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NEW SOCIETY - I Prithee/                              RCA 8807                               VG+   3 
   (WLP. Male/female harmony vocals, rock band plus orchestra. Flipside is a comickal fake-country
    hee-hawg-o-rama.)
NEW SOCIETY - I've Been Thinking About You Baby/      RCA 9149                              VG++   5 
   (WLP. Winchester Modern Millie ragtime/pop, completely rockless. Dig that crazy jew's-harp,
    though. Flip is a very pretty ballad.)
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.)
NEWBEATS - I Believe I'm In Love With You/            Playboy (USA) 6013                      NM   5
   (1974. Punchy, not-bad pop-rock with Bee Gee-ish vocals. B-side is familiar, what other version 
    of this song do I know? Kiki Dee maybe?)
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.)
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.)
NICK PALMER - Green Pastures/                         RCA 9559                              VG++   5  
   (Yellow promo label. A-side is a country-ish, Elvis-y ballad, 1968-style. B-side is a lost-in- 
    time big band throwback.) 
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.)
PEPPER - Hot Fun/                                     Haoli (USA) HR-1001              stVG+/NM-   3
   (Hawaiian band, probably 80's. Hodge-podge of Phil Collins riffs, Chicago horn charts, and SoCal
    60's beach-pop sounds. Pret-ty weird.)
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 rockers 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 cri-  
     sis lyrical content is endearing...)
PRISM - It's Over/same                                Ariola 7691                             NM   3
   (1978. Promo label.)
GARY PUCKETT/UNION GAP - Over You/                    Columbia (USA) 4-44644             VG+/VG+   6 
   (1968? Orchestrated MOR, an edge-of-your-memory oldies-station standby. Not much, sez I. Flip's 
    orch-folk-rock with an appealing vocal.)
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.)
RANJI - Prince, The Cowboy And Me/                    Anthem 51012                          VG++   3   
  (Arty MOR in that 1972 Jimmy Webb/Neil Diamond bag.) 
RANDY - Crying/By The Time I Get To Phoenix           Teen Town (USA) 104                 stVG++   6
   (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'.)
REFLECTIONS - Just Like Romeo And Juliet/             Golden World GW 9   @VG+  4 ON HOLD 
   (1964 or 65, classic garage-y rock/pop from the Nuggets collection. Flip is an old-fashioned
    teen/doo-wop throwback. RSOL.)
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.)
RENE AND RENE - Yo Te Lo Dije/                        Columbia 43140 WLP                      NM   5
     - Please Don't Bother/                                    43163 WLP                     VG-   3
         (2rsol, sl warp NAP, o/w looks NM/plays like sh.)
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.) 
RIGHTEOUS BRO.S - Soul And Inspiration/               Verve VK 10383                    VG+/VG++  10
BILLY LEE RILEY - Valley of Dolls/Lonely Man          Mojo (USA) 3611                        NM-  10
   (1967. Uptempo, melodic southern rock with a Byrds-y vesion of the "I Feel Fine" riff. Flip's a 
    spooky Orbison-style ballad.)
JOHNNY RIVERS - Secret Agent Man/You Dig              Imperial (USA) 66159            @VG+/stVG+   5
   (From the live album, I reckon -- paranoid garage-y classic b/w frat-rock blues-vamp that sounds
    like Jesus Loves The Stooges.)
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.)  
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'.)
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.)
ROSE COLORED GLASS - Mystic Touch/                    Bang (USA) B-584                       NM-   5
    (1971, smooth, uptempo white-soul/funk-lite. Sounds like Gamble & Huff producing the Doobie 
     Brothers.)
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... some-
    thing 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 horm 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: 
    http://wusb.fm/rockandroll/october06.html 
DARRELL SHEPHERD/ZERFA BLUE - Can't Go To Sleep/Trip To Heaven      Varsity (USA) 2002        NM-  4
   (Deeply country-sounding blue-eyed soul; A-side is stiff & clumsy funk, B-side is a fairly 
    attractive ballad. Pret-ty weird. Nashville label; no date, but label gives zipcode & says 
    "recorded in stereo".)
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.)
CHRIS SIMMONS - Wild World/                           Kapp K-2109                            VG++  4 
   (Early 70's, WLP. Flowerpop. A-side is the Cat Stevens tune, flip uses synthesizer to play lead 
    lines.) 
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Mrs. Robinson/                    Columbia 44511                          VG+  3
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water/Keep The Customer Satisfied 
                                                          Columbia (USA) 4-45079           VG+/VG  3
SMEAD - Blow Away/Glory Road                          Now (USA) N-9                           NM-  6 
   (Promo label, 1974. CA label. Country-ish power-ballad b/w... uh... funky-ish power ballad. From
    the days when Rock Music wasn't exciting anymore and only Lester Bangs seemed to care.)
NEW!! 8/30 SPARROW AM-FM - Hit - Hook/November Cold        Neon (USA) UR 2749          VG++/@VG++  5
  (1981, Chicago area. Piano and female vocal, a bit like Joni Mitchell taking on some prog-rock 
   flavor. Flipside is AOR/funk with reggae-ish horns, long clumsy guitar break. Pretty tough for 
   what it is.)
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - All Cried Out/                    Philips 40299 b                   stVG/@VG+  7
                  - The Look Of Love/                 Philips 40465                            VG  3 
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Secret Garden/Thunder Road (live)      Columbia (USA) 38-77847      stVG++/NM  5
   (1995. A-side's from Greatest Hits LP, B-side's from the "Unplugged" session.)
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.)
JUSTIS TARMAR - Jesus Made Me Higher/May The Circle Be Unbroken     Abnak (USA) 152           NM-  5
   (Promo label. Yellow vinyl. 70's sound orch-pop, Paul Buckmaster/Neil Diamond style. Michael 
    O'Martian involvement. Flip's a gospelly hootenanny rave-up.)
NEW!! 8/30 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.)
JUDY THOMAS - A Little Bit Of Happiness/I Don't Know You       Tower (USA) 131               NM--  7
   (Nondescript, dull radio-pop. Joe South songwriting and production.)
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.)
(KEN) TOBIAS - Dream #2/                              Quality (CAN) MV 10681                  VG+  5
   (Orchestral folk-psych, seriously overproduced but still kinda interesting... like a genuinely 
    hippie Oliver. B-side is a bit more rockin', bluesy moves...)
TOBIAS - I Just Want To Make Music/                   Quality (CAN) MV 10692               stVG++  5
   (WLP. Ballad b/w rocker. A bit overproduced but still kinda interesting... Small WOL.)
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. RSOL.)
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.)
???????? - Anarchistic Pacifistic?/Susan's Heart Won't?    
                                          unknown label, no catalog number                NM  OFFERS
   (Test pressing MYSTERY RECORD, very possibly unreleased. A-side is dee-lightful, catchy Byrds- 
    flavored Rickenbacker folk-pop with a terrific melodic hook, flip-side is semi-acoustic, raga- 
    flavored, with sad-teen-love lyrics that don't match the progressive (for 1966-maybe) musical
    setting. Kinda like Blue Things, in that general bag. Beautiful production sounds like it COULD 
    be one of those west coast surf/folk-rock mafia guys that all worked for Columbia... I've re- 
    searched this as heavily as possible, have looked everywhere for people to help me ID it, and 
    so far, after consulting with 300+ experts and lesser collectors, I still have drawn a total 
    zero, except that I know now that it is NOT the Manson Family. I'm strongly inclined to believe 
    it was never issued. Lyrical excerpts follow, in case anyone who reads this HERE might have a 
    clue:

