyfqnZ359GKRTNzMLS-g-jmsXK-JMKdg9GA4A24ryNav3etv1q5RPwTuavpHt6CAFo4BzQLsnzVTGBQ08OHzOZFbHBqdV_1OCkPBkF914fpHC6ZMibfdu10zs5SZBRIZqNAcw/s1110/boots%20walker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyIG50wtrCAqQLd-rnGPa9M34wH6mlEplEY2Sg97XZs54UytsStlXi5JyfqnZ359GKRTNzMLS-g-jmsXK-JMKdg9GA4A24ryNav3etv1q5RPwTuavpHt6CAFo4BzQLsnzVTGBQ08OHzOZFbHBqdV_1OCkPBkF914fpHC6ZMibfdu10zs5SZBRIZqNAcw/w399-h400/boots%20walker.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's time for a rant. I hate Google. You'd think that the "ultimate search engine" with the farthest reach (supposedly) of the internet could find me SOMETHING about Boots Walker outside of selling <i>boots</i> and <i>walking</i>. Yeah, they suck. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's a link to Spotify, last.fm, bleh, blah, blah, Discogs, 45cat (where you'll most likely get the most info), but not much else. Oh yeah, there is a group out of Japan called Boots Walker, I got a link to that. So I'm gonna have to go on what I see on the label, and that's that this 45 was produced by Ernie Maresca, famous for singing "Shout, Shout, Knock Yourself Out", probably one of the best do-wop songs ever. He did go on to produce a slew of records for Laurie, Rust, Roulette and other affiliated labels, so I'm guessing Boots was just a studio group he assembled for this one particular 45. As for the record. It's definitely a "novelty", but it's kind of cool in a garage/psyche sense. Very enjoyable. Not like this last rant.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Clear Light - Black Roses / She's Ready To Be Free (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_duETQYKuU-BrDkYD7wxjv-WU2EbYuVWC6SPr5cXmWwuTeM0xKXbKMbCcXVFd1rDaTq5R74M-mLTVrBjuNjOxqZ90Li1R-MZDpcVWa71gqJrQ1GLeBM8wMiIPqqmeCIRQrireTFDgWxl5-u5NsOROdD-b4iLSJjJjWuDznvHYNQaLQ0m7QkY7bMyZ6i8/s1163/clear%20light.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_duETQYKuU-BrDkYD7wxjv-WU2EbYuVWC6SPr5cXmWwuTeM0xKXbKMbCcXVFd1rDaTq5R74M-mLTVrBjuNjOxqZ90Li1R-MZDpcVWa71gqJrQ1GLeBM8wMiIPqqmeCIRQrireTFDgWxl5-u5NsOROdD-b4iLSJjJjWuDznvHYNQaLQ0m7QkY7bMyZ6i8/w388-h400/clear%20light.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oooh I love this band!!!!! Originally known as "The Brain Train", they had a monster garage/psyche 45 released on Titan records, and was featured on The Chosen Few compilation. They were managed by a guy named Bud Mathis, who was quite the personality in the mid-sixties. I guess he was a boxer, a country singer, he can be seen on the early episodes of "The Buck Owens Show" decked out in a Nudie Suit, and was a manager for several bands on the Sunset Strip including The Brain Train who eventually re-named themselves "Clear Light", got a contract with Elektra Records, and ended up being produced by Paul Rothschild, the guy who brought us The Doors, Love, and a slew of other famous acts. This is as good as a debut 45 gets and it kills me that these guys weren't as famous as their labelmates, The Doors, or The Stooges, Love, or even The Butterfield Blues Band for that matter. I've yet to get a copy of their L.P., but I'm guessing the rest is at least as good as this 45. Top shelf stuff here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Black River Circus - Love's Gonna Carry Me On / A Ritual Melody (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubuQnrs_-5Gv9dq3BkE_DhXRhL9YhsZDdSdS3b9w3V8pS_SG1PGxCHgqeBPVHs3EMrnSUYFnSoQSNc6xDiRGrh5xJYMVh-dwc6WOU8dVpKChR3d-1ocHH8U0gs17sEHyjsDHSskwuIIiHM2OTc6qsIwjTjCLC4E_vwaBWl3DzzEXiD9TI1r6lkXaM9XM/s1140/Black%20River%20Circus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubuQnrs_-5Gv9dq3BkE_DhXRhL9YhsZDdSdS3b9w3V8pS_SG1PGxCHgqeBPVHs3EMrnSUYFnSoQSNc6xDiRGrh5xJYMVh-dwc6WOU8dVpKChR3d-1ocHH8U0gs17sEHyjsDHSskwuIIiHM2OTc6qsIwjTjCLC4E_vwaBWl3DzzEXiD9TI1r6lkXaM9XM/w390-h400/Black%20River%20Circus.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Richmond, VA, this band was largely unknown and had one 45 on the local MRC label. Both sides are very good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cavalry Twill - All You Need Is Love / The Girl (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGLqyuzx7FnvwWDO0Orywm3OGwFMqQmruIP43xgH1fqtiQTnAPsWo5cbxKhsMX7KsJCS1NwqjIyrcepRwspytcvFl9W0NExdfxgySAbshfqKMJw40T5mxpQlkchKWipS6169ye9u3SEZAZUzSV6joRiT_ojS7vElqW6SmMLNl6I1zeQSKyJDNvxZfpw4/s1146/cavalry%20twill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGLqyuzx7FnvwWDO0Orywm3OGwFMqQmruIP43xgH1fqtiQTnAPsWo5cbxKhsMX7KsJCS1NwqjIyrcepRwspytcvFl9W0NExdfxgySAbshfqKMJw40T5mxpQlkchKWipS6169ye9u3SEZAZUzSV6joRiT_ojS7vElqW6SmMLNl6I1zeQSKyJDNvxZfpw4/w391-h400/cavalry%20twill.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been using this tune as the outro to the "Dan's Garage" radio show (featured on Radio Free Phoenix and Deep Oldies) for a few years now and I figured I'd include it in this post, mostly because I really love it! This was produced by Neil Levenson who wrote "Denise" for Randy &amp; The Rainbows, and also produced a few records on Columbia, most notably (at least in these circles) The Creatures from Ireland, who had four 45's released on Columbia Records, all Dan's Garage favorites. There's something about the way cool arrangement of this Beatles classic that gets to me. The over the top fuzz guitar, the B3 organ in the background, the choral style vocals...a very nice musical package indeed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hook - Love Theme in 'E' Major (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFkkYs9RFBj1glJjhpYUttfgJDwrxA910hD1Qqh3TPBINeaTC2_pvmca3Ef3v8GtPJx0TyGfanTOhDBJEgKF5YJOT8qQ8PjbYvEN28ol5uFuljr0mrNC5dw7dNosqMAvwBdwDGPfUrgOKq2EjYrC1GlnIW6ZD9IsVRxhsZfGfVFWzEz8MvCpbvgxIpoU/s1127/hook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1127" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFkkYs9RFBj1glJjhpYUttfgJDwrxA910hD1Qqh3TPBINeaTC2_pvmca3Ef3v8GtPJx0TyGfanTOhDBJEgKF5YJOT8qQ8PjbYvEN28ol5uFuljr0mrNC5dw7dNosqMAvwBdwDGPfUrgOKq2EjYrC1GlnIW6ZD9IsVRxhsZfGfVFWzEz8MvCpbvgxIpoU/w400-h400/hook.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of these days I'm gonna do a retrospective post on Uni records. No, seriously. there's TONS of stuff on this label that runs the gamut from way out psychedelia, straight up garage, to top 40 pop. That's because Uni was kinda sorta transitional label from Decca, Brunswick, Coral, Kapp, and any other act under the "Universal" umbrella, before they all fell under MCA. Uni had a lot more going for it at the time besides Neil Diamond and Elton John. The very first "rock" effort by The Osmond Brothers was released on Uni. Remember Marcia Strassman???? Yeah, she was in "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" as well as being Gabe Kaplans wife on "Welcome Back Kotter", and a few episodes of M.A.S.H. They were also the home of such great garage psych acts as The Lollipop Shoppe, Fever Tree, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Yellow Payges, The Daily Flash, The Giant Crab, etc. etc. The Hook were a very unknown group, but in the flotsam and jetsam of Uni releases, this is a good one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">California Gold Rush - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBmU7JxfTxEZQNURpF3PZ6rjTh_D-FAW-zve-jsan1LL73eS0_34S_ddYG4HBvHBEiZQ2JnGde3Nr8TSf5ozAurOagdwNz0EKuvcSfE3Ob_7ynqEOKAyXeLkCAqbS2GK0Z4xWCLhi5DeEaONMBRzEFz2izifdJcAlMmpeR-G0X5Q1WGml2ANU2RdDh1o/s1105/California%20gold%20rush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1099" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBmU7JxfTxEZQNURpF3PZ6rjTh_D-FAW-zve-jsan1LL73eS0_34S_ddYG4HBvHBEiZQ2JnGde3Nr8TSf5ozAurOagdwNz0EKuvcSfE3Ob_7ynqEOKAyXeLkCAqbS2GK0Z4xWCLhi5DeEaONMBRzEFz2izifdJcAlMmpeR-G0X5Q1WGml2ANU2RdDh1o/w398-h400/California%20gold%20rush.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a cute little bubblegum tune I figure I'd throw in....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rare Bird - Sympathy / Devil's High Concern (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-0qLeKh9w2oz6DZtglRim0XA0cFFAcLBs1BzTvUDWzctK_FWc0UqZUnhyphenhyphennB5kIEV3xJNaezV7HZRa10RfhE4VoXtN9PknpObDFNpAqdbG24PZjyXUVgtKhyphenhyphenNM7zJ_0iC_wAEXYr2GC2QfL3K0-IBGytPctlQypszWCbP5R2Iqy4grik2oEZTQCEGxSw/s1140/rare%20bird.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1132" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-0qLeKh9w2oz6DZtglRim0XA0cFFAcLBs1BzTvUDWzctK_FWc0UqZUnhyphenhyphennB5kIEV3xJNaezV7HZRa10RfhE4VoXtN9PknpObDFNpAqdbG24PZjyXUVgtKhyphenhyphenNM7zJ_0iC_wAEXYr2GC2QfL3K0-IBGytPctlQypszWCbP5R2Iqy4grik2oEZTQCEGxSw/w398-h400/rare%20bird.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A "guitar-less" band, Rare Bird were kinda like The Nice and Van Der Graf Generator, bands that were signed to Charisma Records at the time. Real progressive stuff here, if you're into that kind of thing. I like the atmospheric vibe of this 45....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Scorpion - Can't Get Blood From A Stone / I'm Only Human (1973)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BxZB_gsRpxZt9u-V0fB07IHeBmKiiMTE0YwntM8BqJUuKZtQIHqRJFa0ciwd36NjtKGeAz7PS5aDXU38pQuloMik-4R5-6WKkOtcj0vtI8SB1644rCo1yKLFDvJqOpMLDbS6eBgm-guyzQQo_WVXkpOWVDBRjNmFQ3Q7pBvBHFOVOG2QR8EWLj-6lXY/s1125/scorpion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BxZB_gsRpxZt9u-V0fB07IHeBmKiiMTE0YwntM8BqJUuKZtQIHqRJFa0ciwd36NjtKGeAz7PS5aDXU38pQuloMik-4R5-6WKkOtcj0vtI8SB1644rCo1yKLFDvJqOpMLDbS6eBgm-guyzQQo_WVXkpOWVDBRjNmFQ3Q7pBvBHFOVOG2QR8EWLj-6lXY/w396-h400/scorpion.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys were from the Philadelphia area, and they were kind of popular there. Not bad for 1973!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">49th Parallel - (Come On Little Child &amp;) Talk To Me (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqy0VWr5YmU2RUXidvHYNMUAvPhlyxnMG6R3ozxIwsFRl3clkEvoc8zEMEkAXYfgSLfqaCFg1XIjp0rpnbqtbXTIPFlm9G_xOs2L7y0E6jsNSE9StPljxWJY0kf0hVAPYBdEo0BxDaPOp_G0jM0WlA7NKq_Tiak7vsUhkHSzCprBrNwFQlJxrm2bXopI/s1136/49th%20Parallel%20-%20(Come%20On%20Little%20Child%20&amp;)%20Talk%20To%20Me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDqy0VWr5YmU2RUXidvHYNMUAvPhlyxnMG6R3ozxIwsFRl3clkEvoc8zEMEkAXYfgSLfqaCFg1XIjp0rpnbqtbXTIPFlm9G_xOs2L7y0E6jsNSE9StPljxWJY0kf0hVAPYBdEo0BxDaPOp_G0jM0WlA7NKq_Tiak7vsUhkHSzCprBrNwFQlJxrm2bXopI/w390-h400/49th%20Parallel%20-%20(Come%20On%20Little%20Child%20&amp;)%20Talk%20To%20Me.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A legendary Canadian band from Calgary, The 49th Parallel's biggest garage/punk moment was "You Do Things", one of the all time greats. They did, though, have several other 45's in the mid to late 60's, including "Close The Barn Door" and this one here, a 45 that I had passed on many times because of it's commercial type sound. But time seems to give one perspective, and when I first heard this, I&nbsp;<i>was</i>&nbsp;looking for those "killer" 45's, but this one deserves inclusion here. It really is a great song.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Stamford Bridge - Little Boy Blue / Roly Poly (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9ndun9AWDc_LQd5LqXpRA1Rli97bb2g3-qjwWprrYYRuAF4FFUozy4P7xVm9JxRNdgaw4KT9KBNK-EoIrX6FZr0uLnygpY-TOnTIzcEgbKVq2o8-uhTbGJ-TcksUYmLQZK70oX_kaWUKYn0nQg93JQb_cXumZm1CJAIS5-Y7m15PWhl4w7vTx9UrVhY/s1118/stamford%20bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="1118" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9ndun9AWDc_LQd5LqXpRA1Rli97bb2g3-qjwWprrYYRuAF4FFUozy4P7xVm9JxRNdgaw4KT9KBNK-EoIrX6FZr0uLnygpY-TOnTIzcEgbKVq2o8-uhTbGJ-TcksUYmLQZK70oX_kaWUKYn0nQg93JQb_cXumZm1CJAIS5-Y7m15PWhl4w7vTx9UrVhY/w400-h396/stamford%20bridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty good Bubblegum/Psyche from a British band that I&nbsp; have very little info on....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Yankee Dollar - City Sidewalks / Sanctuary (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5d3RHO_FTMijXixOHScIqApJHdBi5nouFsvnrcNzcRyCRwyKMOjClzrw7opc0rbDwUkVAuhXfO18B4x0GGxxlGKpKkbh_D56eclb-tB0PKGf0Wo0aVlq23F-VFY1nc1hPIxsynGw69az9ucZcfmHxTgSb9ki_8pF1H6U6W3cZiL9uQU4uehuRtNEBYs/s1125/yankee%20dollar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5d3RHO_FTMijXixOHScIqApJHdBi5nouFsvnrcNzcRyCRwyKMOjClzrw7opc0rbDwUkVAuhXfO18B4x0GGxxlGKpKkbh_D56eclb-tB0PKGf0Wo0aVlq23F-VFY1nc1hPIxsynGw69az9ucZcfmHxTgSb9ki_8pF1H6U6W3cZiL9uQU4uehuRtNEBYs/w394-h400/yankee%20dollar.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's finish this post with a 45 by a typical west coast&nbsp; group, that sounds a LOT like The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,. Personally, I think these guys and gals could have gone toe to toe with any of their contemporaries, including bands like The Jefferson Airplane, but alas, they unfortunately were destined to obscurity, until now!&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/8ayu2k2cq398i90df3olawcb3fomt7tj" target="_blank">Get It HERE</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/7261603906820576352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/10/in-dans-garage149.html#comment-form' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7261603906820576352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7261603906820576352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/10/in-dans-garage149.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#149'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafz6yVwKP6FRpwRL0EH0OlHsFCNXrmex6ODIzikQvQxW_hCbuVv_TdRtbHB-Y37S77_HJidn51rf0rMHB40xdKfWvkuYcTh5gZeFXDG_x_JstL9Ij_8TjDN5wwGyxLAENtvYJXAKvB4pdmbKnWnaBVFx5K_fJYapWvz_CszpqeJ7J_FfYUTWCXJ4UTIA/s72-w640-h640-c/149%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-3646281358849142441</id><published>2023-06-27T14:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2023-06-29T17:52:21.099-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#148</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dy_Wi9enEqDjNjgzY8m8j-h470gJs8kU2weR7x__1nG4QCIrta7SXkKFFuBHdF6aonYy-j0X_dgBxcU1smhR15g-RXH3a_0Vv8uxJpkhrZCK9qf2iVu3BxGqBAFJOmjn8LyjWsgtjVSZtZrMVQkObl8szxce08fRNQweXbK_BK1ohwocttQbIyNbj6Y/s697/148%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dy_Wi9enEqDjNjgzY8m8j-h470gJs8kU2weR7x__1nG4QCIrta7SXkKFFuBHdF6aonYy-j0X_dgBxcU1smhR15g-RXH3a_0Vv8uxJpkhrZCK9qf2iVu3BxGqBAFJOmjn8LyjWsgtjVSZtZrMVQkObl8szxce08fRNQweXbK_BK1ohwocttQbIyNbj6Y/w640-h640/148%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Greetings music lovers!!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you're all well out there. Here I am, at home, with a case of the shingles. I can probably think of more severe ways mother nature can torture someone, and I shouldn't be whining too much because I will get over this, <i>eventually</i>, but it really has been messing me up for several days, and now that I feel that I'm kind of "over the hump", I started spinning and ripping 45's and getting another blog post going, being that I'm home sick from work and I'm starting to get really bored. I've watched as much as I possibly can about that Titan submersible tragedy on YouTube, binge watched two seasons of Rocky And Bullwinkle, and at least one season of Barney Miller. I really needed to get down to the basement and play some records. This is pretty good therapy because it takes my mind off the constant pain and it's also somewhat constructive as well. So here we are with #148. As usual, I've grabbed a fist -full of records and just let it rip. Most of these are major label things and it's kind of an eclectic mix, there's the usual garage classics, some early 60's teen stuff, some late 60's/70's heavy rock, and a dose of psych/pop. All in all,28 tracks which will provide you all with some good fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please enjoy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Skip Arne &amp; The Dukes - Sunshine And Rain / Angel (1964)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_x-iUrWq_VfkONJBqY7IUUN2eia-LrakNkZ_Th6BhanAKHXs6pdBG99XyAGZ1kwpXGcF8e5JHPjsgGoJU9b3GRcsFhG3i2YCdJLTc2pNKaCPSApOaha2dk4ZEOF6ZG2Di2wqZPKarI3sC8gZTHGyFq0KjmwNNw2ItNXailYVln6FfQEvzexf5r4Rut0/s1145/skip%20arne.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1145" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_x-iUrWq_VfkONJBqY7IUUN2eia-LrakNkZ_Th6BhanAKHXs6pdBG99XyAGZ1kwpXGcF8e5JHPjsgGoJU9b3GRcsFhG3i2YCdJLTc2pNKaCPSApOaha2dk4ZEOF6ZG2Di2wqZPKarI3sC8gZTHGyFq0KjmwNNw2ItNXailYVln6FfQEvzexf5r4Rut0/w400-h399/skip%20arne.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not exactly sure who Skip Arne was. I know that this 45 was originally released on "Little Fort" records out Waukegan, MI, and "Angel" is a cover of an Elvis song. I think this was a regional hit, but I'm including this one because&nbsp; A, "Sunshine And Rain" is pretty good, even for early 60's teen garbage, and B, it was in my stack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Newbeats - Run, Baby Run / Mean Woolie Willie (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6I-rELCR89LYoC2cftQ9OuEK8Ku-jV2XTSv39HhOLzpgQ5PHjqYGIkvwUcONyaUrnWqibKjO2Lh-ME79X2ipWM9D9bD9a-k3BYl0uwPT2Jk3kHUu_ySxa83LffdNs6O22CHk8YRgV2z27ClXn-LV5y5d6iku76mMvxy8YumtznEkJvkzD8D_bDYoNjsU/s1113/newbeats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1113" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6I-rELCR89LYoC2cftQ9OuEK8Ku-jV2XTSv39HhOLzpgQ5PHjqYGIkvwUcONyaUrnWqibKjO2Lh-ME79X2ipWM9D9bD9a-k3BYl0uwPT2Jk3kHUu_ySxa83LffdNs6O22CHk8YRgV2z27ClXn-LV5y5d6iku76mMvxy8YumtznEkJvkzD8D_bDYoNjsU/w400-h400/newbeats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK, I 'll admit it. The Newbeats are one of my guilty pleasures. One of those bands you don't really want to admit that you like, but or some reason, I dig almost all of their records. This one from 1965 is particularly good, and one of my favorites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bats - Listen To My Heart / You Look Good Together (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23dRn-CoZq-KL6z1R-eKblj4lcKsncGXfkYnVnYGeg40StFvxTPZPoMG4B26rAlwxZ4sx7rstZuyVQ8EiK72azj4yZVjVs2mNidRO96BACyEMztV1Pb0SLXd7D9Z40UUyjysw-B8OJl0KV2G9Scdj647fiaG6VO5jyVEO30uyTKUMgwQeYRzOnBx1kTo/s1090/the%20bats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1083" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23dRn-CoZq-KL6z1R-eKblj4lcKsncGXfkYnVnYGeg40StFvxTPZPoMG4B26rAlwxZ4sx7rstZuyVQ8EiK72azj4yZVjVs2mNidRO96BACyEMztV1Pb0SLXd7D9Z40UUyjysw-B8OJl0KV2G9Scdj647fiaG6VO5jyVEO30uyTKUMgwQeYRzOnBx1kTo/w398-h400/the%20bats.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bats were from South Africa, and outside of getting names of band members and discographies, I don't know much about them. It appears they were very popular in their homeland as they released a bunch of 45s down there as well as in Rhodesia. They did manage to get this one released in the U.S. which has songs from two different 45s released in the U.K. Confused??? "Listen To My Heart" was supposedly a big hit for them, the flip not so much, but the interesting fact is that the flip side was not released in South Africa, but only in the U.S. and The Philippines. Weird, but the songs are really good Beatle / British Invasion style stuff produced by Tony Clarke who was responsible for most of The Moody Blues' greatest era.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Laurie Allen and Bobby Bright - Mojo Queen / Judy Green (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd2X3Oheax6co_xjgt5no8f10ot9F_43O8IISrO95gYBOmErkaXEJhi2leVzXcsD01ODAzQthQQwcrOjAr62tg9PJCi6t0x8V0wofC493LTRhXvebZ8jELoamcoG-gLpAnynQ2UbReLMaxsTg08WeixP1eKIqJTklg_AgcQ8qVIbAxHuoWScAgj1Fkj0/s1111/bobbyandlaurie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOd2X3Oheax6co_xjgt5no8f10ot9F_43O8IISrO95gYBOmErkaXEJhi2leVzXcsD01ODAzQthQQwcrOjAr62tg9PJCi6t0x8V0wofC493LTRhXvebZ8jELoamcoG-gLpAnynQ2UbReLMaxsTg08WeixP1eKIqJTklg_AgcQ8qVIbAxHuoWScAgj1Fkj0/w396-h400/bobbyandlaurie.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laurie Allen and Bobby Bright were popular singers from Australia and have some very cool 45's in their catalogue. I don't have very many Australian 45's, but this one is a real winner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Emergency Exit - Why Girl / Maybe Too Late (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-CynegR5SOhtsO6iytn3s2gaes81bUDopT1_X7M9Y-9lJjbVF2uBBeqKweh2GJnk6z2vKxjlbH78a6eNkfhvr-t0NNvX37oR5pHSjZAcP9uRhTGSM829SATrwN-lfU8GxXUkh142vSoDTbfxVfJE9y7h0PqkQcTnszBkqq6vlvCMGRpGnHky2w1aMfw/s1119/emergencyexit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1119" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-CynegR5SOhtsO6iytn3s2gaes81bUDopT1_X7M9Y-9lJjbVF2uBBeqKweh2GJnk6z2vKxjlbH78a6eNkfhvr-t0NNvX37oR5pHSjZAcP9uRhTGSM829SATrwN-lfU8GxXUkh142vSoDTbfxVfJE9y7h0PqkQcTnszBkqq6vlvCMGRpGnHky2w1aMfw/w400-h400/emergencyexit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A relatively unknown garage band from Seattle, WA that released three 45's, this one a re-release of their first 45 which came out on the local "Ru-Ro" label, and another one on Dunhill which is also very good. This is somewhat of a classic as it was on one of the Boulders comps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Soul Survivors - Shakin' With Linda / Devil With The Blue Dress (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaleMQMoZ3CS2tti7jVmxjfEqcPSod1snavwf-hhGD-JoMmrMuKZGh4wx2O7me9tpPmRKzrMezhBDg6Qv1p6Mc6ZtwOlrjtSOQV70EjSl9cOmYUkK2oVKtgPXqh3VlS2DBkPYqUzN-1ahczVHVRn7ZWwMz5o8Om1p5F2CTFKKim0wtDZRP586ftNvmyk/s1119/solulesurnvivirns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaleMQMoZ3CS2tti7jVmxjfEqcPSod1snavwf-hhGD-JoMmrMuKZGh4wx2O7me9tpPmRKzrMezhBDg6Qv1p6Mc6ZtwOlrjtSOQV70EjSl9cOmYUkK2oVKtgPXqh3VlS2DBkPYqUzN-1ahczVHVRn7ZWwMz5o8Om1p5F2CTFKKim0wtDZRP586ftNvmyk/w399-h400/solulesurnvivirns.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not related to the "Expressway To Your Heart" Soul Survivors, this bunch was reportedly from Pittsburgh, PA and released this one swingin' 45 for Decca which was featured on one of the original Pebbles comps. The flip is a slow, loopy version of "Devil With A Blue Dress".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sparrow - Green Bottle Lover / Down Goes Your Love Life (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6X-sRc1Mwu4I_0kPRpLz2GUAkSfcktrnVfhyZ87aqNdlyxtSBAiANvfD5Jcq2CyBKHnsYW5tUB8FBuMTP05teK1kThr_jdeuWDopmVCosr92tHRA1VC-Feyp0NsHeLnERzmU41HRF9s_Q2Sc_T8cH20qpQy3OmI7R3CmcuZmsZY9P3z6MvkphX6PYiA/s1103/sparrow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6X-sRc1Mwu4I_0kPRpLz2GUAkSfcktrnVfhyZ87aqNdlyxtSBAiANvfD5Jcq2CyBKHnsYW5tUB8FBuMTP05teK1kThr_jdeuWDopmVCosr92tHRA1VC-Feyp0NsHeLnERzmU41HRF9s_Q2Sc_T8cH20qpQy3OmI7R3CmcuZmsZY9P3z6MvkphX6PYiA/w398-h400/sparrow.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second of two 45's released by The Sparrow on Columbia after Jack London left the band and John Kay stepped in. A year or so later they would become Steppenwolf and have a score of hits including the rock anthem, "Born To Be Wild".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lemon Pipers - Monaural 78 / Quiet Please (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq88bjfz8yh-9Jofp_4MOb84s2XAQ5887_q0-NRXdfJDvln0zRyUTsjRwPNMBxPpLpT8AOFysWVSqEO_Y8tYFygn30LsWLsBtji4YeVgHzD_fycPL7jdIqSfZBF0JFirHa-kVsjb6XG2_r9zw_Ub6MlXfemBGIlO6SkrGYFNr5a4obBMhD4x4YXseoFU/s1126/leminpiprs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrq88bjfz8yh-9Jofp_4MOb84s2XAQ5887_q0-NRXdfJDvln0zRyUTsjRwPNMBxPpLpT8AOFysWVSqEO_Y8tYFygn30LsWLsBtji4YeVgHzD_fycPL7jdIqSfZBF0JFirHa-kVsjb6XG2_r9zw_Ub6MlXfemBGIlO6SkrGYFNr5a4obBMhD4x4YXseoFU/w396-h400/leminpiprs.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oddly enough, this is the only 45 in this post that's not on a major label, or one that had national distribution. Apparently, after the Lemon Pipers achieved fame with" Green Tambourine", someone got a hold of some masters they had recorded before hitting the big time, to cash in on their success. I understand that The Lemon Pipers were kinda pissed off about that so this 45 languished in obscurity. Both sides are actually pretty good and better than their bubblegummy output (which I understand they hated too). I particularly like "Quiet Please", a rip-off of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trade Winds - Mind Excursion / Little Sally's Dreamin' (1966)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekfpE9e8NtLWbp80d3j98lqOHLEKLN6yM4ReIvvWX_d8On0QIdl3d4igLcAr9YQB7aqpKIisj5eCUEehQ4ODL25gkkywdfpGNcXVCUooR-V1sMpw7yo3RlstHrdQnbiDDqNyYHEmDb8wCLy3cQlJNPTWA-GTxlb_cI7zKvmhR9_PAlIPmikHDJhORMU0/s1117/trade%20winds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekfpE9e8NtLWbp80d3j98lqOHLEKLN6yM4ReIvvWX_d8On0QIdl3d4igLcAr9YQB7aqpKIisj5eCUEehQ4ODL25gkkywdfpGNcXVCUooR-V1sMpw7yo3RlstHrdQnbiDDqNyYHEmDb8wCLy3cQlJNPTWA-GTxlb_cI7zKvmhR9_PAlIPmikHDJhORMU0/w395-h400/trade%20winds.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'd think with a title like "mind Excursion", this'd be a wild psychedelic trip of a song. On the contrary, this is very sweet psych/pop, not bad, but the title is sure misleading. It's OK for what it is, it's just not what you'd expect. I rather like the flip side "Little Sally's Dreamin', which is very nice psych-pop with some twinges of folk/rock. I guess this went up to #51 on the Billboard charts in '66, but it's one of these "hit" songs that kind of escaped me. Until now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Son Of A Houndog Man / Gypsy Lover (1969)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYTHJOlC-P96R7OcEH4VHHq3LPbKLDhTiVokojVpm72-khZhfVJPPzXgXSMj8GUef1FIbfWnD6vmsBo8quizbZz0LD8s0dQXs91FVMmaCPwHv6mnt88shwOGttEjhDK_m-cExnxbU8-4g50qv_vk1ZHEEwjj8-qeB8-dpy4_5alAPSbEsTBQNTHYUPao/s1122/goodbadugly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYTHJOlC-P96R7OcEH4VHHq3LPbKLDhTiVokojVpm72-khZhfVJPPzXgXSMj8GUef1FIbfWnD6vmsBo8quizbZz0LD8s0dQXs91FVMmaCPwHv6mnt88shwOGttEjhDK_m-cExnxbU8-4g50qv_vk1ZHEEwjj8-qeB8-dpy4_5alAPSbEsTBQNTHYUPao/w398-h400/goodbadugly.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These guys were previously known as The Next Exit and were from Beaumont, TX. This is a nice blues/rock 45 which was produced by Huey Meaux famous for producing The Sir Douglas Quintet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pure Jade Green - Bootleg / Purple Grass Growing (1969)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFNSkbcg9nw2C5EnNTesPDGadBk7jPA9GkRfp6Hnq2T0e9zMxLVegSyupALnxxHoBvEqVts3PEqfFdI8CZDNee4tCilp2zEUBEnam3Kca4RiZhG_ST8q92IAf-vV_R-cuOu8gJ391C0LKmBSOI1-ORqkhbXPNG8jWW8j7czfXG3ChXvjdK1jSVtRnU4I/s1083/pure%20jade%20green.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1083" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFNSkbcg9nw2C5EnNTesPDGadBk7jPA9GkRfp6Hnq2T0e9zMxLVegSyupALnxxHoBvEqVts3PEqfFdI8CZDNee4tCilp2zEUBEnam3Kca4RiZhG_ST8q92IAf-vV_R-cuOu8gJ391C0LKmBSOI1-ORqkhbXPNG8jWW8j7czfXG3ChXvjdK1jSVtRnU4I/w400-h399/pure%20jade%20green.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I go to a record show last November, the first I had been to since 2019, hoping to score some 45's, but was sorely disappointed when I discovered the pickins' were real slim. The usual vendors that I'd buy from hadn't brought anything in the way of 45's, I guess L.P.s are where the real money is at these days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp; People must have some real deep pockets, I mean, I own a nice modest home smack dab in the middle of suburbia on a quiet street, my wife and I make a decent living, but I'm constantly struggling to find extra cash to buy vinyl. Who the hell lays out $175 on a copy of&nbsp; The Velvet Underground's first album? I had two of those that I'm pretty sure I paid 99 cents apiece for back when it was considered an oddity that no right minded person would ever really listen to. (Except myself of course.) I did manage to buy about two dozen albums at $1 a pop, and most of them were pretty good classic rock, you know, The Doors' 1st album, Dark Side Of The Moon, a copy of "Electric Comic Book" by The Blues Magoos, "Incense And Peppermints" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock, and a copy of&nbsp; The Alan Bown's self titled L.P. which is pretty scarce. Just trying to fill holes in my L.P. collection, ya know?&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp;Anyway, I come up on this one guy who has a box of junk and he asked me if I'd take the whole lot for $20. I have friends who go to auctions and buy mass quantities of 45's. They pick through all of them keeping the good stuff, and show up at my house with three gigantic shopping bags full of records that they don't want. Not your typical grocery bags, but the ones you get at Macy's or some other department store, you know the ones with the ropes for handles? Anyway, I kindly declined the vendors offer explaining that I already had too much junk to sift through. I think he was a little insulted but I couldn't tell for sure behind the N95 he was wearing, but I was a nice guy and bought a couple of dollars worth of 45's, and this was one of them.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp;I was pleasantly surprised when I plopped the needle on this. "Bootleg" is a Creedence song that I wasn't too familiar with, at least it's not one of the ones that they play incessantly on classic rock radio, and is actually really good, because Creedence kind of annoys the hell out of me. Maybe it's because they play the same songs incessantly on classic rock radio. Too bad, I really used to like them. The flip is even better, with some very cool fuzz guitar. It kind of reminds me of&nbsp; The Bubble Puppy who were from Austin, TX a ways down the road from Houston where these guys were from.(Someone out there please correct me if my info is wrong)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp;Okay, had to get a rant in here, sorry to bore all of you. On to the next record....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stoneground - Queen Sweet Dreams / Total Destruction (1970)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLCam1rL4-eZa9ld_8Kt1LK6My1iropKiqg4zckJltdK-PZDqxaeEr0vbz6I0SA3_TiQRzHzqC_SVREXtovH3kCtIu2w41nTX19Y8RDwtFH9deOpHg8Q1iX1MBS5OZMsmRAos5jq-wd4qSV8O77OF_y_wzVn-UBtDKolXKvAFQyU0AOPyYCOVEeru9hs/s1124/stoneground.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLCam1rL4-eZa9ld_8Kt1LK6My1iropKiqg4zckJltdK-PZDqxaeEr0vbz6I0SA3_TiQRzHzqC_SVREXtovH3kCtIu2w41nTX19Y8RDwtFH9deOpHg8Q1iX1MBS5OZMsmRAos5jq-wd4qSV8O77OF_y_wzVn-UBtDKolXKvAFQyU0AOPyYCOVEeru9hs/w394-h400/stoneground.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A group from San Francisco that included ex Beau Brummel Sal Valentino on vocals. This has some pretty decent guitar work on it and was a pleasant surprise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yellow Payges - Slow Down / Frisco Annie (1969)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fL0E_QHqiPbKh0TKjJqFte_yhKdqHVJkkt1IF_uJXw-oRx3SFA6GnY4HHa5zTN4NVNMOxZ81PS_LG4gu4pf3wTqOsR42CfRAs2ALLBqTJu8cmNOdwNSpGqt7UqSwbHsP7preJvHEXaOOezwi8qWwZ40ij3DZ5rzUfLD9E17vAjuGo2Gh3AaSw_sg1aM/s1141/yellowpayges.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1141" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fL0E_QHqiPbKh0TKjJqFte_yhKdqHVJkkt1IF_uJXw-oRx3SFA6GnY4HHa5zTN4NVNMOxZ81PS_LG4gu4pf3wTqOsR42CfRAs2ALLBqTJu8cmNOdwNSpGqt7UqSwbHsP7preJvHEXaOOezwi8qWwZ40ij3DZ5rzUfLD9E17vAjuGo2Gh3AaSw_sg1aM/w400-h398/yellowpayges.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have at least 7 or 8 Yellow Payges 45's and they run the gamut from garage/punk to psych/pop. This one's on the psych/pop side.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Illusion - Together / Don't Push It (1970)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvs5NzvJlmcfQsC6gpCGab7tZlaQ9XTuKehD0UbdjvB6KeGGB0hDqAEzM41Jj_09_-Srijgg4zrVmfNFQCUbgpw9DF-0nZf1trJL8NZv1lpV3qyMt9gBHhSAtwj26vvIWKF9-opbVan1GOVV3GsNs4KD5KHeaouE9qZbZWmmesOYqRwRgXPM4j26nnMo/s1113/illusion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvs5NzvJlmcfQsC6gpCGab7tZlaQ9XTuKehD0UbdjvB6KeGGB0hDqAEzM41Jj_09_-Srijgg4zrVmfNFQCUbgpw9DF-0nZf1trJL8NZv1lpV3qyMt9gBHhSAtwj26vvIWKF9-opbVan1GOVV3GsNs4KD5KHeaouE9qZbZWmmesOYqRwRgXPM4j26nnMo/w398-h400/illusion.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's end this with a band from Long Island that had a bunch of 45's on Steed records. "Together" is kind of a "Hey Jude" type thing with a repeating chorus towards the last 1/3 of the song, and it's accompanied by some pretty wild fuzz guitar. The 'B' side ends this post with a typical "rock drum solo", something that you don't usually hear on a 45. 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That's because I hastily edited it without doing any "proof-listening". Lazy on my end. Here's a link to a proper MONO track. Have fun.