I've had this 3 CD set in my car for the last couple of months as it features 90 (count 'em) songs from various groups. This is a theme release, and all the bands are from the Los Angeles area during the era listed. There's no common thread musically, other than they all grew up out of the garage and psych scenes. This is an incredibly well researched release and each of the 90 songs has a history to go with it. It's worth the price of admission just for the 80 page thick booklet!
Featured here are songs that you know by heart, some lesser known hits of the day, obscurities, serious expensive rarities, complete unknowns, and previously unreleased material. There's anything from folk rock to killer psych fuzz presented. One of those complete unknowns are The Royal Teens. The band apparently didn't have a decent copy, and so compiler and writer David Wells reached out to me (seeing we had it in our Unknown Vinyl blog) to inquire if I could record my copy for the release. Of course! And he was kind enough to comp me this copy for it. That's a great trade and I'm grateful to Mr. Wells for it. You'll note that the 2 songs from the 45 still don't sound great (even though it's NM), but that's the original recording - not much we can do about that, but Wells still did a great job with it. Because I was driving around when this was on, I didn't make a note of the highlights. But suffice to say there are some real gems in here, whether previously unknown or very rare. Along with tracks by The Monkees, Mamas & The Papas, Sonny and Cher, etc... Great mix of tunes.
Ownership: CD: 2022 Grapefruit. 3xCD with an 80 page booklet in a clamshell box. The CDs come in individual sleeves. An incredible package really.
9/24/22 (new entry)
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