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Summerhill’s sole 1969 album, released on Tetragrammaton Records, blends late-sixties psychedelia with folk, country, baroque pop and rock. Its single, “Soft Voice”, pairs lush orchestration with “The Last Day’s” hippie-country flavour. Though less accomplished than Spirit, the record’s adventurous arrangements,…
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The Last Words’ 1968 debut, Last Words, recasts familiar hits including “Be My Baby”, “No Reply” and “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” in an ambitious psychedelic-rock style. Strong musicianship, inventive arrangements, fuzz guitar and organ distinguish the album, alongside originals…
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The post celebrates From The New World, a rare 1990 compilation of obscure 1960s American folk-rock, psychedelic pop and garage recordings. The author discusses its jangly twelve-string sound, traces numerous hard-to-find singles and groups, and shares collector discoveries, historical details…
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The text celebrates a revived 1980s garage-rock movement, rooted in the primitive energy of 1960s American punk, psychedelia and rhythm and blues. It presents garage rock as an attitude and do-it-yourself ethic rather than a fixed style, highlighting its resistance…
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Bobkat ’65’s 2023 shared EP features two new tracks showcasing their enduring primitive 1960s teen-garage sound. Ana’s Spanish-language original, “Solo Tenias Que Quedarte”, delivers raw guitars, drums and organ, while their cover of Los Shakers’ 1965 beat song “No Fuimos”…
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Bobkat ’65’s This Lonely Road is praised as a standout neo-garage album, blending fuzz, jangling guitars and moody, stripped-down 1960s beat. Its ten songs explore loneliness, longing and lost love, combining strong originals with obscure covers. Their earlier single, “Gwani”/“Time”,…
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Paul Messis’s 2021 limited-edition single, “Win Or Lose” backed with “Please Don’t Tell Me Why”, was recorded alone at home during lockdown. Eschewing promotion and commercial polish, Messis creates authentic mid-sixties garage-inspired soundscapes through jangling guitars, tremolo and reverb. The…
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The Beau Brummels formed in San Francisco in spring 1964, bringing together vocalist Sal Valentino, guitarist and songwriter Ron Elliott, bassist Ron Meagher, drummer John Peterson and guitarist Declan Mulligan. Signed to Autumn Records, they chose Elliott’s harmonica- and tambourine-accented…
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A 1967 article introduces “flower children” as a youth movement centred on love, happiness, vitality and inner beauty. British-born DJ Lord Tim Hudson coined the term and promoted “flower music”, managing The Seeds. Actress and singer Marcia Strassman became the…
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This April 1969 Super K release showcases bubblegum masters Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz alongside vocalist Ritchie Cordell. Its title track delivers a forceful caveman beat, fuzz-heavy bass, tremolo guitar, rallying vocals and a psychedelic guitar break. US pressings featured…
