Return Of The Walrus

Return Of The Walrus




Ok, get up and get ready to get down with the latest installment of.. yeah, what is this series called?
Rip Records? Kill R'n'R? Sixties Garage Punk? Or just nothing maybe.

TRIGGER WARNING!
If you can't stand ultra-crude shit-fi, then stay clear.
This is not for the squeamish.
These bad puppies has been weeded out from their better-sounding siblings just because the fantastic qualities in the music gets lost if it stands too close to something better produced/recorded/pressed or whatever.
Well not everything sounds like Captain Dueseldorph (featured here).
It depends on your preferences, I 'spose.
Anyhoo, this has led to me having to lower the over-all volume. Don't ask me why. Just crank up that knob. Oh, and crank up the volume too.

I pulled a lot of stuff from Crude PA Vol. 1 (won't be revamping it anyhow) and Oil Stains Vol. 1 (won't revamp that one either).



Marauders - Just Times Between Us

"Remember that summer.."

Marauders kicks off this set with some bizarre driving up-tempo super-twangy surf ballad.
This is a pretty wicked 45, the flip is graced by the just-as-crude but even more bad-ass Warning (find it on the excellent Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 8.)

The songs starts a little wobbly and dry and uhm, "dramatic" - ploinkploinploink - and then makes itself known to everybody in the room. Oh and the lead-guitar twangs itself into a frenzy, the guitarist is battling his instrument like it was a boa constrictor.
Things get a little hairy (at 2:40 to be exact) when he ventures from the original hook and start to solo a bit. Feels like watching an untrained baby giraffe walking a tightrope over the niagara waterfalls with no safety-net.
But after some serious nail-gnawing you see him reach the safety of the other side of the song.
No one died today.

(Granite City, IL) '66
Heads 9518


Intrepids - Run From The Sun

"...into the darkness of guilt and shame"

Some pretty bitter stuff being served here by the Intrepids.
Throaty singer, spindy organ, yammering choir and an overall well-played tracks.
The singer pretty much blasts his cheating and abusive girl for three minutes and then he's out.

Says Bolt:
Associated Recording Studios acetate - PA/NY 196?. Fantastic unreleased demo cut from a band allegedly from PA but recorded in New York in the famous Associated Recording Studios.

(Meanville, PA?) '6?
unreleased demo


Faces In The Crowd - Clouds Of Doubt

"You might have won if you stuck it out.."

This song makes me smirk. One gets the feeling that the singer's father has had some wise words to tell his son, who in turn have been so touched and inspired that he wrote a small poem and a folky ditty of his newly acquired wisdom.
But it is very sincere and almost sad.
Like the singer missed the inspiring point of the talk, and just took it as an "i'm fucked" and ran with it.

Apparently came in a picture sleeve which I haven't seen.

(Cleveland, OH) Sep '66
Del-Nita 60941


Savages - Quiet Town

"they say it's bad but we all know, it's the place were we can go at night.."

Real spooky bit here presented by the incomparable Savages (of The World Ain't Round fame).
I'm not going to dwell on this classic group too long.
But if you didn't know - Savages released an album in 1966 and three 45s (all great and pulled from the album).
Now - this was recorded in 1965, but can you hear the psychedelic qualities?
Or "cinematic" might be a better choice of word.
Because when I listen to this song, I silently float together with them, slowly observing the surrounding in the quiet town.
I feel like we are unknowingly dead ghosts drifting into this misty place all while its citizens shuts the windows and bar the doors.

(Bermuda) '65
Duane 1049


Blues Inc. - Tell Me Girl

"tell me babe, do you care..?"

A soft-spoken organ-driven ballad with a slight taste of Zombies. The singer must have shut himself inside a closet and curled up in a blanket.

(Fort Wayne, IN) Oct '66
Phalanx 1026


Half Beats - Should I

"no more will I wait for you, no more will I cry for you.."

A pretty nasty folk-rocky girl put-down with some glorious falsetto voices in the background, underlining the hopelessness in our protagonists situation.
He doesn't even sound sad, he's more sarcastic and fantastically bitter.
No saccarine here it is just plain wicked. The raw power of the song still holds water since Cheater Slicks covered this in 1995.
But they still don't find the biting sarcasm the original singer harbored.
And how could they? True teenage angst is inimitable.

