Various Artists - Pebbles, Vol. 12 Subtitled: The World, Original '60s Punk & Beat Classics 1999

Various Artists - Pebbles, Vol. 12
Subtitled: The World, Original '60s Punk & Beat Classics
1999 Archive International Productions (AIP)
CD cat. #: AIP CD 5029

This is the last CD of the PEBBLES Series. You can find all the CDs HERE

You can find all the Vinyl rips from NUGGETS series HERE

Pebbles, Volume 12: The World is a compilation album featuring psychedelic and garage rock musical artists from outside North America and the UK that were active in the 1960s. It is a compact disc installment of the Pebbles series and was released on AIP Records on October 5, 1999.


Though the album specifies that all the recordings were produced outside North America and the UK,

the Rokes, the Shamrocks, and the Scorpions were British outfits who moved abroad across continental Europe. Despite the geographically wide-array of material, most of the groups were heavily influenced by bands of the British Invasion. Musical highlights include the Shamrocks' R&B single, "Midnight Train", which was not included on their cult classic album. A unique French cover version of John Mayall's "I'm Your Witchdoctor", retitled "Curieux Docteur", is performed by Noel Deschamps. Additionally, Sir Henry and His Butlers' "Pretty Style" exhibits psychedelic pop and exotic sitar instrumentals.

Pebbles, Volume 12: The World was the first reissue for nearly all of its contents. Although some of the songs are covered by other artists to an extent that they are more common than others, the album also marks the most commercially accessible release of the material in the U.S. and the UK.

[ This collection features 27 mid-'60s beat/punk singles from bands outside North America and the U.K., although a few of these bands were actually British outfits that moved abroad (the Rokes

to Italy, and the Shamrocks and the Scorpions to Germany). Most of these singles have not been previously reissued. To their credit, the compilers have cast their net far and wide, encompassing not just continental Europe, but also New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and even Lebanon. 

The chief flaw of the volume is one that afflicts many such '60s anthologies: there are too many covers of songs (often R&B classics, like "Roadrunner" and "I Can Tell") that were done better by much more famous British bands. Nonetheless, there are some class selections here, particularly when the bands go out of the routine R&B rave-up orbit into poppier or more psychedelic territory.

Among the more satisfying entries are the Four Rockets' (from Belgium) "The Place Where She Lives," with its mod chords; the Shamrocks' hot R&B single "Midnight Train" (which is not on their cult-favorite album); and Noel Deschamps' fine French cover of John Mayall's "I'm Your Witchdoctor" (retitled "Curieux Docteur"). Los Salvages' (from Spain) "Las Overjitas" is as raw a bash as continental bands managed; Japan's Bunnys merge British Invasion guitar with the Shadows on "Moanin'"; and Sir Henry & His Butlers' (from Denmark) "Pretty Style" is trance-inducing pop psychedelia with sitar.

Richie Unterberger, AllMusic ]

TRACK LISTING:

01. The Bunnys [Japan] / Moanin' - 02:36
02. The Four Rockets [Belgium] / The Place Where She Lives - 02:41
03. The Shamrocks [Germany] / Midnight Train - 02:48
04. The Shake Spears [Belgium] / I Can't Tell - 02:20
05. The Henchmen [Australia] / Baby What's Wrong - 02:18
06. The Phantoms [Holland] / Roadrunner - 03:03
07. The Klan [Belgium] / Already Mine - 02:10
08. The Merrymen [Sweden] / Walking Down Lonesome Road - 02:01
09. The Nicols [Holland] / She Had A Name To Find Out - 02:46
10. Noel Deschamps [France] / I'm Your Whitchdoctor - 02:09
11. The Odd Persons [Germany] / I'm Cryin - 02:40
12. The Scorpions [Holland] / Baby Back Now - 03:19
13. Honestmen [Holland] / I've Been Wrong - 01:52
14. The Rokes [Italy] / She Asks Of You - 02:09
15. John Wooley and Just Born [Belgium] / Look And You Will Find - 03:30
16. John Wooley and Just Born [Belgium] / You're Lying - 02:43
17. The Shirrows [Norway] / Not For Me - 02:47
18. The Cedars [Lebanon] / Hide If You Want To Hide - 02:36
19. Evariste [France] / Connais-tu L'Animal Qui Inventa Le Calcul Integral - 02:39
20. Sir Henry and his Butlers [Denmark] / Pretty Style - 02:49
21. Los Salvages [Spain] / Las Ovejias - 02:34
22. The Tonics [Germany] / Daddy - 03:06
23. 5 Gentlemen [France] / Dis-Nous Dylan - 03:52
24. The Pleazers [New Zealand] / Bald Headed Woman - 02:47
25. The Entertainers [Holland] / Searching - 02:45
26. Satins [Portugal] / Too Much Monkey Business - 03:37
27. Brothers Grimm [Australia] / Beautiful Delilah - 02:19

Playing time...1:12:57

Everything NUGGETS II should have been and more!
After the abysmal VOL. 10 of the PEBBLES series, VOL. 12: THE WORLD is the quintessential compendium of international garage rock, from Japan to Sweden and back again, covering some of the least expected countries on the globe (Lebanon, too!).

