'66 BREAKOUT! - A Shot Of 60's High Energy Vol.3

 

  Time to crank the amplifiers back up. '66 BREAKOUT! returns with another blast of high-voltage garage, fuzz and psychedelic rock, featuring bands that never became household names but left behind enough raw energy to inspire the generation that would eventually ignite the punk explosion of the late seventies.

  As usual, most of these groups burned brightly for only a brief moment. Some enjoyed modest regional success, while others vanished after releasing just a single 45. What they all shared was an uncompromising attitude: razor-sharp guitars, snarling vocals and a level of intensity that still feels electrifying more than half a century later.

  The cover pays tribute to The Monks, using the back sleeve of their legendary debut single "Complication", one of the defining records of European garage rock and a perfect symbol of the spirit behind this compilation. Alongside them you'll find hidden gems from The Heard, Twentieth Century Zoo, The Rationals, Thor's Hammer, The Atlantics, We The People, The Distortions, Giant Crab, and many more.

  Some tracks are packed with enough fuzz to shake the walls, others hit with pure garage-rock aggression, while a few slower moments provide just enough breathing space before the next sonic assault. Twenty-two cuts that capture that magical moment when garage rock stopped looking back to rock 'n' roll and began pointing straight toward something louder, heavier and far more dangerous.

  Turn the volume all the way up... and let 1966 blow your speakers apart.

  

Trashlist:
01. The Heard – Exit 9 (USA, 1967)
02. The Distortions – Smokestack Lightning (USA, 1966)
03. Twentieth Century Zoo - Rainbow (USA, 1969)
04. Twentieth Century Zoo - Stallion Of Fate (USA, 1969)
05. Twentieth Century Zoo - You Don't Remember (USA, 1968)
06. Them - Walking In The Queen's Garden (USA, 1967)
07. The Reasons Why - All I Really Need Is Love (USA, 1966)
08. The Rationals - I Need You (USA, 1967)
09. Underdogs - Get Down On Your Knees (USA, 1966)
10. The Insects - She's A Pest (USA, 1966)
11. The Monks - Complication (GERMANY, 1966)
12. Thor's Hammer - I Don't Care (ICELAND, 1966)
13. The Tidal Waves - Laugh (USA, 1966)
14. Els Trons - Ven a mi (SPAIN, 1970)
15. We The People - When I Arrive (USA, 1968)
16. The Atlantics - Come On (AUSTRALIA, 1967)
17. Blue Things - Twist and Shout (USA, 1967)
18. Intruders - Why Me (USA, 1964)
19. The Thingies - Mass Confusion (USA, 1968)
20. The Laymen - Practice What You Preach (USA, 1969)
21. Giant Crab - Hot Line Conversation (USA, 1969)
22. Les Fleurs - Souls (SWEDEN, 1968)

Unearthed by Tony Rivers

'66 BREAKOUT! - A Shot Of 60's High Energy Vol.2

 

  The needle drops back onto the record.

  And the ride continues.

  The second volume of '66 BREAKOUT! stays true to the spirit of the series, rescuing some of the most vibrant, electrifying and infectious recordings of the sixties, when garage, beat, freakbeat and psychedelia were pushing rock 'n' roll into ever wilder territory.

  Twenty-four tracks from the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Peru and Argentina, where essential names such as Count Five, The Golden Earrings, The Jay-Jays, The Lollipop Shoppe and David John & The Mood sit alongside a wealth of bands that left behind little more than one or two singles before disappearing. Together, they capture all the urgency, excitement and imagination of an unforgettable era.

  Fuzz-drenched guitars, beat harmonies, hypnotic organs, psychedelic melodies and powerhouse riffs follow one another across an hour with no room for filler. From raw garage to the earliest hints of hard rock and psychedelia, every track is a reminder that the sixties were about far more than the handful of classics everyone already knows.

  Twenty-four sonic explosions rescued from the underground of rock 'n' roll.

  Because before there were genres...

there were simply musicians turning up their amplifiers and pushing them as far as they would go.