</p><p><a href="https://app.box.com/s/2fvz16k96oel2u0ywvz45du3cl6rhm96" target="_blank">The Move - Yellow Rainbow (A&amp;M)</a></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/7240485166581949893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/05/accidents-will-happen.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7240485166581949893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7240485166581949893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/05/accidents-will-happen.html' title='Accidents will happen...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-6473189520794062120</id><published>2023-04-30T14:31:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2023-11-11T12:23:37.869-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#147</title><content type='html'><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XOXUU2CAuFF_-y2XbwgIlCRwlvzWWfsffWjmNQpOYT-0bJ1N0grhKo3PyokBzY214i4aLtH3jMruB1aaV7QQmvshchz8Gu0DqtDO1iK9W5Cfk_KmUSuULUNk8gkbvkUoD3W2ug3lYNbBdomPegJw-IxQQdZ15hGsjS5g0RdlyT9Rm9gSX7azS361/s697/147%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XOXUU2CAuFF_-y2XbwgIlCRwlvzWWfsffWjmNQpOYT-0bJ1N0grhKo3PyokBzY214i4aLtH3jMruB1aaV7QQmvshchz8Gu0DqtDO1iK9W5Cfk_KmUSuULUNk8gkbvkUoD3W2ug3lYNbBdomPegJw-IxQQdZ15hGsjS5g0RdlyT9Rm9gSX7azS361/w638-h638/147%20front.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Greetings music lovers!!!!! I started this post last weekend after attening "Record Store Day" for the very first time in my life last week. I was at one of these events back in 2012, but I was playing with The True Believers that day in a live music event that was tied in to the whole affair and was promoted by a local record store guy. I really didn't do any record shopping 'cause I was so distracted by setting up, playing, blah, blah, blah, and I had just returned from a trip to D.C. that really cut into my schedule, but I had to be there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So last Saturday I went mostly to go see one of my bandmates who was playing a gig at this rather large record store in Rochester, but being a record collector I had to really witness the "hoopla" involved with "Record Store Day". Turns out, my buddy got sick and wasn't even playing, and the atmosphere was...eh...chaotic? I didn't know where they were keeping the so-called "valuable' "Record Store Day" stuff so I migrated towards the bargain bins (where bottom feeders like me usually reside), and scoured all of them. Long story short, I spent $20 and walked away with 10 L.P.'s including a decent copy of Badfinger's "Straight Up', a huge hole in my collection of albums.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm certain that there's mixed feelings about this event. I get that "exclusives" are part of what record collecting is about. You want that cool stuff that is limited so you can say, "I got that one", but I'm not so sure the cost of these things are worth it. I can safely say I got Badfinger's "Straight Up" now, but do I really need a copy of Dave Mason's "Alone Together Again" for 30+ dollars? Probably not. I know some of you friends out there will strongly disagree with me and that's OK, we love to collect records and revel in the joy of dropping the needle on them, but personally, I think going out for a day and spending four figures on a bunch of records is way over the top, at least for my budget. Even if I had that kind of money to spend, I'd be looking for originals, and not some repacked stuff on colored vinyl. That's just my opinion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Glad to be here again, and I'm striving to make this at least a monthly thing. This time around we have some very cool 45's featured so dig in and enjoy!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>American Four - Luci Baines / Soul Food (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYXQhRll_1K_1PTJII7JC-qDX62VKtoi1AV7-X6GBHUopAg6GQ7UjpnrD0FLpyetU9iijAEqnNNnM2lKr2p_d2CK4AA-25_X4taVNjzaKrn3SeeoHPX2syB9pXXJEz5u1t6qhW4jV4Gy84HYWlbStEh4DsBUqM_2GL2pJcs7Xze5qtLoFX6an1o-h/s1122/american%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYXQhRll_1K_1PTJII7JC-qDX62VKtoi1AV7-X6GBHUopAg6GQ7UjpnrD0FLpyetU9iijAEqnNNnM2lKr2p_d2CK4AA-25_X4taVNjzaKrn3SeeoHPX2syB9pXXJEz5u1t6qhW4jV4Gy84HYWlbStEh4DsBUqM_2GL2pJcs7Xze5qtLoFX6an1o-h/w398-h400/american%204.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a pre-Love Arthur Lee re-making the classic "Louie Louie" riff into a serenade for Lyndon Johnson's hip swingin' daughter Luci Baines. I'm not sure if this was a hit, but it sure is a classic. Lee would then go on to form Love, and become a cult hero.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Belairs - Mr. Moto / Little Brown Jug (1962)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5awy7clq_XnF_UHvh04frNCmoyC46VR2jRs0g3ixh1OsgiRIyZHOKl0qmwho8jhLesan59ok-FpTcmCYHSNAS9kdTrMYSwjtThbI-eBWZonhjPBBO16U-qjX7Bv-8pCHaBqZGvh_vkpJ6-LN3hdOf83OYyefjWin-mRTRc_sYcoVPdBvkpDrbqu_/s1121/belairs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5awy7clq_XnF_UHvh04frNCmoyC46VR2jRs0g3ixh1OsgiRIyZHOKl0qmwho8jhLesan59ok-FpTcmCYHSNAS9kdTrMYSwjtThbI-eBWZonhjPBBO16U-qjX7Bv-8pCHaBqZGvh_vkpJ6-LN3hdOf83OYyefjWin-mRTRc_sYcoVPdBvkpDrbqu_/w399-h400/belairs.jpg" width="399" /></a></div></b>I rarely feature instrumentals because A: they don't exactly fit with the general theme of this blog (although that may change sooner than later) and B: I don't collect many of them. This however, is one of my all time favorite instros of all time and it took me years to come across a copy and this one was in decent shape and affordable! The Belairs were from L.A. and featured Eddie Bertrand of Eddie &amp; The Showmen fame and a pre-Standells Dick Dodd. Richard Delvy replaced Dodd on the drums and after the Belairs split up formed The Challengers, another <b>boss</b> surf group that released a slew of cool stuff on Del-Fi.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Overtones - La La La La La / Please Let Me Know (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-0uYlYiem0eeiZAnZXzHlHAI6-4LocTyZWcHe7V5FQGbEFA9iYvjZfoRTNxLWOJ-YY_T-Rd-083gEe-RYc5_zPlUkpTukrPgTOVzgqvySCTacBxsH4qJcyk7Y5UC3Yuu-toTfgeFUs6ZzKqGnQ4R_Lfiq4TV-KQdLZjwYyQr3wBLa6WfJKUge58X/s1149/overtones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-0uYlYiem0eeiZAnZXzHlHAI6-4LocTyZWcHe7V5FQGbEFA9iYvjZfoRTNxLWOJ-YY_T-Rd-083gEe-RYc5_zPlUkpTukrPgTOVzgqvySCTacBxsH4qJcyk7Y5UC3Yuu-toTfgeFUs6ZzKqGnQ4R_Lfiq4TV-KQdLZjwYyQr3wBLa6WfJKUge58X/w388-h400/overtones.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a great garage band from The Bronx that actually released FOUR 45's on the Ajax record label. I've heard at least one other and it's also very good. On this one they cover The Blendell's "La La La La La" with a very moody flip side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">5X5 - Shake A Tail Feather / Tell Me What To Do (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OVTGao_cgZNdYs7wELvO7qB_z_nxpbgIGHpvVRKumSuWbHaOFVfqp5XcHlVGhQGwsx9RuM5397jAwEAbTsau886TUhC_9AyTUgkWhHaVgmnhajNvRimo3BpG4my_vwa3TuRqHO_jNag5jiE9fOGczRpyk6pdtdK76IJFAY6xat45sXtyPbkPi5RR/s1126/5X5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1126" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OVTGao_cgZNdYs7wELvO7qB_z_nxpbgIGHpvVRKumSuWbHaOFVfqp5XcHlVGhQGwsx9RuM5397jAwEAbTsau886TUhC_9AyTUgkWhHaVgmnhajNvRimo3BpG4my_vwa3TuRqHO_jNag5jiE9fOGczRpyk6pdtdK76IJFAY6xat45sXtyPbkPi5RR/w400-h396/5X5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Five By Five, as some of you may know, had a slew of 45's on Paula Records. They hailed from Magnolia, Arkansas and released EIGHT 45's and a full length LP on that label. This was their first and is a decent rendition of "Shake A Tail Feather". A lot of people dig the flip side which is a cover of The Uniques' "Tell Me What To Do" which ironically was released on the same label a year before. I need two more Five By Five 45's to complete my collection.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">E-Cellents - And I'm Cryin' / The Slide (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJehblqMrUj7uqiii16Fc7bKCPW7rcrjBrzvZYvOVtRTflb_Fml5Mh8f9ihPiBGfr1W9FknTQiEvZGlhqR_IuX4_8TuGWXoSj6KxDGXHGuv3c15KdXmWFZzMy9-491Z7u0XeDSqQextSVqnG0SGu8tRhZ_XHdQVMBOS7NPYcxtI3Pw1pleMsiQYTxL/s1116/ecellents.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJehblqMrUj7uqiii16Fc7bKCPW7rcrjBrzvZYvOVtRTflb_Fml5Mh8f9ihPiBGfr1W9FknTQiEvZGlhqR_IuX4_8TuGWXoSj6KxDGXHGuv3c15KdXmWFZzMy9-491Z7u0XeDSqQextSVqnG0SGu8tRhZ_XHdQVMBOS7NPYcxtI3Pw1pleMsiQYTxL/w394-h400/ecellents.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The&nbsp;"E-Cellents" were actually better known as the "X-cellents". They were from Dayton, Ohio and released three 45's, two on Sure Play and one on Smash, a nationally distributed label. Apparently, they misspelled the band's name on this 45 which caused some confusion amongst the Dayton, OH record buying public.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Deadlys - On The Road Again (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkSQmeubzWsC6lpEWWZdvMdlVTAKQQYVqXdUJCxhTsNomOOYVjcHRwOU6yGr7NLqsC06u685fxB23jXzzkC3Ig6s6eQZzaoaC2ov2JZtg6uRbAtImT-fkXLMOXN5g4kEpi3qvKFt_pxqR6fGWKhVkFD-0yjWcg2RSFbl6c8OGktH7qmHZcBFnU8yb/s1120/deadlys.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkSQmeubzWsC6lpEWWZdvMdlVTAKQQYVqXdUJCxhTsNomOOYVjcHRwOU6yGr7NLqsC06u685fxB23jXzzkC3Ig6s6eQZzaoaC2ov2JZtg6uRbAtImT-fkXLMOXN5g4kEpi3qvKFt_pxqR6fGWKhVkFD-0yjWcg2RSFbl6c8OGktH7qmHZcBFnU8yb/w396-h400/deadlys.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Penetrations - Midnight Hour (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprpHyOXP0IxmItVo57VBfp6T9-MS297ENVWI6zolzMoLilsqs9JuyN8MH9dY6VrRaAoa_AV-O4kzjnvHOuDQWdus_Px0ypP5igbOgENz2z-U3uW-klx5GJ9B2arrBxk9Ls9V-jmg2X7AdNdlIUY5PMyVQqAuaTJV-aV8cH7oHS2TrVLu1lXqGSs-3/s2080/penetrations.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="2064" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprpHyOXP0IxmItVo57VBfp6T9-MS297ENVWI6zolzMoLilsqs9JuyN8MH9dY6VrRaAoa_AV-O4kzjnvHOuDQWdus_Px0ypP5igbOgENz2z-U3uW-klx5GJ9B2arrBxk9Ls9V-jmg2X7AdNdlIUY5PMyVQqAuaTJV-aV8cH7oHS2TrVLu1lXqGSs-3/w398-h400/penetrations.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't like to feature re-issues or bootleg 45's on this blog because I try to find originals. In the case of this 45 there is no "original 45" as both of these songs were taken from a "sampler L.P." that came out on Hillside Records, a label out of Columbus, Ohio that had a dozen or so 45's released on it, most being Country and a bit of Soul. They did though, release an L.P. of local bands in 1966 which is very sought after by collectors of Garage bands and these two songs were taken from it. I'm not sure if these are the best examples from that record, but I do know that The Deadlys "On The Road Again" was on a "Highs In The Mid Sixties" comp and is certainly deadly in terms of garage band cred. "Midnight Hour" is no slouch either. It seems as if all of this was recorded in a high school auditorium on the same day, because there's really no difference in in the quality of the recordings (next up...THE DEADLYS!). There's a few of these 45's floating around on Ebay at a decent price. By the way...dig the colored vinyl! Highly recommended.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Esquires - It's A Dirty Shame / Love Hides A Multitude Of Sins (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSy4PXST-Uo8qhS2QF4uHA_7MmyzwuhxC-Il-JSOjuXnoGtCm_qUC4VWta7uaF0Njq0mVuHxGhQckO5GMSxssyPT4cs6hgXIH_QTaO2w1tp2wyjyiZdAC4UrD1NTz2seMyKV-qUn_maSATvfWP-xhdvO5_T9geGS6P99B07hZugMI01F6sJCB3cvQN/s1107/esquires.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1093" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSy4PXST-Uo8qhS2QF4uHA_7MmyzwuhxC-Il-JSOjuXnoGtCm_qUC4VWta7uaF0Njq0mVuHxGhQckO5GMSxssyPT4cs6hgXIH_QTaO2w1tp2wyjyiZdAC4UrD1NTz2seMyKV-qUn_maSATvfWP-xhdvO5_T9geGS6P99B07hZugMI01F6sJCB3cvQN/w395-h400/esquires.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Esquires were a Canadian band out of Ottawa, Ontario that started as an instrumental group, they backed Any Kim early in their career and kind of migrated towards being a vocal band. They released several 45's and once had Don Norman (of The Other 4) and Bruce Cockburn in the group. Both sides of this 45 are really hip and it's one of my better finds from 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bad Boys - The Owl And The Pussycat / That's What I'll Do (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgB_FAf6CDQbfM0HF0L2gwiUofnuPF-F6o2nhmiwfKBpSKlN-tvB916ln4AEcgMyoFN8kYJi9ECWv9CFc1Hrg-Q4XuDMX0EGbkxMPENNleRsyBO3eJzhKq_b-ZAJzk8AJY-NHT679oSOV0Yy4WNzph55q_Clf7hoZ287DJdqIa8qmBE2WPH8wPcMFHuI/s1078/badboys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1073" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgB_FAf6CDQbfM0HF0L2gwiUofnuPF-F6o2nhmiwfKBpSKlN-tvB916ln4AEcgMyoFN8kYJi9ECWv9CFc1Hrg-Q4XuDMX0EGbkxMPENNleRsyBO3eJzhKq_b-ZAJzk8AJY-NHT679oSOV0Yy4WNzph55q_Clf7hoZ287DJdqIa8qmBE2WPH8wPcMFHuI/w399-h400/badboys.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gadzooks!!!! I completely skipped this 45 in the original post. The Bad Boys were a British band that had most of their success in Italy, in fact they released 10 45's there. They didn't fare as well in the U.K. (one 45 on Piccadilly), and this one release in the U.S. on Warner Brothers. The 'A' side is pretty good, but I prefer the 'B' side. Sorry for the screwup..........</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cut-Ups - Everything's Yellow (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZ16bpsqA_7viXLLubERLpk7eRkuZrgm8jjToXSvcKPszmEhbMiIWNp0Zv26E3c8HHY-uCFGER-XgbHlYQVoHvrV4nhy-yQ9_WGKV-P3l85O2oREAx1xtvMKOwvvkeW0F5VoQboTCfwXteUIXDRVIApn2uAnrBa6DWIfWjJBdK3SfA8iH5jXjRfeI/s1120/cutups.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZ16bpsqA_7viXLLubERLpk7eRkuZrgm8jjToXSvcKPszmEhbMiIWNp0Zv26E3c8HHY-uCFGER-XgbHlYQVoHvrV4nhy-yQ9_WGKV-P3l85O2oREAx1xtvMKOwvvkeW0F5VoQboTCfwXteUIXDRVIApn2uAnrBa6DWIfWjJBdK3SfA8iH5jXjRfeI/w399-h400/cutups.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a 45 that I came across very early in my days of crate digging at "Fat Chuck's" warehouse in downtown Rochester. Fat Chuck bought the entire library of records from former radio station WSAY, a LEGENDARY spot on the dial that was run by on old guy named Gordon Brown. After he passed on, the station got sold along with it's contents, but I digress.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chuck's inventory was literally in cardboard boxes. Boxes of all types including fruit boxes and the like, but it was an amazing place! Lot's of things were sorted by label which is where I found my copies of The Sparkles "Hipsville 29 B.C. and Neal Ford And The Fanatics' "Shame On You" as well as Roy Jr.'s "Victim Of Circumstance".&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So anytime I'd come across a record on the Hickory label I was thinking, "good stuff here" right??? Well.....maybe not so much. I played this one and after the first 15 seconds or so I thought, yeah baby, KILLER! No, not so much. This isn't a Horrible record, but it's rather unique in it's mashup of garage and pop. I was able to find a nice copy for real cheap because, hell, I wouldn't pay a lot for this, but it has strangely grown on me over the years....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Three People - Have You Ever Been There / The Good Times (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESZLCmHyDChnpj1arNk9U-hgnTURDFerrLms_6LLQ8RazSAsl9jx6HYmNKu6egno6-yJWNv-G-D9NCHQABk1TeMG2LBTWPl8MP6V8_geGdFQyXhz_kAWN6LamVujnm4CmVuFJxzJg7H86bUhhFlZB5NQ-LIdeq36k1F6fFMgI0HCYi9DZNh8aGUJK/s1133/three%20people.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1097" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESZLCmHyDChnpj1arNk9U-hgnTURDFerrLms_6LLQ8RazSAsl9jx6HYmNKu6egno6-yJWNv-G-D9NCHQABk1TeMG2LBTWPl8MP6V8_geGdFQyXhz_kAWN6LamVujnm4CmVuFJxzJg7H86bUhhFlZB5NQ-LIdeq36k1F6fFMgI0HCYi9DZNh8aGUJK/w388-h400/three%20people.jpg" width="388" /></a></div></b>I like this 45 because it reminds me of The Seekers, and I love that group because they had this rather innocent style of folk music unlike the folk groups in the U.S. that were mainly into political and social issues. Not being into politics when you're trying to reach the public can be a good thing IN MY HONEST OPINION, should be avoided. But that's just MY HONEST OPINION. That being said, Three People, who were from Manchester released three 45's, three in the U.K. and this lonely one here in the U.S. Apparently, Deep Purple bassist and producer Roger Glover wrote the A side to this and Episode Six made a demo of it before Three People got a hold of it and turned it into a very nice meaningful folk rock tune.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lovin' Cohens - Noshville Katz / Shoily Klien (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxcQ0Mwnjnn_wsDFHtTGRkmppnhoqunZWIwtJqH5FwWviW6biVKcJxlNCx5JCUr3aJJCRLk6nA4J8F-BBfz5A890LNPO_YJGK86YpLU6bCQUYlXb6u0W0jg2D6HIOdmu0dLkmBGiv2PtrR0TYAH9tXG4UkEQyZt8hR-2gAWvwF72Pg9HvjZymVINS/s1123/lovin%20cohens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1122" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxcQ0Mwnjnn_wsDFHtTGRkmppnhoqunZWIwtJqH5FwWviW6biVKcJxlNCx5JCUr3aJJCRLk6nA4J8F-BBfz5A890LNPO_YJGK86YpLU6bCQUYlXb6u0W0jg2D6HIOdmu0dLkmBGiv2PtrR0TYAH9tXG4UkEQyZt8hR-2gAWvwF72Pg9HvjZymVINS/w400-h400/lovin%20cohens.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't usually feature "novelty" songs on this blog unless they're really cool. This is one of them. I'm going to keep this short, because I love Jewish culture, and it really is like Italian culture (where I was brought up) where food is an important component to daily living.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This tune, which is a re-make of The Lovin' Spoonful's "Nashville Cats" is hilarious! The 'B' side is not bad either, so if you're near a nice kosher deli grab a potato knish, or a corned beef on rye, and play this while you're noshing. Eat darling, eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Koffee Beans - Orange Colored Penguin / Ad Man (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXXgRuR4b_iGKTU4okOUoQDslM3cPkimfje4e4hCpmGLDLywiQo-p7qKadurZdGnsCvjf5_1z6bEKwkhX0Vq_mzQiLnZPd6oqfW_TKTm7v8aR-L9zGauNeQBJK_Lvc1rWiz1FRXi8k4LPcr8VAij2mx6dX37sOHBTrpdi-T4jpu7Ecs5K5kTOHd02/s1114/koffeebeens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXXgRuR4b_iGKTU4okOUoQDslM3cPkimfje4e4hCpmGLDLywiQo-p7qKadurZdGnsCvjf5_1z6bEKwkhX0Vq_mzQiLnZPd6oqfW_TKTm7v8aR-L9zGauNeQBJK_Lvc1rWiz1FRXi8k4LPcr8VAij2mx6dX37sOHBTrpdi-T4jpu7Ecs5K5kTOHd02/w396-h400/koffeebeens.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Koffee Beans were a group out of the Baltimore, MD area and once were The Henchmen, a band that released a KILLER 45 on Ru-Jac. Obviously as the years went on, they went a bit "progressive", changed their name to Koffee Beans and released two 45's on the Format label. Both of these are really good and this one is a little more on the psychedelic side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Move - Something / Yellow Rainbow (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW--kTVBCLC404owEZAgZy3ZgkZ2GdC0ZA1UbPcsfpgTCgHMjcUsXLAJLCH5XA7cI4DziESQvPjtuz2aBMvLol6Rkspiuu5I4QuJdpsAGreSIYZ3c5FtqeFuH2BoVYJsyi0i87L3p0TfhV7LCGdyIUktmIgHKYogHF30RnILTJ8BYwB1O7yob-Xwe/s1134/move.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW--kTVBCLC404owEZAgZy3ZgkZ2GdC0ZA1UbPcsfpgTCgHMjcUsXLAJLCH5XA7cI4DziESQvPjtuz2aBMvLol6Rkspiuu5I4QuJdpsAGreSIYZ3c5FtqeFuH2BoVYJsyi0i87L3p0TfhV7LCGdyIUktmIgHKYogHF30RnILTJ8BYwB1O7yob-Xwe/w391-h400/move.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love The Move. They were one of the British bands that straddled the line between freakbeat, mod,&nbsp; and total psychedelia. In my opinion, they were one of the greatest "pre-power pop" bands ever. They had quite a few 45's released here in the U.S. as well as the U.K. and their history is somewhat hard to keep track of, but the main characters in the band were, Roy Wood, Trevor Burton, Ace Kefford, Jeff Lynne... almost a revolving door of British superstars. They would split up several times in their career, evolved into the Electric Light Orchestra, and left us with some very cool music. This 45 from 1968 is one of their best.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bob Seger - Tales Of Lucy Blue (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqztUTLyl9NVnZS-BOELCXI0d9Il24TL6qOH7MdZ_7Sn1N5InRgcqL4wTyIRdeS6YlTJHFqLj0p-xfDoWtt3FdmK-efxQTuUwhGHIDAbCwPWx64WCUc5lIzJEqxY9K_FBfauxEEb1IAqtGfku_azLCY0m4cSqdNkcdoFXy5U6eC33lOTNu9O-u-ARe/s1054/Bob%20Seger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1023" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqztUTLyl9NVnZS-BOELCXI0d9Il24TL6qOH7MdZ_7Sn1N5InRgcqL4wTyIRdeS6YlTJHFqLj0p-xfDoWtt3FdmK-efxQTuUwhGHIDAbCwPWx64WCUc5lIzJEqxY9K_FBfauxEEb1IAqtGfku_azLCY0m4cSqdNkcdoFXy5U6eC33lOTNu9O-u-ARe/w389-h400/Bob%20Seger.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was at a record show (or 'fair" as some folks call them these days) and came across a seller who was basically trying to get rid of shit. Seriously, he had a box of 45's that were mostly garbage, but had a few cool things in it and asked me if I would take the entire box off his hands for $25. I declined, as a dear friend of mine (Rox, are you reading this???) gave me three large shopping bags full of 45's a few months before, and I'm still trying to sort though all of them. Anyway....I did buy a half dozen or so from him at 25¢ apiece and this was one of them. I gotta admit, I love Seger's early work on Cameo Records, but I kinda have to put my foot through the radio when I hear the typical "classic rock" stuff that's played 500 times a day on FM radio. This tune here was the flip of "Rambin' Gamblin' Man" one of his better songs that transitioned him into an FM mainstay. I'm posting this one, because it's really freakin' cool and possibly one of his last garage/psyche songs ever to be released.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Neil MacArthur - She's Not There / World Of Glass (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9UnZSqym-m8TUc4of4OXIG6cithSumP37KAA8DqZCMCak84izNXxxfdnJ9yTBVqja4CfvLguXwj7XzTf5tBCB6oxAsAASIlYotxCLsUuaY2JYZ9ere3T8sczFMasoa78NQUKyAVKE6uxmjYFL7oyHI4IbbUhHdmV3XHwt7v4a-CMSzapYxbPZ9WG/s1099/Neil%20MacArthur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1094" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK9UnZSqym-m8TUc4of4OXIG6cithSumP37KAA8DqZCMCak84izNXxxfdnJ9yTBVqja4CfvLguXwj7XzTf5tBCB6oxAsAASIlYotxCLsUuaY2JYZ9ere3T8sczFMasoa78NQUKyAVKE6uxmjYFL7oyHI4IbbUhHdmV3XHwt7v4a-CMSzapYxbPZ9WG/w399-h400/Neil%20MacArthur.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Neil MacArthur is one of my favorites and was actually Colin Blunstone post Zombies and released three 45's that were produced by Mike Hurst a guy that was involved with Dusty Springfield in "The Springfields", a band called "The Methods" that included Tony Ashton and Jimmy Page, and then discovered Cat Stevens and produced some of his early hits on Deram, as well as producing Manfred Mann's "Mighty Quinn", Marc Bolan's "The Wizard", The Spencer Davis Group (post Steve Winwood), The Move, plus scores of others. His imprint on these 45's by MacArthur are not exactly "rock", but a fusion of pop and psychedelia that's rather unique and quite catchy. I love this version of "She's Not There" and I first discovered it watching the Netflix series "The Crown" where they used it for the closing credits of an episode.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><b><a href="https://app.box.com/s/1sbe0n123cqvoijaafediazg7rqp00z4" target="_blank">HERE&nbsp;</a></b></u></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/6473189520794062120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-dans-garage147.html#comment-form' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/6473189520794062120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/6473189520794062120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/04/in-dans-garage147.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#147'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XOXUU2CAuFF_-y2XbwgIlCRwlvzWWfsffWjmNQpOYT-0bJ1N0grhKo3PyokBzY214i4aLtH3jMruB1aaV7QQmvshchz8Gu0DqtDO1iK9W5Cfk_KmUSuULUNk8gkbvkUoD3W2ug3lYNbBdomPegJw-IxQQdZ15hGsjS5g0RdlyT9Rm9gSX7azS361/s72-w638-h638-c/147%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-5622071892140486891</id><published>2023-03-26T17:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2023-03-27T09:14:36.404-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#146</title><content type='html'><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg224pjTk0Fngj6esyWLuBZzc0auRqvtBM_zju9Gy4Rclw24Y7DQsgpFMueuo9bZ-fOfwKgwhpDWjUSUXGnWrqPV5NWvNbTqIhLFN-APAbPZOLJkKSM_kxXFpFHhYub2XSDK7dl5rc7xqhK1R9zMQyfMLWc-MG1EsIhubkRIG3EVR6ChOwwW_gNBAVc/s697/146%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg224pjTk0Fngj6esyWLuBZzc0auRqvtBM_zju9Gy4Rclw24Y7DQsgpFMueuo9bZ-fOfwKgwhpDWjUSUXGnWrqPV5NWvNbTqIhLFN-APAbPZOLJkKSM_kxXFpFHhYub2XSDK7dl5rc7xqhK1R9zMQyfMLWc-MG1EsIhubkRIG3EVR6ChOwwW_gNBAVc/w640-h640/146%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;Greetings music lovers! As promised at the beginning of the year, I would at some point resume this blog, something I've neglected to do for way too long. I started this post last year and started ripping 45's and scanning labels. At some point I reshuffled stuff and the un-scanned 45's got lost in one of my many boxes of records laying around my workstation so I put it off until I could retrieve them. This week I got lucky and happened to find them so I resumed the task of ripping and scanning and this one came together quite nicely. Records haven't been pouring in, but whatever I do get seems to be of good quality and I'm happy to share some of them this time around. Good news is, as I've said before, I have LOADS of stuff yet to be posted. I'm just not as organized as I should be!!!! So please dig in to this newest edition of "Dan's Garage", I'm sure you'll all enjoy it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">P.S. Thanks to all of my friends and followers who have stuck around for this. You're what makes this blog worthwhile.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Idle Few - Farmer John (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIalBdgipOrx8_Fai3Bx3Yk3QjNslm7ebpNgsCGqZ5dxszZWe6OH2tBti_hOkqR7iVx1hc1dw8ZqMdojFuuC85uP50YNdDlZhjH372Ha-85sFMSuFSDw-alkSx0mEsLr3QPNgzfHtahuLncvt2IwHFTLWz4sSAoEHslBHQ4b0_tYjASe23VKefWeX/s1129/idle%20few.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1129" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIalBdgipOrx8_Fai3Bx3Yk3QjNslm7ebpNgsCGqZ5dxszZWe6OH2tBti_hOkqR7iVx1hc1dw8ZqMdojFuuC85uP50YNdDlZhjH372Ha-85sFMSuFSDw-alkSx0mEsLr3QPNgzfHtahuLncvt2IwHFTLWz4sSAoEHslBHQ4b0_tYjASe23VKefWeX/w400-h398/idle%20few.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Idle Few were from Indianapolis and released this great version of "Farmer John" with a very lame flip side. Actually, the flip was the 'A', but this tune is way better IMHO. This also came out on Dunwich records.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tri-Counts - You've Got It (1965?)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHLl74f39A5aUDv4Iy4YabX76T-JXKG_-23i8NBhm_moQjt4c2yCYhkCJXbLS-bmdRxw27EgOwY3agSwCUkqfri-IA0jzL0tgxbSGT2N05i6K9iNku-YwO9WmfzvHPVhjqKCQPjUU-eXezRAxvSX2cyKgaX9SIz-A8ykBRlpYZe13_RJMmANTej5z/s1106/Tri-Counts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHLl74f39A5aUDv4Iy4YabX76T-JXKG_-23i8NBhm_moQjt4c2yCYhkCJXbLS-bmdRxw27EgOwY3agSwCUkqfri-IA0jzL0tgxbSGT2N05i6K9iNku-YwO9WmfzvHPVhjqKCQPjUU-eXezRAxvSX2cyKgaX9SIz-A8ykBRlpYZe13_RJMmANTej5z/w391-h400/Tri-Counts.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't exactly nail down a date on this particular 45. BRB Records had only three releases that I'm aware of, and trying to figure out where they are from also turns up a lot of dead ends. My best guess is that this is an east coast band, perhaps from Pennsylvania? I don't know, but I really love this cheezy re-work of the Bell Notes' "I've Had It" into "You've Got It"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jim &amp; Monica - Slippin' And Slidin' (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaOsA8ZnQOwGHQXOfwtk3dItTxODIL7SEIgCc5JvnO08zlBin6n7XPnlUwgiV8ZQ4SQd-s1mxGgs16CpVQr0RXmcQ4wtZH19iML90G2JxfH29lDO1Qiorc7zy17BqcliS930mVAem7AB7r-N1oDaMBEgx1mHltclodFo_ZPizt52eBWTIr9x2DnhU/s1119/jim%20and%20monica.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1119" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaOsA8ZnQOwGHQXOfwtk3dItTxODIL7SEIgCc5JvnO08zlBin6n7XPnlUwgiV8ZQ4SQd-s1mxGgs16CpVQr0RXmcQ4wtZH19iML90G2JxfH29lDO1Qiorc7zy17BqcliS930mVAem7AB7r-N1oDaMBEgx1mHltclodFo_ZPizt52eBWTIr9x2DnhU/w400-h400/jim%20and%20monica.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jim And Monica were from the Chicago area, and from what I gather were a popular act. Somewhere along the way, people started thinking that this was Jimmy Gilmer from the Fireballs, but I guess that theory has been debunked.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ian &amp; The Zodiacs - The Crying Game / Livin' Lovin' Wreck (1964)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-uBZBhcxC1FSiwwqhYoolKTD7g-vYJTHDlPMRVAk8QcqSk0ivGKR2pTtOSUMovD4qXDbxEEzLwEdflPYD6wsUp135HYrT85r0mntDiblM-4EKFJu8TzucBsotO71Qxj0D4whV-1rND_CxA5l3JZyl-O0BVK-moogPUdYGcieHt07hlYSozAiLevn/s1153/ianandthezodiacs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1153" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-uBZBhcxC1FSiwwqhYoolKTD7g-vYJTHDlPMRVAk8QcqSk0ivGKR2pTtOSUMovD4qXDbxEEzLwEdflPYD6wsUp135HYrT85r0mntDiblM-4EKFJu8TzucBsotO71Qxj0D4whV-1rND_CxA5l3JZyl-O0BVK-moogPUdYGcieHt07hlYSozAiLevn/w400-h395/ianandthezodiacs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ian &amp; The Zodiacs were a pretty good band from Liverpool, unfortunately, they never achieved the fame and fortune that The Beatles acquired, not that they weren't decent musicians, they just "were who they were", a really good band that played some really good songs that never quite made it. I, for one, think they were very good, in fact I have all their 45's that were released here in the U.S. and "Why Can't It Be Me" is right up there with any Beatles song from the pre Rubber Soul era. That being said, Ian &amp; The Zodiacs will unfortunately be just a footnote in the history of "Merseybeat". It should also be noted that the band travelled to Hamburg to play the Star Club in '64 and became so popular there that they stayed on for another three years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Volcanoes - Someone Like You / Two Of A Kind (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXvgMgvtyahv3wz-SRiF7nI43Sbap2LN3uAEynOkZX2Z6o22hFEFjGCfITkUqu-JOS2eTuW6_lyV4AZSNeQSWKHmrxxUKI1BtwXeaad3jOMed3gWPSArJXy6dXQDGq6tQPeulUrgEzaAq9OLaM4lTekwag9GwrphRFTfNsh4-hVdUyTUezJ5GZbgS/s1111/volcanoes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXvgMgvtyahv3wz-SRiF7nI43Sbap2LN3uAEynOkZX2Z6o22hFEFjGCfITkUqu-JOS2eTuW6_lyV4AZSNeQSWKHmrxxUKI1BtwXeaad3jOMed3gWPSArJXy6dXQDGq6tQPeulUrgEzaAq9OLaM4lTekwag9GwrphRFTfNsh4-hVdUyTUezJ5GZbgS/w398-h400/volcanoes.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's one that threw me off. Upon listening to this 45 I always assumed (when you ASSUME you make an ASS of U and ME) that this was a group from the south. Thanks to the fine people at&nbsp;<a href="https://garagehangover.com/volcanoes-and-freddie-and-the-freeloaders/" target="_blank">garagehangover.com</a>, I got the straight scoop. These guys were actually from Burlington, Vermont, not exactly a hotbed of garage band activity, but hey, even teenagers in Burlington needed to let loose once and a while, and I guess The Volcanoes were the band that delivered!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jack Eely &amp; The Courtmen - Louie Go Home / Ride Ride Baby (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26KHfJ9cSYamhX3VYT0TwRFjqiGkvTgs4U6ZihQLDHWMpWX87Fx71kVeiTTNmoH0_SuXNVHy-G1rRn0_y0bmz2XS5qry2NHw_DmFrdYQQklWuUG4eC4Zdq51nCGH_PQWgxZmdZ8QU6Ys-sOmSXsNcYThvqkef8TucHeiPGG5tk5C7Gv6UoGRs_QHc/s1129/jackeely&amp;thecourtmen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26KHfJ9cSYamhX3VYT0TwRFjqiGkvTgs4U6ZihQLDHWMpWX87Fx71kVeiTTNmoH0_SuXNVHy-G1rRn0_y0bmz2XS5qry2NHw_DmFrdYQQklWuUG4eC4Zdq51nCGH_PQWgxZmdZ8QU6Ys-sOmSXsNcYThvqkef8TucHeiPGG5tk5C7Gv6UoGRs_QHc/w395-h400/jackeely&amp;thecourtmen.