Saturday, June 11, 2011

ICARUS ---- The devil rides out + You're in life

1968 progressive psychedelia from London, UK

Iain Hines (keyboards) - Glyn Havard (lead vocal, bass) - Peter Curtain (drums) - Norrie Devine (sax) - John Etheridge (guitar)

HONEY JUG ---- Warm city baby

1967 pop rock from Memphis, Tennessee

DONATI, LEE & GASTON previously with LAWSON & FOUR MORE aka the AVENGERS

Jim Dickinson - AVENGERS - (keyboards) - Ron Jordan (vocals) - Joe Lee (guitar) - Bill Donati (drums) - Joe Gaston (bass)

HEAVY JELLY ---- I keep singing that same old song

1968 psychedelic rock from London, UK

 

HAYDEN WOOD ---- The house beside the mine

1970 pop psychedelia from Wellington, New Zealand

HAT AND TIE ---- Finding it rough

1967 fuzzy psychedelia from London, UK

Patrick Campbell-Lyons (vocals) - Chris Thomas (bass)

GRIFFIN ---- I am the noise in your head

1969 psychedelic rock from Newcastle, UK

Colin Gibson (bass) - Kenny Craddock (keyboards) - Graham Bell (vocals) - Alan White (drums) - Pete Kirtley (guitar)

GORDON ALEXANDER ---- Windy wednesday

1968 dreamy pop ballad from Los Angeles, California --- produced by CURT BOETTCHER

GORDIAN KNOT ---- The year of the sun

1968 sunshine pop from San Francisco, California

featuring JIM WEATHERLY

Jim Weatherly (guitar, vocals) - Pat Kincade (guitar) - J.D. Lobue (keyboards) - Dulin Lancaster (drums) - Leland Russell (bass, vocal)

GOLDEN CATALINAS ---- Varsity club song

1966 wild garage screamer punker from Appleton, Wisconsin --- aka the CATALINAS

Harry Wheelock (lead guitar) - Al Posniak (guitars) - Bob Dix (bass) - Jim Kelly (drums)

GEORGE CASH ---- Nightingale

1969 pop folk rock from Amsterdam, Netherlands

FRUIT MACHINE ---- I'm alone today

1969 psychedelic rock from London, UK

featuring ANDY CURTIS & STEVE GOULD from the future RARE BIRD

Chris Randall (bass) - Andy Curtis (guitar, vocals) - Andy Deacon (drums) - Steve Gould (vocals, guitar)

FRUIT MACHINE ---- Follow me + Cuddly toy

1968 beat rock from London, UK

featuring ANDY CURTIS & STEVE GOULD from the future RARE BIRD

Chris Randall (bass) - Andy Curtis (guitar, vocals) - Andy Deacon (drums) - Steve Gould (vocals, guitar)

FRESH WINDOWS ---- Fashion concious + Summer sun shines

1967 obscure/unknown beat rock from UK

 Barrett

FREEDOM ---- Where will you be tonight

1968 pop beat from London, UK

FOURMYULA ---- I know why

1968 pop psychedelia from Upper Hutt, New Zealand --- aka the PIPP

Martin Hope (guitar, vocals) - Wayne Mason (guitar, organ, vocals) - Ali Richardson (bass, vocals) - Chris Parry (drums) - Carl Evenson (vocals)


FACTORY ---- Gone

1968 psychedelic beat from London, UK

Jack Brand (vocals, bass) - Ian Oates (guitar) - Jack MacLeod (drums)

EXCEPTION ---- Don't torture your mind

1969 beat rock from Birmingham, UK --- aka the EXCEPTIONS

Roger Hill (lead guitar, vocals) - Alan 'Bugsy' Eastwood (drums) - Malcolm Garner (bass)

EXCELSIOR SPRING ---- It

1968 pop sunshine beat from London, UK

 Peter Ker (lead guitar, flute) - Mike Finesilver (bass)

EVERGREEN BLUESHOES ---- Maybe someday

1968 garage folk rock from Los Angeles, California

Skip Battin (vocals, guitars) - Lanny Mathijssen (guitar) - Al Rosenberg (guitar) - Ken Kleist (keyboards) - Chester McCracken (drums)

EPISODE SIX ---- I can see through you

1967 psychedelia from Harrow, UK

 featuring IAN GILLAN & ROGER GLOVER from the future DEEP PURPLE

END ---- Loving sacred loving

1968 pop psychedelia from Surrey, UK

Colin Giffin (guitar, lead vocals) - Dave Brown (bass, vocals) - Nicky Graham (keyboards, vocals) - Terry Taylor (guitar) - Roger Groom (drums) 

ELLI ---- Never mind

1967 jazzy pop girl from Kolkata/Calcutta, India --- aka Elli Meyer

ELITE U.F.O. ---- Now who's good enough

1966 obscure/unknown garage punker from Stanton, Kentucky

Morris Drake, Jimmy Smith

EGGY ---- You're still mine + Hookey

1969 psychedelic beat from from Coventry, UK

featuring ROGER LOMAS previously with the SORROWS

Roger Lomas (guitar) - Nigel Lomas (drums) - Bill Paste (vocals) - Billy Campbell (bass)

Friday, June 10, 2011

EARTHA KITT ---- Hurdy gurdy man + Wear your love like heaven

1970 pop psychedelia girl from South Carolina

DRY GRINS ---- She's a drag

1966 garage punker from Lafayette, Louisiana

aka the ROGUES

Fred Brechtel (lead vocal) - John Bonar (bass) - Glen Hebert (drums) - Mike Schwartz (guitars) - Mark MacDiarmid (lead guitar) - Tommy Withrow (keyboards)

DOGS ---- Don't try to help me

1964 killer unknown garage punker from Harrisburg/York/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Who are these DOGS ?

