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Monday 31 December 2007

Highs in the Mid Sixties



The Highs in the Mid-Sixties compilation includes a series of 23 compilation albums of garage and psychedelic rock recorded in the USA mostly between 1965-1968.






Download here: vol.1 ~ vol.2 ~ vol.3 ~ vol.4 ~ vol.5 ~ vol.6 ~ vol.7 ~ vol.8vol.9 ~ vol.10 ~ vol.11 ~ vol.12 ~ vol.13 ~ vol.14 ~ vol.15vol.16 ~ vol.17 ~ vol.18 ~ vol.19 ~ vol.20 ~ vol.21 ~ vol.22 ~ vol.23

V.A. - Havoc From Holland


A very fine compilation with 60's Nederbeat (dutch 60's groups) who recorded at the Havoc label. Nederbeat is a term used from Dutch 60s groups and was Netherland's answer to the early 1960s Beat Groups led by the Beatles. The emergence of pirate station Radio Veronica stimulated the Dutch music community to produce truckloads of Nederbeat. Popular groups were the Outsiders, Q65, The Golden Earrings, The Motions, The Rodys, Les Baroques, Cuby & The Blizzards etc.
Track Listing

1 The Outsiders - Do You Feel Alright
2 The Mokum Beat Five - Apologize
3 The Humbugs - Go On Home, Little Girl
4 The Nicols - Lord, I've Been Thinking
5 Penny Wise - Silver Girl
6 The Fallouts - I've Been Waiting
7 The Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group - Margio
8 The Scorpions - Hey Honey
9 The Sandy Coast - Subject Of My Thoughts
10 The Motions - I've Waited So Long
11 Weetjewel - Lila Lovin' Lola
12Les Baroques - Girls Enough
13The Dukes - Try To Understand
14 De Maskers - Three's A Crowd
15 The Clungels - Dat Had Ik Nog Nooit Gedaan

Sunday 16 December 2007

World Beaters Vol. 1-8



When Beatles emerged in 1962-63, thousands of young teenagers started forming groups all around the world trying to imitate their idols. The result was an unbelievable music scene which lead to the production of great music in pop-beat-freakbeat-garage-psych standards.

The World Beaters series brings you together the wildest and most obscure 60's punk on the planet from countries like Italy, Chile, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Greece, Peru, Argentina, France, Germany, Canada, and many many more were the kids were going crazy over fuzzed out guitars, primitive drum beats and crazy tunes.

It doesn’t matter if in some cases the chords are not right the vocals out of tune and the equipment not the best. What matters is the pure enthusiasm, innovation and the spirit that with a set of guitars, drums and keyboards, everyone could form a group and live their dreams.

An excellent approach to beat music from outside the English-spoken countries, is what this compilation is all about!!!!!!