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ya gotta love Jack Eely. He <i>was </i>thee undisputed voice, of "Louie Louie", but when he got back from a stint in the armed forces,and was ready to resume his duties as The Kingsmen's lead vocalist, Lynn Easton kind of shut him out, soooooo, he formed the Squires and had a superb 45 on RCA (as Jake E. Lee) with "Love That Louie" which rivals "Louie", and then moved on to Bang records where he, and The Courtmen, released two 45's in typical Pacific Northwest form. The first being "Louie Louie '66" and the second, this rendition of the classic "Louie Go Home". Unfortunately Jack Eely's career faded at this point, but at least he left us with some true frat-rock classics.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lords Of London - Time Waits For No One / Cornflakes And Ice Cream (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBw-mR-MjO9tgj3sxT_PUdfO_f9sWBEimmFvlm3qexHXZvCsFrjl2ueqXWIp9n9f8nXTnxVRJ_5FLdVIWU2HMYofzjoP96i4X3E29fUH7p0e10uJfGozVO0brIIxWBnHdP0gwueP55--XYpZNfzQgpICXL9ULE_fbaRl2_6GE39gVqKhrOv2MTSCc/s1129/lord%20Of%20london.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBw-mR-MjO9tgj3sxT_PUdfO_f9sWBEimmFvlm3qexHXZvCsFrjl2ueqXWIp9n9f8nXTnxVRJ_5FLdVIWU2HMYofzjoP96i4X3E29fUH7p0e10uJfGozVO0brIIxWBnHdP0gwueP55--XYpZNfzQgpICXL9ULE_fbaRl2_6GE39gVqKhrOv2MTSCc/w399-h400/lord%20Of%20london.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Lords Of London were a group from Toronto, Ontario, Canada that released three 45's up north and two here in the U.S. I'm giving the 'B' side on this one feature status, not because it stinks, but because "Time Waits For No One" is <i>clearly </i>the superior track. "Cornflakes And Ice Cream" is pretty much what the title describes. Very good Bubblegum Rock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Critters - No One But You / I'm Telling Everyone (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86CLcfdJtmOVTT9ODnEcXONuX9X-r-cE2t9axfd0e8Z-_CFrrMCxW98omfIuBfYB6PmmDUwCVMnX0DrsmVmsoDnn8wtEa3wSY4jSCC7sfd5uOfis3o0_Wuyn36mYRwRdd7NWYJYfk09aI4FnDUg6GWwznYxoi6b-erPyA9IBTpuKNcY2q2j5eoOXX/s1120/critters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86CLcfdJtmOVTT9ODnEcXONuX9X-r-cE2t9axfd0e8Z-_CFrrMCxW98omfIuBfYB6PmmDUwCVMnX0DrsmVmsoDnn8wtEa3wSY4jSCC7sfd5uOfis3o0_Wuyn36mYRwRdd7NWYJYfk09aI4FnDUg6GWwznYxoi6b-erPyA9IBTpuKNcY2q2j5eoOXX/w399-h400/critters.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not sure what the real story is on this 45, apparently this record was released in '67 in the wake of the success The Critters had with "Mr. Diengnly Sad" as a cash in? These sides are supposedly either Critters demos from '65 or so, or not even them at all. There were also lawsuits filed to get it pulled off the market. I think this is better than anything else they ever put out, a nice moody garage band two sider.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Easybeats - Falling Off The Edge Of The World / Remember Sam (1967)</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeRyoMD2da_8EXhtcFEgBLPc7_pwam-uK7KaSa8Wj-c6RwB2xY0x9hMdC2qyQh6-_GiLOVemEkwla1zqRPPINTn1-orJs__vlBKGVv9ZEFu3Toy2Slk5Oq-CE3Xujv5Hy9ek24BoRS5xHBrbrlytAUjI2UwIDEfSFdPUFO0S3AOuc0GrY3_wp1Z2V/s1099/Easybeats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeRyoMD2da_8EXhtcFEgBLPc7_pwam-uK7KaSa8Wj-c6RwB2xY0x9hMdC2qyQh6-_GiLOVemEkwla1zqRPPINTn1-orJs__vlBKGVv9ZEFu3Toy2Slk5Oq-CE3Xujv5Hy9ek24BoRS5xHBrbrlytAUjI2UwIDEfSFdPUFO0S3AOuc0GrY3_wp1Z2V/w394-h400/Easybeats.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the Easybeats, one of the best beat groups from the'60's, a band that should have gone further even though "Friday On My Mind" was a smash in the U.S. The released two L.P.'s in the States, "Friday On My Mind", which was produced by Shel Talmy and "Falling Off The Edge Of The World" (Titled "Vigil" everywhere else) produced by Mike Vaughn an recorded here in the U.S. while they were on tour. Side 'A' is from the latter and side 'B' from the former. Personally, I consider the stuff produced by Talmy to be far superior and all the cuts he produced for them are my favorites, especially "Remember Sam" one of the best songs ever. A gem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Nazar Blues - Ninety Nine And A Half / Hubie (1967?)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2Ai4fYxjggjPqiv5ef9mMpA2B_EYUC3Y9THdfIcctfA7IHFBpuXN_T0UTC13trBoPe6L1XPDno3OWdpECsLMcva6otf9_V-Hx1vvAu8E69DIy7EQa1yClbRhkfqB-PIlCglvqTgHL4oZHxyo_jzK9M6XSp3rIzfiN8-26cYtoQ2nAjQBZSkO-WN_/s1120/nazar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2Ai4fYxjggjPqiv5ef9mMpA2B_EYUC3Y9THdfIcctfA7IHFBpuXN_T0UTC13trBoPe6L1XPDno3OWdpECsLMcva6otf9_V-Hx1vvAu8E69DIy7EQa1yClbRhkfqB-PIlCglvqTgHL4oZHxyo_jzK9M6XSp3rIzfiN8-26cYtoQ2nAjQBZSkO-WN_/w396-h400/nazar.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heres one that I have a little bit of info on. The Nazar Blues were from the Columbus, OH area and I guess according to <a href="http://buckeyebeat.com/nazarblues.html" target="_blank">Buckeye Beat</a>, were quite popular. Decent R&amp;B/Soul with a blues instro on the 'B' side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Group Therapy - Thoughts / Come On (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ice0OUsXIFRQEUmVSYy03pyGeKAj4eb7ltXEmFoAGnG-ek21qx8c5gtjL37zbIU7o2uiMsiG5FE4TZChPFG8P9xSW6bX4vt5bWna5N3shLJ1xbcJVfb96CyRWIdDfKpwxtFH483UzEt5h0wYznHJPOIrl1EmCh9BtY_8nMYH6AHgFk7XMbytuzdB/s1118/Group%20Therapy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1118" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ice0OUsXIFRQEUmVSYy03pyGeKAj4eb7ltXEmFoAGnG-ek21qx8c5gtjL37zbIU7o2uiMsiG5FE4TZChPFG8P9xSW6bX4vt5bWna5N3shLJ1xbcJVfb96CyRWIdDfKpwxtFH483UzEt5h0wYznHJPOIrl1EmCh9BtY_8nMYH6AHgFk7XMbytuzdB/w400-h399/Group%20Therapy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joe Renzetti was a session guitarist and producer that did a lot of work for Mercury, Philips, &amp; Smash records including producing Keith's "98.6" and Sunny by Bobby Hebb. This must've been some kind of one-off studio concoction as both sides are quite different from each other. one's real psychedelic and the other is R&amp;B/Soul. Renzetti was from Philadelphia by the way and did play guitar on a lot of Cameo/Parkway records including "Let's Twist Again".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sidewalk Skipper Band - Strawberry Tuesday / Cynthia At The Garden (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8_5cVpNkIR-z6nuAA0CRj_Git9VlkC3-IO7CsK4Wtj0FOyTukn3n6Xq-o2Bu94_HRVbi6G9TVzztBdcyI33aYQtEEorVp-DUskp3mNHY9NX9VVN1thJg2k9ppH6_X2pPLrtQqM4FU0NyW5KFxg_ELuioL9qfrky2fhwRCdq5Z9bP5VE3bujfZOfO/s1137/sidewalk%20skipper%20band.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1122" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8_5cVpNkIR-z6nuAA0CRj_Git9VlkC3-IO7CsK4Wtj0FOyTukn3n6Xq-o2Bu94_HRVbi6G9TVzztBdcyI33aYQtEEorVp-DUskp3mNHY9NX9VVN1thJg2k9ppH6_X2pPLrtQqM4FU0NyW5KFxg_ELuioL9qfrky2fhwRCdq5Z9bP5VE3bujfZOfO/w395-h400/sidewalk%20skipper%20band.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This group was from Milwaukee, WI and released two 45's on Capitol which were recorded at Universal Recording in Chicago and one on Teen Town, a local Milwaukee label. Very nice pop/psyche on this 45.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ronnie Burns - All The Kings Horses / Coalman (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YpQD22bf-va3tOPrkRxSczRPP4XFt00HTj0Dnn_TSa__BAgG4MzmBkA4kJldMqjPy_DbADIlblxpF_UuHmTncVBn1K3dKQmoN3YZKGw8EKjc1Q545MUjr8ynMgt8_QRC-cUTf8_C8KjoRVCjU4rWZYSBq6PcrD0sqrewookpzv-tm2pxOT4BVtl7/s1107/Ronnie%20Burns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YpQD22bf-va3tOPrkRxSczRPP4XFt00HTj0Dnn_TSa__BAgG4MzmBkA4kJldMqjPy_DbADIlblxpF_UuHmTncVBn1K3dKQmoN3YZKGw8EKjc1Q545MUjr8ynMgt8_QRC-cUTf8_C8KjoRVCjU4rWZYSBq6PcrD0sqrewookpzv-tm2pxOT4BVtl7/w400-h400/Ronnie%20Burns.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ronnie Burns was a popular guy in Australia during the mid-sixties and his career extended into the 80's although he apparently moved towards "Adult-Contemporary" music. He started his career with The Flies who were a pretty good beat group and went solo around the end of 1966. In 1967, he hooked up with the Gibb brothers of Bee Gees fame, that had recorded a bunch of material, and Ronnie laid vocal tracks over them. This excellent two sider is a great example and "Coalman" is the standout track here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fearn's Foundry - Now I Taste The Tears / Love, Sink, and Drown (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVRHpyjx2yvYKsqVjn84WkrN0acEVn1D2TUWJtLQXX495QGzxgJAcX4jwfsUVSi5eBvpW7OWYsoHfSIdrs_ILNZnV3Jv0qFAlNCV4xzf-Ly2Wj5dp8SNfgBOGZ1HHGOu039oSBZ8pr2Cy0FnZpWTI0nT8rqUsdy_-HGa593L-IMtTRE48vsa8NPs4/s1107/fearns%20foundry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1083" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVRHpyjx2yvYKsqVjn84WkrN0acEVn1D2TUWJtLQXX495QGzxgJAcX4jwfsUVSi5eBvpW7OWYsoHfSIdrs_ILNZnV3Jv0qFAlNCV4xzf-Ly2Wj5dp8SNfgBOGZ1HHGOu039oSBZ8pr2Cy0FnZpWTI0nT8rqUsdy_-HGa593L-IMtTRE48vsa8NPs4/w391-h400/fearns%20foundry.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a real sad tale o' woe. I featured this song way back in 2018 on IDG #130 and was done by The Smiths. I guess this is the original version? It was written by Buzz Clifford, a guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He was also a member of Hamilton Streetcar and Carp with Gary Busey. Fearns Foundry was was a Mod/Soul band from the U.K. and was knowns as "Fearns Brass Foundry". As for Noel Walker who produced this, his name shows up on many&nbsp;Decca and Deram records so it's probably safe to assume he was a staff producer. A few of his credits include The Big Three, The Bachelors, The Eyes Of Blue, The Fortunes, The Amen Corner, plus scores of others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Spectrum - London Bridge Is Falling Down (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyx2WP4H50bvJT2GJb01fovUwrfdV663grUyUMv2NDJJT8AcmpeFV_d_EZgLswcTwDnqwPBJWDI5pQcEOaAGTea82f3U2JEKZDB4JQUHMP9fhkcv9lqv-JioVQD_LVeOWklpBNiqcy1ss9DRDhZwLyjbw08m5kqYB-KbW5983QWYtydsIgQBCqGjS/s1101/spectrum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1089" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyx2WP4H50bvJT2GJb01fovUwrfdV663grUyUMv2NDJJT8AcmpeFV_d_EZgLswcTwDnqwPBJWDI5pQcEOaAGTea82f3U2JEKZDB4JQUHMP9fhkcv9lqv-JioVQD_LVeOWklpBNiqcy1ss9DRDhZwLyjbw08m5kqYB-KbW5983QWYtydsIgQBCqGjS/w396-h400/spectrum.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty good pop/psyche from a band out of the U.K., even if it is a re-work of a nursery rhyme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brimstone - Blowin' In The Wind / Trinket (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzfewGRNlEHJsmtzQEDdFPAXij1ZiDGLv3o2VUIzl-PJh9LzFf4Fc_HDTrKev0umkNmdQoSWllcIptORuSsSe6sVeMVbTyWNFL67smIt-tWmljrrWTo2cU90NyulQicJ7vKL2mcDtCauOm5K6Jy5g0xXi_biveXTuWVhMR10BRW7Ynh4XmiOFQAbO/s1140/Brimstone2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1119" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzfewGRNlEHJsmtzQEDdFPAXij1ZiDGLv3o2VUIzl-PJh9LzFf4Fc_HDTrKev0umkNmdQoSWllcIptORuSsSe6sVeMVbTyWNFL67smIt-tWmljrrWTo2cU90NyulQicJ7vKL2mcDtCauOm5K6Jy5g0xXi_biveXTuWVhMR10BRW7Ynh4XmiOFQAbO/w393-h400/Brimstone2.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not certain of where Brimstone is from, but they're not related to a band with the same name that was from Ohio. I've read some info that these guys were from Florida, but it's on a N.Y.C. label. "Trinket" is good Soul/Psyche and their version of "Blowin' In The Wind" has an interesting gospel flair to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Esko Affair - Morning Dull Fires (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zuDbI7W4OdBwfMTpu6SocWDC709da8EW1aELfgYkmfjE2Z_xS1KLh-MFn_YaLmgzl9jpVlknIKyhhmw-udcJ2jKcFh6TFNi4PzG-Jk4MyliETyZhU7mSfy5Efra-NvDoq7BfO1so_kKxzpuaQT93NQHUk2-lQt-79mlgmv4Mq_WJvOh4YHBauD-O/s1131/esko.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1131" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zuDbI7W4OdBwfMTpu6SocWDC709da8EW1aELfgYkmfjE2Z_xS1KLh-MFn_YaLmgzl9jpVlknIKyhhmw-udcJ2jKcFh6TFNi4PzG-Jk4MyliETyZhU7mSfy5Efra-NvDoq7BfO1so_kKxzpuaQT93NQHUk2-lQt-79mlgmv4Mq_WJvOh4YHBauD-O/w400-h399/esko.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of the four sides these guys recorded, two were blue eyed soul, one was "On Broadway" done in a heavy Vanilla Fudge style, and then this wicked ass piece of psychedelia which is by far their best song. Unfortunately, my copy is pretty scratchy, but plays well enough (I guess) to enjoy. I wish I knew what the words to the chorus were because I don't know what "Morning Dull Fires" refer to. 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I know I've been away from this thing since last May, but I'm definitely not giving up on what has been a 10+ year adventure into what I believe are some very cool and long forgotten 45's. That being said, I have gobs of stuff that has yet to be posted so look for something soon. Thanks to all who have stuck around, and hello to all that are seeing this for the first time.&nbsp;</p><p>Be back soon....Dan</p></blockquote></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/8895545090118610092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/01/happy-new-year.html#comment-form' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/8895545090118610092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/8895545090118610092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2023/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!!!!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-6898438233000226226</id><published>2022-05-28T13:30:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2023-04-01T10:47:01.048-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#145</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_srW943kPcyeGxbTx2Cqy3LwCMJlnjNLy-_12dU2YzH-KtdtzUHTrptoDLkH627gk-NeoPEzz1Y0c0CsenI8Njasf-RaIaENWVLwpQJiaHSt6OB3yM9B8q_N4UIXa3vyzyXb8W9GInNJTfFcgxe71cZ4eubKioT4qqeEakv77q0a5X3zTJxhjPw3/s697/145%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_srW943kPcyeGxbTx2Cqy3LwCMJlnjNLy-_12dU2YzH-KtdtzUHTrptoDLkH627gk-NeoPEzz1Y0c0CsenI8Njasf-RaIaENWVLwpQJiaHSt6OB3yM9B8q_N4UIXa3vyzyXb8W9GInNJTfFcgxe71cZ4eubKioT4qqeEakv77q0a5X3zTJxhjPw3/w640-h640/145%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers!!!! So, I've gotten into a "groove" so to speak, where whenever I play a record that I haven't posted on this blog, I rip, and then, voila!!! I've got content to work with. Now that's genius! I have a ton of stuff here in the basement that hasn't been included here and my biggest problem is that I'm terribly dis-organized. For the last two years, I've VOWED to alphabetize and sort these records out, but some other chore gets in the way. I also need lots more record boxes. Oh, yeah, I'm not sure if all of you are paying attention, but this inflation thing is hitting me hard in this area. I used to buy ten 45 storage boxes for just over $55, (full disclosure here.. I live in Rochester, N.Y. where "Bags Unlimited" is located and if you pay cash and pick up, you get a discount), now they cost around $80. That's for twenty pieces of cardboard (boxes and lids). Got that??? Twenty pieces of CARDBOARD. I know, they're cut very nicely, and you can fold them easily, BUT IT'S FREAKIN' CARDBOARD!!!!&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, I've had to hold off on buying storage for these things and now I have stacks of records piled up all over the place and I can't keep track of them. Little by little I pick up little stacks and sort them into "newer" and "older" 45's, this way I can keep things fresh on the <a href="http://www.radiofreephoenix.com" target="_blank">Radio Free Phoenix</a> and <a href="http://www.deepoldies.com" target="_blank">Deep Oldies</a> show which by the way (insert shameless self promotion HERE) is on every Wednesday night at 11:00 PM eastern daylight time on <a href="http://www.radiofreephoenix.com" target="_blank">RFP</a>, and streamed again on Sundays at 3;00 PM at <a href="http://www.deepoldies.com" target="_blank">Deep Oldies</a>, both great places to listen to cool music, and you know it's cool because they allow me to spin 45's for an entire hour and demonstrate my HORRID broadcast talents every week. Also check out my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/danx42/featured" target="_blank">You Tube Channel</a> (more shameless self promotion) which features most of the content featured here on this blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This post, as usual, features <i>"a plethora&nbsp;of fine 45's" </i>so as I say every week on the show...</div><div style="text-align: center;">LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Rondels - C'mon Let's Go /<span>Sweetheart (1964)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo-tb_btXjnyle5E3F-uz_6Zuwj8VMn504AF7SYcK8tAQKVbzp1lgLgFwwJlTAuZhVyEy9P4pY6QUhrLUd6xldtCZJhf5SXaxHJCt7vFkzME7AlxbbodDWikbFSZY7-Gtfb0lHWHeu5KFAuOB1kojVSl6zy-mOrl1DRuv7f7eNDPyyGiVDrnohqIx/s1152/rondels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1152" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo-tb_btXjnyle5E3F-uz_6Zuwj8VMn504AF7SYcK8tAQKVbzp1lgLgFwwJlTAuZhVyEy9P4pY6QUhrLUd6xldtCZJhf5SXaxHJCt7vFkzME7AlxbbodDWikbFSZY7-Gtfb0lHWHeu5KFAuOB1kojVSl6zy-mOrl1DRuv7f7eNDPyyGiVDrnohqIx/w400-h398/rondels.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Kicking off this post is a band from New England, and I guess Boston would be where these guys came from, although little is known about them, they could have been from anywhere in the area. 45cat.com has this listed with the "Ron-Dels" 45's that featured Delbert McClinton, but I'm not convinced that they are the same band. Great frat rock on both sides of this as they tackle Richie Valens' "C'mon Lets Go". The flip is actually as good, if not better, that the 'A' side.<span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Bern Elliot &amp; The Fenmen - New Orleans / Everybody Needs A Little Love (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvyIuhXUebbNYBMbRnvrbSLp_yWkiAe8K-_6JMoDTpGcO-fBz-o4VzII0ZTCSClEUOZj1VsCZsvoT3qVPj7OsvgDNp2U8k6B4g4V-zmiQSnSWUMQ9QLlZpYSNoNkOpIh3jLvnQWNm5J1Vyn5P6smXM9DEzPLsWpO_lueSTO-CDV6LETIOppemOp8e/s1155/bern%20elliot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1133" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyvyIuhXUebbNYBMbRnvrbSLp_yWkiAe8K-_6JMoDTpGcO-fBz-o4VzII0ZTCSClEUOZj1VsCZsvoT3qVPj7OsvgDNp2U8k6B4g4V-zmiQSnSWUMQ9QLlZpYSNoNkOpIh3jLvnQWNm5J1Vyn5P6smXM9DEzPLsWpO_lueSTO-CDV6LETIOppemOp8e/w393-h400/bern%20elliot.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bern Elliot were from Kent, England which is just outside of London, and unlike their neighbors, The Fenmen adopted more of a Liverpool beat style than say guys like the Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds. This 45 which was released on Decca in the U.K. is a real good version of "New Orleans" a song often covered by groups on both sides of the Atlantic. Bern issued some solo 45's in '65 and the Fenmen broke away to release a few singles without Bern. Eventually, a couple of the Fenmen joined the late 60's Pretty Things and had some success with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Billy Thorpe &amp;The Aztecs - My Girl Josephine (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG2RZH17mZGr0Ea3X4Rwp1xm24vP8VaJeWwmimk7QfgVHDpmzwjLh9WtFo7Gn8JwJzRXftsTVEU8vbMCkiWcM6TAI8GeV2ACijGpm-5wqAmpzxNnp5IWjId_P0nOFrnyi4HLFdF8uk-YJAvAPQSngA7SPNfOckEa3nWjdfu_DWo-UWx-zaIVNxYh7/s1151/billy%20thorpe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1131" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG2RZH17mZGr0Ea3X4Rwp1xm24vP8VaJeWwmimk7QfgVHDpmzwjLh9WtFo7Gn8JwJzRXftsTVEU8vbMCkiWcM6TAI8GeV2ACijGpm-5wqAmpzxNnp5IWjId_P0nOFrnyi4HLFdF8uk-YJAvAPQSngA7SPNfOckEa3nWjdfu_DWo-UWx-zaIVNxYh7/w393-h400/billy%20thorpe.jpg" width="393" /></a></div>English born Billy Thorpe, was a huge success in Australia starting in the early sixties and performing into the mid 70's where he became a producer and a composer of TV scores including one of my all time favorite TV shows, Colombo. This 45 mixes a pretty routine version of The Platters' "Twilight Time" with a rockin' version of "Hello Josephine" re-named "My Girl Josephine". I left "Twilight Time" out because it's really not that good. Especially compared to the "B side".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Romans - The Drag / After You Go (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMEGBv5RDZE3r6Gk0b367Cu5DA5DVLgsZBHjqQbZx93By1jVltujTS5Igm8D4XlO8Wa4toHndDu7NU6c5VbtR1GgBt20Qd3P6WBKdQRoDuhdqepDzaVqGgLuSeygAZwfFii3odgS2a_Wp4Rf5Q7_Cx2GgJT4dnk5aBCqSMB28lgrF1bMQJcYtoA9U/s1127/romans.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMEGBv5RDZE3r6Gk0b367Cu5DA5DVLgsZBHjqQbZx93By1jVltujTS5Igm8D4XlO8Wa4toHndDu7NU6c5VbtR1GgBt20Qd3P6WBKdQRoDuhdqepDzaVqGgLuSeygAZwfFii3odgS2a_Wp4Rf5Q7_Cx2GgJT4dnk5aBCqSMB28lgrF1bMQJcYtoA9U/w398-h400/romans.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Supposedly from York, PA, here's a typical outfit from PA slogging it out in the local recording studio with some outstanding Hi-Fi results! Just kidding. This is typical "frat rock" from the mid-sixties that probably every band from coast to coast tried their hand at. In my book, this is what I consider real "Garage Band Music".</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Adrian Lloyd - Lorna / Got A Little Woman (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgKzsdHJEPUr5_eS79bsCcy_hHwI3E8FltKX_kAZlO5slrDl5irCenyzzh9J4ORpqiRuDbH4b_SDfWcLYlBdcVt8MIqY5EzNOmNoIsqTTcRBzCEMTnWNIjuAeQEut4UIEY8DhbgMwNIrwRk7pQpbNoHtjaAO1jpuA9kLz8NFcTRGob5g19VRrClT_/s2024/adrian%20lloyd%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2024" data-original-width="2004" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhgKzsdHJEPUr5_eS79bsCcy_hHwI3E8FltKX_kAZlO5slrDl5irCenyzzh9J4ORpqiRuDbH4b_SDfWcLYlBdcVt8MIqY5EzNOmNoIsqTTcRBzCEMTnWNIjuAeQEut4UIEY8DhbgMwNIrwRk7pQpbNoHtjaAO1jpuA9kLz8NFcTRGob5g19VRrClT_/w396-h400/adrian%20lloyd%20front.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSLPZ7nrIA54qG-CXj29xRIbFfgSD66fuE7ihkqNY-gD6wozvYjJBVWa0FUjSMfh5Nmo9O1wGudZT6A4-gEVggpycy84Uxq7Q44a1TdooeVnC1gRYiuRSebbbRymFG8_TEOzxo6APwDjvs1zxiQ5x5GtxgznaWLdUZpsIyOZJaRFmO3dF78DbYZ7Z/s1160/adrian%20lloyd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSLPZ7nrIA54qG-CXj29xRIbFfgSD66fuE7ihkqNY-gD6wozvYjJBVWa0FUjSMfh5Nmo9O1wGudZT6A4-gEVggpycy84Uxq7Q44a1TdooeVnC1gRYiuRSebbbRymFG8_TEOzxo6APwDjvs1zxiQ5x5GtxgznaWLdUZpsIyOZJaRFmO3dF78DbYZ7Z/w386-h400/adrian%20lloyd.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I generally shy away from posting re-issues on this blog, mainly because you can pretty much get them anywhere, and in my opinion, they are nothing particularly special. There are exceptions though. In the realm of really hard to get 45's that are legendary, <i>and </i>killer, we like to include them here and such is the case with this 45 by Adrian Lloyd which was re-issued for what they call "record store day". Hell, when I was younger, every day was record store day. I'd go to a record store any chance I got. I practically lived in those freakin' places. Now it's sort of a "holiday" for record collectors with a lot of money and they issue "limited edition" records, just for "record store day". Not a bad concept in theory, but it turns out it's just a money grab for some record companies, and a chance for "collectors" with deep pockets to buy as much as they can before anyone else does, and gouge other people on Ebay that didn't get what they wanted the first time around. Fortunately, this 45 came up for what I considered to be a fair price given it's quality. The original issue of this on Charger Records is really rare, so this is an exceptional re-issue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On to the music..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is perhaps one of the greatest garage band performances ever to be laid down to wax.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somehow, Adrian Lloyd, a drummer, who was a transplant from England managed to join The Rumblers, who had a hit in 1962 with the instrumental "Boss", which is a surf classic. If any of you are familiar with this 45, the flip "I Don't Need You No More" was the better side, with Adrian 's snotty vocals at the fore, an omen of sorts, especially when you hear this track. He then formed his own band Adrian &amp; The Sunsets and they released a classic surf LP .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fast-forward to late 1965 where Adrian went into the studio to record this gem. He not only sang and screamed, but played drums as well. This is one of those 45's where I wish I was a fly on the wall in the recording studio experiencing all of this. Adrian literally becomes unhinged as he goes through this number, every scream more intense than the last.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you Sundazed records for having the savvy to re-issue this particular 45, and apologies to the Ebay seller as well. You certainly weren't gouging anyone here, although I'm aware you have multiple copies of this. Fair is fair.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did I mention the flip side??? Oh yeah, that's way cool as well, a menacing minor chord "ballad" that&nbsp; is a classic as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Liz Brady with Jaques Denjean's Orchestra - Hey O Daddy O /&nbsp;Comme Tu Es Jeune (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh1cKksCQs-PAjd010O5aVrNyJnARzjKr8x_vVtEJZBweE1gW3szeUlo_Xqp-fSlqbEmu-EHTdHohP1YtdZd3zFyPv2X-_j_a7LxHsw6kZJLA2Wxtr6CXPP34iF6duqUBQgeuK4TzlrEU8GDp6xY9nVa4O4js7yi5_yVHeN-P4Pt39iFfZOHXsGQD/s1129/liz%20brady.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGh1cKksCQs-PAjd010O5aVrNyJnARzjKr8x_vVtEJZBweE1gW3szeUlo_Xqp-fSlqbEmu-EHTdHohP1YtdZd3zFyPv2X-_j_a7LxHsw6kZJLA2Wxtr6CXPP34iF6duqUBQgeuK4TzlrEU8GDp6xY9nVa4O4js7yi5_yVHeN-P4Pt39iFfZOHXsGQD/w398-h400/liz%20brady.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's go to France, where Liz Brady covers one of the cooler songs issued by The Newbeats, "Hey O Daddy O". I have to be honest, I don't know a whole lot about Liz, but I really like this 45 because there's quite a bit of energy here, and that's what counts the most on 45's like this. I included the flip because I'm a sucker for ballads sung in French.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michel Polnareff -&nbsp;La Poupee Qui Fait Non /&nbsp;Chere Veronique /&nbsp;Beatnik /&nbsp;Ce Que Je Chereche Est On Toi (1966)</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qWzcjDbm-MtwmFnAnB-Zcc08BsxpxQT1t96FbHgTwhkvCpLs2g7YV4WgGFU2q9mJMaDx61IKf9oBzJaBcuW-9Rm1xfFj8bo-MS4pB1d-yxuFsV6P8zX7gjYrWYe_COA_IiJvXMQM8CYdmhRQ1OKbDts50RCN4t0k_VwpXt-kSoYbKElkhBhCO643/s2006/mpolnareffFRONT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2006" data-original-width="2004" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qWzcjDbm-MtwmFnAnB-Zcc08BsxpxQT1t96FbHgTwhkvCpLs2g7YV4WgGFU2q9mJMaDx61IKf9oBzJaBcuW-9Rm1xfFj8bo-MS4pB1d-yxuFsV6P8zX7gjYrWYe_COA_IiJvXMQM8CYdmhRQ1OKbDts50RCN4t0k_VwpXt-kSoYbKElkhBhCO643/w400-h400/mpolnareffFRONT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTueNVi5euGjQx3qkMnmeOHgAZJzxVTgpFn6rpx7uBKEllM8HNOo2FJmRyUHFjLu9drLbGNWWDcblX7DvuOyl01ZU99ODV2ro082CMr15uYqXT4vWqx5nDyDSRVl96TfWBel89bMYSlPFJJXTgwUBO48M61qmuaKdkr6w0tE6QWVm5xicAB_XkfWlL/s2168/mpolnareffBACK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2168" data-original-width="2132" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTueNVi5euGjQx3qkMnmeOHgAZJzxVTgpFn6rpx7uBKEllM8HNOo2FJmRyUHFjLu9drLbGNWWDcblX7DvuOyl01ZU99ODV2ro082CMr15uYqXT4vWqx5nDyDSRVl96TfWBel89bMYSlPFJJXTgwUBO48M61qmuaKdkr6w0tE6QWVm5xicAB_XkfWlL/w394-h400/mpolnareffBACK.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnLVTKdjTGxG84gXKSopg0-VPP2ebyd2sD4CYCXM5rVFD-qxsT7S0XiXzoZtw58mrJ7KipVfCDocrozPrtbjhlM-iMFeoexbHQJ2ONv2drWSqtpsJIwPzi8iawlXVynnXOH6bQFyL8F-PvkA2-BpIsk6lWbxnNcoMrQ1OOoXBZVIFQ69blVu2XkVg/s1096/mpolnareffA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnLVTKdjTGxG84gXKSopg0-VPP2ebyd2sD4CYCXM5rVFD-qxsT7S0XiXzoZtw58mrJ7KipVfCDocrozPrtbjhlM-iMFeoexbHQJ2ONv2drWSqtpsJIwPzi8iawlXVynnXOH6bQFyL8F-PvkA2-BpIsk6lWbxnNcoMrQ1OOoXBZVIFQ69blVu2XkVg/w391-h400/mpolnareffA.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloLevdFetN7FnWE2US3Ow2EzJ81nScmvCF73ODktATBzFARZKDtm_DiU225nTHX1wG2vqsHuJGr02xaKod0BUSD0s8hHqI_v8OsTkItE4RlVTihc857mm8WbwPRlgM9DSIGVbgEPOIVt81Iqecni4dB3jN15jC5MgkVfjkuQTC4J-5kkOrLqqDP2j/s1076/mpolnareffB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1061" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloLevdFetN7FnWE2US3Ow2EzJ81nScmvCF73ODktATBzFARZKDtm_DiU225nTHX1wG2vqsHuJGr02xaKod0BUSD0s8hHqI_v8OsTkItE4RlVTihc857mm8WbwPRlgM9DSIGVbgEPOIVt81Iqecni4dB3jN15jC5MgkVfjkuQTC4J-5kkOrLqqDP2j/w395-h400/mpolnareffB.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yay!!!! More French stuff, this time from Michel Polnareff, who was, and still is a popular figure in French pop music. This E.P. covers some different styles from folk/rock to pop to straight up rock, and it's all quite good. A very enjoyable record I must say!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Episode Six - Love-Hate-Revenge / Baby, Baby, Baby (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QD25g-rYJR2PO6Wn1X7kLC3LxTopqyUoaP-Fs1bNebmUqA9xSfeL4e2Y1H2RAGUHWu5rNIiwOzDUUkdpFuipZGuQud2Hfe_9djaZnc_QC-POkPAU23jtk2jNgFePSGealyH3W-b12SB0ZXwsGzO9Wre4wSi3QIlb09hEonHuC7w2dvkrL9IabLaD/s1148/episode%20six.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QD25g-rYJR2PO6Wn1X7kLC3LxTopqyUoaP-Fs1bNebmUqA9xSfeL4e2Y1H2RAGUHWu5rNIiwOzDUUkdpFuipZGuQud2Hfe_9djaZnc_QC-POkPAU23jtk2jNgFePSGealyH3W-b12SB0ZXwsGzO9Wre4wSi3QIlb09hEonHuC7w2dvkrL9IabLaD/w391-h400/episode%20six.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Episode Six is mostly famous for including a pre-Deep Purple Ian Gillian and Roger Glover in the band. They were a very good band and this 45 shows it. They released around a dozen 45's in the U.K. and four here in the U.S. Unfortunately I've only heard this one and "Mighty Morris Ten" which came out here in the states on Warner Bros. Records.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cherokee - I Can't Reach You / Willie And The Hand Jive (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dSGViIAMEEYcm5jI8219ymIxl3pYWwoOM9fwegIVOMboThQ9oUcOfWjI-G3ScBwYJFJt2243wa8v0teVruRHVZe4ZVevdwb22b_kYVQY7UGC9ZiA3P7N0rujg4PvrXdqgIslZJb2oUkMh2mkkZh4fNLO8LWEMSOLPSkO9JV17xM8RthCRmilSgCb/s1144/cherokee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1144" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dSGViIAMEEYcm5jI8219ymIxl3pYWwoOM9fwegIVOMboThQ9oUcOfWjI-G3ScBwYJFJt2243wa8v0teVruRHVZe4ZVevdwb22b_kYVQY7UGC9ZiA3P7N0rujg4PvrXdqgIslZJb2oUkMh2mkkZh4fNLO8LWEMSOLPSkO9JV17xM8RthCRmilSgCb/w400-h399/cherokee.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know me. I'm always taking chances on 45's out there, and there obviously are hits and misses. I couldn't pass this one up even though I'd never heard it mainly because this is some unknown band covering one my all time favorite Pete Townsend compositions, from one of my favorite Who L.P.'s. I wasn't sure what to expect. First of all, Ranwood Records was collaboration between Randy Wood who founded Dot Records, and Lawrence Welk (of all people) so's they could release all of Welk's Dot recordings independent of Dot Records, because Welk owned all the rights to everything he recorded on Dot.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Obviously they needed a few other acts to fill out their roster, so The Cherokee must've been one of them. I have one other 45 on this label by "The Sounds Of Sunshine" a real "sunshiny" pop 45 but outside of these two , I haven't heard anything else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Produced and arranged by Dan Dalton who was also involved with quite a bit of music in the mid sixties like the Peppermint Trolley Company, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, and as a member of the folk group "The Back Porch Majority".&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, how's the music???? Quite interesting I might say. This is probably a love it or hate it 45, but I love it. They take one of Pete Townsend's finest songs and put a "La Bamba" riff to it for the intros, but kind of get back to the feel of the original during the verses and the choruses. Although this side is marred by dopey horns, It's still very good, and the flip is a fuzzed up version of Johnny Otis' "Willie &amp; The Hand Jive".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Steve Lee - She's Afraid To Answer/ Baby (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbC3qLh8CIBeCfn_dQ-MUe1Pr9pCK85ARV1GqiNRc20kAJz6TN18v9FEoaOjaFZVDiJwZambbyfqaN4RbhwkX1LDnGrBgX0MesIOTA-0Gv3F4B_KlgtP09ukNcERlKI0wxVwEufqhtjav5sl3WJ-pUIK-koQYK_FQKlQWPcY4ahc-DMudm-J0LT7U/s1136/steve%20lee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbC3qLh8CIBeCfn_dQ-MUe1Pr9pCK85ARV1GqiNRc20kAJz6TN18v9FEoaOjaFZVDiJwZambbyfqaN4RbhwkX1LDnGrBgX0MesIOTA-0Gv3F4B_KlgtP09ukNcERlKI0wxVwEufqhtjav5sl3WJ-pUIK-koQYK_FQKlQWPcY4ahc-DMudm-J0LT7U/w391-h400/steve%20lee.