Track Listings (24) - Disc #1| All Artists: Various Artists Title: You Got Yours! East Bay Garage 1965-1967 Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Big Beat UK Original Release Date: 1/1/2007 Re-Release Date: 9/18/2007 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Style: Oldies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 029667426824 |
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Big Beat UK's ongoing series documenting the groovy sounds of 1960s California, "Nuggets From The Golden State", makes a welcome return with "You Got Yours: East Bay 60s Garage 1965-1967". Returning to the regional them... more » |
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Album Description Big Beat UK's ongoing series documenting the groovy sounds of 1960s California, "Nuggets From The Golden State", makes a welcome return with "You Got Yours: East Bay 60s Garage 1965-1967". Returning to the regional themes espoused in earlier volumes, this power-packed collection focuses on one of the grungiest and most prolific garage rock scenes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Directly across the bay from San Francisco raged a teen scene so vibrant that the `adult' rock shenanigans of the early hippie clique had little impact, at least for a couple of years. The tough, blue collar environs of the East Bay demanded entertainment, not enlightenment, and sought it in the garage soul of the Spyders and US Male, the bright, British sounds of the Baytovens, Shillings and Peter Wheat & The Breadmen, or the droll Stonesy punk of the Harbinger Complex, Just VI and Soul Vendors. Kids raved at area hotspots like the Penthouse Club in Hayward and the Teens N' Twenties dances at San Leandro's Rollarena. "You Got Yours" celebrates this intriguing facet of SF music history with rare singles, unreleased studio cuts and a booklet jam-packed with photos and memorabilia. It also forms the audio soundtrack to a recent book documenting East Bay 60s garage bands. Many of these tracks are acknowledged 60s punk classics, others are gems waiting to be discovered. For fans of vintage punk and garage as well as those fascinated with all things San Francisco. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsMostly mediocre stuff, but there's at least one great song Laszlo Matyas | 12/29/2007 (3 out of 5 stars) "If nothing else, this disc is worth purchasing for the Baytovens' "Waiting For You," a wistful slice of teenage pop with yearning vocals and a beautiful guitar line. It manages to sidestep the clichés and melodramas of most garage pop, and as such compares very favorably with the Dovers. Outside of that song, there are a few other excellent finds- Peter Wheat & The Breadmen's rollicking "Baby What's New" and the Just Six's snarling "I'm Gonna Be Gone," for example. The Donnybrooks sound great on the tense soul-jerker "You're Gonna Cry," and the Flintrocks' "Dynosaur" is a fun novelty number. But for the most past part, this disc is stuffed with mediocre, second rate teenage rock. It's not wild and primitive or all that original, and it's pretty to easy to see why these bands never made it to national success. The Shillings' "It's Up To You," for example, feels worn-out and overplayed the first time you hear it, and the Blue Lite Conspiracy's "Her Heart Said No" is melodramatic in the extreme. The Harbinger Complex sound really dull on "Sometimes I Wonder," and the Gotham City Crime Fighters' "Who Stole The Batmobile" has little more going for it than an awesome title and band name. So, get it for the good songs if you're a garage rock nut, but otherwise steer clear." Hot psychedelic '60 punk compilation from San Francisco ! Fabio '66 | PA, Italy | 12/12/2008 (4 out of 5 stars) "If you love Pebbles and Nuggets, it's good for you.
All punk-garage bands from San Francisco in the middle '60! Recommended !" |
