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The E Types Introducing The E Types 1965 66 us splendid garage beat In the mid-60s, this group from Salinas, CA, (near San Jose) played a pleasant blend of British Invasion-inspired pop/rock and a touch of garage. With prominent keyboards, three-part harmonies, and original material with minor-keyed shifts, they sounded something like a mix between the Zombies and the Turtles. Very popular within their (pretty limited) stomping grounds, they made no impact whatsoever on a national level, issuing four singles on small labels (most of them with producer Ed Cobb, who also handled the Standells and the Chocolate Watch Band). Certainly they were a promising outfit, capable of offering strong original material (most of which, oddly, was penned by a friend who wasnt in the band, Larry Hosford). They didnt have enough time to convert that promise into truly significant work, however. They disbanded in 1967, when their carefully executed pop/rock was falling out of fashion in California, in fav...

The Beat Of The Earth The Beat Of The Earth 1967 Este particular proyecto nace all� por finales de los a�os 60s, en California, EEUU, de la mano de Phil Pearlman, un m�sico que para esa �poca era un joven  de secundaria, pero se convertir�a de una figura fundamental de la psicodelia underground de California, m�sico emblem�tico de la misma talla que Joseph Byrd. Para finales de 1966 y principios de 1967 conoce a Karen Darby, otra futuro miembro de la banda. Juntos comienzan el proyecto, casi sin saberlo.  Phil estaba creando su propio estilo de m�sica experimental basado en sesiones libres de guitarra el�ctrica, y lo estaba volcando para un proyecto de arte para una clase en la universidad, esto lo llev� a armar una banda, la cual estuvo finalmente compuesta por Phil Pearlman, Karen Darby, Ron Collins, J.R. Nichols, Phil Phillips, Sherry Phillips, siendo todos m�sicos provenientes de distintas padres de EEUU. Comenzaron a desarrollar su concepto de m�sica libre, al cual lo pre...

The Music Explosion Little Bit O Soul 1967 us marvelous garage psych beat 2002 remaster This is an improvement over the best previous Music Explosion compilation, One Ways Anthology, in that it not only contains all 21 of the songs from that release, but adds three non-LP B-sides not on that CD. Granted, all three of these B-sides are psychedelic instrumentals that most likely feature session players and not the Music Explosion. But those are rather cool tracks, in the manner of the trippy fuzz guitar-organ psychedelic songs heard on soundtracks to films exploiting the hippie movement. More importantly, perhaps, the package also includes respectful detailed liner notes, with quotes from several bandmembers. All that borne in mind, you still cant get around the fact that the group didnt have anything too great to offer other than "Little Bit o Soul." They did virtually no original material, and their songs were average, OK-to-unexciting pop garage rock with a bit of soul and b...

The Stormsville Shakers One And One Is The Complete Recordings 1965 67 uk wonderful mod beat with psych flashes 2015 issue Phillip Goodhand-Tait has had his songs recorded by artists ranging from Gene Pitney to Roger Daltrey and has also fronted a number of bands in his many decades in the music industry.  Cherry Red Group imprint RPM has collected 27 tracks by singer-musician-songwriter Goodhand-Tait, solo and with his bands The Stormsville Shakers and Circus as One and One is Two: Complete Recordings 1965-1967. Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, Goodhand-Tait began his music career while still in his teenage years.  In his new liner notes penned especially for this release, he recalls receiving the sum of five pounds for assembling a five-piece band to play a dance at the local drill hall in 1960.  After flirting with names The Royphillians, Phil Tone and the Midnighters, and The Vibrants, the group settled on The Stormsville Shakers in 1961. The band, fro...

The Boots Here Are The Boots 1966 Beat Mod - Werner Krabbe - vocals, harmonica - Ulli Grun - keyboards - Bob Bresser - bass - Jorg "Jockel" Schutte-Eckel - lead guitar, vocal s - Heinz Hoff - drums   01. Shes About A Mover (Doug Sahm) - Shake - 2:43 02. Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (Bo Diddley) - Hully Gully - 3:08 03. Gloria (Van Morrison) - Stomp - 3:27 04. It Aint Necessarily So (G.Gershwin) - Slow - 2:25 05. Got Love If You Want It (J.Moore) - Shake - 2:39 06. But You Never Do It Babe (B.Potter/I.R.Samwell) - Hully Gully - 2:28 07. Enchanted Sea (Frank Metis/Randy Starr - arr.by The Boots) - Blues - 3:59 08. Baby Please Dont Go (Trad.arr. by W.Krabbe/B.Bresser/The Boots) - Shake - 2:30 09. Whatcha Gonna Do About It (B.Potter/I.R.Samwell) - Shake - 2:17 10. When I Loved Her (Rod Argent) - Slow - 2:15 11. Jump Back Baby (Rufus Thomas) - Hully Gully - 1:37 12. Dimples (John Lee Hooker) - Boogie - 2:53 13. Boogie Children (Roland Hayes) - Boogie - 3:30 14. Walkin In The San...

The Griffin The Worlds Filled With Love 1968 us fabulous colorful beat psychedelia vinyl edition Griffin was an obscure flower power pop psych band  with their 1968 ABC label album, optimistically titled �The World�s Filled With Love.� And anyone with a sweet tooth for the first two Strawberry Alarm Clock long players, or the mystical but still pop-centrific later Monkees albums, or anyone who still believes the world is filled with bunnies and pink cotton candy clouds, will find Griffin �s na�ve but surprisingly trippy outlook on life pretty reassuring.   Griffin summoning up their inner Kahlil Gibrans when they sing �Know thyself is just a phrase, till some have passed through the haze. I�ve figured out the maze, in my other life.� As Ravi Shankar�s dad, I�m guessing, since they surround it with the same kind of floaty, mystical sitar and tabla head zones that George did on his passages to India , all bellydancing rhythms, snakey sitar lines and om-like chanting background v...