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ACHILLES AND FRANK - As We Do Today/ Norman 426 NM 6
(1966. WLP? Folkie duo doing an original and a tune by the Gershwins. Artsy arrangements, purty
singin', no banjos and no faux-populist or pseudo-Kingston nonsense, far more interesting than
most folk acts.)
LOU ALONSO - Can't Let Go Of You/ Emergency(USA) LA-00020 VG+ 3
(1975. Bouncy flowerpop with a bit of soul in the vocals, flipside has some lounge-y jazz moves.
Recorded at Bearsville, hmm...)
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'.)
AVIARY CONNECTION - Superbird/ Mesa (USA) 221221 VG+/@NM 8
(1971. FUN hybrid of frat & bubble. Drums are hot, arrangement features some nice, bouncy power-
riffing, prominent organ fills... flip is insincere sounding blues-rock.)
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.)
BAHAMA MAMA - Future Fear/ Snate no # VG++/VG++ 3
(1979, Rochester NY. Fusion-y, reggae-ish AOR. Electric piano. Reminds me of Supertramp.)
BAHAMA MAMA - Lonesome Cowboy/ Archive 1303 VG++/VG 3
(1980, still Rochester NY. Straight-up reggae/ska, with some whitesy pop touches.)
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.)
DUKE BAXTER - Everybody Knows Matilda/I Ain't No Schoolboy VMI (USA) V-740 VG++ 5
(Big-beat orchestrated pop with a gtr/bs/drms combo underneath, rock-mannerisms vocalist who
sounds like the Three Dog Night guy.)
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)
BETHANY - We're All in This Together/Light Of Love API (USA) 1003 VG++/@VG++ 10
(1970-71, Georgia. Rural-psych/AOR kinda stuff, pretty nondescript, with blues-mama vocals.
Record is fairly common, P/S isn't. Crummy amateurish graphics.)
JIMMY BARDEN & DONNA BYRD - Till I Met You/It's Never Easy KR (USA) 118 stVG+ 8
(Sorta blue-eyed soul/AOR sounding, if I have to set a genre tag on it... What's most interesting
here is the magnificent production -- warm, echoey, Spectorish... Donald Peake & Joe Wissart were
the control-room wizards, and I've never heard of them. RSOL.)
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.)
BOYCE & HART - Where Angels Go/ A&M (USA) 919 VG++/NM-- 10
(1967-69. Uptempo radio fluff goes vroom with handclaps. Absolutely gorgeous bubble-Pepper
McCartney moves on the B-side.)
BOYCE & HART - Alice Long/ A&M (USA) 948 VG++/VG++ 10
OR 2 BBH @VG++/@VG++ 8
(Horn & handclaps teener that reminds me of The Turtles b/w Revolver-trippy teener about
personal ads. Super George Harrison riff on B-side.)
BOYCE & HART - I'm Gonna Blow You A Kiss In The Wind/ Aquarian (USA) 380 VG++/NM- 10
(1969. Horns and fuzz and ba-ba-ba-ba-bubblegum. Orig. version of Redd Kross' big hit.)
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.)
DONNIE BROOKS - Sunshine, Summertime and Love/Hush Yardbird (USA) 8008 @VG+ 6
(1968, faded teen-era pop-star moderns up into soft-psych, blatant flower-power lyrics. File
next to "Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair." Flip is a not-very-successful attempt at hard-rock,
the same Joe South song that Deep Purple covered. It's kinda weird-sounding.)
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.)
BUCKINGHAMS - Susan/ Columbia 44378 VG+ 3
(Not-bad beat-pop b/w moody orchestrated folk-psych.)
BUTTERSCOTCH CABOOSE - Sun Down Sally/World of Hurt AGP (USA) 17 stVG++ 65
(WLP. Slow with handclaps, Creedence sound. LOUD bass and drums, real stompin' rhythm section.
I guess the flip is the Northern side, has the sound.)
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...)
J J CALE - Dick Tracy/It's A Go-Go Place Liberty (USA) 55840 NM 10
(Promo label. Country-ish novelty pop/rock on the A-side. The "Go-Go Place" is Sunset Strip;
dark-sounding, atmospheric stroll-type tune with long guitar break.)
