Post by pmadreenter on Apr 10, 2009 22:08:02 GMT -5
Howdy, all --
Time to spam-out a FS list; I just updated my catalog HERE:
pocamadreenterprises.bravehost.com
so I also want to throw out a list of 60's 45.s into the forum here; roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news. Go to the website if you want to see records in the other categories of coolness -- non-USA 1960's, punk-rock, rockabilly, r&b/soul...
Prices are in USD, grading is tight and careful, references on request, reasonable return policy. Postage in USA starts at 3.00, to Europe and Asia it starts at 5.00.
Oh yeah, e-mail address. Hit me at pmadreenter@yahoo.com if there's anything here you want. Cheers, have a rockin' weekend.
ANDY & MANHATTANS - Skinny Minnie/
Musicor (USA) 1112 @vg++ 12
WLP. 1965. Cute frat/garage-r with a southern accent, lotsa twangy lead guitar. Flipside is kinda Merseysound.
ARSENIO (RODRIGUEZ) - Hang On Sloopy/Vaya Pa'l Monte
Bang (USA) 533 VG++ 10
WLP. 1966. Boogaloo/salsa version of garage standard; heavily accented talkover vocals in English give it some horrifying novelty appeal. Flip is straight proto-salsa, a direct rip from 'Guantanamera'.
BADD BOYS - Folks In A Hurry/I Told You So
Epic (USA) 5-10165 stVG++ 35
Playful, skiffly flowerpower whimsy a la Spoonful or Nilsson; flip's a semi-punker. Kinda trebly and tame, but it's got some attitude and a long guitar break.
BANDITS - Good Good Lovin/Baby Feel Good
Goal G-702 VG++ 10
1964-65. NY label. Poppy, upbeat two-sider with no British influence happening yet. Everly Brothers and Dion/Belmonts damage.
BARBARIANS - Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl/Take It Or Leave It
Laurie (USA) 3308 stVG 5
Garage classic, duh. Gormless and impossibly cool.
BEAU BRUMMELS - Don't Talk To Strangers/
Autumn 20 NM 10
Terrific jangle/drone a la Roger McGuinn, superb stuff.
JIM BENSON - Some Other Face/Memories
Verve (USA) 10371 stVG 4
1965. Semi-orchestrated, Spector-sound MerseyByrds with vibrant, chiming guitar leads. Tough vocals, more than a hint of garage cred. B-side is much limper, throwback to the 63-teen sound.
BEL CANTOS - Feel Aw Right/Instro version
Downey (USA) D-128 NM-- 20
Tough & dynamic frat-rock with wailing organ, LOUD tambourine. Barry White involvement.
BLACKLIGHT BRAILLE - Margie Ate Some Marmalade/
Vetco (USA) 534 NM/NM 8
1987, ex-Bitter Blood Street Theatre, I think. Weird, Residents-damaged psych/pop. Self-consciously irrelevant vocalizing, ominous/spooky instro backing, lot of acid/psych lead
guitar.
BOBBY BLAKENEY - Sweet Mary/The Little Aladdin's Lamp
Ford (USA) 165 NM-- 15
Thinly-produced country-garage ballad, sounds like a cross between Mitch Ryder and Jonathan Richman.
BRENTWOODS - Yeah Yeah No No/Babe You Know
Our (USA) 101 NM-- 50
1967. Classy m/f flowerpsych from a tiny town in New Mexico, Mamas & Papas sound. Norman Petty produced, warm & full-sounding with psychy organ fills fleshing out the texture. Pretty likable, though it didn't click with me at first listen. RSOL.
JAY BROWN - That's How Much/
Atco 45-6394. @vg++ 8
WLP. 1965, rockin' sortabilly two-sider. Country-boy R&B with speedied-up Ray Charles riffs and harmonica ends up sounding a LOT like Dylan and The Hawks, very striking.
BROWNING - Take Care Of My Brother/
Amaret 118 NM 6
1970, WLP. Prod. Jerry Styner, songwriting credit to Nilsson. Sweet, kinda Hollies-imitating sound with countryish touches. B-side is top 40 pop with horns. Vocalist sounds British?
BRUINS - Go On And Cry/Can't Believe That You've Grown Up
General American (USA) 721 NM 15
Punky merseyballad with a bit of anger audible in the vocals. Flip's smooth & slick, has a mildly unusual guitar break.
BRYLLIG AND THE NYMBOL SWABES - I'm Gonna Love You Anyway/Back Again
TRX (USA) 5016 NM 15
WLP. Dramatic late-60's teener with Phil Spector-sound production. Lead harpsichord.
BYE BYE BRUCE - Corner Boy/
T-A 213 NM- 6
WLP. 1972-73? Punchy, glam-flavored top 40 pop-n-roll with horrible animal-bleating vocals, something very unappealing about... I'll spare you the wisecracks...
CARROT TREE - Dum Dum/Circus Time
RCA (USA) 9877 stVG++ 30
Promo label. Studio bozos, apparently some connection to the creative team that made Felix The Cat cartoons? Fast, throbby, not-bubblegum-yet popsike, hook in the chorus copped from
some song I can't remember. Flipside is a spooky carnival tune with theremin-type sounds and all possible freak-effects, including grinding fuzz toward the end. Record is expensive elsewhere, but I'm not feeling it. You know what I'm saying?
CHARTBUSTERS - She's The One/
Mutual 502 NM-- 30
1964/65. Hot, rockin' two-sider with Meet The Beatles moves. Great guitar break on 'She's The One'.
CLASSMEN - The Yang Yang/Poor Poor Johnny
Pearce (USA) 5813 VG+ 7
Uptempo horn-pop with drifty flower-psych elements in the chorus. Flip's a ballad. Kinda Rascals-style overall, I guess... sorta...
JEFFREY CLAY & DIGGERS - Well Wella Well/
MGM (USA) 13396 VG 3
1965. A-side is really bland folkies-go-pop, b-side is okay garage pop a la Lovin Spoonful.
GENE CORNISH/UNBEETABLES - I Wanna Be A Beetle/
Dawn 551 @vg++ 60
1964, VERY happening early garage; A-side hits a strong "What'd I Say' groove with handclaps and funny lyrics, and the flip is a big-beat rock/ballad. Early recording by future member of YOUNG RASCALS.
MAC DAVIS - Bad Scene/I Protest
Capitol 5554 stVG+ 5
1965. Neat Bob Dylan parodies; bandwagon-jumping and revisionism at the same time. Funny on purpose and also inadvertantly funny, sorta Sonny Bono-esque in that respect.
DAYTRIPPERS - That's Part Of The Game/You Cheated
American Music Makers (USA) AMM005 VG++ 30
Poppy two-sider with punky lyrics -- A-side is big-beat Monkees pop with handclaps and horns, flipside has the jangly-guitar action.
(DEARLY BELOVED) - Peep Peep Pop Pop/
Boyd BB 157 VG++ 60
1966, Tucson AZ. Stompin' mostly-punker with snotty vocals... but the flip is wussy. SCARCE first label for this record, before Columbia picked it up for nat'l distro; this is the error-version with the band name listed as "Beloved Ones".
DECEMBER'S CHILDREN - A Girl Like You/
Capitol (USA) P-5883 stVG 6
Low-key folk-rock with girly falsetto b/w garage-pop bouncer with Palisades Park organ.
DEREK - Back Door Man/
Bang B-566 stVG++ 10
1968/69. Strutting, horny top-40 sound, more rock and ROLL than most 60's radio-fodder. Flip's a 1960's version of "We Are All Prostitutes" with severely out-of-time handclaps (!). Whoa, this mother is SLOPPY! Artist formerly known as JOHNNY CYMBAL.
DON AND JERRY - In The Cover Of The Night/
Fabor (USA) 140 stVG++ 20
1965. ALMOST-punk two-sider; 2 1/2-chord organ/fuzz pounder; the vocals are pretty bland, and the playing is a little restrained, but all the raw materials are there. Nice surprise on a fuddy-duddy label like Fabor.
NEIL DOVER - Mr. Bus Driver/Paper Man
Diamond (USA) 270 stVG++ 10
TOUGH version of the blue-eyed Box Tops/BS&T sound, turns down the horns and turns up the distorted guitar. Flip's ... how shall I say... David Clayton-Thomas sings Jimmy Webb, kind of an unusual mix. Punchy, nice-sounding production. Comes in a way-spiffy Diamond Records stock sleeve.
KEIR DULLEA - Just Like A Woman/
Platypus PP-9013 VG++ 7
1969-ish Jimmy Webb-ish pop. Banjo, strings, flute, oboe... it's NOT the Bob Dylan song. B-side's all ecological and stuff.
DUST - Gone/I Know, I Know
Yas (USA) 04 VG 8
Macho rocker-guy early-70's hard rock with wah-wah and residual psych-y moves. Betcha they listened to a lot of Heep. Two guitar breaks. Flip's sensitive, also psych-y. Thurlow Spurr produced, which is funny-peculiar and funny-ha-ha.
JEREMY EDEN - Just A Little Bit/
Hi Note 1025 @nm-- 35
Irresistable crude frat-rock. Ajua! Nashville label. Flip is a country/teen crossover ballad with some Dylan-style organ filling out the sound.
ELECTRIC JUNKYARD - Oliver/
RCA 74-0159 NM 10
Attempted funk with hand-drums and big fat farting fuzztone. Flip's an instro -- no fuzz on this side, but still at the weirdest end of now-sound pop.
ESP LIMITED - Cry Baby/In My Heart
Downey (USA) D-142 stVG++ 30
WLP. 1966, probably CA, garage/soul with sax and bluesy guitar leads. Sounds like Rolling Stones circa "Cry To Me" plus... um... a little bit of Righteous Brothers. Red vinyl. SOL.
EXCELLS - Show Me The Way/Please Say You'll Be Mine
Boyd (USA) 140 NM 10
1964, band billed as "the Nashville Beatles." Smooth, fast beat-group sound, Mersey-ish like you'd expect it to be, light vocal harmonies... Pret-ty poppy, I gotta warn ya... but, hey, it's '64, give them a break.
EXILES - Don't Cry No More/For You're Precious Love
Gapocha (USA) GA-247 stVG++ 20
Tough & basic two-chord soul/rock with gritty vocals, flip is a cover of Jerry Butler's doo-wop/early soul standard.
FABULOUS FLIPPERS - I Need You/Don't Fight It
Fona (USA) 307 NM 25
Not the Kinks' song. Horn-rock with a heavy sixties-funk edge. Pretty darn deep for white boys.
FABULOUS FOUR - Happy/Who Could It Be?
Brass (USA) 314 @vg++ 20
Fast, kinda-garagey rocker with lots of guitar; 1961-62 band (prev. records on Chancellor and Coral) do a damn good job catching up with the sounds of 1964. Offbeat keyboard effects. Flip's a smooth ballad-teener, not nearly as "advanced". SOL.
FAMILY ALBUM - Get Together/Mind Beside Mine
December (USA) 875 stVG++ 12
WLP. Folky/pop-psych, m/f vocals, somewhere between "J.A. Takes Off" and "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" .
FAMILY DOGG - Way Of Life/
Bell (USA) 785 NM- 6
Sweet rural melodic rock/pop with strings. Flip's uptempo, blues-flavored. M/F vocals.
FASTEST GROUP ALIVE - Bad News/Lullabye: 5.15 Sports
Valiant (USA) 759 stVG++ 20
WLP. 1967? Pounding punker has some absurd gimmicks that don't detract from the rockin' intensity of it. Hints of heavy-psych stylings starting to creep in around the edges. Flip's a Sim-o-Garf knockoff, total throwaway. Forty seconds long. Small WOL.
JOSE FELICIANO - Everybody Do The Click/
RCA 8425 WLP @nm- 8
Unusual one for Jose, a straight-up 1963-style teen-pop dance-craze song. Actually recorded in 1964, has some wild, peculiar scat singing in the bridge. Flip is more typical, sweet, almost-bathetic acoustic ballad.
FINGERPRINTS BAND - Mechelle/Stagger Lee
FBI (USA) 1227 NM- 6
North Carolina, probably 70's. Fast and lively Dr. Hook/boogie cum Flamin' Hillbilly Groovies roots-rock. Mighty likable, even if it's an unfashionable style. Flip's a GREAT 50's cover. Yahoo.
THE FLOCK - Take Me Back/Each Day Is A Lonely Night
Destination 635 stVG+ 8
Blue-eyed soul/horn-rock, upbeat with loud handclaps. Kinda clumsy and garage-ish around the edges, but you would hardly think this was the same band that went on to be electric-violin hippies on Columbia. It is, though.
