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Pussycats - The Pussycats Story (1965-67) 25 Jan 2012 | 05:42 am
This Tromsø/Norway act started as The Arctic in spring 1964. They headed to Stockholm/Sweden to pursue a professional career and it was there where they met the businessman Sten Ekroth, who became the...
West Coast Consortium - Looking Back (1967-70) 30 Dec 2011 | 07:04 am
A harmony-pop outfit from London, they started as The West Coast Consortium. With their high-pitched falsetto vocals they are nothing for the hard-psych connoisseur. Their first single didn't make any...
V.A. - Live! From The Grooveyard (1967) 26 Nov 2011 | 10:50 am
It's hard to believe that New Westminster could be the heart of the R&B Scene, but there it was, the mid 60's, and IKE AND TINA TURNER were on the bill! The former Hollywood Bowl, under new ownership ...
Trevor McNamara - Yeah Captain (1971) 16 Nov 2011 | 01:21 am
Trevor McNamara's career started in the Adelaide group 5 Sided Circle. During that time he also wrote "H.M.S. Buffalo", picked up by psychedelic band Inside Looking Out for their last 45. He left afte...
Pilgrims - Telling Youth... The Truth (1962-67) 8 Nov 2011 | 11:54 pm
Rock; Christianity; guitars; church... in the 21st century these words don't seem odd together. But, in 1961 rock meant "devil music" and church meant "boring". The Pilgrims changed all that. Raise am...
V.A. - California Love-In Vol. 3 1 Nov 2011 | 09:19 am
The third "Love-In" volume keeps the good standard of the previous releases. That means unknown and (still) uncompiled music from the Californian sixties. Bands like Canterbury Fair, Morning Glory or ...
Wild Cherries - That's Life (1965-68) 24 Oct 2011 | 05:43 am
The Wild Cherries started as a R&B combo in 1964. In their early days they often shared the gigs with The Purple Hearts. After a radical line-up change only founding member Les Gilbert remained and to...
Saturday's Children - 2 E.P.-Set (1966-67) 15 Oct 2011 | 03:39 am
From Chicago/Illinois, the Saturday's Children were a pleasant pop group, clearly influenced by The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" era. They released three singles on the Dunwich label and the unreleased "A M...
V.A. - Beat The Road, Jack 19 Sep 2011 | 06:16 am
Along with Pebbles Vol. 19 and the two Copenhagen Beat compilations this is one of the better offerings of '60s Garage/R&B/Beat music from Denmark (Jacks Beat 5006 / 2001). Frost Records later came up...
Wilde Flowers (1965-69) 13 Sep 2011 | 06:40 am
An influential band from Canterbury/Kent that underwent a fluctuate line-up and served as a stepping stone for most of the members to the better known Soft Machine and Caravan. The Wilde Flowers never...
