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Welcome
to our Past & Present
page, this is dedicated to reviews and listings of releases from
the UK Psychedelia and Garage label Past
& Present.
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Instro Hipsters A Go-Go 2
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2001
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Past
& Present PAPRCD2038
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Track List:
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The
Excursion - Switched On, Joe Loss & His Music - Warpaint, The
Midnight Shift - Saturday Jump, The Ray King Soul Band - Dupy/Mercy,
Trendsetters Ltd - I'm Coming Home, St. Louis Union - English Tea,
The Voomins - March Of The Voomins, The Ray McVay Sound - Revenge,
Sounds Nice - Love You Too, Ole Jensen & His Music - Railroader,
The Salon Band - Disco 2, Earl Guest - Foxy, Morgan & The Mark
Seven - Undercover Man, The Roulettes - Junk, Peter Jay & The
Jaywalkers - Before The Beginning, The Reg Guest Syndicate - Underworld,
Roland Shaw & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn, The Gun - Rupert's
Travels, Zoot Money - Zoots Suite, Jimmy Nichol & The Shubdubs
- Night Train, The Mike Cotton Group - One Mint Julep, The Salon
Band - Four Wheel Drive, The Purple Fox - Git Some, Julian Covey
& The Machine - Sweet Bacon, The Magic Christians - Nats, The
Cy Payne Orchestra - The Pround & The Mighty.
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Review:
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Ok,
picture London 35 years ago, the Mods are scuttling away into the
shadows, nervously eyeing the brightly coloured babes strutting
up and down Carnaby Street, for once upstaged by the emerging new
scene that has been filtering in from San Francisco for the last
six months, barriers are coming down all over the place and they
sense the change. Clothes from Granny Takes A Trip and I Was
Lord Kitchener's Valet are the norm and the music scene has been
turned on it's head.
Instro Hipsters A Go-Go is packed full of some strange and interesting
fallout from this time period, a time when bands indulged themselves
shamelessly on 'B' sides and even orchestra's got in the act, churning
out some pretty groovy tunes indeed!! Look no further for a wonderful
collection of material that will appeal to any collector of the
British Pop/Psych scene. Ok, it's not full blown psych and nor is
it meant to be, this is good honest fun and DOES have some real
gems, you can only wonder as to the 'true' identity of some of the
artists involved in this comp as session musicians rub shoulders
with mystery artists and orchestra's.
There are some great tracks on here, including the genuine Go-go
'St. Louis Union - English Tea', the Blue-Beat flavoured Hammond-fest
'March Of The Voomins' and 'Morgan & The Mark Seven - Undercover
Man' which contains some haunting organ loops that would not sound
out of place on an old Pebbles garage comp.
The packaging is nice and lavish, with extensive liner notes and
some wonderful artwork and the price cannot be beaten, deserves
a home in any serious Sixties connoisseurs collection and you even
get a bonus 'Promo' track thrown in to boot.......
"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off...!!"
Past & Present have an awesome catalogue of Psych/Beat/Garage
etc. that you can check out here:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk
Buy this CD HERE:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2038.html
Reviewed by pOoTer
- April 2002
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That Driving Beat Volume 2
(rare freakbeat 1964-1966)
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2001
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Past
& Present PAPRCD2036
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Track List:
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The
Deejays - Midnight Hour, The Outlaws - Shake With Me, The Cherokees
- Dig A Little Deeper, The Quakers - Im Ready, The Transatlantics
- Louie Go Home, The Shevells - Come On Home, The Beat Buddies -
Pins In My Heart, The Jay Jays - Baldheaded Woman, The Pack - Things
That Bring Me Down, The Regents - Bye Bye Johnny, Brian Diamond
& The Cutters - Shake, Shout & Go, The Classmates - Pay
Day, The Whirlwinds - Baby Not Like You, The Zephyrs - Shes Lost
You, The T-Bones - How Many More Times, The Loose Ends - Aint Gonna
Eat My Heart Out Anymore, James Royal - Work Song, The Hi-Numbers
- Heart Of Stone,
Carter-Lewis & The Southerners - Skinny Minnie, The Mark Leeman
5 - Gather Up The Pieces, Gary Walker - She Makes Me Feel Better,
Haydocks's Rockhouse - She Thinks, The Sassenachs - That Dont Worry
Me, The Redcaps - Funny Things, The Firing Squad - Bull Moose, The
Hellions - Think It Over, The Slade Brothers - Peace In My Mind,
The Dukes - Try To Understand.
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Review:
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Following
hot on the heels of last year's That Driving Beat Volume 1 (now
sadly sold out....so be quick with this one!!) comes Volume 2, packed
to the gunwales with more undiscovered slices of British Freakbeat
Rarities recorded between 1964-1966 and lovingly 'comped' by Nick
Saloman (Bevis Frond). As with other Past & Present releases
what you get is a quality product, complete with liner notes, detailing
where possible the respective artistes.
For your hard earned cash you get no less than 28 tracks and the
trainspotters amongst you will be amazed to see that some real big
hitters from the next decade were cutting their teeth here making
Freakbeat. The Outlaws feature Ritchie Blackmore at what must have
been a very young age, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason feature in The
Hellions (later of Traffic). Also Jimmy Page in his days as a session
musician makes an appearance in Carter-Lewis & The Southerners.
Trivia aside this is indeed a fine comp with some great songs, our
personal favourites were Brian Diamond & The Cutters and The
Loose Ends (which could almost pass on a Garage comp!!).
It's a safe bet to say that you can trust anything these guys release
to be top quality, to the point where you just buy whatever they
put out, knowing that you are going to get a quality product, rather
like the good ol' days of Bam Caruso.....