FLOYD AND JERRY WITH THE COUNTERPOINTS - Girl/Believe In Things
Presta (USA) 1003 VG++ 30
Byrds-a-billy teen rockers. Phoenix, AZ label.
NEAL FORD/FANATICS - Wait For Me/
Hickory 1450 NM 15
1967/68. Cute tinkertoy pop-psych, very trebly & twee. Flipside shows off the moves they learned from their Yardbirds records -- they've got the organ, they've got the fuzz, they've got a little bit of that garage-punker's snarl...
FOUR - Lonely Surfer Boy/Now Is The Time
Clark (USA) 225 stVG 6
Early 1965. Harmony-vocal ballad with surf-guitar, sounds like they're reworking the "Lonely Bull" riff. Flip's uptempo, Merseyish beat.
FOUR BLAZERS - Storybook Dreams/Shu-Shine Mister
Buddy (USA) 145 NM- 30
TX label, no date. Top-40/(blue-eyed?) soul-rock with horns. Ballad b/w uptempo; the fast side's a little funkish, has some fuzz -- I'm actually digging it a bit, with the empowerment and leeberation in its lyrics.
4J's - Dreamin/Love My Love
Congress (USA) 6003 NM 15
(Northern sound, white group, very smooth and professional. You can hear a bit HERE: www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/103632/4_Js_featuring_JR._POPE from a guy who wants 25.00 GBP for his copy. Says it's an old Wigan spin. Figures.
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - Sweet Thang/
International Artists IA 112 NM- 15
WLP. Raunchy, goofy, Texas-sounding jugband FUN. Flip is an instro, like a library track or something. Sounds like James Bond music. I don't understand why it's there.
FRINGE BENEFITS - Come With Me/
New Age 30001 NM 7
Promo label, 1969. Baroqued-up string quartet flowerpop.
FRONT PORCH - Wonderful Summer/Under The Boardwalk
Jubilee (USA) 5720 VG++ 7
Luscious & dreamy flowerpop with... like... eight-part m/f harmonies. Files right next to Free Design, in every sense.
BOBBY FULLER FOUR - Love's Made A Fool Of You/
Mustang 3016 NM 20
Bobby F's on his Buddy Holly kick again. Nice guitar. Flip's kinda garage/folk-rock, not a major barn-burner.
FUN AND GAMES - Grooviest Girl In The World/
Uni (USA) 55098 stVG++ 6
1968. Gorgeous powerpop-psych, ooh it's fun! Flip is a psych-pop ballad with fuzz and harpsichord. BBH.
FUN AND GAMES - We/
Uni (USA) 55128 stVG+ 6
1968. Flowerballad two-sider. BBH.
GENTRYS - Spread It On Thick/Brown Paper Sack
MGM (USA) 13432 VG+/NM- 15
OR XX/stVG++ 8
Fratty/punky rocker b/w a pounding two-chord punker.
GENTRYS - A Woman Of The World/
MGM 13561 VG+ 4
Solid guitar rock with a mild sneer to the vocals, not highly dynamic.
GENTRYS - I Can See/90 Pound Weakling
MGM (USA) 13749 @vg++ 7
Promo label. Uptempo moody/poppy with some surprising musicianly touches. Flip is likeably silly. XOL.
GENTRYS - Why Should I Cry/I Need Love
Sun 1108 NM- 15
1970. A-side is a note-for-note rip of "Midnight Confessions", it's plenty okay... and B-side is a roaring hard-psych/punk MONSTER. Great, great record -- I can't keep it in stock. Who's next in line?
ARTIE GLENN - Good Guys Wear White Hats/
Fashion (USA) 203 NM 30
1966. Texas-accent knock-off of Alley Oop or something by The Olympics. Tinny sounding piece of crap, in the nicest possible way. Flip is a weirdly hybrid twangy-guitar instrumental with string orchestra and Anita Kerr-styled chorus. Record is on the RCS list.
GRADUATES - You Better Go Now/Wendy, Wendy, Go Away Malvern (USA) M-500 VG 3
Pop vocal with m/f singers, somewhere between Lettermen and The Forum. Very very MOR, even calling it 'sunshine pop' is a bit of a stretch. Bummer when a record looks so obscure & promising and turns out to be... like this...
GRASSHOPPERS - Pink Champagne (And Red Roses)/The Wasp
Sunburst (USA) 105 VG- 5
1965? Weird spaghetti-western-Telstar-Runaway ballad b/w surfie instro with nice guitar sound. First band for Benjamin Orr, later in The Cars. RW.
GREAT JONES - I'll Keep It With Mine/My Lovin' Woman
Tonsil (USA) 001 stVG++ 12
Promo label. Gritty rural-psych toward southern-boogie, lots of guitar. "My lady don't drink no wine, she gets high on turpentine." Also comes with **ultra-cool** Tonsil Records factory-sleeve.
HAPPENINGS - Lullaby In The Rain/I Wish You Could Know Me (Naomi)
Jubilee (USA) 5712 NM 6
Offbeat falsetto sunshine pop with a grab-bag of borrowed elements. Flip's a piano-led "gritty-soulful" ballad, not nearly as zany.
HAPPY FEELING - Happy Feeling/If There's A Thought
Mala (USA) 12,034 NM 6
Promo label. Bouncy, uptempo flower-pop two-sider w/organ & hatrmony vocals. Unusual break, can't tell what the instrument is. Might be a Cordovox.
HEARTS AND FLOWERS - Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down)/She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
Capitol (USA) 2167 NM- 10
Mostly-countryrock band ('68) goes all-out toytown for one glorious 45. Backwards instruments, all kindsa pop-psych trickery, it's swell. Tony Cost, Nick Venet involvement. RSOL.
HIGH SPIRITS - (Turn On Your) Love Light/Tossin' And Turnin'
Soma (USA) 1436 @vg 6
1965. Tough two-sider, exactly as good as it needs to be. Not total-frenzy teen psychosis, but it's... good enough. Plenty good. Like my mother used-a say about Eddie Cochran, they're so exactly average they're perfect.
RON HINSON - Peddlers Of Hate/
Treva (USA) 222 VG++ 8
1965, or '66, I reckon, exploito-folkrock by conservative apologist, sorta like The Spokesmen. Moments of exciting Byrdsy jangle, and then after the intro it all goes blah. B-side has some snarky in-jokes directed toward Sonny Bono and Barry McGuire. WOL.
HOLIDAYS - Love And Learn/I Want You To Love Me
Coral (USA) 62430 NM 20
Promo label. Mersey-ish, Brit64 moves with Everlys harmonies. Very striking intro, strong drumming.
HOT KNIVES - Hey Grandma/
K.O. (USA) 0002 VG++/VG++ 10
1976. Goodtimey late-hippie rural/power pop, Flamin' Groovies involvement.
HOUNDS - Call Me/On The Road
P.O.J. Records 000 @nm--/NM-- 25
Apparently from somewhere in New York state, late 70's. Mainstream band doing some genius glammy power-pop (not pop-punk) on A-side, sounds like The Sweet, handclaps and all. Flip is a light-weight, poppy version of the blues-rock/boogie sound.
IRON BRIGADE QUICKSTEP - Girl, I Got News For You/
Decca (USA) 32854 VG++ 6
1971. Garage-pop version of B S & T without the horns? Close enough. Nice production values, fancy stereophonic action, warm & solid bottom end sounds real clear.
JAMES GANG - Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo/Satin And Lace Ascot (USA) 2205 VG++ 8
WLP. Charging, gravel-voiced T&B stomper b/w poppy garage/teen fluff with a very familiar riff. I'm not sure if this is the same James Gang as the 1971 hippies on ABC...
JAMIE - Sunshine Bus/Sweet Jane
Capitol (USA) P 2395 NM- 6
Promo label. Big, dramatic BS&T rave-up -- production is thrilling, great drum sound. Tough Cockerish vocals, some psych-y organ. Flip's a bit more flowerpsych/Neil Diamond -- NOT Velvets song. Artie Kornfeld, Wayne Kirby involvement. Not sure if this is the same guy that was on Roulette.)
JOHNNY JAY AND THE GANGBUSTERS - You Get Your Kicks/Gangbusters Blues
Josie (USA) 980 VG 5
1967. Blue-eyed soul, northern sound, sorta like a tougher Tommy James & Shondells. Flip's a version with overdubbed guitar leads.
JAY HAWKERS - To Have A Love (As Sweet As You)/Send Her Back Deltron (USA) 1228 NM- 30
Crude, underproduced attempt at Turtlepop. Jangly guitars, harmony vocals, basement texture. Flipside ditto, but if 'moody' is the new hip flavor, B-side is THE GOD OF MOODY, absolute perfection in the 'looking out the window into a rainstorm and trying not to cry' genre -- song begins "Marie, the leaves are dying" and it just doesn't let up. I wanted to price this'n at 60.00 because it's so genius, but there are other copies online.
JONATHAN CLOUD - Jonathan Cloud/Stop And Think
Vigor (USA) 701 @vg++ 30
WLP. REALLY artful and REALLY charming proggy McCartney/toytown pop-psych with elaborate, showy melodic guitar leads. Spin-off of Maine group EUPHORIA'S ID.
JC (JIMMIE & CHARLIE)- Space Man/A Letter To My Son
Sambo Sounds (USA) SS-0156 NM- 4
1974. JC stands for Jimmy & Charlie, if that tells you anything. Uptempo acoustic-guitar country-rock, fresh, lively & appealing. Total late-Byrds vibe, nice guitar licks.
JERRY & JEFF - Sweet Sweet Lovin' You/Poor Old Mr. Jensen Super-K (USA) 101 VG+ 4
1968. Kasenatz-Katz bubblestuff, works the sex=candy metaphor to DEATH. Flip's an instro wit pseudo-classical moves.
JOHNNY AND GENE - It's You I Love/Baby You Know
Jox (USA) 023 stVG++ 25
TX Chicano garage-moodies, still stuck between Everly Brothers and them newfangled Byrds. Apparently 1965, San Antonio label. WOL.
LAW FIRM - Girl From Liverpool/Love Is Bad
Imperial (USA) 66117 @vg++ 6
1963. Skiffly-with-banjo by USA band who jumped the Brit bandwagon early. Fake accents and all. Flip is cute and Herman-ish. Good songwriting.
LIBRARY - Groovin' Is Easy/Temptation
Exclusive (USA) 1/2 stVG++ 15
1968. Punchy, nicely-produced soul-rock a la Rascals, horn arrangements a bit 'Penny Lane' ish. Oooh, B-side is FAST.
LITTLE HENRY LEE - Give Me A Little Loving/She's A Woman Key-loc' (USA) KL 1037 NM- 20
Tight & punchy frat/soul band with horns, stumbly ESL-sound vocalist who doesn't quite get it. Pretty charming. Flip's a ballad, goes heavier on the horns. You can hear the A-side HERE:
lonestarstomp.blogspot.com/ . Scroll down the page a little.
Hi, westex!
LOVE SOCIETY - Tobacco Road/Drop Of Rain
Scepter 12236 NM- 15
1968. WLP. Kickin' fuzz and organ version of perennial garage raunch classic. Flip, sadly, is a ballad. Pre-SUNBLIND LION guys.
MANIFEST DESTINY - Silly Me/Reminds Me Of You
Champ (USA) 3404 NM-- 10
1966? Wisconsin label, poss. Milwaukee band. 60's AOR,cloned from the soft&gentlest bits of the Rascals records. Extra points for neat production & big booming drums on B-side. Spector influence? Fading Yellow flowerpop? Yeah...
MATADORS - Wobble Wobble/Let Me Dream
Forbes (USA) 230 stVG++ 20
Mexican frat-rock dumbo charmer a la 96 Tears/Farmer John. Long guitar break. Flip's slow-drag doowop-style ballad. Second label -- earlier version on Chartmaker is QUITE rare.
BILLY MCKNIGHT & PLUS 4 - You're Doin' Me Wrong/Time Wasted Custom (USA) 127 NM- 35
Crude, monotonous punker with harmonica, gritty vocal. Flip's goopy with orchestrations and marimbas. XOL.
MEGATON - I Hope You Mean It/Diggin
DCA (USA) 2001. NM 10
DC. label, NY/tri-state band? Produced by Toni Bongiovi. 1969-AOR-sound blue-eyed soul, possible northern appeal -- sounds like a smoosh-up between the Rascals and The OJays. Flip's a midtempo instro with lowkey funk groove.