(Chicago, IL) 1966
International Recording Co. acetate


Shan Dels - Please Stay

"that's all I've left to say.."

English is not my main language - as you might've guessed by now..
So I'm not sure but it sounds like the singer is trying to sound like he's from London or something.

Anywayz, Shandels recorded a bunch of so-so 45s - 4 of 'em - from '65 to '67.
They later morphed into Dry Well and recorded another 45 in '68 (find it on Relative Distance - hm, I might just revamp that..)

This was their first 45 and features the wonderful instrument cordovox. There not enough cordovox in sixties garage punk. You can get more of that medicine on their third 45 Shades Of Blue found on Nobody To Love on the excellent Teenage Shutdown series.

(Long Island, NY) '65
Showcase 404


Thorns - This Is The End

"I'll die without your love, to me this is the end.."

Do you remember Thorns INSANE I want you from The Dead And Forgotten?
Well, here's the (almost equally tense) flip.
I feel a strong surge of Zombies here too. A fantastic song and a fantastic acetate 45.

(Philadelphia, PA)
Sound Plus Studios acetate


Strawberry Tuesday - Return Of The Walrus

"I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it.."

Let's get stupid and get ourselves a fuckin walrus.
I feel this has a strong kinship to Mr. Zeppelin Man and (We All Love) Peanut Butter.
You can hear the snickering during the guitar solo so I'm not sure they're 100% serious with this tall tale.
But that does not matter one second, the only thing that matters is that this is epic supreme and you will probably hear it anytime soon at the in-crowd bar.
I don't think Strawberry Tuesday reached further from the stars since they pretty much disappeared after this. It was released on a LP sampler called Reading 1968. I haven't heard that album, but if it sounds anywhere near this masterpiece, I must seek it down.

(Reading, PA) '68
Empire Records WWR 868-586


Bright Image - People In The Town

"it's been so many, so many years have passed...."

Poor kid. Woman gone, he don't know where, people stare him down and constantly asks him where the heck she's gone. Sadists.
Jangly folk-rocker with some of the best use of wah-wah I've ever heard.

(Philadelphia, PA) Mar '70
Amigo 114


Starfyres - Captain Dueseldorph

"if you're ever down by the sea, take a look for me and Captain Dueseldorph.."

Get ready for some fizzling garage sounds!
C'mon, surely you must know this? One of my absolute faves - ever!
It wiggles, it wobbles, it makes you feel completely drunk outta your mind.
Of course - the shit-fi allure in this comes on like greek mythology sirens but that's not all.
It's heavy as FUCK, filled to the brim with atmosphere and even if the instruments are slightly out of tune, every note hits just where it's supposed to.
And it's not in your face. It is there - if you're lookning - but it mostly just floats in and out of the surface of reality like a submarine.
The flip is the hot punk No Room For Your Love, and you can find it here.

(Lansford, PA) '67
Burr 1001


Invictas - Do It

"i can't see we could ever be together even though you mean a lot to me.."

I don't know why I added the "a go-go" suffix, but accidents happen. I try to be as thorough as I can, but sometimes I fuck up. Which gives me greater understand for mis-info on old comps, and greater appreciation for the work Warren & co put behind his/theirs contributions to this comp-scene.
They really set the standard high.

Invictas released four fratty 45s (three on the Sahara label, and one PS on Bengel) from '65 to '67 and then fizzled away somewhere. Who knows where.

A really hard-rockin' soulful rocker with a glorious hook.
Love the ending.

(Rochester, NY) Jan '66
Sahara 110


Lost Ones - I Can't Believe You

"you always told lies, brought the water from my eyes.."

The Lost Ones makes sure the party don't stop with this ultra-crude pounder. Awesome drummer who probably played at the college marching band.

You can hear some dude callin some "oh no" and some "awww" and some "oh yeah" in the background.
Ace guitar solo.
(the back cover says "i don't believe you" - fuck!)

(Sarver-Butler, PA) '66
Mersey 002


Insane - I Can't Prove It

"I love you girl.."

