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Bernadette and Her Swingin' Bears
Here's a great novelty record that was based on the Hanna Barbera hit TV show Yogi Bear. I'm not sure why they chose this as a subject matter, since there seems to be no relation to Hanna Barbera. I...
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Blue Chips
Good UK Mod Beat 45! I really like both sides of this 45. It's fairly primitive UK Beat with a touch of soul. I don't know anything about these guys except that they had 3 45 releases, this one in 1965...
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Preparations
Although a pretty blatant rip off of the "Cool Jerk" riff, this is a fantastic record. It's hard to sit still still while listening to this one. From New York City and released in 1968. Get up and do...
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Gremlins
Here's one from the great New Zealand band the Gremlins. This 45 was the follow-up to their big (#2) hit "Coming Generation". Unfortunately it was a total flop in the charts. To my ears though it's a...
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Union Jack
Not much info out there on this band. I know they were Belgian and I'm pretty sure this 45 was released in 1970. They had at least one other release around 1969-70 also on Fontora records. Lady Masham...
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Romancers
Here's one of the Romancers, from East LA, singles from 1966. This one, as far as East LA bands goes is a bit different in that it's pure 60's jangly rock. Most of the East LA Chicano bands tended...
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Brincos
Los Brincos were one of the top bands in Spain in the 1960's. They released several 45's and LP's throughout the 60's and a brilliant Psych-Progressive LP in 1970 (Mvndo Demonio Carne). This 45 is from...
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Big Three
Legendary early UK Beat group. In my opinion, still very underrated today, their records are great and really reflect the time. Their "Big Three at the Cavern" EP is fantastic and really captures the...
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Jets
Great melodic driving Dutch beat! Not much info on the internet (at least in English). Here's what Pebbles Vol. 23 had to say about them:"This 5-piece combo was from Utrecht and had a hit with the...
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Mark Four
Here's a surf influenced garage record from a band called the Mark Four. They were probably from Los Angeles and had an earlier release (Pacific Challenger 1002) with a nice surf style vocal tune...
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Terry Dean and the Nitebeats
Here's a nice beat record from New Zealand. This was the bands first release from early in 1964. The song featured here was written by the UK songwriting team of John Carter and Ken Lewis (who also had...
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Hedgehoppers Anonymous
A beat band from the UK who were originally called The Trendsetters then The Hedgehoppers in 1963/4. They added the Anonymous in 1965 when Jonathan King became their producer. Their first release (Good...
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Short '66
Great Beat-Mod band from Amsterdam. They had at least 8 singles during their career. Heavily influenced by the Mod and Psych bands from the UK. They started in 1966 (hence the name) and I think only...
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Twilights
One of my favorite Australian bands, the Twilights were one of the top bands of the sixties in the land down under. You can read all about their history at the great Milesago website HERE.If you love...
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Chanceliers
French Canadian band that released at least 8 singles from 1966 to 1968. They also released an LP in 1967. Michel Pagliaro, the vocalist went on to have a successful pop career in Canada. This is a...
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Troggs
I assume most of you know the Troggs, so I'm not going to go into their history. Plenty of info on the internet.This is a pretty obscure Troggs track. Released as the B-side to their Hip Hip Horay 45...
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Beautiful Daze
This is one of my favorite Garage-Psych records ever! I'm not sure which compilation I first heard it on, but it was instantly a mind blower for me.I'm not sure if there has been much dug up on this...
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Phantoms
A history of the band (in Dutch), but with great photos and record scans is HERE.Also, from the liner notes for Beat Express #1 (The great 10 inch series from Op-Art Records):Band members were lead...
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Salas Brothers with the Jaguars
Obviously a follow up to the great "Farmer John" by the Premiers. These young kids from Easy LA later played with El Chicano and morphed into Tierra. Listen to it below.SALAS BROTHERS WITH THE JAGUARS...
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Larry's Rebels
Larry's Rebels from Auckland, New Zealand released a bunch of 45's from 1964 through to 1969. They recorded this 45 "Halloween / Everybody's Girl" on a trip to Melbourne, Australia in 1968. Everybody's...
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Mystrys
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...
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Herman's Hermits
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...
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Jay-Jays
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...
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Records For Sale
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...
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Just listed this Australian Garage killer record for sale. Check it out at my Gemm site:http://sloopjbrecords.gemm.com/
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