(the following notes!) A7- The Reflecting Tymes are a mystery band, maybe from Brooklyn, New York. The single was issued somewhere between 1968 and 1970. Writing credits give the names of D. Rodgers, J. Collins and A. Holm. - Jody Records - 9011 (196?) A8- The Fabulous Frauleins (or The Frauleins) were an all girls band from Andover, MA. It included sisters Linda and Ann Duquette. They broke up after a final show in Derry, New Hampshire around 1968. The A-side “Practice of Evil” is a great garage number that concerns the Salem witch trials. It was compiled in Girls In The Garage Volume 11. - Onyx - ONYX 8601 (1967) B1- See A2. - Sound Center Inc. acetate - none (1968) B2- Wildfield was a psych/folk band from Briarcliff High School, NY, active around 1970. Their only known recording is a 15 min-long "Suite" in 3 parts, privately released on the school's compilation "Briars And Ivy 1970". Members were: Cliff Carter, Abe Speller, Linda Richards, and Jeff Holck. - Not On Label - BHS 570 (1970) B3- The Feminine Complex was an all-girl garage-rock/pop-rock band, active from 1966 to 1968, consisting of Mindy Dalton (guitar/vocals), Judi Griffith (tambourine/vocals), Lana Napier (drums/vocals), Pame Stephens (organ/vocals) and Jean Williams (bass/vocals). The band formed 1966 while the girls were attending Maplewood High School in Nashville, Tennessee, first as The Pivots. They released a few singles and one album. This adaptation of “Gloria” is part of their unreleased recordings that were released as “To Be In Love” by Teenbeat in 1997. - Unreleased demo - none (1967) B4- The Restless Natives, of which I’ve already talked about when I uploaded the A-side of this on my channel, where probably from Los Angeles, CA. Their only single was released by Bantam Books in 1965 to promote the publishing of Judith Paige Mitchell's novel "Wilderness Of Monkeys". To my knowledge it's the only time Bantam Books tried this kind of promotion. The band was probably hired, whether they were an existing band or a studio band created for the occasion. If the band already existed, the band name must have been changed accordingly for the record. The only lead is the co-writer of both sides, "R. Allan", who might be the only known member. Mitchell co-wrote the two songs, and female lead vocals can be heard on the flip side, though I can't affirm it was sung by Mitchell herself. - Bantam Records - 3235 (1965) B5- This The Livin’ End band (aka Livin’ Ennd) was from Liverpool, NY. They issued 3 singles between 1969 and 1974, and a live album of their farewell show in 1975. This single was issued on the label Eceip (originally called Piece, but following a lawsuit from another ‘Piece’ label, they had to change it). This label was known to issue unreleased mid-60s material from Syracuse, NY in the early/mid-70s, such as The Fallen Angels’ “Bad Woman”! - Eceip - PS 1005 / PS 1006 (1971) B6- No info on Diane Sands. She was probably from Pennsylvania. The backing band on this release, issued on Marion Records, was The Adventurer’s (aka The Adventures), known to have recorded “Baby, Baby, My Heart”, compiled on Bad Vibrations Vol. 3. The only other release on the same Marion label, is the single by The Mother Heads Family Reunion, that we heard on the Vol. 19 of the present series. The label is related by McKinnon Records. - Marion - M-669 (1967) B7- The Flares was a garage/pop/soul band from North Carolina, active in the 1960s and early 1970s. The original group was formed in 1967 by Eddie Blair. The band gained instant success, winning the Regional Battle of the Bands before eventually placing among the top three at the National Battle of the Bands. The Flares/Fabulous Flares were at times also called The Flares Revue and performed extensively across the Southeast U.S. They released one soul single in 1968. This song was recorded at a Battle of the Bands in 1967, recorded at Ridge Arena, in Braintree, MA, released as a 3-LP souvenir album. - Normandy - NR 30867 (1967) B8- The Electras were an American garage rock band formed in Ely, Minnesota in 1962. The group recorded between 1965 and 1967 during their musical career, including their most-known tune "Dirty Old Man". The band, which also worked under the moniker, 'Twas Brillig, released a version of the song "Action Woman", a composition that was made into a garage rock classic by the Litter, and has consequently caused the two groups to be wrongly associated with each other. This track is the flip-side of ‘Dirty Ol’ Man’, sung by Barbara Hess (credited as Barbie). On her side, she had 2 singles in her own name, released around 1965, including the dark “(Can't Drown This) Torch”. She also made some vocals on unreleased recordings of White Lightnin’ Lost Album of 1969, a band formed by ex-The Litter guitarist "Zippy" Caplan. - Scotty - 803G-6351 (1966) Fine, at last! Now that all these rockin’ women have been introduced, let the vinyl spin! I hope you enjoyed this volume as much as I did and see you with the upload of Vol. 24! (spoil: Special Soundtracks!)