Insane puts this set in yet a higher gear and rush in on the scene with some more pounding drums and wailing guitars and just rocks out for a full three and a half minutes. A lot a soloing and tomfoolery which must've been a hoot to dance to at the local hop.

(Terryville?, CT) Jul '67
Alien Associates 201, 347


Them - A Girl Like You

"with a love like ours we can turn our backs on the people, and the rules"

This is one of those songs that must have existed forever in the dna of the universe.
Everything is just perfect.
Pure perfection.
I can't write anything more about it.
Flawless.
Argh, such a romantic juvenile delinquent winner.
Ugh..

(Cincinnati, OH) Dec '64
King 5967


Immigrants - 225 Blues

"here's my hand, dear
I'm giving you my final adieu.."

Immigrants were a bunch of kids from various places around NY who went to collage in Kansas.
They recorded an album full with not-too inspired covers, but this one is a downer bomb.
225 Blues sounds like Rolling Stones circa '64 played on too low rpm.
And that is fantastic, one of my faves on this set.

(Salina, KS) 1966
Starburst Recordings ‎– SRA 9837

http://www.mediafire.com/file/d4cmh8dkp7ou53z/033_Return_Of_The_Walrus.zip/file

You Take Me For Rides

You Take Me For Rides

Fabulous Rumbles - The Truth Hurts More Than Lies

"Before we met I was lonely, then you came into my life

darling, you're my one and only, let me stay here by your side"

Great PS on this and an awesome way to kick of fthis (long overdue) set of songs.
Definately a grower, I just happened to have it in a playlist and it soon crept under my skin.
At first it was pretty 'meh' in my ears, but it is really a nifty little mersey-esque ditty.

Fabulous Rumbles released one more 45 in 1966 then lost the "fabulous" and just went with "Rumbles" and released 2 more 45's on Mercury in 1966 and 1967.

(Omaha, NE) Apr '65

Dad's 101

Try-Angle - Writing On The Wall

"I see you walking down the street, and for a moment our eyes meet

if that's the way you want it, that's the way it will be - you don't love me no more"

Try-Angle stops a little short from releasing a 2-sided killer, because even if both sides are epic in their own right, they just don't quite soar the hights of Dovers, Squires and Es Shades.
 Still - that is why I like it.
This rickety trolley is just rolling down the street with a dejected hollow sound without wanting to get too much attention.

Now, that is true downer garage right there!

(Franklin, IN) Nov '67
Orlyn 2553


Citations - The Day That She'll Go

"And now the time has come, I know
Today's the day that she will go"

What this jangler lacks lyrics-wise it makes up with crude naïve honesty.
This was their sole 45 and it has a pretty sorry flip. But I like this one.

(Lowell, MA) Jul '66

Pre-Sav Enterprises 122586

Hustlers - The Sky Is Black

"Every night I wait for your call on the phone, it's no good - for the sky is black. Ooh.."

The haunting gasp of the freezing desert wind's got nothing on Hustlers.
Steadily on the verge of dropping their instruments and break down in tears, Hustlers soldiers on and makes their way thru the horror of teenage angst.

(???) '67

Orlyn 1949


Seventh Cinders - You Take Me For Rides

"Don't try to change the way that I feel - I don't wanna love you if your love isn't real"

Now we're talkin'! The Seventh Cinders makes sure this set get rockin and the tears starts rollin!
I could talk endlessly about this track and its hauntingly crude-ee-ful cinematic qualities but I will settle with just pointing the way to when the singer dances thru the moonlit misty graveyard, hopping from headstone to headstone singing "I don't wanna love you.." in his most romantic falsetto.

(Midland Park, NJ) ??
Greezie 502

Dead Wunz - Til I'm Beside Her

"I lose just all desire, unless I am beside her"

Romantic loser mid-tempo ballad. Seems like it was written by some prince who lost his Cinderella at a dance where they danced until dawn and he.. well he refers to the winter and that he has no desire to live since she's gone. Cute.

