The L.A. Teens – ’I’m Gonna Get You’ / ’I’ll Come Running Back’ (Decca 31763) May 1965

The L. A. Teens | I’m Gonna Get You | (Decca) 1965 | The L.A. Teens only released two singles, this one under review being their first from May 1965. My previous blog entry when their second 45 ”Saturday’s Child” was reviewed has been updated.

”I’m Gonna Get You” is a hard edged beat mover with some wild pounding and eerie organ. The other side is a lot more tamer and was probably the chosen side to play on the radio.

”I’ll Come Running Back” falls into the British Invasion bag and is reminiscent of The Searchers. It’s commercial sounding up-tempo jangle beat.

I’d love to know more about The L.A. Teens but information is scant. A small low quality photo of the band has surfaced on Discogs. Three / all of the group members were possibly Ronald Weiser, James Weiser and William Schneed.

The L.A. Teens – ’All I Really Want To Do’/’Saturday’s Child’ (Decca 31813) July 1965

This is the last The L.A. Teens single, however, a Gary Usher website reveals that the band recorded these songs during May/June 1965 as well as three others that remain unreleased.

The titles of which are ’So Glad’, ’On The Road Again’ and ’Ann Marie’. It’s a shame that The L.A. Teens seemingly recorded material then broke up before the Sunset Strip action really took off because judging by the quality of songs I’ve heard they could have been contenders.

’All I Really Want To Do’, made more famous by The Byrds (they recorded their version in March 1965) is a pleasant enough folk rock version with jangly guitar (probably a 12 string) but I dig the moody punk protest of ’Saturday’s Child’ on the flip more.