Hey folks. I need help from anyone willing. I am building a wish list for Baby Jesus Day, and need to add to my (ashamed to say) non-exisitent Garage Punk collection (I'm a podcast junkie).

Gimmie your top-ten must-have albums, or whatever recommendations you might have.

Mucho appreciated (;

The Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People
The Gories - 1st and 2nd album, combined
The Rip Offs- Got a Record
No Bunny - Love Visions
The No Talents (A great french band, It might be hard to find this cuz its out of print, but its so worth the search)
Loli and the Chones - P.S, We Hate You (out of print, but not that hard to find)


Our band is great too haha, (self promotion alert)

-The Ills

"Rock and Roll" is a favorite of mine too:)

The Hydeouts said:

Garage Punk Albums to Find:
1) King Khan and BBQ Show -"What's for Dinner" (In the Red Records)
2) The Urges - "PsychWard" (Screaming Apple)
3)Tell Tale Hearts
4) Miracle Workers
5) Zombies- "The Singles LP"
6) The Sonics "Sonic Boom" or "any rereleased 7" on Norton"
7) The Cynics- "Rock N Roll"- (Get Hip)

Hope this helps u in your record quest. Search out the Bomp mailorder or check out their website.

Here are a few suggestions, garage wise...

"Living is the Best Revenge" by the Cynics.

"61/49" by the Romantics (Don't laugh if you only remember them from their 80s heyday. This album is a kick ass garage rocker).

"Psychedelic Sunrise" by the Chesterfield Kings.

"Monkey Time" by the Maggots.

"Strange Magic" by the Charms.

"Wide Awake in the Spirit World" by Outrageous Cherry.

"Fluff and Fold" by the Launderettes.

"Les Hell on Heels" self titled debut.

"7X4" by the Gore Gore Girls.

For something other than garage rock, here are some more suggestions...

"Running with the Wasters" by the Takeover UK (A great mix of garage, glam, brit and power pop).

"We are the Pipettes (Great retro girl group).

"After Hours" by Prima Donna (Glam rock revivalists).

"More Seduction" by Manda and the Marbles (Cool mix of power pop and new wave).

"Barbarella Girl God" by the Chevelles (Good, solid power pop band).

Those are my suggestions.

Some great garage LPs that ain't too hard to find are Seeds-Raw & Alive, The Ventures in Space, The Hombres-Let It All Hang Out, Count Five-Psychotic Reaction, the original Nuggets double-LP, Sonics-Full Force, Blues Magoos-Psychedelic Lollipop, Shadows of Knight-Gloria, The Kingsmen Play Louie Louie, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs-Wooly Bully, Love s-t, ? & the Mysterians-96 Tears, and the Music Machine-Talk Talk.

SarahJayne said:

Groovy 60s lp's you can start with. :

1) The Shadows of Knight - Gloria
2) 13th Floor Elevators - the psychedelic sounds of....
3) Love - s/t

4) the Monks - Black Monk Time
5) the Music Machine - turn on...
6) the Birds - s/t
7) the Sonics - here are the Sonics
8) the Sonics - boom
9) Q65 - revolution
10) the Creation - we are paintermen

Compilation series' I highly reccomend:

1) Garage Beat '66
2) Nuggets
3) That Driving Beat
4) Girls In The Garage
5) Back From The Grave
6) Ils Sont Fous Ces Gaulois
7) English Freakbeat
8) (if you can find 'em) Ultra Chicks
9) Pop A Paris
10) GS I Love You

Hey thought you might like to know there's a book out on Q65 next week (which i wrote) Published by Ugly Things magazine. check out the video Q65 in the Marathon in 1966.
greetz Pim
http://store03.prostores.com/servlet/uglythings/the-97/Q65--dsh--Th...

target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr9d17h4Xl4

definitely hit up norton & crypt, but you can get the million volumes of pebbles that a lot of us grew up on...

Oh just buy Britney Spears like you always do and stop wasting my time love.....he he. Maybe you coul start with "Back in the USA" by the MC5 like I did back in '81. Its still one of my alltime favourite albums. anything by the Stooges (just not the last album ;o) (sorry Iggy) or R A M O N E S ramones. that should get you started

"Recent" albums : Jay Reatard - Blood Visions Cheap Time - Glitter & Gold Black Lips - Let it bloom The Weakends (on rob house rec', http://www.myspace.com/theweakends) Magnetix - Positively Negative All Gun club albums Oblivians -POPULAR FAVORITES Dollhouse - Rock n Roll circus KK& BBQ - Whats For Dinner? ..... Other tracks on my garage blog www.boomshinerecords.com ENJOY !!!

