Mix Tape 027

The Pretty Things

The Six Pents

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1. "It's Christmas Behave Yourself" - Lightning Love - Suburban Sprawl, 2011 from SSMXMAS2011 - courtesy of THE BOSS

2. "Fade Away" - Junior Byles, 1975 - from a recent gift from me to me [thank you thank you], a box set "Reggae Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary" - haven't had a chance to get through much but I'd say it's worth it for the liner notes

3. "She's Coming Home" - Blue Beats - Festival, 1965 - originated in Melbourne as The Outcasts

4. "Second Street" - Doughboys - from "Shakin' Our Souls" 2012

5. "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" - Phranc - from the EP "Goofyfoot" 1995

6. "Always Complaining" - Skybombers - from their debut "Take Me Town" 2008

7. "Happy We Are" -  Otis Williams and His Charms - 1953 from "Otis Williams And The Charms Very Best - Vol. 1"

8. "She Lied" - Six Pents - Kidd, 1966

9. "Oh Little One" - Jack Scott - Top Rank, 1960 - contributed by Shawn

10. "All Light Up" - The Pretty Things - Norton, 2000

11. "Anything About Me" - Them Tyrants - Stage, 2012

12. "And I Always Will" - The Dynatones - Pye, 1968

13. "My Baby (Knows How To Have a Real Good Time)" - Redondo Beat - from "Meet Redondo Beat" 2011

14. "Murder She Wrote" - Chaka Demus & Pliers - Mango, 1992

15. "Little Purple Bird" - Freddy & the Fourgone Conclusions - from "Wigged Out Sounds"

16. "I Want That Boy" - Sadina - Smash, 1965

17. "Noise In the Hallway" - Law of Nature - from their debut cd, "Four Points in the Valley" 1994

18. "You're Gonna Be My Girl" - The Above - from a 2010 7", I think - contributed by Shawn

19. "Your Love's Got Me Burning Alive" - Paul Petersen - Motown, 1968

20. "Stay Out of My World" - Preachers - Moonglow, 1965

21. "Meat is Meat" - The Forbidden Dimension - from "Somebody Down There Likes Me" 1995

22. "Tender Heart" - Alejandro Escovedo - from "Street Songs of Love" 2010

23. "Sister Love" - The Liverpool Five - RCA, 1966

24. "Soul Salvation of Love" - Cocktail Slippers - Wicked Cool Records, 2012

25. "I Hate Christmas" - Bob and Tom - from "Uncensored" 2002 - Merry f890'ing xmas -)

Scan Credits:

Six Pents scan from http://www.sweatsoaked.com/

Pretty Things scan from http://www.sing365.com/

"I Want That Boy" scan from http://muskmellon.wordpress.com/

Mix Tape 026

Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers

Roy Brown

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1. "Good Rockin' Tonight" - Roy Brown - 1947 - Roy is the man who wrote and first cut "Good Rockin'" and purportedly the man to coin the term "rock and roll." Why isn't he in the Hall of Fame?

2. "Remember December" - The Paper Dolls - RCA, 1970 - backing vocals by Brian Connolly, later of Sweet

3. "Got to Have You Back" - The Isley Brothers - Tamla, 1967

4. "You're My Brian Jones" - Palmyra Delran - just out!  It's in the running for Little Steven's Underground Coolest Song in the World contest for 2012.  It's got my vote, literally - http://undergroundgarage.com/events/the-coolest-songs-in-the-world-2012.html

5. "Is It Wrong" - Joey & the Continentals - from "Joey and the Continentals aka The GTO's"

6. "Does Your Mama Know About Me" - Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers - Gordy, 1968

7. "I Wanna Go Wild" -  Death By Unga Bunga - Norwegian group, recently released from the album "The Kids Are Up To No Good"

8. "Please Realize" - Don Perry & the Fables - from 1967 on Fable and comp'd on "The Lost Generation Volume 3. 19 More Mid-Sixties USA Garagepunkers!"

9. "This Strange Effect" - The Kinks - written by Ray Davies for Dave Berry in 1965.  A Kinks' studio recording was never released.  This version is from the UK show "Top of the Pops."

10. "So Wrong" - Pete Barin (with the Belmonts) - Sabina, 1962

11. "I Saw Her Again" - The Mamas & Papas - from their 1966 second album

12. "In My Room [Demo Version]" - The Beach Boys - from "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boy"

13. "She'll Come Back" - The Turtles - from "Wooden Head," released in 1969 and consisted of mostly b-sides and rarities

14. "Eat My Fear" - The Setting Son - from the recently released "Before I Eat My Eyes and Ears"

15. "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" - Del Shannon - from the 1961 album "Runaway with Del Shannon." Written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman.  The Elvis version was released a few months later.

