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Category Archives: Garage, Surf and Frat
THE ASTRONAUTS – Travellin’ Men – (RCA) – 1967
1967. This is the final recorded gasp of The Astronauts. Despite trying to keep up with the times they had changed quickly. It was only 4 years earlier, in 1963, that their first album was … Continue reading
THE CRYAN’ SHAMES – Sugar & Spice – (Columbia) – 1966
It’s nice to get some straight ahead rock every now and then. It’s also nice to play an entire album by a US garage band. Normally you only get to hear the singles or selected tracks on garage compilations. With … Continue reading
THE ASTRONAUTS – Astronauts Orbit Kampus – (RCA) – 1964
The Astronauts live at The Tulagi in Boulder, Colorado! I don’t know if the guys went to University (orbit Kampus? In any event the “K” is prior to The Kinks going crazy with “K’s) though I suspect not as … Continue reading
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS – Goin’ To Memphis – (Columbia) – 1967
No garage, no pop, no psych. This is not what you would expect from a Paul Revere and the Raiders album. Here, lead singer Mark Lindsay has decided to tackle black soul. I say “Mark Lindsay” specifically … Continue reading
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS – Just Like Us! – (Columbia) -1966
what Frank is listening to #221 – PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS – Just Like Us! – (Columbia) -1966 I'm going to rehash a large chunk of an earlier "comment": Back in "what Frank is listening to #119" I … Continue reading
THE HOMBRES – Let It Out – (Verve) – 1967
I've been hanging to play this album since I got it … which wasn't that long ago. It was one I've been looking for for some time but it was always too expensive locally. Luckily I won this copy for under … Continue reading
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS – Midnight Ride – (Columbia) – 1966
Back in “what Frank is listening to #119″ I said this in relation to The Raiders album “Spirit of ’67”: “It’s only in the last few years I have been really getting into Paul Revere and the Raiders. Back in … Continue reading
THE BEACH BOYS – Beach Boys’ Party – (Capitol) – 1965
Cats and pigeons … Warning … generalisations abound. I acknowledge there are always exceptions but for the purpose of this comment, generalisations abound … read on … The Beach Boys were what they call in the United States a “working band”. … Continue reading
THE ASTRONAUTS – For You – From Us – (RCA) – 1965
I got this from the US recently for $3 (+ $14 postage – sigh – can someone invent a cheaper form of sending parcels from A to B?). I've had their first album since the 1980s and that's a … Continue reading
KIM FOWLEY – Outrageous – (Imperial) – 1968
I do not recollect how I ever heard about Kim Fowley but I have about ten of his albums now. His early ones, however, have eluded me in the past. They would inevitably cost a arm and a leg locally and … Continue reading