(Chicago, IL) '67

Orlyn 5123

Fabulous Depressions - Can't Tell You

"My world's been a mess for a couple of years, I think that pretty soon I'm gonna break out in tears"

Oh my gawd this sounds so much like Action Woman, it's insane! Well, might be because the Fabulous Depressions hailed from Minnesota - just like Litter - and they might've picked up a trick or two.
Just sayin'.
And hey - check those drums! Dem drums and dat organ makes it all come together.

(New Ulm, MN) Jan '68
Madd 123167

Newports - Life Must Go On

"And wars will go on, and life must go on"

The Byrds seems to be lurking in the shadows in this grisly jangler. Even Dylan would probably frown at the gruesome imagery of the lyrics (who covers topics that sadly is as valid today as it was then.)

(Ormond Beach, FL) May '67
Zebb 155

Sounds Of Randall - Wasting My Time

"I've gotta know now!"

Looks pretty pedestrian on the surface but gets to you after repeated listening.
I can't put my finger on it. Might be some honest urgency goings on that is casting spells on me.

(Sunset, LA) Apr '66
Carl 101


Vandals - Mystery

"It's a mystery, I gotta find out"

Vandals put out 3 solid 45's (their second featured I Saw Her In A Mustang, which is supreme raunchness), this being their first. Mystery was released again on the Tiara label (which also put out Melvin by Belles) but in another version.
Pretty solid production, I must say. Atleast more solid than the relationship between the singer and his girlfriend because my friend - that mystery you can't figure out seems pretty easy to solve.

(Hollywood, FL) '65
Parole no #


Pushin' - Just Tell Her

"You may come within my world but I guarantee the sorrow"

Sweet jeezuzz! What heavy moods! What dark thoughts!

Pushin' is totally off the charts when it comes to their sound. This is from the heady days of heavy rock, glitzy glam, rising disco and ramalama New York Dolls/Iggy & the Stooges proto-punk fests where Ramones are waiting in the wings in steamy backstages oh, and cocaine and heroin and tits and ass and all that jazz..
But Pushin' is content with the soft and clunky sounds they make themselves without too much noise and neon lights and fast drugs.
You can HEAR that this isn't from 1966 but man, the song sounds it is coming straight out of a sixties New England garage.

(PS I listed this as Don't Tell Her which is wrong - it is Just Tell Her, nothing else.)

(CA) '73
ALA 4422


Hangmen - I'm Gonna Love You

"Til the end of time"

It is night. The studio is locked up. All is dark. No one is around. Ooorrr?
Hangmen slowly creeps in and begins to gently poke the instruments. When they are sure that they are alone they start to rock out in the most royal way.

Badum-dingdingdingding
"anyone there?"
dumdumdumdum
"I don't think so..?"
ploinkploinkploinkploink
"OK LET'S GO!"
IMMA LOVE YA BABY!

The guys later recorded as the Five Canadians who we all know and love.

(San Antonio, TX) 
Flo-Pin 101


Blue Condition - Lost Love

"She said there's no reason in trying"

Not as late as Pushin', but pretty late anyway, Blue Condition was a good 3 years past their time on this romantic ballad. Which is cool in my book. Which means they probably weren't dirty filthy hippies. Which is pretty cool too.
The flip to this is an insane slab of acid punk that probably renders this 45 costing top dollars and an arm and a leg.
That is, if you ever find it. I don't think there are too many in existence. Like, one. And I don't think the owner is about to sell it anytime soon.

(IL) Feb '69
Tersa 101


Apollos - Never Again

"I see the sand, I see the river, and my eyes shed a tear just like before"

Hold it! Hooold it!! I SAID HOLD IT GODDAMN IT!!!
This is so fuckin great!! If you can't dig this...I don..I ca.. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?!? HUH?!?!
What more could you possibly demand from a bunch of awkward pimply teens?
Fuck Dovers! OK? Fuck Squires, fuck Es Shades, fuck it all!

Now you fuckin come here, stand next to - HEY COME BACK HERE! FUCKER!
Now you stand here next to this kid, he's just come back from a tear-soaked stroll down the fuckin RIVER which he - IN TEARS - wrote a song about! And now you rate it. Yeah, you heard me. Read him what you rated it in TeenBeat Mayhem (now on sale). Ok kid, listen to what this geezer thought of your openhearted song about getting your heart broken and all that.
You don't wanna tell it to him? Ok I'll tell it to him.