CARPENTERS - Rainy Days And Mondays/ A&M 1260 stVG+/VG++ 7
(staple holes, light ring, light creasing.)
- Yesterday Once More/ A&M 1446 stVG/VG++ 6
(staple holes, some severe creasing at top.)
- I Won't Last A Day Without You/ A&M 1521 stVG+/NM 9
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?)
NEW!! 11/15 CHAKRAS - Just With You/Things We Said Today Reprise (USA) 0838 VG++ 15
(Psychy rural-rock, drifty & mellow, reminds me of Hearts & Flowers... B-side is NOT the Beatles
song.)
GUY CHANDLER - December Child/ Pied Piper PP-2002 @NM- 6
(Apparently 1974. Moody, minor-key AOR/orch-pop with some soulish bits in the vocal. Xian
content kinda artfully and subtly presented. RSOL.)
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'.)
NEW!! 11/15 CHARTBUSTERS - Why (Doncha Be My Girl)/Stop The Music Mutual (USA) 508 VG++ 15
(Total '64-Mersey sound; flip is really likeable, reminds me of... damn, I can't think... Huey
Smith? Awesomely boss hook, wherever it came from. Impossibly groovy Mutual Records stock
sleeve as well.)
TONY CHRISTIE - I Did What I Did For Maria/ Kapp K-2139 stVG++ 5
(1971/72. Spaghetti-western ballad, Marty Robbins moves into the Jim Webb era. Fabulous hook
in the chorus. Flip is typical MOR in the Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds style.)
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.)
CLIQUE - Firing Line/Midnight Hour Graphic (USA) DR 5012 NM- 5
(80's. Sorta-interesting combo of power-chord hair-metal with advanced synth/sequencer action,
like Heart covering Baba O'Reilly. B-side is very credible 70's-sound hard-rock, convincing
gravelly vocals.)
LEONARD COHEN - Suzanne/ CBS (FRA) 3337 VG/VG+ 6
(Two classics from Leonard Cohen's first album; somewhat unusual to see them in a neat
European pressing with picture sleeve. Even if it IS trashed.)
LEONARD COHEN - Lover Lover Lover/ CBS (FRA) 2699 stVG++/NM- 12
(Original 70's French pressing of 45 from "New Skin/Old Ceremony" LP. Two great songs.)
LEONARD COHEN - Memories/ CBS (GER) 5882 NM--/VG++ 20
(1977. PROMO ONLY sleeve and WLP disk, short versions of two Cohen songs edited down for radio,
reduced to 4.19 and 4.08. Unique and lovely item for the Field Marshall Cohen fanatic. Songs
from "Death Of A Ladies' Man", the Phil Spector one. Insane production, 1950's rock-pop touches,
sounds like Cohen fronting the E Street Band on one side.)
LEONARD COHEN - I'm Your Man/ CBS (HOLL) 651522 7 VG++/NM- 8
(1988 Dutch pressing of one of late-Cohen's signature tune b/w his Janis Joplin anecdote only
available on his 'Greatest Hits' lp. Droll non-US picture sleeve showing a very dour-looking
black & white Mr. C in sunglasses, eating a colorized banana.)
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.)
NEW!! 11/15 COUNTY AGENTS - Good Day Mr. Davies/Would I Lie? Charay (USA) C-87 VG++ 10
(Peculiar country-ish rock band with Texas accents and a banjo... imitating Village Green Pres.
Soc'y flowerpsych songwriting. Flipside's faster, more of a US garage-pop vibe. Distinctive and
pretty damn neat record on one of the bigger indie labels.)
COURT JESTERS - Drive Me Crazy/I'll Play Your Silly Game
Jesters International (USA) S4KM-2035 VG++ 30 ON HOLD
(Fort Worth label, some kinda custom-pressing. Clumsy early punker with a ballad flip.
Mersey/Holly/Fuller sound, not the later/wylder strain.)
CUT-UPS - Everything's Yellow/ Hickory 1409 NM 8
(1967, WLP. Fuzz novelty b/w country weeper.)