Groovy 60s lp's you can start with. :

1) The Shadows of Knight - Gloria
2) 13th Floor Elevators - the psychedelic sounds of....
3) Love - s/t
4) the Monks - Black Monk Time
5) the Music Machine - turn on...
6) the Birds - s/t
7) the Sonics - here are the Sonics
8) the Sonics - boom
9) Q65 - revolution
10) the Creation - we are paintermen

Compilation series' I highly reccomend:

1) Garage Beat '66
2) Nuggets
3) That Driving Beat
4) Girls In The Garage
5) Back From The Grave
6) Ils Sont Fous Ces Gaulois
7) English Freakbeat
8) (if you can find 'em) Ultra Chicks
9) Pop A Paris
10) GS I Love You

The Misunderstood "before the dream faded" and "the lost acetates".
A Session with the Remains

Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People

'The Lavender Jungle' Senor Charro Records, availble on CRYPT. It's amazing!!!!!!

they are in no paticular order:
1. any one of the ramones first 4 albums(rocket to russia, leave home, ramones or road to ruin)
2. the who-who are you
3. motorhead-overkill or ace of spades
4. stray cats-hard to find there actual cd's but greatest hits will do
5. Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [4cd Box] not your popular hits from the 50's but this shit rocks!
6. rolling stones- sticky fingers or let it bleed
7. any of cheap tricks first 3 cd's(cheap trick, in color or heaven tonight) live At Budokan: The Complete Concert is outstanding also
8. elvis costello- this years girl
9. deep purple- machinehead or who do you think we are? fireball, in rock and perfect strangers are outstanding too!
10.i'll have to finish this list off with...
anything from johnny cash!
i hope this helps ya out. good luck. jay

Someone from Lamps just put up a bunch of hard to find records on their ebay account: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmisterbidjangles

start your own 'garage rock' collection.

manilow, hooker, real kids, missing persons, falco. if it's in your garage and you rock to it, you just did your own math.

*youalwayshavetohaveanexploitedalbum

Finally got started on it: http://www.courtneywatson.net/?p=222

So how many of these did you actually GET for Christmas, Courtney? Hope you had a good haul!

I highly recommend "Showdown! 1981-1993" of the Nomads!! http://music.yahoo.com/release/36266 They're a best Swedish garage band!

I've got The Stooges "Raw Power," Stones "Let it Bleed" and "Sticky Fingers"

Man, I'm lucky my birthday is next month, with this kickass list!

Meat n potatoes garage punk stuff:

Johnny Thuders and the Heartbreakers: LAMF
NY Dolls: 1st 2 albums (NY Dolls and Too much too soon)
Nuggets box set (and Nuggets II box set, which isn't as good, but ya still gotta have it)
Velvet Underground peel slowly and see box set (or the 1st 3 VU albums)
1st 4 Ramones albums
all the early Buzzcocks stuff
all the Back from the Grave comps (already mentioned, I think)
all Oblivians (Soul Food, Sympathy Sessions, Popular Favorites, Play 9 Songs w.Quintron) plus whatever 7" you can get yr mits on
Compulsive Gamblers--3 albums: Crystal gazing luck amazing, Gamblin Days are over, Bluff City
all Dirtbombs--this includes a shitload of 7"s and three albums (Horndog Fest, Ultraglide in Black, Dangerous Magical Noise...and that If you need another look collection is good, too--so I guess it's 4 albums)
Mummies-never been caught
most early stuff on Ripoff records (Loli and the Chones, the Rip Offs)
All Devil Dogs: s/t, Big Beef Bonanza, Saturday nite fever, Choad Blast ep, Stereodrive ep
1st few Swingin Neckbreakers: Live for Buzz and Kick your Ass
Deadly Snakes: I'm not your Soldier..., Ode to Joy, Porcella
Rolling Stones: all of their albums chronologically up to Exile on Mainstreet (is the best --mentioned in an earlier post)...Includes Between the buttons, Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers.
first 3 Stooges albums: S/T, Fun House, Raw Power
Love-forever changes
Sonics Boom
the Norton Northwest Killers series (3 volumes)

Not bad for off the top of my head.
Now get started!

Recent faves:
Creatures of the Golden Dawn: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Monks: Black Monk Time
Albums that were my meat'n potatoes that were the soundtrack to my coming up:
The Stooges: Raw Power
The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us
The Fuzztones: Lysergic Emanations
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Albums that I didn't like at first but really grew on my and became lasting faves:
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
X: Under the Big Black Sun (Described as "The sound of the 'live fast die young' generation finding out they're not so tough after all.)

Hope that helps get you started. When I first started getting into punk (at age 16 year 1984) I didn't like the Cramps or the Stooges at first. It took me a while for the hook to get into my skin.

Some cool Australian music to stuff your stocking with:
The Scientists - Blood Red River
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
Digger and the Pussycats - Watch Yr Back
Eddie Current Supression Ring - S/T
feedtime - S/T
Lubricated Goat - Paddock of Love
Anything by the Cosmic Psychos
Early Hard ons 7"s
Any Dirty Three release

Garage Punk Albums to Find:
1) King Khan and BBQ Show -"What's for Dinner" (In the Red Records)
2) The Urges - "PsychWard" (Screaming Apple)
3)Tell Tale Hearts
4) Miracle Workers
5) Zombies- "The Singles LP"
6) The Sonics "Sonic Boom" or "any rereleased 7" on Norton"
7) The Cynics- "Rock N Roll"- (Get Hip)

Hope this helps u in your record quest. Search out the Bomp mailorder or check out their website.

A "non-existent Garage Punk collection" could mean a lot of things... anyway, for starters, I certainly couldn't live without the Reatards' Teenage Hate LP