Three. He gave you a three. On a fuckin ten-scale, he gave you a three.
The description of what a three sounds like is - SHUDDUP YES I HAVE TO TELL IT TO HIM! - is, and I quote, "dull and ordinary". Yes. So now you know kid, the next time you hear your heart break - that sound, ya know? That is dull and ordinary.

Heartless sons of bitches!

(South Bend, IL) '66
Orlyn 0984


Weeble Foxx - I'm Your Fellow Man

"People!!"

Folk-rock overload! Weeble Foxx has so many important things to tell that the mic barely can take them all in! But it sounds earnest and very important.
And that is good enough for me.

(Warren-Youngstown, OH) Jan '66
Mark I 4115


Tempters - I Will Go

"ooooh, ooooh"

This song absolutely hypnotizes me. It sways back and forth, it hums secret words I barely make out.
It is as if I don't really want to know more than that. It is here now, it has always been here and will always be here.
I don't even wanna know what it is all about.
I just love it.

(Hamilton, OH) Apr '66
Link 708

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ffxbqgjs44awaxj/032_You_Take_Me_For_Rides.zip/file

Real Junk

Real Junk

I made this some time ago but wasn't at all satisfied. A month ago I gave it another try  and was surprised at how good it was. Not the strongest set in this series, but totally worth it.

The first track is worth the (free) admission alone, so is the last. And the third. So is the undercomped fourteenth.

Hope ya'll like.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/17zq2e8lp0jfud5/031_Real_Junk.zip/file

Bands From Nowhere

Bands From Nowhere

I will come back later and finish this rant later. 

Noblemen - I'm Gone

This swinger is so gaddam awesome and is all I love with this kind of music.

It is stripped down, one hook, one crystal clear message (he's fukkin GONE!) and that is IT!

No fancy trickeries, no excessive screams (save for a little shriek in the background - for good measure), no hysteric fuzz - just a beat and a melody.

Try to replicate this shit and make it ring true - impossible.

Pure, unperverted primitive rock'n'roll.

(Detroit, MI) no date

United Sounds

Rod & the Satellites - She Cares

To fully appreciate this track, you need to wear your headphones. 

Go get 'em. No that's cool - I can wait. It is so worth it. 

Got them? Ok, cool. Now sit down in the couch.

Here's a beer for you, sir.

You ready? 

Here we go!

..2 minutes and 36 seconds later..

Did you HEAR that!! Did you soak up that glorious ATMOSPHERE?

Did you catch that snare? The heavy strums on that guitar?

Did you hear the singer sneer right into you ear like he was sitting here by your SIDE?

Is it possible not to love that solo on the guitar!?!?!

And did you catch that last chord?

(Hannibal, MO) Apr '65

Irish 4336

Symbols - What You've Shown

Huh!

This track is so damn wicked, maaaaAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!

"Isn't there something missing?" you might foolishly ask.

NO you PRICK! EVERYTHING you NEED is RIGHT THERE!

Huh!

You got a fierce little single-string fuzzy melody.

You got the bass, the second guitar, the drums. There's even an organ in there, somewhere.

And - above all - we have The Guy Who Goes "Huh!"

Yeah, The Guy Who Goes "Huh!" must not be underestimated. At any time.

Huh!

Still not convinced? Well wait till you get 45 second into the song and you will hear a wicked wicked solo on that fuzzy guitar I mentioned in the beginning of this rant.

Huh!

And then we get treated to a bonafide subdued rave-up!

And then one more, less subdued - and then atomic reverb-bomb blows up and the song is gone.

Neat-oh!

(Principa College-Elsah, IL) Jul '67

Anaconda 9750

Cobras - If I Can't Believe Her

Stone cold classic primitive swinger. Not much to say - c'mon, you must've heard it before?

One of my faves from the Boulder series.

(Santa Cruz, CA) '66

Scoop 103

Mach V - If I Could

Ahhhh, acid punk! Sweet..

To me, it's really the drummer who makes this track. But it is littered with cool stuff, like the hooky lyrics, the tight organ and the wigged out fuzz guitar.

Very classy, very classic.

