*JANUARY 25, 2012* Coming end of February from Florida Archive Recordings (F.A.R. 6601) is the Evil - 'From A Curbstone'/'Short Life' 7" 45-RPM release: "Monster previously unreleased '66 Miami, Florida punk doubledecker by pals of The Montells! Both sides were inked by the band, and play at over 200 mph! A super wild raving dynamite record with an evil bursting sound that was long thought to be lost! It sounds more explosive, and more punk than The Stooges with Iggy Pop! Maybe you've heard of their other records, 'I'm Movin' On', 'I Know I'll Die', 'Always Running Around', and 'Whatcha' Gonna Do About It'--well this one is even faster and wilder! A perfect record for fans of The Pretty Things, The Montells, The Fairies, The Downliners Sect, the Back From The Grave series, The Stones, Them, etc. An all-official top quality release, with liner notes by Jeff Lemlich on the backcover! Limited to 500 copies only!"
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*JANUARY 23, 2012* We stumbled upon a forthcoming documentary titled Sic Transit Gloria: "The year was 1965. A year prior, the Beatles had made their tremendous debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, igniting the British Invasion and prompting the emergence of bands all over the United States. 63% of all kids under 20 were in a band. Most teens wanted to be like The Beatles, The Stones, The Animals, etc. They had the nerve to pick up an instrument, get together and create songs with a powerful and expressive delivery, but never entered the musical mainstream. This is the story of the very lucky ones." The YouTube trailer is below.
Unfortunately, a Google search didn't provide any further details. If you're out there reading this, John Lazzaro, get in touch...
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| Coming in early February from Feathered Apple Records/Ray Hummel III Records are unreleased Chess Records versions from 1967 of 'Fine Day'/'Gentle Rain' from the ex-JuJus leader Ray Hummel III featuring The Legends. |
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*JANUARY 22, 2012* Press Release:
SUNDAZED AND EXPERIENCE HENDRIX RECAPTURE THE JIMI HENDRIX VINYL EXPERIENCE!
ROCK’S GREATEST GUITAR LEGEND’S VINTAGE RECORDINGS RETURN TO THEIR VINYL ROOTS WITH HISTORIC 7” SINGLE SERIES!
In an historic alliance, the renowned reissue label Sundazed Music has partnered with Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. to release a series of new 7" picture-sleeve vinyl singles featuring unique and hard-to-find vintage performances by Jimi Hendrix.
The ongoing series launches in April with an initial release that combines a pair of historically significant recordings from two different Hendrix 1967 BBC sessions. One is a raucous reading of Bob Dylan's 'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?'. Hendrix recorded his version on October 17 for BBC Radio's Rhythm and Blues show. Dylan’s original version, one of history’s most notable and enduring musical enigmas, wasn’t released on a legitimate album for more than 10 years after its first issue. This Jimi Hendrix Experience version was a highlight of the BBC Sessions double album issued by Experience Hendrix/Sony Legacy in October 2010.
'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?' is paired with a fascinating, newly discovered take of the Hendrix original 'Burning Of The Midnight Lamp,' as performed on August 24,1967 on BBC Television's Top of the Pops, just a week after the song's original studio version had been released as a single in Britain on Track Records. In keeping with strict Musician Union regulations, Jimi was to sing live atop the song's instrumental backing track. The Top Of The Pops presenter announced the Experience, but then ‘The House That Jack Built’ by the Alan Price Set began to play. A few seconds in, Jimi, ever polite, offered an apology, “I'm sorry man but I don't know the words...” As panic no doubt ensued within the studio's control room, the program's flustered presenter apologized and implored Jimi to try it once again.
Both sides feature the classic original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup of Hendrix on guitar and vocals, Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, and capture the band just as it was beginning to emerge as a major force on both sides of the Atlantic.
As with every release in the series, it will feature a color picture sleeve incorporating rare vintage Hendrix photos that capture the legendary artist's distinctive persona and pioneering spirit.
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*JANUARY 20, 2012* Coming next month from Ace Records is an EP titled What A Way To Die: Garage Sounds From SoCal and Nevada: "Four '60s hard-to-find garage classics from the Downey label, this EP includes three of the best tracks from one of the more popular in our series of Downey comps, It Came From The Garage. These three tracks are now fetching high prices at auction on original vinyl. The combined price you'd have to stump up on eBay for these three gems would be around €600. If you wanted the bootleg LP that used our title track, 'Hang It Out To Dry', as its title track a few years ago, you'd need another €100 on top! The other two favourites on here are 'Drifty', which proved popular at London's Nitty Gritty club, and the ever-popular spooky 'Sleepy Hollow'."