Vol. 1
1 Hubb Kapp & The Wheels - I'm Happy Too (Invercargil, New Zealand)
2 The Divorced - I'm Gonna Leave You Satisfied (Sarpsborg, Norway)
3 Los Shain's - A Donde Fuiste (Lima, Peru) *
4 Los Buitres - Sensacion (Torremolinos, Spain)
5 The Out Cast - You've Gotta Call Me (Tokyo, Japan)
6The Bentbeaks - Think (Adelaide, Australia)
7 The Dynamites - Lonely Baby (Basel, Switzerland)
8 The Roulettes - Tell Tale Tit (U.K.) *
9 Los Shakers - It's Not Bad (Montevideo, Uruguay) *
10 Los Salvajes - Al Capone (Barcelona, Spain) *
11 The Zipps - Roll The Cotton Down (Dordrecht, Holland)
12 Les Sinners - Nice Try (Montreal, Canada)
13 Isy & The Dynamics - Let Bygones Begone (Australia) *
14 Les Problemes - Passe Ton Chemin (Puteaux, France) *
15 The Teenagers - You Don't Love Me (Athens, Greece)
16 The Cocks - Sia Che Tornero (Turin, Italy)
17 Les Sauterelles - Janet (Zurich, Switzerland)
18 The Clique - Stop, Look And Listen (Perth, Australia)
19 The Golden Cups - This Bad Girl (Yokohama, Japan)
20 The Sevens - The Love Of A Bird (Basel, Switzerland)
21 Little Darlings - Easy To Cry (U.K.)
22 Los Brincos - Flamenco (Madrid, Spain) *
23 The La De Da's - Little Girl (Auckland, New Zealand)
24 Los Cheyenes - No Pierdas El Tiempo (Barcelona, Spain) *
25 The Loubogg - She Is Cool (Greece)
26 I Delfini Di Siena - L'ora Delta Verita (Siena, Italy)
27 The Lords - Don't Mince Matter (Berlin, Germany)
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 2
1 The Tages - The One For You (Gothenburg, Sweden)
2 The Deakins - Look And Learn (Geelong, Australia)
3 The A-Cads - Hungry For Love (Johannesburg, South Africa) *
4 Los Brincos - Dance "The Pulga" (Madrid, Spain) *
5 The Boots - Jump Back (Berlin, Germany) *
6 Ciros - Un Tipo Come Te (Italy)
7 The Sevens - What Can I Do (Basel, Switzerland)
8 The Beatmen - The Enchanted Lie (Czechoslovakia)
9 The Bunnys - Taiyou Yaro (Tokyo, Japan)
10 The Rabbits - I'm Looking In The Universe (Rhodes, Greece)
11 Los Shakers - Only In Your Eyes (Montevideo, Uruguay) *
12 The Rhythms - Everytime (Utrecht, Holland)
13 Les Sauterelles - Springtime (Zurich, Switzerland) *
14 Los Cheyenes - Bla Bla Bla (Me Cansas) (Barcelona, Spain)
15 The Bintangs - Walkin' The Boogie (Beverwijk, Holland) *
16 The Slaves - Slaves Time (Vienna, Austria)
17 Paul & Johnny With The Blue Jets - I Like It (Belgium)
18 Bobby James & The Esquires - Don't You Do That (Adelaide, Australia) *
19 Los 5 Del Este - Look At This Boy (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
20 The Golden Earrings - Lonely Everyday (The Hague, Holland)
21 The Tielman Brothers - Love So True (The Hague, Holland)
22 The Walflower Complextion - Sapphire (Bogota, Colombia) *
23 Los Shain's - Enfermedades (Lima, Peru) *
24 Les Problemes - Si C'est La Nuit (Puteaux, France)
25 I Sofisti - Non Verra (Italy)
26 The Tomcats - A Tu Vera (London, U.K.)
27 The Roulettes - Soon You'll Be Leaving Me (U.K.) *
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 3
1 Cyclones - She's Mine All Mine (Singapore) *
2 I Tremendi - Together We're Strong (Florence, Italy)
3 Double Pairs - Foutez-moi La Paix (Canada) *
4 Los Vidrios Quebrados - Que Importa El Tiempo (Chile)
5 The Gentlemen - It Feels So Good (Geneva, Switzerland)
6 Terry Dean & The Nitebeats - If I Can (Auckland, New Zealand)
7 Alan Y Sus Bates - Pronto Un Doctor (Chile) *
8 The Bunnys - Burning, Burning (Tokyo, Japan)
9 Los Gatos Salvajes - Yo Soy El Mejor (Rosario, Argentina) *
10 The Entertainers - Little Girl (Heerlen, Holland)
11 The Gents Inc. - Gettin' The Blues (Germany)
12 The Honeycombs - Can't Get Through To You (London, U.K.) *
13 Jormas - The Locomotion (Finland)
14 Los Saicos - Cementerio (Lima, Peru) *
15 The Mystrys - Witch Girl (Melbourne, Australia)
16 Los Shakers - Diles (Montevideo, Uruguay) *
17 Profetas - A Donde Iras (Mexico) *
18 Polanie - Nie Wiem Sam (Lodz, Poland) *