Trashlist:
01. The 4 - 69 (USA, 1965)
02. Motor City Bonnevilles - Make Up Your Mind (USA, 1965)
03. The Jay-Jays - I Keep Tryin' (Netherlands, 1966)
04. Renegades - Thirteen Women (UK, 1966)
05. The Mondels - I Got A Feeling (USA, 1967)
06. Count Five - Double Decker Bus (USA, 1966)
07. The Golden EarRings - Lonely Everyday (Netherlands, 1965)
08. Clark Brothers - Hide Me (USA, 1966)
09. The Undertakers - Love So Dear (USA, 1967)
10. The Shots - Keep A Hold Of What You've Got (UK, 1965)
11. Los Holys - Sueño Sicodélico (Perú, 1967)
12. Twilighters - Nothing Can Bring Me Down (USA, 1968)
13. Creation's Disciple - Psychedelic Retraction (1966)
14. The Lollipop Shoppe - Mr. Madison Avenue (USA, 1968)
15. Bulldog Breed - Halo In My Hair (UK,1969)
16. Odds And Ends - (Cause) You Don't Love Me USA, 1966)
17. Outside In - You Ain't Gonna Bring Me Down To My Knees (USA, 1966)
18. End Result - A Bird In The Hand (USA, 1966)
19. Third Booth - I Need Love (USA, 1967)
20. Art - Brothers Dads And Mothers (USA,
21. The In Crowd - Things She Says (UK, 1965)
22. David John & The Mood - Pretty Thing (UK, 1964)
23. Claytons - Puttin' Me On (USA, 1966)
24. La Barra De Chocolate - El Malecón (Argentina, 1969)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Unearthed by Tony Rivers
             

'66 BREAKOUT! - A Shot Of 60's High Energy

 

  The mummies have gone back to their eternal rest.

  But the records are still spinning.

  After all those archaeological expeditions through Back From The Dead, it was only a matter of time before some of the treasures unearthed beneath tons of sand demanded a series of their own. That's how '66 BREAKOUT! was born, a new journey devoted to the most explosive recordings of the sixties, with no tombs, curses or sarcophagi required.

  The mission is simple: one solid hour of pure electricity. Garage punk, freakbeat, psychedelia, fuzz, proto-hard rock and every band that pushed sixties rock to its wildest extremes.

  This opening volume travels through the United States, Canada, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland and Colombia, bringing together essential names such as Thor's Hammer, The Zakary Thaks, The Other Half, The Attack, The Guess Who and The Motions, alongside a long list of groups that left behind little more than one or two singles before disappearing.

  Twenty-two tracks where guitars roar, amplifiers crackle and the energy threatens to burst out of every groove.

  Because long before punk exploded in 1977...

another generation was already making enough noise to change the course of rock 'n' roll.

  Sixty minutes of pure high energy...

beamed straight from 1965, 1966, 1967...

and beyond.

Trashlist:
01. The Torques - It's Me Not You (USA, 1965)
02. The Collectors – Make It Easy (Canada, 1967)
03. Thor's Hammer - My Life (Iceland, 1966)
04. Le Teste Dure - Era Un Beatnik (Italy, 1966)
05. The Guess Who - Gonna Search (Canada, 1966)
06. The Motions - Be The Woman I Need (Netherlands, 1965)
07. The Jay-Jays - Shake It Some More (Netherlands, 1966)
08. The Children Of Darkness – Sugar Shack A-Go-Go (USA, 1966)
09. Unrelated Segments - Cry Cry Cry (USA, 1968)
10. Sir Lord Baltimore - Lady Of Fire (USA, 1970)
11. The Other Half - Flight Of The Dragon Lady (USA, 1967)
12. Wayne Gibson & The Dynamics - Baby Baby Baby Pity Me (UK, 1965)
13. Swamp Rats - Hey Joe (USA, 1966)
14. Satrycon - Leave It (USA, 1970)
15. The Moguls - Try Me (USA, 1966)
16. The Zakary Thaks - Bad Girl (USA, 1966)
17. The Del-Vetts - Last Time Around (USA, 1966)
18. The Deverons - She's Your Lover (Canada, 1965)
19. Dayaks - So Long Sad Sack (Belgium, 1965)
20. I Kings – Trovane Un Altro (Italy, 1966)
21. Los Streaks - Reacción Sicótica (Colombia, 1967)
22. The Attack - Too Old (UK, 1968)

Unearthed by Tony Rivers