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Steve Lee, A/K/A Steve Noack, was a musician from St. Louis, MO and was in a band called The Happy Return which was featured in IDG #91. This is slightly different than the&nbsp; the Happy Return 45 and came out around a year prior. Both sides are good, but the A side is the better one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Uniques - Groovin' Out (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3r2mFdgQeH7yn-7xEdqIYVKVKIhFk--OBLv49H0iM6xgifvV41J-hix5-OQEnXTpLuGFVAFNnui7AyVLDT25uxFTy3wgnPm4hib0Z3zPkerw5BdBY4Jb5nX4n312sMpNIn8QvauJdsYXkRr9qwzbrox9akcYxwLMJW8hxwCPIPs-x7CTwFWIYKAZO/s1118/uniques%20groovin%20out.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3r2mFdgQeH7yn-7xEdqIYVKVKIhFk--OBLv49H0iM6xgifvV41J-hix5-OQEnXTpLuGFVAFNnui7AyVLDT25uxFTy3wgnPm4hib0Z3zPkerw5BdBY4Jb5nX4n312sMpNIn8QvauJdsYXkRr9qwzbrox9akcYxwLMJW8hxwCPIPs-x7CTwFWIYKAZO/w394-h400/uniques%20groovin%20out.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I needed a 45 to fill this post out to 28 tracks, so I grabbed this one randomly. I like the Uniques. They had a bunch of 45's on Paula Records and some of them are really freakin' good. This one is OK. I could do without the stupid kazoos.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battalion Tweed - But It's Alright / Last Time (1969)</span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqFJRIIW6XL1cLAu8mibOLdhiYw-3iW9igFrdvJqchcZpIIqgS-IRDGLaWv7kKQeuNDvGDPpFndmYwfRLPmPfP9rVUYyUaQCmsvC-kYhk0DdKLbOHPT7GRTYXGdk8Vvk8cnbTsE_TpD0Fk8nGbTn_SyJ5QYWVup2E7qZPFaTn4Q7tekZdniCW0Rd2/s1153/batallion%20tweed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1112" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqFJRIIW6XL1cLAu8mibOLdhiYw-3iW9igFrdvJqchcZpIIqgS-IRDGLaWv7kKQeuNDvGDPpFndmYwfRLPmPfP9rVUYyUaQCmsvC-kYhk0DdKLbOHPT7GRTYXGdk8Vvk8cnbTsE_TpD0Fk8nGbTn_SyJ5QYWVup2E7qZPFaTn4Q7tekZdniCW0Rd2/w395-h408/batallion%20tweed.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mr. G" Records is one of my favorite labels because they have such an eclectic roster of "talent" on the label, including some very cool Upstate New York bands. I'm not exactly sure who The Battalion Tweed were, but I think they may have been from Connecticut???? In any case, they do a good job of tackling J.J. Jackson's most covered hit "But It's Alright".<br /><span><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Equals - Have I The Right /&nbsp;Lover Let Me Go (1972)<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TMWDWonUwZRpTwYvbtMcKoaDELJ0lqt7RWq0zD89XmTo6Roo13JznYR5W3GLRafRqZ_OMmRDtod8magILnG9KurmEP3EMezmqFCAAk-WsMDHCIqJqNcTz_MIXh5mGrT8rJyn1I8NvqAuK9DEAfRFuTwLkINMC9B8bYxSX3Ie8JLTlge-s4Od4eq_/s1057/equals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1057" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TMWDWonUwZRpTwYvbtMcKoaDELJ0lqt7RWq0zD89XmTo6Roo13JznYR5W3GLRafRqZ_OMmRDtod8magILnG9KurmEP3EMezmqFCAAk-WsMDHCIqJqNcTz_MIXh5mGrT8rJyn1I8NvqAuK9DEAfRFuTwLkINMC9B8bYxSX3Ie8JLTlge-s4Od4eq_/w400-h400/equals.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></b>I FREAKIN LOVE THE EQUALS!!!!!<br />I was fortunate to obtain a couple of&nbsp; Equals 45's that <i>I think </i>are legit, but to my eyes, they look like re-issues. I don't care. They are one of my favorite bands and this one from 1972, of all years, is fantastic!<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Floating Bridge - Brought Up Wrong / Watch Your Step (1969)</span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HAhD-dMfPlH7VZI-6G4GvMG3BfksAHQCsECvXxEFLhM89DUZx0mq8PJ1ffs90P-hmLIEI9yQDKIrXk7RTs5YOVN241-9WLer8s2xr7jKHR-efzi0L5jZXrEfMEYN82ELi6cIFKrHtx4hilhuYVSCQFifQVCCqM8GaDRywnJard-wBti_Yunu9c0D/s1117/floating%20bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1110" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HAhD-dMfPlH7VZI-6G4GvMG3BfksAHQCsECvXxEFLhM89DUZx0mq8PJ1ffs90P-hmLIEI9yQDKIrXk7RTs5YOVN241-9WLer8s2xr7jKHR-efzi0L5jZXrEfMEYN82ELi6cIFKrHtx4hilhuYVSCQFifQVCCqM8GaDRywnJard-wBti_Yunu9c0D/w398-h400/floating%20bridge.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A group out of Seattle, WA that had one member from The Wailers (the PACIFIC NW WAILERS, NOT BOB MARLEY'S CREW) and released an L.P. and this one 45 which is quite heavy. They do an interesting version on "Watch Your Step" on the flip, a song that was covered by quite a few British Invasion/Beat Groups in the early to mid sixties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/5qtmb59pg03djt7nzwcdf0dn12uyui89" target="_blank">HERE</a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/6898438233000226226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2022/05/in-dans-garage145.html#comment-form' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/6898438233000226226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/6898438233000226226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2022/05/in-dans-garage145.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#145'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_srW943kPcyeGxbTx2Cqy3LwCMJlnjNLy-_12dU2YzH-KtdtzUHTrptoDLkH627gk-NeoPEzz1Y0c0CsenI8Njasf-RaIaENWVLwpQJiaHSt6OB3yM9B8q_N4UIXa3vyzyXb8W9GInNJTfFcgxe71cZ4eubKioT4qqeEakv77q0a5X3zTJxhjPw3/s72-w640-h640-c/145%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-2976022080753223295</id><published>2022-04-23T11:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2022-04-23T11:06:03.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#144</title><content type='html'><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUP9Z0p15JAAp_Dqt1nUloxax9JB250rPdBUNulUKdaDWME_kTuSM9n52Bbu1rr7lRL9p_B9S4Rrdvq_HrTrp3EZdo-ZK-ake_nddYck7wIFU2BTiVikJ7PZxUak_6WWnnRoggdGnqY-JHaKZ-vP6Hay2xhaDdhgbWn9_Lg6VVarnwoSaWfZZ5D3uP/s697/144%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUP9Z0p15JAAp_Dqt1nUloxax9JB250rPdBUNulUKdaDWME_kTuSM9n52Bbu1rr7lRL9p_B9S4Rrdvq_HrTrp3EZdo-ZK-ake_nddYck7wIFU2BTiVikJ7PZxUak_6WWnnRoggdGnqY-JHaKZ-vP6Hay2xhaDdhgbWn9_Lg6VVarnwoSaWfZZ5D3uP/w400-h400/144%20front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;GREETINGS MUSIC LOVERS!!!!!!! It's been quite a while since I've last posted, in fact this could be the longest hiatus I've ever taken. Most of my time these day's are taken up with work, family (I have five grandchildren!), my weekly show on Radio Free Phoenix and Deep Oldies, and some health issues, while they are not life threatening, have been quite debilitating over the past two years. Fortunately, I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel and hope to be a complete functioning adult sometime within this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enough about myself and the whiny violin music in the background. Record collecting these days has been hit and/or miss, but stuff does trickle in, in fact due to a good pay bump, I'm able to "waste my money" on some cool records. I've bought a lot of L.P.'s lately, filling holes in my wish list of albums that I had when I was younger and sold or lost, but I've also scored a few cool 45's recently, some of which are featured in this particular post., in fact I'm awaiting more in the mail as I write this!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For all of you friends and followers out there, thanks for sticking around, and for any newbies out there, I hope you enjoy what we're doing here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As usual, there's a "veritable cornucopia of fine 45's" to check out so let's get right to it!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Legends - Here Comes The Pain / Don't Be Ashamed (1964)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mR1txDm3hcdFbT5T0cJTSESXlYGhBLHVYyGtIcNwk1po6QNwQ7NiR3oRhwayjbQQtm-i4NyGUNZaOInK36dqDz9ghCW4JPGPCwjoztlGT0jW7krr4JRBzXyKWQMR5cS7qALvkFTOhFR9s22A9XEyoXq7bMh6Lrvh_3t5Sdfaod4Tv0jAsW5AjyL_/s1091/Ledgens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mR1txDm3hcdFbT5T0cJTSESXlYGhBLHVYyGtIcNwk1po6QNwQ7NiR3oRhwayjbQQtm-i4NyGUNZaOInK36dqDz9ghCW4JPGPCwjoztlGT0jW7krr4JRBzXyKWQMR5cS7qALvkFTOhFR9s22A9XEyoXq7bMh6Lrvh_3t5Sdfaod4Tv0jAsW5AjyL_/w393-h400/Ledgens.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Milwaukee, WI. The Legends actually released about 10 45's on various labels including Capitol, Parrot, Ermine (a local label), and Warner Bros. This is a great British Invasion influenced 45 that reminds me more of The Searchers, than say The Beatles. Great stuff!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Messengers - Hard Hard Year (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiprXI_Xgn335r1_6qcVyBBsmm7hdkm1iVrUBKDRn5LKgBSk4LEsh4-OIOo64eJSb25UBMVI_DrvkMaxCUVYhiHqJUu322nP-1JIYdu3ebVMjhbA8rsbc-sA2FE-cVggNBzO42Or-j5PzrsPg1V_URSbds4R9iqfuaT76c2KySsg4VS6VudFZ2Itv/s1131/messengers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1129" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiprXI_Xgn335r1_6qcVyBBsmm7hdkm1iVrUBKDRn5LKgBSk4LEsh4-OIOo64eJSb25UBMVI_DrvkMaxCUVYhiHqJUu322nP-1JIYdu3ebVMjhbA8rsbc-sA2FE-cVggNBzO42Or-j5PzrsPg1V_URSbds4R9iqfuaT76c2KySsg4VS6VudFZ2Itv/w399-h400/messengers.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another Milwaukee group. The history of these guys is somewhat convoluted, but if you follow this link...https://www.45cat.com/record/nc106961us, you may get some clarification on who they were and their history,. In any case, this is a cover of a Hollies song, something that I was totally unaware of until I did a little research because I still don't know ALL of my "cool" rock &amp; roll history. Very cool stuff here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Midnight Mail - I Can't Get It / I Can't Quit (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaX4G0y1gC0esw8LOpksAfmry3IIyz_inD15F1Oj0NqWQ6ND99qdED9azBA9aBbvKbbGeeYPPTxctP9Y6TIr4E6UsHEhb3em8koKbGbxxTXWP2dcAbYAS4HOrSsii3X5LG2tf__Z0-l3Peglaply7WuQHy9JKGG9aYZhPplBj_-oBBG1kzHZcsiNW/s1127/midnight%20mail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaX4G0y1gC0esw8LOpksAfmry3IIyz_inD15F1Oj0NqWQ6ND99qdED9azBA9aBbvKbbGeeYPPTxctP9Y6TIr4E6UsHEhb3em8koKbGbxxTXWP2dcAbYAS4HOrSsii3X5LG2tf__Z0-l3Peglaply7WuQHy9JKGG9aYZhPplBj_-oBBG1kzHZcsiNW/w396-h400/midnight%20mail.jpg" width="396" /></a></div>Jim Webb, also known as "Jimmy", wrote a slew of hits in the 60's and 70's, most notably "By The Time I Get To Phoenix, "Up, Up, And Away", "MacArthur Park" (ew), and worked quite a bit with Johnny Rivers. I guess this must've been a real early effort from 1966 although I don't see much mention of it except that the 45 states that it features him. I wouldn't exactly call this a 'garage' 45 but it's certainly some very solid 60's rock and roll with a little bit of attitude.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Hjerpe - Navigation Blues / Not For Sale (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiQ3EZP6W8jYQMs-jK8PG-kkZvMju_yupRM6A6uJ4sieJkeSFZqeHZ2wIyxIl78Q2XzBqSNShjLKoNyLjT04FnSxM0rU0eAayRVhsyERZKaGzFeOlkZPAGSUQ1H7p2zAaqSDNi1LsEBCCocR-ytngKsnGr5s-dfm-MY78aGdJW_iIiC0fIzqpWwEi/s1102/hjerpe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1086" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiQ3EZP6W8jYQMs-jK8PG-kkZvMju_yupRM6A6uJ4sieJkeSFZqeHZ2wIyxIl78Q2XzBqSNShjLKoNyLjT04FnSxM0rU0eAayRVhsyERZKaGzFeOlkZPAGSUQ1H7p2zAaqSDNi1LsEBCCocR-ytngKsnGr5s-dfm-MY78aGdJW_iIiC0fIzqpWwEi/w394-h400/hjerpe.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bill Hjerpe released two 45's on Epic and somehow also worked as a songwriter for at least one act that I know of that appeared on Columbia Records. Those guys would be Rochester, NY's Show Stoppers who apparently were discovered in our humble hometown by John Hammond himself, well... discovered might be a stretch, but I think they generated enough interest to get him up here to see them perform and give them a contract. The Show Stoppers released two 45's on Columbia and were blessed with Bill Hjerpe's songwriting on both issues. Obviously, Bill has a Dylan thing going on here, and "Navigation Blues" sounds like Bill and the drummer going at it while he does a sort of stream of consciousness vocal much in the same way Dylan did, although I think Bob was more deliberate with his lyrics. "Not For Sale" is actually the better side as we have a full band backing Hjerpe up on that one. Also seek out is other Epic 45 which is well...EPIC!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tom Rush - On The Road Again / Who Do You Love (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqxm_6xWd0_FMM64uI1404Q2LgsyIF-J1SPpJH0PeHebQRrtvyvWmKC4DC3eJ8SNxTeUMgede28jELdQi6UiuZGzFNO284ayuME2r36vsgSldSQnZi6xAMQHfgNa4GpSAScaNpA0XHOGT2CU0ulRFSUwXkVoaZc3_Zeok6dCr0bfB1VR0JfQIW3lG/s1126/tom%20rush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqxm_6xWd0_FMM64uI1404Q2LgsyIF-J1SPpJH0PeHebQRrtvyvWmKC4DC3eJ8SNxTeUMgede28jELdQi6UiuZGzFNO284ayuME2r36vsgSldSQnZi6xAMQHfgNa4GpSAScaNpA0XHOGT2CU0ulRFSUwXkVoaZc3_Zeok6dCr0bfB1VR0JfQIW3lG/w395-h400/tom%20rush.jpg" width="395" /></a></div>How many "On The Road Again" songs are there in the musical universe??? Prolly a bunch. We all know Willie Nelson's version well (yawn), and the Lovin' Spoonful had one,&nbsp; there may be some others, but for my money this one by Tom Rush is the best. Tom Rush was not exactly a garage or psychedelic guy, on the contrary, he was a blues/folk artist. I don't know a whole lot about him 'cause the folk thing really isn't my bag, but I can't help loving this particular song. It reminds me a bit like Dylan's "Maggies Farm", but not quit as "out there", know what I mean? Who Do You Love is pretty good, but doesn't stack up against what is actually the 'B' side to this 45.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Reasons Why - Same Old Worries / I Don't Care If You Don't Care (1967)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPHgk4kO5T-uKEe2TJGH6rVA5U1K6Q9oqQvfICmmQ44GCTMxNoq_Xd2p3EM25EnxG8cNErYWR3uq5w6Zei7hGLbSqsVCTPnFJu9tkeOqGUaZrR0Y9DqjBSxJDsIBEeQWlEYL_f89xvXoJI4PdrNTsLO1aIAkPVo4jTO_1sxFYynVUaGS36k6gkJ1S/s1100/reasons%20why.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1073" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPHgk4kO5T-uKEe2TJGH6rVA5U1K6Q9oqQvfICmmQ44GCTMxNoq_Xd2p3EM25EnxG8cNErYWR3uq5w6Zei7hGLbSqsVCTPnFJu9tkeOqGUaZrR0Y9DqjBSxJDsIBEeQWlEYL_f89xvXoJI4PdrNTsLO1aIAkPVo4jTO_1sxFYynVUaGS36k6gkJ1S/w390-h400/reasons%20why.jpg" width="390" /></a></div>This was the last of three 45's released by this Long Island group that included Buzz Feiten who went on to play with guys like Paul Butterfield, The Rascals, and he invented a tuning system for guitar which I guess keeps everything in tune so to speak. The first two 45's were really good garage/folk rock, this one on the other hand, well...they make a serious left turn. One side is a very moody number, and the other is kind of baroque pop, at least it reminded me of The Left Banke on first play. "Same Old Worries" is definitely the standout track here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bystanders - Royal Blue Summer Sunshine Day (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_adT3vW03lKtKeJIKUsaThxFR1alDdL5xcfkxl-T6xS6Nxo2xXzxhcBNiWxIyqio4OG9mELprabQMhFXQI_EcKwXScpJ4RKL8pykAhk2kV8Y5JO0Kq3G5VL5erZvnFWNMHDtQWcYHVrrdzSBbsnXImGakLBecJSXXw1WsTAkxjZdQbiAt6zcqoDx2/s1125/bystanders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1125" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_adT3vW03lKtKeJIKUsaThxFR1alDdL5xcfkxl-T6xS6Nxo2xXzxhcBNiWxIyqio4OG9mELprabQMhFXQI_EcKwXScpJ4RKL8pykAhk2kV8Y5JO0Kq3G5VL5erZvnFWNMHDtQWcYHVrrdzSBbsnXImGakLBecJSXXw1WsTAkxjZdQbiAt6zcqoDx2/w400-h399/bystanders.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know...I could never figure Pye Records out. Although they had some of the BEST music to come out of Britain in the 60's, here in the U.S., their releases got scattered about a bunch of different labels including this one which ended up on Chess no less. Chess, being the gold standard for blues labels in the 50's and early 60's needed to expand their horizons so they released 45's by groups like "The Lot", "The Truth", "The Baroques", and this one here, which by the way, is a one sided promo. The Bystanders were from Wales and in the UK released eight 45's including a version of Keith's "98.6". This is typically great British psyche/pop fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mother's Little Helpers - Walk With Me / Funny Girl (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioa7oWW--c1mY_rawh-iqeXLI5zBlCIdAEK7or-3yUrbhK2usb0pFfKzZbBgXrCNsZFifXW3c0PVVDD9kC4Fei3w2x3mlYlp_vQo9yVwD8lGaEL7VNraUCRjP4lN-o6Fe9WlxAfSzrncMJ_hzsld9AwEudZLAedpMopGVbP5UjWKt0ynCPrA_wgsK/s1133/mother's%20lil%20helper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioa7oWW--c1mY_rawh-iqeXLI5zBlCIdAEK7or-3yUrbhK2usb0pFfKzZbBgXrCNsZFifXW3c0PVVDD9kC4Fei3w2x3mlYlp_vQo9yVwD8lGaEL7VNraUCRjP4lN-o6Fe9WlxAfSzrncMJ_hzsld9AwEudZLAedpMopGVbP5UjWKt0ynCPrA_wgsK/w393-h400/mother's%20lil%20helper.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can't say too much about this group. This one is firmly in the "Bubblegum" category with dopey kazoos, and the like. Probably a studio group. Sorry, but that's all I got.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Comstock LTD. - Annabelle Jane / Help Me Girl (1969</span></b>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1EoR5BWPvJH2KP4d81Il-HKF4QjXUv1ysY7kswyyzXBEbG6mHCk_GMAzA8T4FmslhfceMU2SnzZ8LnIx427S-vfsI7rozz0boMw9y2tNUx3OXf0nJ-PmTI8NwkwrTKHkQ5ToXNhe7yD7Zhj_pxPO58slqZL2zyiSd3Flj5C6kZRPW2MQ_QIKWkff/s1103/comstock%20ltd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1085" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1EoR5BWPvJH2KP4d81Il-HKF4QjXUv1ysY7kswyyzXBEbG6mHCk_GMAzA8T4FmslhfceMU2SnzZ8LnIx427S-vfsI7rozz0boMw9y2tNUx3OXf0nJ-PmTI8NwkwrTKHkQ5ToXNhe7yD7Zhj_pxPO58slqZL2zyiSd3Flj5C6kZRPW2MQ_QIKWkff/w394-h400/comstock%20ltd.jpg" width="394" /></a></div>More Bubblegum pop here, but this time I know something about this band! These guys were named after Western N.Y. native Bobby Comstock who had some big local hits in the early sixties, an L.P. on Ascot records in 1966, and three or four 45's on Bell. Comstock was from nearby Ithaca, N.Y. and was an extremely popular act right though the sixties and he continued performing in "oldies" shows till the 90's. Bobby passed away in 2020 leaving us some cool rock &amp; roll to digest, especially his greatest effort, "Let's Stomp", a rock &amp; roll standard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Five By Five - Apple Cider / Fruitstand Man (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-iy9l_HdoKTU5Is1ZXS3UwjMoNC05ydA2TUiH9cHkYzC7gOOKPjxh9nbY-K1-iBVdnO6_p2nBJ-M-WRs7s0m4ahanJ61iU9J_EvaWy2dDxQyHsTGKrocCdnso-wuYbBMjlOhhWQq2d6PV-u9NEwysmtYWS9WkWZdS6hvdoaZ_ZqeJ0rNuD9-DOp8/s1124/Fivebyfive.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1113" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-iy9l_HdoKTU5Is1ZXS3UwjMoNC05ydA2TUiH9cHkYzC7gOOKPjxh9nbY-K1-iBVdnO6_p2nBJ-M-WRs7s0m4ahanJ61iU9J_EvaWy2dDxQyHsTGKrocCdnso-wuYbBMjlOhhWQq2d6PV-u9NEwysmtYWS9WkWZdS6hvdoaZ_ZqeJ0rNuD9-DOp8/w396-h400/Fivebyfive.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Five By Five were a <i>somewhat </i>prolific band, I mean, they had eight singles on Paula Records, but only one L.P., which had most of the singles tracks on it. I'm pretty sure these guys from Magnolia, Arkansas were not in complete control of their destiny, but they did put out some way cool, and kind of heavy I might add, rock &amp; roll in the late 60's and they managed to hang on into the early 70's. This is a great two sider that has "fruit" as it's theme. Perhaps the first "concept 45" ever???? Hmmmm....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Helen's Babies - Baby I Need You Now (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42jmPudHOs8Qlvtwbb_9wTwdlFtvf_qIoKQKtzW7pk-Nx0nMGzYjQN5IVn1kneaEwruBT1_5jIb3mVauBO4FwjttkzjvGDyqm3qeV7yIIj1aYWzkyknKGyZS6kUvaQc8f7CedDZp7mM3FZMf3iy7kUsATGF-GqKGUzC7iUkEw5K-xwycaIlSEUBM6/s1128/helen's%20babies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42jmPudHOs8Qlvtwbb_9wTwdlFtvf_qIoKQKtzW7pk-Nx0nMGzYjQN5IVn1kneaEwruBT1_5jIb3mVauBO4FwjttkzjvGDyqm3qeV7yIIj1aYWzkyknKGyZS6kUvaQc8f7CedDZp7mM3FZMf3iy7kUsATGF-GqKGUzC7iUkEw5K-xwycaIlSEUBM6/w396-h400/helen's%20babies.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another stumper....Helen's Babies were most likely from the south, and Shelby Singleton had a bit to do with this release on "Sumpter Records". More Bubblegum sounds I guess, not bad for a "girls in the garage" thing, but I wonder why the radio station guys marked this record up as "country"?????&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lothar &amp; The Hand People - Machines / Milkweed Love (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEtV7-J3v2fybHRY1QVNwyd0zWNrRg5O5zkRbHboeNWGs7V9xQJaS_f_kc5yzABJA6Ak5Vx84AEoTBVz770EbJtdkaDOOnKzVyZ4JxWWv2KR3GCQmFuFimfknmewcA2lQPkqREgNl8yIOFLD6zJmAmdXLCon_CVk-loGvxRA17xiEtkdjVgiRiSze/s1061/lothat%20and%20the%20hand%20people.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1061" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEtV7-J3v2fybHRY1QVNwyd0zWNrRg5O5zkRbHboeNWGs7V9xQJaS_f_kc5yzABJA6Ak5Vx84AEoTBVz770EbJtdkaDOOnKzVyZ4JxWWv2KR3GCQmFuFimfknmewcA2lQPkqREgNl8yIOFLD6zJmAmdXLCon_CVk-loGvxRA17xiEtkdjVgiRiSze/w400-h395/lothat%20and%20the%20hand%20people.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a couple of Lothar 45's, obviously this is one of them. Originally from Denver, CO, they relocated to New York City and developed what can only be described as a truly progressive sound, using "Lothar", their Theremin, an electronic instrument with a couple of rods you wave your hand over to make whacked out noises with (I'm paraphrasing here), and the Moog Synthesizer, which could possibly be the most reviled instrument by lovers of rock and roll. I personally am OK with it, depending on it's use, and The Hand People use it well. As far as the band's output, they did release five 45's on Capitol as well as two L.P.s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">NAIF - Love's No Game (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xEKl9WeSXvOA6aQhAp-GYZF8UChD1-rjhliYHhl1FnLnlpHQfazOcxrMWkOq6_TOVTThtMe9DLjN6FfHW4L6XFN-raMX65e0e-GUwSXDt8EimRwBkQgd8IQJgkXtL3Xev9yNrq9EGWBXe40FvTRv9DbKDfJtNesRHtCfGQfVf_c6CKTeTCuCp0mb/s1155/NAIF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xEKl9WeSXvOA6aQhAp-GYZF8UChD1-rjhliYHhl1FnLnlpHQfazOcxrMWkOq6_TOVTThtMe9DLjN6FfHW4L6XFN-raMX65e0e-GUwSXDt8EimRwBkQgd8IQJgkXtL3Xev9yNrq9EGWBXe40FvTRv9DbKDfJtNesRHtCfGQfVf_c6CKTeTCuCp0mb/w389-h400/NAIF.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"NAIF". Better known as the "North Atlantic Invasion Force" were from Connecticut, New Haven if I'm not mistaken, and had a few 45's on several labels, but their "biggest hit" was "Black On White" which came out on Mr. G records in 1968. That song, unfortunately, had some lyrics that were "not acceptable", so they re-wrote the song and released it again on the "Staff" label out of N.Y.C. Not bad, but not quite as good as the original.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mellow Brick Rode - Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket / Other Side Of This Life (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpfbm6ymXLE2hmlgwPZ8UiXoso5Q5YPmib_jOGYiLVqo7DzU7Txyj_wjYm_wZ8bzt3UfQCrswMtrn18qH6MeNJxEhvuvxFTollX1og_w3C5PTg6Qy5ck8CQ-NZKImaVlEs4Wll7gm3D9cSJ7y5aOAVhZAScxH3Wk12k719vHj0gHxPlz-MV-0p9y2/s599/mellow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="599" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpfbm6ymXLE2hmlgwPZ8UiXoso5Q5YPmib_jOGYiLVqo7DzU7Txyj_wjYm_wZ8bzt3UfQCrswMtrn18qH6MeNJxEhvuvxFTollX1og_w3C5PTg6Qy5ck8CQ-NZKImaVlEs4Wll7gm3D9cSJ7y5aOAVhZAScxH3Wk12k719vHj0gHxPlz-MV-0p9y2/w400-h399/mellow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one threw me off completely. I thought this was just another band from who knows where, but they were actually "The Road" from Buffalo, NY who had a minor hit (fairly big around these parts) with a cover of the Zombies', "She's Not There". This one is pretty much in the same style as their other recordings, but I kinda like their version of "Other Side Of This Life".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Roy Orbison - Southbound Jericho Parkway / My Friend (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO98-0PEQa93lITzcl8hV7Zy96bVaDzkYX5pBYXlUz7kWayyZo8hZ2hanLxIu8eXC_DS2x8tdSujB0jmfJRQphxRg7DXXnfJzNVbgjSlcBQ4ty2IQxUPAsCCazUN5irrNvVkuUo2ES4rfZByeNDUWm62br9yLW7egBh0qAiS2Frjsj-OZtLaHVwxA/s1134/roy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO98-0PEQa93lITzcl8hV7Zy96bVaDzkYX5pBYXlUz7kWayyZo8hZ2hanLxIu8eXC_DS2x8tdSujB0jmfJRQphxRg7DXXnfJzNVbgjSlcBQ4ty2IQxUPAsCCazUN5irrNvVkuUo2ES4rfZByeNDUWm62br9yLW7egBh0qAiS2Frjsj-OZtLaHVwxA/w393-h400/roy.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For long tome followers of this blog, you know I never shy away from weird shit, and this one ranks pretty high in the "weird shit" category. I love Roy Orbison, and he had a long and well deserved successful career, but every once in a while, even the great ones stumble. Such is the case with this&nbsp; seven minute opus, which unfortunately is in crappy shape, although it was a relative bargain. Roy goes into "rock opera concept mode" on this one, and with some really head scratching results as he goes through the dilemma of a man who seems to have lost his wife, and his kids are all messed up, 60's style ya know, and he's just trying to cope with....well...I sorta get lost after the first three minutes, but you get the picture. Truly one the more bizarre 45's I've ever heard.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/0hkgcrnt8n0c9dmqb3kwg4agyastusk1" target="_blank">HERE</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></div><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/2976022080753223295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2022/04/in-dans-garage144.html#comment-form' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/2976022080753223295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/2976022080753223295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2022/04/in-dans-garage144.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#144'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUP9Z0p15JAAp_Dqt1nUloxax9JB250rPdBUNulUKdaDWME_kTuSM9n52Bbu1rr7lRL9p_B9S4Rrdvq_HrTrp3EZdo-ZK-ake_nddYck7wIFU2BTiVikJ7PZxUak_6WWnnRoggdGnqY-JHaKZ-vP6Hay2xhaDdhgbWn9_Lg6VVarnwoSaWfZZ5D3uP/s72-w400-h400-c/144%20front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-8646878860237538431</id><published>2021-09-02T16:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2021-09-02T16:32:38.874-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#143</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf42M6mi314wv_24AejL-wotMtRey4a0urOlTzvwt6v1rj3IQQHGKSnqWTr379pvpgYuqcu1zyOy1ZemMGrZ8nWQRru8NdopAL4A1ENllRcrAbpx6R-lHMpm4s6q5jejPrSfITgib-SSc/s697/143+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf42M6mi314wv_24AejL-wotMtRey4a0urOlTzvwt6v1rj3IQQHGKSnqWTr379pvpgYuqcu1zyOy1ZemMGrZ8nWQRru8NdopAL4A1ENllRcrAbpx6R-lHMpm4s6q5jejPrSfITgib-SSc/w400-h400/143+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers! Well, I'm back at it again with some more offerings here. This particular post features some real curveballs, so I hope everyone digs it. While there's a healthy dose of garage and psychedelic stuff, I included a couple of my favorite 45's that don't exactly fit the mold so to speak, plus I'm featuring five Japanese 45's that I got a couple of years back and they are quite interesting to say the least. I hope everyone here in the USA has a great Labor Day weekend and I hope all of you out there enjoy this!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jimmy Velvet Five - Good Good Lovin' / Heart Breakin' Misery (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJirF6kbXc1mUIvJocewm4rfppP35FOGQPVDmBTrArtfghBU-3nV8Sf4-Skb9eG6NraRCgRZmHJtZ3LXSo7Ygsnc67jTuL2fiwCTezuodDn5EABSi2aKWK2JK4KUmHB52Q57-dL3T4B0/s1128/Jimmy+Velvet+Five.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJirF6kbXc1mUIvJocewm4rfppP35FOGQPVDmBTrArtfghBU-3nV8Sf4-Skb9eG6NraRCgRZmHJtZ3LXSo7Ygsnc67jTuL2fiwCTezuodDn5EABSi2aKWK2JK4KUmHB52Q57-dL3T4B0/w396-h400/Jimmy+Velvet+Five.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a 45 that's kinda soul influenced, I mean it is a cover of James Brown's "Good Good Lovin'" and it gets the southern "blue eyed soul" treatment here. I guess Jimmy Velvet's real name was Jimmy Tennant and was good friends with Elvis going so far as to have his own Elvis museum in Memphis. He supposedly appeared on American Bandstand a few times as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Buffaloes - You Told Me Lies / She Wants Me (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BVbApVdlyIFnDwlw5p42IFYiJFDuJDqu5pgC-nGgZ5Q378I5ysy-lzJk09B6a6WWo4hTGdD7S2FljjMfVdRBSN0lloiUvb7SinR7BKHoqDpK2UgTEuFG8MHy0ghvSy328aG2nynmYw8/s1106/buffaloes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1094" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BVbApVdlyIFnDwlw5p42IFYiJFDuJDqu5pgC-nGgZ5Q378I5ysy-lzJk09B6a6WWo4hTGdD7S2FljjMfVdRBSN0lloiUvb7SinR7BKHoqDpK2UgTEuFG8MHy0ghvSy328aG2nynmYw8/w396-h400/buffaloes.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Buffaloes from Glen Cove, NY released this way cool garage 45 in 1966 and unfortunately was the only record they put out. Both sides are pretty hip and have a good lo-fi feel to them. Check out the feature on them at the great <a href="https://garagehangover.com/the-buffaloes-she-wants-me-gmc-records/" target="_blank">Garage Hangover</a>&nbsp;website.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kids - Flipped Hair And Lace /Lovin' Everyday (1965)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwZWh-JAHSIhrtdl1Gh9ljpfBYQ9Bk4uqh_AxdmbkcTvbiExlFFqwg47MzPewMGF-0M0e86FrVAcWFyDr_TLKW1MWA9cyS1N1igc-fTreFd1Px9JSPRNgd30ks0zTaa_TwJCYxPs9RcA/s1127/thekids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwZWh-JAHSIhrtdl1Gh9ljpfBYQ9Bk4uqh_AxdmbkcTvbiExlFFqwg47MzPewMGF-0M0e86FrVAcWFyDr_TLKW1MWA9cyS1N1igc-fTreFd1Px9JSPRNgd30ks0zTaa_TwJCYxPs9RcA/w394-h400/thekids.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's one from my neck of the woods, Auburn, NY famous for the Auburn Correctional Facility where they first used "Ol' Sparky" better known as the electric chair. The Kids were literally "kids" in that the oldest member was thirteen years old and the youngest ten. I gotta hand it to these youngsters because they hang pretty well with the older teenage groups of the era. As far as garage bands go these lads sound pretty tight even if their vocals are a bit off. Both sides of this gem are great fun. Unfortunately I don't have the cool as hell picture sleeve of this 45, but I was able to find a couple of examples of it on the web...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-23ufxOTgQVVg_u6ov-pA9at95Y442vJfiU7WfKanTEyvrGD3Pt9HXhwRtpaJTtfYXKw_noG90kbSQcfy41HUx1_UMo7m61cdd2BIPNfyha40p5EKF7MWAdFab4zCT7cLX1A1YzPrExs/s599/The+Kids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="599" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-23ufxOTgQVVg_u6ov-pA9at95Y442vJfiU7WfKanTEyvrGD3Pt9HXhwRtpaJTtfYXKw_noG90kbSQcfy41HUx1_UMo7m61cdd2BIPNfyha40p5EKF7MWAdFab4zCT7cLX1A1YzPrExs/w400-h395/The+Kids.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpjKr5VXHNVqDIFa58rg35COPR3oTwLGdjVGr-muA4b8OFNWjKheOcX3reePA41uI7xp7bOqciaDd4e1kJiMrKuJ3BWx9AgRIvVVZJhF3TojFM2xqIN8UXuAWphJtQLudBPyTqQnW_2A/s1200/The+Kids+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpjKr5VXHNVqDIFa58rg35COPR3oTwLGdjVGr-muA4b8OFNWjKheOcX3reePA41uI7xp7bOqciaDd4e1kJiMrKuJ3BWx9AgRIvVVZJhF3TojFM2xqIN8UXuAWphJtQLudBPyTqQnW_2A/w400-h400/The+Kids+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sharp Hawks - Young Night / Saturday Of Love (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHS8272Dnkh3wonT8lBEMOv7muKyVAY3hrY9UD9rNaDh5mCyJOQ8xMeTfP59XpcNI2r956l39iIhOHTceSWRmwPghJwTdj7X7OfHBnjj8ffJ5pemJJoTiAECwvnI3Jn9DjwXcjQvmwww/s1119/sharp+hawks+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHS8272Dnkh3wonT8lBEMOv7muKyVAY3hrY9UD9rNaDh5mCyJOQ8xMeTfP59XpcNI2r956l39iIhOHTceSWRmwPghJwTdj7X7OfHBnjj8ffJ5pemJJoTiAECwvnI3Jn9DjwXcjQvmwww/w398-h400/sharp+hawks+1.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sharp Hawks - Let's Go Back To The Sea / Star Carnival (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SAnUtlT3XeUwyJbqGC7yR4YT3jafT0Mq4ytt0CPIqBrejTfNzlE0Oh9sFwxedQKwmBm_kdoTw9HcOamoOV-gRDHmrAbYxSQGf5CqVp60n1Ln1dPilMlpaSExtLv0oLInGnT8_oLP0hU/s1114/sharp+hawks+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SAnUtlT3XeUwyJbqGC7yR4YT3jafT0Mq4ytt0CPIqBrejTfNzlE0Oh9sFwxedQKwmBm_kdoTw9HcOamoOV-gRDHmrAbYxSQGf5CqVp60n1Ln1dPilMlpaSExtLv0oLInGnT8_oLP0hU/w398-h400/sharp+hawks+2.