Baltimore unrecorded (?) garage band pics x3

[CollectorScum]

I bought these 3 photos from the archives of a Baltimore newspaper. All are stamped Aug 28 1966. Quotes from the article they were used in are glued to the back and read as follows:

"To make their music, the Chaparales, one of the many teen bands in Baltimore, use $5,000 worth of electrical equipment -- guitars, organ, speakers, pre-amp, and reverb and fuzz-tone units"

"The Wit's End, above, and the Capris, upper right, like the Chaparales pattern themselves after such British bands as the Rolling Stones and Yardbirds."

It should be noted $5k in 1966 dollars is $36,640 today. These were rich kids. Also it's clear that Baltimore bands practiced in basements, not garages.

As far as I can tell, none of these groups released a record. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Perkeo]

Those are three of the greatest garage band pics I've ever seen...thank you VERY much for posting them!

 

[CollectorScum]

Thanks. I really like how the singer of the Chaparales didn't get the memo about dressing up in a blazer. Also their wall of Fender blackface gear is pretty sick. A few of these guys -- far right of the Wit's End and right half of the Capris -- look really young, like 14 tops.

 

[Michael W]

Thanks. I really like how the singer of the Chaparales didn't get the memo about dressing up in a blazer.

He's a rebel.

 

[Perkeo]

What sets thes apart is that they are truly professional photos but they are of "garage" bands, not major acts. What you usually get for bands on this level are shaky/fuzzy snapshots or polaroids, like the Tymes 5 pics in another thread (which are also cool, don't get me wrong...). It would be really cool to track down the photographer to see if anything else was saved from these shoots, but that's probably a pipe dream...

 

[CollectorScum]

It would be really cool to track down the photographer to see if anything else was saved from these shoots, but that's probably a pipe dream...

His name is on the backs of the prints, and I think I googled it when I first got them, but nothing really turned up. There may have been a 4th picture from the same newspaper article of a Motown-type band that I did not purchase.

 

[rychardoctopus]

great great photos!!!!

 

[bluegg67]

A 45 from 1969 is credited to the Wits End-Dimension101,"Can't Find The Time/Scarborough Fair". Doubt it is the same band, but then?