Texas Five Star Garage

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[soundog III]

A plentitude of below the radar winners have been brought to the fore in this thread. Jolly good fun & all that...

So, why not raise the stakes?

Outliers, Lurkers, & Sundry Fellow Travelers are encouraged to participate in this exercise.

Follows a proposal that near verily demands a bit of sssssttrretchhing of what remains of the (presumably currently aktiv) grey matter--->

What is the killerest Tx. garage record?

Might this be it??????----->

 

[massb]

Its' comped here:
http://www.cicadelic.com/revolutionpromo.htm

Too recent to be included in the outdated Searchin For Shakes database...

You beat me to the punch Bard (it was only me? Yesterday the G45 site had some problem of connection).

Anyway "Sick and Tired" was comped before by Eva and Collectables.
Look here:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/398966-Bad-Seeds-The#t=Releases_Compilations&q=&p=1

 

[bosshoss]

You beat me to the punch Bard (it was only me? Yesterday the G45 site had some problem of connection).

Anyway "Sick and Tired" was comped before by Eva and Collectables.
Look here:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/398966-Bad-Seeds-The#t=Releases_Compilations&q=&p=1

I guess i got so used to the soybomb garage database being so accurate in my experience, that I assumed it would be correct. It's pretty near (but obviously not absolutely) perfect as a resource.

Yesterday the whole of Fatcow hosting was blacked out, not just G45.

 

[chas_kit]

Then you'll be delighted to hear about this new book:

This might be good, but it's only 128 pages with 25 photos, and from what I can tell from the preview, much of the info is rehashed from the Sonobeat website.

If you haven't seen the Sonobeat website yet, check it out, it's full of info and photos and even some sound clips.

http://sonobeatrecords.com/unreleasedmaterial1967.html

But I agree with sancho about Sonobeat sitting on unreleased material. I contacted them years ago to ask for a release of the Leo & the Prophets and was informed it wasn't going to happen.

 

[Sancho Panza]

"Flower on The Hill" sounds like a masterpiece, South Canadian Overflow is fuzzed out psych, they sit on Conqueroos demos, Shiva's Head Bands first version of "Kaleidoscoptic".

 

[Miracle Mirror]

I actually realized quite recently that Texas was my favorite state for 60's garage overall. Hard to pick a few but the Bad Seeds "A Taste Of The Same", the Lavender Hour's "So Sophisticated" and "Girl It's Over" by the Six Deep are way up there on my list. "Girl It's Over" is absolute perfection of vocals and every instrument played on that record--the bass playing is beyond brilliant--and the flip side being a stunning ballad with that biting guitar solo.

 

[bosshoss]

I actually realized quite recently that Texas was my favorite state for 60's garage overall.

It's mine. Absolutely no question.
California, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio are next.
Then Indiana, Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana, Massachusets...

It's cheating to lump several states into one (New England, Pacific Northwest, Carolinas, Midwest etc.).

When it comes to the best state in Australia for '60s garage it's New South Wales (capital city: Sydney) by a mile. Debunking the commonly held view that Victoria (capital city: Melbourne) was the centre of the best music in the 1960s.

 

[Stampy]

When it comes to the best state in Australia for '60s garage it's New South Wales (capital city: Sydney) by a mile. Debunking the commonly held view that Victoria (capital city: Melbourne) was the centre of the best music in the 1960s.

Just to clarify somethings; Tony Worsley, the Escorts, Toni McCann, Richard Wright (who later formed Richard Wright Group with John Jones) & the Vikings, the Probe, the Pacifics, the Purple Hearts, Steve and the Board, Bobby Dean and the Worried Minds, the PleaZers are all Brisbane acts. Ivan Dayman had his Sunshine office at Cloudland, where all these acts plus the Librettos, Normie Rowe, etc played most often; including regional Qld before Dayman started to set up shop in NSW, etc.

There were so many other Brisbane bands who had acetates recorded at Soundtrack or 4BC, and reel-to-reel tapes.

Nat Kipner was musical director for QTQ9, finding the Pacifics, Peter Wright, etc, before he (Kipner) and Pat Aulton (also produced in Brisbane) went and set up shop at Ossie Byrne's Hurtsville, than onto Spin.

Adelaide first, than Brisbane followed by Sydney in a distant third.

 

[Stampy]

And The 5, forgot to add that one :-S

 

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Stampy - I'll see your 5, and raise you an Easybeats...

 

[Michael W]

Stampy - I'll see your 5, and raise you an Easybeats...

and a Throb, and a Morloch and an Atlantics

 

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...and a Black Diamonds, and a Marksmen, and a Missing Links....