DALLAS - Concrete And Clay/ Marina MR 504 NM-- 5
(WLP. Uptempo, radio-friendly beat-pop with horns. RSOL.)
NEW!! 8/29 DAWNING VILLAGERS - Night Of The Day/Let Her Go
Guru (USA) 6270/6271 NM 35 ON HOLD
(San Antonio TX.. No date, no zipcode. 1966? Echoey, moody folk-rock, doesn't jangle but sounds
very sunshiny in a homemade way. A-side is teenaged deep-thoughts a la Simon & Garfunkel, flip
is teenaged romance angst.)
DAVID AND ANTHONY - Ozark Land/ Aquarius MTS-545 @VG++ 12
(1969 or '70, Pittsburgh label. East Coast folk-rock, a little countryish, exactly halfway
between Byrds and Everly Brothers.)
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.)
SONNY DENTON - Gretta/Same Jubilee 5716 NM 1
(WLP. Blue-eyed soul/top 40 wwith acid guitar leads and horns.)
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.)
DION - Abraham, Martin And John/ Laurie 3464 VG+ 3
(1968. Schmoozy 'relevant' classic b/w dark, thunderous-sounding soul-rock.Don't know if the
'heroin song' interpretation Dave Marsh suggested is correct, but it sure is a mean little
groove.)
DON & CARLA- There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do For You/ 50 States (USA) FS-6 @VG+ 2
(1972, I guess. They might have been a country act, but this is totally crossed-over, Top 40/AOR
territory. PURTY Everly-styled vocals. Flipside has a touch of grit, some kinda anti-war
content but I don't want to think about it right now.)
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.)
DREAM MACHINE - Broken Hearts/Houdini Decca (USA) 32205 VG+ 8
(Promo label. Pop-psych with a teenish/Byrdish feel. Not a record to get massively excited
about, but it's very likable. B-side has a very unusual arrangement, with a huge churchy
pipe-organ making enormous sounds behind the combo. Most distinctive. SOL WOL.)
DUKE JUPITER - Begin Again/ Coast To Coast (USA) 02801 stVG++ 4
(1982. Punchy hard-rock/powerpop, album tracks. A-side has lots of fuzz, B-side is sorta
power-ballad. Wouldn't have minded hearing THIS on the radio instead of Thomas Dolby...)
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.)
PETE DUNTON - Taking Time/ RCA DJBO-0262 stVG++ 10
(Atmospheric 1973 MOR rock with nice DAVE EDMUNDS production. Promo label.)
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.)
BOB DYLAN - Memphis Blues Again/Rita May CBS (ITA) CBS 4859 @VG++/NM- 12
(1976, live track from the Hard Rain lp b/w roots-rockin' non-lp leftover from "Desire"
sessions. Text on foldover flap, called "first variant" at 'searching for a gem' website.
Small sticker-tear on front.)
BOB DYLAN/ROLLING STONES - What's It All About? MA (USA) MA-3052 VG+ 10
(1982, two segments of a 5-minute Christian radio show with snippets of interview and snippets
of song. Dylan side focusses on his "Saved" period... and features some interview clips from
'65-66. Google it up and check out the on-line buffoon that thinks his copy is worth 270.00
USD... Last time Dylan and the Stones were on a record together was... what... "I Can't Get No
Nookie"?)
EARLY PEAS - No Time To Worry/ Begonia 100 VG 4
(Acoustic country-rock two-sider. Sophisticated playing, more-advanced 70's sound.)
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.)
FACE TO FACE - Tell Me Why/Same Epic (USA) 05768 NM 1
(WLP, 1985. Tell me why... why I bought this? Reading from a list and typing too fast, my
mistake. Rock of the 80's with Lillywhite drums.)
FAIR WEATHER - Natural Sinner/ RCA 9899 @NM 4
(Promo label.With Andy Fairweather Low. Hippie-era boogie, drug references, great pop hooks,
gospel chorus, Cocker-ish vocals. Flip has heavy organ, plays a little noisy. 1971-ish?)
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.)