19 The Robots - Soldier Beat (Germany)
20 Los 007 - Nunca Mas (Caracas, Venezuela) *
21 Bar Six - It's My Loving (Hong Kong)
22 The Blue Beats - She's Coming Home (Sydney, Australia)
23 Los Cheyenes - Devuelveme El Corazon (Barcelona, Spain) *
24 Cinquetti - Always Near Me (Greece) *
25 Jonah Ark - Things Will Change (New Zealand)
26 Bryan Davies - I Need Help (Help! Help!) (Sydney, Australia) *
27 Los Yorks - Solo Pido Amor (Lima, Peru) *
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 4
1 The Galaxies - Right Now (Athens, Greece)
2 Los Shakers - Stop The Game (Montevideo, Uruguay) *
3 The Gentlemen - Scotch (Geneva, Switzerland)
4 Les Lutins - Pretty Girl (Montreal, Canada) *
5 I Nobil's - Lasciami Star (Italy)
6 The Knacks - Te Extranare (Buenos Aires, Argentina) *
7 Los Gatos Salvajes - Donde Vas (Rosario, Argentina)
8 Perkins - C'est Ca Le Monde (France)
9 Derek Lee With The Del-Fi's - What Can I Do (Australia) *
10 Polanie - Dlugo Sie Znamy (Lodz, Poland)
11 Renato Y Seus Blue Caps - Voce Nao Soube Amar (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) *
12 The Epics - Too Late (Sydney, Australia) *
13 Los Sirex - Cantemos (Barcelona, Spain) *
14 Danny Diaz & The Checkmates - She's So Fine (Hong Kong)
15 The Spies - What Kind Of Love (Greece) *
16 Los Beat 4 - Todo Terminado (Chile) *
17 Dragons - The Forest Of My Place (Greece)
18 The Somers - Yet (I Don't Forget You) (Toya, Japan)
19 Los Belmont - Brinquen (Mexico)
20 The Blizzards - Hab' Keine Lust Heut Aufzustehn (Stade, Germany)
21 4PK - Down And Out (Eindhoven, Holland)
22 The Cherokees - That's If You Want Me To (Melbourne, Australia)
23 Pharaohs - Don't You Know Little Girl (Canada) *
24 I 5 Gentlemen - Quel Che Ho Fatto (Italy)
25 Le Ombre D'Oro - Buio In Sospensione (Italy)
26 The Dynamos - You Make Me Go 'Oooh' (U.K.)
27 Kontinentals - I Want You To Know (Hong Kong)
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 5
1 Secrets - You're Wrong (Christchurch, New Zealand)
2 Cyclones - Oh No, She Didn't Say (Singapore) *
3 The Stalemates - Easy As Can Be (Papua New Guinea) *
4 The Lords - Please Don't Bring Me Down (Berlin, Germany) *
5 Los Cheyenes - Valgame La Macarena (Barcelona, Spain) *
6 Les Tallmud - Avoir Raison (Quebec, Canada)
7 Los Claners - Pronto Te Arrepentiras (Venezuela) *
8 Profetas - Vivir En Paz (Mexico) *
9 Los Sicodelicos - I Am Feeling Down (Santiago, Chile)
10 The Speakers - Glendora (Bogota, Colombia)
11 Los Shakers - What A Love (Montevideo, Uruguay) *
12 Los Doltons - Santo (Lima, Peru)
13 The Slaves - You Are The Only One (Vienna, Austria)
14 The Somethings - Le Monde Infernal (France)
15 Les Sauterelles - Routine (Zurich, Switzerland)
16 Les Miserables - Chemises A Pois, Cravates A Fleurs (Montreal, Canada)
17 I Tremendi - If You Don't Come Around (Florence, Italy)
18 The Youngers - Hanashitakunai (Tokyo, Japan)
19 The Kopy Kats - Maryanne (Papua New Guinea) *
20 The Pogs - The Pogs' Theme (Sydney, Australia)
21 Zoe & The Stormies - Girl Of Ye Ye (Greece)
22 The Savages - He's A Man (Bermuda) *
23 Firebeats, Inc. - I Can't Find Nobody (Oslo, Norway)
24 The Friends - Empty Handed (Stockholm, Sweden)
25 The Downbeats - You Gotta Tell Me (Hong Kong)
26 Johnny Kendall & The Heralds - Fool (Amsterdam, Holland)
27 The Freebeats - Please Tell Me (Papua New Guinea)
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 6
1 The Freebeats - Midnight Mover (Papua New Guinea) *
2 Los Claners - Verguenza (Venezuela) *
3 M.P.D. Limited - Her Favourite Song (Melbourne, Australia) *
4 The Olympians - Go Man Go (Thessaloniki, Greece)
5 Steve & The Board - Margot (Sydney, Australia)
6 Les Lutins - Je Suis De Bois (Montreal, Canada)
7 The Strangers - I'd Never Be Blue (Christchurch, New Zealand) *
8 Los Chijuas - Estan Cambiando Los Colores De La Vida (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) *
9 Mod East - Angelita (Hong Kong)