MISFITS - This Little Piggy/Lost Love
Imperial (USA) 66054 VG 5
1964? Frat-rocker with fake crowd noises, pretty keen. Flip's a dramatic ballad in Gene Pitney territory.
MOTOR CITY ROCKERS - Rocker Sound + 3 EP
Gangster (USA) 7027 VG++/NM 15
1980, Detroit biker/bar-punk hard-rock -- 3 originals and a Stones cover. Wayne Kramer credited as guest bg vocalist, guest guitar and co-producer. Tough but cleanly-produced sounding, like Highway Robbery. Piano makes it a bit Segerish.
MOVERS - Leave Me Loose/Birmingham
1-2-3 1700 NM 40
Thudding, 'can't-really-play' punker with some wild screams. Flip's a little more organized, has horns, but it still rocks. 1.75 sider?
NEW WATERMELON RHYTHM BAND - I've Never Been Out Of Love (In Denver Before)/Lengthy Conversation
Rumble (USA) 004 VG+/VG+ 5
1979, Chicago area. Country-rock bar-band, M/F vocals. Both sides were comped on "Pointy Feet Beat" regional LP. Sleeve drawn by underground cartoonist Jay Lynch.
1929 DEPRESSION - Child Of Clay/
Providence PROV 422 NM 10
WLP. Overwrought, extremely 'relevant' and 'meaningful' protest song pop/rock. Rock combo + horn section + strings, Ernie Maresca involvement. Flip is pretty-hot blue-eyed 60's funk/soul.
NITTIE GRITTIES - Nine Days Late/
Extra (USA) 19661 @vg++ 35
A bit of the old Shadows of Knight sneer on this one, a moody beat-ballad punker about the fear of teenaged pregnancy. "My baby, she's late, she's nine days late..." Unknown, un-comped...
maybe not quite tough enough for the G1000, but still an awesome record. Flipside is midtempo pop-punk/folk-rock. Not bad, but I'd like it better if it wasn't so Lovin' Spoonful. Slight ring.
NOELS - Runaway Boy/That's My Song
Plantation (USA) 40 VG++ 12
"Moody garage sound", top 40-ish with female singer. Unusual.
NO NAME - Are You Satisfied Now, Girl?/
Gramm (USA) 701 stVG++ 5
1970 horn-rock AOR. B--side is vaguely appealing. Sl. warp, NAP.
NULL SET - He Came Back/With Your Love
Date (USA) 1520 VG++ 12
WLP. 1966 orch-pop with a girl trio struggling to stay on key. Slow & kinda charming. B-side: same, add harpsichord.
ONE WAY STREET - Girls, Girls/Yard Dog
Apollo (USA) CF-100 stVG++ 30
Peculiar poppy thing with calliope-sound organ and... um... whistling. Might push somebody's 'moody' buttons, but I didn't really like it. Flip's a snotty Mitch Ryder/Sam The Sham garage/frat soul-punk strut. New Orleans label? Not the classic 50's NYC one.
ROY ORBISON - Twinkle Toes/
MGM K13498 @vg+ 6
1966, Orbi tries his hand at FRAT ROCK! Ooh, it's weird -- thick fuzz, handclaps, lyrics about dancing, riotous Sam The Sham-style party noises in the background... Flipside's a more typical Roy-style ballad.
OUTSIDERS - What Makes You So Bad You Weren't Brought Up That Way/
Capitol (USA) 5646 @vg++ 6
Decent major-label punker, not amazingly raw & monstrous, but not bad. Has a fade-out with talkover just like 'All the Young Dudes'. Um... who's gonna kick WHO in the head? Flip's a ballad with strings.
NEW!! 3/24 OUTSIDERS - Respectable/Lost In My World
Capitol (USA) 5701 VG+ 5
Punchy fratsound rocker, takes after Isley Brothers. Flip's a bit more garagey, Byrds-style riffing and sweet vocals.
JERRY PALMER - Walking The Dog/Don't Leave Me, Baby
Gaiety (USA) G-111 VG++ 15
1966. Fun frat/garage funnishness, enjoyable version of a routine song. Flip's a teener, sorta reminds me of 'Midnight Confessions.'
MARK PALMER - Take A Little Time Out, Girl/
Spark SP 02 stVG++ 7
1971. Nice midtempo flowerpop guy. Somebody needs to steal that hook out of the chorus, he didn't quite do it justice. Flipside is a little heavy on the horns. Nice tiny-label Orig. Fact. Sleeve.
JIM PASH - Behind The Wall/
C.M.C.W. no # VG-/VG++ 5
1974. Ex-SURFARIS guy goes pro-CHRIST and anti-COMMIE. Very effective arty/dirgy folk-rock licensed from USA micro-label.
PASTERNAK PROGRESS - Cotton Soul/Flower Eyes
Original Sound (USA) OS-77 NM-- 40
LA band, organ-led psych-punker, moody & interesting -- major DOORS influence.
PEACE MILL - Long Nights, Hard Times/Be With Me Tonight
PM (USA) no # NM 5
North Carolina. 1974-76? Bouncy-poppy top-40 with handclaps & horn section; flip is pop-funk with synth and heavy wah-wah action. Could be anywhere up to 1982 or so, but I'm guessing
earlier.
PAUL PEEK - Out Went The Lights Of My World/
1-2-3 PRO-4716 VG++ 6
1969, promo label. Former Gene Vincent sideman (from 56-57) doing some country/crossover and some blue-eyed soul rock/pop. Wish it was more 'billier, but it's okay, I guess.
PERFECT STONE - Little Girl Purple/
Certron C-10014 stVG 4
Not-bad horn-rock with female vocals and hand-drums. Flip's kinda dull '71-ish AOR.
PIECES OF EIGHT -Lonely Drifter/
A&M 854 stVG++ 7
1967/68, ex-SWINGING MEDALLIONS. Blue-eyed soul/pop with intense, pleading vocals. Flip's a go-go instro with lots of swingin' organ. Beach music?
POOR - Come Back Baby/
Decca (USA) 32318 NM 15
1968, last of four 45.s by this band. Pink label promo. Decent garage-pop on the A-side, flip is sweeter and flowerpsychier.
EDDIE POWERS - A Million Tears Ago/
Sims (USA) 236 @vg++ 5
WLP, '64-65. Breathy teen-tenor beat ballad b/w b.t.t.b.b. with organ and fuzz bass.
BILLY PRESTON - That's The Way God Planned It/What About You? Apple (USA) 1808 NM- 10
Said to be scarce, two album sides from all-star-jam-band era Billy Preston. Produced by George Harrison, probably all kindsa big-name rock stars playing the session. MONO pressing. Rock-soul-funk.
PRINCETONS - Georgianna/
Colpix CP 793 stVG++ 15
1965. Charming garage-pop with driving twang-guitar and organ, no rhythm section to speak of, and very sweet/melodic vocals. Sounds SoCal, don't know where they were from... Teen-dance crisis lyrical content is endearing...
PUPPET - Best Friend/Good Morning God
Date (USA) 2-1666 stVG 3
Courtship of Eddie's Father tune b/w some kinda horrible Neil Diamond/BS&T thing.
QUESTIONS - if I Had My Way/Can I Believe
RCA (USA) 8894 NM- 5
Megaphone-vocal pop-rock, reminds me of Lovin Spoonful.
RANDY - Crying/By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Teen Town (USA) 104 stVG++
1968. Orbison/Jimmy Webb covers; nicely-produced top-40 knockoffs. "Phoenix" sounds note-for-note like the original, as best I can remember... Both sides very smooth. Solo sides by member of The Skunks?
DON RAY - I Feel Love Coming On/
RCA 9170 NM- 25
WLP,1967. This isn't anything I would call soul, but it pops up on soul want-lists... Pleasant beat-pop that borrows all the best bits from 'I Got You Babe'.
REINDEER ARMY - Walk On/
Laurie 3537 NM 12
Band from Maine. Promo label. Tinny-sounding garage-pop with horns. Nice cheapo production, kiss-off lyrics, cool hook in the chorus... Flip's lounge-y, sounds like THE LETTERMEN.
JAN RHODES - Mom (Can I Talk To You?)/Chasing Honey
Blue (USA) 1001 VG+ 7
WLP. Late 60's. An old favorite of mine, show-tune styled girlpop jaw-dropper about unmarried pregnancy, like "remember last week when you made the waffles and I was sick at the breakfast table? Well, I need to talk to you, Mom, cuz, Mom, I'm in trouble..." Well, maybe not EXACTLY like that, but pretty close.
RICCARDO/4-MOSTS - Barefootin'/
Foremost U4KM-0936/7 VG 5
Probably 1968/69; pretty good frat-rock dancer with horns, cover of a N'O'leans funk hit from '67. Flipside is a cheesy homemade Four Seasons/Lettermen-style ballad with some sour notes. Very obscure, but not amazingly great.
RICHARD & YOUNG LIONS - Open Up Your Door/Once Upon Your Smile Philips (USA) 40381 VG++ 40
Dramatic fuzz-n-adenoids punker with some Stones influence. Imagine a cruddy local band doing Get Off My Cloud/Heart Of Stone.
NOONEY RICKETT - In The Swim/Bye Bye Love
20th Century Fox (USA) 500 stVG++ 20
Promo label. Fratty on one side, garagey on the other; guitar-rock with some Mersey moves.
BILLY LEE RILEY - Valley of Dolls/Lonely Man Mojo (USA) 3611 NM- 10
1967. Uptempo, melodic southern rock with a Byrds-y version of the "I Feel Fine" riff. Flip's a spooky Orbison-style ballad.
ROADRUNNERS - Tell Her You Love Her/
Michigan Nickel MNC 003 VG++ 15
1965, I think, local band on small local label... Simple ballad in the pre-63 Philadelphia-teen style b/w a very basic, amateurish but catchy instro based on Chuck Berry riffs.
ROCKIDS - She's A Cartoon/ TKO 007 @nm--/NM 15
1979, New Jersey rockin' stoopids. Boogie/glam -- T REX with a little bit of QUEEN thrown in. Cartoon-drawing of band on P/S.
RON-DELLS - Walk About/If You Really Want Me To I'll Go
Brownfield (USA) BF-18 NM- 15
TX label, 1965... Rural-psych/country-rock in full-on Byrds jangle mode. Flip's an instro with shitkick guitar and a cordovox solo. DELBERT MCCLINTON'S first band.
LINDA RONSTADT/STONE PONEYS - Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water/ Capitol 2110 @vg+/NM-- 15
1968. LA folk-rock -- into -- country-rock. Strong C&W flavoring, string section... The first of her 45.s to be issued with a PS, I believe.
JOEY ROSS - Rumors/
Clipper (USA) CL-1073 stVG++ 6
1960's,Maine. 1962-style teen-pop updated for 1967-68. Ballad two-sider,with some awkward bossa nova moves on A-side. Instrumental backing by the (Maine) BARRACUDAS, but they're playing sweet and twee.
TONY ROSSINE - Treat Her Right/
Capitol 3031 NM 4
Former Sun Records performer in 1971, doing some MITCH RYDER-style blue-eyed soul.
ROYALS - Summertime In Maine/
Croydon (USA) 122492/122493 VG- 3
Local-boy version of Jay & Americans or Lettermen sound, but it does at least have some lead guitar. Their other 45 on Croydon may have some teenaged oomph, but this one's pretty bland. I kinda like the B-side instro, though...
RUMPLESTILTSKIN KARTOON - Come To The Carnival/
Critique 1076 NM 30
OR VG++ 22
Band apparently from Maine; date unknown, but probably 1967-68. Melodic, uptempo garage-pop with farfisa. Pret-ty darn smooth, but gloriously teenaged-sounding. Flip is white doo-wop, straight-up 1962 style, with some jazzy guitar licks.
BRYAN RUSSELL & JUNIOR PROMS - Super-Cali-Fragil-Istic-Expi-Ali-Docious/I Fall In Love Every Year In The Fall
Coliseum (USA) 2702 NM- 8
Promo label. Go-go pop-rock/early bubblegum with pre-teen singer. Uptempo two-sider, of course.
SAFETY PATROL - Lovin' Time/
Colossal P 2526 VG+ 4
1969. Exploito-sounding garage psych with goofy vocals, Beach Boys and Chuck Berry moves.
ST. DAVID'S ROAD - All Fall Down/Strange Loves Of Gwyneth Monument (USA) 1230 NM-- 15
WLP. 1970? Smooth & melodic US version of tinkertown pop-psych-lite. Not very psych-ish, but A-side has a little bit of phasing, lyric about toy soldiers. B-side is about... um... something else; it's bouncy and upbeat, got the UK moves for sure. Small WOL.