16. "Black Roses" - Brain Train - Titan, 1966 - Brain Train was the precursor to Clear Light

17. "I've Been Waiting" - Freddy & the Fourgone Conclusions - from "Wigged Out Sounds"

18. "On a Little Island" - The Enchanters - from "Rare Soul Harmony Of The 60's"

19. "Love Me Like I Do" - Mama Guitar - from "In Mama Guitar Style" 2001

20. "She's My Girl" - Bobby Fuller Four - Mustang, 1965

21. "A New Direction" - The Fairviews & the Fifth Dimension - Spinit, 1967

22. "She Can't Be Found" - The Frantic Five - from "Play the Quinta" 1998

23. "Disown Me" - Graham Day and the Gaolers - from "Soundtrack to the Daily Grind" 2007

24. "I'll Forgive You Girl" - The Chocolate Light Bulbs - Lennan, 1969

25. "The Clock" - Jaytones - Brunswick, 1958

26. "Of Old Approximately" - Bourbons - Royal Family, 1967

27. "Tango Fuzz" - Los Peyotes - from "Psychotic Reaction" 2002

Scan Credits:

Roy Brown scan from http://www.rockabilly.nl/

"Got to Have You Back" scan from http://dereksdaily45.blogspot.com/

Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers scan from http://en.wikipedia.org/

Mix Tape 025

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1. "Ye-Ye" - Eiko Shuri - from "Nippon Girls Pop Beat & Bossa Nova (1966-1970)"

2. "Turkey Hop" - Hamptones - from "Desperate Rock 'n Roll V1" - this is undoubtedly the Lionel Hampton recording from 1950.

3. "Any Time" - Interpreters - from "Diggin' For Gold Vol. 6 - A Collection of Demented 60's R&B/Punk & Mesmerizing 60's Pop"

4. "What in the World's Come Over You" - Jack Scott - from the 1960 album of the same name.  I swoon!

5. "Crazy Love" - Menic - from the recently released album "Railroad Blues Anthology"  by whom?  Where has he been hiding?!

6. "Keep Me Satisfied" - Russ Kruger - Sunshine, 1966

7. "Why'd You Put Me On" -  Bobbi Row and the English Men - Money, 1965

8. "All That Candy" - The Setting Son - new single on Bad Afro

9. "Let's Turkey Trot" - Little Eva - Dimension, 1963 - a Goffin/King song

10. "The Way I Feel" - The Wrong Numbers - Hit Cat, 1966

11. "Amplifier" - The dB's - from "Repeercussion" 1982

12. "Jamaican Holiday" - The Sunblind Lion - 1976 from "Wisconsin Rocks Volume 3"

13. "No Matter What You Say" - Butch Engle & the Styx - circa 1966 from "The Best of Butch Engle & the Styx"

14. "How Was Your Weekend" - Bobby Mac - Vended, 1962

15. "Turkey Stomp" - Living End - Mira, 1965

16. "Brazil" - Tav Falco's Panther Burns - from "Behind the Magnolia Curtain" 1981

17. "Shady Grove" - the first studio album by American rock band Mudcrutch, released on April 29, 2008. The album was recorded during a two-week period in August 2007. Mudcrutch was originally formed in 1967. The band recorded several demos and singles but never released an album. Mudcrutch was disbanded by the record company in 1975 and did not play together again until recording this album 32 years later.[citation needed] After the initial break-up, band members Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench went on to form Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. ~ wikidpedia

18. "I Feel Alright" - Them Tyrants - debut album from the Swedish group, 2009

19. "Sugar Boy" - Charmettes - World Artists, 1965

20. "The Way I Feel About You" - The Pete Best Combo - Happening, 1965 - was he talking about the Beatles?

21. "Walking With a Ghost" - Tegan and Sara - from "So Jealous" 2004

22. "2's Better Than 3" - The Maundy Quintet - Paris Tower, 1967

23. "Nobody Loves Me (Like My Baby)" - Harry Caldwell - Carnival, 1966

24. "Out of My Mind" - The Chantelles - GNP Crescendo, 1965

25. "One Way Love" - The Undertones - from their reissued debut from 1979 with bonus tracks

26. "Oh No Not My Baby" - Maxine Brown - Wand, 1965 - Dee Dee Warwick background vocal

27. "Another Turn" - the Maharajas - from "Unrelated Statements" 2004

28. "Once Before" - Barry & the Remains - Sundazed reissue, originally from 1965

Scan Credits:

"Why'd You Put Me On" scan from http://mydadsrecords.tumblr.com/

Tav Falco scan from http://fatpossum.com/

Mix Tape 024

A little late for election day but I was without power for 8 days thanks to Sandy.  Bitch.  See below for scan credits.  Enjoy!

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1. "Bad Politics" - Yo La Tengo - from "A  Smattering of Outtakes & Rarities", cover of Dead C

2. "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye - Tamla, 1971

3. "Talk Talk" - Music Machine - Original Sound, 1966

4. "Please Mr. President" - The Boss Five - Impact, 1965

5. "She Owns The Streets" - Ravonettes - Vice, 2012 - from Denmark - courtesy of Shawn

6. "Hey Calinda" - Masonics - Royal, 1994

7. "We Belong Together" - Randy Newman - written by Newman for the 2010 movie Toy Story 3

8. "You Don't Love Me (Anymore)" - The Zeljians - Mark VII, 1966

9. "My Boyfriend" - Becky & the Lollipos -  from "Where the Girls Are Vol. 5" - Becky and the Lollipops were none other than a pseudonym for Ricky Page and her family who also recored under the names of The Bermudas, Joanne & the Triangles, The Majorettes and Beverly and the Motorscooters.

10. "You Are" - The Executive Four - Lumar, circa 1979

11. "Please Don't Be Mad" - The Soothsayers - Acropolis, 1966

12. "So Much Things to Say" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - from "Exodus" 1977

13. "Even I Tell Lies" - Crimson Shadows - Sunlight, 1985

14. "When You Walk In the Room" - Del Shannon - from "This is My Bag" 1966

15. "I Go To Pieces" - Peter & Gordon - Capitol, 1965

16. "Bonita" - Tom Fogerty and the Blue Velvets - 1962 - another lost classic

17. "Forever" - The Seminoles - Mid Town, circa 1965

18. "Sun Shines" - Dark Rags -from "Lost in Tyme V6" formed in May 2010 by members of Dustbowl, The Teddy Boys From The Crypt, The Velvoids and Lipstick Traces.Several hangovers, heartaches, empty bottles and cigarettes later, the Rags went in the studio in September and recorded their own blend of garage/punk Rn'R, the 5-track "Drunken Angel EP".

