Texas Five Star Garage

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Thursday's Children get their due...

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[nachete_888]

The first 45 of The Wig, Drive It Home

 

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Cleaning up the remnants from letters U-Z

 

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[HarvestmanMan]

Call me crazy, but I like this more than the 4-track version...

 

[bosshoss]

There's an excellent mp3 of an unreleased acetate by Greenville, TX band The Other Half, which you can hear at Chas_kit's awesome Garage Hangover site. The song I recommend to audition in particular is "Lost Everything" and here is the link:

http://www.garagehangover.com/otherhalf/

 

[bosshoss]

I wanted to put up clips of some of the stuff mentioned by various members earlier, but without a youtube link, so here they are. I hope I don't end up posting too many duplicates. It's getting hard to remember what's already up.

Kempy & The Guardians first version on Lucky Sounds

Professor Moptop's 5 star selection

 

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Brother L Congregation "Bringing Me Down"

 

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[Westex]

A few West Texans I don't recall seeing so far, but there's so much going on it's hard to tell.

Not 5 stars, but I enjoy them.

 

[greenfuzz]

There's an excellent mp3 of an unreleased acetate by Greenville, TX band The Other Half, which you can hear at Chas_kit's awesome Garage Hangover site. The song I recommend to audition in particular is "Lost Everything" and here is the link:

http://www.garagehangover.com/otherhalf/

I forgot about that one. That's 5 stars to me. Reminds me a little of The Gnomes...

 

[greenfuzz]

Just received this at 60sgaragebands.com:

AUSTIN'S '60S MUSIC SCENE COMES BACK TO LIFE WITH DIGITAL RERELEASE - The single that launched Austin's Sonobeat Records in 1967 returns


AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 10, 2014 - Austin's Sonobeat Records (1967-1976) was an integral seed of the Central Texas music revolution that began in the mid-'60s. Sonobeat's prodigious output introduced Johnny Winter, Eric Johnson, Rusty Wier, The Afro-Caravan, and dozens of other luminary Texas musicians to the world, but its commercial single and album releases have been out of print since the mid-'70s. That now changes. On March 11, 2014, Sonobeat Historical Archives digitally rereleases Sonobeat Records' first 45 RPM single, 'A Picture of Me' and 'Without You' by The Sweetarts, one of Austin's most popular '60s rock bands. The Sweetarts' single launched fledgling Sonobeat in summer 1967, the first in a series of stereo singles and albums featuring top Central Texas musicians, singers, and songwriters released by the label during the formative years of Austin's now world-renowned music scene. Sitting dormant on deteriorating magnetic tape for more than 46 years after its original vinyl release, Sonobeat Historical Archives has digitally restored and remastered the Sweetarts' single from the original session masters. On March 11th, the digital rerelease will be available on the iTunes Store and AmazonMP3 Store as individual tracks or as the EP Austin, TX 1967. In the coming months, Sonobeat Historical Archives will digitally restore, remaster, and rerelease additional material from the Sonobeat Records vault, including singles by Lavender Hill Express (featuring Austin icon Rusty Wier), Conqueroo, Plymouth Rock, Mariani (featuring another Austin icon, Eric Johnson), Wali and The Afro-Caravan, and rockabilly legend Ray Campi.

 

[chas_kit]

Just received this at 60sgaragebands.com:

AUSTIN'S '60S MUSIC SCENE COMES BACK TO LIFE WITH DIGITAL RERELEASE - The single that launched Austin's Sonobeat Records in 1967 returns

AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 10, 2014 - Austin's Sonobeat Records (1967-1976) was an integral seed of the Central Texas music revolution that began in the mid-'60s. Sonobeat's prodigious output introduced Johnny Winter, Eric Johnson, Rusty Wier, The Afro-Caravan, and dozens of other luminary Texas musicians to the world, but its commercial single and album releases have been out of print since the mid-'70s. That now changes. On March 11, 2014, Sonobeat Historical Archives digitally rereleases Sonobeat Records' first 45 RPM single, 'A Picture of Me' and 'Without You' by The Sweetarts, one of Austin's most popular '60s rock bands. The Sweetarts' single launched fledgling Sonobeat in summer 1967, the first in a series of stereo singles and albums featuring top Central Texas musicians, singers, and songwriters released by the label during the formative years of Austin's now world-renowned music scene. Sitting dormant on deteriorating magnetic tape for more than 46 years after its original vinyl release, Sonobeat Historical Archives has digitally restored and remastered the Sweetarts' single from the original session masters. On March 11th, the digital rerelease will be available on the iTunes Store and AmazonMP3 Store as individual tracks or as the EP Austin, TX 1967. In the coming months, Sonobeat Historical Archives will digitally restore, remaster, and rerelease additional material from the Sonobeat Records vault, including singles by Lavender Hill Express (featuring Austin icon Rusty Wier), Conqueroo, Plymouth Rock, Mariani (featuring another Austin icon, Eric Johnson), Wali and The Afro-Caravan, and rockabilly legend Ray Campi.

please let's all email Sonobeat to get a 45 of the two unreleased Leo & the Prophets songs:

http://sonobeatrecords.com/unreleasedmaterial1967.html

 

[chas_kit]

MTM - how does Texas stack up to California in terms of 8, 9 and 10 rated garage?