Thank you for your excellent posts of this series. All the research and detail adds so much to the music. All the bands are gone, but not Forgotten by all. Cheers!
Thank you for the compilation and the informations ! There are some really nice tracks on it ! Btw I don't like using the term killer for a piece of music . You don't have to blow up a Wild Thing when it obviously speaks for itself anyway . The term killer is definitely used too often in the garage genre in an inflationary manner to catch effect ! Greetings
Thanks! As for "killer", I'm not a native English speaker at all, so I guess I got to use it because I was seeing it everywhere! But indeed I'm trying to vary my vocabulary on that point because saying killer sixteen times is boring even if you don't mind the word at the start X) Cheers!
Yeah why not some female garage action. There were the Girls in the Garage comps ( was it an unofficially Pebbles release ? I have it forgotten ) or the excellent comp which was released a few years ago " Destroy That Boy " ...It's not much and never a competition for boys or mens garage but you'll find some outstanding tunes from time to time ...I have listened through your whole comp, not bad , some cool tunes but I can't write all killer, no filler....an important and common phrase that others know what to await ..but I know taste is subjective.😮
Hello Allan, thanks for the comment! If I remember well, the Girls In The Garage series was independent from the Pebbles/AIP empire. It was reissued in recent years by Past & Present Records, which also reissued the Rubble series, but they're not linked at the start. I agree not all tracks are stand-outs but as you said taste is subjective, but the percerception also depending of the context. For example, for me, these tracks were standing out of the other stuff I didn't keep (for now I've compiled 368 songs out of a total of 1900 songs collected, it's amazing the quantity of stuff there's out there!) I try to be selective. Anyway, it's all about sharing and people take what they like! Thanks for listening!
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(the following notes!)
A7- The Reflecting Tymes are a mystery band, maybe from Brooklyn, New York. The single was issued somewhere between 1968 and 1970. Writing credits give the names of D. Rodgers, J. Collins and A. Holm.
- Jody Records - 9011 (196?)
A8- The Fabulous Frauleins (or The Frauleins) were an all girls band from Andover, MA. It included sisters Linda and Ann Duquette. They broke up after a final show in Derry, New Hampshire around 1968. The A-side “Practice of Evil” is a great garage number that concerns the Salem witch trials. It was compiled in Girls In The Garage Volume 11.
- Onyx - ONYX 8601 (1967)
B1- See A2.
- Sound Center Inc. acetate - none (1968)
B2- Wildfield was a psych/folk band from Briarcliff High School, NY, active around 1970. Their only known recording is a 15 min-long "Suite" in 3 parts, privately released on the school's compilation "Briars And Ivy 1970". Members were: Cliff Carter, Abe Speller, Linda Richards, and Jeff Holck.
- Not On Label - BHS 570 (1970)
B3- The Feminine Complex was an all-girl garage-rock/pop-rock band, active from 1966 to 1968, consisting of Mindy Dalton (guitar/vocals), Judi Griffith (tambourine/vocals), Lana Napier (drums/vocals), Pame Stephens (organ/vocals) and Jean Williams (bass/vocals). The band formed 1966 while the girls were attending Maplewood High School in Nashville, Tennessee, first as The Pivots. They released a few singles and one album. This adaptation of “Gloria” is part of their unreleased recordings that were released as “To Be In Love” by Teenbeat in 1997.
- Unreleased demo - none (1967)
B4- The Restless Natives, of which I’ve already talked about when I uploaded the A-side of this on my channel, where probably from Los Angeles, CA. Their only single was released by Bantam Books in 1965 to promote the publishing of Judith Paige Mitchell's novel "Wilderness Of Monkeys". To my knowledge it's the only time Bantam Books tried this kind of promotion. The band was probably hired, whether they were an existing band or a studio band created for the occasion. If the band already existed, the band name must have been changed accordingly for the record. The only lead is the co-writer of both sides, "R. Allan", who might be the only known member. Mitchell co-wrote the two songs, and female lead vocals can be heard on the flip side, though I can't affirm it was sung by Mitchell herself.