Past & Present have an awesome catalogue of Psych/Beat/Garage
etc. that you can check out here:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk
Buy this CD from HERE:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2036.html
Reviewed by pOoTer
- April 2002
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The Psychedelic CHANGES Beat
album
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2001
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Past
& Present PAPRCD2039
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Track List:
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Danny¹S
Reason - Triangle, C.A.Quintet - Blow My Soul, C.A.Qunitet - Cold
Spider, Bedlam Four - Hydrogen Atom, It Was Brillig - Dirty Old
Man, Hope - On Times You Can See, Third Wave - Dream, Gestures -
It Seems To Me, Hope - One Man, Second Thought - Museum, T.C.Atlantic
- Love Is Just, Calico Wall - Flight Reaction, Stillroven - Have
You Ever Seen Me.
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Review:
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To
quote "This album documents the wild psychedelic sounds of
the 1960s Minneapolis music scene". Indeed it lives up to this
statement.
Put out alongside the "UK psychedelic obscurities - We can
fly 2" album it shows that the American scene was far more
furious and deviant than the British scene.
This album gives you 13 tracks of acidic storm showing how recalcitrant
those early bands were, including :-
Triangle by "Danny's Reason". Screaming vocals with
"Cramps" style instrumentation.
Two tracks by "C.A. Quintet". The first being Blow my
soul, an unoffensive classic psych sounding affair and the second
being Cold spider, a tripped out slice of acid dementia complete
with superb guitar effects and hard drumming, an absolutely superb
brain curdler.
Hydrogen atom by "Bedlam four" Previously known as "The
Echomen". A very sought after and consequently expensive 45.
An acidic menace of guitar and distortion.
Dirty old man by "It was brillig" another vocal screamer
with wild guitar and hard hitting bass.
On times you can see by "Hope" where you float away on
a cloud of melancholy, slow guitar and crashing drums, very atmospheric.
Dream by "Third Wave". Heavy blues side of psych, fine
guitar strangling going on.
It seams to me by "Gestures". About the most poppy, Brit
beat influenced track of the album. Goes nowhere does nothing.
One man by "Hope", not the same "Hope" as before.
Big vocals and very room filling music.
Museum by "Second thought" Roll your roof down summertime
easiness.
Love is just by T.C. Atlantic. Another psypunk groove that deviates
brain crushingly in the middle section and then returns to the main
punked groove.
Flight reaction by "Calico wall". High pitched guitar
that rips at your inner ear. A fine piece of psypunk. Screaming
vocal about a bad plane journey that results in a desperate paranoia
of flying.
Have you ever seen me by "Stillroven". Doesn't finish
the album with a bang, It's just one of those I've heard that before
kinda tracks and you would have done because it was originally done
by "The Small Faces" and it suffers even more by the ferocity
of the preceding tracks.
A very worth while addition to any collection of garage psych. Highly
recommended. Full of get it of your chest angst ridden vocals, fuzz,
organ, hard hitting drums and distortion.
*Note* "Due to the unavailability of master tapes slight surface
noise may be evident" do not let this deter you from buying
it, in fact it gives it a bit of authenticity.
Buy this CD from HERE:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2039.html
Reviewed by Sir
Eel - April 2002.
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We Can Fly 2 - UK Psychedelic
obscurities
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2001
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Past
& Present (PAPRCD2037)
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Track List:
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Shy
Limbs - Rick Or Two, Brainbox - Amsterdam, The First Days, The Cedars
- Hide If You Want To Hide, Pugh - Love Love Love, John Fitch &
Associates - Stones Out Of It, The Lords - Dont Mince Matter, Nite
People - Love, Love, Love, Love,
The Montanas - Difference Of Opinion, The Julian Kirsch - Clever
Little Man, Blonde On Blonde - All Day And All Night,
Avalanche - Rabbits, West Coast Consortium - Colour Sergeant Lilllywhite,
Tages - Fuzzy Patterns, The Mirage - Hold On,
The Petards - Tartarex, The Bystanders - Cave Of Clear Light, A.P.
Dangerfield - Conversations (In A Station Light Refreshment Bar),
A.P. Dangerfield - Further Conversations, Blinkers - Original Sin,
Danny Mcculloch - Colour Of The Sunset, Joy Unlimited - Mr Pseudonym,
Moonshine - Garden Of Men.
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Review:
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The
guys at Past & Present have trawled the vaults and come up with
22 tracks of long forgotten, if ever heard of rarities of classic
psych / freak beat grooves spanning the '66 t0 '69 era with a couple
of tracks spilling over into '70 / '71. A good choice of tracks
to warp you back in time and recommended for any fan of obscure
psych from that era.
However some of it does come across as jump on the bandwagon
pop nonsense which personally doesn't do a thing for me, but, ther
are a few outstanding tracks amongst this collection which make
it worth having, notably:- Amsterdam, the first days, by "Brainbox"
who evolved into "Focus" and thanks to Jan Ackerman give
Cream (Sunshine of your love) style guitar with a Hendrix feel as
well. A very nice piece of classic psych.
Also, Don't mince matter by "The Lords". Germanys' then
top beat band getting funkily psyched out.
Love, love, love, love, love. by "Nite people". Big screaming
acidic vocals and guitar.
"Blonde on Blonde"s Middle Eastern- sitar track, All day
and all night.
Tartarex by The "Petards". Total head music, floaty with
a whacked out acidic guitar. Probably the best track on the album.
"Blinkers", Original sin, Powerfully soulful bluesed out
vocals and guitar work. A very sweet spine tingler.
Buy this CD from HERE:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2037.html
Reviewed by Sir Eel
- April 2002.
