The Garage / Beat / Punk Rock record kicks off with the weirdest soundtrack to a car ad for a long while. Have Love Will Travel, the Richard Berry classic as mangled by the Sonics, must have helped shift a pile of Land Rovers. Stable-mates the Wailers are next up and out of their trees, a pretty good way to start any garage band selection. OK the Revels is a bit earlier, but a little weirdsville never hurt anyone. These Spiders are not from Mars, but from Japan, where they were dozens of the GS scene in the 60s, as indeed were our own spookily named Zombies, both here and even more so Stateside. The Wheels were from Belfast and you better believe it. We have three short sharp bursts of Punk Rock next and note that the version of Melody Lee by the Damned has never been out before. Finally we return to the garage, though this time for the 80s revival, kicking off with Billy Childish second group Thee Milkshakes and four tracks later their girlfriends the Delmonas. For four years in the early 80s these garage bands were the only people left standing up for real music by real men (& women) against a plethora of haircuts and trousers worn by men playing ironing boards. The Bugs - now they were a band that mysteriously came and went time for a fresh outing.
It Contains:
Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics
Out of Our Tree - The Wailers
Foolish Woman - The Oxford Circle
Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word
Outta Reach - She
Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal - Mouse and the Traps
Intoxica - The Revels
Hey Boy - The Spiders
Just Out of Reach - The zombies
Bad Little Woman - The Wheels
Electric Shares - The Radiators (From Space)
Cosmonaut - Riff Raff
Melody Lee - The Damed (alt mix - previously unreleased)
Out of Control - Thee Milkshakes
Miniskirt Blues - The Vibes
Brand New Gun - Tall Boys
I Can Only Give You Everything - Naz Nomad and the Nightmares
C C Rider - The Delmonias
Reaching My Head - The Prisoners
It's About Time - The Bugs