The flip side SOUL STEP, an instrumental credited to the Dogs, is an early incarnation of the Magnificent Men aka the Del-Cords aka the Del-Chords aka the Dogs

But for some reason they need a filler for the flip side and an absolute mystery group released "Don't try to help me" . A great punker with great guitar riff mixed with horns and strong lead vocal.
So these DOGS are not the real DOGS but this song is a real punker

DEVIANTS ---- Death of a dream machine + First line (Seven the row)

1969 psychedelic folk rock from London

 featuring MICK FARREN

DELRAYS ---- Lollipop lady

1968 fuzzy pop psychedelia from Mascoutah, Illinois

Thom Bowles (guitars) - Denny Ambry (bass) - Don Biever (drums) - Rich Lang (guitars) - Jim Lang (sax)

DAVE MYERS & THE DISCIPLES ---- C'mon love

1965/66 garage fuzzy punk/rock from Los Angeles, California

aka DAVE MYERS & THE SURFTONES in 1962

Dave Myers (guitar) - Johnny Curtis (rhythm guitar) - Ed Quarry (piano) - Dennis Merrit (saxophone) - Seaton Blanco (bass) - Bob Colwell (drums)

DAVE DEE DOZY BEAKY MICK & TICH ---- The sun goes down

1967 psychedelia from Salisbury, UK

DAVE CLARK FIVE ---- Maze of love

1968 psychedelic rock from London

DAVE CLARK FIVE ---- Concentration baby

1967 beat rock from London

DAGENITES ---- I don't want to try it again

1965 garage punker from Oxon Hill, Maryland

Roger Fallin (drums) - Bruce Kennett (guitars) - John Bardi (lead guitar) - Geoff Robinson (bass)

D. SPADE & CO. ---- Just you and I

1967 ? unknown pop sunshine from Somerville, New Jersey

 Danny Spadatora

CUBY + BLIZZARDS ---- Window of my eyes

1968 bluesy ballad from Netherlands --- featuring HERMAN BROOD

CRYSTAL CHANDELIER ---- The setting of despair

1968 psychedelia from Providence, Rhode Island

Arnold Micarelli (lead vocal) - Frank Giammarco (lead guitar) - Vincent Vento (rhythm guitar)

CINDELLS ---- Don't bring me down

1965 obscure/little know garage punker from Cortland, New York --- cover of the Pretty Things song

CHRIS ANDREWS ---- Hold on

1967 beat rock from London, UK

CHORDS FIVE ---- Some people

1969 pop beat from London, UK

Lee Morrison (bass) - Terry Holmes (lead vocal, guitars) - Terry Bristow - Roger Stoten - Peter Ross

CHICAGO LINE ---- Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop

1966 garage rock from London, UK

featuring MIKE PATTO -- also VIV PRINCE from the future PRETTY THINGS

Viv Prince (drums) - Louis Cennamo (bass) - Mike Fellana (trumpet) - Tim Hinkley (keyboards) - Mike Patto (vocals)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

CHASERS ---- I need your loving

1965 little known garage rock from Memphis, Tennessee --- Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford remake

Steve Cowan (vocals, sax) - Mike Maffel (bass) - Lonnie Davidson ( lead guitar) - Jerry Houston (drums)

Sunday, June 5, 2011

CAVE DWELLERS ---- Run around

1967 garage punker from Chicago, Illinois

Gary Goldberg (guitar, organ) - Fred faith (drums) - Stoney phillips (lead guitar) - Fred Strauss (guitar) - Bobby Diamond (guitar)


CAT'S EYES ---- The wizard + The loser

1970 double siders psychedelia from Evesham, UK --- aka the CAT EYES

Williams Filby (vocals) - Roger Banning - Busby - Banks

CAT EYES ---- Where is she now

1969 pop beat from Evesham, UK --- aka the CAT'S EYES

Williams Filby (vocals) - Roger Banning - Busby - Banks

BOJAX ---- Go ahead and go

1967 garage punker from Greenville, South Carolina

 Bobby Holliday - Mack Sanders - Lyn Cook - Edwin Bayne

BARRACUDAS ---- Baby get lost

1965 garage sreamer punker from Bunkie, Louisiana

JOHN HASS went to JOHN ERIC & THE ISCOCELES POPSICLES

John Haas (vocals) -Terry Fontanille (lead guitar) - Alex Haas (drums) - Tommy McNabb (bass)

ASCOTS ---- So good

1965 punk/rock from Pontiac, Michigan

John Neff (guitar, vocals) - Chris Chappell (vocals) - Frank Giglio (drums) - Bob Pelmear (bass, vocals) - Dale Kath (guitar, vocals)

AMBERJACKS ---- Hey Eriq

1966 obscure/little known garage punker from Baldwin, Long Island, New York

aka the Terrozoid & the Amberjacks

Kevin Ryan

 

ABANDONED ---- Come on Mary

1966 obscure/unknown garage punker from Chicago, Illinois

G. Valentino - G. Shelnutt