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| Psychotic Moose
& The Soul Searchers |
| 2001 |
| Past & Present
PAPRCD2034 |
| Track List: |
THE HANGMEN
- What A Girl Can Do, THE HANGMEN - Faces, RICHIE'S RENEGADES - Dont
Cry, BRAM RIGG SET - I Can Only Give You Everything,
BRAM RIGG SET - Take The Time Be Yourself, THE WOOLIES - Who Do You
Love, HM SUBJECTS - Dont Bring Me Down, JEREMIAH - No Sense Nonsense,
MOONRAKERS - Baby Please Dont Go, INVASION - Do You Like What You
See, ROYAL AIRCOACH - Wondering Why, THE FALCONS - I Gotta See Her,
SHADOW CASTERS - Cinnamon Snowflake, MORNING AFTER - Things You Do,
BLUE THINGS - The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind, THE FREE - Decision
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Another eagerly
awaited release from Past & Present is this fine 60's Punk comp
featuring some lesser known bands from the Sixties, originally released
on obscure American label, Psychotic Moose in 1982 on a limited (now
hard to find) edition run of 500 copies.
There are some very early examples of the classic 60's Punk sound
represented here, none better than The Hangmen, hailing from Washington
DC and released in 1965 with What A Girl Can't Do and their second
single, this time from 1966, Faces. The former has not had many appearances
on comps, other than on Pebbles 1 and a couple of others (that I can't
remember right now..).
Riche's Renegades Don't Cry is the A-side of their sole single from
1966. Next up is a rather lame version of I Can Only Give You Everything,
recorded in 1967 by The Bram Rigg Set, out of North Haven, Conneticut
the B-side of the former single actually being a much better punker!!.
Now we are getting somewhere!! The Woolies version of Who Do You Love
(1967) is awesome, second only to The Preachers snarling version from
1965 (see Pebbles 1).
Next up is a slightly tame cover of The Pretty Things, Don't Bring
Me Down from Florida's HM Subjects, punked up a little. Jeremiah,
from 1965 is a slightly Dylan-esque pop tune with perhaps a hint of
what was to come by way of some sweet harmonica. Next up are the Moonrakers
from Denver with an above average cover of Baby Please Don't Go, this
has featured on several other comps, namely Highs In The Mid Sixties,
Mayhem & Psychosis and Victims Of Circumstances.
The Invasion, from Milwaukee with Do You Like What You See (surprisingly
from 1967 as it sounds at least a year earlier!!) is a fine snarly
punker with all the right ingredients to satisfy 60's Punk fans anywhere.
The Royal Aircoach, out of Boston, Massachusets give us Wondering
Why, a fantastic slice of Garage/Psych and a real gem of a track (check
the ending!!). Following this cool track comes New York's Falcons
with I Gotta See Her, a stomper from 1966.
Oooohhh, Mmmmmmnnn,
now THIS is the pinnacle of the entire comp IMHO, The Shadow Casters,
out of Aurora, Illinois with this beautiful Folk/Psych jewel which
was the A side of their second single, released in 1966. Their other
single, 'It'll Be Too Late featured on the Garage Zone comps but
does not even compare to this wonderful song....BUY THIS CD JUST
FOR THIS ONE TRACK!!!
The Morning After, another band from Massachusets, supply us with
Things You Do, a fine punk edged pop psych single, originally released
in 1967 followed by The Blue Things with Orange Rooftop Of Your
Mind, their 8th (out of 10) single, released in 1966 and sounding
very Brit Psych in places!! This band have been very heavily comped
and also have several retrospective albums available that tell their
long and detailed story (they were around from 1964 to 1967 and
released 10 singles, plus an album).
This excellent comp ends with The Free, from Detroit, Michigan with
their adventurous psych masterpiece (A Day Of Decision) For Lost
Soul Blue, released in 1968 which although a little late for this
kind of music is an interesting piece.
As usual from
Past & Present, another brilliant compilation..........I may
have said this before (sorry if I did!) but this label is like Bam
Caruso used to be, you knew they 'never released anything bad' so
you just went and bought it because it was on Bam Caruso and were
never dissapointed. Past & Present in our opinion is just that,
top quality psych/punk/freakbeat releases that are a 'Sure Thing'.
Get this baby
quick before it gets sold out:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2034.html
Reviewed by
pOoTer
- August 2002
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| Mind Blowers
Volume One |
| 2001 |
| Past & Present
PAPRCD2033 |
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| ED WOOL AND
THE NOMADS - I Need Somebody, THE EARLY DOORS - Go Insane, THE UNDECIDED
- Make Her Cry, THE LIVERPOOL SET - Seventeen Tears To The End, THE
TROPICS - As Time's Gone, THE OLIVERS - I Saw What You Did, THE ID
- Boil The Kettle Mother, THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS - Tried To Hide
(non LP B-side), THE GUILLOTEENS - Wild Child, BUMP - Winston Build
The Bridge, THE TRAVELLING SALESMEN - Days Of My Years, THE SPIKEDRIVERS
- Baby Wont You Let Me Tell You How I Lost My Mind, 49th PARALLEL
- Laborer, THE MUSTARD MEN - I Love My Baby. |
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Now THIS is
an interesting comp, originally released on the obscure American label
White Rabbit in 1983, I think with the intention of starting a series
of comps (that never happened as far as we know...) to find this on
vinyl would indeed be a discovery, you would most likely trip over
a pile of Unicorn kak before you found this album!!!
Thankfully those nice people from Past & Present have found a
good enough copy to master off and released this gem on CD for everyone
who missed it first time around to enjoy, and enjoy you will!!. Contained
here are some serious 'psychedelic crown jewels' and long lost artifacts
that deserve their place in any discerning psychedelic CD collection.