19. "The Sweetest Sound" - Redondo Beat - from "Meet Redondo Beat" 2011

20. "De Jame Ir" - Shakers - from "Glimpses V3" - great 60s band from Uruguay

21. "Yo Necesito Que Vuelvas" - Los Creyentes DE B.C. - late 60s Mexican group from Baja, CA

22. "Peanuts" - Little Joe & the Thrillers - Okeh, 1957

23. "A Day With You" - Smoggers - Grit, 2011 - from Spain

24. "Don't Want You No More" - Mogen David & the Grapes of Wrath - Cha Cha, 1967

25. "Half the Laughter Twice the Tears" - Ferdinand - from "The Gene Pitney Story Retold"

26. "Excitement" - Chris Stamey - from "Wonderful Life" 1992

27. "I'm a Trainwreck" - Old 97s - from "The Grand Theater V2" 2011

28. "Land" - Doughboys - from the album "Shakin' Our Souls" just released

Scan Credits:

Soothsaysers scan from http://poppacool.blogspot.com/

Los Shakers scan from http://www.cosmik.com/

Mix Tape 023

Curtis Knight (with Jimi Hendrix on the left)

Thanks to Shawn for the inspiration.  And to all for your comments.  See below for scan credits.  Enjoy!

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1. "So Scary" - Yesterday's Thoughts - from "Searchin' In Shadows" 2002

2. "Halloween" - Dream Syndicate - from "Days of Wine and Roses" 1982

3. "Voodoo Woman" - Curtis Knightn  - Gulf, 1961

4. "Howlin' For My Darlin'" - Howlin' Wolf - Chess, 1959

5. "She Made My Blood Run Cold" - King Rhythm (Ike Turner) - Federal, 1957

6. "I Want Her She Wants Me" - The Zombies - from "Odessey and Oracle" - 1968

7. "Tell Her No" - The Stereo Shoestring - English, 1968

8. "No No No" - The Appreciations - AwarE 45

9. "She Don't Love You Anymore" - The Garage Gods - 2009 7" on Lost in Tyme Records

10. "You Don't Love Me Anymore" - Crimson Shadows - from "Out of OUr Minds" 2000

11. "When I See the One I Love" - The Hides - Scotty, 1966

12. "Walkin' Through a Cemetery" - Claudine Clark - Chancellor, 1962 - this ruined her career, haha - remember "Party Lights"?

13. "Waiting in Vain" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - from "Exodus" 1977

14. "It Shall Be" - Spirit - from "The Family That Plays Together" 1968

15. "Black Candy" - Beat Happening - from the 1982 album of the same name

16. "(She's My) Vampire Girl" - The Groovie Ghoulies - from "Fun in the Dark" 2008

17. "No Chemise Please" - Gerry Granahan - Sunbeam, 1958

18. "When You Pass Me By" - Paul Messis - from the "Time Will Tell" 7" 2011

19. "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" - The Cramps - from "Songs the Lord Taught Us" 1980

20. "Tell Her" - Paradise - Phil L.A., 1981

21. "I Believe" - High Spirits - Soma, 1965

22. "The Ghost" - Fleetwood Mac - from "Bare Trees" 1972

23. "(Hey There) Big Bad Wolf" - The Sham-ettes - the ultimate answer song to "Little Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, The group's female backup singers were known as The Sham-Ettes, and when "Little Red Riding Hood" took off, the group's record label, MGM, had the Sham-Ettes release an answer song called "Hey There Big Bad Wolf."

24. "We Belong Together" - Honey Love & the Love Notes - Cameo, 1963

25. "Vampire Girls" - Jesus H Christ & the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse - from "Happier Than You" 2008

Scan Credits:

Curtis Knight scan from http://www.pasunautre.com/ - guess who that is on the left!

Appreciations 45 scan from popsike.com

"Tell Her" scan from http://lapellenera.blogspot.com/

Mix Tape 022

Shelley Fabares

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1. "Baseball Altamont" - The Nightmares - originally released as a 7" on Coyote in 1985

2. "She's Too Way Out" - Tony Dangerfield - from " English Freakbeat Volume 4" circa 1965

3. "Misunderstood" - B-Back - from "Experiment in Colour" 2009

4. "(I Love Her So Much) It Hurts Me" - The Majestics - Linda, 1965

5. "Valerie Loves Me" - Material Issue - from the comp "International Pop Overthrow" 1991

6. "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" - SF Seals - from Ms. Manning's "Baseball Trilogy" EP 1993

7. "Leave Me Alone" - The Galileo 7 - from their recently released album, "Staring at the Sound"

8. "Straight Shooter" - The Mamas & Papas - from their debut album, "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears" 1966

9. "Stuck on You" - Yvonne Carroll and the Roulettes - Domain, 1963, the B side to "Gee What a Guy"

10. "This Little Girl" - The Grains of Time - Chyme, 1968

11. "Talkin' Baseball (The Call to the Hall)" - Terry Cashman - from "A Tribute to Cal Ripken, Jr." EP 2007