(Savannah, GA) Dec '67

Associated Artists 102

4th Amendment - Whisky Man

Those who know me, knows how much I love the 4th Amendment. They are gods at what they do.

The flip to this - Always Blue - is on my top 100 garage faves. Find it HERE.

This ode to bums and winos is perfection.

Just try that little solo on the acoustic guitar. Always brings a tear to my eye.

Sittin on the side of the tracks, waiting for the train to come my way

Leaving another town, to me they all seem the same

Never had a steady job, a drifter I'll always be

No one ever wants a whiskey man like me

I'm movin' on - I'm a whiskey man..

(???) Apr '68

Constitution 5108

Arthur's Thumb - Love Makes The World Go Round

http://www.mediafire.com/file/o4u7wz7gjx9468i/030_Bands_From_Nowhere.zip/file

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

Let me first say that I feel that my comps are getting weaker. I think the first 20 got most of the creme de la creme. 

Nevertheless, this is just fun'n'games - who cares if you've already heard it!?

Vigilantes gets to start this new set. We get fuzz, sax, organ, bubbly bass, hellavalot of the ride-cymbal and a rowdy solo on the geetaar.

Yeah we notice ya, awrite already!

(Angier, NC) Oct '67

JCP 110

Come Back Bird is a kewl 'n'groovy track. Is that a fukin banjo I hear in the background?

(Abilene, TX) July '65

Askel 45-7

I don't know what ya'll think about Thinkin' About You but it happens to be on my Top 50 list of my fave garage punkers. This is pretty much how I like my garage - cool, suave and not too obscured by fuzz. That is also how I like my.. cats.

A+ for the drums. And the tambourine. And the cool-beyond-belief git. And the hoarse teenster vox.

(Savannah, GA) November '66

Thunderbolt 201,091

Bassmen is also laid-back and affable garage. But not on the expense of tense and dense garage punkerism.

(Tucson, AZ) Apr '65

Gallantry (745-675)

More of the same but twice as fast with Sound Track and their spastic I See The Light. 

The drums makes this song really but everything else is pretty much awesome too.

(TN) Nov' 67

Trail 1706

All songs I've ever heard called 'Revenge' has been excellent. Society of Sounds Revenge is also ultra-nice. Hmm and I don't know why they called themselves SoS on this since it is listed as a 45 by Castaways Five in Teenbeat Mayhem (an excellent book where I lifted all info - thanx MTM!)

(Fort Myers, FL) '66

Raol 001/2

Comin Generation's Hey Girl is a rowdy piece of fuzzteria!! HEAVVVY bass.

(Alliance, OH) March '68

Dupree 1304

OK, side 1 finish off with some intromental garage. You might know the godhead powerpopish flip It Doesn't Matter. But here we enjoy the b-side: Walkin' The Nose.

(Hope, RI) Aug '66

Mystic 1/2

OK, the B-side of this virtual comp starts off little zany - AT FIRST!!

But baby... 30 SECONDS IN! POOOOOOWWWW!!!

Crazy smattering drums pepper the song into garageland.

Wait a minute and the fuzziest Bryan Gregory-esque git solos you've ever heard shall punish your starved ears for almost a full minute. EPIC!!

(dunno shiiit, acetate muthafucka!!)

Epic V is a little special to me and almost certainly to everybody else who got BossHoss CDR-comp A Funny Thing Happened.. sent to them some years ago.

The song that started the set was I Need You're Lovin'.

Those were the days, my friend.

Slick, clean and uptempo classic Texas meat-and-potato-garage. 

(San Angelo, TX) Oct '67

Sully 1004

I Told You - straight up garagepunk. That is all I have to say about it.

And that it is totally awesome.

(La Canada, CA) March '65

Bellcore 102

We almost hit acid-punk territory with Changing Tymes' Go Your Way.

Cool tremolo and fuzz, funky drums and organ and shit. You know the drill.

(not the same Changing Tymes of You Make It Hard fame found on When Shadows Fall but the same as on the You May See Me Cry comp)

(Gate City, VA) Dec '67

Moss 000-003/4 

OK - I made an artistic risk here. All might not enjoy the hazy Honeymoon Tree.