Mind Blowers opens with Ed Wool and The Nomads hailing from Rochester,
New York with I Need Somebody which was the b-side of their first
single Please,Please Don't Go on RCA Victor in 1966. Ed Wool comes
across somewhere between Roky Erickson and Eric Burdon for those that
like their vocals snarly.....
Next up is a real rarity, a very early demo recording from The Doors
(that also turned up on Turds On A Bum Ride Volume 4) that features
a barely recognisable Jim Morrison, Manzarek and Densmore and, I think,
remains unreleased so will be a must for Doors fans on that basis
alone.
The Undecided? from Dearborn, Michigan are next up with this stomping
punk classic from 1966 (that has since been included on Michigan Mayhem
Volume 1 and also Garage Punk Unknowns) that unfortunately was their
first and last single. The Liverpool Set, who are in fact Canadian!
are next up with Seventeen Tears To The End. This was their last single,
released in 1966 with their first two singles more in the British
Beat Group vein.
Now here is an absolute garage punk classic, one of THE best and certainly
most famous, As Times Gone by The Tropics, another heavily comped
band who released this seminal slice of garage history in 1967. These
dudes were from Tampa Bay, Florida and released a string of singles
between 1965 and 1969 and went on to spawn other seminal Florida bands
such as White Witch, who played some serious Hard Rock years later
(1972) and looked like an early version of Kiss.......
Enough of that, let's move on to The Olivers from Fort Wayne, Indiana
and this organ driven punker from 1966 which was in fact a B-side
to their first single (Beeker Street) which as with this track has
made appearances on various comps over the years, including Michigan
Mayhem Volume 1 and on Gone Volume 1, on Gone this is rather dubiously
credited to 'Madson' (read Max Wallers 'conspiracy theory'...).
Moving swiftly on we take our first visit to weirdsville on this juicy
comp by way of The ID, a bunch of deranged fuckers who created this
top shelf acid punk slab of dementia that will have you reaching for
the largactyl within seconds.......this is THE best track here, without
a doubt. Not surprisingly it also made an appearance on the East Side
Digital version of Pebbles 2 although should really have featured
on Pebbles 3 The Acid Gallery, how did you miss this gem Greg?
The b-side version of Tried To Hide from the 13th Floor Elevators
is included here and makes an interesting addition being significantly
different from the album version. From Memphis, Tennesee and apparently
good friends of Elvis come The Guilloteens with this mediocre punk
influenced A-side from 1966 'Wild Child'. Bump from Michigan supply
the next track, an organ led, slightly punk but veering towards 70's
Progger that was released as their first single in 1969, the band
later recorded an expectedly 'organ fest' of a Prog album in 1970
(re-released on Gear Fab).
Now we travel back to Texas, fittingly with The Travelling Salesmen
who released this sole single in 1967, which although reasonably interesting
is all over very quickly, only lasting 1:52!!.
We move back to Detroit, Michigan with The Spikedrivers and Baby Won't
You Let Me Tell You How I Lost My Mind which sounds very 'West Coast'
with leanings towards psych/folk. Apparently although they were all
from Detroit the band actually formed in SF which may go some way
to explaining their 'San Francisco' sound on this 1966 b-side.
Next up are 49th Parallel who hail from Calgary, Alberta, Canada who
bring us Labourer, the A-side of their first single in 1966, a catchy
fuzz guitar driven punker. Some of their other material can be found
on Endless Journey Phase 3, Journey To Tyme Volume 3 and Gone 2 -
Basement Walls.
Finally this great comp is brought to a close with The Mustard Men
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the B-side to their sole 1965 single
which is a strong contender for 'First 60's Punk Song' being part
of the emerging Garage Punk sound in 1965 alongside other 'possible
firsts' as The Starfires - I Never Loved Her (May 1965), The Castaways
- Liar Liar (May 1965) and perhaps the 'winner' of this acclaimed
title ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears (when in 1965 was this released?)
Another fine
offering from Past & Present containing some fantastic rarities
and if you've never heard 'Boil The Kettle Mother' it's worth your
£11.95 just to own this shredding piece of acid drenched dementia........"I
want to feel the steam Mother..."
Reviewed by pOoTer
- suffering full-on meltdown in August 2002.
You truly MUST
own this compilation album, here's how:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2033.html
5 fucking stars
baby...
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| A Journey To
Tyme Volumes 1 & 2 |
| 2001 |
| Past & Present
PAPRCD2035 |
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Volume One:
Unrelated Segments - Story Of My Life, Beckett Quintet - No Correspondence,
The Enfields - She Already Has Somebody, The Moving Sidewalks - Need
Me, The Painted Faces - Anxious Color, The Ugly Ducklings - That's
Just A Thought That I Had In My Mind, Chayns - Run And Hide, American
Blues - If I Were A Carpenter, Unrelated Segments - It's Unfair, Beckett
Quintet - (It's All Over Now) Baby Blue, The Enfields - I'm For Things
You Do, The Moving Sidewalks - Every Night A New Surprise, The Painted
Faces - Things We See, The Ugly Ducklings - Just In Case You Wonder,
Chayns - Why Did You Hurt Me, American Blues - All I Saw Was You.
Volume Two:
Faine Jane - It Ain't True, Canterbury Fair - Song On A May Morning,
The Cryan Shames - Ben Franklin's Almanac, Haymarket Riot - Nine
O'clock, The 4 Of Us - I Feel A Whole Lot Better, Thee Midniters
- Never Knew I Had It So Bad, The New Breed - High Society Girl,
The Roosters - One Of These Days, The Fifth Order - Goin' To Far,
Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 - Mr Sweet Stuff, The Rats - Got To See My Baby
Every Day, The Esquires - Sadie's Way, The Poets - Now We're Thru,
The Hallmarks - Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally, The Outcasts - I
Didn't Have To Love Her Anymore, The Rationals - Feelin' Lost.
