Mix Tape 037

I scored a bunch of groovy new stuff  recently and I'll be sharing it in the weeks to come and now.  Fyi, my European source of choice is Lost in Tyme in Greece.  Peris runs a label, the best garage zine on the planet and does mail order as well (and holds a full time job), all very reasonably priced - perismihos@yahoo.gr.  Of special mention… thanks to Shawn and Boss Logan for their contributions and to Paul Messis for putting out an incredible LP. 

See below for scan credits.  Enjoy!

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1. "Love is a Beautiful Thing" - We the People - RCA, 1967

2. "Black Hole" - Urinals - from a 7" EP, "Another EP" 1979

3. "Summer Shade" - Izabo - 2011 from Israel via Boss Logan

4. "In the Cool of the Night" - David Ruffin - from "A Cellarful of Motown Vol. 4"

5. "I'm Getting Married in the Morning" - Yellowman - Volcano, 1982

6. "I Hate the World Around Me" - Paul Messis - just released on State Records, the best album of the year, so sez me

7. "Falling in Love With Her" - Paul Collins Beat - from "Ribbon of Gold" 2008

8. "Decide" - The Willing Mind - Night Owl, 1969

9. "Please Believe in Me" - Otis Williams and His Charms - Deluxe circa 1954

10. "I Know a Girl" - The Undertones - from their self-titled and 1st album, 1979

11. "Will You Care What's Hap'nin" - Bernadette Peters - Columbia, 1967

12. "What's Wrong With You" - The Neumans - from their new 7" "Fuzz Filled Dreams"

13. "My Baby" - The Temptations - Gordy, 1965

14. "Flake Out" - The Above - from their new EP on Castle, contributed by Shawn

15. "You Never Listen" - The Dave Clark Five - from their 1966 album "Satisfied With You"

16. "No Use in Trying" - The Five Bucks - Afton, 1966

17. "Your Summer Dream" - The Beach Boys - from "Surfer Girl" 1963

18. "Little Dirt Bike" - Honeys - circa 1963, originally on a bootleg album, now on various comps as well as their box set

19. "Little Girl, Little Boy" - Odyssey - White Whale, 1968

20. "Teenage Again" - Dead Mustangs - from the 2010 compilation "His Panic Stomp Girls"

21. "First Poem" - Strange Hands - from "Dead Flowers" 2012

22. "I've Told Every Little Star" - Linda Scott - Canadian American, 1961

23. "Forget Me Girl" - The Bees - Mira, 1965

24. "Good Samaritan Gone Bad" - The Social End Products - new 7" - "Ego Trip" on Radar Eye

25. "Crawling From the Wreckage of a Saturday Night" - The Connection - new 7" on Collector's Club - contributed by Shawn

26. "Run From Her" - Wylde Mammoths - from "Things That Matter" 1988

Scan Credits:

"I'm Getting Married in the Morning" scan from http://www.reggaecollector.com/

Urinals scan from http://www.discogs.com/

Five Bucks scan from garagehangover.com

"Forget Me Girl" scan from popsike.com

Mix Tape 036

The Tammys

 A BIG thanks to Boss Logan for yet another fantastic summer comp.  My favorites will be included over the next few months.

See below for scan credits.  Enjoy!

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1. "Long Cool Summer" - The LPTs - Goldenlane, 2009 - contributed by Boss Logan

2. "Don't Drag No More" - Susan Lynne - Capitol, 1964

3. "She's Mine" - Strange Hands - from "Dead Flowers" 2012

4. "I Want You Back" - David Ruffin - from "Ultimate Rarities Collection, Vol. 1: Motown Sings Motown Treasures" - originally by Jackson 5

5. "Around the World" - The Rebbles - from "Boom Boom!: Forgotten Treasures From The German 6T's Beat Boom"

6. "The Trip" - Kim Fowley - Corby, 1965

7. "Dining in Chinatown" - Jennifer Wells - Genuine, 1965

8. "Ling Ting Tong" - Otis Williams and His Charms - Deluxe, 1954

9. "Blind Date in Chinatown" - Sugar Twins - from "Patio A-Go-Go" 1999

10. "Triste Dia" - Los Locos Del Ritmo - 1963, from the album of the same name

11. "Egyptian Shumba" - The Tammys - United Artists, 1963 - written by Lou Christie & Twlya Herbert

12. "Nena si, si" - Los Shakers - from self-titled album, 1965

13. "Tokyo Teenage Queen" - Sit N' Spin - 2007 from "Doin' Time With"

14. "Hamburg Time" - Muck & the Mires - from "Hypnotic" 2009

15. "Ne Dis Pas" - Souvenir - from "Caroline Now!: The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys"

16. "Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)" - The Cellos - Apollo, 1957

17. "Been and Gone" - The Girl Bombs - from "Time to Time" 1999

18. "I Told You Once Before" - Mr. Lucky & the Gamblers - Dot, 1966

19. "Playgirl" - Playground - from "(A Tribute To) The Four Seasons And Their Sound"

20. "Hypocrite" - The Heptones - Green Door, 1972

21. "Bright Lights Big City" - Them - featuring a snarly Van Morrison from "The Angry Young Them" 1965

22. "Cry Myself to Sleep" - Del Shannon - London, 1962

23. "Cry in Shame" - Freddy & the Fourgone Conclusions - from "Wigged Out Sounds" 2003

24. "Funtime" - Rocket - from "Girls With Candy Hearts" 2006

25. "My Perfect Cousin" - The Undertones - from "Hypnotised" 1980

26. "Summer Means New Love" - The Beach Boys - from "Summer Days (And Summer Nights)" 1965

Scan Credits:

"Don't Drag No More" scan from http://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/

Los Locos del Ritmo scan from http://www.cancionesdelayer.com/

"Egyptian Shumba" scan from google.com

Tammys scan from https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/doo-wop/the-tammys