soundog III
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Chronology of garage comps
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soundog III
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Thanks Buckeyebeat for the explanation.
reyes
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For the 6 (or would that be 7?) billion folks still on this planet bereft of the liner notes on Perkeo's pick hit fave comp; Hoo Har, here they are --->
now i understand this liner note on bftg #2
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Looking back I'm sure I bought my first garage comps in 1984 and they almost certainly would have bought by mail order from a dealer trading as 'Funhouse Records'. Some of the guys here from the UK will know these I'm sure. No Record shops I knew about sold Pebbles LPs etc.
Up until 1984 I was obsessive about The Byrds, Love, Flamin' Groovies, Beatles etc so was a complete novice regarding 60s garage obscurities.
I probably sent away after reading a sales list in 'Bucketful Of Brains' and it looks like I just started at A and got to B cos my first 3 comps were:
Attack Of The Jersey Teens
Back From The Grave 1+2
Up until 1984 I was obsessive about The Byrds, Love, Flamin' Groovies, Beatles etc so was a complete novice regarding 60s garage obscurities.
I probably sent away after reading a sales list in 'Bucketful Of Brains' and it looks like I just started at A and got to B cos my first 3 comps were:
Attack Of The Jersey Teens
Back From The Grave 1+2
Laurent Bigot
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To me The History Of NW Rock comp's (issued in 76-78-80) belong here though they're not strictly devoted to 60s punk (but so was Nuggets and Pebbles had a surf volume mong its earliest volumes).
mansson66
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...and according to Patrick Lamas first ever publication - The Age of Madness ('93) - Pebbles vol ! was released around '77 already. It's a guide to all the US comps up til then including info on original labels, states, release dates etc for comped 45's + capsule reviews of comps. Comments on sound quality are common. Boulders are called 'literally unlistanable'
Laurent Bigot
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Boulders 2 was quite a disaster soundwise. The others are not perfect, but still listenable. As far as Pebbles being out in '77, I don't remember a mention in Bomp as early as that. And as they're both Greg Shaw's babies, I guess he would've have mention it.
I once bought one volume of Boulders....it had a gold cover with a picture of a car and (possibly) The Byrds playing outside a garage. Anyway, the sound was appalling and I quickly sold it vowing never to buy anymore shit sounding Boulders LPs.
I cringe when I see these useless pieces of crap selling for big money on Ebay. What's wrong with these buyers? Don't they do their homework?
Laurent Bigot
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Moxie was not a hi-fi label indeed. Still I dig it's homeade spirit. Would'nt pay big dough for their products, but they have a certain charm. There's something fun about them. And he put out Mike Rep's Rocket to Nowhere which is enough for to gain my eternal respect!
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The original Pebbles Vol. 1 with the slipsheet was a limited pressing, not sure of how many were done, but since it became so popular among the readers of Bomp, Greg repackaged Vol 1 into the comp everyone now knows / owns.
The first volume, from what I've been able to find out, came out in late 1978. I was blissfully unaware of all this back then, tho I was actively collecting 45s while in high school. As George notes, Pebbles Vol. 1-4 came out at the same time, certainly by early 1980. 5-8 may have been unleashed by the end of the summer. By the time I got hip to the Pebbles comps, there were just 8 volumes and I bought them all in one fell swoop.
The first volume, from what I've been able to find out, came out in late 1978. I was blissfully unaware of all this back then, tho I was actively collecting 45s while in high school. As George notes, Pebbles Vol. 1-4 came out at the same time, certainly by early 1980. 5-8 may have been unleashed by the end of the summer. By the time I got hip to the Pebbles comps, there were just 8 volumes and I bought them all in one fell swoop.
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I may be wrong by a year or two here, but I seem to remember buying the white label slipsheet Pebbles 1
sometime late 1976/early 1977 - there was no need to document these things in those days. It sure opend up my ears though !!!
Ned
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That would make sense, Ned. I'm still waiting to find the write in dates my pal scribed on the sleeves for all of the comps.
down-n-out
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Thanks! I was gonna ask if somebody could share these - I never had this one.
down-n-out
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For the 6 (or would that be 7?) billion folks still on this planet bereft of the liner notes on Perkeo's pick hit fave comp; Hoo Har, here they are --->
now i understand this liner note on bftg #2
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Looks like Tim must've mellowed-out a tad by the time this volume was repressed. The rant on my pressing is much shorter.
paul messis
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I have a great deal of these early comps and have originals... I wouldn't sell these BUT.... are they worth anything?
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I lived in Cincinatti Ohio in '77-''80. And I drove to Columbus Oh. in late '77 with my buddy and discovered pebbles VOL.1. There is a slight chance it was early '78, but I'm 90% sure it was late '77.
