V.A. - Sixties Archives Volume 2 - Texas Punk (1964-1967 us great garage compilation - EVA edition - FLAC)

An uneven but generally worthy collection of 16 mid-'60s Texas garage sides.



The Undertakers do a vicious cover of Ray Charles' "Unchain My Heart," as well as a quality spaced-out original with "It's My Time"; the Chessmen's "I Need You There" is Texas punk at its most basic and brutal; the Outcasts' "1523 Blair" is Texas blues-punk at its most berserk.



There are a couple of rare (though not great) Mouse & the Traps songs, and much of the rest is just average.



Be warned that the two songs by Them are not by the original group, but by a post-Van Morrison edition of the band that somehow found themselves based in Texas for a while (by Richie Unterberger).





Cynics - Train Kept a-Rollin:





Track List:

01. Undertakers - "Unchain My Heart" (2:17)

02. Undertakers - "It's My Time" (3:04)

03. Society - "High and Mighty" (2:56)

04. Society - "Summer Sunset" (2:42)

05. Cynics - "You're a Better Man Than I" (3:00)

06. Cynics - "Train Kept a-Rollin'" (2:07)

07. Blue Things - "Twist and Shout" (2:46)

08. Blue Things - "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby" (2:34)

09. Chessmen - "I Need You There" (2:29)

10. Chessmen - "Sad" (2:12)

11. Them - "Dirty Old Man (at the Age of Sixteen)" (1:57)

12. Them - "But It's Alright" (2:45)

13. Outcasts - "1523 Blair" (1:48)

14. Outcasts - "Smokestack Lightning" (3:01)

15. Mouse & the Traps - "I Satisfy" (3:45)

16. Mouse & the Traps - "Good Times" (2:33)

17. Coastliners - "I'll Be Gone" (2:35)

18. Coastliners - "Alright" (2:06)

19. Y'Alls - "Please Come Back" (2:28)

20. Status Quo - "They All Want Her Love" (3:04)

21. Reddlemen - "I'm Gonna Get in That Girl's Mind" (2:23)

22. Passions - "Lively One" (2:31)

23. Pirates - "Cuttin' Out" (1:59)

24. Circus - "Bad Seed" (2:32)

25. Kempy & the Guardians - "Love for a Price" (1:51)

26. Continentals - "I'm Gone" (2:49)

27. Pack - "Baby I Ask You Why" (2:04)

28. Danny & the Counts - "You Need Love" (2:34)



Bands:

Undertakers, Society, Cynics, Blue Things, Chessmen, Them, Outcasts, Mouse & the Traps, Coastliners, Y'Alls, Status Quo, Reddlemen, Passions, Pirates, Circus, Kempy & the Guardians, Continentals, Pack, Danny & the Counts





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The 5 Gentlemen - Tendres Annees 60 (1965-1968 france mod and freakbeat - all yours EPs compilation sung in French - FLAC)

The 5 Gentlemen was a french freakbeat band. Firstr known as The Ambitieux, they came from Corsica but lived in Marseille.

Between 1966 & 1967, they released 5 EP and obtained a modest commercial success with the title « Dis-nous Dylan » (1966).

They also toured and released records in England and in Italy under the name Darwin's Theory.

LSD 25 Ou Les Métamorphoses De Margaret Steinway:


Track List:
01.Cara-Lin 2:40
02.Trop Tard 3:06
03.Oublie-Moi 3:05
04.Cette Fille-Là 2:23
05.Dis-Nous Dylan 3:53
06.Hosanna 2:04
07.Si Tu Reviens Chez Moi 2:22
08.Prie ! 2:57
09.Qu'As-Tu Katioucha ? 2:27
10.Je Te Veux 1:56
11.LSD 25 Ou Les Métamorphoses De Margaret Steinway 2:31
12.Olivier 2:53
13.Oum Tse Oum Papa 2:30
14.Anna 2:30
15.Longue Longue Nuit D'Amour 2:28
16.Cent Millions D'Années Avant Jesus-Christ 2:49
17.Twiggy 2:40
18.Mets Du Sucre Dans Ton Café 2:20
19.Cinéma Muet 2:34
20.La Fabrique De Savon 2:47

The 5 Gentlemen:
*Fredenucci Jean (vocals, bass)
*Claude Olmos (guitar, vocals)
*François Paoli (guitar, vocals)
*Guy Matteoni (keyboards)
*Michael Donald (drums).