- Bantam Records - 3235 (1965)
B5- This The Livin’ End band (aka Livin’ Ennd) was from Liverpool, NY. They issued 3 singles between 1969 and 1974, and a live album of their farewell show in 1975. This single was issued on the label Eceip (originally called Piece, but following a lawsuit from another ‘Piece’ label, they had to change it). This label was known to issue unreleased mid-60s material from Syracuse, NY in the early/mid-70s, such as The Fallen Angels’ “Bad Woman”!
- Eceip - PS 1005 / PS 1006 (1971)
B6- No info on Diane Sands. She was probably from Pennsylvania. The backing band on this release, issued on Marion Records, was The Adventurer’s (aka The Adventures), known to have recorded “Baby, Baby, My Heart”, compiled on Bad Vibrations Vol. 3. The only other release on the same Marion label, is the single by The Mother Heads Family Reunion, that we heard on the Vol. 19 of the present series. The label is related by McKinnon Records.
- Marion - M-669 (1967)
B7- The Flares was a garage/pop/soul band from North Carolina, active in the 1960s and early 1970s. The original group was formed in 1967 by Eddie Blair. The band gained instant success, winning the Regional Battle of the Bands before eventually placing among the top three at the National Battle of the Bands. The Flares/Fabulous Flares were at times also called The Flares Revue and performed extensively across the Southeast U.S. They released one soul single in 1968. This song was recorded at a Battle of the Bands in 1967, recorded at Ridge Arena, in Braintree, MA, released as a 3-LP souvenir album.
- Normandy - NR 30867 (1967)
B8- The Electras were an American garage rock band formed in Ely, Minnesota in 1962. The group recorded between 1965 and 1967 during their musical career, including their most-known tune "Dirty Old Man". The band, which also worked under the moniker, 'Twas Brillig, released a version of the song "Action Woman", a composition that was made into a garage rock classic by the Litter, and has consequently caused the two groups to be wrongly associated with each other. This track is the flip-side of ‘Dirty Ol’ Man’, sung by Barbara Hess (credited as Barbie). On her side, she had 2 singles in her own name, released around 1965, including the dark “(Can't Drown This) Torch”. She also made some vocals on unreleased recordings of White Lightnin’ Lost Album of 1969, a band formed by ex-The Litter guitarist "Zippy" Caplan.
- Scotty - 803G-6351 (1966)
Fine, at last! Now that all these rockin’ women have been introduced, let the vinyl spin! I hope you enjoyed this volume as much as I did and see you with the upload of Vol. 24! (spoil: Special Soundtracks!)
Thank you for your excellent posts of this series. All the research and detail adds so much to the music. All the bands are gone, but not Forgotten by all. Cheers!
Thank you!!
Yet another great comp, and it's nice to hear the ladies for a change! Keep 'em coming!
Outstanding
A8 - Days Gone By !!! Someone HAS to do a remake of this, maybe with updated lyrics.
The ladies of garage deserve more airtime
Thank you for the compilation and the informations ! There are some really nice tracks on it ! Btw I don't like using the term killer for a piece of music . You don't have to blow up a Wild Thing when it obviously speaks for itself anyway . The term killer is definitely used too often in the garage genre in an inflationary manner to catch effect ! Greetings
Thanks! As for "killer", I'm not a native English speaker at all, so I guess I got to use it because I was seeing it everywhere! But indeed I'm trying to vary my vocabulary on that point because saying killer sixteen times is boring even if you don't mind the word at the start X) Cheers!
They were pretty HOT! Damn
Yeah why not some female garage action. There were the Girls in the Garage comps ( was it an unofficially Pebbles release ? I have it forgotten ) or the excellent comp which was released a few years ago " Destroy That Boy " ...It's not much and never a competition for boys or mens garage but you'll find some outstanding tunes from time to time ...I have listened through your whole comp, not bad , some cool tunes but I can't write all killer, no filler....an important and common phrase that others know what to await ..but I know taste is subjective.😮
Hello Allan, thanks for the comment! If I remember well, the Girls In The Garage series was independent from the Pebbles/AIP empire. It was reissued in recent years by Past & Present Records, which also reissued the Rubble series, but they're not linked at the start. I agree not all tracks are stand-outs but as you said taste is subjective, but the percerception also depending of the context. For example, for me, these tracks were standing out of the other stuff I didn't keep (for now I've compiled 368 songs out of a total of 1900 songs collected, it's amazing the quantity of stuff there's out there!) I try to be selective. Anyway, it's all about sharing and people take what they like! Thanks for listening!