But I love the involuntary druggy feel and that crazy maracas and cheesy lyrics.

Try it, you'll like it. 

(Los Angeles, CA) Date???

Royal Crest 178

Moguls' Try Me - this is such an ultra classic, man. Atleast the sonixxx are topnotch.

(Eugene, OR) March '66

Panorama 29

Wasting My Time - yeah! Classy girl put-down lyrics.

And some fuzz on top. This was Massachusetts New Breed's sole 45. On the flip we find the cutesy It's Love.

(Worcester, MA) Aug '66

Polaris 711

The last track on The Last Laugh is Sound On Sound's solid gold and ever so slightly psych-tinged Girl You've Got To Turn Me On. 

Very groovy indeed.

(Grundy, VA) '67

Tunnel 212

And that's that! I've got at least two more comps coming up so stay tuned, fiends!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zcrkrr7ibkjujoo/029_The_Last_Laugh.zip/file

You May See Me Cry

You May See Me Cry

Thanks for all the kind words - they really make me happy!

Welcome to the 28th set and yet another downer/loser bunch of tunes.

We start out with a classic - I Can Go On by Riots.

I Can Go On is spooky and moody, slightly sounding like the Animals on a bad day.

Great guitar and harmonies.

Illusions is not as primitive-sounding but a bit more mersey-ish. 

Her Own Way is a total loser ballad. From Feb '66.

You Let Me Down is soopah-spooky and bad vibes all the way. 

Oncomers 45 are from 1967.

Shadow Casters dishes out this ditty riddled with hippy-dippy imagery and Byrdsy harmonies and some "baaa-bopbopbop-baa-baa" in the end.

Kick ass solo. April '68.

Same Old Worries. Aaah, I love this track. Also Byrdsy in its harmonies but that don't matter.

Incredible stuff. Reasons Why released three 45's (I think) and the one before this one has Tell Her One More Time on it and you can find it here:

http://sixtiesgaragepunk.blogspot.se/2013/09/ive-seen-darker-nights.html

Members are hellbent on surviving the breakup. They won't sigh, they won't cry and they won't die.

Instead, they'll get by. Without her. From April 1966.

Another classic, this time served by Best Things and their epic You May See Me Cry.

Best Things was really the Madhatters. I don't know why they reissued the 45 as Best things.

The flip is Chick Are For Kids.

Morning After released this jangling lament in 1967. 

The guy in the song is getting a total teen-boner while he thinks of thing his girl does.

What a one-track mind. Funny he makes it sound so romantic.

You Know I Do by Crucibles is also a super-classic. 

The song is galloping away then halts at the solo only to gallop away again chased by crashing drums and twangy guitars.

More loser garage! The Only Girl I Love is not too refined, and we like that don't we. 

From August 1967.

"Aaaw, giddit now!"

Landlords try to calm things down again. They totally succeed with I'll Return.

The flip is called I'm Through With You and is a pretty nice ballad too!

MOVE OVER, LANDLORDS! Heeeere's Barry Ebling & the Invaders huffing n puffin the house down with the raw power of FUZZ alone.

Semi-fruity chorus, but they totally make up for it with fuxxxx and a baaaad attitude.

From Mars 1967.

Aren't we done with fuzz and primitive beats? NOOO!

Wild Things need to punish us first. Tell Me gots organ, gots fuzz, gots attitude. Gots it OHN!

From 1967.

Converts is so funny.. 

They're all "Don't leave me girl!" first, and then is all "there's fat chance baby that you'll ever get another man" and tops it off with the classy line "because you're not so hot!"

Next out is Cavemen (not the It's Trash-bunch) and their Sandy is a one-mic-hangin-in the-roof and is primitive, awesome, supercool and the best fukkin song on this set!

Last out is another classic - Intruders and their epic I'll Go On. 

Kick-ass chorus!!

That was it this time. Thanks again for all the kind words. I will busy for a couple a weeks now so don't bother checkin in before mid august.

Much love!!!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ur4bgnfdm72rkwo/027_You_Hurt_Me_So.zip/file

You Hurt Me So

You Hurt Me So

Welcome back, and welcome newcomers! Be sure to spread the word so more people get hip to the cool sounds of 60s garage punk! 

