Mystrys

October 28, 2009, 10:21 pm

For the next halloweenish track we hop over from New Zealand to Australia.

The Mystrys were from Melbourne and released this insane recording in May of 1966.

The band, I kid you not, claimed to be from another planet. Ziggy Zapata, the lead guitarist, describes on his web page what he calls "A Stupid Gimmick" as follows:

"Michael Kopp decided that this Aussie supergroup had to be different, so in a flash of utter stupidity, he devised probably the silliest gimmick of them all. The band members would claim to come from another planet, have preposterous sounding alien names and their identities would literally remain a complete mystery. With his usual flair for the dramatic, Kopp predictably named the band The Mystrys.

Ziggy, whose contrived alien name was Kuff (don't say it backwards) and the boys wore outrageous futuristic outfits and even worse, green velvet hoods with only eye and mouth holes."

You can read the rest of the outrageous story HERE.

Listen to it here:

MYSTRYS - WITCH GIRL

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Herman's Hermits

January 5, 2010, 12:39 pm

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That's right, Herman's Hermits! These guys had some fantastic releases in their later years. This one is from 1967 and I'm featuring the B-Side. This was actually the B-Side to their last US top 20 hit "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" and was not released as a 45 in the UK. The above picture sleeve is a dutch release. Moonshine Man has a great Beatlesque Taxmanish sound. Museum is also good and was written by Donovan.

Listen to both sides here:

HERMAN'S HERMITS - MOONSHINE MAN
HERMAN'S HERMITS - MUSEUM

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Jay-Jays

January 9, 2010, 10:45 am

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The Jay-Jays started out as an instrumental band in the Hague (Holland) in 1960 and were then called the Jumping Jewels. They changed their name in late 1965 and started releasing some great Beat-Punk-R&B singles. They were know as the Kinks of Holland. The 45 I bring you today has them moving toward a more Mod-Psych sound (check out the weird flute intelude about 3/4 way through). It contains what Beat-Garage collectors for years dreaded, horns. As the Pebbles Vol. 23 liner notes for the Jay-Jays put it, "Later singles contained an awful horn section." I think there are so many interesting, inventive, overlooked GREAT records because of this avoidance of anything containing horns and this is one of them. And check out that fantastic picture sleeve. Listen to the B-Side below.

Jay-Jays - 'Cause You're Mine, Babe

They release 7 singles an one amazing LP. More to come from these guys.

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Records For Sale

August 2, 2010, 4:32 pm

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I'm selling a bunch of my records on GEMM!

60's Soul, Beat, Freakbeat, Mod, UK, Dutch, Swedish, Australian, New Zealand. Lots of good stuff for good prices. I'll be listing more and more stuff as the days go by. Thanks for looking at this blog. I'll also take offers on any of the records listed here. Thanks again!

A sample of records for sale:

Sorrows - Take A Heart - Dutch Picture Sleeve
Billy Joe Royal - Mama didn't raise no fools - Rare 60's Soul
Last Straws - Woman of Gradual Decline - Rare OZ Beat
Outsiders - Strange Things Are Happening - Rare Dutch Beat
Formyula - Nature - Rare NZ Pop-Psych
Changin' Times - How Is The Air Up There - US Garage

And much more!

Here's the link:

http://sloopjbrecords.gemm.com/

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