What are you listening to and what do you have to say about it?

[Darren J Wallace]

Hackamore Brick were the sheep's pinata in my opinion! So many unique NY area groups at that time, The Chrysalis, Elephant's Memory...

Oh yeah, and the beaver is a proud and noble mammal!

Hi Beccabear! you wouldn't happen to have an mp3 file for this.I would like to hear it being it has such high praise.Thanks in advance!
PS...nice profile pic!

 

[beccabear67]

A file for which, Hackamore Brick? So far I only have the One Kiss Leads To Another LP (fire escape photo cover) and haven't transferred it to CD-R for myself, but I do have a good mp3 of Searchin' picked up I know not where. The Chrysalis - Definition and self titled Elephant's Memory album are both fairly recently released on CD and worth getting if you like experimental late '60s stuff along the lines of Zappa, Beefheart and maybe a touch of The Fugs too. :)

The new photo is all of six days old, wish I owned a hat like that, maybe I'll look into getting one (white rabbits optional).

 

[Darren J Wallace]

Yes, the Hackamore Brick single, Searchin'. I guess I should have been more specific. Thanks in advance for sending it my way! I have never heard anything by the other groups you mention.I'll look 'em up!

 

[axel]

Chrysalis are listed in my Soft Rock A to Z (edited by Vanda/Japan), though they definitely have a dark, surreal, strange edge which clearly sets them apart from the usual sunshine pop acts. I love that album.
But I've got two new garage favorites as well:

"I Wanna Do It" by the Nonchalants (nice moniker) on the We The People CD

&
"Half Your Life" by the Hungry I's (thanks, Carroll!)

 

[Darren J Wallace]

Does anyone know anything about this track? Is this unreleased stuff by the E Types?,re-issued? I like it!

 

[The Raven]

International 60's beat comps all day today, gotta love the sound of American rock cliches gettin thrown into mega destructive blender filled with exotic ingredients from other lands, mmmm now this is *bastardized impurity at it's messiest*

The World For Us
(Spectra Sound - some of the best Nederbeat cuts ever on here)
Ills Sont Fous Ces Gaulois vol 4
(French-sung madness from all over the world, including a 1962 cut by Le Ry-Co Jazz - a Congolese Afrobeat-rockabilly band)
Beat It
(Boss Records comp from 2006, lotza raw 60s punk from all over)
Mystic Bambara Soul
(ok, this is a comp of mostly ultra lo fi trashed 70's African garage funk/soul from Burkina Faso aka Upper Volta, but it sounds 60's, total raw throwback shit for fans of the 'Chains & Black Exhaust' comp or the more brutal moments on the 'African Scream Contest'/Cazumbi comps)

 

[Westex]

Got turned on to this via Waxidermy... Canadian dude that covers a lot of ground while keeping his influence compass pointing in the direction of nineteensixtysomething.

http://expwy.bandcamp.com/album/bag-of-waters

 

[pfft]

Three fantastic and familiar songs from the Downey label + one never-heard-before track by The New Breed - a brilliant folky jangler.
Housed in a lovely thick sleeve.
Essential!

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Big Beat's Uptight Tonight comp - love that title track...

 

[nachete_888]

The new album of Baby Woodrose, wonderful,

 

[paul messis]

I've been listening to the new EVIL 45 on Feathered Apple... this is TOTALLY KILLER and must have for anyone into 60 garage, both sides obliterate anything on BFTG VOLUME 8... seriously it's that great.

The Ray Hummell III 45 on Feathered Apple, is also a work of genius, it's got a rather amusing pic sleeve too.

both records are kinda GENIUS.

Paul

 

[howlin' hoosier]

13th Floor Elevators - Paradise Lost

 

[axel]

I was rather disappointed by the Winning Sides #3 comp. The songs are so-so. All filler, no killer. And the sound quality is really bad. I listened to it once and dumped it right away. A temerity briefly speaking.

On the other hand, for all the flack it received, the obscure "60s Garage Punk Classics" reissue has pretty good sound quality, better than the old EPs, and certainly far better than Winning Sides. And of course: killer stuff. The Scott Bedford Four, Shadows, Scroundrels, US Kids and yes, even the Wildwood are on it!
It's only a reissue, but 60s punk at its best and great joy to listen to. Images of rough and crazy teenage days keep popping up in my head. Man, it's got to be WILD!!!
In the short and crude liner notes the recently returned Patrick the Lama is being cited: "Along with Psychedelic Disaster Whirl these EP sets are probably the finest comps of the late 80s. The three first volumes would have made one hell of an LP."
Well, some young punk went out and did it. And it IS one hell of an LP. Bravo!
And the man doing the vinyl mastering knew his job. That's a damn lot these days...

 

[pfft]

I was rather disappointed by the Winning Sides #3 comp. The songs are so-so. All filler, no killer. And the sound quality is really bad.

Really? I like it a lot, and it sounds great. None of that annoying mp3'y sound quality that mars a lot of today's comps.

 

[axel]

Really? I like it a lot, and it sounds great. None of that annoying mp3'y sound quality that mars a lot of today's comps.

Strange. I can't believe we're talking about the same thing. If Winning Sides 3 isn't annoying mp3 quality I don't know what is... Either that or very bad mastering. As it has the same muddiness on all the tracks this might well be the case.

 

[axel]

... or maybe I just had a REALLY bad day. Maybe I should go down to the cellar and pull it out from the sales bin again? :rolleyes:

 

[HarvestmanMan]

So it looks like someone else has a copy of that Hackamore Brick 45. I found a copy of that at a thrift store about three years ago. The B-side, "Radio," is a parody of those "Teen Angel"-type songs, a nice little upbeat piece.

Here's an MP3 of "Radio":
http://kiwi6.com/file/36i0r6uy76

 

[axel]

Listed to side 2 of The Beach Boys Today and all of the Teddy Neeley debut lp on Capitol (among other things) last night while folding laundry and grading 7th grade exams and writing an exam for my 8th graders.

You know... real primitive kinda stuff.

I bought the first Teddy Neeley recently at the flea market. At first I couldn't really figure out what style it is. I thought it's kind of folk-rock with a Southern feel or something. Now I think especially side 2 is some of the best blue-eyed soul I ever heard. Great vocals and arrangements. Great songs, too. I just remembered that somebody mentioned it here some time ago.
Funny that Bobby Darin is shown on the back of the sleeve. I guess he was never produced as well as the Teddy Neeley debut himself. I'm a fan of Bobby Darin and I like almost everything he did, but the two albums he put out on his own Direction label in the late 60s are faves of mine. Here's a cool clip of Bobby Darin doing his probably most "garage-y" tune:

 

[The Swyne]

Heard "Winning Sides Vol. 3" today. I liked it!

Some interesting rockers.
"The Fast One" by Last Exit was a good track to kick things off!

.... But yeah, quality is a little weird :rolleyes:

 

[M.T. Wallet]

(no offense but) I quit '65-69 music these days (bored with fuzz probably...)
does anyone know a good place (forum) about raw r&blues, rockabilly and other good stuff from the 50s/early 60s?
thanks!