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Originally released
on Phantom in the United States as limited edition (500), numbered
single albums, the first being released in 1982, the second in 1984
the first two in this series of what was originally 5 albums are reissued
here by Past & Present in a double CD format with the packaging
containing artwork from the original sleeves.
What you get for your money is 32 tracks of classic American Garage/Psych
with the track list reading like a roll call of psych legends such
as The Moving Sidewalks, American Blues, Faine Jade and The Chayns
alongside lesser known bands such as Detroit's Unrelated Segments
(their track here is wrongly titled It's Unfair, where it should be
It's Not Fair) and Florida's Painted Faces. Between 1982 and now much
of this has been fairly heavily comped elsewhere but that should not
put you off buying this because many of the tracks have not (as far
as we know) been comped elsewhere and this is a great compilation
album.
Geographically it draws from bands right across America and Canada,
The Beckett Quintet from Los Angeles, The Enfields from Wilmington,
Delaware, Canada's Ugly Ducklings, Haymarket Riot from Michigan, The
Outcasts from Philadelphia (not the same Outcasts as 1523 Blair!!)
and the curiously named Canterbury Fair who in fact hail from Fresno,
California (and sound like an early English Prog band)!!
The journey starts in Detroit, Michigan with The Unrelated Segments
much comped punker 'Story Of My Life'and moves on to Los Angeles with
The Beckett Quintet with this 1965 Beat single showing subtle early
signs of things to come..
Texan heavyweights The Chayns from San Antonio have both sides of
their third single included here (see Epitaph For A Legend for their
most famous single..)
Both Punk and Psych fans will dig this comp as there are equal quantities
of both genres here and we must mention the excellent American Blues
from good 'ol Dallas, Texas with their own unique brand of psychedelia.
Included here are both sides of their excellent 1969 single on Karma
Records 'If I Were A Carpenter' and 'All I Saw Was You', both being
possibly the strongest tracks on Volume One of this comp. Their future
band mates The Moving Sidewalks also have their second single included
here, originally on the Wand label in 1967, 'Need Me'/Every Night
A New Surprise'.
While we are in Texas, so to speak, and certainly worthy of mention
is Dallas band The New Breed with 'High Society Girl' which is a great
'SGT. Pepper meets 60's Punk' slice of fun (anybody know a release
date on this?)
Just south of the border, from Albuquerque, New Mexico comes The Fe-Fi-Four
Plus 2 with Mr Sweet Stuff which we believe was their second single
on the Odex label. Their first single was the classic and now legendary
(and heavily comped) I Wanna Come Back (From The World Of LSD). From
Jonesboro, Arkansas are The Esquires, not to be confused with at least
five other US bands with the same name!! who bring an excellent early
example of 60's Punk with their 1965 release 'Sadie's Ways' (also
available on the 1985 Hipsville Vol 2 comp).
The coolest and most worthy (not on any other comps...) track on Volume
Two however just has to be The Hallmarks from Ocean Port, New Jersey
with this 1967 B-side, 'Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally' that is guaranteed
to get your toes tapping, even if it is possibly a bit of bandwagon
jumping.......
Some trivia
that I am sure many of you will already know......members of American
Blues Dusty Hill and Frank Beard in a later life became rock legends
ZZ Top, along with Billy Gibbons from The Moving Sidewalks.
Lets hope that
3, 4 and 5 are in the pipeline......Lorna???
Reviewed by
pOoTer - September 2002.
To own this
compilation album, here's how:
http://www.megaworld.co.uk/docs/PAPRCD2035.html
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Perfumed
Garden Volume One
2002
Past & Present PAPRCD2041
Track
List:
Factory-Try A Little Sunshine, Eyes-Youre Too
Much, Syn-Grounded, Nimrod-The Bird, Smoke-Sydnet Gill, Birds-No Good
Without You Baby, Shy Limbs-Reputation, Game-Its Shocking What
They Call Me, Frame-Doctor,Doctor, Mandrake Paddle Steamer-Strange
Walking Man, French Revolution-nine Till Five, Vamp-Floatin,
Syndicates-Crawdaddy Simone, Sands-Listen To The Sky.
'Bonus' tracks: Tintern Abbey - Vacuum Cleaner, The Craig - I Must
Be Mad, Open Mind - Magic Potion.
Review:
Originally released by the now legendary Psycho
Records (PSYCHO 6) run by Funhouse Records from Margate, England way
back in 1983 on vinyl this was at the time one of THE best British
Psychedelia compilations on the scene, 11 years later it was re-released
on Reverberation (boot?) and now nearly 20 years later it has been
repackaged by the current masters of psych comps, those nice people
at Past & Present and re-released on CD.
Using some
of the original artwork from the first release that originated in
an underground comic lent to Psycho head honcho Malcolm by our very
own Doctor Dark (himself a Funhouse Records employee at the time)
the original albums have Re-Mastered but otherwise left intact apart
from the (rather nice) bonus tracks that have been tacked on at
the end. In this case stone cold psych classics Tintern Abbey -
Vacuum Cleaner, The Craig - I Must Be Mad, Open Mind - Magic Potion
are the 'surprise package' you get at the end of this already stunning
album.
Featuring the
cream of British Psych/Freakbeat from the 1967-1969 era and even
a couple of gems from '65 (The Birds The Eyes and The Syndicats)
this first volume is an absolutely essential item in any discerning
psych collectors collection (shame on you if you don't already own
this comp!!).
