......And definitely get the "Back From The Grave" and "Teenage Shutdown" records , as suggested elsewhere....Tim Warren at Crypt was determined to put out better - sounding versions of songs the late Greg Shaw had released , earlier (At least , that's the word on the street. Shaw's involvement with the Pebbles series has come into question , recently.) , and , he did succeed. Still , we owe it all to Shaw , and Lenny Kaye before him , for drumming up interest in a previously ignored genre. They HAD to call it Punk Rock or Garage Rock , because , in the 70's , this stuff did'nt have a name .

 YES ! When I saw the heading on your column , the first thing I thought was , you should start with the Nuggets box sets , and go from there. You'll have a basic knowledge of some of the best stuff , and if there's something you REALLY like , you can pursue it further. Other comps , Like Rubbles , The Pebbles series , AND , WELL , THERE'S SO MANY OTHERS , IT'S SICK. i'M NOnot saying you should buy these $22 comps , sight unseen , but there's so muchgood stuff out there , that's affordable , if you're patient , and enjoy yourself along the way. Good Luck , John.

I AGREE , Larry Tamblyn, who already gets cool points for being Russ Tamblyn's Brother, did some great keyboard parts with The Standells - I'm partial to the Faux Gypsy /Italian  Guitar - Keyboard combination he and Tony Valentino cooked up on "Why Pick on Me".
 
dying slowly said:

the organ in the standells some times good guys dont wear white blows me away

  I meant to , but I felt I'd have to mention DMZ (Whom I love) , as well as The Lyres (Whom I tried to love.). When Jeff is /was on , he was unstoppable. I saw him once , when he feigned interest , but , just did not care , and , another time where he had his moments , to be sure.
 
Alex said:

Obviously Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.  But I'm also surprised to see that no one has mentioned Jeff "Monoman" Conolly from Lyres/DMZ.

esquerita!

Guys like Rosalie and Conolly are good for their respective overall band sounds, but far from "great" players.

Standouts are Rod Argent, Brian Auger, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Manzarek and vastly underated if somewhat cheesy; Burton Cummings (listen to that live TV stuff Guess Who CD that came out awhile back). Tony Ashton and Graham Bond are pretty dang great too.

Not to mention the Nicky Hopkins of this world, etc. etc.

Soul players are a whole other bag - usually much "tastier" players with more of a groove as the music isn't usually (quite) as frantic. Booker T. and Preston are prime examples (though they could probably play rings around most rock players).

speaking of zombies i just heard this track the other day and cant stop it its great btw im asking for a keyboard for christmas first song im gonna play is 96 tears by question mark and the Mysterians  heres the songs guys 

zombies of love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wCmtuGHseo

96 tears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns&feature=related

Daryl Hooper from The Seeds

 Jake Austen wanted to show a video compiled from Guitar Wold and D'Lana's scenes in "The Sore Losers"on "Chic - A - Go Go". He could'nt show any nude scenes , as it's a kid's show , so he substituted them with footage of The Fat Boys CHOWING DOWN ON A BIG - ASS PIZZA !!

J.Michael is a good cat. Had Bar - B-Cue with him and our mutual good friend , Msr. Jeffrey Evans , on my first trip to Memphis. He also took us to his house and showed us rough footage from Superstarlet A.D. , super cinematography by Chicago's own Mike Miller , better known as "MILLER". He came to Chicago a few years later. The bartender gave him shit , because he does that with everyone. He does'nt work at this bar anymore.....He thought he was being cute. Yeah , whatever.We went to see The WOggles , later , who slept on my floor. McCarthy is a Trash film visionary. Part Russ Meyer , part Al Adamson (He even looks a bit like Adamson !) , and a lot of his own thing.

Sore Losers is a beautifully filmed , for the most part , expertly casted , sex and EC comic and Rock'n'Roll adventure. I met my future girlfriend at the first screening in Chicago , and , as it happened , Jim Van Beeber rescued her , and my dear lady friend from High school (Who'd just moved here.) , from being slipped a date rape drug by some  no - life havin' douchebag.....I'm told he was'nt lookin' too good when it all was over.

i got my copy for 3 bucks in this erotic horror collection. i never watched the other movies, though:

http://www.amazon.com/Hotter-Than-Erotic-Horror-Movie/dp/B00005QY95/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1323815332&sr=1-1

Looks like these guys are doing really well for themselves! This stuff is so rad. The art is incredible! If you go on they're main site: Pork's Site they also have really cool nik-naks to buy. Great find man!

It appears to be the same guy that puts the whole thing together - Sean Aaberg. Did you check out the buttons? Yeah, yeah they're reproductions, but whatevs:

kopper said:

That cover kicks ass. Whose artwork is that?

Yep, totally dig it.

That cover kicks ass. Whose artwork is that?

Pork Magazine

A friend of mine turned me on to this, caught me completely off guard, check it out it's pretty cool stuff:

Pork Magazine

Damn! I'm so happy I saw this this is so sick. I like the rawness of his voice. It might be a bit corny but The Ghastly Ones have some pretty cool stuff and also Messer Chups from Russia has a sick spook vibe.

Marty Shane, Pacifiction Records said:

I was gonna post a vid of The Fang by Nervous Norvus... and then I stumbled on this!

You may know of Castle Face based on their great but short discography thus far...Ty Segall, Bare Wires, Thee Oh Sees, Total Control, Blasted Canyons, The Fresh & Onlys...

Castle Face is run by John Dwyer (of Thee Oh Sees, Coachwhips, Pink N Brown, etc) with help from Matt Jones (who works at Pirates Press and plays in Blasted Canyons).

http://www.kindturkey.com/questions/questions-with-matt-jones-of-castle-face-records/

The rest of the Out of the Vaults episodes can be found here:

http://www.garagepunk.com/category/podcast/out-of-the-vaults-into-your-ears/

It sort of got left behind when we transferred the podcasting over to the Hideout. I'd love to post more episodes of that if we get more good live recordings (we simply need the material). But each of the show producers is kinda on their own in that regard.

Aside from that, I'm always open to new show ideas. And even if I don't decide to include it on the station/network (I admit I'm very picky), you're still free to produce it on your own and promote it on the Hideout.

Well, as for gigs recorded, we use to have this cool podcast :

"OUT OF THE VAULTS INTO YOUR EARS".

As far as I remember, THIS was the latest episode, hosted by Mr Gringo Starr himself :

THE UNTOLD FABLES recorded live in 1985 !!!

You can check FREDDI's blog too, in addition to his cool KICKS FROM THE BOOT podcast, he posts some bootleg recordings of live gigs.

cool ! yes it is a vt+ il go and have look around.

dying slowly said:

is it a vt+? caus thats what ive got if it is go on the vox website click toneroom an search garage rock click the name decay666 and go throse those tones their mine

amoebaboy said:

there is no way i could afford an ac 30, so i went out and bought a vox  valvetronix , the real thing it aint, but it still sounds friggin awesome.

its the cheap alternative, for folks like me who hardly have a pot to piss in.

loads of classic amp models to choose from with a selection of useable fx on board.

seriously, go and try one, our guitarist has a cool  orange tube amp, even he was impressed by it