12. "There Goes My Love" = The Fantastics - RCA, 1959

13. "Never Going Back to Georgia" - Badd Boys - Epic, 1967

14. "That Girl" - Beat Happening - from their compilation of b-sides and rarities, "Music to Climb The Apple Tree By"

15. "What You Are (Bad Girl)" - Sick Rose - from "Faces" 1986

16. "New Boy" - Joyce Bennett - Jaguar, 1964

17. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - The Skeletons - from "In the Flesh" 1988

18. "Stop and Listen" - The Shag - Capitol, 1967 (previously The Shags)

19. "Whenever You're On My Mind" - Marshall Crenshaw - from "Field Day" 1983

20. "Whisper" - Marv Johnson - Tamla, 1959

21. "Trail of Tears" - Guadalcanal Diary - from "Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man" 1984

22. "You Can Be Wrong About Boys" - Mally Page - from " Call Me - The Songs Of Tony Hatch"

23. "Tomorrow's Girl" - Fapardokly - a Merrell (Fankhauser) & the Exiles tune from 1967

24. "High School USA" - Tommy Facienda - Legrand, 1959

25. "Football Season's Over" - Shelley Fabares - Colpix, 1964 - how we wish!

Scan Credits:

Majestics scan from discogs.com

Joyce Bennett scan from http://collectorsfrenzy.com/

Shelley Fabares scan from music.yahoo.com

Mix Tape 021

Dum Dum Girls

The Cadillacs

Goodbye summer! -(  Thanks once again to "Boss" Logan for his great summer (and xmas!) contributions and regular stalwart Shawn. 

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1. "You'll Never See that Summertime Again" - Friends - by William Jones from Summerhouse Music originally appeared on their 2nd album "Roads Leading Everywhere" 2006 - Contributed by "Boss" Logan

2. "Hot Hot Summer" - Johnny Osborne - Skengdon, 1987 - Contributed by "Boss" Logan

3. "I Wanna Be a Snowman" - Caspar Babypants - From "Sing Along!" 2011  Featuring Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard on bongos.  Contributed by "Boss" Logan

4. "When Teardrops Fall" - The Only Onz - Time, 1966

5. "Stray Mood" - The Basements - from "I'm Dead" the best album of the year

6. "Down The Road" - The Cadillacs - Josie, 1955

7. "Say No Girl" - Spandells - Dimension, 1964

8. "Girl Say No" - Sit N' Spin - from "Enjoy the Ride" 2000

9. "Alles Was Ich Hab" - The Waistcoats - split 7" with The Cool Jerks on Soundflat

10. "A Whole New Plan" - Jo Ann Garrett - Chess 1966, the debut by this 15 year old!

11. "Fell In Love" - Dee Rangers - from "Down in the Playground" 2010

12. "Anne Hedonia" - The Galileo 7 - from the new album "Staring at the Sound"

13. "On Easy Street" - OC Smith - Columbia, 1966

14. "Wednesday Week" - The Undertones - from "Hypnotised" 1980

15. "You're My Desire" - The Four Mints - Capsoul, 1973

16. "Oh Those Eyes" - Dum Dum Girls - great cover of the Vagrants 2011?

17. "Pop Your Cherry!" - Thee Martian Boyfriends - from their new self titled album

18. "Please Be Mine" - The Vels - Chess, 1960

19. "Party Like a Loon" - Them Tyrants - from their recent release on Stage

20. "I Wanna Go" - The Dollyrots - from their new album, contributed by Shawn

21. "Hello Susie" - The Move - from "Shazam" 1970

22. "Hello It's Me" - Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - from "Under the Covers V2"

23. "Goodbye, Agios, Auf Wiedersehen!" - Guns & Rossetti - from "Spins" 2008

Scan Credits:

"When Teardrops Fall" scan from garagehangover.com

Cadillacs scan from http://doo-wop.blogg.org/themes-cadillacs-164006.html

dum dum girls scan from pitchfork.com

Mix Tape 020

Autumn officially begins on September 22, 10:49 A.M. EDT. So sez God. Or Copernican theory or whatever.  But for some of us, it ended (this year) on September 3rd, Labor Day. Such indecision.  We can't even decide on its proper name. Here, we're sort of undecided as always so we'll end it today for selfish reasons… in order to squeeze in a few more great summer songs.  The weather man agrees as it's supposed to be frigid here tomorrow (the 50s!), but I digress.  A BIG BIG thanks to Mr. Summer, Big Bang Logan, who sen 4 more cd's worth of summer songs.  I'm tempted to declare an endless summer.

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1. "What I Did On My Summer Vacation" - contributed by "Big Bang" Logan

2. "Summer Song" - Upside Groove Coalition - from the album "Funky Estofado" 2003, another contribution by Big Bang and a great one.

3. "September Gurls" - The Bangles - 1986 cover of the 1974 Big Star tune

4. "Tell Her" - Paradise - Phil-l.a., 1981 cover of the Pattie Drew song (below)

5. "Tell Him" - The Drew-Vels - Capitol, 1963

6. "Caramel Sky" - Mynd Gardners - from "Tales From the Caramel Hourglass" 2010 and comp'd on "Lost in Tyme V6"

7. "Lost Love" - The Lost Souls - Leopard, 1966 and comp'd on "No No No"

8. "Tell Me Where Love Goes" - Paul Varisco - Kapp, 1968 - comp'd on "Chase Records V2"

9. "I Can't Understand" - Hidden Charms  - unreleased 1984 recording, now on "Lost in Tyme V6"

10. "Nadine" - Smokestack Lightning - White Whale, 1967

11. "Here Comes My Baby" - Christine Holmes - from "Brit Girls of the 60s"

12. "Too Far Gone" - The Royal Purple - from "Spearmint Experiment" 2004

13. "Out of Control" - Yo La Tengo - from "Upside Down" 2007

14. "Out of Control" - The Feelies - from "Only Life" 1988

15. "Too Far Out" - The Teddy Boys - 1966, no info - Hey Mike, did you miss this?!

