In Dan's Garage...#33

Greetings friends! Sorry for the week delay, but when the weather warms up a bit, I find myself doing a lot more outdoor activities, and vital home repairs which leaves me less time to do this, so the frequency of posts might suffer a bit through the summer. I'm not going to bloviate today. I'd just like to plug all the blogs in my list. They are all great with fantastic stuff and you should definitely check them out and become followers and leave them some very nice comments. OK? Let's go! Here's Dan's Garage #33!

Cardinals - Tomato Juice / I Want You (1965)

Yeah baby!!! SIXTY NININ" ON A SATURDAY NIGHT!!!! ALRIGHT!!!! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! I love how frat rockers got away with this kind of thing back when nobody knew what the hell they were really talking about. The Cardinals had three other 45's on Cha Cha (one of my favorite label names) all frat type affairs.

Fenways - I Move Around (1966)

Pittsburgh's Fenways are best known for backing up the The Vogues on "You're The One" and are considered one of the city's most beloved acts from the 1960's. Not exactly a garage/punk type group, they were a little more vocal oriented as we can hear on this one. They eventually became the Racket Squad and had two albums and a bunch of singles.

Gates Of Eden - Girls, Girls, Girls / Mini Skirts (1966)

A real obscure British outfit. They had at least three other 45s.

Kitchen Cinq - Still In Love With You Baby / Ride The Wind (1966)

From Amarillo, TX, they were once known as The Y'alls and had a single on Ruff Records. In '66 they became The Kitchen Cinq, and released an LP shortly thereafter which I think is pretty good.

Painted Faces - Anxious Color / Things We See (1967)

Incredible garage/psyche from Florida. This one is an absolute classic!!!!!

White Wash - You Better Think It Over / You Haven't Seen My Love (1968)

Sixties groups from what is known as the "Tri-State" area (New York City, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania and New England) certainly had a very distinctive sound. Probably the two best known are The Young Rascals and The Vanilla Fudge who were immensely influential in that area. Soul, Motown, and R&B were the big thing with those guys, and they shunned the "cheesy" sounds of Vox and Farfisa organs for the big bad Hammond B-3, the trademark sound of all those groups. The White Wash from Providence, RI are a prime example of this.

Regina - Gotta Funny Kinda' Feelin' / If You're Gonna Love Me (1966)

Here's a real nice "girl group" type thing with sort of a folk/pop/garage flair on the A side. This was produced by Polhemus and Wyld, the same guys who had great success with The Blues Magoos.

Sano & The Saints Five - Mercy Mercy / Have Love Will Travel (1966)

Some more pumping Hammond B-3 sounds this time from the midwest. Unlike their east coast counterparts, these guys were definitely in the frat-rock camp with these two covers. Obviously, "Have Love" is closer to the original than the furious Sonics version.

Westhampton Barge - Can't Come Home / Lovin' Is (196?)

This one's a mystery to me, but it's possible that this is a Long Island group. Anyone out there know for sure???? (No longer a mystery...these guys were indeed from El Paso, TX)

Sintrifical Fours - Flashin' Thunderbolts Of Jupiter/Queen Of My Heart (1967)

I like Mr. G Records. They released a lot of 45s that were from native New York bands including The Declaration Of Independence which I recently learned through this blog were from Syracuse, and The Trillium who were from my hometown. These guys are somewhat of a stumper, but New York City would be a good guess...I think......

Tony Ritchie - Comin' On Strong / Could You Really Live Without Her (1968)

Ace mod/soul with terrific fuzz. Produced and co-written by Miki Dallon.

Mystic Number National Bank - Good Time Music / I Put A Spell On You (1968)

This was the first 45 by this Kansas City group, who later had a real bluesy affair released on ABC/Probe in 1969. This one here is definitely a garage 45.

UNKNOWN GROUP - Georgy Girl / Black Is Black (1967)

OK. I think all of you know the drill by now. I pull a handful of 45s out of a box, and basically wing it, unless I come across a real pooper that doesn't merit entry into these posts. Well, I passed this one over and when I was ready to record one more, I put this on for shits and giggles. You know, this isn't half bad. It sounds like some sort of cheesy studio group, and there are no horns or other offensive instruments. In fact it sounds like something that might have been used for a commercial background or soundtrack of some sort. The label also says this is an "educational" record. What the hell is up with that??

Family - So Much To Remember (1968)

Great pop/psyche from what was supposedly a studio group.

Weight - Flip, Flop, And Fly / Another Side Of This Life (1970)

For a 45 that was released in 1970, this one has a very low-fi appeal to it. Recorded live at Rick's Lounge in Walnut Creek, these guys were from the Bay Area and had an album as well.

Elders - It's Too Late To Change / Looking For The Answer (1971)

Let's end with some funky wah wah soaked psychedelia from a Dayton, OH group. It's hard to believe that these guys were once Jerry & The Others who recorded the awesome "Don't Cry To Me" which was featured on Back From The Grave Vol. 3.

Get it HERE