Dee Rangers "Five Spanish Minutes"

The Dee Rangers could be one of the greatest overlooked bands in garage rock today, but why that is is simply beyond me. Maybe it’s because they’re Swedish, and have simply been given the slip because of the success of so many other Swedish rawk’n'roll acts, who knows...... I guess it’s a good thing we don’t have to rely on hype to know what’s good, right? Well, some of us don’t, I suppose. The garage freaks in Europe seem to know what’s up, as these guys have been invited to play at some pretty high-profile festivals over the past year or so, including Gearfest in Sweden this past June, the Primitive 2 Dutch International Garage Festival in July, and they’re booked for the Spanish Beat Goes On festival that’s taking place just a couple of weeks from now. And there’s good reason why they’re finally getting this much-deserved exposure. While these guys have been kicking some serious garage-punk ass for quite a while now, accumulating quite an impressive discography of singles on such great labels as Estrus, Rockin’ Bones, and Munster, they haven’t been able to put forth that one really great record that might just push them to the top of the heap… that is, perhaps, until now. Quite frankly,Five Spanish Minutes was one of the best rock’n'roll releases of 2005, yet unfortunately I don’t think many people on this side of the Atlantic even knew about it. In fact, only one person even bothered to list it in the Best Albums of 2005 topic on the message board (go figure). This is simply a fantastic album, and, in this humble reviewer’s opinion, is easily the band’s best to date (the other two being 2002’s So Far Out So Good and 2003’s Pretty Ugly Beat—both on the now defunct White Jazz label). This new LP, which was released towards the tail-end of 2005 on Germany’s Screaming Apple Records, is ripe with organ-driven, hip-shakin’, swingin’ ’60s-flavored garage rock, and the album is not short on great songwriting that includes powerful hooks that make it one of the most memorable LPs I’ve heard in quite some time. But what impressed me most about this album was the band’s obvious departure from the more Fleshtones-influenced sound of their previous records. I don’t know if “matured” is the word I really wanna use here (since maturing in rock’n'roll is usually so closely related to suddenly sucking ass), but it’s clear to me that they’ve really come into their own on this release and have nailed down a sound that is anything but bland or predictable retro-garage. Indeed, it’s records like this that clearly show that this often overly crowded genre still has the potential to produce exciting music that takes the best elements of the past and throws them at ya with enough verocity that you can’t help but be optimistic about the future of garage rock. Let’s just hope that the Dee Rangers continue to be a part of that future. Enjoy the MP3s below. They’re my top picks from Five Spanish Minutes. (garagepunk.com)trax:

1. You Gotta Understand 2. Hey Girl 3. Those Days Are Gone 4. Something I Don't Know 5. Easy To See 6. Empty House 7. Back In My Life 8. I Miss My Girl 9. Out In The Jungle 10. Girl I Know 11. Show Me 12. This Is Dee Day

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Les Black Carnations “Beat The Attitude“ (1986) 45rpm EP

One of my few "desperate" German fave bands!Von Sandy Hobbs (ex-Beatitude) zunächst als Original Beatitudes angekündigt hatte diese wunderbare und vielseitige Combo Spielereien schon bald nicht mehr nötig. Sie waren die Hoffnung des deutschen Sommers der Liebe 1985! Zwischen Modbeat und Paisley Pop. Eine 6-track Mini LP erschien Anfang 1986 bei Pastell als Twang! Produktion.Les Black Carnations:

Sandy Hobbs-voc, guitar, piano, organ,turkish finger-cymbals / Joe Naily-bass / Mik Moon-guitar / Tom "Trixon" Grave-drums / Justine Time-voc, tambourine / Doro Peters-tenor sax / The "Dizzy" S.D.-farfisa organ / Earl Justice-13th floor sounds

traxfromwax:

1 Voices Scream & Murmur 2 I'm Only Bleeding 3 What Time Did You Say It Is In New York City? 4 Echo Flower Blues 5 Who Am I? 6 Black Carnations

