Ultimate '60s garage compilation series pipedream

[tom kirby]

Most of what I see is to "psych" for what was happening when we were playing. And, if there was any "Goth" it was even less than the psych. Things were more "Teeniebop", "Young but Rebellious", "Clean but crude". The freaky eyes and blood and stuff along that line came late 60s and 70s and was a small nitch by itself. Maybe my opinion is because of my mid-west up bringing. Everything came slower there than either coast. Didn't the record companies even have different album covers for different regions for the same album?

TeenBeat Mayhem has the look of a high school year book, not blood and guts and totally tripped out. Teen dances and Teen Clubs were big and people just didn't see things the way they are depicted in the artwork. Again, this is just my opinion. What comes to my mind is longer hair, blue jeans and flannel shirts, bell bottoms , polka dots. hot rods, mini skirts and go-go dancers. And bands with the "Uniform Look". That is if you're talking 64-67/8.

 

[Michael W]

80s is when I start to suck, though.

Maybe because the '80s sucked.

 

[ShyC]

Well, the posters and flyers I made were not MEANT to look like they were done in 1966. That would be quite boring for both todays youth and the designer. Just trying to reproduce something. It's the same thing with the "garage" term. Nobody called it garage back then, but it doesn't matter now. People want to see the 60s like they want to see them.
Same thing with any other decade. People are even beginning to like the 90s, obviously because they haven't lived through them.

 

[TomK]

At the time for me (1960's) the pop artists were crazy, weird and revolutionary. Their art exploded with images and colors. Contemporary artists of the 60's era were outlandish Ed Roth and his Surf & Hot Rod characters. Andy Warhol with his Soup Can Art, including using The Velvet Underground in his performance art expositions. And latter Peter Max with his trippy dream state renderings. Each artist with his own individual style. Also lets not forget the beautiful Filmore Auditorium Posters announcing upcoming concert dates. Just saying.

 

[sylvain]

Well, the posters and flyers I made were not MEANT to look like they were done in 1966. That would be quite boring for both todays youth and the designer. Just trying to reproduce something. It's the same thing with the "garage" term. Nobody called it garage back then, but it doesn't matter now. People want to see the 60s like they want to see them.
Same thing with any other decade. People are even beginning to like the 90s, obviously because they haven't lived through them.

100% agree with you, I was able to post a similar remark before you did: doin' things the exact 60s way would be utterly boring. In my opinion, all the magic in today's artwork when it comes to referring to the past is to find the right mix between yesterday's esthetics baselines and today's latest ideas and graphic achievements. If bosshoss series were to see the light (fingers crossed), it would be mandatory IMO to inscribe them in their time of release, ie 2013 (let's dream), just as 80s comps displayed a typical 80s look, same with 90s comps, etc. This would be a total nonsense to try to make them look as they had been released in 1966. For comp believers, garage comps are part of the garage history. In this respect, they deserve to be treated as all records before them, ie. with the spirit of the times of their release

 

[tom kirby]

ShyC,

I wasn't trying to imply any kind of artistic censorship or inhibit artistic freedom. I thought because of other comments which had been made that it was a more accurate picture of what it was like is what everyone was looking for. Your artwork is great. Sorry for my misunderstandong of those comments made by others.

 

[howlin' hoosier]

No, EMI

And now, one in the same - double whammy for anyone trying to license anything garage-like from those vaults.

Minimum of 10,000 in place?

 

[Ned]

Has this topic drifted off to be more of a pipedream than a possible reality ?

Ned

 

[Mr.Segment]

Has this topic drifted off to be more of a pipedream than a possible reality ?

Ned

I thought it was meant as a pipedream from the beginning? But hell, Crypt may feel free to pick up on some jacket & graphic tips in this thread