- For Sentimental Reasons/ RCA 8884 WLP NM- 6
- Theme From 'The Sand Pebbles'/ RCA 9085 WLP VG++ 3
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.)
FIREBALLS - Bottle Of Wine/ Atco 6491 #ol @VG++ 5
FIREBALLS - Long Green/Light In The Window Atco 6651 stVG+ 4
(WLP. Timidly punky, sorta like Paul Revere And The Raiders. Song's a blatant "La Bamba" rip.
Flip side is quite sweet, Cali-sounding folk-rock.)
FIVE AMERICANS - If I Could/Now That It's Over Abnak AB-116 NM- 6 ON HOLD
(Pretty, fresh-sounding radio-happy pop-rock.)
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:
http://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.)
JOHN FRED/TEX. PLAYBOYS - Judy In Disguise/ Paula 282 pink lbl VG++ 4
FRIENDS OF GIFFORD PINCH, BRIAN & CLARK - Ladybugs, Puddles And Things/ Decca 32006 NM 5
(Pop-folkrock songwriter stuff, kinda syrupy and Harry Chapin sentimental for my tastes.)
FRIENDSHIP - The World Is Going To Be A Better Place/ Big Tree (USA) 111 VG+ 4
(1970. Promo label. Age Of Aquarius pop-rock, with choral vocals, gospel piano. Very uplifting.)
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.)
FURYS - Say Goodbye To The Black Sheep/ Double R (USA) 1011 stVG++/NM- 15
(1978, CA. Brightly-produced AOR/powerpop with some keyboards. Reminds me a bit of Romantics,
A's, East Coast bands like that. WOS, possible band-autograph.)
FUTURE - Raggedy Jack/same Shamley 44011 NM 3
(Promo label. Ver-ry rural.)
FUTURE - The Shape Of Things To Come/ Uni (USA) 55082 stVG++ 8
(1968. Charging, dramatic exploito-psych from "Wild In The Streets" soundtrack.
Mann/Weil compositions. BBH.)
WARREN GRADUS - Lovers Who Wander/A Bigger Wall Laurie (USA) 3665 NM 8
(Promo label, 1978. Dion & Belmonts cover, not really serious, b/w anti-bigotry pop-rock.)
GARY AND DAVE - Can't You Do It Now/ Supreme (HOLL) 532 NM-/NM 6
(1972, Canadian pop/rock, appealing up-tempo/harmony sound with something VERY FAMILIAR lurking
in the background. Badfinger? Flipside is acoustic, moody.)
GENTRYS - Keep On Dancing/ MGM K 13379 VG 3
(Frat rock classic, gotta love it. Flip's a jangly-guitar ballad with some borrowings from
'Please Please Me'.)
GENTRYS - Spread It On Thick/Brown Paper Sack MGM (USA) 13432 VG+/NM- 15 ON HOLD
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?)
GENTRYS - God Save Our Country mono/stereo Sun S1-1126 NM 10
(Promo, YELLOW VINYL. Arena-rock stupidness, sounds like Grand Funk at their most po-faced.
Stereo version isn't even remotely listenable, but mono mix has charging, loud and crunchy
guitars pushed forward in the mix. Nifty chugga-chugga riff.)
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.)
GO-GO'S - We Got The Beat/Our Lips... IRS IR 8001 NM 8
(PIC DISK. "Limited":1209/50000.)
GOVE - Silver City Bound/ TRX 5029 promo @NM- 7 ON HOLD
- That's The Way/ 5031 promo NM- 8 ON HOLD
(Rural psych, some nice bluesy playing.)
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...)
GRAND FUNK - Shinin' On/ Capitol 3917 VG++/@VG++ 5
(1974, from the Todd Rundgren sessions.)
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.)
GRASSROOTS - Midnight Confessions/ Dunhill D-4144 VG+ 3
(Two album sides - one of their big hits b/w a decent piece of acid-pop. Underrated band.)
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.)