Hawaii Samurai "Let There Be Surf" 2003

Savage, gritty and powerful hard-edged Surf Guitar instrumentals. All instro - with a good mix of original material and cover tracks. One of the top European Surf bands, you'll hear influences of Man or Astroman?, Link Wray, Dick Dale and Davie Allan, and plenty of Hawaii Samurai originality too.Hawaii Samurai are French band with an odd blend of CHUM-ish grit and a strange drama. Mixed reviews here. Some really interesting and powerful tracks amid less interesting and repetitious material. The good stuff is well worth hearing. They are probably quite an endurance test live. - Phil Dirttrax:

01 Voodoo Princess Terror 02 Our Favorite Martian 03 Surf'n'destroy 04 Astrocrypt Hellsurfers 05 Pacific Darkside 06 Surf Or Die 07 Ocean's Devil 08 Venus Polis 09 Toxic Avenger 10 Ride The Snake 11 Run Chicken Run 12 Mariachi's Fever

Ray Daytona & Googoobombos "One Eyed Jack" 2007

Some surf garage punk from italy. Ray Daytona & Googoobombos!Ray Daytona and Googoobombos are known in Italy as a real cult band, their sound being a hyper-cybernetic mixture of melodic surf garge tunes played live at an insane speed with punk rock attitude and good technical skill. Since the very beginning they delight their audience with their gigs, melting together high energy and a strong sound impact. The band has played both in Italy and abroad, opening for such bands as Misfits, Sonic Youth, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Radio Birdman, Satanic Surfers, and sharing the stage with Nashville Pussy, Billy Childish and Thee Headcoats, Robert Gordon, Phantom Surfers, Link Protrudi and The Jaymen, Demons, The Squirtgun. They’ve published four albums and a bunch of 7”. - http://www.teenageheadmusic.com/press/raydaytonapress.htmltrax:

01. Heart Of Darkness 02. It's Not That I Don't Like 03. Doctor Phibes' Clockwork Wizard 04. Buttero Square 05. One Eyed Jack 06. Backdoor Baby 07. Sick And Tired 08. Troubled Pusher 09. Sombrero 10. Can't Sleep At Night

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Johnny & The Hurricanes "The EP Collection"

Although they really had little in common with the reverb-laden California surf sound of the early '60s, Johnny & the Hurricanes had their greatest success during this period, and while their raw, sax-led R&B leaned more to Junior Walker than Dick Dale, they are still remembered mostly as a landlocked (Toledo, OH, was their home base) surf outfit. This collection of their EPs and singles is an ideal introduction to the band, and it has their biggest hits, 1959's "Crossfire" and two rough and ready remakes of old folk tunes, "Red River Rock" (a version of "Red River Valley") and "Beatnik Fly" (which turns the old minstrel song "Blue Tail Fly" into an after-hours stomper). Also of note here is the set closer, an elegant and jazzy mid-tempo shuffle called "Minnesota Fats." (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)trax:

01 Crossfire 02 Lazy 03 Storm Warning 04 Red River Rock 05 Buckeye 06 Cut Out 07 Bam Boo 08 Reveille Rock 09 Time Bomb 10 Thunderbolt 11 Joy Ride 12 Beatnik Fly 13 Sand Storm 14 Rock-Cha 15 Down Yonder 16 Cyclone 17 Rockin T 18 Rocking Goose 19 Molly-O 20 Revival 21 Hot Fudge 22 Corn Bread 23 You Are My Sunshine 24 Mr. Lonely 25 Traffic Jam 26 Jada 27 Farewell Farewell 28 High Voltage 29 San Antonio Rose 30 Minnesota Fats

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"Bump Jump Jive" Vol. 7

Great collection of upbeat R&B and jump blues!trax:

1. We're Gonna Jump Tonight - Big Joe Turner 2. Safronia B - Calvin Boze 3. Oh Baby - Kay Starr 4. Be Baba Leba - Helen Humes 5. Independent Woman - Jackie Brenston 6. When The Saints Go Marchin' In - Dave Bartholomew 7. Juke Box Boogie Woogie Chick - Snookum Russell 8. Solid Potato Salad= Ella Mae Morse - Ella Mae Morse 9. Baby Let's Get High - Rosco Gordon 10. Tell Me Who - Big Maybelle 11. Just Love Me Baby - Rosco Gordon 12. Single Life - Billy Tate 13. Cadillac Baby - Roy Brown 14. I Wanna Know - The Du-Droppers 15. This Joint's Too Hip For Me - Betty Hall Jones 16. Train Kept A-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw 17. Oh Gee Ooh Wee - Charlie & Ray 18. Quiet Whysky - Wynonie Harris 19. Block Buster Boogie - Cecil Payne 20. Don't Be Angry - Nappy Brown 21. Mary Little Mary - H-Bomb Ferguson 22. Eetilyadee - The Tillers 23. Nitwit - L.C. McKinley 24. Ding Dong Daddy - Wynona Carr 25. Pachuko Hop - Ike Carpenter 26. Love Don't Love Nobody - Roy Brown 27. Thunderbird - Hal Paige & The Wailers 28. I Found Out - The Du-Droppers 29. Ragdoll Baby -  - Paul Griffen 30. Women - The Drivers

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Marcel Bontempi "Witches Spiders Frogs & Holes" Demos & Recordings 2009-2014 - 2015

The solo output of the crazy multi-talented Marcel Bontempi, including all the stuff which came out mostly in the nowadays hard-to-find 45rpm records, which often are very expensive! A great compilation all the way with fantastic linernotes about the twisted genius himself and the songs! Five tracks are previously unreleased! A five star release all the way and highly recommended! - amazonThe Wizard Of Rhythm makes his comeback with a collection of 21 amazing tunes, 14 taken from his various 7-inch releases on Witchcraft, Sleazy, Stag-O-Lee, Migraine and Squoodge (which are mostly sold-out) and 7 tunes previously unreleased! The vinyl version comes as an LP plus 7", packaged in a nice gatefold-sleeve The release includes extensive liner notes and track-by-track info by Darren Ross, as well as lots of photos, 7-inch covers and memorabilia. Artwork by Mr. Bontempi himself, of course. - drunkabilly.comtrax:

01 Dig A Hole (Bop Version) 02 Shag Rag 03 Big Fat Spider 04 Spiderman 05 Bull Frog 06 Do The Frog 07 Old Mad Witch 08 Train To Satanville 09 Race With The Devil 10 Train Of Sin 11 Witch Girl 12 Headless Horseman 13 Living Death 14 Just Dropped In 15 So Schön 16 Sunday Evening Blues 17 Big Fat Spider (Alt Version) 18 Dig A Hole (Stroll Version) 19 I'm So LoneLy 20 Lovesick Stroll 21 Tarantula Mambo

Mikelangelo & The Tin Star "The Surf'n'Western Sounds of …"

“If Las Vegas had a beach, and a clone made from the mixed DNA of Elvis Presley and Nick Cave had a band that played surf rock on that imaginary beach, then the music Elvis Cave’s band played would sound like Mikelangelo & The Tin Star.” - Rave MagazineMikelangelo formed the Tin Star in September 2009 in Melbourne to pursue his love of instrumental guitar music and spaghetti western soundtracks of the late 50s and early 60s. The group disbanded in July 2013 with a huge farewell show in Melbourne at the Corner Hotel for the inaugural Leaps and Bounds festival. The Tin Star was born out of Canberra group the D.C.S.L.A (2000-2004) sharing the same drummer, Pete Olsen, and lead guitarist, Fiete Geier. The Tin Star included Mikelangelo on lead vocals and rhythm acoustic and electric guitar and Gareth Hill on bass. The group independently released the limited edition Floodhouse EP in February 2011, followed by the highly acclaimed album The Surf’n’Western Sounds Of Mikelangelo and the Tin Star on Laughing Outlaw records in June the same year.