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Antoine - Antonie Rencontre Les Problemes (1966 france 60's - beat, rhythm & blues and freakbeat - FLAC)

Engineering student at Centrale Paris (he received the degree in 1966), an unhappy love affair with the sister of a student at the Ecole Centrale take the song and he has had critical success with his song European highway number 4, recorded in October 1965.

He was French answer to Donovan and Dylan. His style of protest song and loner lyrics will be of interest to the folk rock fan.

He goes on television for the first time the night of the presidential election of November 1965 and met a huge success in 1966 with "Les Élucubrations d'Antoine" (the rantings of Antony), however, launched against the advice of his producer Christian Fechner and the entire team Disk Vogue.

Maurice Chevalier said then: "Never has an artist as soon reached the summit of success, " about to be taken by the European version of Time magazine.

It is then accompanied by "Les Problemes" which later became "The Charlots".

More info about Antonie see http://baillyo.free.fr/spip.php?article81 (in French language)

Passe Ton Chemin:


Track List:
01.Contre-Elucubrations Problèmatiques
02.Des Lendemains
03.Pop Jerk
04.Ce Monde Existe
05.Dodécaphonie
06.Je Ne Vois Rien
07.Ballade A Luis Rego, Prisonnier Politique
08.On S'En Fou
09.Pas Adieu
10.S'Il Boude
11.Si C'Est La Nuit
12.Il Suffirait D'Un Rien
13.Passe Ton Chemin
14.Je Dis Ce Que Je Pense Et Je Vis Comme Je Veux
15.Je Dis N'Importe Quoi, Je Fais Tout Ce Qu'On Me Dit
16.Quand Je Pense A Toi (Instrumental)
17.Psychose (Toujours) (Instrumental)
18.Pas De Problèmes (Instrumental)
19.Hey Max (Hey Joe)
20.Paulette, La Reine Des Paupiettes

Antoine & Les Problèmes: track 1
Antonie: tracks 2, 14
Les Problèmes: tracks 02-13
Les Charlots: tracks 15-20


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Mouse And Traps - The Fraternity Years (1966-1968 us garage, psychedelic, folk, blues and pop rock - rare Big Beat records compilation - FLAC)

This Tyler, TX band achieved their greatest international fame a half-decade after they first laid down the Dylanesque "A Public Execution" in the mid-60s.

The exposure came from the song's inclusion on Lenny Kaye's legendary "Nuggets" double LP and revitalized interest in the group's entire catalog of singles.

The resulting interest spawned early vinyl-mastered reissues on New Rose, and finally, this authoritative CD release drawn from the original master tapes.

Mouse is Ronnie Weiss, a singer whose normal singing voice is a dead-ringer for Dylan's nasal delivery.

"A Public Execution," Weiss' 1966 kiss-off to an ex-girlfriend, found the sort of disjointed regional radio success that never gained the critical mass needed to chart nationally.

The band developed fans in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ohio and Kentucky, but never graduated beyond their contract with the Cincinnati-based Fraternity Records.

The single's B-side, the horn-lined "All for You" is perhaps more indicative of the R&B material the band turned out in live performances across oil patch towns in East Texas. Still, this was the mid-60s, and like Jim Sohns of The Shadows of Knight, Mouse lent a cocky edge to the band's blues.

The follow-up single, "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice," sounds even more like the Shadows of Knight, with bedspring-twangs of fuzz guitar punctuating the mile-a-minute vocals and R&B band rave-up.