If I am forced to pick some highlight tracks (and I am apparently..)
I would have to recommend the mysterious Mandrake Paddle Steamer
with Strange Walking Man and also The Eyes You're Too Much (a spectacular
example of UK Freakbeat if ever there was one) and the wonderful
B-side from The Syn, Grounded (who included in their ranks a young
Chris Squires who later went on to fame and fortune with the fantsastically
boring Yes).
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Reviewed
by pOoTer - February
2003
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Perfumed
Garden Volume Two
2002
Past & Present PAPRCD2042
Track
List:
Kult-No Home Today, Eyes-When The Night Falls,
Poets-Baby Dont Do It, Ace Kefford Stand-For Your Love, Ruperts People-Reflections
Of Charles Brown, Thane Russal + Three-Security, Deviants-Im
Coming Home, Fleur De Lys-Liar, Kult-Mister Number One, In Betweens-You
Better Run, Glen Athens + The Trojans-Let Me Show You How, Gary Leeds
+ Rain-Francis, Les Goths-Turn Over.
'Bonus' tracks: Drag Set - Day & Night, Fleur-De-Lys - Mud In
Your Eye, Accent - Red Sky At Night.
Review:
Originally released by Psycho Records (PSYCHO
15) from Margate, England back in 1983 on vinyl and later on CD by
Reverberation in 1994, Perfumed Garden Volume Two has now had new
life breathed into it by way of Past & Present who have Re-Mastered
it and re-reled re-released it on CD with the following bonus tracks:
Drag Set - Day & Night, Fleur-De-Lys - Mud In Your Eye, Accent
- Red Sky At Night
As with earlier
volumes of this brilliant series we are treated to more top notch
British Psych/Freakbeat from the 1967-1969 era with some true classics
included on this package some of which, such as The Drag Set, have
not appeared comped in too many other places, only Best Of Strike
Records and Rare 60's Beat Treasure as far as I know..(?).
Not quite the same for Yorskire's The Accent who are very much in
the 'over comped' vein appearing on at least six or seven other
psych comps.
I guess this
is starting to become a problem with some comps and an issue that
may prevent collectors from shelling out their hard earned on tracks
they already own, but for the majority of the bands featured here,
coupled with the great value for money from Past & Present makes
this a worthy addition, particularly if you do not have the vinyl
originals.
The Kult -
No Home Today is one of my all time favourite British psych tracks
and IMHO stands head and shoulders above virtually everything else
this comp has to offer with The Eyes - When The Night Falls coming
in as a second place runner up.
The bonus tracks in this instance are seamlessly tacked on at the
end and go very well with the existing tracks, Fleur-De-Lys - Mud
In Your Eye being a particularly fine choice!!
Another high
quality product from Past & Present who are continuing to maintain
their consistently high standard of releases.
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Reviewed by
pOoTer - February 2003
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Perfumed
Garden Volume Three
2002
Past & Present PAPRCD2043
Track
List:
Longboatmen - Take Her Anytime, Miller - Baby
I Got News For You, Goths - Out Of The Sun, Shyster - Tick Tock, Majority
One - Get Back Home, Groundhogs - Sad Go Round, Herbal Mixture - Please
Leave My Mind, Pete Scully & The Orchard - Evil Woman, Adam's
Recital - No Place For Lonely People, Cedars - For Your Information,
Wolves - Lust For Life, Actress - It's What You Give, Reign - Line
Of Least Resistance, Barry Mason - Over The Hills And Far Away, Boeing
Duveen & The Beautiful Soup - Which Dreamed It?, Andwella's -
Dream - Felix, Serendipity - Through With You, Rupert's People - Hold
On.
Review:
Originally released on CD on the Reverberation
label in 1995 (I don't think Psycho ever released this ?????) on what
was likely a bootleg release (can anybody confirm this??).
Recreated in its entirety here by those Past & Present people
as part of a complete re-issue of all three volumes (see above for
reviews of Volume One and Two) and beautifully packaged up with the
usual high standard of this label.
This comp is
worth the asking price alone for Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful
Soup if you do not already have this wonderful and infamous track
who's price for the Parlophone original would drain the blood from
your face (over 100GBP last time I looked) due to the band containing
Hank Wangford in a previous life!!.
An interesting
side note here is that Boeing Duveen was actually a real Doctor
by the name of Sam Hutt who used to work at rock festivals, starting
with the 1969 Isle Of Wight Festival where he would help festival
goers with serious drug problems.
The Boeing Duveen single has however showed its face previously
on Justavibration (Funny 4) and Best Of The Rubble Collection #1
(Bam Caruso), as well as Rubble #20 (Past & Present PAPRLP20).
Also worth
mentioning is that this volume strays slightly from British shores
in search of material and does feature several bands from farther
shores, The Longboatmen (Sweden), Adam's Recital (Belgium) and The
Cedars (Lebanon (?)) who all contribute valuably to this series.
Overall
another excellent comp with its main focus on 67-69 Brit Psych with
some other added gems thrown in as a bonus and if you have Volumes
One and Two then you will not be dissapointed by Volume Three, the
whole series are among the better of psych comps in that twisting
and turning maze that is the confusing world of Psychedelic Compilations!!.