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sharp Hawks - Far Beach / As Usual (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3pkFEiklQ5dPjWlKUWxksKxX36oLRB8HXDtc_v2eitpqqn1M6NLO3KKZY1fykmsI7wU3dx0t_SfOQMjIiW8Gmonr_syRKfAZ_WAx2mNQVrsB0831ABzWOqIOv-MXJvHrwe6do27YA2w/s1108/sharp+hawks+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3pkFEiklQ5dPjWlKUWxksKxX36oLRB8HXDtc_v2eitpqqn1M6NLO3KKZY1fykmsI7wU3dx0t_SfOQMjIiW8Gmonr_syRKfAZ_WAx2mNQVrsB0831ABzWOqIOv-MXJvHrwe6do27YA2w/w400-h400/sharp+hawks+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Beavers - Hatsukoi No Oka / Hello Coffee Girl! (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_GPUZQT83OfS8g4OlNF6QcD5DjU3oT2Va39J22GQYuB2hmRept26EaCvSkClGwnVSlipqInZ6xSbBWRzxY6cAtq678FKW3Jqa8ncI8W9QCIiryuELSi9rBSNbIiC2ssBE83duZ-Mx3w/s1134/beavers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1118" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_GPUZQT83OfS8g4OlNF6QcD5DjU3oT2Va39J22GQYuB2hmRept26EaCvSkClGwnVSlipqInZ6xSbBWRzxY6cAtq678FKW3Jqa8ncI8W9QCIiryuELSi9rBSNbIiC2ssBE83duZ-Mx3w/w394-h400/beavers.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jaguars - I Want To See You Again / Beat Train (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKpV3R_dQt1AXLlLMSErgKLPZ_mKsLGxv_7dmYOq9OeIyN_Bw9iKZWzVupL0zBe1UxmvCDpUag5d1bHAbeOa_N3mS6fy3eXh2OeVbXWk0eX8zx5fZwjkXkoqClaB4QMtxUy-ZPMP_RXw/s1116/jaguars+japan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1116" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKpV3R_dQt1AXLlLMSErgKLPZ_mKsLGxv_7dmYOq9OeIyN_Bw9iKZWzVupL0zBe1UxmvCDpUag5d1bHAbeOa_N3mS6fy3eXh2OeVbXWk0eX8zx5fZwjkXkoqClaB4QMtxUy-ZPMP_RXw/w400-h399/jaguars+japan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For all of you regular readers of this blog, you'll know that I like to take chances on 45's that look cool and may be a steal. Back in 2018 there was an Ebay listing of "five Japanese 45's from the 60's" and the opening bid was pretty low. Looking at the pics in the listing I'd noticed that "Sharp Hawks" was written on a couple of these and after little investigating I came to find out that they were a popular beat/pop group in Japan. I won the bid (really low by the way) and was pleasantly surprised when the needle hit the grooves on these. All five of these 45's are extremely cool with twangy guitars, cheezy organs, and even some cool fuzz thrown in. Although some of the vocals are corny, the ten tracks on the whole are very hip. I'm going to spare you more commentary on the rest of these because A. they're very similar, and B. I don't understand Japanese, but I was able to translate the titles and they are all listed here to the best of my ability. BONUS. These 45's were all released in STEREO!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Blue Things - You Can Live In Our Tree / Twist And Shout</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">(1967)</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvghTyx5RoqHHyQvBuVl_Zmklt862_MBWJXSF6NLU5AOgorlMGtwgSPoqAl2D8ZXsrjvZ2VuMInkaI8deoN7jzopjM3x1jQIkO7SjKORsyHq2w1MkKoRtXo_9aD0OkJ9sKnNfGgBHQl-c/s1118/bluethings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvghTyx5RoqHHyQvBuVl_Zmklt862_MBWJXSF6NLU5AOgorlMGtwgSPoqAl2D8ZXsrjvZ2VuMInkaI8deoN7jzopjM3x1jQIkO7SjKORsyHq2w1MkKoRtXo_9aD0OkJ9sKnNfGgBHQl-c/w395-h400/bluethings.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finally did it. This was the last 45 I needed to find to complete my Blue Things collection of 45's. I'm not exactly a "completist", I mean I have a lot of Beatles 45's too but I'm not going to go out and find every iteration of "I Want To Hold You Hand" that was ever released, although I must admit I have this weird thing about those 45's on the "Hit" label out of Nashville, TN. You know the 29¢ knock offs of hits that were covered by such luminaries as The Jalopy Five? I'm always looking for those, but I digress. I had managed to get my hands on every other 45 by The Blue Things a while ago. Except for this one and it's definitely one of their best. I'm pretty sure their whacked out version of "Twist And Shout" was erroneously put on an Eva Records comp featuring "Texas Punk Bands From The Sixties" We now know that they were indeed from Kansas. Oh yeah, the A side which for some odd reason I'd never heard before is just as cool!</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Puzzle - Hey Medusa / Make The Children Happy (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqXF0sQZOZf5L5EBaZjetOhlBSX3a-r5FmeUqyXZui-aP3su5Ky6TNoWUBCV3YDt_PGTVSzyTbkqN_JEBVTw2SoUkzeHdsr3uljrTwnIQFTBl5q6vqIO_6DXNSXjLuNe9PTpj6OpLK1w/s1117/puzzle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqXF0sQZOZf5L5EBaZjetOhlBSX3a-r5FmeUqyXZui-aP3su5Ky6TNoWUBCV3YDt_PGTVSzyTbkqN_JEBVTw2SoUkzeHdsr3uljrTwnIQFTBl5q6vqIO_6DXNSXjLuNe9PTpj6OpLK1w/w399-h400/puzzle.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A hard psych outfit from Washington D.C, Puzzle released an LP and this one 45 on ABC Records. Both sides are good up-tempo numbers with some very good guitar work from bandleader Tony Grasso. This usually fetches a good buck on the market but I was able to snag what looked like an un-played copy for a mere bag of shells.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Grin - White Lies / Just To Have You (1972)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JfHSmzBugRVz0q_Aw9izHoIK4xt3HjpNXpYoIPfEKjo3k4izO9xBWT55x4JC6T2giZwfiwqTp3EANUO3OLWE6tlrNVLjdZEHVX0CJfni4Ishcu_tuAXGqIqc8qqjzMvK8ROR0LFR2z0/s1105/grin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1091" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JfHSmzBugRVz0q_Aw9izHoIK4xt3HjpNXpYoIPfEKjo3k4izO9xBWT55x4JC6T2giZwfiwqTp3EANUO3OLWE6tlrNVLjdZEHVX0CJfni4Ishcu_tuAXGqIqc8qqjzMvK8ROR0LFR2z0/w395-h400/grin.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to take a sharp left hand turn on the next two 45's because they are neither garage, nor psyche or even bubblegum or sunshine pop for that matter. They're just really good. I first heard "White Lies" when I was perhaps 13 or 14 years old and even back then I knew it was a great song. So great I had to include it in the edition of Dan's Garage. Nils Lofgren was barely in his twenties when re recorded this and was featured on Grin's 1+1 LP. This is Nils' crowning achievement as far as songwriting goes as I've tried to dig his other songs, which are good, but not nearly as good as this one. I hope you all like it as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Neon Boys - Love Comes In Spurts / That's All I Know (1980)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwM5tWlr-G7wDQk8-_7ckDUrbRcmoq3bWtj_cesgpKawT7QnKMHLVYaFVdrOsoQJbNGIPcwN0hpY-Ds3hZSFgxytv5Pf5osM8dqytnp7RNEDQ5kj20LHDJZ2Ichcg7aWxUcMNabCgVhE/s1104/neon+boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1093" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFwM5tWlr-G7wDQk8-_7ckDUrbRcmoq3bWtj_cesgpKawT7QnKMHLVYaFVdrOsoQJbNGIPcwN0hpY-Ds3hZSFgxytv5Pf5osM8dqytnp7RNEDQ5kj20LHDJZ2Ichcg7aWxUcMNabCgVhE/w396-h400/neon+boys.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Richard Hell &amp; The Voidoids - Dont Die / Time (1980)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5tg2Cm_QBHSZvWFwOp95gYkauZCCGd-Z4-ZTbPPxtjD5K4MybXi_2w2PbgwnCZEmlzI-IpS3u2xTLoZW6PiCgpe_ZOAaHsy4WbEJWkeEaukq5SmGiCgwO5JrrRvKBdWnO-hHSbsvy3I/s1094/richard+hell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1087" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5tg2Cm_QBHSZvWFwOp95gYkauZCCGd-Z4-ZTbPPxtjD5K4MybXi_2w2PbgwnCZEmlzI-IpS3u2xTLoZW6PiCgpe_ZOAaHsy4WbEJWkeEaukq5SmGiCgwO5JrrRvKBdWnO-hHSbsvy3I/w398-h400/richard+hell.jpg" width="398" /></a></div></span>In the late 70's I really got into punk rock. I mean <i>really </i>got into it. My oldest brother Vinny was a record collector (it runs in the family I suppose) and he once brought home a copy of "Live At C.B.G.B.'s" and was kind of raving about all the cool and weird bands that were on it like The Laughing Dogs, The Tuff Darts, Mink Deville, The Shirts, etc. and the sounds were amazing. I discovered that you didn't have to be a virtuoso guitarist ala Jimmy Page to actually strike a nerve. My brother Vic was a guitarist (that also runs in the family) and was playing in a band that was doing some proto punk type stuff at the time and their lead singer came over one day with a copy of Iggy And The Stooges' "Raw Power". I was sold.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was around that time the the word "punk" was being used to describe the new sounds of '76 and '77 and the place to find these cool sounds were at a record store called "Record Theatre". It was a chain, but someone in charge was getting stuff from the U.K. and their import bins were stocked with the newest releases. Soon they broadened their scope and one of the LP's that I found was Richard Hell and The Voidoids "Blank Generation". I soon had amassed quite a collection of punk and new wave LP's. Unfortunately I sold a good bit of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;Fast forward to around 1986 when I was at the height of my 60's garage band persona and collecting every 45 I could get my hands on. This was one of them, and I found it interesting that not only Richard Hell was on this with The Voidoids, but with a Pre-Television Neon Boys as well. This is a stunning E.P. and a great example of what was brewing in New York City at at the time. I'm not sure when these four songs were recorded, but it probably wasn't 1980 as the record would indicate. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBhslys06VA07TBQrKPjyrX5c6gSs7ZLj84OGtLRhfNpYBob40PVa4-nlSmttvpd1-jL6LwVaaa7clyoZM0ocGeqcWqrKSI5Uwr_gymgExM-4RJiKjH5TRbEZp53SEN3mK_GRxnMBIOw/s697/142+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBhslys06VA07TBQrKPjyrX5c6gSs7ZLj84OGtLRhfNpYBob40PVa4-nlSmttvpd1-jL6LwVaaa7clyoZM0ocGeqcWqrKSI5Uwr_gymgExM-4RJiKjH5TRbEZp53SEN3mK_GRxnMBIOw/w400-h400/142+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello friends and followers!!!!! After an eight month sabbatical with this blog, I've dusted off my keyboard, revved up my turntable, and got back to posting stuff after an incredibly long and depressing period of time. Although the records aren't pouring in at a frenzied pace these days, they do trickle in every so often, and some of them are really cool. I'm still trying to organize my "posted", and "unposted" 45's, and there's quite a few to be ripped yet. I did acquire some new equipment back in May, a nice shiny new Audio Technica AT-LP120X which for me does the trick as it's more suited to DJing, but I kinda miss the auto return of my trusty old Technics SL-D202, which has too many quirks now to be totally reliable, so I quietly put it on the shelf with my other half dozen or so turntables and am giving it a rest until I can find another suitable use for it. The AT is great because it really keeps the record speed firmly where it belongs and the the whole thing is just more stable so what you get are better sounding recordings. Everyone wins.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As usual, I've plucked a nice sample of goods from my collection to share with you. Some great garage, frat, pop, and psychedelia for your listening pleasure. I hope you all enjoy them.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cat's Meow - La La Lu / Confusion (1966)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Y1rTjeZwENmnMadxsdMoIH5vdT-JuHBfO8eHBvTZdHqB5Z5vNNhQuqZhqhrAPKT6c8ARRrGgrdbPb8J4h7Ja3o-PsZqD306Yr0V0XENRLgmXswY5-quCeMNIiLFWlEqTpvgJTtjKMw/s1130/cats+meowy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2Y1rTjeZwENmnMadxsdMoIH5vdT-JuHBfO8eHBvTZdHqB5Z5vNNhQuqZhqhrAPKT6c8ARRrGgrdbPb8J4h7Ja3o-PsZqD306Yr0V0XENRLgmXswY5-quCeMNIiLFWlEqTpvgJTtjKMw/w395-h400/cats+meowy.jpg" width="395" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Cat's Meow were from Staten Island, NY and released two 45's on Decca this one being the first from about April of 1966 and the second was "House Of Kicks" which was featured on Pebbles Vol. 13. The A side here is terrific garage pop with lots of cool guitar breaks and an overall upbeat feel to it, the B side is a frantic instrumental. Apparently, this record was somewhat of a hit in Germany and Australia. Should've been a hit here in the U.S.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>17th Avenue Exits - A Man Can Cry / I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My</b><b>&nbsp;Heart Anymore (1966)</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMvtXGqx2rseSmKAQK7IuihB8UJGuUwU37h9OYj8G_XB6-2haV5NVoHJD40gxmXnqGXNEcsnHzOB2YcdkvEXCo9QuElLkea01Al5xtyOcbGCK8GqmMttdlBKb9NVxeLh47HdOZ7mJU2g/s1122/17th+ave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1122" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMvtXGqx2rseSmKAQK7IuihB8UJGuUwU37h9OYj8G_XB6-2haV5NVoHJD40gxmXnqGXNEcsnHzOB2YcdkvEXCo9QuElLkea01Al5xtyOcbGCK8GqmMttdlBKb9NVxeLh47HdOZ7mJU2g/w400-h398/17th+ave.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">After doing a wee bit of research on this particular 45, I dicovered that it was released twice. The first was on "Big Bry Sound" out of Mobile, AL in 1966. It must have done well regionally because in April of 1967, Modern Records out of Los Angeles, a label known mostly for it's R&amp;B roster picked it up. Both sides are pretty good garage cavers with lot's of fuzzy guitars, the A side being a cover of Johnny Rivers' "A Man Can Cry", and the B side a rework of The Young Rascals' "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore".</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Danny King - Outside Of My Room / Amen (1966)</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbdr8Uiw-i7ubrRBgVUizdDtA8dVt5T3Ll5lwlqtTRYkPaHDaiX6vGbzD_y1RlGhjHiNjaeBCU88-RJzPsY9yShTRgVedmHCcrSE2-RLpfmnafcYaVtCW1Pk1T7PkXROP4hK8nKBjxw0/s1114/danny+king.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1103" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbdr8Uiw-i7ubrRBgVUizdDtA8dVt5T3Ll5lwlqtTRYkPaHDaiX6vGbzD_y1RlGhjHiNjaeBCU88-RJzPsY9yShTRgVedmHCcrSE2-RLpfmnafcYaVtCW1Pk1T7PkXROP4hK8nKBjxw0/w396-h400/danny+king.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Danny King from Birmingham, had a short career in the U.K. during the early to mid 60's. Although he never had any big hits, his claim to fame was having bands that included members of The Move and The Moody Blues at one time or another. One story I read stated that The Moodies were his backing band just before they split with him and started having their own success. I'm not sure whos playing on this 45, but it's a very nice beat two sider with a "teen" feel to it. Bothe sides of this one were released separately on different 45's in the U.K.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Michael's Mystics - You Ran Away / Hi Bird (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9oy021-hYVP61QSgJbYT9na-1H3eIIyb-llr9E6DH-M0Lkg124U01YzPdk85yakPW_s3mMhdCjp4lF_vRwzJLy6iwIvXdGE93a-TAjVQwospjNx5eqVqf6igvlYh_t2PtUH42vegORc/s1108/Michael%2527s+Mystics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1089" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9oy021-hYVP61QSgJbYT9na-1H3eIIyb-llr9E6DH-M0Lkg124U01YzPdk85yakPW_s3mMhdCjp4lF_vRwzJLy6iwIvXdGE93a-TAjVQwospjNx5eqVqf6igvlYh_t2PtUH42vegORc/w394-h400/Michael%2527s+Mystics.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Michael's Mystics were a typical frat rock outfit from St. Paul, MN that&nbsp; worked the area for much of the 60's and well into the 70's. As you can hear from this 45, they generally stuck to the typical formula that most frat/rock bands from the sixties used, a sax, keyboard, some cheesy guitar licks, etc. They later would add more horns to their act and release a version of "Pain" on Charlie records, a song originally done by a group from North Carolina called "Novas Nine". That record got picked up by Metromedia in 1970 (also becoming simply "The Mystics") and became a regional hit. Interesting note...Bill Lordan who played with Sly &amp; The Family Stone and was the long time drummer for Robin Trower played for a while in the Mystics and played on "Pain".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"E" Types - She Moves Me / The Love Of The Loved (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLMcgW6E9VrL4rMj_NdQ1iG_LABa-rXKgd1KN4PCmGqlMTCfdUHKok7dDWrONZRMkj8McMLAxMZaQY-OAkXX8YAazujbIA97O71_DR97puuSTDV-GVLgZUob3xefL-SsxOEBj4o5lzw8/s1108/e+types.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1084" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLMcgW6E9VrL4rMj_NdQ1iG_LABa-rXKgd1KN4PCmGqlMTCfdUHKok7dDWrONZRMkj8McMLAxMZaQY-OAkXX8YAazujbIA97O71_DR97puuSTDV-GVLgZUob3xefL-SsxOEBj4o5lzw8/w391-h400/e+types.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "E" Types were from Salinas, CA and had four 45's, the most famous being, "Put The Clock Back On The Wall" which came out on Tower records and was produced by Ed Cobb, the guy that produced the "Dirty Water" era Standells and The Chocolate Watchband. He also produced this very nice two sider which isn't as much garage as it is pop, but the "E" Types were pretty adept at injecting that garage/psyche vibe to their records. That was probably Cobb's handiwork.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Noël Deschamps - Ils Étaient Trois /&nbsp;Ça Va Bien Pour Moi / Oh La Hey / Pour Le Pied (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbA1E0rHxvQtyKt0OQj5b7R_GgDaPEMPqjMwDPbLTNyblqSuO_i2KCjndZrHysSeKHJx0eV6onjmuzF0db-qB7a_ER5we2Kj0_gVhwee85Ghhp_06eSPZrre6LNIhAuvEHtXCsBks01hg/s2048/noel+deschamps+II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2037" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbA1E0rHxvQtyKt0OQj5b7R_GgDaPEMPqjMwDPbLTNyblqSuO_i2KCjndZrHysSeKHJx0eV6onjmuzF0db-qB7a_ER5we2Kj0_gVhwee85Ghhp_06eSPZrre6LNIhAuvEHtXCsBks01hg/w398-h400/noel+deschamps+II.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGFYsZLa7EL_6BV1danpgEzSoHCNOP1qHX48joW_yhYKiwamC6U3QZHuCxHs84BUK7PUipEitAk0mop0M3tEN-euBYFArIvwc_5uSFc7dMiRZ2M9wdfjUWVYJQ6BgvrP2FJRAVyc105g/s2048/noel+deschamps+II+back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2046" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGFYsZLa7EL_6BV1danpgEzSoHCNOP1qHX48joW_yhYKiwamC6U3QZHuCxHs84BUK7PUipEitAk0mop0M3tEN-euBYFArIvwc_5uSFc7dMiRZ2M9wdfjUWVYJQ6BgvrP2FJRAVyc105g/w400-h400/noel+deschamps+II+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHY0WgU3uxlFcvAshPdqXuNZd7-B5FizkQawygLgU26ZZGrzjTpqynSNo7ZbypWcVL-LtEmkbj-LD-2L8TKpUbZ1OZ5kplvAV0YeGiar7Pu_e7-USHFfmvOGrKeEbhEl13d0vaUqEmIk/s1095/noel+deschamps+II+label.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="1072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHY0WgU3uxlFcvAshPdqXuNZd7-B5FizkQawygLgU26ZZGrzjTpqynSNo7ZbypWcVL-LtEmkbj-LD-2L8TKpUbZ1OZ5kplvAV0YeGiar7Pu_e7-USHFfmvOGrKeEbhEl13d0vaUqEmIk/w391-h400/noel+deschamps+II+label.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of posts ago (that seems like WAAAAY back) I posted a Noel Deschamps EP that I acquired with a very nice haul of other 45's most of which I still have to get around to. Aside from some off putting horns and a bit of over-production, Noel really delivers the goods on all four tracks here, especially "Ça Va Bien Pour Moi" and his French version of Gene Vincent's "Bird Doggin'".&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Reverbs - Lie In The Shade Of The Sun / I Got The Need (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKaBf8q_uDMYqtwfw0Gi18ITHq0Nh1ONcz64hJEld4i7gzf6Yd0BvYlpeRvDDFeJRDQskej8ex5VjxE8_tWTQRl9T9npbIPwbjUCC1fe-59jwGJZVempUnRsF54wBb6foDiDd4r_Gxzo/s1119/reverbs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKaBf8q_uDMYqtwfw0Gi18ITHq0Nh1ONcz64hJEld4i7gzf6Yd0BvYlpeRvDDFeJRDQskej8ex5VjxE8_tWTQRl9T9npbIPwbjUCC1fe-59jwGJZVempUnRsF54wBb6foDiDd4r_Gxzo/w399-h400/reverbs.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I've often stated on this blog, every once and a while I hear a song that really strikes a nerve, and "a good song is indeed a good song". This is one of them. The first time I ever heard this I said to myself, "that is a great song". 'Lie In The Shade Of The Sun" is no "killer" by any stretch. It has no fuzz guitars, no snotty vocals, no primal screams, but it's the spooky subdued nature of this tune that really gets to me. Cool organ fills, a haunting vocal, and snappy drums make this 45 a true winner IMHO. I'm not sure where these guys were from, but somewhere down south would be a good guess, Georgia perhaps????</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cascades - Flying On The Ground / Main Street (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioceDUp0fyAHJCSCxNwmVLR-BAE0xsvbIaxyC10AbZ1s6ZL_2s086I6YoNEfLV8viUK3MGlKlA3tuTwtXNUl_7VysO4hNBvI9e7XU1JurAWRZk1CrzN4dL9vMtz_lRyJZf_qq5FrJUGUo/s1128/cascades+II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1122" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioceDUp0fyAHJCSCxNwmVLR-BAE0xsvbIaxyC10AbZ1s6ZL_2s086I6YoNEfLV8viUK3MGlKlA3tuTwtXNUl_7VysO4hNBvI9e7XU1JurAWRZk1CrzN4dL9vMtz_lRyJZf_qq5FrJUGUo/w398-h400/cascades+II.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Cascades' greatest moment was in 1962 when they had a huge hit with "Rhythm Of The Rain". After that, I'm unaware of any other blockbuster hits that they had, but to their credit they put out a slew of records on a bunch of different labels. This one here from '67 is a very nice version of The Buffalo Springfield's "Flying On The Ground" and The Cascades were most likely backed up by The Wrecking Crew on this one (they played on Rhythm Of The Rain) since Jack Nitzsche had the honors of producing this. The B side is not too bad either, a good pop tune with great vocal harmonies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bob Seger &amp; The Last Heard - Vagrant Winter / Very Few (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKWa4ezqMuKFkRXrGB0fZAP4AGzcAL00x2dVy75fS72ubArMpBocUtCG-uRu71qw9csEJb1DkGL-BpsISYbNRVSMKcR_NNkXSqEzXzNha_2K7yP186JOROzbA9zlFT_DHYCsicErzjBU/s1115/vagrant+winter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKWa4ezqMuKFkRXrGB0fZAP4AGzcAL00x2dVy75fS72ubArMpBocUtCG-uRu71qw9csEJb1DkGL-BpsISYbNRVSMKcR_NNkXSqEzXzNha_2K7yP186JOROzbA9zlFT_DHYCsicErzjBU/w396-h400/vagrant+winter.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The second last 45 Seger would put out on Cameo records before he left them for Capitol and superstardom. This one is particularly good (at least the A side is) and is probably one of the best from this era, rivaling "East Side Story". I have almost all of Seger's Cameo 45's and I don't ever recall hearing a sappier B side than the one here, but what the hell do I know? You may just like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">October Country - October Country / Baby What I Mean (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrK6deWjNacnNxcqwkdSyZpIjnLtZuZjUOw0tTNmhcItI6eRLwFhhJ-CUBHlQ4HVQxlATNOLlMv7YcvrkBHJB_LJd2rqWeRWqm3-T1VDz0de_OEBZZPfYcknQ4QkhJzm-VVrmAbyZ_z0/s1096/oct.+country.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1094" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrK6deWjNacnNxcqwkdSyZpIjnLtZuZjUOw0tTNmhcItI6eRLwFhhJ-CUBHlQ4HVQxlATNOLlMv7YcvrkBHJB_LJd2rqWeRWqm3-T1VDz0de_OEBZZPfYcknQ4QkhJzm-VVrmAbyZ_z0/w399-h400/oct.+country.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Michal Lloyd was a rather prolific performer, songwriter, producer and his credits include The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, St. John Green, even cartoon characters The Cattanooga Cats!!!! This record is sort of an apples and oranges affair. "October Country" (the song) is really good sunshine pop with those nice harpsichords ringing out and great vocals, the B side on the other hand has a party like atmosphere and sounds kinda like they stuck one or two mics in the room and let it rip. Very garage like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Paupers - One Rainy Day / Tudor Impressions (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXji9RQfpFv2RXbTGOi4pCyUwC0ei_fDjV4-9LTKEkGObnG-wlEKciMC0A7HBMHF4FNa9aCr8rBCovGRkI0869psUbyHo3SK73GyZR4jQ5Fhaz9NqOD_pi9CBhHpYNOeA6s5gVrcldzbM/s1114/paupers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXji9RQfpFv2RXbTGOi4pCyUwC0ei_fDjV4-9LTKEkGObnG-wlEKciMC0A7HBMHF4FNa9aCr8rBCovGRkI0869psUbyHo3SK73GyZR4jQ5Fhaz9NqOD_pi9CBhHpYNOeA6s5gVrcldzbM/w398-h400/paupers.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Paupers from Toronto, ON were a very popular act in the mid to late 60's and did quite a bit of gigging on both sides of the border. I think they even made an appearance at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967. Their style is a mixed bag of pop and psychedelia and this 45 is a bit on the folk/loner side. It's mainly acoustic and kind of "progressive" for lack of a better term. They started in 1965 and it looked like they were on the cusp of fame but somehow, like many bands from that era, success eluded them and they finally hung it up around 1970.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vanilla Fudge - Hold On / I Can Make It Alone (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVz1wFnql8a_xNUk_qUXcH4lX3z26uIrPesfElYkjvVbKt5cZmFdXq9HQTWT8jRWAG9LO4Y4VfjOepJnv-4drMXuFlOpN7t_TvOKcynXENHClpNH2AJrs3TxjedxsHti1SlLwLy62ptc/s1119/vanilla+fudge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1116" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVz1wFnql8a_xNUk_qUXcH4lX3z26uIrPesfElYkjvVbKt5cZmFdXq9HQTWT8jRWAG9LO4Y4VfjOepJnv-4drMXuFlOpN7t_TvOKcynXENHClpNH2AJrs3TxjedxsHti1SlLwLy62ptc/w399-h400/vanilla+fudge.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">YEAH BABY! Give me shot of that oh so heavy B-3 organ, some killer drums courtesy of Carmine Appice, wild guitar, and a low down bass and what do you get??? The Vanilla Fudge in one of their wilder moments from 1969. These guys are still out there doing their thing and hopefully I'll get to see them on one of their next tours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Chris Farlowe - Paint It Black / What Have I Been Doing (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz3jsgW3gT444XB8CLnXn5bNPs24fx_hcGg84u1vfEiB9RSDzV2Ek-fvJq8UPDa9A0GDfS4fS0_M0qt2xG0t-_2jdQowQ7376xIgwDOTTBUhEHWFDxgj4c9fiv6Dat_DKKlKqePfLnB0/s1106/chris+farlowe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1092" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz3jsgW3gT444XB8CLnXn5bNPs24fx_hcGg84u1vfEiB9RSDzV2Ek-fvJq8UPDa9A0GDfS4fS0_M0qt2xG0t-_2jdQowQ7376xIgwDOTTBUhEHWFDxgj4c9fiv6Dat_DKKlKqePfLnB0/w395-h400/chris+farlowe.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris Farlowe, it seems, had a rather close relationship with The Rolling Stones as his early records were produced by Andrew Loog Oldham and a bunch of his recordings were covers of Stones songs including this one here which came out on Oldham's Immediate label and was also produced by Mick Jagger himself. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSTlkqypd7Pz-GaMBsQa9Oh_WcjdgAc-3VoTuAs4LfbTLZc4Iv4ySWBWhxn_kcBj7O5JDSNw6C4v0Kx8dtPvupkGxPvZN63HvJwPjVAiYGD0GWDJGPTfRzcMGdksGgVvzc6eD2eiJO9Y/s697/141+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSTlkqypd7Pz-GaMBsQa9Oh_WcjdgAc-3VoTuAs4LfbTLZc4Iv4ySWBWhxn_kcBj7O5JDSNw6C4v0Kx8dtPvupkGxPvZN63HvJwPjVAiYGD0GWDJGPTfRzcMGdksGgVvzc6eD2eiJO9Y/w400-h400/141+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;Greetings music lovers!!!! Welcome to 2021which will hopefully be a busier year than last as far as posts on this here blog are concerned. Sorry for the sloppy mess I left on the last one. Bad scans, incomplete files, not exactly up to scratch as the QC dept. here at Dan's Garage Central fell asleep at the wheel, but hopefully we'll make amends this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope everyone had a great holiday this year as ours's was somewhat modified given the number of guests we were "allowed" to have at one time. Nothing that a little bit of surf 'n turf wont take care of!!!! That being said, all was fine and we hope yours was as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Records have been trickling in slowly these past few months, but we still have many untapped resources, so let's get right to it with NUMBER 114!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">UPDATE!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For those of you who are still asking to update dead links, #1 through 85 are&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2019/03/re-ups.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>&nbsp;and #86 through 131 are <a href="https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2019/03/re-ups-part-2.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a>&nbsp; Every post beyond that should have a working link. These are for the Dan's Garage posts only. If you're looking for re-ups of "Obscure 60's Garage", I'll get to them when time permits. Sorry, I have no re-ups for the "Best Of" posts. Those were one off things I threw together and unfortunately, they were lost when my hard drive crashed a while back. Thanks for all your patience and kind kind comments. Stay tuned for more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>John Chester &amp; The Chessmen - Bye Bye Johnny / Miss Ann (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinj1seeyvIRjQ3r44xBgd6Y3cVV2q0aaF_h4k2Tqr6QEiyRuf-62uYE2HBhFsjNDcTXpom8hSQo2isC6kWOHLhJzz51G3Qp6bvADZLz_B5OmPR4A527qosVMHzoHTC6UUsAjCvSOiy6lk/s1120/john+chester.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1120" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinj1seeyvIRjQ3r44xBgd6Y3cVV2q0aaF_h4k2Tqr6QEiyRuf-62uYE2HBhFsjNDcTXpom8hSQo2isC6kWOHLhJzz51G3Qp6bvADZLz_B5OmPR4A527qosVMHzoHTC6UUsAjCvSOiy6lk/w400-h396/john+chester.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was fortunate to pick this one up for real cheap a year or so ago, not knowing exactly what I was going to get, but I've had a lot of luck with stuff on Interphon, which seemed to be a label that specialized in acts from the U.K. and Australia, like this one here. Noteworthy groups on this label include The Takers (AKA The Undertakers), The Ad-Libs, The Groundhogs, The Soul Agents, and their biggest act, The Honeycombs. John Chester was one of the first rock &amp; roll artists to hit it big in Australia, and although he released seven 45's in Australia with the Chessmen, he managed only one up here in the U.S.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fabulous Four - Now You Cry / Got To Get Her Back (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr3qOlvKHmXB4Nmi6bW6k7rcqRjEV-76hwhljQRUNU-yl5CcRTa37nAjygmylTuU6kblnvsVnh4s9XJp7YHasPFLxdVoZAiQOr4pv-hULmwbXOdeNsFum_HFVCtMwckNhMTAZ7hKf2R0/s1099/fabulous+four.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr3qOlvKHmXB4Nmi6bW6k7rcqRjEV-76hwhljQRUNU-yl5CcRTa37nAjygmylTuU6kblnvsVnh4s9XJp7YHasPFLxdVoZAiQOr4pv-hULmwbXOdeNsFum_HFVCtMwckNhMTAZ7hKf2R0/w398-h400/fabulous+four.jpg" width="398" /></a></div>The Fabulous Four were a very popular group out of Kansas City, MO that started their career off in the early sixties and went well into the seventies. This is their first 45 originally released on the local Brass label and was picked up by Decca for release on their Coral subsidiary. They released other records on Brass simply as "The Fab Four", changed their name to "Next Exit" for a release on Warner Bros., went back to The Fab Four for a one shot on Pearce, and ended up releasing a 45 as "Kansas City" on The Trump label (no relation to the former Pres.). In all, their output was really good, especially their second 45 on Brass, "I'm Always Doing Something Wrong", one of the great teen garage janglers from the mid sixties. This 45's is no slouch either as the A side is a rather moody garage ballad, and the B side is some of the finest Garage/Pop to come out of the 1960's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sounds Like Us - Clock On The Wall / Outside Chance (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVidlKgidLyA1LRFXvJnmEMxGHHCuWYhhrqhptBwagFremOCbM5b-NTwofGdbbogn6cp77CJXGKnMXjPAuXcfg3S2liWpPMkwYk1BpPgwglIcgg0g-18-0pu41ImnMlLOtA5bqze7zK4/s1127/sounds+like+us.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVidlKgidLyA1LRFXvJnmEMxGHHCuWYhhrqhptBwagFremOCbM5b-NTwofGdbbogn6cp77CJXGKnMXjPAuXcfg3S2liWpPMkwYk1BpPgwglIcgg0g-18-0pu41ImnMlLOtA5bqze7zK4/w395-h400/sounds+like+us.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently from Duluth, MN, these guys decided to cover two of the era's better songs, The Guess Who's "Clock On The Wall", and The Turtles' "Outside Chance". Personally, I think these versions are the superior ones, ONLY because I heard these first. I especially love their take on "Outside Chance" which is the version that The Chesterfield Kings most likely used as a template on their first LP (a classic IMHO). They had a second 45 on Soma which was a version of&nbsp; Frank Sinatra's (or the Kingston Trio's, take yer pick) "It Was A Very Good Year", backed with a crazed psychedelic instrumental called "The Other Side Of The Record".