Friday, February 17, 2012

Mix Tape 002


Thee 50s High Teens





See below for scan credits.  Enjoy!

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1. "Hot Rod Zombie" - Wild Evel and the Trashbones - from "Soundflat Records Ballroom Bash 5"

2. "Anything You Want" - The Bearings - Pyramid, 1966 - from North Carolina, un-comp'd as far as I know

3. "Mon Mec a Moi" - The Mongrelettes - from their recent 7" - the Greeks do it in French and we like it! a lot!

4. "Good Old 99" - The Marylanders - Jubilee, 1953 - "The story of the Marylanders begins in Baltimore, after World War II. Initially gospel singers, they made the transition to R&B around 1947…" For more, go to http://www.uncamarvy.com/Marylanders/marylanders.html

5. "She Was Untrue" - The Maharajas - from the the cd that came with the best garage zine in Greece and the world, Lost in Tyme Vol. 1 2004.

6. "Take My Word" - Bobby Fully Four - Mustang, 1965

7. "Ooh Baby" - Nolan Porter - from "Kent Soul - Moving On Up" circa 1968, contributed by TomK.

8. "Bonnie" - Man-Dells - 1964 from "Ya Gotta Have Moxie! Vol. 2"

9. "Till The End of the Day" - Thee 50s High Teens - Japanese vamps doing 60s!  - let's wake up the neighbors, let's turn up our amps!

10. "Other Days" - Rachael and the Strawberry Shephards - UNI, 1970

11. Hurt on Hold" - Fuzztones - 1989, the flip was "Jack the Ripper"

12. "I Got the Feeling I'm Falling" - Jesse Pearson - RCA, 1963

13. "I've Got That Feeling" - The Orchids - This is the first version, recorded in February of 1964. The Kinks recorded their version (Ray Davies wrote it) of the song in October of 1964. The Kinks' version appears for the first time at the Kinksize Session EP in November of 1964.  For an incredibly interesting post on these gals, check out http://www.spectropop.com/Orchids/index.htm.  Watch for the Kinks version on an upcoming Mix Tape.  Song contributed by the elusive TomK.  A special thanks to Jay for his insights.

14. "You Should Know" - The Pattens - Stature, 1966

15. "Marcus Garvey" - Burning Spear - Island, 1975

16. "What She Does To Me" - The King Bees - RCA, 1965

17. "It's No Fun Being Alone" - Houston Outlaws - from "Westbound Detroit Northern Soul"

18. "As Long as I'm With You" - The Rubinoos - Beserkley, 1976

19. "Let's Build a Car" - Swell Maps - Rough Trade, 1979

Scan Credits:

Wild Evel scan from garage punk.ning.com

Thee High Teens scan from http://www.j-popworld.com/

Burning Spear scan from en.wikipedia.org

Orchids scan from http://www.spectropop.com/Orchids/index.htm

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Mix Tape 001


Ellie Gee (aka Greenwich)


Percy Sledge


Born in Tyme is reborn.  Hopefully this time around, we'll have a longer life.  See below for scan credits.  Enjoy!

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1. "Nag Nag Nag Nag" - Art Brut - From "It's a Bit Complicated" 2007

2. "Heart Full of Soul" - Chris Stamey with Yo La Tengo - from Maxwell's 12/6/07, Stamey was a "special guest"

3. "Baby Help Me" - Percy Sledge - Atlantic, 1966

4. "Bad Seed (demo)" - Pandoras - from "Stop Pretending" 1986

5. "It's True" - The Looms - from the Montgomery label, this track is quite mysterious - all I know is they're from Maryland

6. "Here Comes the Boy" - Tracey Dey - Amy, 1963

7. "I'm Blue" - Kinetics - Studio City, 1965 - from the comp "When the Time Runs Out"

8. "Attention ! Accident (Sur L'autoroute De L'ouest): Shut Down" - Les Gams - from a pretty amazing comp, "Hey Beach Girls! Female Surf 'n' Drag 1961 - 1966"

9. "Six Feet Down" - Thee Gravemen - from the ep "Haunted" 2011

10. "Betty My Love" - The Cadillacs - Josie, 1956

11. "No One Wants to Be Remembered…" - The Breakup Society - from "Nobody Likes a Winner" 2007

12. "Since I Lost My Baby" - The Temptations - Gordy, 1965

13. "You Got Me Crying" - The Mongrelettes - from the recently released 7" "Mon Mec a Moi," all the way from Greece

14. "Red Corvette" - Ellie Gee and the Jets - Madison, 1961; Ellie Gee = Ellie Greenwich. Co-written by future husband Jeff Barry -- also on "Hey Beach Girls! Female Surf 'n' Drag 1961 - 1966"

15. "Boys Don't Cry" - Terminal Choice - 2004 - from "Our Voices - A Tribute To The Cure"

Scan Credits:

Percy Sledge scan from http://funky16corners.wordpress.com/

Pandoras scan from powerpopverdose.blogspot.com

Ellie Gee scan from http://www.blogg.org/