    A-side: 
    All you anarchistic pacifistic harbingers of fear:
    please tell me just what kind of world you save?
    I hate war the same as you, but we differ then, we too --  
    I can't sit and preach and watch the world enslaved.

    B-side:
    Don't give your heart to Susan,
    don't let her know you care.
    Cuz if you give your heart to her, 
    Susan's heart won't be there. 

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.)
VELVET CREST - Look Homeward Angel/                 Harbour (USA) 303                        @VG+  5
   (1969. Sweet strings-n-horns pop a la Vogues... Sandpipers... not quite as adult-pop as 
    Lettermen...)
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.)          
WARFIELD COUNTY - What Do You See In Marvin?/       Odax Records OD 417                      @VG+  3
    (Pop/garage with horns. COH, looks VG+, one side plays NM.)
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...)
LESLIE WEST - Don't Burn Me/                        Phantom (USA) 10301                       VG+  2
   (Promo label. 1975. Atmospheric hard-radio-rock, pretty atmospheric and listenable.)
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.)
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.) 

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  
   (Moody, mid-60's pop-psych with big, echoey production, certain amount of a Walker Bro.s/Jim 
    Webb vibe.)
MIKE YAGER - The Invader/                           King 6211                                 VG+  4
  (Elvisy country-rock and country-pop. Promo label.) 
(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.)
PIA ZADORA - Rock It Out/                           Alfa (JPN) ALR 770                      NM/NM  5
   (No date. Synthesizer & power-chord AOR/hair metal. Big beat, glossy production... diva rock, 
    y'know? Flip side is an orchestrated mushy ballad.)
ZANIES-Million Miles To Paradise/                   Dore 979                               stVG++  3
   (1982, promo label. Uptempo, novelty-tinged country rock with jugband/skiffle flavor. This is 
    the same band that's been active since @ 1958?)
ZEITGEIST - I Want To Walk To San Francisco/(Herein Lie) The Seeds Of Revolution
                                                                    RCA (USA) 9852           VG+  5
   (Promo label. With such richly promising titles, imagine my dismay on discovering that both
    songs were taken from a Broadway musical. Oh, well. Flowery B'way pop with electric piano 
    and harpsichord.)
NEW!! 11/12 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.)
NEW!! 11/12 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.)
ZZ TOP - Gimme All Your Lovin'/                     Warner 7-29693                       VG++/NM-  3



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