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    • July 4, 2011 11:09 AM CDT
    • I like that choice of the Ugly Ducklings LP, thats underated. What is the best Guess Who record before they got suckier, and mainstream? I saw one in the bins with yellow cover called shakin all over(johnnykidd&pirates) but I didn't snap it up because I was afraid it might have too many mellow clunkers on it like there later more common records did.

      Bob Blackstone said:

      The Savages - Live n Wild (1966)
      The Index - The Index (1st lp from 1968)
      The Rising Storm - Calm Before (1967)
      The Rationals - Fan Club LP (1966/1967)
      The Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
      The Sonics - Boom (1966)
      The Sonics - Here Are (1965)
      The Sonics - Introducing (1966)
      The Wailers - Outburst (1966)
      Love - Love (1966)
      The Remains - The Remains (1966)
      Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop (1966)
      The Leaves - Hey Joe (1966)
      The Shadows of Night - Gloria (1966)
      The Shadows of Night - Back Door Men (1966)
      The New Colony Six - Breakthrough (1966)
      The Guess Who - It's Time (1966)
      The Tempos - Speaking Of (1966)
      The Ugly Ducklings - Somewhere Outside (1966)
      Kenny and the Kasuals - Things Gettin' Better/Nothing Better To Do
      The Seeds - The Seeds (1966)
      The Seeds - Web of Sound (1967)
      Les Sinners - Sinerisme (1966)
      Sir Douglas Quintet - Greatest Hits (1966 album)
      It's All Meat - It's All Meat (1969/1970)
      Bent Wind - Sussex (1969)
      All Of Thus - All Of Thus (1967/1968)
      The Mystery Meat - Profiles (1968)
      The Contents Are - Through You (1967)
      The Dovers - We're Not Just Anybody (2002 reissue of singles)
      The 13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds (1966)
      The Buckinghams - King of a Drag (1967)
      The Litter - Distortions (1967)
      The Other Half - The Other Half (1968)

      I tried to put together a list of 60's/70's US/Canadian garage albums that are worthwhile or mostly good.

      Favorite post 60's/70's garage punk/punk album? The Wipers - Youth Of America (1981)

    • July 4, 2011 11:02 AM CDT
    • Well, I dont do lists because that means I have remember stuff, and well even then I'd usually forget something but Human Beinz-Nobody But Me is worth checkin out. Im still looking for the Leaves record. I'll bet thats good. I never find it. I gotta find the Dutch Outsiders record in this lifetime without getting ripped off too.

      Rarities that give the obvious choices a run for there money are always my favorite to hear about in these postings.

    • July 3, 2011 11:02 PM CDT
    • really digging this Massachusetts psycobilly lately. they've been playing for a long time.  worth a look and listen to those of you who like amazing sick art and songs about hell and beyond. mandolin etc...

      http://www.getangry.com/

    • July 2, 2011 10:03 PM CDT
    • Interesting that the guy above me said Alan Price when I was thinking of an Animals member when reading the title too (Mickey Gallagher)

       

      Best rock keyboardists:

      Jerry Lee Lewis

      Little Richard

       

      For punk:

      Mick Gallagher

      the aforementioned Captain Sensible

       

      There's way more than but right now two for each is all I can think of.

    • July 2, 2011 3:44 PM CDT
    • The Mummies

      KISS (70's)

      The Misfits

      The Mants

      The Phantom Scars :P

       

      I could go on and on really

       

    • July 2, 2011 1:47 PM CDT
    • Perhaps I'm biased because I was in this band, but we ROCKED!!!! LOL!

    • July 1, 2011 10:25 PM CDT
    • DA Straitjackets y Mummies

       

       

    • July 1, 2011 4:56 PM CDT
    • Poisoned Electrick Head.

    • July 1, 2011 12:36 PM CDT
    • Yes, that was KOGAR's band. 