16. "(Stop Leading Me On) I Know How to Love Her" - Jimmy Ruffin - from "A Cellarful of Motown"

17. "Keep It Like a Secret" - The Brixton Riot - New Jersey's own, just released in March, from "Palace Amusements" on Modern Hymnal Recordings

18. "She Cut Me to the Bone" - Masonics - Royal Records, 1995

19. "Baby Baby" - The Premonitions - from "Rare Soul Harmony of the 60s"

20. "Oh Those Eyes" - Vagrants - Southern Sound, 1965

21. "Baby, That's All" - Berries - IGL, 1967

22. "If You Gotta Make A Fool of Somebody" - James Ray - Caprice, early 60s

23. "Put Her Down" - The Wooly Ones - Titan, 1965

24. "As Long As I Know He's Mine" - Julie Grant - Pye, 1965

25. "I Don't Want You No More" - Basements - from "I'm Dead" on Lost in Tyme, the best album of the year

26. "Late Summer" - Seapony - from the "Dreaming" 7" on Double Denim, contributed by the BIG Bang

27. "Summer's Gone" - Cynics - Full Sail, 1986

28. "A Young Man is Gone" - Beach Boys - from "Little Deuce Coupe" 1963

Scan Credits:

Paul Varisco 45 scan from popsike.com

Mynd Gardners scan from http://themyndgardeners.bandcamp.com/
 

Mix Tape 019

Candye Kane

A moment to say thanks.  Boss Logan provided several home-made mix tapes of his own.  They contain some real gems and some never heard before stuff by yours truly.  Shawn has been contributing for a while and I am deeply indebted.  And thank you TomK for your past contributions, some of which I may be unknowingly using.  Thanks to Mike Markesich for putting out the definitive and the only one of it's kind reference book on 60s garage.  The book is a must for all you 60s garage devotees. Info can be gotten at http://www.pricelessinfopress.com/.  It's worth the price.   Last and not least, thanks for those of you who take the time to leave a comment.

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1. "In the Summer" - Bill Fury - Decca, 1963 - contributed by the Boss (Logan)

2. "Martian Boogaloo" - Thee Martian Boyfriends - from 2010 on Lost in Tyme Records, fantastic album from this Belgian group

3. "Hey Hey…We're Caroine And the Treats" - Caroline and the Treats - recently released -  Caroline And The Treats is a Norwegian garage rock outfit fronted by former porn actress Caroline Andersen.  Courtesy of Shawn.

4. "Back in the 60s" - The Mystic Surfers - from their 2008 album of the same name.  The Mystic Surfers = Merrell Fankhauser

5. "The Only Time" - The Wanderers - USA, 1965 - included Robert Lamm, founding member of Chicago

6. "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" - Jefferson Airplane - From 1967’s “After Bathing at Baxters,” RCA - "Pooneil" refers to singer/songwriter Fred Neil, who was a very influential Folk musician.

7. "When I Woke Up This Morning" - Bop Chords - Holiday, 1957 - Harlem, N.Y.’s Bop Chords recorded only three single releases during an all-too-brief career at the dawn of the rock and roll era. To this day, there are no known photographs of the group. Yet R&B vocal group harmony fans fondly recall the sounds of The Bop Chords, their doo-wopping regional best-seller “Castle in The Sky” and the days when a group of untrained youngsters could go from a street corner to a recording studio to Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater in a matter of weeks.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/the-bop-chords#ixzz24Y6n0MXc

8. "Oh Bob" - Traces of Time - Sound Studios, from "Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes-Vol 2: The Day Breaks At Dawn"

9. "Turn Back the Hands of Time" - Tyrone Davis - from the album of the same name released in 1970 on Dakar

10. "Had Enough of Your Lies" - The Garage Gods - Greek band (sounds like the Seeds!) from Lost in Tyme Records 2009

11. "I Think She Digs Me" - The Connection - from "Seven Nights to Rock" EP 2012, contributed by Shawn

12. "You Better Slow Down" - Heirs  - Panorama, 1966 - comp'd on "Northwest Battle Of The Bands, Vol 2 (Knock You Flat!)"

13. "Forgive Me" - Candye Kane - from the album "Swango" 1998

14. "She Already Has Somebody" - The Enfields - Richie, 1966 - did somebody say Zombies?