It's a truly sweltering piece of mid-60s garage rock. The flipside, "I Am the One" introduced the band's proclivity for folk-rock, which also included the Byrds styled buzz and jangle of "I've Got Her Love" and the Dylanesque "Like I Know You Do."

The latter was the flipside of a novelty (written by one of the label's investors) "Would You Believe," that's been omitted from this collection (and by all reports, to everyone's advantage).

Mouse tackled other styles, including the baroquely styled "Hand in Hand" and "As Far as the Sea," and the twangy production pop of "Promises, Promises."

Even further afield, the record company's search for commercially viable sides resulted in the bubblegum "L.O.V.E. Love," the wistful "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" (also recorded by the band's studio mate, John Fred of Playboy band fame), and the 1968 organ-led psych sides "I Satisfy" and "Look at the Sun."

None had much sales impact, but they did provide space for infectious B-sides like the rocking "Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal" and the harmony laden "Requiem for Sarah."

Big Beat's 25-track collection sports seven previously unreleased tracks, including a ripping cover of The Yardbirds "I'm a Man," a funky, James Brown styled take on "You Are My Sunshine," the party-time arrangement of Dallas Fazer's "Mohair Sam," and the original protest folk-rocker "Nobody Cares."

One might have hoped for the band's non-Fraternity sides (originally released on Hanna-Barbara and Epic), or the novelty "Would You Believe," but their absence is a nit.

An introductory essay from the band's producer and detailed liner notes from reissue producer Alec Palao round out a solid package documenting a mid-60s Texas garage band that should have been more widely known in their own time. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com].

I Satisfy:


Track List:
01.A Public Execution
02.Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice
03.Nobody Cares
04.Cryin' Inside
05.I'm A Man
06.Lie Beg Borrow And Steal
07.I Got Her Love
08.I Am The One
09.Like I Know You Do
10.Sometimes You Just Can't Win
11.All For You
12.Do The Best You Can
13.Look At The Sun
14.You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)
15.Promises Promises
16.I Satisfy
17.Requiem For Sarah
18.L.O.V.E. Love
19.Ya Ya
20.Good Times
21.Hand In Hand
22.You Are My Sunshine
23.I Wonder Where The Birds Fly
24.Mohair Sam
25.As Far As The Sea

Mouse And Traps:
*Dave Stanley (bass guitar)
*Jerry Howell (keyboards)
*Ken "Nardo" Murray (drums)
*Bugs Henderson (lead guitar)
*Ronny "Mouse" Weiss (guitar, vocals)
*Doug Rhone (guitar)


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The Lemon Drops - Crystal Pure: The Definitive Collection (1968 us psychedelic and garage psych - MP3 320K and Wave audio format)

Combines the contents of both LPs issued on the Cicadelic label in the mid-'80s (Crystal Pure and Second Album) onto one CD, making this indeed the definitive collection.

Almost all of their known tapes, covering both their searing electric garage/psych and softer, acoustic garage/folk sides.

Dating from 1967 and 1968, this features a lot of original material that the band recorded in Chicago studios, as well as some drummerless home demos.

These are endearing (and still moving) relics of an age of great exuberance, innocence, and hope.

Good harmonies on the psychedelic ballads, which have been described as "garage-band Donovan." One of the best reissues of unknown '60s garage/psychedelic music (by Richie Unterberger).



It Happens Everyday:


Track List:
01.I Live in the Springtime
02.It Happens Everyday
03.Sometime Ago
04.Theatre of Your Eyes
05.Popsicle Girl
06.Flower Pure
07.Paperplane Flyer
08.Talk to the Animals
09.Fairytales
10.Hi, How Are You Today!
11.Alone
12.Sleeping on Colors
13.Sometime Ago (acoustic)
14.Guinevere
15.Learn to Fly
16.Flowers on the Hillside
17.Flower-Dream
18.Flower Child Eyes and Arms
19.My Friend
20.To the Tower
21.Death Calls
22.Saturday Be-In
23.Love Is a Word
24.I Like You


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