      The CONNECTION said:

      A few years back there was a band from my town ( Portsmouth NH ) called THEE MONKEY BUTLERS. They played great garage RnR. The only link that I can find that still works is the myspace address. Check them out!! http://www.myspace.com/theemonkeybutlers

       

       

    • July 2, 2011 1:26 PM CDT
    • I beg to disagree. Good guitar playing is part and parcel of wild primitive rock'n'roll just as much as minimalist guitar playing! Paul Burlinson and Cliff Gallup were excellent guitar players. Some of the finest garage songs displayed great expertise in terms of guitar work: The Recalls' Reesie and Nobody's Guy are killers, so is Project Blue by the Banshees. Or what about In the Past by We the People? I hear it's very hard to play (by the way check out the excellent French version La fermeture éclair by Belgian yéyé girl Delphine)!

       

      So garage addicts should reclaim good guitar playing. Let's not leave it to bores like Mark Knopfler or Clapton!


      Patrick said:

      I think songs like "Wild Man" and "Born Loser" have a haunting minimalisitc quality of the primitive garage style.  Garage Punk in my opinion, was never a genre to display techincal mastery, that was left to the Progressive Rock (Led Zeppelin, Rush, Black Sabbath, Cream, Hendrix). To me, it's about a primitive inarticulate emotion.  A form of musical expression unrefined, experimental, raw, channeled within the confines of it's own limitations.  I do agree reluctantly, that the guitar was a little bit thin.  It could have been produced and engineered better (maybe some backround rhythm gtr).  I think though, if you put those early songs within the context of their times they were revolutionary as far as the dark theatrical "psychotic" impression they produced.  I guess I would just hate to see some bands butcher great songs by running them through a Grunge processor.

    • July 2, 2011 1:14 PM CDT
    • excellent. my band actually covers that tommy blake song. i've heard it called "all night long."

      Zorch Radio said:

      Here's some stompin' singles that deserve a mention:

       

      "Miss Pearl" - Jimmy Wages

      "Hang Up" -  Fabulous Wailers

      "Lordy Hoody" - Tommy Blake

    • July 2, 2011 1:03 PM CDT
    • those are great songs by awesome artists. thanks.

      Mitchhz said:

      Hi, I'm a fan of wild rock'n'roll too. Here's my top ten of the wildest songs ever:

       

      10. Tony Conn - Like Wow

      Hard to choose really. There are myriads of wild rockabilly songs. This one has interesting orchestration, like Tyrone Schmidling.

      9. Jesse James - South's Gonna Rise Again

      Love the voice.

      8. Project Blue - The Banshees

      Timeless classic.

      7. The Ranger Sounds - Ricordami

      Incredible Italian band!

      6. The Pinetoppers - Shout Bamalama

      Otis Redding when he he tried to sound like Little Richard.

      5. The Valiants - Good Golly Miss Molly

      This one was released before Little Richard's and is much faster and wilder!

      4. Adrian Lloyd - Lorna

      Real punk gem.

      3. The Phantom - Love Me

      Opening scream is unbeatable.

      2. Bunker Hill - The Girl Can't Dance

      Link Wray played on that one.

      1. Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors - Scream

      I don't know if this is surf, rockabilly or 60s punk but it is truly the wildest!

       

      Hope you like it.

    • July 2, 2011 12:50 PM CDT
    • Here's some stompin' singles that deserve a mention:

       

      "Miss Pearl" - Jimmy Wages

      "Hang Up" -  Fabulous Wailers

      "Lordy Hoody" - Tommy Blake

    • July 1, 2011 2:21 PM CDT
    • Great songs. I'm diggin' this group.

      Zorch Radio said:

      nice list!

      Mitchhz said:

      Hi, I'm a fan of wild rock'n'roll too. Here's my top ten of the wildest songs ever:

       

      10. Tony Conn - Like Wow

      Hard to choose really. There are myriads of wild rockabilly songs. This one has interesting orchestration, like Tyrone Schmidling.