SANDS - Dance, Dance, Dance/
Critique (USA) 1078 VG++ 15
Maine, 1966? Dee-lightful, exuberant frat-rock/top 40 with horns. Excellent drumming, overall very nice record; I kept thinking it was a song the Ramones could have covered. Flip is a note-for-note cover of a then-current hit, pretty insignificant.WOL, o/w NM.
SHADDEN & KING LEARS - Come Back When You Grow Up/All I Want Is You
Arbet (USA) 1016 NM- 20
1967? Teen classic in the best "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" tradition, covered immediately after release by Bobby Vee. It's sweet in the best ways. B-side's tougher; gravelly vocals, Spencer Davis/Traffic vibe (except it's the jazzy Traffic like Barleycorn...) ...
SHADES OF BLUE - Oh How Happy/
Impact 1007 VG++ 6
Osborne says 1966, sounds like a few years later. Uptempo gospel/bubblegum hybrid, flip is 1969-ish horn MOR.
JOHNNY SHARP AND THE YELLOW JACKETS - Don't Wanna be Free/Bombie
Yellow Jacket (USA) 041168 NM-- 85
Dallas label. No date, has zip code. 1965? R&B rocker with sax, tuff guitar break. Flipside is a "rockin in the jungle" thing that I like a LOT; it's comped on White Trash Rockers, and you can hear it in a podcast here, it's way down toward the end, fast-forward to 2:38:48: wusb.fm/rockandroll/october06.html
SHILLINGS - Children And Flowers/
Three Rivers (USA) 701 VG+ 8
Cali-pop sound with big harmony vocals, big drums, big production. Jackie De Shannon song.
SHIRA- Sing Him A Song/Krishna
Jamie (USA) 1400 NM- 8
WLP, 1971. Totally drifty folkie-hippie acoustic. One guy, one voice, one guitar. Real Jamie-label material, huh?
SHOTGUN MESSENGER - Lay Me Down/I Love You And That's All
Great World Of Sound (USA) no # NM- 15
"Test Release" -- not sure if that only means it's a promo, or means something more; possibly no full-scale release on this title? Florida label, no zip code; I'm guessing @ 1968. Real appealing early southern rock, sounds like a cross between late Byrds and "Honky Tonk Woman" instead of the guitar-heavy boogie/blues-band sound of Capricorn bands... Flip's uptempo, semi-acoustic w/flute, a little too top-40.
SIDE THREE - Sunshine Sunday/Every Now and Then
Mohawk (USA) 701 NM-- 8
1968. Moody, echoey wah-wah harmony-pop two-sider.
SILVERLEAF - I Think I'm Falling In Love/Too Long
KSS (USA) 7902 stVG+/VG++ 12
Missouri, 70's. A-side's top-forty, B-sides Doobies-sound rock with atmospheric, psych-y intro and some fuzz.
DWAIN STORY - Love Of A Clown/A Little Lovin'
Stallion (USA) 1001 VG++ 20
Dreamy guitar-rock garage-a-ballad, not earlier than 1965. Clear traces of Buddy Holly/Bobby Fuller sound, so I might have guessed TX... but probably not; Mr. Story was managed by same people that handled Lovin' Spoonful and The Turtles. Tiny TOL.
STREAKERS - Streakin Pt. 1/Pt. 2.
ABC 11430 NM 4
1974, exploito-psych with a chunky, 'legit' sound. Rhythm section sounds like the ROLLING STONES.
SUNSHINE REIGNS - Laura (Is The Girl)/Acelia Dulfin
MBM (USA) 1946 VG++ 50
Drifting teen-psych about gurls, prominent organ. If it makes sense to say "loner/outsider" in connection with teen/psych, that's what this is. Very faint, evanescent feeling of lostness, barely noticeable... There seems to be a bit of buzz around this record, but I'm not confident everyone will "get it". Recommended to fans of Guitar Ensemble.
TEMPTASHUNS - Strawberry Man/Sexy Ways
Lemco (USA) 878 @vg+/VG++ 40
1964, Kentucky. Atmospheric, echoey, moody uptempo instro, lead organ and a short guitar break. Flip is pretty convincing blue-eyed frat-rock soul. Later reissued on Federal as "Pretty Ways".
TERRY & THE TOPICS - Where's My Pussycat/Just A Gigolo
Coral (USA) 62509 VG++ 50
Gogotheque instro: horns, some chuggin' B-3, long guitar break. Apparently, it's a popular spin among yer Mod-type of disc jockeys. I liked the b-side a lot better, frat-rock version (w/vocal) of 30's standards. If I were dj.ing in clubs, I'd probably play the hell out of it. Manship has this at 50 GBP. Screw'im.
TERRYS - Wake Me 100 Years From Now/Never Never Land
Rik (USA) 101-64 stVG+ 4
WLP. Kitschy top-40/country crossover with Winchester Cathedral moves, and B-side is... um... get this... country-pop/flower-psych. Sorta purty. Harlan Howard songwriting credit.
B J THOMAS/TRIUMPHS - Never Tell/
Bragg (USA) B-103 NM 15
1966. Blue-eyed soul/beach music, lotta horns. Flip's a teen-death song, updated to include Vietnam War.
ROYSTON THOMAS - Mommy Said/
Imperial 66446 VG+ 5
Promo label. Flowerpop melodrama about a busted-up family, sorta like "You Better Sit Down, Kids". Pret-ty bathetic. Theremin during the chorus?
THYME - Love To Love/
Bang (USA) B-546 NM 15
WLP. Pop/psych-pop with some Byrds moves, comped on Mindrocker V. 5. Songs credited to Neil Diamond and Stookey/Yarrow. Flip's a weird one about the second coming of J C.
J J TOBIN - You Name It (I'll Do It)/Dancing To The Beat Of My Heart
Claridge (USA) 310 VG++ 15
WLP. Pounding beat, handclaps... Northern? Hutch Davie
involvement.
TOW-AWAY ZONE - Searchin'/Shabd
Epic (USA) 10369 VG++ 20
WLP. California band, 1968? Surprising album-style heavy-psych. Topside's a Leiber & Stoller tune updated into psych-funk for some exploitable novelty value, and the flip is real-deal loud & trippy guitar-psych. Larry Goldberg, Leo Kulka involvement. RSOL.
TURNAROUNDS & STINGERS - Salt N Pepper/
De Ville (USA) DE-133 @vg+ 18
Crude, echoey early-style gymnasium frat-punk. Did I say "crude"? Vocalist kinda sounds black on B-side, poss. black-rocker, but I'm doubtful.
TURNING POINT - Make Your Own Sunshine/
Office (USA) 11101 VG+ 6
South Carolina label. Uptempo 60's AOR; energetic but bland. Flip is a kinda-jazzy kinda-r&b take on Merle Travis standard. HARRY DEAL involvement.
2 OF CLUBS - Walk Tall/So Blue Is Fall
Fraternity (USA) 975 stVG 4
1966, 2nd of 5 45.s by Cincinnatti gal duo. Vance-Pockriss tune, had recently been a hit for some soul artist. Punchy, measured thud of a beat, Spector-into-Motown production. Possible northern-soul appeal.
TWO PEOPLE - You're Gonna Hurt Me/
Liberty 55916 NM 5
Promo label. Orchestrated pop with m/f vocals, very FAINT intimations of L A folk-rock stylings buried deeply below the surface.
VANITY FARE - Early In The Morning/
Page One 21027 VG 3
'68? Garage-y pop-psych without the psych... and without much garage. If the Monkees had been talented amateurs who had access to a harpsichord...
V/A - Free Speech Carols
FSM (USA) 1 @vg++ 12
1964, Berkeley. Similar to the Rag Baby EP.s, topical songs relating to Mario Cuomo, the Free Speech Movement, pre SDS, and their conflicts with Uni authorities. Rewrites of traditional Christmas Carols, with scathing satirical lyrics. Comes with original rubber-stamped sleeve but does not have lyric insert. I know a place where you might be able to get a xerox... Straight-up folk, not electrified; listed on this page for its proto-hippie historical
interest. Tear on label.
VICTORIANS - Lovin'/
Arnold J (USA) 571 VG 3
1968, WLP. Horn rock of the worst kind.
WALKER BRO.S - (Baby) You Don't Have To Tell/
Smash 2048 VG+ 3
(bbh)
WALKER BROTHERS - Best 4 Vol. 4 EP
Philips (JPN) SFL-3177 VG+/VG+ 15
Dylan/Cannibal & Headhunters covers on side one, moody-baroque Walker Brothers sound on side two. No insert.
WAYFARERS - Monday Morning/Ticonderoga
RCA 8152 VG++ 4
Folk-movement thing, banjos and choral singing. With SEAN BONNIWELL.
JOYCE WEBB - Sing A Rainbow/The Last Time
Warner Brothers (USA) 7048 VG+ 5
Baby-voice folk-psych b/w baby-voice top-40 pop-psych. She turns up on soul lists, though, she recorded for Ric Tic? Okay, whatever... BBH.
WENDIGO - Gimme Some Lovin' P. 1/P.2
Scepter (USA) 12211 @vg++ 30
OR WLP WOL VG++ 25
Frat-rock/funk hybrid that ROARS outta your speakers. Pounding drums and insane space-rock organ fills, absolute killer stuff. Long-ish electric sitar solo at beginning of B-side. If only it were on a private label... and wasn't a cover of such a played-out song... They mocked me bitterly at another group for liking this record.
MACK WHITE - Wild Wild Man/
ABC 11355 VG++ 3
1973, promo label. Letter-perfect blue-eyed imitation of blaxploitation era funk-soul... and on the flip a limp sub-Elvis country ballad. Label wear, clean surface.
WHOZZITS - She Just Might Be A Boy/Do What You Wanna Do
Soft (USA) 984 NM- 10
Smirky doofus pop; B-side's a bit better, guitar break in the middle makes them seem a bit more serious.
WICHITA -Amelia Trestle/Home Song
Westpark (USA) 6970 stVG++ 10
Promo label. Boogie-roots-Creedence sound b/w sensitive hippie acoustic-folk tune.
HANK & LEWIE WICKHAM - Little Bit Late/
Starday (USA) 9119 @vg+ 6
A-side's a live track, kinda talking-blues/novelty inspired. Flip's a bossa nova. Duo "well-known" for having put out a rather scarce hippie-folk LP, but this one really sounded like straight country to me. Well, QUIRKY straight-country.
LADY WILDE (& WARLOCKS) - Another Year/Poor Kid
ARA (USA) 1915 NM OFFERS
OR VG++ OFFERS
1965-66, earliest chapter in the Moving Sidewalks/American Blues/ZZ Top story. Rocky & Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, pre-MOVING SIDEWALKS. A-side is country-rock/pop, sounds like Petula Clark
fronting the Tennessee Three. Flip sounds like Petula Clark fronting the Tony Hatch Combo. 500 copies pressed, and this is said to be a higher-end rarity, but it ain't because-a the music.
WILL-O-BEES - It's Not Easy/Looking Glass
Date (USA) 1583 VG++ 8
HUGE-sounding moody-garage-pop slickness. Horns on the flip, but A-side rules. Shorty Rogers involvement, Mann & Weil songwriting.
BOBBY WOOD - Break My Mind/
MGM K 13797 NM 5
Late 60's country-rock with wah-pedal & horns, flip is soothing countrypolitan with big string section.
STEVE WRIGHT - Back To The City/
Thunderball (USA) 136 NM 7
OR stVG++ 5
Moody, mid-60's pop-psych with big, echoey production, certain amount of a Walker Bro.s/Jim Webb vibe.
(HELEN YOSHIKAWA/ROGER PHILIPP) - Next Fool
National Songwriter's Guild (USA) no # VG++ 50
1968? VERY likable garage-pop with some blatant Everly Brothers moves. Unknown FLA combo of studio hacks... but they got it right on this one. May include Bob Quimby(piano), Jim Matherly (gtr) and/or Dick Egan/bs. Or maybe not. ACETATE-ONLY songwriter's demo from song-poem related studio.
NEW!! 2/11 ZODIAC - X Rated/Then Goodbye
Uni (USA) 55138 @vg+ 7
Promo label. Flowerpop novelty with banjo b/w fluty ballad. Apparently has been sampled or something. Whoop.
ZOO - Sea Cruise/esiurC aeS
Chivalry (USA) 1801 VG 7
Throbbing, bassy lo-fi version of 50's rocker with lotta lead organ, kinda fun. Flip has the instro tracks backwards, with the vocal unchanged.
