Born In The Garage Vol.7 Fuzz, Freaks & Forgotten Nuggets (1964–1967)

 

  If there was ever a golden age of garage rock, it was surely the period between 1964 and 1967. These were the years when thousands of teenagers discovered that a couple of guitars, an overdriven amplifier and plenty of attitude were all it took to start a band. The result was an explosion of singles that captured the restless energy of a generation like nothing before or since.

  Fuzz, Freaks & Forgotten Nuggets takes us straight back to that moment. A journey through garage rock at its rawest and most exciting, when the British beat boom, rhythm & blues and the first stirrings of psychedelia collided in suburban garages, teenage clubs and independent recording studios across America.

  The session brings together some of the genre's best-known names alongside a wealth of unfairly overlooked bands. The Seeds, The Electric Prunes, Shadows Of Knight, Paul Revere & The Raiders and The Knickerbockers rub shoulders with The Groupies, The New Breed, The Noblemen, Last Word, The Electras and The Bugs, all united by the urgency, rawness and youthful spirit that defined the garage sound.

  As the needle moves from one groove to the next, razor-sharp riffs, swirling organs, blistering fuzz, beat-inspired harmonies and the first hints of psychedelia begin to emerge. Acid rock and hard rock were still waiting just over the horizon, but the seeds of everything that followed were already beginning to take root.

  Most of the material comes from the United States, the epicentre of the garage explosion, although a handful of tracks remind us just how quickly the sound spread to any corner of the world where there was an electric guitar, a cheap amplifier and the urge to make a glorious racket.

  Twenty-three direct, unpretentious songs overflowing with personality. Music made by teenagers who could hardly have imagined that, decades later, their records would become prized possessions among collectors and garage devotees around the world.

  Because before the stadiums...

before the big budgets...

before rock stars...

there were garages.

  And that's where it all began.

Trashlist
01. The Premiers - Farmer John (1964)
02. Don Snyder – Tiger A Go-Go (1964)
03. Merrell and the Exiles - She’s Gone (1965)
04. Raymarks - Louise (1965)
05. The Knickerbockers - Lies (1965)
06. The Strangeloves - Night Time (1965)
07. The Seeds - Out Of The Question (1965)
08. Emperors - I Want My Woman (1965)
09. The Bugs - Slide (1966)
10. Wig - Crackin' Up (1966)
11. The Groupies - Primitive (1966)
12. Kenny & The Kasuals - Journey To Time (1966)
13. The New Breed - I Got Nothin' To Say To You (1966)
14. Noblemen - Short Time (1966)
15. Last Word - Don't Call Me I'll Call You (1966)
16. Bud & Kathy - Hang It Out Today (1966)
17. The Electras - Dirty Old Man (1966)
18. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Good Thing (1966)
19. Brogues - I Ain't No Miracle Worker (1966)
20. Underdog - Love's Gone Bad (1967)
21. The Electric Prunes - Long Day Flight (1967)
22. Shadows Of Knight - Potato Chip (1967)
23. The Electras - Pregnant Pig (1967)

A Teenage Sound Disaster by Mr. Fuzzley