      9. Jesse James - South's Gonna Rise Again

      Love the voice.

      8. Project Blue - The Banshees

      Timeless classic.

      7. The Ranger Sounds - Ricordami

      Incredible Italian band!

      6. The Pinetoppers - Shout Bamalama

      Otis Redding when he he tried to sound like Little Richard.

      5. The Valiants - Good Golly Miss Molly

      This one was released before Little Richard's and is much faster and wilder!

      4. Adrian Lloyd - Lorna

      Real punk gem.

      3. The Phantom - Love Me

      Opening scream is unbeatable.

      2. Bunker Hill - The Girl Can't Dance

      Link Wray played on that one.

      1. Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors - Scream

      I don't know if this is surf, rockabilly or 60s punk but it is truly the wildest!

       

      Hope you like it.

    • July 1, 2011 12:58 PM CDT
    • WOOOOOOOW !!! GREAAAAAAT list ! This top list is pretty unbeatable !

      Right now, I'm also thinking of (in no particular order):

      "Alright" by the GROOP,

      "Psycho" by THE SWAMP RATS",

      "She said" by HASIL ADKINS,

      "You're gone I'm left" by TYRONE SCHMIDLING, 

      "Jailhouse Rock" by DEAN CARTER 

      and "Can't tame me" by THE BENDERS of course.


      Mitchhz said:

      Hi, I'm a fan of wild rock'n'roll too. Here's my top ten of the wildest songs ever:

       

      10. Tony Conn - Like Wow

      Hard to choose really. There are myriads of wild rockabilly songs. This one has interesting orchestration, like Tyrone Schmidling.

      9. Jesse James - South's Gonna Rise Again

      Love the voice.

      8. Project Blue - The Banshees

      Timeless classic.

      7. The Ranger Sounds - Ricordami

      Incredible Italian band!

      6. The Pinetoppers - Shout Bamalama

      Otis Redding when he he tried to sound like Little Richard.

      5. The Valiants - Good Golly Miss Molly

      This one was released before Little Richard's and is much faster and wilder!

      4. Adrian Lloyd - Lorna

      Real punk gem.

      3. The Phantom - Love Me

      Opening scream is unbeatable.

      2. Bunker Hill - The Girl Can't Dance

      Link Wray played on that one.

      1. Ralph Nielsen & the Chancellors - Scream

      I don't know if this is surf, rockabilly or 60s punk but it is truly the wildest!

       

      Hope you like it.

    • July 2, 2011 12:57 PM CDT
    • Right on. Thanks for the info. Awesome show, by the way.

    • July 1, 2011 11:23 AM CDT
    • I'm glad I could fulfill your last dying wish!

    • July 2, 2011 10:18 AM CDT
    • @ Johnny, we have two Farfisa mini compact's & they are great, but they do spend a lot of time in the shop. We've been using a Nord lately & it rocks. Check out the songs we have up on our page, that's the Nord.

    • July 2, 2011 1:53 AM CDT
    • Show #332: "Short Names, Part 1" playlist:

      Can - "Sing Swan Song"
      Axe - "People Come, People Go"
      Egg - "Fugue In D Minor"
      Gun - "The Sad Saga Of The Boy And The Bee"
      Kak - "Electric Sailor"
      Mu - "One More Day"
      Sky - "Homin' Ground"
      Art - "Supernatural Fairy Tale"
      Eno - "Driving Me Backwards"
      14 - "Drizzle"
      Jam - "Friends"
      Man [US] - "Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies"
      Raw - "What To Do"
      Zen - "I Love Your Sigh"
      Aum - "Bye Bye Baby"
      Het - "Kejje Nagaan"
      Lux - "When I'm Gone"
      Man [UK] - "Empty Room"
      Owl [MA] - "Aunt Cate Is Dead"
      War - "That's What Love Will Do"
      Elf - "Never More"
      Fox - "Nang Maew Pee"
      Lyd - "The Time Of Hate And Struggle"
      Now - "The Hands Of My Clock Stand Still"
      She - "Boy Little Boy"
      Yes - "Then"
      Arc - "Let Your Love Run Through"
      Ben - "Christmas Execution"
      If - "Sunday Sad"
      Key - "Western People"
      Mij - "Grok (Martian Love Call)"
      Uge - "Mad Charles"
      Blo - "Miss Sagit"
      Hex - "Doubt"
      Jet - "Nothing To Do With Us"
      Neu! - "Lila Engel"
      Owl [MI] - "Spirits"
      Up - "Just Like An Aborigine"
      Xit - "End"