15. "He Never Came Back" - Hedy Sontag - Philips, 1964

16. "Ain't No Use" - Moby Grape - from their self-titled debut album, 1967

17. "You Should Have Told Me" - The New Yorkers - Tac-Ful, 1965

18. "I Can't Do It" - The E-Types - from "Introducing" 1965

19. "Don't Want Your Lovin'" - The It's Us - Arab, 1967

20. "My Boy Lollipop" - Snakey & Stormy Mondays - from "Girls Sazanami Beat! vol.2"

21. "The Face" - Creatures of Golden Dawn - from "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" 2006

Scan Credits:

The Enfields scan from the blog http://ontheflip-side.blogspot.com/

It's Us 45 scan from http://collectorsfrenzy.com/

Mix Tape 018

The Fantastic Baggys

Del Shannon + Gibson

Richard Berry & the Pharaohs

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1. "Summer Love" - Napoleon I & His Relatives - 1966 or '67, from Fergus Falls, MN, released on Iowa-based IGL and on the comp, "The Best of IGL: Folk Rock"

2. "Summer Time" - Vybz Kartel - 2011 - contributed by the boss of summer comps, Logan Boss -- what a great song 

3. "Let's Make the Most of Summer" - The Fantastic Baggys - from their only release, the 1964 album, "Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'" - created by PF Sloan and Steve Barri - they also did back up for Jan & Dean - another contribution from the Boss!  Thank you.

4. "That's the Sound of My Heart" - The Bar Boys - Paragould, 1968 - on the comp "Lost Souls, V3"

5. "Nightmare" - Yesterday's Thoughts - from "Let's Take a Ride With…" - 2004, pleasant dreams from Greece

6. "She's Not Mine" - Mystery Machine - from "Battle of the Garages V3" 1983

7. "My Spring Time" - Terry Johnson - from "The Complete Motown Singles, V9: 1969"

8. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)" - Fleetwood Mac - 1970, one of the last songs by Peter Green as part of FM

9. "The Pride of Man" - The Washington Squares - from their 1989 album, "Fair and Square" - by Hamilton Camp, covered also by Quicksilver & Gordon Lightfoot. I kind of like this version the best though Quicksilver comes close.

10. "Out of My Mind (Into My Head)" - The Romantics - from the 2003 cd "61/49"

11. "Sue's Gonna Be Mine" - Del Shannon - London, 1963

12. "Baby, I See" - The Plastic Mushroom - ssExx, 1967 from the comp "Strange Worlds V2"

13. "Make a Little Love" - Lowell Fulsom - Kent, 1967 - covered by Alex Chilton

14. "The ABC's of Love" - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Gee, 1956

15. "And I'm Glad" - The Interns - Uptown, 1966 - comp'd on Wyld Sides V1"

16. "No Kissin' and a Huggin'" - Richard Berry & the Pharaohs - Flip, 1956

17. "Ain't Got No Soul'" - New Lime - Counterpart, 1967 - comp'd on "Bury My Body"

18. "I'll Cry Alone" - Flamin' Groovies - from "Shake Some Action" 1976

19. "That's the Way He Is" - Ann Perry - from "The Essential Detroit Soul Collection" 1992

20. "Trapped in the City" - Nikki Corvette & the Stingrays - from "Back to Detroit" 2006

21. "Can't Say No" - The Gemini Five - Planet, 1966

Scan Credits:

Fantastic Baggys scan from last.fm

Del Shannon scan from delshannon.com

Plastic Mushroom scan from popsike.com

Richard Berry & the Pharaohs scan from http://doo-wop.blogg.org/

Mix Tape 017

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1. "Summer of Love" - The Fresh & Onlys - from "Play it Strange" 2010, contributed by the Boss

2. "Surfin' On the Barge Canal" - Cousin Al & the Relatives - from the fanzine "Lost in Tyme V6"

3. "Skateboard" - The Sidewalk Surfers - Jubilee, 1965 - from a very rare compilation, "Rare Masters - Bruce & Terry" - I assume the Sidewalk Surfers were actually Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher.

4. "Carol" - The Krystal Tones Han-Di, 1966

5. "I Can Feel It" - Inspirations - Benn-X - from "A Million Dollars Worth of Soul V1"

6. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" - Rick Nelson - a Burt Bacharach - Hal David tune from "Rick's Rarities 1964-1974"

7. "Moonlight City" - The Squires - New Breed, 1967

8. "Think a Little Sugar" - Barbara Lewis - 1963 flip side of "Hello Stranger" from "Marginal's Soul Female Favorite Tracks"

9. "You Lied" - The Dark Horsemen - 1966 from "Psychedelic States: Florida in the 60s, Vol. 3"

10. "Strange As it Seems" - Gaytones - from "Rarest Of The Rare, Girl Groups Vol 1"

11. "You Gotta Be With Me" - The Onyx - Pye, 1968

12. "When I Arrive" - Los Peyotes - from "¡Cavernicola!" 2005 - Argentina rocks!

13. "Like I Always Do" - Pastiche - Modern Method Records, 1981

14. "Problem Child" - Four More - Fairchild, 1966

15. "Don't Mention My Name" - The Sheppard Sisters - Atlantic, 1963

16. "I'm Cryin'" - Thee Martian Boyfriends from their recently released self-titled album, Animals cover

17. "There Goes My Girl" - Booze - from "Rebirth of Cool" 2010

18. "Telling Lies" - The Revellions - from their 2008 self-titled album

19. "I Love You More" - Lee Williams & the Cymbals - Carnival, 1966

20. "Everyday, Everyway" - Really 3rds - self-released in 1981, from "Shake Some Action Vol.1 - UK"

Scan Credits:

Krystal Tones scan from rateyourmusic.com

Dark Horsemen scan from rateyourmusic.com

Inspirations scan from discogs.com

Mix Tape 016

Marksmen

Jennifer Wells

Kenni Woods

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1. "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up" - Jeff Simmons - from the 1970 album of the same name, produced by Frank Zappa who provides some amazing guitar

2. "In the Summer Time" - Phantom Keys - killer debut by Spanish garage rock stompers, 2007