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Reviewed
by pOoTer - February
2003
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Mindrocker
Box Set - An Anthology of US 60's Punk
2002
Past & Present PAPRBOX5
Track List:
VOLUME 1
01. THE BROGUES - I Aint No Miracle Worker, 02. CHOSEN FEW - Nobody
But Me, 03. THE AU GO-GO-S - All Over Town, 04. CHRIS MORGAN &
THE TOGAS - There She Goes, 05. THE KNICKERBOCKERS - One Track Mind,
06. THE TIKIS - If Ive Been Dreaming, 07. MARK & THE ESCORTS -
Get Your Baby, 08. THE OTHER HALF - Mr Pharmacist, 09. JEFFERSON HANDKERCHIEF
- Im Allergic To Flowers, 10. PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY - Time Is After
You, 11. THE SEEDS - A Thousand Shadows, 12. FIRE ESCAPE - Love Special
Delivery
13. THE LYRICS - Wait, 14. FENWICK - Mindrocker
VOLUME
2
01. THE DEK-VETTS - Last Time Around, 02. BANSHEES - Project Blue,
03. SATURDAYS CHILDREN - Deck Five, 04. THE KNAVES - The Girl I Threw
Away, 05. PRIDE & JOY - If Youre Ready, 06. SOUNDS UNLIMITED -
A Girl A s Sweet As You, 07. THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT - Someone Like
Me, 08. OSCAR & THE MAJESTICS - I Cant Even Explain, 09. THE LOST
AGENSY - One Girl Man, 10. SHADY DAZE - Ill Make You Pay, 11. THE
FAMILY - San Francisco Waits, 12. CHERRY SLUCH - I Cannot Stop You,
13. THE TROLLS - Dont Come Around, 14. THE FACTORY - High Blood Pressure.
VOLUME
3
01. THE CHARLATANS - 32-20, 02. THE CHARLATANS - The Shadow Know,
03. THE SHADES - Ballot Bachs, 04. THE McCOYS - Dont Worry Mother,
05. THE MDDLE CLASS - I Happen To Love Her, 06. THE NEXT FIVE - He
Stole My Love, 07. THE EVERPRESENT FULLNESS - Doin A Number, 08. THE
BALLOON FARM - A Question Of Temperature, 09. THE SHAGS - Hide Away,
10. THE FIFTH ORDER - Today (I Got A Letter) , 11. THE SHAPE OF THINGS
- So Mystifying, 12. THE MARAUDERS - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind, 13.
THE GRAY THINGS - Charity, 14. THE KORDS - Boris The Spider.
VOLUME
4
01. THE MOVING SIDEWALKS - 99th Floor, 02. THE MOVING SIDEWALKS -
What Are You Going To Do, 03. THE MOVING SIDEWALKS - Need Me, 04.
THE MOVING SIDEWALKS - Every Night A Few Surprise, 05. THE GREAT BELIEVERS
- Comin Up Fast, 06. SCOTTY McKAY QUINTET - The Train Kept A-Rollin,
07. A-440 - Torture, 08. JOHNNY WINTER - Birds Cant Row Boats, 09.
THE THINGS - I Dont Believe It, 10. THE STOICS - Enough Of What I
Need, 11. THE PANDAS - Walk, 12. THE BAD ROADS - Blue Girl, 13. THE
STOICS - Hate, 14. SATORI - Time Machine.
VOLUME
5
01. LINDY BLASKEY & THE LAVELLS - Let It Be, 02. LINDY BLASKEY
& THE LAVELLS - You Aint Tuff, 03. THE STANDELLS - Big Boss Man,
04. FAINE JADE - It Aint True, 05. THE LEAVES - Love Minus Zero, 06.
THE MUSIC EXPLOSION - Sunshine Games, 07. THE MUSIC EXPLOSION - Road
Runner, 08. WE THE PEOPLE - In The Past, 09. LORD & THE FLIES
- Echoes, 10. MATTHEW MOORE PLUS FOUR - Codine, 11. THE SOUL TRIPPERS
- King Bee
12. THE THYME - Love To Love, 13. THE WARNER BROTHERS - Lonely I,
14. CAPT GROOVEY & HIS BIBBLEGUM ARMY - Capt. Groovy.
VOLUME
6
01. WE ARE THE PEOPLE - You Burn Me Up And Down, 02. WE ARE THE PEOPLE
- He Doesnt Go About It Right, 03. THE GAS CO. - Blow Your Mind, 04.
THE FELICITY - Hurtin, 05. LYME & CYBELLE - Follow Me, 06. THE
FANTASTIC ZOO - Light Show, 07. THE BAROGUES - Musical Tribute To
The Oscar Mayer Weiner Wagon, 08. THE UNIQUES - You Aint Tuff
09. JOHN FRED & HIS PLAYBOYS - Boogie Children, 10. JOHN FRED
& HIS PLAYBOYS - Somethings Going On, 11. THE GROOP - Woman Youre
Breaking Me, 12. THE LOST SOULS - Simple To Say, 13. JAMIE LYONS -
Stay By My Side, 14. RANDY FULLER - Its Love, Come What May.
VOLUME
7
01. MARK IV - Hollow Woman, 02. THE BAD SEEDS - King Of The Soap Box,
03. THE SURPRISE PACKAGE - Out Of My Mind, 04. THE PLAYBOYS OF EDINBURG
- News Sure Travels Fast, 05. THE RISING SONS - Candy Man, 06. THE
RISING SONS - The Devils Got My Woman, 07. LARRY WILLIAMS & JOHNNY
WATSON WITH KALEIDOSCOPE - Nobody
08. THE SPARROW - Twisted, 09. THE SPARROW - Green Bottle Lover, 10.
THE DENIMS - IM Your Man, 11. THE FUGITIVES - Mean Woman, 12. DICK
WAGNER & THE FROST - Sunshine, 13. THE SPARROW - Tomorrows Ship,
14. THE SPARROW - Isnt It Strange.
VOLUME
8
01. THE BUSHMEN - Baby, 02. THE BUSHMEN - What I Have Ill Give To
You, 03. FAMILY TREE - Prince Of Dreams, 04. FAMILY TREE - Live Your
Own Life, 05. THE NEWPORTS - The Trouble Is You, 06. THE FANTASTIC
ZOO - This Calls For Celebration, 07. POOTHER, UNLIMITED - Tastee
Freeze, 08. THE AZTECS - Summertime Blues, 09. JOEY PAIGE - Roll Over
Beethoven, 10. THE MINITMEN - Smokin In The Boys Room, 11. HEAD LYTERS
- Youd Better Come Home, 12. THE BEEDS - Run To Her, 13. THE NEW YORKERS
- Again, 14. SATURDAYS GARAGE - River Of Styx.