      Click here to stream this show now: http://eggmanrulez.com/m3u/332.m3u
      or to download: http://eggmanrulez.com/streams/332.mp3

      ***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live, listen to past shows, view playlists, etc…check out my website: http://eggmanrulez.com/ or wscafm.org Friday nights at 10pm EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

      Egg


    • July 1, 2011 3:05 PM CDT
    • Show #332: "Short Names, Part 1"

      Every 3 weeks I leave an open slot to do random themes and whatnot. This week's theme is "Short Names". I've compiled a 3 hour show of all bands and artists with the shortest names (2 and 3 letter words). I've eliminated all bands that start with "The" (so you won't hear The Who or The End), cut-out all bands that use abbreviations or initials (so no MC5 or Dr. Z) and I also excluded any solo artists that just use a given first name (but will include bands that use a given name). This will be a 2 part show, as I will do a show of bands and artists that are on the excluded list at another time. So...everything played tonight is by a band/artist (from the 60's or 70s) with just a 2 or 3 digit word for a name. Tune in tonight to hear: Can, Egg, Gun, Kak, Mu, Art, Eno, Man (US band), Zen, Het, Man (Welsh band), War, Elf, Lyd, Yes, If, Mij, Blo, Jet, Neu!, Up, and many many more!!!

      ***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live, listen to past shows, view playlists, etc…check out my website: http://eggmanrulez.com/ or wscafm.org Friday nights at 10pm EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

      Watch my playlist unravel before your eyes LIVE here: http://wscafm.radioactivity.fm/

      Egg

    • July 1, 2011 6:22 PM CDT
    • Wow !!!

    • July 1, 2011 4:05 PM CDT
    • Jenni, I'd love to hear any sort of podcast that you'd like to do. Since you're not a current resident of the region, why not just start a more general podcast? If you can handle doing a new episode every two months or so (at least), then you can just do your own show and then have a special episode where you play all Aussie stuff. Or two episodes like that, or whatever. Let me know what you think.

      We do have someone else here who has stepped forward to do an Aussie/NZ show and it will be debuting soon, but it's not like there's room for only one, so Johnny, if you're still interested, too, let me know.

      Cheers.

    • July 1, 2011 11:42 AM CDT
    • A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
      July 1, 2011



      BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES
      Peter Greenberg with Barrence Whitfield in Santa Fe last year

      After a quarter decade, East Coast R & B and soul shouter Barrence Whitfield has reunited with the core of his original band, The Savages, and recorded a mighty new album. It’s called Savage Kings. It’s available in Europe and is scheduled for American release next week on Shake It Records, a Cincinnati label.
      Although Whitfield is from Boston and the record was recorded in Cincinnati, there’s a strong New Mexico connection here. Original Savages guitarist Peter Greenberg moved to Taos a couple of years ago.

      Greenberg, who once played with Boston garage warriors Lyres (and now plays with Taos band Manby’s Head), instigated the reunion with Whitfield and original bassist Phil Lenker. In fact, their first live gigs together in 25 years or so were last year in Taos, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque.

      This is the European cover of Savage Kings
      A history of the Savages, in a nutshell (as related to me in an interview with Whitfield last year): Whitfield was formerly a drummer in a funk band. While working in a record store and studying journalism at Boston University in the early ’80s, he hooked up with Greenberg, who was fresh out of Lyres and looking to start a more R & B oriented band. They recorded a couple of albums together before the original Savages, including Greenberg, began drifting away.