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*JANUARY 19, 2012* Break-A-Way Records has announced the first-time on CD release of the Catherine's Horse album, Garage Blues From Connecticut, for February: "Due to a long time growing interest into local '60s rock, most band stories, even of those who did put out rare and local records, have since been written. Not so with Connecticut band Catherine's Horse. Their sole album dates from 1969 and was released only in an inner sleeve and no cover. Due to its rarity, it is still a largely unknown release among today's record collectors and honored with five stars in Hans Pokora's 1001 Record Collectors Dream Book. But those who happen to be familiar with it appreciate it for the fresh sound of the music and the clear production. That and the fact that it's an amazing white blues rock album with a strong garage attitude provided by five high school students who never played professionally. The tracks are nearly all cover versions of classic, often moody blues tracks reminiscent of early Paul Butterfield Blues Band or Blues Project. The LP includes long time standards such as 'Good Morning Little School Girl', 'Think Twice', 'One More Mile' or 'Can't Keep From Cryin' mixed with covers of Jimmy Brenstons' 'Rocket 88' or Jagger/Richards' 'Good Times, Bad Times'. The only group original, 'Sun Going Down', hints at the talent and potential the band had and rounds off the group's effortless white electric blues rock expertise. As the vinyl release from 15 months ago, this CD release comes with the originally intended colored cover art. The detailed booklet has the band's history as related by original members Roger Goodspeed, Jay Geary and Putnam Smith, alongside rare photos and memorabilia. A 100% legit release and a must for late '60s rock collectors."
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*JANUARY 12, 2012* Currently in progess is a documentary on Jini Dellaccio, a photographer who photographed the top rock groups of the '60s, including many Pacific Northwest "garage bands" such as The Sonics, The Wailers, Don & The Goodtimes, Emergency Exit and more:
"Art. Music. Photography. An undiscovered American master.
Meet Jini Dellaccio, now in her 90s -- a woman whose artistic independence, imagination and passion took her from humble beginnings to producing some of the most transformative images ever created in rock 'n' roll.
The film explores Jini's extraordinary journey, her courage as an artist, often defying convention and navigating traditional male dominated worlds--at a time when very few women were doing so.
How did Jini end up photographing rock concerts and album covers for the godfathers of garage punk in her middle-age? Why was music and art so important in her life--starting with her years on the road as a young jazz saxophone player? What motivated her determination to overcome her impoverished depression-era beginnings and sparked her pioneering creativity?
The film weaves behind-the-scenes stories of her stunning photography with Jini's own reflections on her work. Musicians, artists and critics also share their insights into Jini's influence as an artist who took rock 'n roll photography to a new level of excellence. We hope you are as inspired by Jini as we are.
Check out some of the remarkable, unguarded moments and innovative shots Jini produced at JiniDellaccio.com!"
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*JANUARY 10, 2012* 'She Smells So Nice', an previously completely unreleased Doors song, highlights the newly-expanded reissue of L.A. Woman. The full song has been posted to YouTube and the album is available for pre-order.
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*JANUARY 9, 2012* Shindig No. 25 will be available mid-February. The latest issue features articles on the early days of The Bee Gees, The Modern Folk Quartet, Mind Garage and more. More information is available at the magazine's website.
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*JANUARY 8, 2012* We received from Daniel Coston that "there's a reunion in Charlotte, North Carolina this Thursday, January 12, for those who appeared on or watched the Kilgo's Canteen TV show in the 1960s. The show was taped at the WSOC Sudios in Charlotte, and syndicated regionally. The reunion will take place at Jonathan's Restaurant in Matthews, North Carolina (near Charlotte) at 6:30 p.m., and will feature an appearance by the show's host and namesake, John Kilgo." Many local groups of the '60s appeared on the show and it's still fondly remembered today.
Coston is also currently editing his book entitled There Was A Time: Rock and Roll in Charlotte, and North Carolina in the 1960s. We'll have much more on the book as it gets nearer completion.
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| Coming in February from Super Oldies |
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*JANUARY 6, 2012* Coming soon from Ace Records: Smash Boom Bang! The Songs and Productions of Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer:
* The names of this cultish triumvirate spring off the page like a law firm but their business was writing and producing hits - or records that sounded like hits.
* Bob Feldman, Richard Gottehrer and Jerry Goldstein hit their stride in the mid-'60s with a varied portfolio that included the US #1s 'Hang On Sloopy' by The McCoys and 'My Boyfriend's Back' by The Angels - and several chartmakers by The Strangeloves, the selfsame trio masquerading as a rock band.
* Initially, they specialized in girl groups - some real, some fabricated - and applied their distinctive touch to every one before moving into the rock field with The McCoys, The Strangeloves and The Sheep.