The Tin Star disbanded in July 2013 and the group has no plans to reform. Mikelangelo’s love of twangy guitar remains, and this will continue to haunt his future projects… - mikelangelo.net

trax:

01 Action (Is My Middle Name) 02 Balkan Beach Party 03 The Armada 04 Le Torro 05 Floodhouse 06 Midnight Flower 07 No Sign of a Pipeline 08 Inspector Longboard 09 Midnight Rip

Ray Daytona & Googoobombos "Fasten Seat Belt" 2005

In 2003 they start the partnership with Ammonia records, that publishes at first Great Expectations, an anthology with songs from all the singles and some unissued songs from the first two albums…...In 2004 comes out Fasten Seat Belt, third album recorded in studio, again with David Lenci on the controls. With this album the musical horizon of Ray Daytona and Googoobombos gets wider, songs becoming faster on one side and with an open, psychedelic structure, helped by electro-analogic effects. During the recordings the band is joined on Hammond by Paolo “Apollo” Negri, who will play also some live gigs with the band. Winston Smith is again the author of the artwork for the cover. The Manetti Bros direct the video of the single Slim, horny and tanned, and the band tours in Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland. Meanwhile there are some changes in the line-up, around the two stable elements Ray Daytona and Rosie. Their live performances are enriched by the “Ray Daytona Rock and Royal Rumble”, featuring many superheroes challenging each other and the audience fighting in a wrestling style, inspired by comics and a trash imaginary. The Rumble involves the people from the audience and calls them to take part to the fight with their own home-made costumes. The promotional tour of Fasten Seat Belt goes on for two years, during which the band shares the stage with such bands as Phantom Surfers, Sonic Youth, Misfits, Robert Gordon, and plays a small tour with Winston Smith, while the artist shows his artworks.trax:

01 Psyclops 02 High Pressure Liquid Chromatography 03 An Der Urania 04 Slim, Horny And Tanned 05 Old Cannibal Woman 06 Detecto! 07 Taliban Surf 08 Drinking Toulene 09 Not All Astronauts Are Slim 10 Roasted Fly 11 Cowgirls And Cactus 12 Daytona Super Royal Rumble 13 Even The Zombie Cry 14 (I Got) Sideburns 15 It's Too Heavy Too Be Lifted (Call Mama) 16 Fasten Seat Belt 17 Brand New Dino

Johnny & The Hurricanes "The Definitive Collection" 1959-1965

Johnny & the Hurricanes were typical of the many landlocked instrumental R&B combos who were swept up in the surf craze of the early '60s. Based in Toledo, OH, and led by saxophonist Johnny Paris, the Hurricanes had virtually nothing in common with the reverb-drenched California surf sound, favoring instead a sort of raw, ragged frat-house R&B that was somewhat reminiscent of Junior Walker. This two-disc collection has everything you need, starting with the group's first hit, 1959's scorching "Crossfire," and two unlikely covers of an old folk tune, "Red River Valley" (done by the Hurricanes as "Red River Rock") and the minstrel song "Blue Tail Fly" (done as "Beatnik Fly"). A lot of the selections here draw on the same bag of tricks, but everything is so well executed that it hardly matters. This is indeed the definitive collection of this interesting combo. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)

trax disc 1:

01 Cross Fire 02 Lazy 03 Red River Rock 04 Buckeye 05 Reveille Rock 06 Time Bomb 07 Sand Storm 08 Beatnik Fly 09 Down Yonder 10 Sheba 11 Rocking Ghoose 12 Revival 13 Molly-O 14 You Are My Sunshine 15 Ja-Da 16 Mr. Lonely 17 High Voltage 18 Old Smokie 19 Traffic Jam 20 Farewell, Farewell 21 Misirlou 22 Salvation 23 San Antonio Rose 24 Come On Train 25 Minnesota Fats 26 Sheik Of Araby 27 Whatever Happened To Baby Jane 28 Greens Anf Beans 29 Money Honey 30 Shadows

trax disc 2:

01 Kaw-Liga 02 Rough Road 03 Happy Time 04 Cut Out 05 Storm Warning 06 Bam Boo 07 Thunderbolt 08 Joy Ride 09 Rock-Cha 10 The Kid 11 Bye Bye Blackbird 12 Teensville Tonight 13 Mister Irving 14 Tom's Tune 15 Corn Pome 16 Milk Shake 17 Cyclone 18 Travelin' 19 Beanbags 20 Rockin' T 21 Hot Fudge 22 Corn Bread 23 Catnip 24 The 'Hep' Canary 25 Oh Du Lieber Augustin 26 James Bond Theme 27 The Hungry Eye 28 It's A Mad Mad World 29 That's All

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"Bump Jump Jive" Vol. 6

Great collection of upbeat R&B and jump blues!trax:

1. My Natch'l Man - Fluffy Hunter 2. Rock This House - Jimmy Rogers 3. The Chicken & The Hawk - Big Joe Turner 4. I Can't Sleep - Tini Williams & The Skyliners 5. The Deacon Don't Like It - Wynonie Harris 6. Hello - Jimmy Brown 7. I Love You - Edan McGriff 8. Hey Pretty Baby - Ruth & Jimmy Brown 9. Smooth Slow & Easy - The Drivers 10. Nosey Joe - Bullmoose Jackson 11. Pack, Fair & Square - Big Walter & His Rock Thunderbirds 12. Shut The Door Baby - The Jumping Jaguars 13. 'Til My Baby Come Back - Ella Johnson 14. Honey Bunch - The Du-Droppers 15. I've Gotta Leave You - Faye Adams 16. Bye Bye Young Men - Ruth Brown 17. We're Gonna Rock This House - Memphis Slim 18. It Ain't To Play With - Shery Crowley 19. Looking For A Man - Little Esther 20. Double Faced Deacon - Tommy Brown 21. Hey Hey - Icky Renrut 22. Hot Banana - The Honey Jumpers 23. Mainliner - Little Esther 24. Keep A Talking - Wynonie Harris 25. Knock Yourself Out - Baby Washington 26. Drill, Daddy Drill - Dorothy Ellis 27. Lock Up My Heart - The Sharps 28. My Baby's Gone - Little Miss Jessie 29. Rise Sally Rise - Mickey & Sylvia 30. Can't Do Sixty No More - The Du-Droppers

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The Mo-dettes "The Story So Far..." 1980 + Peel Session 02.04.1980

"Ramona! Jane! Kate! June! The Mo-dettes are gonna steal your boyfriend!!!"The Mo-dettes (that's MODE-ettes, not modettes! These girls were no mods!) were an all-girl punk band formed in London in 1979. If you've heard early Raincoats or Slits stuff, or better yet LiLiPUT or Girls at Our Best, you should have an idea of what they sounded like. In fact Kate Korus, the Mo-dettes' guitarist even played with the Slits for a while, as well as the Castrators. Kate moved to London from the U.S. in the mid 70's and met June Miles-Kingston (who had previously played drums with Richard Dudanski in the Banks Of Dresden) on the set of The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, where they were both working as musicians. Jane Crockford (the bassist) was also hanging around the GRnRS set, though I'm not sure if she was working, she might just have been there because she had been sharing a flat with Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious after running away from home. Somebody eventually introduced the girls to Ramona Carlier (the lead singer), who had studied ballet in Switzerland before moving to London, apparently because there wasn't enough of a punk-rock scene back at home. And so the Mo-dettes were born. Hang on to your boyfriends.
The Mo-dettes played their first show at Acklam Hall, opening for the Vincent Units, and released their first single "White Mice", b/w "Masochistic Opposite" on their own label, Mode. They released several other singles after that and an album, but their first single remained their biggest hit. The group's last single came out in 1981, and though they did record some more material after this none of it was released. Shortly after the last 7" came out, the Mo-dettes got a second guitarist, Melissa Ritter, who played her first show as a Mo-dette just four days after joining the band. In February of 1982 Ramona quit and June sang for a couple months until Sue Slack joined as their new singer, but then Kate quit too, and as it was Kate that had started the whole thing in the first place the Mo-dettes didn't last much longer once she was gone.
In the late 80's June Miles-Kingston played drums for a band called the Communards, put out a solo single on Go! Discs and collaborated on some stuff with Fun Boy Three and Everything but the Girl. Kate Korus recorded a single with Jenny from the Belle Stars.
It seems that the Mo-dettes weren't appreciated by all of their female peers. In an interview with Nardwuar, the Human Serviette, Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's said "The Mo-Dettes were always really mean to us," when asked if the Go-go's had ever played shows with the Mo-dettes. Nardwuar asked Jane why and she elaborated "I don't know. I think they were just mean." Another band, the Dolly Mixture, had a song called "How come you're such a hit with the boys, Jane?" that is purportedly about Jane Crockford, and listening to the song one gets the impression that Jane Crockford was not a hit with the Dolly Mixture. I guess the Mo-dettes were not nice.The Mo-dettes:
drummer June Miles-Kingston, singer Ramona Carlier, guitarist Kate Korus and bassist Jane Crockford