&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Long Brothers - Lonely Time / Dream Girl (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitSHEnNU4BVsU4jT46bpfT-nCe11rm6gTDfiBnDKpkvSz2OVeoImPZLqsPyW2o6NNGD_VCJnNIAasmBv5JeM-Kd2U5AIPNTA056P5696kU1Q9tyGZoD2bRRxm1ZWEKekpnEx_8P8gK7c/s1119/long+bros.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitSHEnNU4BVsU4jT46bpfT-nCe11rm6gTDfiBnDKpkvSz2OVeoImPZLqsPyW2o6NNGD_VCJnNIAasmBv5JeM-Kd2U5AIPNTA056P5696kU1Q9tyGZoD2bRRxm1ZWEKekpnEx_8P8gK7c/w398-h400/long+bros.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know, I coulda swore I had some concrete info on these guys at some point, but in the fickle universe called "psyberspace" (did I spell that right???), things appear and disappear randomly, so I'm gonna wing it with my feeble memory as my only notes....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Long Brothers were actually twin brothers from I really don't know where, but they left us with this cool single, a two sider that features a moody ballad on the A side that has a riff reminiscent of&nbsp; "And I Love Her" but mucked up by a lousy horn section. The B side on the other hand is the winner here. Great cheezy garage/folk/punk with an up-tempo delivery!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Edisun's Electric Light Bulb Band - The Circle Is Small / Flying On The Ground (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQ-ClYEyHu-OdArLqJxl8hWqw_UbZ8hzl3hDeVOKYeomxxoE2ouyR6FC8HaEx8EyL69kH8bswFGs7jOMzSDHvAm5ZdsiYe1SL9nBZfcM7B6-fJUo-G7d2pBteJNfZPqZXhVJV5A1mS9s/s1137/thom+edisun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQ-ClYEyHu-OdArLqJxl8hWqw_UbZ8hzl3hDeVOKYeomxxoE2ouyR6FC8HaEx8EyL69kH8bswFGs7jOMzSDHvAm5ZdsiYe1SL9nBZfcM7B6-fJUo-G7d2pBteJNfZPqZXhVJV5A1mS9s/w390-h400/thom+edisun.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thomas Edisun's Electric Light Bulb Band was a group out of Lafayette, LA and had two 45's, one on Tamm records and the other here on Donson, both local labels. I don't know a lot about this band's history, but they probably were ridiculed quite a bit as 1960's Louisiana, outside of NoLa was pretty conservative, and since these guys were, let's just say, "slightly psychedelic", they may have taken quite a bit of flak from the locals. This is just pure conjecture here, because I wasn't there, but they did leave us with a couple of cool 45's including this one which is another double two sided cover record. A cover of a Gordon Lightfoot song (that I've never really heard), and a slow, loopy cover of Neil Young's "Flying On The Ground Is Wrong", a rather popular song in the late sixties covered by more bands than I can mention here.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Amen Corner - High In The Sky / Run, Run, Run (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EjbVzrFtsk8YQcuTXdbRCz8Xb4hI5ffO8FLNGA_Mcm4L75hqQglygRkuSDMG8UNSZQIpQzAwvHc0O9huj7RJSmPzJbrzhmnlNVpI6LuhPwku06ifRswwHDUSXyQ8b0NGM9pgTITSr9A/s1084/amen+corner+high+in+the+sky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EjbVzrFtsk8YQcuTXdbRCz8Xb4hI5ffO8FLNGA_Mcm4L75hqQglygRkuSDMG8UNSZQIpQzAwvHc0O9huj7RJSmPzJbrzhmnlNVpI6LuhPwku06ifRswwHDUSXyQ8b0NGM9pgTITSr9A/w395-h400/amen+corner+high+in+the+sky.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amen Corner was a really good mod/r&amp;b/psych outfit from the U.K. that only had four releases in the U.S., three on Deram and one on Immediate. It was led, more or less, by vocalist Andy Fairweather-Low who had a decent solo career in the seventies performing with the likes of Eric Clapton, George Harrison and others, and keyboardist Blue Weaver spent some time with Mott The Hoople, Strawbs, and other bands. Their singles are really very good and worth seeking out as they have a nice mix of psych, r&amp;b and mod.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Buffalo Nickel - I Could Be So Good To You / Hard To Be Without You (Dome)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5okEKlrjboRz6LJSEsqBIuvdEByzSsncdFJG2E0Ak86eb_SHKq6CItHBYxabqjNGSIYru-03JpJPnvNiLiYnjv35XdcxAOM9wkEU_nafGEuQggppupnPX6iaff7neXkLe40q8EHaTkeM/s1134/buffalo+nickel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5okEKlrjboRz6LJSEsqBIuvdEByzSsncdFJG2E0Ak86eb_SHKq6CItHBYxabqjNGSIYru-03JpJPnvNiLiYnjv35XdcxAOM9wkEU_nafGEuQggppupnPX6iaff7neXkLe40q8EHaTkeM/w394-h400/buffalo+nickel.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Holy moly! These guys had to call themselves "The Buffalo Nickel" and release a relatively obscure 45 on an even more obscure label, so in this space age of interwebs and ggoooggling you know what I get??? A lot of info on buffalo head nickels. I'm pretty sure these guys were from California although I can't confirm that, but they do a nice job with Don &amp; The Goodtimes' "I Could Be So Good To You", but the B side "Hard To Be Without You" is the winner here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Depoe Drifters - Sweet, Sweet Love / Soul On Fire (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwyYbgAQnePFU5DibU36OIidI5GLjiPKoEecJNJWKL_UMEESx63koJ0ozX7sNxpPpvwNndTIN2yQW2UfGVP9RNAfhxMtx6T-rmiPbMO1XmZoPlyT7eEgMp_P76GHKxg7E21K1aj21gn8/s1121/depoe+drifters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwyYbgAQnePFU5DibU36OIidI5GLjiPKoEecJNJWKL_UMEESx63koJ0ozX7sNxpPpvwNndTIN2yQW2UfGVP9RNAfhxMtx6T-rmiPbMO1XmZoPlyT7eEgMp_P76GHKxg7E21K1aj21gn8/w393-h400/depoe+drifters.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's one that I would assume is from somewhere in the deep south. Perhaps Tennessee or Mississippi, or Alabama?????? In any case, it's release date is 1969 which is pretty late for a lo-fi number such as this, not that that's a bad thing mind you. While everyone else was going "progressive" The Depoe Drifters managed to press a way cool 45 in the midst of all the change in styles. The A side is a great moody number and the B side is a haunting instrumental. Great stuff!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hamilton Streetcar - Wasn't It You / Brother Speed (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_V5jfLIMTciW4MhOGpoJ8uGU1svfuovtssDQ_IFAhdeZ06HBgQOGA8omoH_x61ktUJZ7UsbhniD4O4d8tZDWFtaZ9kEcOT7gZjcqzRGiNrrH_9i5Qqb3XGUSAD8uzIN-QdWzmD1KLlE/s1121/hamltn+strrtcr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_V5jfLIMTciW4MhOGpoJ8uGU1svfuovtssDQ_IFAhdeZ06HBgQOGA8omoH_x61ktUJZ7UsbhniD4O4d8tZDWFtaZ9kEcOT7gZjcqzRGiNrrH_9i5Qqb3XGUSAD8uzIN-QdWzmD1KLlE/w394-h400/hamltn+strrtcr.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hamilton Streetcar was a group out of L.A. that had two classic 45's on LHI Records and then released an LP on Dot in 1969. The first two 45's are premium examples of west coast psychedelia ca. 1967 and are classics, they later hooked up with producer Richard Delvy and released an LP of decent material, although it's somewhat overproduced in comparison to their earlier 45's. "Wasn't It You" is a song that was originally recorded by Petula Clark (I believe) and covered by a slew of other acts including these guys. The better side is "Brother Speed" a nice up-tempo psyche tune.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Captain Freak &amp; Lunacycle Band - 20th Generation Sad / What Ever Happened To Superman (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVSNtqTFsAFqAqIME-iqZpql-yXzsXDYj7JjBJ0XruYANL8OwV_NWWJHIDy4n0fxrzd852lP-7MdYJ1IsIisDRB2t-tzH8NT2SjgUpb3LKqH1kGQnJYpOhukRUYDZ3RGB1S25-JrZiYU/s1107/captain+freak.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1101" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVSNtqTFsAFqAqIME-iqZpql-yXzsXDYj7JjBJ0XruYANL8OwV_NWWJHIDy4n0fxrzd852lP-7MdYJ1IsIisDRB2t-tzH8NT2SjgUpb3LKqH1kGQnJYpOhukRUYDZ3RGB1S25-JrZiYU/w396-h400/captain+freak.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not much is known about this kooky novelty tune from 1971. Not garage or psychedelic, this particular 45 was also released on the "Phil-La-Of Soul" label the same year. Co-producer&nbsp; and writer Howard Boggess also released a slightly different version of "20th Generation Sad" as a solo artist on Jamie 1396 with a much better flip. This guy sounds a bit like Randy Newman to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Fox - The Astrology Song / The Man, The Man (196?)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AH4WtEsktXEDFLhMaFWQ-zncvJr4F8N6tS_qEBVIMOLsp0u7VtLAetWkbH953XgnbLwHLQ1b_rgkque84r_iErm4qUSGs46b5xCNl5XTlfyXzSJXjHm1VqgvID3abpZx-yi-D8OLM38/s1106/the+fox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1103" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AH4WtEsktXEDFLhMaFWQ-zncvJr4F8N6tS_qEBVIMOLsp0u7VtLAetWkbH953XgnbLwHLQ1b_rgkque84r_iErm4qUSGs46b5xCNl5XTlfyXzSJXjHm1VqgvID3abpZx-yi-D8OLM38/w398-h400/the+fox.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another total dead end in the info dept. This 45 is another, well, sort of, "novelty" record, but I'm not sure it was intended to so. But I might be wrong, I think these guys were just really stoned. I have no idea who "The Fox" was but he probably cut this garage/psychedelic two sider sometime in the late 60's, possibly the early 70's, but judging by the way it sounds, I'd say....1969! "The Astrology Song" is a rundown of all the signs of the zodiac he's encountered, and the Fox explains all their diverse thoughts, or something like that. The flip, or the actual "A" side here is even better as The Fox warns all of us about "The Man", the "fuzz" to be exact going around town looking "for someone to bust" all sung to a Bo Diddley beat with some cool B-3 organ and bongos in the mix. I probably should mention that this was released on the "Rings Of Saturn" label and the "executive producer" was "High Priest Smoking Bear". Far out man!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wild Cherries - Wigwaum / Whistle Stop Revue (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvfAobnFaZncJgFeEW7baEmWNS11d3gQ_7iOSkuWuA1xwHW7pkjFKjZoTOaY-kWodbr8QYY2pW-uwc5FbMPVEi415MPYwozG6h79TUSkEYSpMdRIiTmvi7-dOJtVWkYyQyCIdsqSLetU/s1118/wild+cherries.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1107" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvfAobnFaZncJgFeEW7baEmWNS11d3gQ_7iOSkuWuA1xwHW7pkjFKjZoTOaY-kWodbr8QYY2pW-uwc5FbMPVEi415MPYwozG6h79TUSkEYSpMdRIiTmvi7-dOJtVWkYyQyCIdsqSLetU/w395-h400/wild+cherries.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some very nice bubblegum out of Iowa. "Wigwaum", is ok, typical bubblegum stuff from this era, but the flip is way cooler and probably represents what the band really sounded like. One of the last 45's released by Kapp Records before they were absorbed by MCA along with Uni, Decca, Coral, &amp; Brunswick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Yellow Payges - Vanilla On My Mind / Would You Mind If I Loved You (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgBLFSV94xTxo2vgreknswbmyqiVvI4FMdXdSp8uFYPM744-JP3eTbmvSHQ8ZeeFbu5qJ9V5z4csMW5eylUbfbgU9L0VaNwd40W3fBK9zbPITpqfHUH_91NIzCMGxwfc6Jh30Ni4XWQA/s1108/yelowpgs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgBLFSV94xTxo2vgreknswbmyqiVvI4FMdXdSp8uFYPM744-JP3eTbmvSHQ8ZeeFbu5qJ9V5z4csMW5eylUbfbgU9L0VaNwd40W3fBK9zbPITpqfHUH_91NIzCMGxwfc6Jh30Ni4XWQA/w398-h400/yelowpgs.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Yellow Payges released a bunch of 45's on Showplace and Uni records in several different styles. Garage, Psychedelia, Flower-Pop, and just plain ol' "Pop" like this finely crafted two sider. I know all the "garage" and "psychedelic" purists may pooh-pooh this record, but I think it's really fucking good. Especially "Vanilla On My Mind". I'll say it again...A good song, is a good song, and "Vanilla" is right up there with them.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keef Hartley - Waiting Around / Halfbreed (1969)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXV7pJ3XWGVdDP-TVktdQ7tGPmBEAhqZrpzv82VHQ_yXOcEIlC7QPSG6T1CgTLNMV8qBfuOdQsBwQMBrACwbP0VmhrpxR-T8sg2WDy1M56fdt8U6cLiNeHX2E70mkICta5tOLHLjRz4I/s1082/keef+hartley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXV7pJ3XWGVdDP-TVktdQ7tGPmBEAhqZrpzv82VHQ_yXOcEIlC7QPSG6T1CgTLNMV8qBfuOdQsBwQMBrACwbP0VmhrpxR-T8sg2WDy1M56fdt8U6cLiNeHX2E70mkICta5tOLHLjRz4I/w395-h400/keef+hartley.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The focus of this blog consists almost entirely of garage, freakbeat, British invasion, surf, sunshine pop, bubblegum, etc., but I really do love "British Blues" from the mid to late 60's. I'm not talking about groups like The Animals, Them, The Yardbirds, Rolling Stones et al, I mean Ten Years After, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, John Mayall, and on this here 45, one of his drummers, Keef Hartley. Hartley split with Mayall around 1967 or 68. He played on Mayall's "Crusade" LP which I think is one of the finest examples of British Blues pressed on to vinyl (Mayall's LP with Eric Clapton is way better though ;)). After his departure, Hartley formed an act quite similar to The Bluesbreakers and featured a few of Mayall's former sidemen, so when this 45 became available at a very nice price, I took a stab at it and was pleasantly surprised. It's "British Blues" at it's finest. Guitarist Miller Anderson shines on this and he would later team up with Kim Simmonds and Stan Webb (of Chicken Shack) and record an LP as Savoy Brown called "Boogie Brothers". I used to have most of Keef Hartley's LP's and sold them off in the mid 80's. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZvV5Ff7vtadSpUiqXpXqvD-IgAODkaqV_oGQy1jrONCA8VbyUbQBHtROD5zIxGM9u0sTGkM5vSeIyP69IJQi_8e6b-Rrj2S_Rp6kgGW8qX1s6X_pCR8sHQKTuf44LfDJkBJu8j8ex6o/s697/140+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZvV5Ff7vtadSpUiqXpXqvD-IgAODkaqV_oGQy1jrONCA8VbyUbQBHtROD5zIxGM9u0sTGkM5vSeIyP69IJQi_8e6b-Rrj2S_Rp6kgGW8qX1s6X_pCR8sHQKTuf44LfDJkBJu8j8ex6o/w400-h400/140+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Greeting music lovers!!!! Glad to be here whipping up another post for you and getting it done in a timely fashion as well. I haven't got any rants today so I'll just get right to it by mentioning that #140 is another "mixed bag" of 45's as I grab unsorted handfuls out of boxes and start spinning them on the turntable. We've got some garage, blue eyed soul, pop/psych, and a rather amusing honky tonk tune for all you country &amp; western fans.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd just like to mention again that "Dan's Garage" is also a radio show! We're streaming on the web @ <a href="http://radiofreephoenix.com" target="_blank">Radio Free Phoenix</a> on Wednesdays at 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, and we repeat the show on Sundays 2:00 PM @ <a href="http://deepoldies.com" target="_blank">Deep Oldies.</a> Check it out, we're sure you'll enjoy it, and as if THAT isn't enough, we also have a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP02q62DFmfwIwzxyrOrPbQ?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, so you can hear music and imagine all those little platters spinning around on a turntable as well!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh by the way, if you'd like to listen to past shows you can do so at <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/dan-frank2/" target="_blank">Mixcloud</a>. Just a disclaimer here...I'm not a "pro" user so the functions are somewhat limited, in other words you can't FF or rewind and I believe the track list functions are limited as well. Not every single show from the past is there, but we're doing our best to keep up. That being said, you can listen at no cost and we think you'll enjoy it immensely.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have fun out there, keep your cool and enjoy #140!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Flying Circus - I'm Going / Midnight Highway (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPlAvDkhrnxQIsTv72c2g3V0k76JD9BTMmK8SfpSwK99-X3DZjlHgLwjmw-S3tGpFagWCz2usdV3Pw5BX4nUmyUm1-tvmsA9FOPlSN5IIOpk2AY4eLuL3vLO_ABiqn8ITA-VV9kH_WLk/s1116/flying+circus+MTA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPlAvDkhrnxQIsTv72c2g3V0k76JD9BTMmK8SfpSwK99-X3DZjlHgLwjmw-S3tGpFagWCz2usdV3Pw5BX4nUmyUm1-tvmsA9FOPlSN5IIOpk2AY4eLuL3vLO_ABiqn8ITA-VV9kH_WLk/w395-h400/flying+circus+MTA.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty crude stuff on the A side for 1967, this coming from a San Francisco group no less, who's music scene at the time consisted of The Gratetful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe &amp; The Fish, etc. The B side is somewhat more polished, but still quite "garagey". They would release two more on MTA records, the second is featured in IDG #78 and is more folk rock than garage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Canadians - You Don't Love Me No More / You're My Baby (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwZg2WRDFwEEei_T7vRdvA7GY0pS49UqFd1OSct3Bu7z71EZYmaIFU5-rv6gCQEGqyqlCkIyq2h6z2U7EJ708lApmxxEA2JjlXTgZAxU6odZJ1fwclGqAZ-4z3q3pQ-oYtknEZ4wDy40/s1107/canadians+prism.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1105" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwZg2WRDFwEEei_T7vRdvA7GY0pS49UqFd1OSct3Bu7z71EZYmaIFU5-rv6gCQEGqyqlCkIyq2h6z2U7EJ708lApmxxEA2JjlXTgZAxU6odZJ1fwclGqAZ-4z3q3pQ-oYtknEZ4wDy40/w398-h400/canadians+prism.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prism Records out of Dayton, OH had a decent roster of acts that went from country to flat out garage/punk. Last post featured The Fink Muncx IX, a classic for sure, this time around we present a totally unknown band who are supposedly from Miamisburg,OH just outside of Dayton. Great teen garage here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bobby Carey - Ain't That Too Bad / It's All Over (Except The Cryin') (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXjd1GeMRMAs-_5EQ11JI4fYaI6mIwmdb2R0Nbgm8MjnKN2F-52h3HV9mFUeoZd-0HJXXiNZ2eLZ13cxuImwgxOu9JMFri78AcSoIaZd3kcrpEq2dSFOG322bDYV6UbfkKngzav2Fyeo/s1133/Bobby+Carey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1128" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXjd1GeMRMAs-_5EQ11JI4fYaI6mIwmdb2R0Nbgm8MjnKN2F-52h3HV9mFUeoZd-0HJXXiNZ2eLZ13cxuImwgxOu9JMFri78AcSoIaZd3kcrpEq2dSFOG322bDYV6UbfkKngzav2Fyeo/w398-h400/Bobby+Carey.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's another dead end. Don't know much about Bobby Carey, or The Jades, or "Tony Twist" for that matter (although there is an NHL player by the same name). All searches for "Bobby Carey" turned up a lot of pics of "Mariah Carey", so the only thing I can get out of this is that it was produced by a younger Charlie Daniels, who would go on to fame and fortune with his country rock act. This was one of those records that was listed as "garage" by a seller I buy from often, but as you will hear, this is definitely what most of us would call "blue eyed soul", not that that's a bad thing, in fact, I like this record a lot which is why I included it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Matthew Moore - Come On / White Silk Glove (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTL7i7B2IFEDthhz61UIGLs8kjPPcNb1detLLV1ml8cKmgEZGZ_Bwk-tPJDFWJYLk1C-JTk_XTGZ2JIzy3RWuAFz_Ys1oX5ix8JvBjaSbgo7-LZwaRpbLlrCPxRyh_9i-TNO4xVKwIqFQ/s1129/matthew+moore+silk+glove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1129" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTL7i7B2IFEDthhz61UIGLs8kjPPcNb1detLLV1ml8cKmgEZGZ_Bwk-tPJDFWJYLk1C-JTk_XTGZ2JIzy3RWuAFz_Ys1oX5ix8JvBjaSbgo7-LZwaRpbLlrCPxRyh_9i-TNO4xVKwIqFQ/w400-h395/matthew+moore+silk+glove.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Matthew Moore had several 45's on a few different labels but outside of that I don't much about this guy either. What I did discover though, was that he had a somewhat close association with David Marks, ex-Beach Boys guitarist and they both went on to form "The Moon", a band that had a few 45's on Imperial records. He had a KILLER version of Buffy Ste. Marie's "Codyne" in 1965, but I'm afraid this one falls a bit short of that one. This 45 is definitely what I would describe as "mod" for lack of a better description. It moves along quite well with some fuzzy guitars and a few horns as well. Not bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Raves - Mother Nature / Mister Man (1967)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiHe-zr9kmkEC6Mg8boKu9IJjBsZgZlzEjVvh4FypIEWMcLXsy7KgO9g6ReMp6X3gtHczjrFVjOHb8lzbl4GMa2y05FfG7mPVoskyt6q1Z5osaXoH_Qm9nKygKMSx3tNqB3CWbH1ed9I/s1128/raves+yellow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiHe-zr9kmkEC6Mg8boKu9IJjBsZgZlzEjVvh4FypIEWMcLXsy7KgO9g6ReMp6X3gtHczjrFVjOHb8lzbl4GMa2y05FfG7mPVoskyt6q1Z5osaXoH_Qm9nKygKMSx3tNqB3CWbH1ed9I/w394-h400/raves+yellow.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oooh Oooh, as one my heroes Gunther Toody would say...here's a real good one! The Raves were from Brooklyn, NY, and unlike their contemporaries from the tri-state area, they didn't go for the "Rascals", "Vanilla Fudge", "Vagrants" style with a heavy Hammond B-3 organ sound, they were a lot more like The Blues Magoos. This 45 is pretty genius if you ask me, and the somewhat complex arrangements are pretty cool as well. Great guitars, wild cheezy organ riffs, it's a great example of a garage/psyche two sider. I hesitate to even brand these guys as "garage" because they sound so professional. They had three 45's on Smash, the first is pretty much what you hear on this one and it was featured in IDG#4. Their last one "Everything's Fire" is really good as well, but heads in a heavier direction and had some horns thrown in as well. Oddly enough that last one is the most "desirable" of the three, but I think it pales alongside this one IMHO.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Circus Maximus - Lonely Man / Negative Dreamer Girl (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy_JJDDoqw3wxFBxo_gaAjvqUyKdNIy3WNHCw3NmqSsRQbUV0XHkxLVP1kkwdhMyOqj_YxSx5-BRfdIKZT4P2HjD5zucnH9vQSCVvNQhf9Ba2qtRtn2Vtgzk9wr-7ylOkp61u_I5jMrE/s1110/circus+maximus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1088" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy_JJDDoqw3wxFBxo_gaAjvqUyKdNIy3WNHCw3NmqSsRQbUV0XHkxLVP1kkwdhMyOqj_YxSx5-BRfdIKZT4P2HjD5zucnH9vQSCVvNQhf9Ba2qtRtn2Vtgzk9wr-7ylOkp61u_I5jMrE/w393-h400/circus+maximus.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A group out of Austin, TX that included Jerry Jeff Walker, the guy who wrote "Mr. Bojangles". This group is not exactly 'The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band", but a pretty good psychedelic outfit. Circus Maximus released two LP's but only this one 45.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fever Tree - Girl, Oh Girl (Don't Push Me) / Steve Lenore (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiHsWFr4gUO4mhkjMHS7liz-E96XvPNXyXYJ3HpQkIQ3ztB3XeIi3dlm4DIuHtLLJhxkPrjxI4oRxwXUaa13011A0yDvW5wWUY42SLgHC7SIj5PFlhKTonqaTseUHEzuWi6UcTDR1VG4/s1090/Fevrtree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiHsWFr4gUO4mhkjMHS7liz-E96XvPNXyXYJ3HpQkIQ3ztB3XeIi3dlm4DIuHtLLJhxkPrjxI4oRxwXUaa13011A0yDvW5wWUY42SLgHC7SIj5PFlhKTonqaTseUHEzuWi6UcTDR1VG4/w395-h400/Fevrtree.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Fever Tree were most famous for their song "San Francisco Girls", a timely masterpiece of psychedelic pop. Hailing from Houston, TX, they began their career with a couple of 45's on Mainstream Records (Janis Joplin was from Port Arthur, a mere stone's throw away and Big Brother &amp; The Holding Co.'s first LP was released on the same label), moving on to Uni and finally Ampex in the early seventies. Both sides of this 45 are laid back and on the bluesy side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Human Touch - Sally Go 'Round The Roses (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna98LAdrq1N4ZnfN4T-xI9sEvycQbHYmB8x_3ZMp8GIrhpyENPk73RsUGR8MZvX3ZdUIdb-nirpoj4rvhX67XJFic4dAU1WYqjESLn11ApzrNUUqU0vpvrWES7Dx_hrpObbFLafeAD7o/s1129/human+touch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna98LAdrq1N4ZnfN4T-xI9sEvycQbHYmB8x_3ZMp8GIrhpyENPk73RsUGR8MZvX3ZdUIdb-nirpoj4rvhX67XJFic4dAU1WYqjESLn11ApzrNUUqU0vpvrWES7Dx_hrpObbFLafeAD7o/w394-h400/human+touch.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a song that I know a little bit about, but trying to get solid info on The Human Touch has been a kinda rough. The song was originally sung by The Jaynetts, who everyone describes as a "one hit wonder". I personally hate that term because although many groups throughout the history of Rock &amp; Roll, R&amp;B, Soul, etc. have had only "one hit", quite often you'll hear a body of music that is sadly overlooked, but I digress. The Great Society which featured a pre-Jefferson Airplane Grace Slick, performed this song live at The Matrix and was released on a 45 by Columbia Records. This version is quite similar with it's haunting eerie vibe. An excellent 45 if I do say so!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Meditations - Transcendental Meditations / Beautiful Experience (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrjEmUH8L9IW8fNc5yQEOUL6iv24vKKmAblM2j5IG1ND0E20bXS-GttUHZ8sJUmVQIgBBqdzFvVAbc5i02uEqOj2XOqNcZGzLbLqrQ_RVbmE7zfD-EPZlC5eZPzLi92fQIwlPhQFdNs0/s1136/meditations.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1113" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrjEmUH8L9IW8fNc5yQEOUL6iv24vKKmAblM2j5IG1ND0E20bXS-GttUHZ8sJUmVQIgBBqdzFvVAbc5i02uEqOj2XOqNcZGzLbLqrQ_RVbmE7zfD-EPZlC5eZPzLi92fQIwlPhQFdNs0/w393-h400/meditations.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well...I told you this was going to be a mixed bag, and this 45 really takes things in another direction entirely. Probably a studio group, The Meditations were definitely cashing in on the good vibes and karma from the summer of love and produced this syrupy sweet pop/psyche number. Perfect for a summer evening and a bottle of white whine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Noel Deschamps - Ah, Si J'Avais Pense / On Se Moque De Toi, Laisse Dire / C'est Pa La Piene / Curieux Doctueur (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhzycWGTWqCXrZpw0Hule4sbJ_5r1iABN35E5GtRAfvXpR4TRr1GS9BWcfZaWXJobBJGmPPw2Sbs9VwogBiu0DHiB6moSYm3zTN2NW16buC_x2X9sZITv3etPJjV5394_6mUcQFY6jII/s2048/noel+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="2048" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhzycWGTWqCXrZpw0Hule4sbJ_5r1iABN35E5GtRAfvXpR4TRr1GS9BWcfZaWXJobBJGmPPw2Sbs9VwogBiu0DHiB6moSYm3zTN2NW16buC_x2X9sZITv3etPJjV5394_6mUcQFY6jII/w400-h394/noel+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNI3bC1dxOskYdI_Os6T-CIdqrexzAkRsMeTy4-2I8QggtQvvICZOcizn-LrLqvn9xw0_BuGkftYaj9nGAr2cn2-Z1sbXOXZjD6ZBk6GxRTtk45EuhZCudQF4HdEB3IdRui2kKoaVb8w/s1028/noelA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNI3bC1dxOskYdI_Os6T-CIdqrexzAkRsMeTy4-2I8QggtQvvICZOcizn-LrLqvn9xw0_BuGkftYaj9nGAr2cn2-Z1sbXOXZjD6ZBk6GxRTtk45EuhZCudQF4HdEB3IdRui2kKoaVb8w/w398-h400/noelA.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few months back, I took in a decent haul of <i>very </i>good deals on Ebay that included three French EP's, and several import singles as well as a bunch of other way cool stuff that I'll be featuring in the future. Of the three French EP's I aquired were two by Noel Deschamps who, from what I can estimate, was was a very popular singer in France. Although some might think these are a tad bit overproduced, perhaps because he was such a big pop star, they're actually really cool. Two of these tracks are really decent covers, one of The Brigands classic punker "Would I Still Be Her Big Man", and a cover of John Mayall &amp; The Bluesbreakers' "I'm Your Witchdoctor". The other two songs are great as well. I have another one of these by Noel which I will feature in a future post. Stay tuned.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lyterside - Love Is A Game / Yesterday's Highway (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuClCcvYcClAmPE9Ue9NE8tnTA4JmrZ9n70AWu5O2axxRSVPRg8s-7jfu3EplxQ_Nec7SCQIRpO7gU6w9daSlHEssFegA3bQjV_L2KUAPPQXutLmUcoq1U0lkXf4vJKA3STEnJ5cTrB4/s1109/Lyterside.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="1104" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuClCcvYcClAmPE9Ue9NE8tnTA4JmrZ9n70AWu5O2axxRSVPRg8s-7jfu3EplxQ_Nec7SCQIRpO7gU6w9daSlHEssFegA3bQjV_L2KUAPPQXutLmUcoq1U0lkXf4vJKA3STEnJ5cTrB4/w398-h400/Lyterside.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Lyterside was basically a lounge duo from Dayton, OH that released this 45 and a "live" LP both on ClearHill Records who's most "famous" 45 was The Cranberry Mustache's "Far From Home", an excellent psychedelic 45 from the early '70's that sounds a lot like something from the 1960's. This 45 is OK, and I'm only including it here because of it's cheezy lo-fi sound. This 45 certainly has the same vibe as the Cranberry Mustache's 45 and so like a lot of the 45's of this nature, it grew on me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Neil MacArthur - It's Not Easy / Twelve Twenty Nine (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT89d_fYLWNOmUr8AZEbBxD1F8BhiLBDNvVP1xB6B3uNeZgWM_J9QpWSfbcWOaw9MnpfgAP3GevVjKqJTQxLJ5iSuilpXl-lJgj5wBQW9XxoG0XoPz-0dr6xmriMa8WGBVlkZMWynTwT0/s1092/neil+macarthur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1081" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT89d_fYLWNOmUr8AZEbBxD1F8BhiLBDNvVP1xB6B3uNeZgWM_J9QpWSfbcWOaw9MnpfgAP3GevVjKqJTQxLJ5iSuilpXl-lJgj5wBQW9XxoG0XoPz-0dr6xmriMa8WGBVlkZMWynTwT0/w395-h400/neil+macarthur.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's one of those 45's I got in my recent haul of way cool records. My wife and I were trying to find cool things to watch on Netflix, I myself am happy to watch reruns of The Saint and Columbo, but my lovely wife likes something a bit more, "engaging" and she definitely hates shows in Black &amp; White. I had heard that the Netflix series "The Queen" was very good so we commenced watching it and we were both sucked in, HEAVILY. So, at the end of one of those episodes while the credits were trailing off, a version of "She's Not There" played. I was suddenly intrigued and discovered that it was a post Zombies Colin Blunstone with the nom de plume of "Neil MacArthur". I swear I am a HUGE Zombies fan, and I think Colin's voice is one of the most unique in the history of rock &amp; roll, so I set out looking for his post Zombies, pre-solo career work. It turns out he had three 45's on Deram as Neil MacArthur so when two came up for auction I jumped right on them, and although they are very well produced POP 45's, Colin's voice is unmistakable, so I basically consider this an extension of the Zombie's legacy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Little Bob Story - All Or Nothing / Hot And Sweaty (1977)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfpZrIu9GEsFae3SBDwbQ6KVPMglUgi-2LWxxa5TYjoympr4orry5MA3zQfSB5WXeNmc8_djrNHzgnZwfITiaSoiN39xVyXcx5vAJkV5W0yLg4VeP_u0PSbwSor13ySZo7LYBP1IHVKE/s1134/little+bob+story.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1131" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfpZrIu9GEsFae3SBDwbQ6KVPMglUgi-2LWxxa5TYjoympr4orry5MA3zQfSB5WXeNmc8_djrNHzgnZwfITiaSoiN39xVyXcx5vAJkV5W0yLg4VeP_u0PSbwSor13ySZo7LYBP1IHVKE/w398-h400/little+bob+story.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little Bob a/k/a Roberto Piazza, was the bandleader of Little Bob Story, a way cool band from the mid to late 70's which for lack of a better description, were a "pub rock" band from France. I have one of their 12" EP's on Chiswick which is one of my favorite records ever, but when I came across this 45 I had to nab it. A side is a cover of a very good Steve Marriot era Small Faces song and the B side is great as well.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ernie Hoppe - I'm A Loser (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFcdo_zhs-p7jFznnf9vMRL3iIipz7Ob6_2z7SlqBsAPJOCEXZF7DKuJ-eXEqh-dDhz2yxPFXfvb-zvAhmeBQxeuCKSKJnn2Hkr6NPyWxWylhKzc695bmA5Pe9pdXuvvCPfBlN_iXzZs/s1121/ernie+hoppe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFcdo_zhs-p7jFznnf9vMRL3iIipz7Ob6_2z7SlqBsAPJOCEXZF7DKuJ-eXEqh-dDhz2yxPFXfvb-zvAhmeBQxeuCKSKJnn2Hkr6NPyWxWylhKzc695bmA5Pe9pdXuvvCPfBlN_iXzZs/w395-h400/ernie+hoppe.