ZOO - Walkin' In The Country/Blues For Deanna Chivalry (USA) 1802 P FREE
Completely hippie-ish boogie-shuffle. Skips like a motherfucker, 20 problem-spots per side.
Hope to hear from you, THANKS FOR LOOKING!
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ANDY & MANHATTANS - Skinny Minnie/
Musicor (USA) 1112 @vg++ 12
WLP. 1965. Cute frat/garage-r with a southern accent, lotsa twangy lead guitar. Flipside is kinda Merseysound.
ARSENIO (RODRIGUEZ) - Hang On Sloopy/Vaya Pa'l Monte
Bang (USA) 533 VG++ 10
WLP. 1966. Boogaloo/salsa version of garage standard; heavily accented talkover vocals in English give it some horrifying novelty appeal. Flip is straight proto-salsa, a direct rip from 'Guantanamera'.
BADD BOYS - Folks In A Hurry/I Told You So
Epic (USA) 5-10165 stVG++ 35
Playful, skiffly flowerpower whimsy a la Spoonful or Nilsson; flip's a semi-punker. Kinda trebly and tame, but it's got some attitude and a long guitar break.
BANDITS - Good Good Lovin/Baby Feel Good
Goal G-702 VG++ 10
1964-65. NY label. Poppy, upbeat two-sider with no British influence happening yet. Everly Brothers and Dion/Belmonts damage.
BARBARIANS - Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl/Take It Or Leave It
Laurie (USA) 3308 stVG 5
Garage classic, duh. Gormless and impossibly cool.
BEAU BRUMMELS - Don't Talk To Strangers/
Autumn 20 NM 10
Terrific jangle/drone a la Roger McGuinn, superb stuff.
JIM BENSON - Some Other Face/Memories
Verve (USA) 10371 stVG 4
1965. Semi-orchestrated, Spector-sound MerseyByrds with vibrant, chiming guitar leads. Tough vocals, more than a hint of garage cred. B-side is much limper, throwback to the 63-teen sound.
BEL CANTOS - Feel Aw Right/Instro version
Downey (USA) D-128 NM-- 20
Tough & dynamic frat-rock with wailing organ, LOUD tambourine. Barry White involvement.
BLACKLIGHT BRAILLE - Margie Ate Some Marmalade/
Vetco (USA) 534 NM/NM 8
1987, ex-Bitter Blood Street Theatre, I think. Weird, Residents-damaged psych/pop. Self-consciously irrelevant vocalizing, ominous/spooky instro backing, lot of acid/psych lead
guitar.
BOBBY BLAKENEY - Sweet Mary/The Little Aladdin's Lamp
Ford (USA) 165 NM-- 15
Thinly-produced country-garage ballad, sounds like a cross between Mitch Ryder and Jonathan Richman.
BRENTWOODS - Yeah Yeah No No/Babe You Know
Our (USA) 101 NM-- 50
1967. Classy m/f flowerpsych from a tiny town in New Mexico, Mamas & Papas sound. Norman Petty produced, warm & full-sounding with psychy organ fills fleshing out the texture. Pretty likable, though it didn't click with me at first listen. RSOL.
JAY BROWN - That's How Much/
Atco 45-6394. @vg++ 8
WLP. 1965, rockin' sortabilly two-sider. Country-boy R&B with speedied-up Ray Charles riffs and harmonica ends up sounding a LOT like Dylan and The Hawks, very striking.
BROWNING - Take Care Of My Brother/
Amaret 118 NM 6
1970, WLP. Prod. Jerry Styner, songwriting credit to Nilsson. Sweet, kinda Hollies-imitating sound with countryish touches. B-side is top 40 pop with horns. Vocalist sounds British?
BRUINS - Go On And Cry/Can't Believe That You've Grown Up
General American (USA) 721 NM 15
Punky merseyballad with a bit of anger audible in the vocals. Flip's smooth & slick, has a mildly unusual guitar break.
BRYLLIG AND THE NYMBOL SWABES - I'm Gonna Love You Anyway/Back Again
TRX (USA) 5016 NM 15
WLP. Dramatic late-60's teener with Phil Spector-sound production. Lead harpsichord.
BYE BYE BRUCE - Corner Boy/
T-A 213 NM- 6
WLP. 1972-73? Punchy, glam-flavored top 40 pop-n-roll with horrible animal-bleating vocals, something very unappealing about... I'll spare you the wisecracks...
CARROT TREE - Dum Dum/Circus Time
RCA (USA) 9877 stVG++ 30
Promo label. Studio bozos, apparently some connection to the creative team that made Felix The Cat cartoons? Fast, throbby, not-bubblegum-yet popsike, hook in the chorus copped from
some song I can't remember. Flipside is a spooky carnival tune with theremin-type sounds and all possible freak-effects, including grinding fuzz toward the end. Record is expensive elsewhere, but I'm not feeling it. You know what I'm saying?
CHARTBUSTERS - She's The One/
Mutual 502 NM-- 30
1964/65. Hot, rockin' two-sider with Meet The Beatles moves. Great guitar break on 'She's The One'.
CLASSMEN - The Yang Yang/Poor Poor Johnny
Pearce (USA) 5813 VG+ 7
Uptempo horn-pop with drifty flower-psych elements in the chorus. Flip's a ballad. Kinda Rascals-style overall, I guess... sorta...
JEFFREY CLAY & DIGGERS - Well Wella Well/
MGM (USA) 13396 VG 3
1965. A-side is really bland folkies-go-pop, b-side is okay garage pop a la Lovin Spoonful.
GENE CORNISH/UNBEETABLES - I Wanna Be A Beetle/
Dawn 551 @vg++ 60
1964, VERY happening early garage; A-side hits a strong "What'd I Say' groove with handclaps and funny lyrics, and the flip is a big-beat rock/ballad. Early recording by future member of YOUNG RASCALS.
MAC DAVIS - Bad Scene/I Protest
Capitol 5554 stVG+ 5
1965. Neat Bob Dylan parodies; bandwagon-jumping and revisionism at the same time. Funny on purpose and also inadvertantly funny, sorta Sonny Bono-esque in that respect.
DAYTRIPPERS - That's Part Of The Game/You Cheated
American Music Makers (USA) AMM005 VG++ 30
Poppy two-sider with punky lyrics -- A-side is big-beat Monkees pop with handclaps and horns, flipside has the jangly-guitar action.
(DEARLY BELOVED) - Peep Peep Pop Pop/
Boyd BB 157 VG++ 60
1966, Tucson AZ. Stompin' mostly-punker with snotty vocals... but the flip is wussy. SCARCE first label for this record, before Columbia picked it up for nat'l distro; this is the error-version with the band name listed as "Beloved Ones".
DECEMBER'S CHILDREN - A Girl Like You/
Capitol (USA) P-5883 stVG 6
Low-key folk-rock with girly falsetto b/w garage-pop bouncer with Palisades Park organ.
DEREK - Back Door Man/
Bang B-566 stVG++ 10
1968/69. Strutting, horny top-40 sound, more rock and ROLL than most 60's radio-fodder. Flip's a 1960's version of "We Are All Prostitutes" with severely out-of-time handclaps (!). Whoa, this mother is SLOPPY! Artist formerly known as JOHNNY CYMBAL.
DON AND JERRY - In The Cover Of The Night/
Fabor (USA) 140 stVG++ 20
1965. ALMOST-punk two-sider; 2 1/2-chord organ/fuzz pounder; the vocals are pretty bland, and the playing is a little restrained, but all the raw materials are there. Nice surprise on a fuddy-duddy label like Fabor.
NEIL DOVER - Mr. Bus Driver/Paper Man
Diamond (USA) 270 stVG++ 10
TOUGH version of the blue-eyed Box Tops/BS&T sound, turns down the horns and turns up the distorted guitar. Flip's ... how shall I say... David Clayton-Thomas sings Jimmy Webb, kind of an unusual mix. Punchy, nice-sounding production. Comes in a way-spiffy Diamond Records stock sleeve.
KEIR DULLEA - Just Like A Woman/
Platypus PP-9013 VG++ 7
1969-ish Jimmy Webb-ish pop. Banjo, strings, flute, oboe... it's NOT the Bob Dylan song. B-side's all ecological and stuff.
DUST - Gone/I Know, I Know
Yas (USA) 04 VG 8
Macho rocker-guy early-70's hard rock with wah-wah and residual psych-y moves. Betcha they listened to a lot of Heep. Two guitar breaks. Flip's sensitive, also psych-y. Thurlow Spurr produced, which is funny-peculiar and funny-ha-ha.
JEREMY EDEN - Just A Little Bit/
Hi Note 1025 @nm-- 35
Irresistable crude frat-rock. Ajua! Nashville label. Flip is a country/teen crossover ballad with some Dylan-style organ filling out the sound.
ELECTRIC JUNKYARD - Oliver/
RCA 74-0159 NM 10
Attempted funk with hand-drums and big fat farting fuzztone. Flip's an instro -- no fuzz on this side, but still at the weirdest end of now-sound pop.
ESP LIMITED - Cry Baby/In My Heart
Downey (USA) D-142 stVG++ 30
WLP. 1966, probably CA, garage/soul with sax and bluesy guitar leads. Sounds like Rolling Stones circa "Cry To Me" plus... um... a little bit of Righteous Brothers. Red vinyl. SOL.
EXCELLS - Show Me The Way/Please Say You'll Be Mine
Boyd (USA) 140 NM 10
1964, band billed as "the Nashville Beatles." Smooth, fast beat-group sound, Mersey-ish like you'd expect it to be, light vocal harmonies... Pret-ty poppy, I gotta warn ya... but, hey, it's '64, give them a break.
EXILES - Don't Cry No More/For You're Precious Love
Gapocha (USA) GA-247 stVG++ 20
Tough & basic two-chord soul/rock with gritty vocals, flip is a cover of Jerry Butler's doo-wop/early soul standard.
FABULOUS FLIPPERS - I Need You/Don't Fight It
Fona (USA) 307 NM 25
Not the Kinks' song. Horn-rock with a heavy sixties-funk edge. Pretty darn deep for white boys.
FABULOUS FOUR - Happy/Who Could It Be?
Brass (USA) 314 @vg++ 20
Fast, kinda-garagey rocker with lots of guitar; 1961-62 band (prev. records on Chancellor and Coral) do a damn good job catching up with the sounds of 1964. Offbeat keyboard effects. Flip's a smooth ballad-teener, not nearly as "advanced". SOL.
FAMILY ALBUM - Get Together/Mind Beside Mine
December (USA) 875 stVG++ 12
WLP. Folky/pop-psych, m/f vocals, somewhere between "J.A. Takes Off" and "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" .
FAMILY DOGG - Way Of Life/
Bell (USA) 785 NM- 6
Sweet rural melodic rock/pop with strings. Flip's uptempo, blues-flavored. M/F vocals.
FASTEST GROUP ALIVE - Bad News/Lullabye: 5.15 Sports
Valiant (USA) 759 stVG++ 20
WLP. 1967? Pounding punker has some absurd gimmicks that don't detract from the rockin' intensity of it. Hints of heavy-psych stylings starting to creep in around the edges. Flip's a Sim-o-Garf knockoff, total throwaway. Forty seconds long. Small WOL.
JOSE FELICIANO - Everybody Do The Click/
RCA 8425 WLP @nm- 8
Unusual one for Jose, a straight-up 1963-style teen-pop dance-craze song. Actually recorded in 1964, has some wild, peculiar scat singing in the bridge. Flip is more typical, sweet, almost-bathetic acoustic ballad.
FINGERPRINTS BAND - Mechelle/Stagger Lee
FBI (USA) 1227 NM- 6
North Carolina, probably 70's. Fast and lively Dr. Hook/boogie cum Flamin' Hillbilly Groovies roots-rock. Mighty likable, even if it's an unfashionable style. Flip's a GREAT 50's cover. Yahoo.
THE FLOCK - Take Me Back/Each Day Is A Lonely Night
Destination 635 stVG+ 8
Blue-eyed soul/horn-rock, upbeat with loud handclaps. Kinda clumsy and garage-ish around the edges, but you would hardly think this was the same band that went on to be electric-violin hippies on Columbia. It is, though.
FLOYD AND JERRY WITH THE COUNTERPOINTS - Girl/Believe In Things
Presta (USA) 1003 VG++ 30
Byrds-a-billy teen rockers. Phoenix, AZ label.
