TOP RATED 5 SINGLES: (A+B)/2

I can't quite understand this post... are these top 5 records that we own??? or in general?

the list below, are of 45s I consider two-siders, which I own, which I play a lot, which are rooted in the US 60s garage sound.

I could also make separate lists for my UK, Euro and Australian 45s.

Anyway these are my current American garage favourite double-siders which I own.... if I did a list of all time favourites, these would probably be in the top 20 too, however it'd mostly consist of records I simply don't have the money to afford or haven't managed to purchase yet.



1) The Squires - Going All The Way b/w Go Ahead (sadly I have the badly mastered east coast promo press, its near mint and still sounds bad)
2) The Elite - My Confusion b/w I'll Come to You (everything great about 60s garage, killer two-sider)
3) The Lykes of Us - Tell Me Why Your Light Shines b/w 7.30 Said ( I simply dig this 45, both sides are brilliant)
4) The Cutaways - I'll Never Fall In Love Again b/w Hold Me (this is my opinion of pristine teen frustration in one 45)
5) The Church Mice - Babe We're Not Part of Society b/w College Psychology On Love (one of the truest punk moments of the 1960s)
 
Doesn't have to be 45s you own, but it's more impressive if you do, of course!

I'd forgetten about the Cutaways - certainly one of my favourite two-siders. I prefer the Church Mice's earlier 45 though, recorded as Cack Click.
 
Never even knew about Cack Click, gonna have to check it out.

Yep... The Cutaways is a barely known moody killer, i was pleased when I got it.

On the edge of my top 5 owned double-siders, I would also put George Washington and The Cherry Stompers - Back Shelf Of My Mind b/w Wait Til Tomorrow Comes, I recently got this record as I always dug 'Back Shelf..." and needed it just cos of that cut, but I equally dig the flip, so its up there as a new favourite.

there are so many double siders I want though.... just don't have enough money for all I want.

The Try-Angle 45 is something i'd consider godly.
 
Berman said:
maybe, but it is what I'm thinking about this 45, if anyone offer it to me as a gift I wouldn't take it ..or take it to sell it to buy records I'm interested in
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If I knew how to do that little blue thing... I'd do it!!! purely cos of the fact you wouldn't take it as a gift, nor would you buy records you wanted if you sold it.... selling that record, could get you at least three other garage monsters??
 
Church Mice is the better of the pair, but Kack Klick seems to be far rarer.
$160 sounds pretty low for now.
Schaubroeck seems to have written the same message on every KK sleeve, that the record skips. However, neither of the two copies I've had skipped.
 
You could still buy copies of both singles for a couple of bucks from the House of Guitars back in the late 70's/early 80's. I ordered one of his LPs & he sent a copy of the Church Mice for free.
 
Q'65 - The Life I Live/Cry In The Night
The Outsiders - Keep On Trying/That's Your Problem
Masters' Apprentices - Undecided/Wars Or Hands Of Time
The Troggs - Wild Thing/From Home (obvious, yes, but the greatness cannot be disputed)
The Blue Things - The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind/One Hour Cleaners
 
Kudo's to Axel for listing the Kreeg . A Huge Personal Fave .
I scrolled through my little collection and came up with a pile of worthy contenders but your only supposed to list 5 so here goes .
Carter,Dean:Jailhouse Rock/Rebel Woman (5/4) Milky Way-011
Leather Boy,the:I'm A Leather Boy/Shadows (4/5) Pic/Sl MGM-K13724
Misunderstood,the:Children Of The Sun/I Unseen (4/4) NC UK Fontana-998
Novak's Kapelle:Hypodermic Needle/Doing That Rhythm Thing (4/5) AU Pic/Sl Amadeo International-21539
Sweet Cherry:Eight Day Blues/Funny Things Floating (5/5) Stop-101
As you can probably see I score my records out of 5 as opposed to TBM's 10 .

Seems like a shame no one has tossed up Young Tyrants/Brogues/Prodigal/Endd I could keep going
so come on people let's see some more faves .
 
Here are five fave 2 siders from the top off my head, that I have in my little collection...

Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth / Time Time Time
Run-A-Rounds – I Couldn't Care Less / I Can't Take You Back
Third Bardo – I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time / My Rainbow Life
13th Floor Elevators – Reverberation / Fire Engine
First Crow To The Moon – The Sun Lights Up The Shadows Of Your Mind / Spend Your Life
 
peterb said:
Kudo's to Axel for listing the Kreeg . A Huge Personal Fave .
I scrolled through my little collection and came up with a pile of worthy contenders but your only supposed to list 5 so here goes .
Carter,Dean:Jailhouse Rock/Rebel Woman (5/4) Milky Way-011
Leather Boy,the:I'm A Leather Boy/Shadows (4/5) Pic/Sl MGM-K13724
Misunderstood,the:Children Of The Sun/I Unseen (4/4) NC UK Fontana-998
Novak's Kapelle:Hypodermic Needle/Doing That Rhythm Thing (4/5) AU Pic/Sl Amadeo International-21539
Sweet Cherry:Eight Day Blues/Funny Things Floating (5/5) Stop-101
As you can probably see I score my records out of 5 as opposed to TBM's 10 .

Seems like a shame no one has tossed up Young Tyrants/Brogues/Prodigal/Endd I could keep going
so come on people let's see some more faves .
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Thanks for listing the Misunderstood - hadn't heard those songs before!
 
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