HARBINGERS - Harbingers of Fear/(unkn) - Don't Give Your Heart To Susan
UNRELEASED TEST PRESSING/PUBLISHER'S DEMO NM OFFERS
(NOT the same Harbingers that recorded for Columbia, these guys are Phoenix AZ, 1965. Loy
Clingman from Viv Records did custom pressings for bands that wanted the appearance of
their own label, he also ran off white-label jobbies that he sent around as songwriter's
demos, trying to get major label bands to cover material he had license to. This is one of
the latter; it's said that he did these in editions of 100. Consider that a guesstimate,
whatever. A-side is dee-lightful, catchy Byrds-flavored Rickenbacker folk-pop with a ter-
rific melodic hook, flip-side appears to be by a different band; semi-acoustic, raga-flavored,
with sad-teen-love lyrics that don't match the progressive (for 1965) musical setting. Kinda
like Blue Things, in that general bag.)
HARBINGERS - Tompkins Square/It's Time That You Settled Down Columbia (USA) 44417 stVG++ 15
(High-drama loner-hippie folk-psych, seems to be about those two squatters that were killed
while exploring a mattress together... M/F vocals. Flip's light n frothy sunshine-pop a la ...
oh... Spanky And Our Gang maybe.)
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.)
HEATHER BLACK - Master Nichols/same. Double Bayou Rec.s DB 4 NM- 4
(WLP, stereo/mono. Cute song, but very poppy.)
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.)
HOGS - Spontaneous Life/Puttin On Chains World (CAN) WRA3-422 @VG++/stVG++ 5
(1987, appears to be Northeast USA or Canada. Limp-o honkeys-trying-to-rap with retarded rhymes
b/w pretty decent hard-edged AOR.)
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.)
MARK JARJISIAN - It Don't Matter (If It Rains Today)/Poor Man's Dreams
Concept (USA) 100 @VG+ 5
(WLP, 1974. Songwriter pop-psych with hippie philosophical touches.)
JASON - (Woman) Ease My Mind/Broadway Concrete Antler (USA) 1231 VG++/@NM 8
(Scary-bad lounge-top-40-orchestrated-songwriter-folk-pop with microtonal lead singer. Just
wrong. Same Antler label that did rockers in the 50's, this coulda been the one that buried
them.)
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.)
LITTLE JONNA JAYE (SULLIVAN) - Put Up Or Shut Up/ Jolar (USA) 1066 VG 5
(Little girl vocals (sounds kinda like Brenda Lee minus the soul inflections) and bouncy-with-
handclaps instro backing. Venomous girl-group sass. Flip's a midtempo ballady kinda thing.
Teach Wiltshire involvement. Came out at approximately the same time as "It's Your World",
but sounds more like 1963 than 1968. RW.)
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 with
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.)
GARY LEMEL - Now I Taste The Tears/Fine Wine Capitol (USA) P 2430 @NM 5
(Promo label. Moody & atmospheric, like a Nashville version of Jimmy Webb-style art-40-pop --
song is about a guy getting ready to commit suicide or murder. Lotsa tough guitar on the
A-side, and the flip is just pointless and weird. Songwriting credits to Buzz Clifford and
John D Loudermilk.)
GARY LEWIS & PLAYBOYS - My Heart's Symphony/Tina Liberty (USA) 55898 VG++/VG++ 8
(Fancy kitchen-sink arrangements, hardly any rock elements.)
LIONHART - There's A Way/Find Your Own Way Home Hutch (USA) HP-1101-0675 @VG/NM- 4
(slick REO-ish radio rock with some nice jangly guitar leads. 6" + 6" sspl to sleeve.)
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:
http://lonestarstomp.blogspot.com/ . Scroll down the page a little.)
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 a
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.)
NEW!! 8/29 MINIMUM DAILY REQUIREMENT - Free The People/Do I Believe The Sun WIll Shine
Mercury (USA) 73247 NM 6
(1971-ish AOR rock/pop, Original Caste sound, Xian content.)
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.)
MORTICIANS - Now That You've Left Me/Marie Marie Roulette (USA) 4702 VG++ 40
(WLP. New Jersey, 1966, I think. Imagine "Pushin' Too Hard" with electric piano as lead
instrument. Got it? Hear it HERE: http://peachfuzzforest.blogspot.com/2007_08_12_archive.html )
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?)
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