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I warned you. This was going to be an "eclectic" roundup of 45's for this post and this one's the icing on the cake. As of late, I have become a big fan of "Honky Tonk" style Country &amp; Western music. My favorite right now is Porter Waggoner, and everything that falls into that wheelhouse. So when someone has a half dozen really obscure 45's like this at a very cheap price, I jump on it immediately, so I received this lot 45's from the famous "Camaro" label out of Memphis, TN. If you haven't been there, you ought to go (wait for this carona shit to go away, you don't want to be visiting in masks and all that crap) it's a cool town. Visit Beale Street, Pig BBQ, The Sun Studio, The Stax Museum of Soul, and Graceland. It's worth it. Seriously, you smell BBQ when you get off the plane. Anyway, Camaro records was based out of Memphis, and they had a somewhat diverse roster of acts, including Ernie Hoppe here who performs a very cool rendition of The Beatles' "I'm A Loser" and takes the writing credit himself to boot!!!! He probably thought that his fans had never listened to a Beatles record in their lives, so he figured he could probably get away with it. GOTCHA ERNIE!!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/yfj8ufa10tg6xzkysbgs31t7m1dp8t5w" target="_blank">HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/jjyktfzmtoi9rmf4yqecz3igck2othuf" target="_blank">UPDATED COVER</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/nyu1tsj735zxc91uof2sj13oep1wqejd" target="_blank">Flying Circus - Midnight Highway</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/7178762241265632005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2020/11/in-dans-garage140.html#comment-form' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7178762241265632005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7178762241265632005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2020/11/in-dans-garage140.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#140'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZvV5Ff7vtadSpUiqXpXqvD-IgAODkaqV_oGQy1jrONCA8VbyUbQBHtROD5zIxGM9u0sTGkM5vSeIyP69IJQi_8e6b-Rrj2S_Rp6kgGW8qX1s6X_pCR8sHQKTuf44LfDJkBJu8j8ex6o/s72-w400-h400-c/140+front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-9003467187872082575</id><published>2020-10-25T14:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2020-10-25T14:13:30.247-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dan's Garage #139</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Yzm1zRnLwrWQui03Acg-whnWvu8pG97-x1HZ8Qi00s0mReq2gJZdnIDtPqjj5opVt9YiKQYrMxmndt3Ny0WXqpkry_6EnIxHmqeEu4jlT0LMaBo9_ILOvdPwf1MteY95fBG4Au51fb0/w400-h400/139+front.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers!!! Glad to be working at the ol' keyboard and turntable spinning cool 45's for our pleasure, and as usual I'd like to give a big thanks to all of our friends and followers out there enjoying my little slice of the cyber universe. I had an issue with my old scanner which workrd just fine, even after I migrated to Windows 10 earlier this year, but I unplugged it from the PC and for some reason I couldn't get the son-of-a-bitch to work anymore. I threw up my hands and bought a new one which as you can see works just fine.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unlike the last post which was sort of a kookfest, I've gone back to more "traditional" fare here (whatever "traditional" means on this blog), and I spun a bunch of&nbsp; 45's that focus on garage, surf, psych, freakbeat, and pop from the 60's and early 70's. As usual, I hope you all enjoy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I was perusing records on Ebay these past few weeks, I've noticed how "Garage" records, and 45's in particular, have split into many "sub-genres". I know how this kind of thing irritates purists to no end, but I, as an avid collector, find it very interesting. Let me just preface this by informing all out there that this is strictly my opinion and hypothesis on this phenomenon, and I'm sure that there are a whole bunch of you out there that will either agree or completely disagree with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I started collecting what at the time we called "Garage and Psychedelic" 45's, the benchmark was Nuggets, Pebbles, and Boulders, three seminal comp series that reshaped my way of looking at the history of rock &amp; roll. When I first discovered these I still thought songs like "For What It's Worth" &amp; "Space Cowboy" were really far out. "Venus" by Shocking Blue??? Definitely a deep cut man. I eventually got turned on to "Nuggets" (the original LP) which by today's standards, is held up as the genesis of all that cool garage and psychedelic shit. It was on a 90 min. cassette tape and the rest was filled with a "best of" from the Pebbles series. This was truly heavy stuff at the time and all I wanted was <i>more. </i>It was nice having a band like The Chesterfield Kings in town, and having Greg Prevost working at the House Of Guitars, he could guide me to the latest and greatest comps that came out that week. Eventually, I felt the need, as a record collector, to seek out originals and I spent years focusing on what were described as "killers". I managed to get a few and bought bunches of other cool 45's that didn't quite fall into the "killer" category as well, but the main thing was I was accumulating a modest, yet very nice collection of 45's. Then I had kids. That put the kibosh on serious collecting for about 15 years as 45's only trickled in once or twice a year. A comp here, a few 45's there. I threw them in boxes and basically filed them away for the future....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 2009 I discovered that you could have your own forum on the web, this little thing we call "blogging". I also discovered that good records could be had for a reasonable price on Ebay if you played your cards right. Another discovery was how sellers were plying their wares as "garage", but were nothing like what I considered garage "back in the day". Now you have "Pop Psych", "Sunshine Pop", "Tittyshakers", "Teen Garage", "Garage Soul", "Mod", "Mod Dancer", "Heavy Psych", "Bonehead Crunchers", "Outsider",&nbsp; the list is endless, and they all sort of fall under that "hip" umbrella. Know what I mean????</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Personally, I'm glad things shook out this way. While greedy sellers are trying to dupe people by advertising Dave Clark 5 45's as garage, if you sniff around you'll find some very cool sounds that break away from the "Garage" orthodoxy. I can listen to records that I thought were complete shit when I bought them 30 years ago, and actually appreciate them now with a fresh set of ears.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So as I enter my fifth decade of collecting records (holy shit, I <i>AM</i> GETTING OLD!!!), I have learned to appreciate all the different sounds that deserve play here on this blog. Although the title of this blog is "Dan's Garage", it's much more than strictly a repository of&nbsp; "garage band records", but a look into hip sounds that that we may have missed while listening to AM or FM radio while we were growing up, and as for the younger folk out there who are digging this, we're glad you came along with us to dig all these crazy sounds from what I consider, the greatest era in music history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dig it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Novas - The Crusher / Take 7 (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_WSyPa8afLmamni98eN6aLiZJ7npKdy4OfRkNH8VM2ngsuoohGEw_z7vFPlD7KihEdsE38uLaZ6Ex4wzj7QYQXkEEb8Sm6AiKgavjrlgLkAIISG5remd3IKbgqFKCr00VZKFBdpcRnE/s766/novas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_WSyPa8afLmamni98eN6aLiZJ7npKdy4OfRkNH8VM2ngsuoohGEw_z7vFPlD7KihEdsE38uLaZ6Ex4wzj7QYQXkEEb8Sm6AiKgavjrlgLkAIISG5remd3IKbgqFKCr00VZKFBdpcRnE/w383-h400/novas.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's start this shindig off with a true classic. An ode to professional wrestler Reginald Lisowski a/k/a "Crusher" Lisowski, this Minneapolis band backs up a guy doing his best "crusher" bit. "Do The hammer lock", "Do the eye gouge" as if it were the Frug, the Mashed Potato, the Twist or some other dance craze of that generation. Fortunately the dance craze never really caught on (although it did hit the Billboard charts), or else we'd have a lot of broken bones and eye patches out there.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Underdogs - Judy Be Mine (Friday At The Hideout) / The Man In The Glass (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtkorlaz1kx5-F9eMH71o4ym2Exnl8oYVdAqFIf8_jXOHqXTHxLQBpPqaomSXDoSlrxeDlPK1M61e3VRZq4NsP21kpH7SRzwNcAPPfXWZwrDgLqB7H8oGvPGW7XCgH7UYjI6dAa2y1BI/s756/Underdogs2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="747" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtkorlaz1kx5-F9eMH71o4ym2Exnl8oYVdAqFIf8_jXOHqXTHxLQBpPqaomSXDoSlrxeDlPK1M61e3VRZq4NsP21kpH7SRzwNcAPPfXWZwrDgLqB7H8oGvPGW7XCgH7UYjI6dAa2y1BI/w394-h400/Underdogs2.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another bona fide classic. The Underdogs were from Grosse Point, MI and played a bunch of gigs at "The Hideout" and rubbed elbows with Bob Seger, The Pleasure Seekers (featuring Suzi Quatro!), and a bunch of other Michigan luminaries at the time. They had seven 45's released on Hideout, Warner Brothers, and V.I.P., which was a subsidiary of Motown and all are great but this one here is the "gem" of all. Truly great stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fink Muncx IX - Coffee, Tea, Or Me / What's Right (1964)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh_6YsvlmWmZ6o677hFqIX4WOFhTkBQnLVW_RsIfe8wrlwveSq31qUQuy7-2LkOUZIDBYMidFVD7IeUQMvz6CvYYqa359VX_4NyGCKN7LP7LCsAXUZxi-wm9CahTmTYBorDVQx1_sSSA/s749/fink+muncx+ix.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="741" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh_6YsvlmWmZ6o677hFqIX4WOFhTkBQnLVW_RsIfe8wrlwveSq31qUQuy7-2LkOUZIDBYMidFVD7IeUQMvz6CvYYqa359VX_4NyGCKN7LP7LCsAXUZxi-wm9CahTmTYBorDVQx1_sSSA/w395-h400/fink+muncx+ix.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wow. Another "classic" so to speak. This came out on the "Garage Punk Unknowns" series back in the mid 80's and was always one of my favorites because of it's rawness and the frantic performance.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">The story of The Fink Muncx IX is as follows and I will try to be brief...</div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of high school pals from Dayton, OH wanted to raise money to buy a car for another one of their buddies who was about to attend Ohio University. These geniuses thought recording a record and selling it would be a good idea so they mustered up seven more guys, three to help with the singing and "hand clapping", and four actual musicians, hit the studio and came up with this wild and wacky 45. For those that have never heard the B side, it's not as crazy, but pretty cool as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bobby &amp; The Bombers - "Dance Time" (1964)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcs_1oijOQFzhgrcDkqPYnQe_zf_t48ixiw5jCOpp7cacNhGu1FEzkT1HAbY98MfGUWCbO7MbE9xOoP6xIhsJ-Hqhy8kxZkqagKJKwTvaSZS7yn5OGwoj037vLKVwT-i-OVbmrzWWp6nE/s2048/bobby+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcs_1oijOQFzhgrcDkqPYnQe_zf_t48ixiw5jCOpp7cacNhGu1FEzkT1HAbY98MfGUWCbO7MbE9xOoP6xIhsJ-Hqhy8kxZkqagKJKwTvaSZS7yn5OGwoj037vLKVwT-i-OVbmrzWWp6nE/w394-h400/bobby+front.jpg" width="394" /></a></div>I was on social media this past February, and one of my neighbors asked who their favorite band was when they were teenagers growing up. One of them wrote "Bobby &amp; The Bombers" who were a local act from Irondeqoit, a suburb of Rochester which is on the other&nbsp;side of the Genssee River from where I reside. I recall my buddy Chuck Ciriello bringing this over for one of our "taping sessions" which we did quite often back in the 80's and remembered it being a cool local artifact. So I subsequently&nbsp;looked on Ebay on the off chance there would be a copy for sale and there it was. For a mere "bag of&nbsp;shells" and, it came with the nifty jacket as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0g7mVL8e6lHvQUq9p-cfg-gIR9Bt0IOZ7wYFr742DuDmE80qJt-_p7h86DySVDW0R2WLnBnamF_tS-JhzGL-SoLDQN0Mw-J0eXaupWuoQnFXvH-snUL1YCIzKg4I16dao728AQgGHdM/s2048/bobby+back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1980" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0g7mVL8e6lHvQUq9p-cfg-gIR9Bt0IOZ7wYFr742DuDmE80qJt-_p7h86DySVDW0R2WLnBnamF_tS-JhzGL-SoLDQN0Mw-J0eXaupWuoQnFXvH-snUL1YCIzKg4I16dao728AQgGHdM/w385-h400/bobby+back.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0QHo7-RXBBS4YVN5Z9AaSJ_O1TV7yzcAEygERMkRImA45wZYtkgjHHpKks2ijFqvOlJHBLhERCAKYkT955RYewo42Ek_SynNMc2gCO8IP_3kUMlAz3jsI84dRUBsEQrY-ltY1XELtJ8/s1138/Bobby+%2526+The+Bombers+45.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1138" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0QHo7-RXBBS4YVN5Z9AaSJ_O1TV7yzcAEygERMkRImA45wZYtkgjHHpKks2ijFqvOlJHBLhERCAKYkT955RYewo42Ek_SynNMc2gCO8IP_3kUMlAz3jsI84dRUBsEQrY-ltY1XELtJ8/w400-h394/Bobby+%2526+The+Bombers+45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span>By the sound of this, it was most likely recorded at Fine Recording Studios given&nbsp;it's lo-fi nature. These guys must've been pretty popular at the time because most bands couldn't muster up enough dough to put out a quality package like this. As for the music???? Well, Bobby and Co. run through three covers and a cool moody instrumental original called "Greenfields". The rest of them are pretty routine including a rendition of The Beatles' "You Can't Do That". It should also be noted that the band included an accordion player!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Michael's Mystics - You Ran Away / Hi Bird (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-0mW80y9mpm8eeOJtq1-8UgoSz_v3PrPtJ_ALMKGiY2yIVKWAp8x3ZMDmwrWn5O33viMbpUvQpCjZEyWMDc3Xwwxx1wuS-mpbU22gxQkdWLGq36c4bC7T0ytyceT5qP5VRYl-bFlzEg/s1116/Micheal%2527s+Mystics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1098" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-0mW80y9mpm8eeOJtq1-8UgoSz_v3PrPtJ_ALMKGiY2yIVKWAp8x3ZMDmwrWn5O33viMbpUvQpCjZEyWMDc3Xwwxx1wuS-mpbU22gxQkdWLGq36c4bC7T0ytyceT5qP5VRYl-bFlzEg/w394-h400/Micheal%2527s+Mystics.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A great garage 45 by a group out of Minneapolis, MN that has that real "recorded in a basement" type sound. This band has a pretty complex history to go into too much detail here, but they started out as a seven piece called The Galaxies, broke up, regrouped as a five piece and called themselves "Micheal's Mystics" and recorded this way cool 45 at Dove Recording Studios. They later would add a horn section and record the original version of "Pain", a song that gets a lot of attention from the Mod, Northern Soul, and Beach Music crowd, which incidentally was covered by two other groups featured on this blog, The Novas Nine and The Downbeats.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fables - I've Got The Will / Lonely Boy (1966)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXQZS5drEG6tK2Vsl3El6KLpRZemod39li0LStNHNjJZ_1XwAT3yk338rrDBOC5KqqfQlThwd0EXf39kl1zEReteL7v0UrTSsWUiXM9sNJX5Vodtd5cUmpWTWGLhPMzorTvkbIiRx2WE/s753/fables.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXQZS5drEG6tK2Vsl3El6KLpRZemod39li0LStNHNjJZ_1XwAT3yk338rrDBOC5KqqfQlThwd0EXf39kl1zEReteL7v0UrTSsWUiXM9sNJX5Vodtd5cUmpWTWGLhPMzorTvkbIiRx2WE/w390-h400/fables.jpg" width="390" /></a></div>Super cool moody 45 from Texas. This one is a classic with great fuzz guitar and cheezy Farfisa organ as well. One of my all time favorites! I'm not exactly sure who Don Perry was, but I'm guessing he's the lead vocalist on both sides of this record.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man / Not Fade Away (1963)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_BjNTqmG7YitIhlk-OSUhAL_PSi_5eCpgCOrEAvCu2EHBsxvsR6yeWe7laLnDweMYARk9avloY0w28oG7ihZJIXcazshSmdXAT2u-4MoE9hdVyrI-IG74-Z94h4UHo6kH50HxctZ4SM/s746/stones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="729" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_BjNTqmG7YitIhlk-OSUhAL_PSi_5eCpgCOrEAvCu2EHBsxvsR6yeWe7laLnDweMYARk9avloY0w28oG7ihZJIXcazshSmdXAT2u-4MoE9hdVyrI-IG74-Z94h4UHo6kH50HxctZ4SM/w390-h400/stones.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just had to do it. It was sitting there, in a pile of obscure stuff, and then I plopped it on the turntable and man oh man, there it was, one of The Stones' greatest cuts which would propel them to fame and fortune. It's quite fascinating when you juxtapose The Stones' career against The Beatles', I mean, they both recorded this song, and although Lennon and McCartney wrote it, each version is a polar opposite of the other. The Beatles' version is pretty wild, I guess, when compared to the other tracks on "With The Beatles" (or "Meet The Beatles" if you were in the U.S.), but this version is so full of raw intensity, The Fab Four's attempt pales alongside it. Perhaps it's why they (The Beatles) had Ringo sing it, because John and Paul couldn't do it justice the way The Stones did? Maybe, maybe not, but this is truly one of The Stones' best.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sam The Sham &amp; The Pharaohs - Old MacDonald Had A Boogaloo Farm / I Never Had No One (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6notkKiTpOzGpR_SistJ9tSp5hZDn10I7smedvm29kjpD8dNPBGbjGCVFNmNdFiSPjHAVhreUO61wDWY2_Omci_F91F9ASOx2dCimh7l3gekyf9IN8zd98LIGUuJD4wCTkod-D583kc/s747/sam+the+sham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="747" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6notkKiTpOzGpR_SistJ9tSp5hZDn10I7smedvm29kjpD8dNPBGbjGCVFNmNdFiSPjHAVhreUO61wDWY2_Omci_F91F9ASOx2dCimh7l3gekyf9IN8zd98LIGUuJD4wCTkod-D583kc/w400-h398/sam+the+sham.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You gotta love Sam The Sham. One of Rock &amp; Roll's greatest characters, he amassed a bunch of hits in the mid sixties, only to get pushed aside by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Cream and a bunch of other "heavies" that made rock &amp; roll "progressive".&nbsp; That's OK, because in 1968 Sam was still whooping it up with 45's like this one, his take on the Old MacDonald nursery rhyme and in usual genius Sam The Sham style, he nails it!!!! This would be the last official "Sam The Sham &amp; The Pharaohs" 45 on MGM. After this he went on to "The Sam The Sham Revue" and a solo LP or two and then pretty much disappeared. Too bad, he was one of Rock &amp; Roll's finest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Beauchemins - My Lovin' Baby (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadd45Dsq6AjNyMpqupnhKXXKTh3DC8LkwTLtkzNGGWb9ayZPmIb9EIvPNdholVFnskJX2cfVWjwvp9bJ-z5XyyR6hRSmSc6WKhF6HC5Nzfr6VdiV5SZw7Yc_BbXQgsTlAcW4U4RBl7KU/s1134/beauchemins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadd45Dsq6AjNyMpqupnhKXXKTh3DC8LkwTLtkzNGGWb9ayZPmIb9EIvPNdholVFnskJX2cfVWjwvp9bJ-z5XyyR6hRSmSc6WKhF6HC5Nzfr6VdiV5SZw7Yc_BbXQgsTlAcW4U4RBl7KU/w389-h400/beauchemins.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Beauchemins were a Folk/Rock/Pop group out of L.A. which was produced, I would imagine, by Bob Keane head honcho at Mustang Records. The A side is pretty good folk rock, perhaps a bit "heavier" than The Mamas &amp; The Papas and a little more Byrds like, which comes off really well. The B side, which I have not included, sounds a bit like Peter, Paul, &amp; Mary. Meh. I have a TON of folkie stuff like the B side, and perhaps in the future I'll write a post on that!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Congregation - I Need Your Love (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oueKbEWQDih3VmHsBDOwS7rDj-ZuaQyxVg5w6gWFbvtwOkv_PFXrQv_kLMnLgL9MpeS6hHoEuTm4TNATMEFL7oPEBhidNM0elMzzxEYWjLX_KlQQSg4TVXXRNtTGYTUaSM1IkP7D3Vg/s1116/congregation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1109" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oueKbEWQDih3VmHsBDOwS7rDj-ZuaQyxVg5w6gWFbvtwOkv_PFXrQv_kLMnLgL9MpeS6hHoEuTm4TNATMEFL7oPEBhidNM0elMzzxEYWjLX_KlQQSg4TVXXRNtTGYTUaSM1IkP7D3Vg/w396-h400/congregation.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Probably a studio group from Nashville or thereabouts turning in a nice bubblegummy 45 which, in my opinion, is better than most that came out at the same time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You / (These Are) Bad Times (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwIYkzxvfjkht16b6AM-NN4eGeu-N5yCA3olXLV2e1MDyMd_GJSfxssKj5ODIHX9dYPkR104EwUXxun3a7e_Q2rSwsFn6pOj974REVf61FbBJjLWmfE6UVxmO10-HgJN-6lp89FvTzWA/s1119/grass+roots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1119" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwIYkzxvfjkht16b6AM-NN4eGeu-N5yCA3olXLV2e1MDyMd_GJSfxssKj5ODIHX9dYPkR104EwUXxun3a7e_Q2rSwsFn6pOj974REVf61FbBJjLWmfE6UVxmO10-HgJN-6lp89FvTzWA/w400-h394/grass+roots.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri were perhaps one of the best songwriting teams of the mid sixties andrival the best to come out of that era. They wrote a slew of hits for Barry McGuire, Herman's Hermits, Terry Black, Jan And Dean, Johnny Rivers, The Turtles, and a bunch for The Grass Roots before they became horn band mega-stars. This was The Grass Roots' second 45 and is a stand out two sider not just for it's A side which was their first chart topper, but for the B side "(These Are) Bad Times", which was originally recorded by Paul Revere &amp; The Raiders on their "Here They Come" LP.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rugby's - Rockin' All Over The World / Juditha Gina (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSC6rT3pijQCe8wEvbVevQJGB4QKdHfkcRmSuYt0VAICbGJvzSwDeouqdiytXGGI4mH9SmlVtkNxKuPZG688IK6iFFMdVGJ48hrmGOgyba7t3O1v4MG2RD3tz4cTV_rsZDqznaoVcigM/s1103/rugbys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSC6rT3pijQCe8wEvbVevQJGB4QKdHfkcRmSuYt0VAICbGJvzSwDeouqdiytXGGI4mH9SmlVtkNxKuPZG688IK6iFFMdVGJ48hrmGOgyba7t3O1v4MG2RD3tz4cTV_rsZDqznaoVcigM/w400-h400/rugbys.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well here's an example of what some of us collectors out there would classify as a "bonehead cruncher" of sorts. The Rugbys were from Louisville, KY and had some cool garage 45's before evolving into a "heavy rock" band in the late 60's and having a semi-hit with "You, I" on Amazon Records. They released an LP entitled "Hot Cargo" and a few more 45's before splitting up and changing their name to Lazarus, another heavy rock band.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Alan Bown - Toyland / Technicolour Dream (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrU_bXJTGEZiqo5IpxqukdkuPPJryhyeu7uwndYVUlYniWyp5m0SNo85TolbXYO6_7IGlGthoiOrNTFlOUqIFVYZQjd4UMCdFvtJwI0IyIZ6y5zU68V9fitzyezUawuPrK9sG_wepQ20/s1125/the+alan+bown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1108" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrU_bXJTGEZiqo5IpxqukdkuPPJryhyeu7uwndYVUlYniWyp5m0SNo85TolbXYO6_7IGlGthoiOrNTFlOUqIFVYZQjd4UMCdFvtJwI0IyIZ6y5zU68V9fitzyezUawuPrK9sG_wepQ20/w394-h400/the+alan+bown.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Alan Bown were a British band formed in the mid-sixties with trumpeter Alan Bown being the leader. They were originally a mod/soul act and then evolved into a very cool psychedelic band as evidenced by this way cool psych two sider. They would eventually go back to their mod roots and then disband in1972.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cory Robbins &amp; The Tone Deafs - When Oldies Weren't Old / We're Out Of Love (1974)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYZ8mVWqCCe9LQ1bhCzmvmJFdjrgRBVNThChyphenhyphenPieyb5ZTTsqmJJbRzLsroi-MYRUm1iyECwfkNopcOfNlO8Ls93LXedkHD40gQjJRX3exv50a9KRnqV73yHGHzrx2yOeaipP1vsxI-JA/s1140/cory+robbins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYZ8mVWqCCe9LQ1bhCzmvmJFdjrgRBVNThChyphenhyphenPieyb5ZTTsqmJJbRzLsroi-MYRUm1iyECwfkNopcOfNlO8Ls93LXedkHD40gQjJRX3exv50a9KRnqV73yHGHzrx2yOeaipP1vsxI-JA/w390-h400/cory+robbins.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a novelty record of sorts. I think these guys were trying to cash in on the "American Graffiti" craze which took hold of the US back in 1973/74. I remember this era very well as I was an AM radio listening teenager and some of the biggest hits were stuff like "Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay", "Rock Around The Clock", Crocodile Rock", and I guess this was an attempt at capturing that vibe. Unfortunately, Cory Robbins and his crew really do sound tone deaf on this rather lo-fi attempt at a 50's rock revival. Cool stuff though......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.box.com/s/hs7iou0570eg6mldlilzxxk3zv0qm0yu" target="_blank">HERE</a></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/9003467187872082575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2020/10/dans-garage-139.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/9003467187872082575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/9003467187872082575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2020/10/dans-garage-139.html' title='Dan's Garage #139'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Yzm1zRnLwrWQui03Acg-whnWvu8pG97-x1HZ8Qi00s0mReq2gJZdnIDtPqjj5opVt9YiKQYrMxmndt3Ny0WXqpkry_6EnIxHmqeEu4jlT0LMaBo9_ILOvdPwf1MteY95fBG4Au51fb0/s72-w400-h400-c/139+front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203456806956251753.post-2154742026667699087</id><published>2020-08-30T16:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2020-08-30T16:51:52.140-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Dan's Garage...#138</title><content type='html'><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg949kzxy8Y0nwv6zO_BG3vQDYoKnq0dle_-m9LSQCLPphZ1y8EmQQJBIgB72P-kQ9pupeAjXvEBoge5AsIp-V9eMVB_xAbSmInmKs5pTgebfzTeTpJu33erqGr3ZlSruIYiP_PCukdRiI/s697/138+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg949kzxy8Y0nwv6zO_BG3vQDYoKnq0dle_-m9LSQCLPphZ1y8EmQQJBIgB72P-kQ9pupeAjXvEBoge5AsIp-V9eMVB_xAbSmInmKs5pTgebfzTeTpJu33erqGr3ZlSruIYiP_PCukdRiI/w512-h512/138+front.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers!!!!! Looky here, I got to work in another post in as many weeks and I don't think I've done that in over four years. I figure if I'm just going to goof off and play records, I may as well rip them, scan the labels and fire away with another one, and the theme of this one is literally "goofing off listening to records".&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center;">I had/have another blog that I largely ignore (because I just don't have the time) called "Dan's Leftovers. That's for the stuff that lies outside of the garage/psychedelic/surf orbit and includes pop, girl groups, novelty records, and just plain ol' weird stuff. I have TONS of 45's like these, and I actually like quite a few of them, so you may see more of this kind of&nbsp; junk from time to time. I'll buy anything these days if it's priced right. Hell, I recently bought 150 Italian 45's that all came with picture sleeves and they were all in real nice shape. No garage or psych mind you, but a lot of San Remo pop type records plus three spoken word records by the Pope. In other words "oddballs". That's precisely what your getting here, a bunch of oddballs, girl groups, pop, and novelty records so enjoy this one and take all of this with a good sense of humor.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tender Slim - Hey Joe! / Teenage Hayride (1959)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1QZQMAopOgdDuVZQGxPr-QIQok1sKEcvZ3RghkTc0hhunIMc2vtOFUGzhQ1abe5L7tJTX6S6xweFgjZ3lPhzefsraK1DXEuFPRFp4KuA8BAxzrVrLvSECQh_5rVurXxccqyqp3tEDXQ/s1107/tender+slim.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1077" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1QZQMAopOgdDuVZQGxPr-QIQok1sKEcvZ3RghkTc0hhunIMc2vtOFUGzhQ1abe5L7tJTX6S6xweFgjZ3lPhzefsraK1DXEuFPRFp4KuA8BAxzrVrLvSECQh_5rVurXxccqyqp3tEDXQ/w498-h512/tender+slim.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a cool 45 by a guy named "Tender Slim" who from what I can gather was also known as "Tender Joe Richardson", and "Fender Guitar Slim". apparently he was the guitarist and bandleader for the Shirelles. This is good lo-fi blues/R&amp;B/Rock And Roll that was produced by Teddy Vann who has a resume that's way to long to list here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>U.B.'s Group - Percussive Woman (1962)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNYllsQOCX79xGxW5T2hrj8LpATns9KjermuZNZU04yrqWuLNvjRJHMcL1D6Njup07NQcsU1rbV4iD-j6ty2BkUgtL36NBQLGfkx5NiT71gF1arfz61AAIi1nSZXCuyynzMLRsi-ilQc/s1124/ubs+group.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1106" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNYllsQOCX79xGxW5T2hrj8LpATns9KjermuZNZU04yrqWuLNvjRJHMcL1D6Njup07NQcsU1rbV4iD-j6ty2BkUgtL36NBQLGfkx5NiT71gF1arfz61AAIi1nSZXCuyynzMLRsi-ilQc/w504-h512/ubs+group.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">O.K., This 45 is not going to go over well with the "Me Too" crowd and any of you out there who are "politically correct". This "novelty" record came out in 1962 when views of women were quite different than they are in 2020. Personally I find none of this offensive, in fact this is 4+ minutes of beatnik style poetry that describes woman's power over men. Maybe I'm wrong here. Maybe this is an attempt at showing how women are actually more powerful than men.(?) In any case, I find this record to be rather amusing and a real good microcosm of the times in 1962. P.S. I just realized that I did not add "Sneaky Pete" the A side to this 45 which is a great instro. I'll add it next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Carran Bruce - When The Rains Came / I Looked Away (196?)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AAyOkjS1y3V0n-W3Ewd1OgcurmNG0QjLbu8GDZXMUa_RJ1iT8va5pFDe8fIOcSCB6szlblDo2P8fioiz6wSxrlIL0MXjA5ENZJn6oSZdnCieU443KayK17RbDqOKjoEBljznTSZIgQM/s520/carran+bruce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AAyOkjS1y3V0n-W3Ewd1OgcurmNG0QjLbu8GDZXMUa_RJ1iT8va5pFDe8fIOcSCB6szlblDo2P8fioiz6wSxrlIL0MXjA5ENZJn6oSZdnCieU443KayK17RbDqOKjoEBljznTSZIgQM/s0/carran+bruce.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is tough to get ant info on. I wanna say that this is someone from the east coast, perhaps someone here in upstate NY as it is a "Circa Release", a label that appears on many upstate NY records, but I can't say for sure. Anyway, I've had this 45 forever (one of the first things I ever bought for 25¢) and have listened to it on and off over the past...oh...35 years, and it has grown on me. Somewhere between girl group, garage, and country, this is actually quite an enjoyable record.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Henry Thome - Scotch And Soda / Wolf Bait (1962)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4Wei_Y0S2RLwQtZPlKprjRSzszTu2lFO4fwmWNqwFoJLGGZEWQmAkil6D1-O2kWE0NPZA34N-f0DkAD5nIpNtXRkt77_I4C769Gu1riXCkQIREPcO4KfsI4MqHIaoXORSB4FYdE5Hzk/s1133/henry+thome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4Wei_Y0S2RLwQtZPlKprjRSzszTu2lFO4fwmWNqwFoJLGGZEWQmAkil6D1-O2kWE0NPZA34N-f0DkAD5nIpNtXRkt77_I4C769Gu1riXCkQIREPcO4KfsI4MqHIaoXORSB4FYdE5Hzk/w506-h512/henry+thome.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well....I did a little research on this and discovered that this was a song performed by Johnny Ray back in 1962 but this is actually the original article which ol' John Boy copped off of Henry Thome. Now seriously, who's record are you gonna buy? Johnny Ray's or Henry Thome's??? Most people bought Johnny Ray's but frankly, I've listened to both and think Henry's is the superior cut. The flip is also great. An ode to a chick who Henry's got a thing for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ronnie Wallis &amp; The Rajahs - Never Leave Me / Goin' Steady (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UXYfVBG-l48Z6MlO6ucN2N7LyXW8eAQZR2BgZ3-4elvdAkOtPGqTBc8AD7sIqETSjbKPT4-2mmibbWQh_eiqI04ZZLAtemdcjGJNXnywJaMjgzmf8hN8xDSNNOEubBzKWwActwpTbc4/s1109/ronnie+wallis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1109" data-original-width="1102" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UXYfVBG-l48Z6MlO6ucN2N7LyXW8eAQZR2BgZ3-4elvdAkOtPGqTBc8AD7sIqETSjbKPT4-2mmibbWQh_eiqI04ZZLAtemdcjGJNXnywJaMjgzmf8hN8xDSNNOEubBzKWwActwpTbc4/w508-h512/ronnie+wallis.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a 45 that is rather interesting. I read about this one a while back but have had trouble recalling the website where I read it (BOOKMARKS DAN!!!!) but I will paraphrase here. Ronnie Wallis' mother was somehow connected to the music business and ended up in Australia for something, I cannot recall, BUT, she brought her daughter with her, Ronnie, and got The Rajahs, who were a very popular group at the time to back Ronnie up on a few songs and these are at least two of them. The Rajahs basically did tributes to the Beatles, backed Johnny O'Keefe, a very popular Australian singer, and worked in the studio as well, as evidenced by this rather cool 45 by Ronnie Wallis. Ronnie never hit the big time but at least she left us with this little boppin' gem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kelly Garrett - Save Me From Myself / The Boy On The Drums (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HRNhdHN-3fIvFiAHDpNLPvdCxWZnWziucvQVRlykHM5EEq-EC4qmblCPNHbUmW__R6G7G0vzRA2YwTTjOU-iO52NUyUhtd0olb6C2iPpp-SKCu_Lb87dtkLv1ihkJ634kj_DPnxPFh0/s1100/kelly+garrett.