VOLUME
9
01. THE OTHERS - I Cant Stand This Love, 02. THE OTHERS - Until I
Heard It From You, 03. THE OTHERS - (I Remeber) The First Time I Saw
You, 04. STAINED GLASS - My Buddy Sin, 05. STAINED GLASS - We Got
A Long Way To Go, 06. LIVERPOOL FIVE - New Directions, 07. STONE COUNTRY
- Wheels On Fire, 08. BEDFORDE SET - Girl, Go Run Away
09. THE BLUE THINGS - La Do Da Da, 10. THE BLUE THINGS - Doll House,
11. THE BLUE THINGS - The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind, 12. THE BLUE
THINGS - Twist An Shout
13. THE BLUE THINGS - You Can Live In Our Tree, 14. KING BEES - Lost
In The Shuffle.
VOLUME
10
01. THE KNIGHT RODERS - I, 02. THE MUSIC MACHINE - Double Yellow Line,
03. THE MUSIC MACHINE - Absolutely Positively, 04. THE MUSIC MACHINE
- The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly, 05. THE MUSIC MACHINE - Ive Loved
You, 06. THE ROYAL GUARDSMAN - Leaving Me, 07. THE WHETHER BUREAU
- White And Frosty, 08. THE UNCALLED FOR - Do Like Me, 09. THE UNCALLED
FOR - Get Out Of The Way, 10. TEDDY & THE PANDAS - (Bye Bye) Out
The Window, 11. TEDDY & THE PANDAS - Once Upon A Time, 12. THE
ENERGY PACK - See That I Come Home , 13. THE FALLEN ANGELS - Have
You Ever Lost A Love
14. PRIMROSE CIRCUS - P.S. Call Me Lulu, 15. THE WILDFLOWERS - Baby
Dear
16. THE WILDFLOWERS - Wind Dream, 17. EUPHORIA - Hungry Woman, 18.
THE OTHER SIDE - Streetcar, 19. THE WILDFLOWERS - Coffee Cup, 20.
THE HARBINGER COMPLEX - I Think Im Down, 21. TEDDY & THE PANDAS
- Smokey Fire, 22. THE WILDFLOWERS - Jump In, 23. THE OTHER SIDE -
Walking Down The Road, 24. HARBINGER COMPLEX - When You Know Youre
In Love, 25. EUPHORIA - No Me Tomorrow, 26. THE HARBINGER COMPLEX
- Time To Kill, 27. THE HARBINGER COMPLEX - My Dear And Kind Sir,
28. TEDDY & THE PANDAS - We Cant Go On This Way.
VOLUME
11
01. THE BOLD - Gotta Get Some, 02. THE OUTCASTS - I Didnt Have To
Love Her Anymore, 03. THOMAS A EDISON ELECTRIC BAND - The Name Of
The Game, 04. THE RATIONALS - Feelin Lost, 05. THE RATIONALS - Sing,
06. THE RATIONALS - Leavin Here, 07. THE DANTES - Can I Get A Witness,
08. THE YELLOW PAYGES - Never See The Good In Me
09. THE YELLOW PAYGES - Jezebel, 10. THE FABULOUS PACK - Wide Trackin,
11. THE PACK - Harlem Shuffle, 12. THE ZOO - Where Have All the Good
Times Gone, 13. ? & THE MYSTERIANS - Do Something To Me,14. SENATOR
BOBBY - Wild Thing.
VOLUME
12
01. FEVER TREE - I Can Beat Your Drum, 02. FEVER TREE - Hey Mister,
03. STATESIDERS - She Belonged To Another, 04. STATESIDERS - Patterned
The Same, 05. BOB & THE AVARONES - Patti, 06. NOONEY RICKETT &
THE NOONEY RICKETT FOUR - Bye Bye Baby, 07. ROCK N ROLL GYPSIES -
Love-In, 08. NEW COLONY SIX - Cadillac, 09. THE OTHERS - My Friend
The Wizzard, 10. JEANNE PIERSOL - Gladys, 11. PARRISH & WILDE
- Dont Fight It, 12. COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Saturday Night, 13. JOEY
COVINGTON - Boris The Spider
14. HOPPI & THE BEAU HEEMS - I Missed My Cloud.
VOLUME 13
01. LANCE FOX & THE BLOODHOUNDS - Thats Your Problem, 02. LANCE
FOX & THE BLOODHOUNDS - You Got Love, 03. THE SIXPENTZ - Imitation
Situation, 04. THE CLOCK-WORK ORANGE - What Am I Without You, 05.
THE PATRIOTS - The Prophet, 06. 20th CENTURY ZOO - Bullfrog, 07. 20th
CENTURY ZOO - Only Thing Thats Wrong, 08. THE SHANE - Dont Turn Me
Off, 09. THE SHANE - That Girl Of Mine, 10. TRUTH - I Can
11. THE BITTERSWEETS - Another Chance, 12. THE BAD BOYS - Love, 13.
PASTERNAK PROGRESS - Flower Eyes, 14. PASTERNAK PROGRESS - Cotton
Soul.
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