* Not for Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer the honeyed subtleties of a Burt Bacharach or Van McCoy. Hard rockers at heart, their gritty productions usually featured brutal rhythms in which the percussion was probably the most vital component. Yet, for all this, there were surprising moments of tenderness too, as reflected in songs such as Ray Pollard's 'The Drifter', one of the great unsung soul ballads of the '60s.
* It's exciting stuff from end to end, much of it new to CD and all held together by the distinctive Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer production imprimatur.
* This collection comes to you with the full co-operation and involvement of Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer themselves and is packaged in a sumptuous booklet packed with rare memorabilia.
* Compiled by Rob Finnis and Mick Patrick, the brains behind several other volumes in Ace's much-admired Producer and Songwriter series.
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*JANUARY 3, 2012* Here's the official announcement from Sundazed for their January releases:
No Way Out, the thrilling debut album by the Chocolate Watch Band, immediately finds that cosmic sweet-spot of perfect garage-rock traction: where the rubber meets the road and the train keeps a-rollin.' Nobody ever did Mick Jagger any better (even Mick, himself) than the Watch Band's frighteningly superb frontman Dave Aguilar. "Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In)" and "Let's Talk About Girls" are on everyone's list of Top 20 garage rock anthems of all time. And that's just the tip of the vermillion iceberg for this essential longplayer. "Come On," an early Stones single, gets the perfect Watch Band overhaul, "Hot Dusty Roads" ventures down back alleys that Buffalo Springfield never dreamed about and "No Way Out" dances rings around the outskirts of your nearest Human Be-In.
The Inner Mystique, the hypnotic second album by the Chocolate Watch Band, takes up exactly where its sacred predecessor left you: looking for your perfect match at the local Love-In. When Watch Band lead singer par excellence Dave Aguilar grabs you by the lapels and tells you "I'm Not Everybody Else," you have no choice but to believe him. He's not. And when he cools down enough to extol the virtues of "Medication," who could doubt his sincerity? Especially when he stokes the fires to the boiling-point where medication may not really make much difference. But the real stunner here is the Watch Band's exhilarating cover of Bobby D's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." In typical CWB interpretive bliss, nobody has ever done this hallowed song any better. Not Bob Dylan, not Van Morrison. Nobody.
A San Jose, Calif. band whose reputation has grown exponentially over the decades, the Chocolate Watch Band are now revered as one of the Seven Wonders of the World of garage rock. Spotlighting the classic lineup—the inflammatory vocals of Dave Aguilar and the roof-rattling guitars of Mark Loomis and Sean Tolby, fronting the rock-solid bass of Bill Flores and the letter-perfect drums of Gary Andrijasevich—the Watch Band's first two albums have it all. Stones swagger snake-hips its way through cosmic significance with just a dusting of eye-opening psychedelic legerdemain to make your neck snap backwards in pure joy.
Blue Cheer looms large in the annals of hard rock, laying down the sonic foundations of heavy metal and serving as a crucial influence on the birth of punk, grunge and stoner rock. While the rest of the rock world was mellowing out and embracing the spirit of the Summer of Love, the seminal San Francisco power trio was churning out ballsy blues-rock anthems whose fuzz-heavy, adrenaline-charged intensity helped to alter the course of contemporary music.
Vincebus Eruptum, Blue Cheer's landmark 1968 debut, is widely regarded as Ground Zero of the heavy metal explosion. The album, featuring the classic Blue Cheer lineup of guitarist Leigh Stephens, bassist/vocalist Dickie Peterson and drummer Paul Whaley, includes the trio's mind-melting reading of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues," which became a Top 20 single, along with such raw, overdriven originals as "Doctor Please" and "Second Time Around" and distinctive reworkings of the blues standards "Rock Me Baby" and "Parchment Farm."
Blue Cheer's second album, Outsideinside, fully matches its predecessor's primal power. The last Blue Cheer release to feature the beloved lineup of Stephens, Peterson and Whaley, Outsideinside is a bracing orgy of volume, distortion and aggression, with such highlights as "Just a Little Bit," "Come and Get It," the instrumental "Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger" and the band's distinctive take on the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction."
Sundazed's MONO edition compact disc is sourced from the original Philips reels, complete with the unique original cover design and features a new essay by Doug Sheppard of Ugly Things magazine.
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*JANUARY 1, 2012* Happy New Year! 2012 starts our 10th year online, and we're very pleased to kick it off with a series of aticles by Don Sucher of The Abstracts. Titled 'Listening To Garage Band Music With An Educated Ear', Don's articles will enlighten all fans of '60s garage rock with his unique interpretations and opinions on several aspects of the genre. Part I, now online, is the first step in Don's quest to help us all better understand and appreciate the music we love. All comments and questions are welcomed; please feel free to contact Don at the address provided on his page. We look forward to posting several other topics throughout the New Year.
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