10 The Nightbirds - Quelli (Switzerland)
11 Les Boots - Laissez Briller Le Soleil (France)
12 unknown - Don't You Know *
13 The Knacks - Si, Quiero Vivir (Tema De Cronopios) (Buenos Aires, Argentina) *
14 Les Chevelles - Ton ombre me suit (Canada)
15 The Saints - Let Me Know (Athens, Greece)
16 Kontikis - I'll Make You Happy (Papua New Guinea) *
17 Les Loups Blancs - Je Sais Que Tu Mens (Montreal, Canada)
18 The Steadtfasts - Girl Be Steadfast (Germany)
19 Thunderbirds - Hey! Girl (Singapore) *
20 Los Shakers - For You, For Me (Montevideo, Uruguay) *
21 Brightness - But Why I Can't (Greece)
22 Les Asteks - Oui Je T'aime (Quebec, Canada)
23 Freddie Cook & The D-Men - I Just Can't Stop My Tears (Sydney, Australia) *
24 Los Yorks - No Puedo Amar (Lima, Peru) *
25 Los Rollings - No Tienes Mi Querer (Granada, Nicaragua)
26 Zoo - I Cry (Athens, Greece)
27 Os Baobas - Bye Bye My Darling (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 7
1 Tony Worsley - How Can It Be (Brisbane, Australia)
2 Les Senders - Le cheveux longs (Vernon, France)
3 The Motions - I Want Someone To Love (The Hague, Holland)
4 Les Lutins - Petit Joe (Montreal, Canada)
5 Pacifics - Smile Again (Greece)
6 Gift Of Love - Take A Trip (Sydney, Australia)
7 The Playboys - Pourquoi (Greece)
8 Los Vidrios Quebrados - Ficciones (Chile)
9 The Chicks - Rebel Kind (New Zealand)
10 Los Cheyenes - He Perdido Este Juego (Barcelona, Spain) *
11 Telstars - Tu Sei Lontana (Florence, Italy)
12 The Rhythms - Go With Him (Utrecht, Holland)
13 Les Loups - Pour Tout Dire (Montreal, Canada)
14 Diplomats - You Didn't Want To Give Your Love (Australia) *
15 The Kopy Kats - Let Me Be (Papua New Guinea) *
16 The Knacks - Me Siento Mal Y Deprimido (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
17 Les Sparks - Rien n'a d'importance (Paris, France)
18 Mystics - I Want To Walk With You (Hong Kong)
19 Les Witackers - Un ami (France)
20 Bobby & Laurie - Not My Girl (Melbourne, Australia) *
21 Alex Fontaine - Tu N'es Pas Sincere (Quebec, Canada)
22 Spectros - Ven Que Estoy Hirviendo (Peru) *
23 I Titans - Non Vale Piu (Genoa, Italy)
24 Normand Frechette & Les Hou-Lops - J'Etudie Mon Grec (Montreal, Canada)
25 The Gremlins - Listen To Me (Auckland, New Zealand)
26 Los Yorks - Have Mercy (Lima, Peru)
27 The Forminx - Until The End (Greece)
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
Vol. 8
1 The Breakaways - All For One (New Plymouth, New Zealand) *
2 Cyclones - The Dew (Singapore) *
3 Steve & The Board - I Want (Sydney, Australia)
4 The Kopy Kats - Today (Papua New Guinea) *
5 The Roadrunners - LSD (Wellington, New Zealand)
6 Dragons - Because Of A Man (Greece)
7 Los Shain's - Un Profundo Sentimiento (Lima, Peru) *
8 Les Miserables - Vivre Avec Toi (Montreal, Canada)
9 Jason Deane - Ain't Got No Love (U.K.)
10 The Persons - John's Flight (Piraeus, Greece)
11 The Gremlins - But She's Gone (Auckland, New Zealand) *
12 The Gentlemen - You Never Try (Geneva, Switzerland)
13 The Birds - No Good Without You (Perth, Australia)
14 Noi Tre - Don't Lie To Me (Florence, Italy)
15 The Blizzards - Stranger In Town (Stade, Germany) *
16 The Executives - Wander Boy (Sydney, Australia)
17 Los Nivram - Sombras (Barcelona, Spain)
18 The Pleazers - Can't Pretend (Brisbane, Australia)
19 Los Yorks - Muy Facil (Lima, Peru) *
20 The Mascots - I Want To Live (Stockholm, Sweden)
21 Thursday's Child - I Want You Back (Germany)
22 Les Bowlers - Il est trop tard (Paris, France)
23 The Sunsets - Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Newcastle, Australia) *
24 Los Doltons - La Ventana (Lima, Peru)
25 The Twilights - Night Of Fear (Adelaide, Australia) *
26 Los Vidrios Quebrados - Una Manera De Vivir (Chile) *
27 Kontikis - Gloria (Papua New Guinea) *
* indicates that the track only appears on this compilation
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Saturday 17 November 2007