NEAL FORD/FANATICS - Wait For Me/
Hickory 1450 NM 15
1967/68. Cute tinkertoy pop-psych, very trebly & twee. Flipside shows off the moves they learned from their Yardbirds records -- they've got the organ, they've got the fuzz, they've got a little bit of that garage-punker's snarl...
FOUR - Lonely Surfer Boy/Now Is The Time
Clark (USA) 225 stVG 6
Early 1965. Harmony-vocal ballad with surf-guitar, sounds like they're reworking the "Lonely Bull" riff. Flip's uptempo, Merseyish beat.
FOUR BLAZERS - Storybook Dreams/Shu-Shine Mister
Buddy (USA) 145 NM- 30
TX label, no date. Top-40/(blue-eyed?) soul-rock with horns. Ballad b/w uptempo; the fast side's a little funkish, has some fuzz -- I'm actually digging it a bit, with the empowerment and leeberation in its lyrics.
4J's - Dreamin/Love My Love
Congress (USA) 6003 NM 15
(Northern sound, white group, very smooth and professional. You can hear a bit HERE: www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/103632/4_Js_featuring_JR._POPE from a guy who wants 25.00 GBP for his copy. Says it's an old Wigan spin. Figures.
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - Sweet Thang/
International Artists IA 112 NM- 15
WLP. Raunchy, goofy, Texas-sounding jugband FUN. Flip is an instro, like a library track or something. Sounds like James Bond music. I don't understand why it's there.
FRINGE BENEFITS - Come With Me/
New Age 30001 NM 7
Promo label, 1969. Baroqued-up string quartet flowerpop.
FRONT PORCH - Wonderful Summer/Under The Boardwalk
Jubilee (USA) 5720 VG++ 7
Luscious & dreamy flowerpop with... like... eight-part m/f harmonies. Files right next to Free Design, in every sense.
BOBBY FULLER FOUR - Love's Made A Fool Of You/
Mustang 3016 NM 20
Bobby F's on his Buddy Holly kick again. Nice guitar. Flip's kinda garage/folk-rock, not a major barn-burner.
FUN AND GAMES - Grooviest Girl In The World/
Uni (USA) 55098 stVG++ 6
1968. Gorgeous powerpop-psych, ooh it's fun! Flip is a psych-pop ballad with fuzz and harpsichord. BBH.
FUN AND GAMES - We/
Uni (USA) 55128 stVG+ 6
1968. Flowerballad two-sider. BBH.
GENTRYS - Spread It On Thick/Brown Paper Sack
MGM (USA) 13432 VG+/NM- 15
OR XX/stVG++ 8
Fratty/punky rocker b/w a pounding two-chord punker.
GENTRYS - A Woman Of The World/
MGM 13561 VG+ 4
Solid guitar rock with a mild sneer to the vocals, not highly dynamic.
GENTRYS - I Can See/90 Pound Weakling
MGM (USA) 13749 @vg++ 7
Promo label. Uptempo moody/poppy with some surprising musicianly touches. Flip is likeably silly. XOL.
GENTRYS - Why Should I Cry/I Need Love
Sun 1108 NM- 15
1970. A-side is a note-for-note rip of "Midnight Confessions", it's plenty okay... and B-side is a roaring hard-psych/punk MONSTER. Great, great record -- I can't keep it in stock. Who's next in line?
ARTIE GLENN - Good Guys Wear White Hats/
Fashion (USA) 203 NM 30
1966. Texas-accent knock-off of Alley Oop or something by The Olympics. Tinny sounding piece of crap, in the nicest possible way. Flip is a weirdly hybrid twangy-guitar instrumental with string orchestra and Anita Kerr-styled chorus. Record is on the RCS list.
GRADUATES - You Better Go Now/Wendy, Wendy, Go Away Malvern (USA) M-500 VG 3
Pop vocal with m/f singers, somewhere between Lettermen and The Forum. Very very MOR, even calling it 'sunshine pop' is a bit of a stretch. Bummer when a record looks so obscure & promising and turns out to be... like this...
GRASSHOPPERS - Pink Champagne (And Red Roses)/The Wasp
Sunburst (USA) 105 VG- 5
1965? Weird spaghetti-western-Telstar-Runaway ballad b/w surfie instro with nice guitar sound. First band for Benjamin Orr, later in The Cars. RW.
GREAT JONES - I'll Keep It With Mine/My Lovin' Woman
Tonsil (USA) 001 stVG++ 12
Promo label. Gritty rural-psych toward southern-boogie, lots of guitar. "My lady don't drink no wine, she gets high on turpentine." Also comes with **ultra-cool** Tonsil Records factory-sleeve.
HAPPENINGS - Lullaby In The Rain/I Wish You Could Know Me (Naomi)
Jubilee (USA) 5712 NM 6
Offbeat falsetto sunshine pop with a grab-bag of borrowed elements. Flip's a piano-led "gritty-soulful" ballad, not nearly as zany.
HAPPY FEELING - Happy Feeling/If There's A Thought
Mala (USA) 12,034 NM 6
Promo label. Bouncy, uptempo flower-pop two-sider w/organ & hatrmony vocals. Unusual break, can't tell what the instrument is. Might be a Cordovox.
HEARTS AND FLOWERS - Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down)/She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
Capitol (USA) 2167 NM- 10
Mostly-countryrock band ('68) goes all-out toytown for one glorious 45. Backwards instruments, all kindsa pop-psych trickery, it's swell. Tony Cost, Nick Venet involvement. RSOL.
HIGH SPIRITS - (Turn On Your) Love Light/Tossin' And Turnin'
Soma (USA) 1436 @vg 6
1965. Tough two-sider, exactly as good as it needs to be. Not total-frenzy teen psychosis, but it's... good enough. Plenty good. Like my mother used-a say about Eddie Cochran, they're so exactly average they're perfect.
RON HINSON - Peddlers Of Hate/
Treva (USA) 222 VG++ 8
1965, or '66, I reckon, exploito-folkrock by conservative apologist, sorta like The Spokesmen. Moments of exciting Byrdsy jangle, and then after the intro it all goes blah. B-side has some snarky in-jokes directed toward Sonny Bono and Barry McGuire. WOL.
HOLIDAYS - Love And Learn/I Want You To Love Me
Coral (USA) 62430 NM 20
Promo label. Mersey-ish, Brit64 moves with Everlys harmonies. Very striking intro, strong drumming.
HOT KNIVES - Hey Grandma/
K.O. (USA) 0002 VG++/VG++ 10
1976. Goodtimey late-hippie rural/power pop, Flamin' Groovies involvement.
HOUNDS - Call Me/On The Road
P.O.J. Records 000 @nm--/NM-- 25
Apparently from somewhere in New York state, late 70's. Mainstream band doing some genius glammy power-pop (not pop-punk) on A-side, sounds like The Sweet, handclaps and all. Flip is a light-weight, poppy version of the blues-rock/boogie sound.
IRON BRIGADE QUICKSTEP - Girl, I Got News For You/
Decca (USA) 32854 VG++ 6
1971. Garage-pop version of B S & T without the horns? Close enough. Nice production values, fancy stereophonic action, warm & solid bottom end sounds real clear.
JAMES GANG - Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo/Satin And Lace Ascot (USA) 2205 VG++ 8
WLP. Charging, gravel-voiced T&B stomper b/w poppy garage/teen fluff with a very familiar riff. I'm not sure if this is the same James Gang as the 1971 hippies on ABC...
JAMIE - Sunshine Bus/Sweet Jane
Capitol (USA) P 2395 NM- 6
Promo label. Big, dramatic BS&T rave-up -- production is thrilling, great drum sound. Tough Cockerish vocals, some psych-y organ. Flip's a bit more flowerpsych/Neil Diamond -- NOT Velvets song. Artie Kornfeld, Wayne Kirby involvement. Not sure if this is the same guy that was on Roulette.)
JOHNNY JAY AND THE GANGBUSTERS - You Get Your Kicks/Gangbusters Blues
Josie (USA) 980 VG 5
1967. Blue-eyed soul, northern sound, sorta like a tougher Tommy James & Shondells. Flip's a version with overdubbed guitar leads.
JAY HAWKERS - To Have A Love (As Sweet As You)/Send Her Back Deltron (USA) 1228 NM- 30
Crude, underproduced attempt at Turtlepop. Jangly guitars, harmony vocals, basement texture. Flipside ditto, but if 'moody' is the new hip flavor, B-side is THE GOD OF MOODY, absolute perfection in the 'looking out the window into a rainstorm and trying not to cry' genre -- song begins "Marie, the leaves are dying" and it just doesn't let up. I wanted to price this'n at 60.00 because it's so genius, but there are other copies online.
JONATHAN CLOUD - Jonathan Cloud/Stop And Think
Vigor (USA) 701 @vg++ 30
WLP. REALLY artful and REALLY charming proggy McCartney/toytown pop-psych with elaborate, showy melodic guitar leads. Spin-off of Maine group EUPHORIA'S ID.
JC (JIMMIE & CHARLIE)- Space Man/A Letter To My Son
Sambo Sounds (USA) SS-0156 NM- 4
1974. JC stands for Jimmy & Charlie, if that tells you anything. Uptempo acoustic-guitar country-rock, fresh, lively & appealing. Total late-Byrds vibe, nice guitar licks.
JERRY & JEFF - Sweet Sweet Lovin' You/Poor Old Mr. Jensen Super-K (USA) 101 VG+ 4
1968. Kasenatz-Katz bubblestuff, works the sex=candy metaphor to DEATH. Flip's an instro wit pseudo-classical moves.
JOHNNY AND GENE - It's You I Love/Baby You Know
Jox (USA) 023 stVG++ 25
TX Chicano garage-moodies, still stuck between Everly Brothers and them newfangled Byrds. Apparently 1965, San Antonio label. WOL.
LAW FIRM - Girl From Liverpool/Love Is Bad
Imperial (USA) 66117 @vg++ 6
1963. Skiffly-with-banjo by USA band who jumped the Brit bandwagon early. Fake accents and all. Flip is cute and Herman-ish. Good songwriting.
LIBRARY - Groovin' Is Easy/Temptation
Exclusive (USA) 1/2 stVG++ 15
1968. Punchy, nicely-produced soul-rock a la Rascals, horn arrangements a bit 'Penny Lane' ish. Oooh, B-side is FAST.
LITTLE HENRY LEE - Give Me A Little Loving/She's A Woman Key-loc' (USA) KL 1037 NM- 20
Tight & punchy frat/soul band with horns, stumbly ESL-sound vocalist who doesn't quite get it. Pretty charming. Flip's a ballad, goes heavier on the horns. You can hear the A-side HERE:
lonestarstomp.blogspot.com/ . Scroll down the page a little.
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LOVE SOCIETY - Tobacco Road/Drop Of Rain
Scepter 12236 NM- 15
1968. WLP. Kickin' fuzz and organ version of perennial garage raunch classic. Flip, sadly, is a ballad. Pre-SUNBLIND LION guys.
MANIFEST DESTINY - Silly Me/Reminds Me Of You
Champ (USA) 3404 NM-- 10
1966? Wisconsin label, poss. Milwaukee band. 60's AOR,cloned from the soft&gentlest bits of the Rascals records. Extra points for neat production & big booming drums on B-side. Spector influence? Fading Yellow flowerpop? Yeah...
MATADORS - Wobble Wobble/Let Me Dream
Forbes (USA) 230 stVG++ 20
Mexican frat-rock dumbo charmer a la 96 Tears/Farmer John. Long guitar break. Flip's slow-drag doowop-style ballad. Second label -- earlier version on Chartmaker is QUITE rare.
BILLY MCKNIGHT & PLUS 4 - You're Doin' Me Wrong/Time Wasted Custom (USA) 127 NM- 35
Crude, monotonous punker with harmonica, gritty vocal. Flip's goopy with orchestrations and marimbas. XOL.
MEGATON - I Hope You Mean It/Diggin
DCA (USA) 2001. NM 10
DC. label, NY/tri-state band? Produced by Toni Bongiovi. 1969-AOR-sound blue-eyed soul, possible northern appeal -- sounds like a smoosh-up between the Rascals and The OJays. Flip's a midtempo instro with lowkey funk groove.
MISFITS - This Little Piggy/Lost Love
Imperial (USA) 66054 VG 5
1964? Frat-rocker with fake crowd noises, pretty keen. Flip's a dramatic ballad in Gene Pitney territory.
