unknown acetate? any ideas

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Here is an unknown? Audiodisc 45rpm No band name written only titles.

- Girl Listen really tears up sounds like 63 - 65 maybe earlier? Sax and burning guitar leads, the flip side is an awful stomach churning loungey ballad. Any ideas of a band name anyone?

Maybe a 5 or 6 on the MTM garage-o-meter.

https://soundcloud.com/agentugly/unknown-girl-listen

 

[Rich Strauss]

Nice find.

No idea who it is.

I give it a 4 on the garage-o-meter.

 

[greenfuzz]

Nice find. No idea who it is. I give it a 4 on the garage-o-meter.

I would personally score it a 4 as well.

 

[Perkeo]

I concur at around 4...decent enough, nice amateurish quality and some OK leads, but the tempo is fairly slow and not really manic and/or memorable enough to lift it above a 5. I would be thrilled to find it in the wild though...

 

[MopTopMike]

A Solid 3.

As the TBM definition for a 3 rating explains:
Might rate dull and ordinary to some (like me), good to others.

 

[Frantic]

3...vocals and sax really bring it down...Nice guitar.

 

[Outside_Lookin_in]

4

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Thanks all for your comments and opinions. I of course over graded as I own it now, which is usually an extra 1 or 2 mark.

i do like the primitive sound and if not for the lead guitar break it really is quite pedestrian.

Anyone care to hazard a guess on a year? I love to hear from the experts.

 

[captainsalty]

i'd rate it a nice and solid 3.

great find, and the fidelity is top notch regarding it's an old acetate.

my points of criticism:
-songwriting is ok, but nothing great.
-singer has a good voice but doesn't deliver.
-sax: i like saxes in garage beat songs, but this guy here has no idea what to do with his instrument and generally rather hurts the song then benefit it.

it's a shame because as i said the recording job and the pressing are top notch.

 

[MopTopMike]

It is probably somewhere between 1965-1967 given similar sounding tunes with sax dominance from rural areas / regions.

What are the exact titles as written? Is it Listen Girl, or Girl Listen? The B side?

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

It is probably somewhere between 1965-1967 given similar sounding tunes with sax dominance from rural areas / regions.

What are the exact titles as written? Is it Listen Girl, or Girl Listen? The B side?

Mike,

I'm at work right now, I see what I did - wrote one way here and another on the link.... One is correct.

I'll get back to you tonight...

 

[jeffs11375]

MopTopMike said this is probably 1965-1967 and given his superior knowledge (to me anyway) I would defer to his opinion. But one thought: I am guessing this was recorded with the intent to release it as a single and at 3:33 it's a bit long for that time period. Not many 45s broke the 3:30 mark before 1968 or so.

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Mike,

The songs are called
A. Girl Listen
B. Lost Love

Jeffs, I was assuming the long drum intro and outro, were ready for a fade in and/or fade out to take the songs down to under the 3:00 mark??