There is an OCEAN of mp3 comps out now - I know! Some of them is downright boring to sit thru.

My idea of making comps is to make them flow, and to use songs that haven't been repeated too many times and that garage aficionados might've forgotten about but also to give new listeners a chance to hear some old classics as well.

This set is yet another bunch of moody loser tracks.

But we start bongoing with the Satisfactions' spastic Only Once. A total winner.

After that we get treated to some patented garage fzzzzzz with the nutty Wondering Why by the Royal Aircoach. Dynamics man, dynamics!

Then we fizzle in on The World I've Planned by the Oxford Five. Very funky drums.

Possums' write an homage to all bullied loser kids out there in King Of His World. 

Barons' Tomorrow Never Ends might sound pussyfooted at first but check the drummer driving that beat, check the singer and his inspired vocals and the cool way he counts off the song's last organ solo - "ONE TIME, NOW!"

I'm crazy about the singer in Uncivilized and the way he sounds like he's ready to break down in tears any second. And you have to love that spooky organ!

Only Ones' Beatle-esque Find A Way has the most exquisite little guitar break that drives the final nail into the loser coffin. And don't miss the kick-ass bass! Syncopated and inventive!

5 PM's How Many Days is a total classic - "I call your name but you don't answer me no more..".

I can totally relate. When I was a teen and got dumped, I remember calling my absent ex-girlfriend's name while lying in bed, with my head buried in a pillow. Yes I am not ashamed to admit it!

Very tasty intro, and a very tasty little solo.

"How many days must I wait for your love again, wait for your kissing' and your love again.."

Oooooooh! STAND BACK! Rollin' Ramsaxes roll in on the scene with the thunderous and foreboding EPIC You've Hurt Me So!

Feel the rain! See the lightning! Hear the thunder of a heart breaking!

Another teen cheated on, another teen deadly wounded, another teen crying in his bedroom..

"You hurt me so, but darling it won't show.."

Bounty Hunters' almost echo the emotional thunderstorm the Rollin' Ramsaxes just put us thru.

"Ooooh, I try to smile for a while.." 

The Sun Went Away is such a total moody song, it is incredible that they even can muster up some energy to play it. And check the spoken part! Cheese supreme!

"Gee, I feel so all alone since my baby's gone. I don't know what to do, I try but I can't go on."

More weather related sorrow with Gaunga Dyns Clouds Won't Shine. We also get treated to an abysmal fuzz solo and a very unfitting and strange ending to the song.

Sweet Love is so adorable. Hope it's not to fruity for all my cool listeners. Page Boys kinda makes it up with their flip All I Want that can be found on The Dead And Forgotten

Missing Links' Hang Around has this desert wind feel to me. Yet another sad little organ painting the song black. Love the guitar by the way!

YASSS! CUTAWAYS! This is one of my all time faves! Haha, this guy must be fresh out of some sour relationship cause he sounds sooo bitter! 

"You didn't treat me right, when we said goodnight, and you broke my heart, tore it all apart and I'll never never love someone again!"

Super-bitter solo too!

Idols step up on stage, a little shy and a little nervous. This track is so fukkin great man, I gotta tell ya! 

The skeletal organ, the bunch of voices you hear littering the track - one in a manic falsetto - and a minute and 16 seconds in you hear the singer sounding like a whimpering kid in the line "*sob* girl you see me crying (whaa-aa-aa-aa!) please don't leave me this way, that's how it is, I guess - when true love goes astray!" 

MAGIC!!!

Brother L Congregation is not really sixties, is it? Nah, this Texan 45 is actually from 1970 and they released two cool singles. The flip to this is the manic acidpunker Bringing Me Down that can be found here: Descend Into Madness.

I've always loved the suave She's Gonna Lose That Boy that is one part Beatles, one part Velvet Underground and one part Ramones-ballad.

"Every now and then she goes away, she comes back the very next day - she's gonna lose that boy.."

Enter cheesy solo.

That was that. I hope you liked this loser set. The next set will also be full of loser ballads, but I'll try and make the 30th set wild, crude and primitive!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ur4bgnfdm72rkwo/027_You_Hurt_Me_So.zip/file