GARAGE BEAT '66 VOL.3 (FEELING ZERO...)
Garage Beat '66 Volume 3: Feeling Zero... is a compilation album featuring rare material recorded by American psychedelic and garage rock bands that were active in the 1960s. The album's contents are sourced from the original master tapes. It is the third installment of the Garage Beat '66 series and was released on April 27, 2004 on Sundazed Records.
The album marks a point in the series in which the musical content began branching out to compile fuzz-drenched psychedelia and more standard pop rock-influenced numbers. Musical highlights include "Mother Nature/Father Earth", a rare 1968 single by the proto-punk band the Music Machine. The Preachers are represented with their snarling take of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?", which received attention with its inclusion on Pebbles, Volume 1.
Additional highlights include the Brogues' Pretty Things-inspired "Don't Shoot Me Down", Southwest F.O.B.'s cover version of "Smell of Incense", which became a moderate national hit, and the E-Types' harmonized pop song "She Moves Me". Further exploration into psychedelia is evident with the track "Feeling Zero" by the San Francisco group Neighb'rhood Childr'n.
[ By Richie Unterberger
The third volume in Sundazed's Garage Beat '66 follows the same format as the preceding installments, the 20 tracks hailing from all over North America, most of them quite rare, all of them sourced from the original masters.
Mid-'60s garage rock is the main course here, but it does allow for some different shades than the stereotypical snarling fuzz-laden pounders, including some psychedelic and pop-influenced productions.
The Music Machine is the only group here that had a big hit (though they're represented by a non-charting 1968 single, "Mother Nature/Father Earth"), and while some of the other songs and artists will be fairly familiar to '60s collectors who specialize in this area, most listeners who've only just digested the Nuggets box set will find most of it virgin territory.
It occupies a somewhat peculiar niche, though, in that collectors who dig this stuff might be apt to Southwest F.O.B.'s pop-psychedelic "Smell of Incense," the first-rate harmonized pop/rock of the E-Types' "She Moves Me," the Preachers' fierce version of "Who Do You Love," the Brogues' -inspired "Don't Shoot Me Down" (with a couple of future members of Quicksilver Messenger Service), and the Mourning Reign's moody "Satisfaction Guaranteed." The other songs are mostly below the standard of the aforementioned items, but a few goodies do lurk here, particularly the mix of stomping rhythms and tag-team harmonies in the Answer's "I'll Be In" and the Mile Ends' "Bottle Up and Go," a galvanizing slice of blues-pop-garage that's one of the best such efforts not to show up on too many compilations.]
This is probably one of the most comprehensive series on Garage Rock I've ever purchased. it covers bands from many areas of the U.S.A with varied influences. one band which went by the name "The Answer" I first came across on youtube by accident. someone had uploaded their track "Why You Smile"(which appears on this CD) and included some old 1960s film footage of a very attractive young brunette woman which I discovered after researching was a young actress by the name of Arlene Farber.
Anyway, another track by this California band "I'll Be In" by this band also appears on this edition. their style is reminiscent of early Rolling Stones(think similar to "Heart of stone" and some of their more uptempo bluesier tunes from "December's Children", for instance). many bands do have sort of a stones/animals/yardbirds/kinks type influence such as The Mourning Reign's "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and The Preachers, who cover a classic blues tune(Who Do You Love). the exception would be a band by the name of Southwest F.O.B., a Texas proto-psych band that probably had more in common with folk-rock bands such as The Byrds with keyboards added.
Overall it is an excellent compilation and quite an enjoyable listen for both fans of Garage Rock and Rock music in general and whether you're a fan of 1960s Garage Rock, 1970s Punk , Hard Rock and Metal or any other style of Rock I highly recommend this comp. Sundazed has done a lot of research on the bands presented on this disc including location of band and date of release for each track. it's definitely worth the price imho!
Garage Beat '66 Volume 3: Feeling Zero... was strictly released to compact disc, and, like other albums in the series, is commended for its good sound-quality.
Various – Garage Beat '66 3 (Feeling Zero...)
Label: Sundazed Music – SC 11141
Series: Garage Beat '66 – 3
Format: CD, Compilation, Mono
Country: US
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRAXS
01. The Purple Underground: Count Back 2:42
02. The Music Machine: Mother Nature/Father Earth 2:14
03. The Others: Revenge 2:00
04. The Answer: I'll Be In 2:32
05. Living Children: Crystalize Your Mind 2:50
06. The Preachers: Who Do You Love? 2:16
07. The Great Scots: I Ain't No Miracle Worker 2:44
08. The Mourning Reign: Satisfaction Guaranteed 2:19
09. The Brogues: Don't Shoot Me Down 2:20
10. Southwest F.O.B.: Smell of Incense 2:43
11. The Mile Ends: Bottle Up and Go 2:14
12. The E-Types: She Moves Me 2:17
13. Butch Engle and the Styx: Going Home 2:07
14. The Answer: Why You Smile 2:35
15. The Rear Exit: Miles Beyond 1:57
16. Moss and the Rocks: There She Goes 2:55
17. The Preachers: Stay Out of My World 2:33
18. Neighb'rhood Childr'n: Feeling Zero 3:05
19. Living Children: Now It's Over 2:05
20. The Brogues: But Now I Find 2:16
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GARAGE BEAT '66 VOL.4 (I'M IN NEED!)