Kicking off with a Japanese instrumental, "Moanin'", packed with marvelous wall-to-wall guitar and keyboard work by The Bunnys, the CD never lets up from there! Belgium's The Four Rockets' go Merseybeat with a vengeance in "The Place Where She Lives" and Germany's The Shamrocks go to town on "Midnight Train". Other highlights include: The Shake Spears' "I Can Tell" (Belgium), The Henchmen's "Baby What's Wrong" (Australia), The Phantoms' "Roadrunner" (France), The Klan's "Already Mine" (Belgium), The Merrymen's "Walking Down Lonesome Road" (Sweden), The Nicols' "She Had a Name to Find Out" (Holland), ah hell, every single track is an exciting discovery you'll love! If I had to choose a favorite, it would be Evariste's "Connais-tu l'animal que inventa le calcul integral?", a French-language oddity, plastering to vinyl a schizophrenic's bad acid trip.

 Were you disappointed with NUGGETS II, that huge boxed set with only a few really great rock-out tunes and too much psychedelia and Beatles rip-offs? Well, here is the real deal: 27 tracks of international garage/punk genius, every one of 'em a classic. Don't hesitate to go on this global trip through the hidden gems of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand!

Volume 12 of the Pebbles series (which, curiousy, was released before volume 11) takes listeners around the world, serving up 27 tracks of globetrotting garage rock madness! Now, any fan of

international garage can probably tell ya that those boys and girls overseas knew how to rock just as hard as the U.S. of A., and can often outdo their stateside counterparts.

This set certainly makes a

good case for it; these songs rule! I mean, just listen to "Moanin'," an eye-wateringly wild instrumental courtesy of Japan' own the Bunnys. Lead stringman Tekashi Terauchi rips his guitar apart, unleashing unholy clouds of pure rockin' noise for your listening pleasure.

There's also the acid-tinged sneerfest of "Already Mine," courtesy of Belgium's Klan, and "Midnight Train," a mind damaging boogie from Germany's own Shamrocks. The Four Rockets (also from Belgium) provide a punked-up British Invasion-style pounder by the name of "The Place Where She

Lives," and a French hero by the name of Noel Deschamps does a world-burning cover of "I'm Your Witchdoctor." The (Portugese) Satins do a way-cool take on Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business," and the Cedars (dig this: they're from Lebanon!) contribute a classic piece of teen sneer by the name of "Hide If You Want To Hide."
 And there's the Phantoms (Holland), who do an absolutely unbelievable version of Bo Diddley's "Roadrunner." It's a literal screamer, with the kind of unbridled insanity that makes garage rock so much fun in the first place. France's Evariste contributes another (equally appeling) all-out weirdo by the name of "Connais-to L'animal Que Inventa Le Calcul Integral?" (My French isn't great, but I believe it means something along the lines of "Do You Know The Animal Who Invented Integral Calculus?"). Anyway, get it. You'll love it!

5 Gentlemen [France] / Dis-Nous Dylan

English translation

Tell Us, Dylan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Tell us if the word "drum" has eventually found a way to love

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Tell us whether or not the UN soldier is fighting for a cause already lost

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Do you believe that thanks to your songs one day the world will answer all our questions?

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Do you sing about love and war, peace, bombs, racism and misery?

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

English translation

A A

Tell Us, Dylan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Tell us if the word "drum" has eventually found a way to love

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Tell us whether or not the UN soldier is fighting for a cause already lost

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Do you believe that thanks to your songs one day the world will answer all our questions?

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Do you sing about love and war, peace, bombs, racism and misery?

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dis-nous-dylan-tell-us-dylan.html

English translation

A A

Tell Us, Dylan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Tell us if the word "drum" has eventually found a way to love

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Tell us whether or not the UN soldier is fighting for a cause already lost

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Do you believe that thanks to your songs one day the world will answer all our questions?

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

Tell us, tell us Dylan

Tell us, tell us Donovan

Do you sing about love and war, peace, bombs, racism and misery?

Oh oh Dylan

Oh Donovan

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/dis-nous-dylan-tell-us-dylan.html

The Pebbles CD series, released by AIP Records in the years 1992-2007:

Volume 1: Various Misfits, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5016] - Released 1992
Volume 2: Various Hooligans, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5019] - Released 1992
Volume 3: Various Burnouts - The Acid Gallery, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5020] - Released 1992
Volume 4: Various Hodads - Surf N Tunes!, Original Rare '60s Surf/Rod Classics [AIP CD 5021] - Released 1992
Volume 5: Various Morons, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5022] - Released 1992
Volume 6: Chicago 1, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5023] - Released 1994
Volume 7: Chicago 2, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5024] - Released 1994
Volume 8: Southern California 1, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5025] - Released 1996
Volume 9: Southern California 2, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5026] - Released 1996
Volume 10: Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5027] - Released 1996
Volume 11: Northern California, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5028] - Released 2007 [NOT a typo! Vol. 11 was actually released 8 years AFTER vol. 12!]. Due to legal issues this CD was withdrawn soon after release.
Volume 12: The World, Original '60s Punk & Beat Classics [AIP CD 5029] - Released 1999 [NOT a typo! Vol. 12 was actually released 8 years BEFORE vol. 11!]

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