The '60s garage autograph thread

[Heitkotter77]

Armand must has enjoyed singning sleeves immensely, not just w/ the Churchmice:

The "kill me" seemed to have been his pretty standard inscription in his younger days.
I can't recall if I ever saw that on one of his LPs. Need to check my copy of Ratfucker to see what's on the cover (besides the guitar pick).

 

[vinylfool]

Russ Sanders - the End/Endd. More Indiana ones to come!

 

[Agent Ugly]

This the only autographed thing I have.

De Maskers LP, found at a car boot sale in my home town. Rugby, UK.

 

[blurpnroll]

The hardest band to track. "The Hog" is getting laid every night at what uni? ("Have a big old blast at Uni of....") Nebraska?
"Carp" is obviously tune smith Carpenter. Where/what is Lawrence. High school? Uni? We need all leads we can.View attachment 6090

Hey that's my beat up copy of the Gnomes! Lol. Nice thread, I've got a few autographed 45 that'll try to dig up too

 

[down-n-out]

The hardest band to track. "The Hog" is getting laid every night at what uni? ("Have a big old blast at Uni of....") Nebraska?
"Carp" is obviously tune smith Carpenter. Where/what is Lawrence. High school? Uni? We need all leads we can.View attachment 6090

When I saw this, my immediate thought was Lawrence, Kansas - home to the University of Kansas. As an alum of the University of Colorado, I'm well aware that the Universities of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska were all members of the Big 8 conference (later the Big 12). They are also relatively close geographically. Not sure if this helps at all - just sharing my thought process.

 

[Michael W]

Adelaide 1965

 

[franku]

Here are a few more - the Alarm Clocks signed the sleeve of a reissue, and the Ritual was found in a thrift store many years ago. Most of the LPs were signed in person, though the Rob Tyner was found at a flea market and the Gene Clark at a friend's garage sale - he got it signed himself and sold it to me for 50 cents! (and also wrote his name on the back cover...).

 

[mikael]

When I saw this, my immediate thought was Lawrence, Kansas - home to the University of Kansas. As an alum of the University of Colorado, I'm well aware that the Universities of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska were all members of the Big 8 conference (later the Big 12). They are also relatively close geographically. Not sure if this helps at all - just sharing my thought process.

I'm betting Lawrence Wisconsin. As I dig, I'm getting more and more certain they were from WI. But we'll see.

 

[MopTopMike]

Years ago, nwbuckeye mentioned that he had an acetate of both Gnomes songs recorded at a Massachusetts studio. Same versions as pressed on the 45. I do not have scans or images. I did some digging at the time but came up empty.

 

[vinylfool]

The gremlins outta Elkhart, Indiana!

 

[gregk25]

Suppose this is Stoics guitarist William Ash's signature, I'm glad he didnt sign on the much prefered b-side.

 

[vinylfool]

If you have "Beyond Teenbeat Mayhem", then you have seen Les on the cover.

 

[franku]

Things seem slow around here so I thought I'd put up a few more autographs. Half secured in person, the rest purchased at record shows or found in the wild. Some may quibble with the relevance to this forum of some of these, but Andre Williams wrote garage standard "Shake a Tail Feather," Billy Nix's "Moon Twist" is a pre-garage fave with a hot guitar break, and the Arbors' version of "Hey Joe" from their second LP is a pretty great psych version of that tune.