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"who's got the cuckoo?!!" with Alison and xiane (archive)

bloated bands with skinny pasts

Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 20:00 to 21:00 | garage rock

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
the beatles	cayenne	anthology 1	apple	Brief instrumental composed by Paul McCartney in the late 50's - one of the very first recordings by The Beatles.
the early doors	go insane	mind blowers	past & present	pre-Doors Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore. Keys not nearly as prevalent as later famous Doors material.
spiders	don't blow your mind	back from the grave part 4	crypt	pre Alice Cooper band, when Alice was still called Vince Furnier. All 5 members stayed together through at least Billion Dollar Babies. Frank Zappa had taken interest in them during The Spiders time and helped them at that point (i think their wearing dresses helped a little).
pink floyd	lucy leave	have you got it yet	bootleg	written and sung by the most superlative of rock renaissance men, Syd Barrett. Bob Klose on lead guitar. He had to leave the band so PF could achieve fame and fortune (one can also say the same for Syd). Top notch garage rock. Also titled "Lucy Lea in Blue Tights".
d.c.t. & the bossmen	brainwashed	the magic cube	el cid records	DCT aka David Clayton Thomas, he of later Blood Sweat & Tears frame. You might remember the songs "Spinning Wheel" and "You Make Me So Very Happy" - AM staples from the late 60's.

the iguanas	again & again	pebbles presents high in the mid-sixties vol. 19 michigan, part III	aip	This is the crunchiest, hardest, most rockin' one of our show. What can one possibly say about The Ig that has not been previously said? Even in the very early years, Iggy was in top form.
nazz	back of your mind	nazz	rhino	From the early Todd Rundgren years, Nazz being HIS band. There is an embryonic version of the early 70's mega-hit solo Todd "Hello It's Me" on this album. 70's version more melodic and upbeat. Todd went on to fame with solo work, Utopia, and production work.
bob seger & the last heard	persecution smith	michigan nuggets	aep	A rockin' one with extremely OTT organ from he who made banal and inexplicably hit songs popular with the masses, during the mid - late 70's.
jimi hendrix	UFO	hush now	astan bootleg	Boggles the mind how Jimi would stoop to this. Not a bad tune, really, until the ET chipmunk vocals chime in. He recorded this batch of songs just before embarking to the UK to form the JH Experience with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, and to knock Eric Clapton off his "GOD" throne.
tomorrow	revolution	mojo presents... psych out!	mojo	Ah! Awesome psych-garage from the band that spawned Twink, later of The Pink Fairies (and a member of the extremely brief Syd Barrett-led band Stars), and the incredible genius guitar wizard Steve Howe, later of OG prog-rock band Yes.

the moving sidewalks	need me	mindrocker: a us punk anthology vol. 4	paprbox	Pre ZZ Top Billy Gibbons, presumably before sporting a massive beard and glued-on shades. Jimi Hendrix admired Billy's playing so much that he gave him one of his guitars.
todd rundgren	money (that's what i want)/ messin' with the kid	something/anything?	rhino	Terribly recorded, yet energetic, early tunes from TR....included on 1972's Something/Anything? solo record.
mynah birds	i've got you in my soul	45	motown	Absolutely killer tune from band that included Neil Young, Bruce Palmer (amazing bassist of Buffalo Springfield) and - wait for it- lead vocalist Rick James!! (of Superfreak fame)!!
the syn	14 hour technicolor dream	nuggets II box set v. 2	rhino	The Syn featured Chris Squire, future bassist for Yes, and Peter Banks, future guitarist for Yes. Peter named the band (Yes, that is, as Syd had named Pink Floyd) yet left after their second album Time and A Word, when the mighty Steve Howe took his place.
the pleasure seekers	never thought you'd leave me	friday at the hideout: boss detroit garage 1964-67	norton Records	The Pleasure Seekers featured sisters drummer Patti and bassist Suzi Quatro. Patti went on to form the first all-girl rock band Fanny, and Suzi found fame in the UK with glam hits like "Can the Can". She also played Leather Tuscadero, Fonzie's gf Pinky's cousin on later episodes of "Happy Days".
golden earrings	daddy buy me a girl	nuggets II box set v. 2	rhino	Dutch band later dropped the "s" from their name and went on record the FM radio earworm-inducing massive 70's hit "Radar Love".

spiders	no price tag	back from the grave part 4	crypt	One more from pre-Alice Cooper band. Many thanks again to DJ Nick R. for help with ideas!!!