Compilation: 60's Beat Italiano


Compilation with Italian 60's Groups playing original material and covers full of primitive fuzz guitars and teenage enthousiasm.


Track Listing


  1. I Bisonti - "Crudele" (2:28)
  2. I Chewing Gum - "Senti questa chitarra" (2:49)
  3. Red Roosters - "La Fina Verra" (2:59)
  4. Noi Tre - "Distruggimi" (1:50)
  5. Gli Evangelisti - "Un ragazzo di strada" (2:36)
  6. Gli Evangelisti - "Sensazioni" (3:05)
  7. Le Anime - "It tuo ricordo" (2:49)
  8. Hugu Tugu - "Fino a ieri" (3:00)
  9. Night Birds - "Night Birds" (1:39)
  10. I Cinque Monelli - "Balbettando" (2:52)
  11. I Jaguars - "Non sei sincera" (2:30)
  12. Condors - "Lei Ler La Vida" (2:40)
  13. I Barrittas - "Dusu Amigusu" (1:53)
  14. New Dada - "La quindicesima fruastrata" (3:17)
  15. I Profeti - "Bambina Sola" (2:20)
  16. Ranger Sound - "Ricordami" (2:03)
  17. Ragazzi Dai Capelli Verdi - "Un Tipo Per Ti" (2:24)
  18. I Ragazzi Del Sole - "Atto Di Forza No. 10" (2:30)
  19. La Setta - "Bloodhound" (2:01)
  20. La Setta - "Our Little Rendezvous" (2:35)
  21. I Chewing Gum - "Tu sei al buio" (2:48)
  22. I Fantoms - "Le Insegne Pubblicitarie" (3:47)
  23. Nico - "Che vita e questa qua" (3:36)
  24. Night Birds - "Richard Cory" (3:08)
  25. I Ragazzi Dai Capelli Verdi - "Ragazza Notte" (2:37)
  26. I Barrittas - "Non uccidere" (4:01)

Download from here: http://www.badongo.com/file/2796799



Wednesday 14 November 2007

The Action (New Zealand)


The Action isn't the UK group of the same name but a New Zealand group from Auckland. Seems like they didn't mind being confused with their more famous namesake, as they recorded the UK Action's Never Ever for their second 45. Not an unusual practice at the time, there's also an Australian group calling itself the Birds who covered two of the UK Bird's 45s, No Good Without You and Say Those Magic Words.
This Action cover the Vagrants on the flip side of their first 45, Romeo and Juliet, doing an excellent job of it too. This was recorded in April of 1967. Though you wouldn't think it from this song, they were actually known as more of a soul and r&b band than pop or garage.
Evan Silva wrote to me about I Can't Make a Friend: "That was the first song I recorded with the Action at Stebbings studio in Eldred Stebbing's basement. I sing on all but Romeo & Juliet. The A sides were Stebbing's suggestion for the pop market and we selected the B sides. We never played the A sides live as we did not like them, except for Try A Little Tenderness we played that regular especially in Oz! Brett [Neilsen] our drummer was the La De Da's drummer prior to us and did not want to go back to Oz, then joined the Action and off we went to Oz!"
Brian Harris then took Brett's place in the La De Da's!
Eldred Stebbing was the owner of the Zodiac label. Many of the great New Zealand bands recorded at his studio, and the Action, the Pleazers and the La De Da's all played residencies at his nightclub, the Galaxie.
A detailed history of the band is available here

Blue Birds (from Greece)

The Blue Birds formed in the port town of Piraeus, near Athens. They were one of the first Greek garage bands, releasing a national hit "Julie" in 1965 on Philips. The flip, Way to Heaven is supposed to be a good, moody song, but I haven't heard it because I have the ROL release, in which Julie is backed with an instrumental number by different band. The ROL label 45s were given away to promote ROL laundry detergent!
Their next 45 was also released on both Philips and ROL, both sides included this time. Sweet Polly / Just Remember are both excellent garage numbers, with fantastic farfisa organ playing and good harmonies.
Two other early singles are highly rated, but with a change in lineup in 1967, their music developed with psychedelic and folk influences. They stopped singing in English and wrote songs with Christian themes to the lyrics. In total the Bluebirds released thirteen 45s and one fine album, Xylinos Stavros (Wooden Cross).
Band members were:
Giorgos Petridis: Vocals (-1967, + Lja Laoytari)
Yannis Psimoppoylos: Guitar, Vocals
Leonidas Louloudis: Bass (-1967, Manolis Laoytaris)
Swkratis Ardavanis: Organ
Gavrilis Pantzis: Drums (-1972, + Nikos Kalogerakis)

The Blue Birds - Julie

The Blue Birds - Sweet Polly

The Blue Birds - Just Remember

Sunday 28 October 2007

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Monday 22 October 2007

60s Internet Broadcast

Dear friends,

You can listen to the following Internet Broadcast featuring rare 60s music: www.beyondthebeatgeneration.com

Spyros