3. "Dining In Chinatown" - Jennifer Wells - Genuine, 1965

4. "Too Far Gone" - The Generation Gap - Plush, 1968

5. "Goo Goo Muck" - Ronnie Cook & the Gaylads - Astra, 1962

6. "A Girl Like That" - Steve Earle - from 'The Q People: A Tribute to NRBQ'

7. "Too Young to Marry You" - Teenettes - Jane, 1959

8. "Tears Come From Your Eyes" - Sushi Killers - unreleased from Lost in Tyme V6

9. "Cha-Cha Twist" - Brice Coefield - Madison, 1960, written by Hank Ballard

10. "But Why" - Marksmen - Enterprise, 1966

11. "Back With My Baby" - Kenni Woods - Philips, 1963 - aka Sandi Sheldon,m Kendra Spotswood from Englewood, NJ and a former Shirelles member who never recorded with them - backing vocals were Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy Houston & Doris Troy

12. "Me" - Brain Train - Titan, 1967 - they went on to become Clear Light

13. "I Need Your Love" - The Chandlers - Col Soul, 1967

14. "Dynamite" - The Stingrays - Jobel, 196?

15. "Let Me Get Close To You" - Skeeter Davis - RCA, 1964

16. "You Fooled Me" - Lou Roberts & the Marks - MGM, 1966

17. "The Blindfold" - The Moving Sounds - from "Don't Sleep on This" 2006 - Swedish band, great album

18. "Our Fate" - Mourning Reign - Link-MR, 1966

19. "Shake a Leg" - Kim Lenz - from "Kim Lenz And Her Jaguars" 1998

20. "I Need You" - Wylde Mammoths - from "Things That Matter" 1988

Scan Credits:

Jennifer Wells scan from http://myjohnnyjohnny.blogspot.com/

Marksmen scan from garagehangover.com

Kenni Woods scan from  http://www.spectropop.com/

Brain Train 7" scan from discogs.com

Mix Tape 015

Kit & the Outlaws

Aardvarks

See below for scan credits.  Thanks for the comments and enjoy!

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1. "Out of Control" - Yo La Tengo - cover of Channel 3 (Mix14), from "Upside Down" 1992

2. "Long Gone" - The Customs - from 1979, reissued on "Really Long Gone" their reunion album

3. "It's Only Life" - The Feelies - from "Only Life" 1988

4. "Time Changes Things" - The Metros - RCA, 1966

5. "Fever" - The Huntsmen - from "Halloween Garage Rock" -- anyone care to guess who recorded this first? No cheating!

6. "Sun Arise" - This Side Up - Prestige, 1966

7. "Wanna Make Him Mine" - The Emeralds - Jubilee, 1964

8. "Go Away" - The Basements - from the recently release best album of the year so far, "I'm Dead" -- teens from Greece

9. "Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin - Island, 1976 - his first release, not bad

10. "He Broke Your Game Wide Open" - Frank Dell - Valise, 1967

11. "Don't Tread On Me" - Kit & the Outlaws - Black Knight, 1966

12. "When I Met You" - Lizardz - soon to be released on Fuzz Overdose, from Lost in Tyme V6, yet another great Greek band

13. "My Friends" - The Strangers - King, 1954

14. "She Rocks 'n Rolls All Night and Day" - Redeemers - originally released in 1999, from the album of the same name

15. "Gonna Make Him My Baby" - April Young - 1965 from the album "Where the Girls Are"

16. "Little Bit O' Soul" - Little Darlings - Fontana, 1965 - the original recording

17. "I'm Higher Than I'm Down" - Aardvarks - Vark, 1966

18. "Your Golden Touch" - A Clockwork Orange - Creole, 1967

19. "The Same Identical Thing" - The Gillettes - J&S, 1964

20. "Please Let Me Wonder" - Beach Boys - Wikipedia: It has been said that "Please Let Me Wonder" was the very first song that Brian Wilson wrote under the influence of marijuana. The song was first released on the band's 1965 album Today!. As a B-side, it peaked at a number 52 in Billboard and number 46 in Cash Box. The contemporary Gilbert Youth Survey conducted nationally in April 1965 placed this song at number 9 in its chart one week. Due to the lyrics, which are filled with a sense of longing and uncertainty, it is, in a sense, a contrasting piece to Wilson's "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)".

Scan Credits:

Customs scan from gethip.com

Frank Dell 45 scan from discogs.com

Kit & the Outlaws scan from http://www.garagehangover.com/

Aardvarks scan from http://www.grandrapidsrocks.com/

Gillettes 45 scan from popsike.com

Mix Tape 014

Maurice Williams

Dukes circa 1959

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1. "Out of Control" - Channel 3 - originally from "I've Got a Gun" on No Future, 1982

2. "I've Been Through It Before" - Paul Messis - previously unreleased, from Lost in Tyme V6 - Plagues cover

3. "It's Your Voodoo Workin'" - Charles Sheffield - Excello, 1961

4. "Goodbye" - Ash Gray and the Girls - from "Born in the Summer" - released last month

5. "We'll Run Away" - Beach Boys - from "All Summer Long" 1964

6. "Dancing Mood" - Delroy Wilson - Studio One, 1968

7. "Don't Tell Me the Truth" - The Remains (original lineup) - from "Movin' On" 2002, only 30 or so years between releases

8. "Turning My Heartbeat Up" - The Moving Sounds - from "Don't Sleep on This" 2006 - Swedish band, great album