Artist

Song

Album

Label

Comments

the beatles

cayenne

anthology 1

apple

Brief instrumental composed by Paul McCartney in the late 50's - one of the very first recordings by The Beatles.

the early doors

go insane

mind blowers

past & present

pre-Doors Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore. Keys not nearly as prevalent as later famous Doors material.

spiders

don't blow your mind

back from the grave part 4

crypt

pre Alice Cooper band, when Alice was still called Vince Furnier. All 5 members stayed together through at least Billion Dollar Babies. Frank Zappa had taken interest in them during The Spiders time and helped them at that point (i think their wearing dresses helped a little).

pink floyd

lucy leave

have you got it yet

bootleg

written and sung by the most superlative of rock renaissance men, Syd Barrett. Bob Klose on lead guitar. He had to leave the band so PF could achieve fame and fortune (one can also say the same for Syd). Top notch garage rock. Also titled "Lucy Lea in Blue Tights".

d.c.t. & the bossmen

brainwashed

the magic cube

el cid records

DCT aka David Clayton Thomas, he of later Blood Sweat & Tears frame. You might remember the songs "Spinning Wheel" and "You Make Me So Very Happy" - AM staples from the late 60's.

the iguanas

again & again

pebbles presents high in the mid-sixties vol. 19 michigan, part III

aip

This is the crunchiest, hardest, most rockin' one of our show. What can one possibly say about The Ig that has not been previously said? Even in the very early years, Iggy was in top form.

nazz

back of your mind

nazz

rhino

From the early Todd Rundgren years, Nazz being HIS band. There is an embryonic version of the early 70's mega-hit solo Todd "Hello It's Me" on this album. 70's version more melodic and upbeat. Todd went on to fame with solo work, Utopia, and production work.

bob seger & the last heard

persecution smith

michigan nuggets

aep

A rockin' one with extremely OTT organ from he who made banal and inexplicably hit songs popular with the masses, during the mid - late 70's.

jimi hendrix

UFO

hush now

astan bootleg

Boggles the mind how Jimi would stoop to this. Not a bad tune, really, until the ET chipmunk vocals chime in. He recorded this batch of songs just before embarking to the UK to form the JH Experience with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, and to knock Eric Clapton off his "GOD" throne.

tomorrow

revolution

mojo presents... psych out!

mojo

Ah! Awesome psych-garage from the band that spawned Twink, later of The Pink Fairies (and a member of the extremely brief Syd Barrett-led band Stars), and the incredible genius guitar wizard Steve Howe, later of OG prog-rock band Yes.

the moving sidewalks

need me

mindrocker: a us punk anthology vol. 4

paprbox

Pre ZZ Top Billy Gibbons, presumably before sporting a massive beard and glued-on shades. Jimi Hendrix admired Billy's playing so much that he gave him one of his guitars.

todd rundgren

money (that's what i want)/ messin' with the kid

something/anything?

rhino

Terribly recorded, yet energetic, early tunes from TR....included on 1972's Something/Anything? solo record.

mynah birds

i've got you in my soul

motown

Absolutely killer tune from band that included Neil Young, Bruce Palmer (amazing bassist of Buffalo Springfield) and - wait for it- lead vocalist Rick James!! (of Superfreak fame)!!

the syn

14 hour technicolor dream

nuggets II box set v. 2

rhino

The Syn featured Chris Squire, future bassist for Yes, and Peter Banks, future guitarist for Yes. Peter named the band (Yes, that is, as Syd had named Pink Floyd) yet left after their second album Time and A Word, when the mighty Steve Howe took his place.

the pleasure seekers

never thought you'd leave me

friday at the hideout: boss detroit garage 1964-67

norton Records

The Pleasure Seekers featured sisters drummer Patti and bassist Suzi Quatro. Patti went on to form the first all-girl rock band Fanny, and Suzi found fame in the UK with glam hits like "Can the Can". She also played Leather Tuscadero, Fonzie's gf Pinky's cousin on later episodes of "Happy Days".

golden earrings

daddy buy me a girl

nuggets II box set v. 2

rhino

Dutch band later dropped the "s" from their name and went on record the FM radio earworm-inducing massive 70's hit "Radar Love".

spiders

no price tag

back from the grave part 4

crypt

One more from pre-Alice Cooper band. Many thanks again to DJ Nick R. for help with ideas!!!