MOTOR CITY ROCKERS - Rocker Sound + 3 EP
Gangster (USA) 7027 VG++/NM 15
1980, Detroit biker/bar-punk hard-rock -- 3 originals and a Stones cover. Wayne Kramer credited as guest bg vocalist, guest guitar and co-producer. Tough but cleanly-produced sounding, like Highway Robbery. Piano makes it a bit Segerish.
MOVERS - Leave Me Loose/Birmingham
1-2-3 1700 NM 40
Thudding, 'can't-really-play' punker with some wild screams. Flip's a little more organized, has horns, but it still rocks. 1.75 sider?
NEW WATERMELON RHYTHM BAND - I've Never Been Out Of Love (In Denver Before)/Lengthy Conversation
Rumble (USA) 004 VG+/VG+ 5
1979, Chicago area. Country-rock bar-band, M/F vocals. Both sides were comped on "Pointy Feet Beat" regional LP. Sleeve drawn by underground cartoonist Jay Lynch.
1929 DEPRESSION - Child Of Clay/
Providence PROV 422 NM 10
WLP. Overwrought, extremely 'relevant' and 'meaningful' protest song pop/rock. Rock combo + horn section + strings, Ernie Maresca involvement. Flip is pretty-hot blue-eyed 60's funk/soul.
NITTIE GRITTIES - Nine Days Late/
Extra (USA) 19661 @vg++ 35
A bit of the old Shadows of Knight sneer on this one, a moody beat-ballad punker about the fear of teenaged pregnancy. "My baby, she's late, she's nine days late..." Unknown, un-comped...
maybe not quite tough enough for the G1000, but still an awesome record. Flipside is midtempo pop-punk/folk-rock. Not bad, but I'd like it better if it wasn't so Lovin' Spoonful. Slight ring.
NOELS - Runaway Boy/That's My Song
Plantation (USA) 40 VG++ 12
"Moody garage sound", top 40-ish with female singer. Unusual.
NO NAME - Are You Satisfied Now, Girl?/
Gramm (USA) 701 stVG++ 5
1970 horn-rock AOR. B--side is vaguely appealing. Sl. warp, NAP.
NULL SET - He Came Back/With Your Love
Date (USA) 1520 VG++ 12
WLP. 1966 orch-pop with a girl trio struggling to stay on key. Slow & kinda charming. B-side: same, add harpsichord.
ONE WAY STREET - Girls, Girls/Yard Dog
Apollo (USA) CF-100 stVG++ 30
Peculiar poppy thing with calliope-sound organ and... um... whistling. Might push somebody's 'moody' buttons, but I didn't really like it. Flip's a snotty Mitch Ryder/Sam The Sham garage/frat soul-punk strut. New Orleans label? Not the classic 50's NYC one.
ROY ORBISON - Twinkle Toes/
MGM K13498 @vg+ 6
1966, Orbi tries his hand at FRAT ROCK! Ooh, it's weird -- thick fuzz, handclaps, lyrics about dancing, riotous Sam The Sham-style party noises in the background... Flipside's a more typical Roy-style ballad.
OUTSIDERS - What Makes You So Bad You Weren't Brought Up That Way/
Capitol (USA) 5646 @vg++ 6
Decent major-label punker, not amazingly raw & monstrous, but not bad. Has a fade-out with talkover just like 'All the Young Dudes'. Um... who's gonna kick WHO in the head? Flip's a ballad with strings.
NEW!! 3/24 OUTSIDERS - Respectable/Lost In My World
Capitol (USA) 5701 VG+ 5
Punchy fratsound rocker, takes after Isley Brothers. Flip's a bit more garagey, Byrds-style riffing and sweet vocals.
JERRY PALMER - Walking The Dog/Don't Leave Me, Baby
Gaiety (USA) G-111 VG++ 15
1966. Fun frat/garage funnishness, enjoyable version of a routine song. Flip's a teener, sorta reminds me of 'Midnight Confessions.'
MARK PALMER - Take A Little Time Out, Girl/
Spark SP 02 stVG++ 7
1971. Nice midtempo flowerpop guy. Somebody needs to steal that hook out of the chorus, he didn't quite do it justice. Flipside is a little heavy on the horns. Nice tiny-label Orig. Fact. Sleeve.
JIM PASH - Behind The Wall/
C.M.C.W. no # VG-/VG++ 5
1974. Ex-SURFARIS guy goes pro-CHRIST and anti-COMMIE. Very effective arty/dirgy folk-rock licensed from USA micro-label.
PASTERNAK PROGRESS - Cotton Soul/Flower Eyes
Original Sound (USA) OS-77 NM-- 40
LA band, organ-led psych-punker, moody & interesting -- major DOORS influence.
PEACE MILL - Long Nights, Hard Times/Be With Me Tonight
PM (USA) no # NM 5
North Carolina. 1974-76? Bouncy-poppy top-40 with handclaps & horn section; flip is pop-funk with synth and heavy wah-wah action. Could be anywhere up to 1982 or so, but I'm guessing
earlier.
PAUL PEEK - Out Went The Lights Of My World/
1-2-3 PRO-4716 VG++ 6
1969, promo label. Former Gene Vincent sideman (from 56-57) doing some country/crossover and some blue-eyed soul rock/pop. Wish it was more 'billier, but it's okay, I guess.
PERFECT STONE - Little Girl Purple/
Certron C-10014 stVG 4
Not-bad horn-rock with female vocals and hand-drums. Flip's kinda dull '71-ish AOR.
PIECES OF EIGHT -Lonely Drifter/
A&M 854 stVG++ 7
1967/68, ex-SWINGING MEDALLIONS. Blue-eyed soul/pop with intense, pleading vocals. Flip's a go-go instro with lots of swingin' organ. Beach music?
POOR - Come Back Baby/
Decca (USA) 32318 NM 15
1968, last of four 45.s by this band. Pink label promo. Decent garage-pop on the A-side, flip is sweeter and flowerpsychier.
EDDIE POWERS - A Million Tears Ago/
Sims (USA) 236 @vg++ 5
WLP, '64-65. Breathy teen-tenor beat ballad b/w b.t.t.b.b. with organ and fuzz bass.
BILLY PRESTON - That's The Way God Planned It/What About You? Apple (USA) 1808 NM- 10
Said to be scarce, two album sides from all-star-jam-band era Billy Preston. Produced by George Harrison, probably all kindsa big-name rock stars playing the session. MONO pressing. Rock-soul-funk.
PRINCETONS - Georgianna/
Colpix CP 793 stVG++ 15
1965. Charming garage-pop with driving twang-guitar and organ, no rhythm section to speak of, and very sweet/melodic vocals. Sounds SoCal, don't know where they were from... Teen-dance crisis lyrical content is endearing...
PUPPET - Best Friend/Good Morning God
Date (USA) 2-1666 stVG 3
Courtship of Eddie's Father tune b/w some kinda horrible Neil Diamond/BS&T thing.
QUESTIONS - if I Had My Way/Can I Believe
RCA (USA) 8894 NM- 5
Megaphone-vocal pop-rock, reminds me of Lovin Spoonful.
RANDY - Crying/By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Teen Town (USA) 104 stVG++
1968. Orbison/Jimmy Webb covers; nicely-produced top-40 knockoffs. "Phoenix" sounds note-for-note like the original, as best I can remember... Both sides very smooth. Solo sides by member of The Skunks?
DON RAY - I Feel Love Coming On/
RCA 9170 NM- 25
WLP,1967. This isn't anything I would call soul, but it pops up on soul want-lists... Pleasant beat-pop that borrows all the best bits from 'I Got You Babe'.
REINDEER ARMY - Walk On/
Laurie 3537 NM 12
Band from Maine. Promo label. Tinny-sounding garage-pop with horns. Nice cheapo production, kiss-off lyrics, cool hook in the chorus... Flip's lounge-y, sounds like THE LETTERMEN.
JAN RHODES - Mom (Can I Talk To You?)/Chasing Honey
Blue (USA) 1001 VG+ 7
WLP. Late 60's. An old favorite of mine, show-tune styled girlpop jaw-dropper about unmarried pregnancy, like "remember last week when you made the waffles and I was sick at the breakfast table? Well, I need to talk to you, Mom, cuz, Mom, I'm in trouble..." Well, maybe not EXACTLY like that, but pretty close.
RICCARDO/4-MOSTS - Barefootin'/
Foremost U4KM-0936/7 VG 5
Probably 1968/69; pretty good frat-rock dancer with horns, cover of a N'O'leans funk hit from '67. Flipside is a cheesy homemade Four Seasons/Lettermen-style ballad with some sour notes. Very obscure, but not amazingly great.
RICHARD & YOUNG LIONS - Open Up Your Door/Once Upon Your Smile Philips (USA) 40381 VG++ 40
Dramatic fuzz-n-adenoids punker with some Stones influence. Imagine a cruddy local band doing Get Off My Cloud/Heart Of Stone.
NOONEY RICKETT - In The Swim/Bye Bye Love
20th Century Fox (USA) 500 stVG++ 20
Promo label. Fratty on one side, garagey on the other; guitar-rock with some Mersey moves.
BILLY LEE RILEY - Valley of Dolls/Lonely Man Mojo (USA) 3611 NM- 10
1967. Uptempo, melodic southern rock with a Byrds-y version of the "I Feel Fine" riff. Flip's a spooky Orbison-style ballad.
ROADRUNNERS - Tell Her You Love Her/
Michigan Nickel MNC 003 VG++ 15
1965, I think, local band on small local label... Simple ballad in the pre-63 Philadelphia-teen style b/w a very basic, amateurish but catchy instro based on Chuck Berry riffs.
ROCKIDS - She's A Cartoon/ TKO 007 @nm--/NM 15
1979, New Jersey rockin' stoopids. Boogie/glam -- T REX with a little bit of QUEEN thrown in. Cartoon-drawing of band on P/S.
RON-DELLS - Walk About/If You Really Want Me To I'll Go
Brownfield (USA) BF-18 NM- 15
TX label, 1965... Rural-psych/country-rock in full-on Byrds jangle mode. Flip's an instro with shitkick guitar and a cordovox solo. DELBERT MCCLINTON'S first band.
LINDA RONSTADT/STONE PONEYS - Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water/ Capitol 2110 @vg+/NM-- 15
1968. LA folk-rock -- into -- country-rock. Strong C&W flavoring, string section... The first of her 45.s to be issued with a PS, I believe.
JOEY ROSS - Rumors/
Clipper (USA) CL-1073 stVG++ 6
1960's,Maine. 1962-style teen-pop updated for 1967-68. Ballad two-sider,with some awkward bossa nova moves on A-side. Instrumental backing by the (Maine) BARRACUDAS, but they're playing sweet and twee.
TONY ROSSINE - Treat Her Right/
Capitol 3031 NM 4
Former Sun Records performer in 1971, doing some MITCH RYDER-style blue-eyed soul.
ROYALS - Summertime In Maine/
Croydon (USA) 122492/122493 VG- 3
Local-boy version of Jay & Americans or Lettermen sound, but it does at least have some lead guitar. Their other 45 on Croydon may have some teenaged oomph, but this one's pretty bland. I kinda like the B-side instro, though...
RUMPLESTILTSKIN KARTOON - Come To The Carnival/
Critique 1076 NM 30
OR VG++ 22
Band apparently from Maine; date unknown, but probably 1967-68. Melodic, uptempo garage-pop with farfisa. Pret-ty darn smooth, but gloriously teenaged-sounding. Flip is white doo-wop, straight-up 1962 style, with some jazzy guitar licks.
BRYAN RUSSELL & JUNIOR PROMS - Super-Cali-Fragil-Istic-Expi-Ali-Docious/I Fall In Love Every Year In The Fall
Coliseum (USA) 2702 NM- 8
Promo label. Go-go pop-rock/early bubblegum with pre-teen singer. Uptempo two-sider, of course.
SAFETY PATROL - Lovin' Time/
Colossal P 2526 VG+ 4
1969. Exploito-sounding garage psych with goofy vocals, Beach Boys and Chuck Berry moves.
ST. DAVID'S ROAD - All Fall Down/Strange Loves Of Gwyneth Monument (USA) 1230 NM-- 15
WLP. 1970? Smooth & melodic US version of tinkertown pop-psych-lite. Not very psych-ish, but A-side has a little bit of phasing, lyric about toy soldiers. B-side is about... um... something else; it's bouncy and upbeat, got the UK moves for sure. Small WOL.
SANDS - Dance, Dance, Dance/
Critique (USA) 1078 VG++ 15
Maine, 1966? Dee-lightful, exuberant frat-rock/top 40 with horns. Excellent drumming, overall very nice record; I kept thinking it was a song the Ramones could have covered. Flip is a note-for-note cover of a then-current hit, pretty insignificant.WOL, o/w NM.