9. "Heartbeat" - Detroit Cobras - from "Baby" 2005

10. "Hey Hey Mary" - Thee Martian Boyfriends - from 2010 on Lost in Tyme Records, fantastic album from this Belgian group

11. "Lollipop" - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs - from "At the Beach" 1965, first released by Ronald & Ruby in 1958 - Wikipedia:  The song originated when Julius Dixon was late for a songwriting session with Beverly Ross. He explained that his daughter had gotten a lollipop stuck in her hair, and that had caused him to be late. Ross was so inspired by the word "lollipop" that she sat down at the piano and produced a version of the song on the spot. Beverly Ross recorded a demo of the song with Ronald Gumm, a 13-year old neighbor of Dixon, under the name Ronald & Ruby. Ross' mother insisted that she use a pseudonym for safety reasons, because they were an interracial duo.[3]
RCA got hold of it and Dixon, who owned the master and had produced the demo, agreed to let them release it. Ronald and Ruby's version rose up the chart reaching #20.

12. "I'll Slip Away" - Rod Riguez - Impact, 1967

13. "Record Man" - Ferrets - from Lost in Tyme V6 originally released in 1987

14. "I'm Crying" - The Animals - released as a single in 1964 and written by Eric Burdon and Alan Price.  It was their 2nd hit after… guess what, "House of the Rising Sun"

15. "If Your Mother Only Knew" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tamla, 1962 their 3rd album, "I'll Try Something New"

16. "First Time I Saw Her" - The Dukes - Signett, 1967

17. "New Girl" - Jimmie and the Entertainers - Todlin Town 8203, from TomK (?)

18. "Girl Next Door" - Nervous Eaters - from 1980 self-titled LP

19. "The Boy Next Door" - Frankie Karl & the Chevrons - Philtown, 1965

20. "The New Girl in School" - Alex Chilton - Jan & Dean cover from the 1995 album "A Man Called Destruction"

21. "Girls Mean Trouble" - Them Tyrants - 2009 self-titled album, from Sweden

22. "Riot on Sunset Strip (live, 2009) - Standells - from Lost in Tyme V6

Scan Credits:

Channel 3 scan from discogs.com

Thee Martian Boyfriends scan from http://garagepunk.ning.com/

Maurice Williams scan from discogs.com

"If Your Mother Only Knew" scan from http://motownjunkies.co.uk/

Dukes scan from http://genejones.blogspot.com/Dukes

Nervous Eaters scan from http://digivinyltal.blogspot.com/

Mix Tape 013

Yo La Tengo, getting ready to surf the Hudson

The Feelies

See below for scan credits.

The first 4 songs are in celebration of the newly released biography on Yo La Tengo, "Big Day Coming."  The book is a must if you like the YLT, Hoboken or baseball.  What a nice surprise!

This mix is among the most incoherent, rambling and unfuzzy of all the mixes, though that's not necessarily a bad thing.  In my own way, it's my tribute (mostly) to YLT.

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1. "Dancing Barefoot" - Feelies - from a promotional single given away with BOB magazine, 1989

2. "Automatic Doors" - The Bongos - released originally as the flip side to "The Bulrushes" on Fetish in 1981

3. "Big Brown Eyes" - The dB's - originally released as part of a six-pack in a clear vinyl envelope, 1982

4. "Prisoners of Rock and Roll" - Yo La Tengo - live from Maxwells Hannukah show, 2011

5. "Keep on Dancing" - The Avantis - the original from 1963, though we have a special fondness for the versions by the Beach Boys and Alex Chilton

6. "I'll Never See My Love Again" - Kim Weston - Gordy, 1965

7. "Out of My Mind" - The Surprise Package - Columbia, 1966

8. "In the Back of My Mind" - The Beach Boys - from "Today!" 1965- at the moment, my favorite Beach Boys album.

9. "In the Morning" - Creatures of the Golden Dawn - from "Standing at the Gates of Time" 1995

10. "I Wanna Be (Your Everything)" - The Pretenders - Carnival, 1970

11. "(He's) Seventeen" - The Supremes - from their debut album, "Meet the Supremes" 1962

12. "Things That Matter" - Wylde Mammoths - from the album with the same name, 1988

13. "All Shook Up" - Otis Blackwell - the original, from 1957.  Elvis got a co-writing credit because he thought it was a good phrase for a refrain.

14. "Wonder People (I Do Wonder)" - Love - unreleased track from 1967, it was later included on the deluxe version of "Forever Changes"

15. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" - Grateful Dead - from their debut album in 1967.  I regret throwing this album away (with all my Dead albums) in a hissy fit.

16. "She Has Funny Cars" - Jefferson Airplane - from "Surrealistic Pillow" 1967

17. "The Seventh Son" - Willie Mabon - Chess, 1955 - written by Willie Dixon and first released by Mabon

18. "Not the Way Love Should Be" - The Shades of Blue - Shades, 1966

19. "Talent for Lovin'" - Yellow Hair - Pacific Avenue, 1969

20. "Susie Q" - Los Psicodelicos Xochmilcas - try pronouncing that! - probably from the early 60s, from "Blue Demon's Mexican Rock and Roll Favorites"

Scan Credits:

yo la tengo scan from http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/YoLaTengo?from=Main.YoLaTengo

Feelies scan from http://lostbands.blogspot.com/

Bongos scan from http://991.com/Buy/ProductInformation.aspx?StockNumber=563348

dB's scan from thedbs.com