      Whitfield pressed on, forming another Savages band and making more albums, including a couple of country-flavored efforts with Tom Russell in the mid-’90s. A confessed vinyl addict, he still works in a record store.

      Savage Kings kicks off with “(Your Love Is Like a) Ramblin’ Rose.” No, it’s not the Nat King Cole song or the Grateful Dead’s “Ramble on Rose.” This is an MC5 classic. And Whitfield uses his best falsetto scream to deliver it. It’s followed by a punchy rocker called “Just Moved In” that features a honking sax solo by new Savage Tom Quartulli.

      One of the coolest songs here was written by Greenberg and fellow Manby’s Header Mike Mooney. It’s called “Willie Meehan,” and it’s about an old boxer in the early part of the 20th century who actually beat Jack Dempsey a couple of times. Battling Willie, according to the song: “Never did no training / He ate his way to heavyweight.” The opening riffs remind me of The Sonics’ “Strychnine,” which Whitfield also covered a few years ago. Like Meehan himself, this tune is a chunky slugger.

      “Shot Down” basically hits that murky borderline between R & B and ’60s garage music. Meanwhile, “Who’s Gonna Rock My Baby,” an obscure old rockabilly tune by Jerry Woodard, sounds as if it were written especially for Whitfield. “Well, I got my call from my draft board today,” the song begins. “Two years might not be that long, but I got to leave my baby at home.”

      Whitfield and the band mix things up a bit. The minor-key “You Told a Lie” is basically contemporary blues. You can almost imagine Albert Collins or Robert Cray or maybe even Buddy Guy doing this one. “Bad Girl” is a good old-fashioned riveting soul meltdown; it starts out with a spoken-word introduction and ends with falsetto pleas for mercy.

      Since I first listened to this album, my favorite song has been an old Lightnin’ Slim dirty blues classic called “It’s Mighty Crazy.” Captain Beefheart covered this also, at least in his live shows, although he called it “Keep on Rubbing.” (I’ve got it on a live bootleg Beefheart album called Crazy Little Things.) Whitfield’s version is closer to Lightnin’ Slim’s, except he’s got a sax instead of a harmonica.

      Whitfield and the boys are touring Europe this fall. I hope the tour is a big success and inspires the Savages to record more.

      Also recommended:
      * Barrence Whitfield & The Savages. In anticipation of Savage Kings, Whitfield re-released his self-titled long out-of-print first CD, from the early ’80s, complete with a bunch of bonus tracks — outtakes, live recordings, etc. — from that era.

      It starts out with “Bip Bop Bip,” a rocker written by soulman Don Covay. It’s got Whitfield’s original version of “Mama Get the Hammer” (the hammer is needed because there’s flies on the baby’s head.”). The song came from a ’50s R & B band, the Bobby Peterson Quintet. But it has become something of a signature tune for Whitfield.

      Other must-hears are “Georgia Slop,” a Big Al Dowling tune (written by Jimmy McCracklin), which was later covered by Los Lobos, and “Whistle Bait,” which is a Collins Kids song, originally sung by the pre-teen Larry Collins. Whitfield sings it like an adult — a lust-crazed adult. Greenberg’s big moment here is the breakneck romper “Whiskey Wagon,” a fiery rockabilly slammer.
      BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES

      Among the bonus tracks is a nice slow soulful “Pain in My Heart,” a Naomi Neville tune that is best known for the version by Otis Redding. Whitfield fakes crying at the end of the song. Maybe some real tears were shed in that audience.

      This CD has only been released in Great Britain by Ace Records. The good news is you can pick it up for a reasonable price at Amazon and other outlets. It’s worth having the CD because of the fine booklet with extensive liner notes by John Swenson and photos. It’s a savage treat.