SHADDEN & KING LEARS - Come Back When You Grow Up/All I Want Is You
Arbet (USA) 1016 NM- 20
1967? Teen classic in the best "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" tradition, covered immediately after release by Bobby Vee. It's sweet in the best ways. B-side's tougher; gravelly vocals, Spencer Davis/Traffic vibe (except it's the jazzy Traffic like Barleycorn...) ...
SHADES OF BLUE - Oh How Happy/
Impact 1007 VG++ 6
Osborne says 1966, sounds like a few years later. Uptempo gospel/bubblegum hybrid, flip is 1969-ish horn MOR.
JOHNNY SHARP AND THE YELLOW JACKETS - Don't Wanna be Free/Bombie
Yellow Jacket (USA) 041168 NM-- 85
Dallas label. No date, has zip code. 1965? R&B rocker with sax, tuff guitar break. Flipside is a "rockin in the jungle" thing that I like a LOT; it's comped on White Trash Rockers, and you can hear it in a podcast here, it's way down toward the end, fast-forward to 2:38:48: wusb.fm/rockandroll/october06.html
SHILLINGS - Children And Flowers/
Three Rivers (USA) 701 VG+ 8
Cali-pop sound with big harmony vocals, big drums, big production. Jackie De Shannon song.
SHIRA- Sing Him A Song/Krishna
Jamie (USA) 1400 NM- 8
WLP, 1971. Totally drifty folkie-hippie acoustic. One guy, one voice, one guitar. Real Jamie-label material, huh?
SHOTGUN MESSENGER - Lay Me Down/I Love You And That's All
Great World Of Sound (USA) no # NM- 15
"Test Release" -- not sure if that only means it's a promo, or means something more; possibly no full-scale release on this title? Florida label, no zip code; I'm guessing @ 1968. Real appealing early southern rock, sounds like a cross between late Byrds and "Honky Tonk Woman" instead of the guitar-heavy boogie/blues-band sound of Capricorn bands... Flip's uptempo, semi-acoustic w/flute, a little too top-40.
SIDE THREE - Sunshine Sunday/Every Now and Then
Mohawk (USA) 701 NM-- 8
1968. Moody, echoey wah-wah harmony-pop two-sider.
SILVERLEAF - I Think I'm Falling In Love/Too Long
KSS (USA) 7902 stVG+/VG++ 12
Missouri, 70's. A-side's top-forty, B-sides Doobies-sound rock with atmospheric, psych-y intro and some fuzz.
DWAIN STORY - Love Of A Clown/A Little Lovin'
Stallion (USA) 1001 VG++ 20
Dreamy guitar-rock garage-a-ballad, not earlier than 1965. Clear traces of Buddy Holly/Bobby Fuller sound, so I might have guessed TX... but probably not; Mr. Story was managed by same people that handled Lovin' Spoonful and The Turtles. Tiny TOL.
STREAKERS - Streakin Pt. 1/Pt. 2.
ABC 11430 NM 4
1974, exploito-psych with a chunky, 'legit' sound. Rhythm section sounds like the ROLLING STONES.
SUNSHINE REIGNS - Laura (Is The Girl)/Acelia Dulfin
MBM (USA) 1946 VG++ 50
Drifting teen-psych about gurls, prominent organ. If it makes sense to say "loner/outsider" in connection with teen/psych, that's what this is. Very faint, evanescent feeling of lostness, barely noticeable... There seems to be a bit of buzz around this record, but I'm not confident everyone will "get it". Recommended to fans of Guitar Ensemble.
TEMPTASHUNS - Strawberry Man/Sexy Ways
Lemco (USA) 878 @vg+/VG++ 40
1964, Kentucky. Atmospheric, echoey, moody uptempo instro, lead organ and a short guitar break. Flip is pretty convincing blue-eyed frat-rock soul. Later reissued on Federal as "Pretty Ways".
TERRY & THE TOPICS - Where's My Pussycat/Just A Gigolo
Coral (USA) 62509 VG++ 50
Gogotheque instro: horns, some chuggin' B-3, long guitar break. Apparently, it's a popular spin among yer Mod-type of disc jockeys. I liked the b-side a lot better, frat-rock version (w/vocal) of 30's standards. If I were dj.ing in clubs, I'd probably play the hell out of it. Manship has this at 50 GBP. Screw'im.
TERRYS - Wake Me 100 Years From Now/Never Never Land
Rik (USA) 101-64 stVG+ 4
WLP. Kitschy top-40/country crossover with Winchester Cathedral moves, and B-side is... um... get this... country-pop/flower-psych. Sorta purty. Harlan Howard songwriting credit.
B J THOMAS/TRIUMPHS - Never Tell/
Bragg (USA) B-103 NM 15
1966. Blue-eyed soul/beach music, lotta horns. Flip's a teen-death song, updated to include Vietnam War.
ROYSTON THOMAS - Mommy Said/
Imperial 66446 VG+ 5
Promo label. Flowerpop melodrama about a busted-up family, sorta like "You Better Sit Down, Kids". Pret-ty bathetic. Theremin during the chorus?
THYME - Love To Love/
Bang (USA) B-546 NM 15
WLP. Pop/psych-pop with some Byrds moves, comped on Mindrocker V. 5. Songs credited to Neil Diamond and Stookey/Yarrow. Flip's a weird one about the second coming of J C.
J J TOBIN - You Name It (I'll Do It)/Dancing To The Beat Of My Heart
Claridge (USA) 310 VG++ 15
WLP. Pounding beat, handclaps... Northern? Hutch Davie
involvement.
TOW-AWAY ZONE - Searchin'/Shabd
Epic (USA) 10369 VG++ 20
WLP. California band, 1968? Surprising album-style heavy-psych. Topside's a Leiber & Stoller tune updated into psych-funk for some exploitable novelty value, and the flip is real-deal loud & trippy guitar-psych. Larry Goldberg, Leo Kulka involvement. RSOL.
TURNAROUNDS & STINGERS - Salt N Pepper/
De Ville (USA) DE-133 @vg+ 18
Crude, echoey early-style gymnasium frat-punk. Did I say "crude"? Vocalist kinda sounds black on B-side, poss. black-rocker, but I'm doubtful.
TURNING POINT - Make Your Own Sunshine/
Office (USA) 11101 VG+ 6
South Carolina label. Uptempo 60's AOR; energetic but bland. Flip is a kinda-jazzy kinda-r&b take on Merle Travis standard. HARRY DEAL involvement.
2 OF CLUBS - Walk Tall/So Blue Is Fall
Fraternity (USA) 975 stVG 4
1966, 2nd of 5 45.s by Cincinnatti gal duo. Vance-Pockriss tune, had recently been a hit for some soul artist. Punchy, measured thud of a beat, Spector-into-Motown production. Possible northern-soul appeal.
TWO PEOPLE - You're Gonna Hurt Me/
Liberty 55916 NM 5
Promo label. Orchestrated pop with m/f vocals, very FAINT intimations of L A folk-rock stylings buried deeply below the surface.
VANITY FARE - Early In The Morning/
Page One 21027 VG 3
'68? Garage-y pop-psych without the psych... and without much garage. If the Monkees had been talented amateurs who had access to a harpsichord...
V/A - Free Speech Carols
FSM (USA) 1 @vg++ 12
1964, Berkeley. Similar to the Rag Baby EP.s, topical songs relating to Mario Cuomo, the Free Speech Movement, pre SDS, and their conflicts with Uni authorities. Rewrites of traditional Christmas Carols, with scathing satirical lyrics. Comes with original rubber-stamped sleeve but does not have lyric insert. I know a place where you might be able to get a xerox... Straight-up folk, not electrified; listed on this page for its proto-hippie historical
interest. Tear on label.
VICTORIANS - Lovin'/
Arnold J (USA) 571 VG 3
1968, WLP. Horn rock of the worst kind.
WALKER BRO.S - (Baby) You Don't Have To Tell/
Smash 2048 VG+ 3
(bbh)
WALKER BROTHERS - Best 4 Vol. 4 EP
Philips (JPN) SFL-3177 VG+/VG+ 15
Dylan/Cannibal & Headhunters covers on side one, moody-baroque Walker Brothers sound on side two. No insert.
WAYFARERS - Monday Morning/Ticonderoga
RCA 8152 VG++ 4
Folk-movement thing, banjos and choral singing. With SEAN BONNIWELL.
JOYCE WEBB - Sing A Rainbow/The Last Time
Warner Brothers (USA) 7048 VG+ 5
Baby-voice folk-psych b/w baby-voice top-40 pop-psych. She turns up on soul lists, though, she recorded for Ric Tic? Okay, whatever... BBH.
WENDIGO - Gimme Some Lovin' P. 1/P.2
Scepter (USA) 12211 @vg++ 30
OR WLP WOL VG++ 25
Frat-rock/funk hybrid that ROARS outta your speakers. Pounding drums and insane space-rock organ fills, absolute killer stuff. Long-ish electric sitar solo at beginning of B-side. If only it were on a private label... and wasn't a cover of such a played-out song... They mocked me bitterly at another group for liking this record.
MACK WHITE - Wild Wild Man/
ABC 11355 VG++ 3
1973, promo label. Letter-perfect blue-eyed imitation of blaxploitation era funk-soul... and on the flip a limp sub-Elvis country ballad. Label wear, clean surface.
WHOZZITS - She Just Might Be A Boy/Do What You Wanna Do
Soft (USA) 984 NM- 10
Smirky doofus pop; B-side's a bit better, guitar break in the middle makes them seem a bit more serious.
WICHITA -Amelia Trestle/Home Song
Westpark (USA) 6970 stVG++ 10
Promo label. Boogie-roots-Creedence sound b/w sensitive hippie acoustic-folk tune.
HANK & LEWIE WICKHAM - Little Bit Late/
Starday (USA) 9119 @vg+ 6
A-side's a live track, kinda talking-blues/novelty inspired. Flip's a bossa nova. Duo "well-known" for having put out a rather scarce hippie-folk LP, but this one really sounded like straight country to me. Well, QUIRKY straight-country.
LADY WILDE (& WARLOCKS) - Another Year/Poor Kid
ARA (USA) 1915 NM OFFERS
OR VG++ OFFERS
1965-66, earliest chapter in the Moving Sidewalks/American Blues/ZZ Top story. Rocky & Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, pre-MOVING SIDEWALKS. A-side is country-rock/pop, sounds like Petula Clark
fronting the Tennessee Three. Flip sounds like Petula Clark fronting the Tony Hatch Combo. 500 copies pressed, and this is said to be a higher-end rarity, but it ain't because-a the music.
WILL-O-BEES - It's Not Easy/Looking Glass
Date (USA) 1583 VG++ 8
HUGE-sounding moody-garage-pop slickness. Horns on the flip, but A-side rules. Shorty Rogers involvement, Mann & Weil songwriting.
BOBBY WOOD - Break My Mind/
MGM K 13797 NM 5
Late 60's country-rock with wah-pedal & horns, flip is soothing countrypolitan with big string section.
STEVE WRIGHT - Back To The City/
Thunderball (USA) 136 NM 7
OR stVG++ 5
Moody, mid-60's pop-psych with big, echoey production, certain amount of a Walker Bro.s/Jim Webb vibe.
(HELEN YOSHIKAWA/ROGER PHILIPP) - Next Fool
National Songwriter's Guild (USA) no # VG++ 50
1968? VERY likable garage-pop with some blatant Everly Brothers moves. Unknown FLA combo of studio hacks... but they got it right on this one. May include Bob Quimby(piano), Jim Matherly (gtr) and/or Dick Egan/bs. Or maybe not. ACETATE-ONLY songwriter's demo from song-poem related studio.
NEW!! 2/11 ZODIAC - X Rated/Then Goodbye
Uni (USA) 55138 @vg+ 7
Promo label. Flowerpop novelty with banjo b/w fluty ballad. Apparently has been sampled or something. Whoop.
ZOO - Sea Cruise/esiurC aeS
Chivalry (USA) 1801 VG 7
Throbbing, bassy lo-fi version of 50's rocker with lotta lead organ, kinda fun. Flip has the instro tracks backwards, with the vocal unchanged.
ZOO - Walkin' In The Country/Blues For Deanna Chivalry (USA) 1802 P FREE
Completely hippie-ish boogie-shuffle. Skips like a motherfucker, 20 problem-spots per side.
Hope to hear from you, THANKS FOR LOOKING!