EMBERMEN FIVE - Fire in their hearts (1966-1968)

Another nugget unearthed! A 13 track CD by North Dakota 60's beat/garagers making it big in their home state and surrounding areas. They had the chance to make it nationally and record for Chess Records. It didnґt pan out, but in their region they are fondly remembered today. Among garage aficianados they are appreciated for their outstanding 45s, such as 'Fire In My Heart', 'That's Why I Need You' or 'Baby I`m Forgettin' You'. This package presents their complete studio recordings plus three previously unreleased live tracks including Land Of 1000 Dances, You Make Feel So Good and Iґll Go Crazy plus two more live recordings; a five minute long cookin 'Gloria' and a cover of 'Treat Her Right'

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TURTLES - Wooden head (1969)

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SCHIBBINZ - Livin' free (1968)

In 1967, a bunch of US and Argentinean kids recorded a magical album which has remained unknown for many years due to its extreme rarity, with less than a handful known copies to exist. Released in 1968 in Argentina by a label called Phonexa, the Schibbinz album could be regarded as the ultimate teen garage folk- rock album ever. An album of fragile beauty, full of teen charm, innocent vocals, jangly guitars, charming lo- fi sound and lost- in- time atmosphere.












It has the look and sound that can only be found on some USA 60s private pressings like Rising Storm or Summer Sounds. But Schibbinz music is something else.So now we're proud to present this wonderful and mega- rare album to the world, in a production counting with the band's involvement and assistance. Master tapes are lost, but the sound has been carefully remastered from an original near mint copy. Extensive, detailed liner notes and lots of cool pictures from the band's archives are all included in the booklet.

OUTSIDEINSIDE - Under the covers (1995)

Three more tracks from LA’s Outsideinside. Each of these tracks show a different side of the band. “Under The Covers” has the most in common the heavy guitar bands such as Blue Cheer who inspired their name. “Where’s Captain Kirk” is a straight-foward guitar/punk number with some weird vocal effects. “The Girl Can’t Help It” shows them in a more ‘50s rock/garage vein.

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Moon - In phase (2005)

"It’s common knowledge that Swedes have an uncanny knack for writing catchy hooks, and The Moon are no exception. The Moon’s muse is less hard rock and more classic ‘60s and ‘70s rock. There’s a whiff of Abbey Road Beatles and much of the same charm as Dexter Jones’ Circus Orchestra or Mammoth Volume. In Phase is a good find for those searching for more classic Swedish rock." Arzgarth

"Compared to QOPH this is darker, a bit mellower but clearly more like pure hard rock than prog. One could search influences among the obscure hard rock bands of the late '60s and early '70s. At times this gets even gloomy, but the band is not in itself a very heavy one" Dj Astro

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The Mersey Sect & The Slushy Ruin - Let's do the Whelky Walk (2000)

Pretentious I may seem, but the 7” disk (that’s 17.78cm for you Continental vinyl junkies) that you have just smuggled from record store to bedroom (foiled again, Mum!) is a most heartwarming example of an all too rare phenomenon: multi-racial harmony. Not that there’s anything terribly harmonious about this debut EP by the Mersey Sect, a no-holds-barred serving of rock & roll in the style made popular by the beat combos of early sixties Liverpool. But the twanging, banging and hollering contained herein are the work of three Italians, one Englishman, and a singer of Gallic origin with a mysterious pseudonym : “The Slushy Ruin”. Add the fact that the band’s regular lead singer, who kindly agreed to let Monsieur Ruin handle vocal duties here, is a New Yorker born-and-bred, and you’ll begin to understand what I’m jabbering on about.However, to paraphrase the wise words of a certain Mr. Diddley -he who patented the jungle beat way back in the 50s- “You can’t judge an EP by looking at the sleeve”. So without any further ado, place aforementioned platter on turntable and set spinning. (Leave those headphones right where they are...it’s not audio sophistication that we’re bothered about here.)Things get under way at a breakneck pace with a stirring Slushy Ruin composition, and you may well imagine yourself struggling for elbow space on the floor of Liverpool’s Cavern Club or Hamburg’s Kaiserkellar. Indeed, the more energetic of you will doubtless wish to engage in the Twist, the Shake n’ Shimmy, the Stomp, the Hully Gully, and “why not?” The Whelky Walk.

The boys have been thoughtful enough to close Side One with a ballad, an unashamed attempt to tone things down before renewing their frenzied onslaught on the flipside. Ballad it may be, but I suspect you’ll be tapping your feet as you soak in the haunting melody of Every Day And Every Night.Side Two takes us back to the year 1963 for a vibrant reading of Lies, the only cover tune here present. Originally recorded by Liverpool’s highly wonderful Johnny Sandon & the Remo Four, and masterfully penned by the late great Colin Manley, this was possibly the sharpest piece of beat n’ roll ever to be etched in British wax. Sad to say, it quite flew over the head of the buying public at the time. More fool them.Into the home strait now, and our multinational beatniks try their collective hand at...well, just how does one pin a label on You Deceived Me, this bouncy closing number? Rhythm & blues ? Rockabilly ? Let’s just say that Fats Domino meets Carl Perkins on the Mersey ferry.And there you have the Mersey Sect's debut EP. Original ? Hardly. Thought-provoking ? Probably not. But it's all honest toil, and you won't hear it in shopping malls or hotel lounges, and it's a nostalgic trip down memory lane, and at least three-quarters of it is probably danceable, and you don't often find bands whose members span three different nationalities, and I can think of worse ways of earning a living than reviewing this stuff.

Ronnie M. Trucid

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DADDS - Idées choc & propos chic (2009)

The Dadds are able to combine English rock’n’roll with French pop music, everything kept at a rather retro level. The English rock elements show some parallels to The Buzzcocks, The Kinks, the Beatles and The Who, the French pop and rock side hintsLes Problemes or Ronnie bird. This mixture of French and English influences is reflected in the vocals, too. There are eight songs in The Dadds’ native language and two songs in english. This their first longplay, here released in delux vinyl record and our friends at Green Cookie records will release the CD. Dont loose it, the best french garage beat band from years.

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