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1087" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HRNhdHN-3fIvFiAHDpNLPvdCxWZnWziucvQVRlykHM5EEq-EC4qmblCPNHbUmW__R6G7G0vzRA2YwTTjOU-iO52NUyUhtd0olb6C2iPpp-SKCu_Lb87dtkLv1ihkJ634kj_DPnxPFh0/w506-h512/kelly+garrett.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a real nice 45 from Kelly Garret who made appearances on shows like "Shivaree", Shindig", "American Bandstand", etc. but never really hit the big time. I bought this 45 from Ebay from a seller who listed it as "garage", yet, it had a really low opening bid (99¢ I believe) so I figured what the hell. Excellent pop from the mid 60's and I'm not sure what happened to Kelly Garrett, I think she had a successful career as an actress on Broadway and Hollywood but at least she left us with this fine piece of pop music.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. West's Medicine Show &amp; Junk Band - The Eggplant That Ate Chicago /&nbsp;You Can't Fight City Hall Blues (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOu1oKJXqwn-9VQmB0GMFw9TF4_wZ0dP39ikWyu_y-GkyTQqCEmyIOm5FO-hMnpcShJoEQ4CBWcJUO4jVe9xXgLN2WECuB8800ZNSRONH0lurCQ2wOdL2BhQbE68S-PTYQWPVR2_Kalw/s1102/dr+west.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1081" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOu1oKJXqwn-9VQmB0GMFw9TF4_wZ0dP39ikWyu_y-GkyTQqCEmyIOm5FO-hMnpcShJoEQ4CBWcJUO4jVe9xXgLN2WECuB8800ZNSRONH0lurCQ2wOdL2BhQbE68S-PTYQWPVR2_Kalw/w502-h512/dr+west.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If we weren't in novelty territory yet, we're here now. Dr. West and his band were basically Norman Greenbaum's side project as he was having huge hits on the top 40 with "Spirit In The Sky". This one is from 1966 and pre-dates his "hit" but is a good example of the "Jug Band meets novelty song" concept.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Shannons - Born Too Late / Mr. Sunshine Man (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflNeVZsL-x6SdM7qBGGgxvGeQJzAfbPikAglZ6rHP-VS899yZyNMD6ADu9NxeEoe0zZ7HNPfleyQKXgyNk8AdMU98m64kJrTqmPjotKD_CRi4nKkq5CbeIAHk4g85158F75YysM5amfI/s1133/shannons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1115" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflNeVZsL-x6SdM7qBGGgxvGeQJzAfbPikAglZ6rHP-VS899yZyNMD6ADu9NxeEoe0zZ7HNPfleyQKXgyNk8AdMU98m64kJrTqmPjotKD_CRi4nKkq5CbeIAHk4g85158F75YysM5amfI/w504-h512/shannons.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very nice sunshine pop from a trio of L.A. girls that sound so sweet on their cover of the Poni-Tails big hit. Unfortunately, the public wasn't into a re-make of an "oldie" from six or seven years ago. Perhaps if The Shannons had made "Mr. Sunshine Man" their 'A' side , they would have had better luck. Just speculating......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vanity Fair - Peter Who? (Peter Pan) (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2Yk_ewryBFrZtp2c8nb0y4LdfLbTl-3C2wB71HPsx5W0Z2Q2TJJlTEhQkBStVc4R407Kcz0r4oBwm7j4b2vJgYu5_-6bCdOy88J1vVW3at7hx5xJkarz8Oq2Q12sciQMSklcnCR8HjM/s1115/vanity+fair.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1089" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2Yk_ewryBFrZtp2c8nb0y4LdfLbTl-3C2wB71HPsx5W0Z2Q2TJJlTEhQkBStVc4R407Kcz0r4oBwm7j4b2vJgYu5_-6bCdOy88J1vVW3at7hx5xJkarz8Oq2Q12sciQMSklcnCR8HjM/w500-h512/vanity+fair.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sooo...another girl group,and from what I've gathered, they were from somewhere around Houston, TX as they were managed buy the same crew that managed Fever Tree, who were on Mainstream Records, an affiliate of Brent. Not to be confused with the British group of the same name that had a hit with "Hitchin' A Ride".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dion - Purple Haze (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-e9kItdJ_XSQ88hcWyhwN1qqNjeKuXYMEpK13W6uBu2Xo7SJAbh26xTvHLM6iAFVSRAfLmSmvmSre-MpS0L-p9Xf1RPY90Nl_ky6crF7p7pQX22t47vbOfwBSDtEVe1SfSxzBDFcig0/s1135/dion+haze.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1108" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-e9kItdJ_XSQ88hcWyhwN1qqNjeKuXYMEpK13W6uBu2Xo7SJAbh26xTvHLM6iAFVSRAfLmSmvmSre-MpS0L-p9Xf1RPY90Nl_ky6crF7p7pQX22t47vbOfwBSDtEVe1SfSxzBDFcig0/w500-h512/dion+haze.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yow! Everyone knows Dion DiMucci, a great Italian American, from the Bronx, who led one of the most iconic do-wop groups ever, recorded tons of hits and had a great career. Well, somewhere in the mid sixties, Dion got sidetracked somehow and recorded this absolutely bizarre take on Jimi Hendrix's classic. I can't rally describe this one, except that ol' Dion was probably pretty high at the time and decided to take the song in a different direction???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Art Nouveaux -&nbsp;Extraterrestrial Visitations /&nbsp;The Way To Play It (1967)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjTu60bjjiJ9qRTsu4odbqV7xgAiO_JAjqZUWH0uwGc7dvu2J1mtMcfneGyz2LltmKh1Q8RMzCUfNTkVQ8fdPpQogfYGt5Nr4y21875g39y8NKh1SWxrFrhu8pM3J-WFRCNuwO1P8lw4/s1123/art+nouveaux.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1123" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjTu60bjjiJ9qRTsu4odbqV7xgAiO_JAjqZUWH0uwGc7dvu2J1mtMcfneGyz2LltmKh1Q8RMzCUfNTkVQ8fdPpQogfYGt5Nr4y21875g39y8NKh1SWxrFrhu8pM3J-WFRCNuwO1P8lw4/w512-h510/art+nouveaux.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a 45 that's probably some sort of studio concoction. I can't really find any info on this 45 except that producer Steve Douglas was a respected sax player and session musician who worked with Phil Spector, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, and also produced The Lettermen and Mink DeVille. I think if this was a studio group it would be safe to assume that the band here were a bunch of The Wrecking Crew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Daddy Dewdrop - March Of The White Corpuscles / Fox Huntin' (On The Weekend) (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIPkyqB_uYlp11rKFX01Y-GeKmUw0D9DFFF8G0QC3uIxJfgDv0XK3z31VotzJ_Moy7Pn1E-GOSUV9j5KtnX5FQOf5nGlZaRggL3plR-wEB9fQI0g98R6eRMex8PxQBwef036EAi-bWO4/s1125/daddy+dewdrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1115" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIPkyqB_uYlp11rKFX01Y-GeKmUw0D9DFFF8G0QC3uIxJfgDv0XK3z31VotzJ_Moy7Pn1E-GOSUV9j5KtnX5FQOf5nGlZaRggL3plR-wEB9fQI0g98R6eRMex8PxQBwef036EAi-bWO4/w507-h512/daddy+dewdrop.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daddy Dewdrop a/k/a Dick Monda, released an LP and a few 45's in the early 70's including&nbsp;"Chick A Boom" (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" which reach #9 on the Billboard charts. I must admit, I've never heard that song in my entire life and I grew up on AM radio back in the early seventies (I was in 'junior high" at the time) and stil haven't heard it, in fact, I never heard of Daddy Dewdrop until I picked up this kooky 45 a while back. It's actually kind of cool with a haunting organ and the vocals sounding like they were piped through a Leslie speaker to nice effect. The B side sounds like typical early seventies "rock".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Misty - Resurrection Shuffle / Baby, I Love You (197?)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6FZkNBmgQwp6WtF47bbKdU0mnJuKIyukgCDyCZtF0_HQG8odRS1FkYN-lIDqBS_vDlMRmvs_BUHuITNx5I4cjIC4hM4cKRpTirXFN7V5nykWrgeg7-eBKeFA-xWEQ2gO0VnpEEddNqw/s1124/misty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1109" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6FZkNBmgQwp6WtF47bbKdU0mnJuKIyukgCDyCZtF0_HQG8odRS1FkYN-lIDqBS_vDlMRmvs_BUHuITNx5I4cjIC4hM4cKRpTirXFN7V5nykWrgeg7-eBKeFA-xWEQ2gO0VnpEEddNqw/w505-h512/misty.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another one of these 99¢ 45 listed as "garage" that I was able to score for the low bid. I'm not sure if "Misty' is a band or solo artist but it really doesn't make a difference. The first time I ever heard this was truly a WTF moment. The band is nothing terribly exciting, it's when "Misty" starts singing. That's when things get, well....exciting? Misty's voice is, to be kind, "unique". I'm not sure if she's an 11 year old, or an adult trying to sound different, but rest assured, the results are flabbergasting. The A side is a cover of&nbsp; Ashton, Gardner, &amp; Dyke's "Resurrection Shuffle", another song of which I was totally unfamiliar with, until I heard this. The B side is, well...if Misty is 11 years old, rather disturbing to say the least. After hearing this I tried doing some research on this record, and outside of a couple of other bloggers who pretty much hold the same opinion as mine, I came to a dead end. I have some other 45's that are from Ohio which have similar labels, so that might be a good guess as to where they're from, but I really can't say for sure. Don't say I didn't warn you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Willard &amp; The Kohouteks - Purple People Eater / I Can Make It By Myself (1973)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-kpUpVKJO4wxAOd5RS4LCdzDbvLxvgrFiI7_slUJ_n2Eqlyf7OW6VL26BMIZzQ9jphStQKHjofpQrwK27MWIEPKYBawyRz6bprDB4xlPPdcTNmUCE7UTeW4ayRAUqITJNoEdCCWVUBA/s1120/willard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1106" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-kpUpVKJO4wxAOd5RS4LCdzDbvLxvgrFiI7_slUJ_n2Eqlyf7OW6VL26BMIZzQ9jphStQKHjofpQrwK27MWIEPKYBawyRz6bprDB4xlPPdcTNmUCE7UTeW4ayRAUqITJNoEdCCWVUBA/w506-h512/willard.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In late 1973 when I was a young lad of 12 going on 13, the comet Kohoutek was one of the biggest crazes in pop culture at the time. It was huge, it was from outer space, it was supposedly from outside the solar system and in December of that year, it was going to light up the sky like nothing any earthling had ever seen in their lifetime. Well....Kohoutek turned out to be a big dud, but not before these guys decided to cash in on the hype with a re-make of Sheb Wooley's classic "Purple People Eater" done in true early seventies "rock" style!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dust - The Pledge / Bertha (1969)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYuleVCH9NwSxxcu72b_hx4t9AIoieDpswnySWJxtpCFdGmHJ29NGeDd2Z166TfMp4AtaomQlUj77WShVD3AriDNrIUNk1bRpDUwqpflJePYLOGlrbYeF8TLOK4lmfx8RbYhSYFQZwMU/s1138/dust2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1108" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYuleVCH9NwSxxcu72b_hx4t9AIoieDpswnySWJxtpCFdGmHJ29NGeDd2Z166TfMp4AtaomQlUj77WShVD3AriDNrIUNk1bRpDUwqpflJePYLOGlrbYeF8TLOK4lmfx8RbYhSYFQZwMU/w498-h512/dust2.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to end this post with a 45 that's not actually a "45". "Dust", I believe, were from the Detroit area, or perhaps western Ohio, I've seen different info, but these are definitely not the guys who had a couple of LP's on Kama Sutra and featured Richie Wise and Kenny Aaronson. This group had two 45's, this being their second and I must say, it's another kook fest. Don't get me wrong here...I'm all for the Pledge Of Allegiance, and I consider myself a pretty patriotic guy, but the "lead vocalist" goes way over above and beyond mere patriotism, no, the lead vocalist here explains (in 6:55 excruciating minutes) what "The Pledge" means to him, all this done over a backdrop of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". The flip is a comedy routine done over Them's "Gloria" so you sort of get a two-fer of nuttiness on this 7 incher. So, why is this not really a "45"???? Because in order to fit the lead singer's pledge soliloquy on the A side, they had to slow things down to 33⅓ in order to fit every word. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OZT9o6IPYkbf0_lQc6RTu9hgktsOfQsj6NiZ85ytLPea8LRW8c_5LJ3e3rYkqdhGHbjazVSoGBPz9xH0DrXrEYkvpE04K1V7iSw4ffLmfeMgTgBjixPPF8Oaw2sLMVy_3L7GeX39Q88/s697/137+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="697" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OZT9o6IPYkbf0_lQc6RTu9hgktsOfQsj6NiZ85ytLPea8LRW8c_5LJ3e3rYkqdhGHbjazVSoGBPz9xH0DrXrEYkvpE04K1V7iSw4ffLmfeMgTgBjixPPF8Oaw2sLMVy_3L7GeX39Q88/w512-h512/137+front.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Greetings music lovers!!!!! Holy crap, as I write this I'm trying to wade through a bunch of changes that the "blogger app" has gone through and being a very old school guy, am having a bit of difficulty with it. But I'm sure after muddling through this for an hour or so, I'll get the hang of it.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HEY!!! I haven't communicated with you for a while and I'm feeling somewhat guilty about that, but as you all know, we only have so much time on our hands to play around with this shit, and time is a precious commodity these days (as always) but I managed to get a couple of hours of solitude to spin some 45's, scan some labels, and now I'm here writing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to all the friends and followers who've stuck around, I appreciate your continued interest in this humble blog of mine which will keep going on for the foreseeable future.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I managed to somewhat organize my 45's this summer into "posted" 45's and "not posted" 45's. That took several days and you'll all be glad to hear that there's TONS that <i>haven't </i>been posted yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did take a hiatus from buying stuff due to the covids and the financial uncertainty that it caused. I'm happy to report that all is well here and my lovely wife Red and I are doing fine, as well as the rest of my family and my mother who will be turning 90 on September 2. I visit with her at least twice a week, and outside of the usual creakyness a 90 year old experiences, she's in excellent health and she's sharp as a tack. But I am back to procuring cool 45's and have gotten a few gems in the last few weeks. Please stay tuned!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On a more somber note, my best pal and band mate Jerry Flanagan passed away on June 23rd from cancer which was diagnosed in April. He was experiencing some discomfort in his chest around Christmastime and by the time he got a proper diagnosis, it was too late. I played in a band with this guy for the better part of 37 years and I will miss him dearly. We were still playing together as of December 2019 and our last "gig" was a Christmas party we played here at my house back in mid December. It was one of our better performances but never in my life did I think it would be our last. So I dedicate this post to his memory.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;">R.I.P. Jerry Flanagan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtM-8d3C9aWRXK9COKCRV29JwuGln66c2jCVuFCkKUThAequsFV1QY5TflkpYnCwFuH-Coo4ku9atXFegAuXC2vxlK9dXNHDW0naSTWAuBMd4PmQ7JK-eQP50lSswl4tvgvg7K5bRLlQg/s2048/%2521jerry+blue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtM-8d3C9aWRXK9COKCRV29JwuGln66c2jCVuFCkKUThAequsFV1QY5TflkpYnCwFuH-Coo4ku9atXFegAuXC2vxlK9dXNHDW0naSTWAuBMd4PmQ7JK-eQP50lSswl4tvgvg7K5bRLlQg/w307-h410/%2521jerry+blue.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here we are, August 2020 and I'm trying to get this thing back up and running on a regular basis. As usual we have a varied mix of styles here from straight up raunchy garage to beautiful Sunshine Pop. So pleas sit back and enjoy the ride!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ravens - Are You A Boy, Or Are You A Girl / Imagine You And Me (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPAJB_hYjjJ8dsEcdayh-XfwkmH8W7g40P4pr6vTzO3eJybJboq2qtTud3wT8e1x-VYJo-akLwlQi4lnxFReUbHUahZRMRPH4wycMatO_upMu4oVlHSvVajRpdwhnqlbHf7dDvMCSog8/s1133/ravens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1124" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPAJB_hYjjJ8dsEcdayh-XfwkmH8W7g40P4pr6vTzO3eJybJboq2qtTud3wT8e1x-VYJo-akLwlQi4lnxFReUbHUahZRMRPH4wycMatO_upMu4oVlHSvVajRpdwhnqlbHf7dDvMCSog8/w508-h512/ravens.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure where these guys are from, but somewhere near Cincinnati, OH would be a good guess as this 45 was pressed at the Rite Records factory in WKRP town. "Ravens" do a weird job on the Barbarian's classic here with a very slow loopy delivery and a wicked cool sax as well. Extremely lo-fi this record is one my coolest acquisitions of the last two years or so. The flip is a real slow ballad, but is cool nonetheless.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Classels - Love Is / Tomorrow May Be Too Late (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPphoDMu8tudNEFYtInlz4vcu4Cu7qfHJHWjF5oebcxwzMmPJ4s7unhmKErGi8BZRW0rKGEC0lgZaTaYAcZAUS9MeOraHtZnHvH4vTWkEsdnnUUpjiaOV5w6g2EOj8sdAFwWsuvdrJ5Ek/s1122/Classels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1102" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPphoDMu8tudNEFYtInlz4vcu4Cu7qfHJHWjF5oebcxwzMmPJ4s7unhmKErGi8BZRW0rKGEC0lgZaTaYAcZAUS9MeOraHtZnHvH4vTWkEsdnnUUpjiaOV5w6g2EOj8sdAFwWsuvdrJ5Ek/w502-h512/Classels.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Classels were a very popular outfit out of Montreal, Quebec, CA and had over twenty 45's released up there, this one here is the only one to be released in the U.S. Most, if not all of their Canadian singles were sung in French but on this one here they sing in English, the A sided being a take on the traditional French song "Alouette" and the B side a nice beat/pop number. Their "schtick" was wearing multi colored or all white suits and having their hair dyed bleach blond. They are well featured on IDG #56. <a href="http://theegarage.blogspot.com/2011/04/dans-un-garage-de-dan-56.html" target="_blank">Check it out!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Last Five - Kicking You / Weatherman (1966)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZtwXESaWTqE8edt8zEVzsn_6jYsBxCGe_-7TXYwrphv5MIvF7vCcwTZJTw9uOf6Mag_6jk3cYjGuXoo386Ui_QVhRfv9QY1oIj2qvFsYp-kEwy6QcVfl0ITAnFo1cI5DIgDn8X179VI/s1107/last+five.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1091" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZtwXESaWTqE8edt8zEVzsn_6jYsBxCGe_-7TXYwrphv5MIvF7vCcwTZJTw9uOf6Mag_6jk3cYjGuXoo386Ui_QVhRfv9QY1oIj2qvFsYp-kEwy6QcVfl0ITAnFo1cI5DIgDn8X179VI/w505-h512/last+five.jpg" width="505" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A decent 45 from a Hartford, CT that features a nice B-3 organ and a cheezy guitar solo as well. Apparently this was their only 45 but they evolved into a group called Boffalongo that had a few 45's on United Artists including the original version of&nbsp; the soft rock classic "Dancing In The Moonlight". Eventually Boffalongo evolved into King Harvest, re-recorded the song and had a huge hit with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Victor &amp; The Spoils - I Wish That I Could Make You Love Me / Lonely Memory (1966)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BEHffhmXfe3g6fvVbp9jD6RaIRYIsy-s62Z647CNe9YG7bt3M5i5WrFt_gc8s9gWJI4iB_e6cyaYr8N9chH6K42dVMJRSr5em4JdH5sII00dqFWAnUyKnT20mhuQ2k2riQHE_ySgJ5o/s1131/Victor+and+the+spoils.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1126" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BEHffhmXfe3g6fvVbp9jD6RaIRYIsy-s62Z647CNe9YG7bt3M5i5WrFt_gc8s9gWJI4iB_e6cyaYr8N9chH6K42dVMJRSr5em4JdH5sII00dqFWAnUyKnT20mhuQ2k2riQHE_ySgJ5o/w509-h512/Victor+and+the+spoils.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a 45 that I would presume was a studio concoction by Bo Gentry who was involved with Tommy James &amp; The Shondells, The 1910 Fruitgum Co., had at least one solo 45 that I know of and some collaborations with Richie Cordell who was also heavily involved with Tommy James. This isn't a <i>spectacular</i> 45, but it's kinda nice with it's Buddy Holly flavor, think "Everyday" only with a little more drive so to speak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Little Boy Blues - Look At The Sun / Love For A Day (1965)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhH9VvlOBQsk2BuhARKPGVUo_r7tQlbx4QNT29-0TUU_RzvlIZi6VHSIb545Z3D8h0ZwIHbHi6AiBTekYbekfkmwZsrEr9xCvY2UO47ba0UAmtk8d7g1NZmgCzNI7eSPfRHGrtp8ok7w/s1135/littl+boy+bluz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1111" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhH9VvlOBQsk2BuhARKPGVUo_r7tQlbx4QNT29-0TUU_RzvlIZi6VHSIb545Z3D8h0ZwIHbHi6AiBTekYbekfkmwZsrEr9xCvY2UO47ba0UAmtk8d7g1NZmgCzNI7eSPfRHGrtp8ok7w/w500-h512/littl+boy+bluz.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Little Boy Blues were a band out of Chicago, Il and had about a half dozen 45's released and all of them are good to fantastic. Their claim to fame was "The Great Train Robbery" which was featured on "Highs In The Mid 60's Vol. 4" one of my favorite comps. This is their first 45 on IRC, a local Chicago label, and its great folk rock with some wailing harmonica and twangy guitars. They would later release an LP and a 45 on Fontana which are good, but they headed in a decidedly heavier&nbsp; direction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rock A Go-Go's - I'm Out To Win You Over / Blossoms In May (1968)</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbwF6rP5uFADMauNwFMyyJKBH-w23yVPvWeh1R8Lac21XHsn_hKQu7REeFAIjKieovhjubQevhH9rrFOSdNCATJ7DKl1lujiDW9VlxU4LGmD07fA-HvFUj6aAJikPx51Q88cif6z9V6g/s1127/rock+a+go+go%2527s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1106" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbwF6rP5uFADMauNwFMyyJKBH-w23yVPvWeh1R8Lac21XHsn_hKQu7REeFAIjKieovhjubQevhH9rrFOSdNCATJ7DKl1lujiDW9VlxU4LGmD07fA-HvFUj6aAJikPx51Q88cif6z9V6g/w502-h512/rock+a+go+go%2527s.jpg" width="502" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div>I don't know a thing about this group, but 'm guessing by the label they were an east coast act????? Perhaps, but in any case the B side which I'm featuring first is the standout track. It starts off really cool with some nice fuzz guitar and some pounding drums, but then settles into somewhat of a pop tune with these "do-do-wah" backing vocals as well as a few shifts in the rhythm. Very cool overall and a nice find. The A side is a pretty typical garage band ballad.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Culver Street Playground - East River Lovers / Feedback (1968)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9_k_RfQrzGOmmNiEw6Kn9nzVQK0hplIwhxgWoBoHpt-wq1iITdoZ1fkhh7ImMVsODYomhEWrm5URMp6Ei-kKvEZEKQyHeUji_Mcrkx_2of_Rd6GPYPZSa1i3Pzo9VltiP1jOww3tz_U/s1107/clvr+st+plygrnd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1088" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9_k_RfQrzGOmmNiEw6Kn9nzVQK0hplIwhxgWoBoHpt-wq1iITdoZ1fkhh7ImMVsODYomhEWrm5URMp6Ei-kKvEZEKQyHeUji_Mcrkx_2of_Rd6GPYPZSa1i3Pzo9VltiP1jOww3tz_U/w502-h512/clvr+st+plygrnd.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div>Oh man oh man, THIS is one of my all time faves!!!!! I was first turned on to this by guy named Ron Simpson from Indiana who used to trade tapes with in the 80's and into the early 90's. Somehow these two songs always were standouts with me and my old band The Projectiles even covered "Feedback" a way cool bit of psychedelia if I do say so myself and "East River Lovers" is perhaps one of the best "moody" garage band ballads I've ever heard, in my humble opinion. From what I gather this band was from New York City and they did have another 45 which I featured on IDG #40.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Association - Everything That Touches You / We Love Us (1968)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvsJy7yfvig_zYezRm3fYaKvjiQ6OehOA8hhyphenhyphenyKwyimrwFhnyhHMjR-DJ4Da-VR0gR9XbWYcVCFs9BJcskDTIyNEOkzybVU9yc1Vx4wtkucolD_t6Sfzavcajf2WwdhxP8-6ri1JKVKA/s600/asoociation2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvsJy7yfvig_zYezRm3fYaKvjiQ6OehOA8hhyphenhyphenyKwyimrwFhnyhHMjR-DJ4Da-VR0gR9XbWYcVCFs9BJcskDTIyNEOkzybVU9yc1Vx4wtkucolD_t6Sfzavcajf2WwdhxP8-6ri1JKVKA/w480-h480/asoociation2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>I don't normally post stuff like this, well..... yeah, I actually post a LOT of stuff like this, but not by big time bands like The Association who had a bunch of hits in the mid sixties, and they had so many I'm not going to reference all of&nbsp; them here. Turn on oldies radio and you will hear them eventually without waiting too long. This one did pretty well hitting #10 on the Billboard in 1968, but it never stuck in my brain like the other ones they had (you know what I'm talking about). I plucked this 45 out of a stack that was lying around (as many around here at Dan's Garage Central do) and decided to give it a spin. I recall hearing this song in the past but never realized how good it was. When it comes to sunshiny pop type songs, it really doesn't get any better than this. Nice harmonies and the arrangement isn't way over the top. Sit back, close your eyes, and marinate in some top notch pop music goodness.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Joe Brown - A Little Help From My Friends / Won'tcha Show Me Around (1967)</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf05yrXN5OusW1wlbOkIAvSNDR4BwO62HfsfWC3Yoj1pYvvzFC0WFhGWWZn95wQbUbJSxDs9pK_FedVE3hZbO2r8s0Up4ty7vNVqYzUyiIo4QOBAS9HaBo6RcTds-k6zNkQlDBRpK9Zj4/s1091/joe+brown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1084" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf05yrXN5OusW1wlbOkIAvSNDR4BwO62HfsfWC3Yoj1pYvvzFC0WFhGWWZn95wQbUbJSxDs9pK_FedVE3hZbO2r8s0Up4ty7vNVqYzUyiIo4QOBAS9HaBo6RcTds-k6zNkQlDBRpK9Zj4/w508-h512/joe+brown.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I got this one in a "lot" of what some people on Ebay call "weird" 45's so I took a chance and ended up with about a half dozen very cool records including this one here. Joe Brown is a very famous, well<i> pretty famous </i>singer and guitarist that influenced quite a few young British lads back in the early sixties. Guys like Hank Marvin and The Beatles come to mind as Brian Epstein worked out a deal where The Beatles could warm up for Joe so's they could be exposed to a wider audience. In any case, The Beatles fame eclipsed Joe's but he did record this gem in 1967 not long after Sgt. Pepper's was released, and I must say, Joe did an excellent job of it. "With A Little Help From My Friends" is one of my all time favorite songs and Joe Brown does true justice to this tune. I like this way better than Joe Cocker's cover hands down. Oh, by the way...the flip's pretty good as well!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Future - Shape Of Things To Come / 52% (1968)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDV3V5da0yEKlTx9dUkJFcUYaU28La_ZuP6JSrutKoxLW5-98AsS9IWC2Y3FjOH7gHOepqDbvD4lJIHVCYkcR1m_rplkUbmcKSMBPlRzcSK8WqRExyJ9j2U7KndpVaUm0ne_WYN5xZmZo/s1125/future.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1103" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDV3V5da0yEKlTx9dUkJFcUYaU28La_ZuP6JSrutKoxLW5-98AsS9IWC2Y3FjOH7gHOepqDbvD4lJIHVCYkcR1m_rplkUbmcKSMBPlRzcSK8WqRExyJ9j2U7KndpVaUm0ne_WYN5xZmZo/w501-h512/future.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here we have a another unknown group that I would assume was out of L.A or San Francisco or some other west coast town, doing a cover of "Max Frost &amp; The Trooper's" "Shape Of Things To Come". This 45 was arranged by Vic Briggs who played guitar with Eric Burdon &amp; The Animals, and I think it's his fuzz guitar that is heard on "When I Was Young". I don't know why "Shape" always reminds me of some old Dragnet episode where Joe Friday &amp; Frank Gannon corner some hippies and lecture them about how their lifestyle is going to ruin America and they should get on the straight and narrow and all this hippy revolution stuff is nothing but bullshit! Oh...where was I???? Yeah, I'm not exactly sure where "Future" was from, but they do an excellent job on this two sider and their version of the A side might be better than Max Frost &amp; The Trooper's???? Now THAT'S a revolution!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maryann Farra And The Genesis - Society's Child / One Day Boy (1971)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRGsB55bBMeJZW3jsbqlQL4wMJVce5yrIJKFRyvi03QY7QdW3UQemAa93GAQGuwobhSQQsRgA9QCDzwa6JmFqXVXp6DX2ztXmyTQt1hiNPZ254Q3MFWws0BApjF3ZT4Iu2Oq7cVCuD9s/s1142/ma+farra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1135" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRGsB55bBMeJZW3jsbqlQL4wMJVce5yrIJKFRyvi03QY7QdW3UQemAa93GAQGuwobhSQQsRgA9QCDzwa6JmFqXVXp6DX2ztXmyTQt1hiNPZ254Q3MFWws0BApjF3ZT4Iu2Oq7cVCuD9s/w508-h512/ma+farra.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Society's Child was originally written and recorded by Janis Ian in 1966 and was subsequently covered by at least a dozen other acts including Spooky Tooth, Camel, plus a slew of garage/psychedelic acts including this east coast act from 1971. I couldn't get much info on Maryann Farra and her backing band, but apparently she became a disco singer in the mid-seventies. I think this version and the flip are pretty good, and this doesn't sound like typical early seventies "progressive" rock.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wet Paint - Glass Road / Give You Everything I've Got (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZjmC3rHTvdYMfH4NtedD972RUEXA86mqH3EXYEs0o-Aj6D9Xf3UFso2r4JAUf_gv9qXhEYdfLYM1bSxOecLLsqrDB1mSV64zxyf_fGQ6qhMbzYFinqXG9wHH5E7PmWp-yIzpRBS0sXw/s1133/wet+paint.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1104" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZjmC3rHTvdYMfH4NtedD972RUEXA86mqH3EXYEs0o-Aj6D9Xf3UFso2r4JAUf_gv9qXhEYdfLYM1bSxOecLLsqrDB1mSV64zxyf_fGQ6qhMbzYFinqXG9wHH5E7PmWp-yIzpRBS0sXw/w499-h512/wet+paint.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a cool 45 by a group from New England, but since I really couldn't find much info them, I can't pinpoint exactly where they're from since Methuen is just over the border from New Hampshire, and just north of Lowell, MA and perhaps an hour's drive from Boston. I love records like this because here it is, 1970, and these guys sound like they just stepped out of the garage (or basement) with a rather crude sound for that era. Both sides are great and to make up for any perceived ineptitude, they released this in stereo!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wool - The Witch /Listen To The Sound (1970)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqqZ6eMggZPYOe_Lo1LDhehGJjEW3n1TaF8dsezqZk72Pngs0ZNjFcJLXBGYD7SEskEaXS7Pi8e8vW_teiVBEjEAGkYdTslH2n4cnJfLdnrbk30zpZgDgzi2vU-YitMvCWIFr1xul6CY/s1120/wooool.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1086" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqqZ6eMggZPYOe_Lo1LDhehGJjEW3n1TaF8dsezqZk72Pngs0ZNjFcJLXBGYD7SEskEaXS7Pi8e8vW_teiVBEjEAGkYdTslH2n4cnJfLdnrbk30zpZgDgzi2vU-YitMvCWIFr1xul6CY/w497-h512/wooool.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wool was led by guitarist Ed Wool who was from Watertown, NY, about 3 hours northeast of Dan's Garage Central. He recorded as Ed Wool &amp; The Nomads, The Sure Cure, The Pineapple Heard, and eventually Wool. They had an LP and a couple 45's on ABC and then landed a deal with Columbia which produced two 45's before the label dropped them. One was a cover of Elton John's "Take Me To The Pilot" and the other is this one, a cover of The Rattles' "The Witch" a good choice, but I think these guys could have shown a little more intensity in their execution.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><a href="https://app.box.com/s/0889ollmfvr1r07769upuqbu4eg0akrk" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/feeds/7857237982671576681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2020/08/in-dans-garage137.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7857237982671576681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3203456806956251753/posts/default/7857237982671576681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://theegarage.blogspot.com/2020/08/in-dans-garage137.html' title='In Dan's Garage...#137'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OZT9o6IPYkbf0_lQc6RTu9hgktsOfQsj6NiZ85ytLPea8LRW8c_5LJ3e3rYkqdhGHbjazVSoGBPz9xH0DrXrEYkvpE04K1V7iSw4ffLmfeMgTgBjixPPF8Oaw2sLMVy_3L7GeX39Q88/s72-w512-h512-c/137+front.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry></feed>

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