Artist: Various Artist
Title: It Came From The Garage! Nuggets From Southern California
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Ace Records
Genre: Rock/Pop
Quality: flac lossless
Total Time: 00:57:57
Total Size: 294 mb
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01. Edge Of Nowhere - The Sunday Group
02. Hang It Out To Dry - Bud & Kathy
03. Be Billy - Pat & The Californians
04. Feel Aw Right Part 1 - The Bel Cantos
05. Hey Did-A-Da-Da - The Rumblers
06. Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word
07. The Frog - Sir Frog & The Toads
08. Penicillin - Johnny MacRae
09. Clap Hands - The Rumblers
10. I've Got Nothing To Say To You - The New Breed
11. What I Want You To Say - The Barracudas
12. Don't Call Me, I'll Call You - The Last Word
13. Her Words Ring Back - The New Breed
14. The Reason Why - The Barracudas
15. Tell Me - ESP Limited
16. I'll Still Be Waiting There - The New Breed
17. I Can't Believe You're Really Mine - The Barracudas
18. Pink Grapes - The Sunday Group
19. Jump Point And Shout - The Last Word
20. Bad - Pat & The Californians
21. A Fool In Love - The Bel Cantos with Barry White
22. These Ironic Days - The Barracudas
23. Oh My Baby - KICKS
24. Drifty - Craig & Michael
Jack and Bill Wenzel were brothers who owned a music shop in Downey, CA, and between selling gear to up-and-coming bands and records to teenagers digging the latest sounds, they were in a position to know what the kids wanted to hear, and in 1962 they founded the Downey Records label to put promising acts on wax. It Came from the Garage! Nuggets from Southern California is Big Beat's third collection of goodies from the Downey archives, featuring 24 tunes from West Coast rock bands, and while the title might lead some to expect a nonstop blast of paisley and fuzz, this set is more diverse than that. The horn-fueled blast of the Barracudas suggests the influence of R&B-leaning instrumental rockers, Pat & the Californians were a surf act that took a left turn into the same place where the Surfaris ended up on "Be Billy," Johnny MacRae's "Penicillin" could have come from pen of Nervous Norvus' VD-infected brother, and "The Frog" from Sir Frog & the Toads is one of the more memorable dance crazes to fail to grab the fancy of America's youth. But if you're looking for guitar-fueled pre-psych eccentricity, there's plenty of that here from the likes of the Sunday Group ("Edge of Nowhere"), The Last Word ("Sleepy Hollow"), Craig & Michael ("Drifty") ESP Limited ("Tell Me"), and the New Breed ("The Words Ring Back"), while "These Ironic Days" finds the Barracudas making a game stab at folk-rock and Bud & Kathy's "Hang It Out to Dry" is a rare example of sexually integrated high-voltage garage punk. It Came from the Garage! boasts some solid lesser-known sides from genuine teenage rockers, and if a few garage purists may quibble at the results, it's 57 minutes of solid listening for fans of second-era rock.
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