MP3 @ 320 Size: 113 MB
FLAC Size: 177 MB
GARAGE BEAT '66 VOL.4 (I'M IN NEED!)
Garage Beat '66 is back on the scene with a legion of rail-thin kids wielding obnoxiously loud guitars! The original army of teenage garage bands, the ones who made life worth living in the '60s and the heroic subjects of Sundazed's ongoing series Garage Beat '66, has returned with a vengeance. Garage Beat '66, the most far-reaching, legit, vintage garage-rock series ever, presents two new volumes showcasing fuzz-drenched genre cornerstones by Zakary Thaks, the Gonn and the Haunted as well as mind-numbing brilliance from forgotten combos like the Rahgoos, the Basement Wall and the Nuchez.
Garage Beat '66 spans the U.S. and Canada, with each volume meticulously assembled from the original source tapes and with full participation of many of the artists.
That means this stuff has never sounded so wonderful! We've included voluminous liner notes by garage experts and tons of eye-popping band photos and graphics.
For some odd reason(s) this particular volume of the 'Garage Beat 66'' CD series took awhile to locate a physical copy of. Only band here that I seem to recognize is Canadian's The Haunted with their hit "1-2-5". After giving this disc several spins, I found myself especially taking notice the obscure band The Torquays (who came from my neck of the woods - Shawnee Mission, KS) as this CD has two tracks from them; turns out The Torquays had at least one proper lp out as well as several compilations, the Count Four's "Discussion Of The Unorthodox Council" (from Goldsboro. SC), the catchy Groupies' "Down In The Bottom", the awesome Joey Fee & The Come-On's "You Know 'Til The End Of Time", the Henchmen Six with "Is Love Real?", the very psychedelic sounding the Galaxies Four's "Don't Lose Your Mind", the Quarrymen's (obviously, not the early Beatles incarnation) "Don't Try Your Luck" and The Cords "Ghost Power". Highly recommended.
[By Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-]
Sundazed picks up its Garage Beat '66 series where it left off, with the fourth volume, subtitled I'm in Need!, following the same pattern as the first three, serving up 20 garage rock sides from the latter half of the '60s (1966 is ground zero for this comp, but it features tracks recorded between 1965 and 1970).
While this series does have something to offer serious collectors -- primarily excellent sound quality and a handful of previously unreleased tracks -- it isn't intended for garage fanatics: it's designed as
There's a good variety of sounds and attitudes on I'm in Need!, from the snide, harmonica-fueled the Haunted's "1-2-5" and Rob Kirk & the Word's minor-key, trippy "Girl Talk" to 's fuzzy, sneering "Good Times" and the Torquays' tense, Yardbirds-styled "Harmonica Man (From London Town)." There are three previously unissued cuts here, all noteworthy: the Counts IV's dense, wordy "Discussion of the Unorthodox Council," the Groupies' version of Willie Dixon's "Down in the Bottom," which is a rowdy barnstormer, and the Rahgoos' "Do the Rahgoo," an exhilarating manic two-minute blast of chaos.
While there are no big hits here and a couple of cuts don't rise above the appealingly generic, this is a tight, compulsively listenable collection of some of the best second-tier garage rock singles. Much of this can be found elsewhere or is well known to hardened collectors, but for those listeners who don't want to amass a large collection of garage comps, this volume of Garage Beat, like the others, is an excellent distillation of some of the best lesser-known sides of the genre.]
Classic, killer garage punk gold, beautifully mastered. Very definitely the equivalent of Nuggets in terms of quality. My only regret is that Sundazed, normally prone to such things, didn't do a simultaneous pure-analog vinyl release. All volumes recommended.
Various: Garage Beat ’66 Vol. 4 (I’m In Need!)
Label: Sundazed Music – SC 11150
Series: Garage Beat '66 – 4
Format: CD, Compilation, Mono
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock
TRAXS
01. The Haunted: 1-2-5 2:25
02. The Torquays: Stolen Moments 2:05
03. The Counts Four: Discussion Of The Unorthodox Council 2:33
04. The Mile Ends: Bring 'Em On In 3:02
05. The Groupies: Down In The Bottom 2:33
06. The Barons: Surprise, Surprise 2:17
07. Joey Gee &The Come-Ons: You Know 'Til The End Of Time 2:10
08. Nobody's Children: Good Times 2:49
09. Up Stairs: Operator Please 2:47
10. The Torquays: Harmonica Man (From London Town) 2:17
11. The Henchmen Six: Is Love Real? 2:11
12. Rob Kirk & The Word: Girl Talk 2:10
13. The Others: I'm In Need 2:11
14. The Galaxies Four: Don't Lose Your Mind 3:02
15. The Quarrymen: Don't Try Your Luck 2:36
16. The Driving Stupid: Horror Asparagus Stories 2:36
17. Mike London And The Englishmen: Gypsy Lady 2:41
18. The Rahgoos: Do The Rahgoo 2:11
19. Joey Gee &The Come-Ons: She's Mean 2:47
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