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Garage Rock Classics (CD)

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DISC 1 for Garage Rock Classics (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Just Like Me - Paul Revere & The Raiders - (featuring Paul Lindsay)
2   Outside Chance - The Turtles
3   Gloria - The Shadows Of Knight
4   Psycho - The Sonics
5   You're Gonina Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
6   Fortune Teller - Thee Sixpence
7   Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen
8   Mr. Moon - The Coachmen
9   Liar Liar - The Castaways
10   Little Black Egg, The - The Nightcrawlers
11   I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) - Electric Prunes
12   Open Up My Eyes - Nazz
13   E.S.P. - Rain
14   Listen Girl - The Giant Crab
15   I See The Light - The Five Americans
16   Talk Talk - The Music Machine
17   Hey Joe - The Leaves
18   Last Time Around - The Del-Vetts
19   Action Women - The Litter
20   Farmer John - The Premiers
21   99th Floor - The Moving Sidewalks
22   In Relation - Strawberry SAC
23   Love's The Thing - The Romancers
24   Journey To The Center Of Your Mind - The Amboy Dukes
25   Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
26   Dirty Water - The Standells (live)
27   (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet - Blues Magoos (live)
28   Little Girl - Blues Magoos (live)
 

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Mojo (Publisher) (p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "25 great examples of high-octane proto-rock."

Title Note

Personnel: Jack Ely (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Mike Stax.

Recording information: Westbeth Theatre Centre, New York, NY (??/??/1960-11/05/2000).

Arrangers: Steve Rabe; Gary Lovetro; Brian Ross; Billy Cardenas; Gene Gunnels; The Premiers; The Romancers; Ed King.

Hey, the title doesn't lie. Well over a dozen of these tracks are '60s garage rock classics -- Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Just Like Me," the Sonics' "Psycho," the 13th Floor Elevators' "You're Gonna Miss Me," the Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie," the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)," the Nazz's "Open My Eyes," the Music Machine's "Talk Talk," the Leaves' "Hey Joe," the Amboy Dukes' "Journey to the Center of Your Mind," and Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" all qualify with flying colors. In fact, no less than 17 of these tracks also appear on the Nuggets box set, the widely acknowledged crŠme de la crŠme of the genre (and Nuggets did not include the Shadows of Knight's biggest hit, "Gloria," which does make the lineup here). However, that also means it's a little puzzling who the audience for this single-disc anthology is, other than those who might want a less expensive compilation and aren't too particular about assembling a big library of the best garage cuts. That's particularly the case since the menu's filled out by half a dozen or so far rarer, less familiar cuts that aren't in nearly the same league as their neighbors, though some of these are pretty nifty, like the bizarre early psychedelia of the Giant Crab's "Listen Girl" and Strawberry SAC's "In Relation" (which unsurprisingly sounds much like the Strawberry Alarm Clock, considering that it featured several former members). If you're a casual fan who's just looking for the odd good garage comp, though, there's no reason to be disappointed with this disc -- there are lots of classic garage cuts here (including a couple of great regional-only hits that also appear on Nuggets, the Litter's "Action Woman" and the Del-Vetts' "Last Time Around"), with a range that encompasses influences from pop, psychedelia, and folk-rock. The CD ends with three bonus tracks of live 1999-2000 performances by the Standells, the Blues Magoos, and the Syndicate of Sound reprising their big hits, and while it would have been far better to feature the original 1960s versions, at least all of the 25 preceding cuts are the original 1960s recordings. ~ Richie Unterberger

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