traxfromwax:
1. Fandango 2. Satisfy 3. Dark Park Creeping 4. Kray Twins 5. Paint It Black 6. White Mouse Disco 7. Bedtime Stories 8. Masochistic Opposite 9. Foolish Girl 10. Norman (He's No Rebel) 11. Sparrow 12. Milord

Peel Session 02.04.1980trax:
1. Norman (hes no rebel) 2. Bitter Truth 3. Kray Twins 4. Dark Park Creeping

The Revelaires "High Tide" 2001

Space cowboys from Belgium surfing into space!No, we're not talking about internet-whizzkids, but about a quartet that keeps the instrumental surf tradition alive: real guitar music with references to California, The Surfaris, Link Wray and the Del-Tones. Lovers of tremolo and twang, vibrato and rumble, westerns, spy series and 60's TV-tunes get what they need from The Revelaires. Twinstreet Bookings invites you into its time-machine for a journey to an era when the future was bright and the guitars twangin'. Fasten your seatbelts and go back to the basics of surf music: rock & roll and electric guitars. You will be shakin', not stirred!The Revelaires:

Steven Janssens - guitar (The Whodads, Mauro, Blackie) / Filip Wauters - guitar (The Whodads, Back Back, Kamikaze) / Marnix Calsyn - bass (The Whodads, Soapstone) / Tom De Wulf - drums (THOU)

trax:

1. Third Star to the Left 2. Volcanic Action 3. Out of Limits 4. Intoxica 5. Bombora 6. Baja 7. The Victor 8. Kuk 9. High Tide 10. Third Man Theme 11. Peter Gunn 12. Mr. Moto 13. Where Did You Get That Bruise? 14. Fugitive 15. Hawaii Five-O

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Ray Daytona & Googoobombos "Great Expectations"

A NEW FRONTIER!!! It all began in 1997: surf instros on one side, garage tunes on the other one. People screaming in the front line and Ray Daytona and Googoobombos right in the middle of the chaos. They’ve been eating and digesting Link Wray and Davie Allan, deconstructing The Ventures and rebuilding The Cramps; since they’ve been told “I like your rock’n’roll” by Deniz Tek (do you remember Radio Birdman?) they play faster and louder than ever......It took five 7”s and two LPs - collected and resumed in this great CD - to bring year 00’s in the heart of the Sixties (or maybe viceversa) and now they are ready to burst rock’n’roll in outer space. And it took the genius of Winston Smith (legendary cover artworks creator for Dead Kennedys, Lard, Jello Biafra, Green Day) to resume their love for Sci-Fi, Horror Z-movies and Hot Rod races in wonderful cover artworks.Ray Daytona & Googoobombos:

Guitare: Ray / Guitare, chant: Doctor D / Basse : Rosie / Batterie, chant: Jessie Dick / Theremin, bones, astro-ship driver: Red Razor

trax:

01. Ray's own business; 02. Showdown; 03. X-rated doll; 04. Elsa Riverside; 05. The fuzz; 06. Adopt the highway; 07. Wipe out; 08. Pipeline; 09. Daytona connection; 10. Area51; 11. Toto le mokò; 12. Gotham city; 13. By the time I get to rockaway; 14. Real black king; 15. Strict Mistress; 16. Sick of you baby; 17. Blues' theme; 18. Hole in the ground; 19. Have love will travel; 20. Boss hoss; 21. Here come the cops; 22. Death of Johnny Riviera

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"I Hear Music In The Air" A Treasury Of Gospel Music 1926-1942

I Hear the Music in the Air: A Treasury of Gospel Music offers great quartet-style singing (and three mini-sermons too!) for RCA Victor between 1926 and 1942. It features the likes of The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, the Morris Brown Quartet, and the Southern Sons. It also includes the first recording of Thomas Dorsey's "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," performed in 1937 by The Heavenly Gospel Singers. (Allmusic)trax:

1. Death's Black Train Is Coming - The Reverend J.M. Gates 2. Rock My Soul - The Golden Gate Quartet 3. What A Time - The Golden Gate Quartet 4. Go Where I Send Thee - The Golden Gate Quartet 5. Precious Lord, Take My Hand - The Heavenly Gospel Singers 6. So High I Can't Get Over It - The Heavenly Gospel Singers 7. Didn't It Rain (Part 2) - The Heavenly Gospel Singers 8. The Church And The Kingdom - Elder J.E. Burch 9. Take Me To The Water - Rev. E.D. Campbell 10. Dry Bones - The Four Gospel Singers 11. Wake Me Shake Me - The Wright Brothers Gospel Singers 12. Climbing Up The Mountain - The Morris Brown Quartet 13. De Blind Man Stood On De Road And Cried - The Morris Brown Quartet 14. Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air - The Southern Sons 15. Go Down Moses - The Southern Sons 16. Lift Every Voice And Sing - The Southern Sons

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"Bump Jump Jive" Vol. 5

Great collection of upbeat R&B and jump blues!trax:

1. My Gal's A Jockey - Big Joe Turner 2. Boot 'Em Up - The Du-Droppers 3. Choo Choo's Bringing My Baby Home - Calvin Boze 4. All Night Long - Johnny Otis 5. Jump Jump Jump - The Great Gates 6. The Devil Is Mad - Dorothea Fleming 7. Sixty Minute Man - Billy Ward & The Dominoes 8. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan 9. Lille Mae - Smiley Lewis 10. Hide And Seek - Big Joe Turner 11. Shake, Pretty Baby Shake - Eddie 'Tex' Curtis 12. Sick And Tired - Lula Reed 13. Nagasaki - The Five Chances 14. Good Man Blues - Roy Brown 15. Juicy Fruit - Rudy Greene 16. Sapphire - Big Danny Oliver 17. Ride On Cedar Street - Tom "Shy Guy" Douglas 18. Mad House Jump - The Daylighters 19. Roomin' House Boogie - Amos Milburn 20. Big Mamou - Smiley Lewis 21. Lipstick, Powder & Paint - Big Joe Turner 22. Alley Kats - the Alley Kats 23. Hucklebuck With Jimmy - The Five Keys 24. How Can You Leave A Man Like This=La-Vern Baker - LaVern Baker 25. Saturday Night - Roy Brown 26. Rockin' The Mule - Pretty Boy 27. Wildfire - Piano Red 28. Country Boy - Billy Lamont 29. Take A Bath - Charles Simms 30. Night Train - Buddy Lucas

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The Renegades "Story" 1978

In fact, Finland had a thriving psychedelic / garage beat scene in the 60s!This Birmingham beat group formed in 1964. They relocated to Italy in the mid-sixties and actually had several albums released out there, and in other countries such as Holland. Obviously popular in Finland, as well, they also appeared in a film Topralli ("Top Rally"), directed by Yrjo Tahtela in 1966. One of their more interesting releases was 13 Women, a Bill Haley hit, originally released in Europe, which found its way onto President for a 1968 45.The Renegades:

Kim Brown: vox, rhythm guitar / Denys Gibson: guitar / Ian MalletT: bass / Graham Johnson: drums

traxfromwax:

1. Cadillac (1964) 2. Do the shake (1964) 3. 7 daffodils (1965) 4. Far from it (1965) 5. The Girl can't help it (1965) 6. Matelot (1965) 7. Thirteen women (1966) 8. Walking down the street (1966) 9. Blue eyes (1966) 10. Love love love (1966) 11. When i dream (1966) 12. Hey look over here (1966) 13. Un giorno tu mi cercherai (1966)

The Renegades "Cadillac" Studio Live Video 1964

Miles Corbin "Sounds From The Tiki Hut" 2000

I love this album! It takes me back to the islands, basking in the sun, sipping a mai tai, w/ some local cats playing under the palapa. I'm a big fan of the Aqua Velvets, and Miles playing is stunninly gorgeous on this cd as well. - amazonIt takes spades of talent to create music as beautiful as this without the aid of layered mixing, over-hyped production and in Miles' case, even lyrics. Even if you're not a big surf fan, but are looking for a rage-dump disc, this is it! If you happen to love surf to begin with, you will be pleasently surprised. Although, I do want to mention that this is not a full-blooded surf album. It is mainly sparkling reverb with occasional acoustic amid a tapestry of soft bongo-like percussion. No one plays as clean or precisely as Miles. His songwriting capabilities are the real treat here though. Haunting, dramatic but always relaxing, it dosen't get more mellow or exotic than this. - By Eric A. Morgantrax:

01 Tiki Hut 02 Coconut Syrup Daydream Skies 03 Sister Moonlight 04 Indian Summer 05 Quintana Roo 06 Enchanted Island 07 Beats Around The Bush 08 Kahuna 09 California Slack 10 Trail To Magic Falls

Ray Daytona & Googoobombos "Space Age Traffic Jam" 2001

Ray Daytona & Googoobombos, an italian surf-garage band. this cd is from 2001 and the cover was painted by winston smith, who worked with jello biafra and dead kennedys." - skampusSecond album, 2001 Mad Driver Records, 15 songs. Artwork by Winston Smith! Mixing up FuzzGarage with Instrumental Spaceinstrumentals these italians know how to spit out some of the finest tunes that come outta the caves of Italy!! 15 tracks like "texas saucer contact", "thunder ass", "daytona demolition derby" or "weird on the moon" say it all! This is a never boring album with an outta control singer & superb played guitars! 50's space age coverart! Yep! - Soundflattrax:

01 Scrambler 02 Texas Saucer Contact 03 Thunder Ass 04 6K6 05 2 is Better Than 1 06 Daytona Demolition Derby 07 Arizona Strip 08 Bikini Barhaus 09 Eggs & Bones 10 Monster Stomp 11 Nothing to Lose 12 Big George 13 Spider in my Head 14 Weird on the Moon 15 Corasoda Dry

"Just Shuckin' Around" 1953-1963 Wild & Crazy L.A. R&B;

If, like me, you sometimes get a wild hair up your ass to hear some totally inappropriate and thoroughly enjoyable wild ass music, this is a candidate. This 24 track collection from one of Los Angeles' most obsessive record collectors has some wonderful and completely obscure black rock & roll from the glory days. Names you may have heard include Kid Thomas, Willie Egan & Chuck Higgins who share the spotlight with groups like the TORMENTORS, MOJO WATSON and the man who the movie "American Pimp" was fashioned after, CHARLES SIMS (aka Fillmore Slim). If you were to buy these tracks individually, you would be set back a few thousand...providing you could find them. (Bluebeat Music)Just Shuckin' Around serves up two dozen slabs of wild-west R&B, baked to perfection in the Los Angeles sun. This is R&B at its most raucous and uninhibited, with none of the polish and sophistication of radio-friendly soul music. Instead, the music positively reeks of gin, violence, and sex, a potent reminder of why white conservative audiences found it so alarming. Culled from the small independent labels dotting the postwar L.A. landscape, these songs are both timeless and alien, as if beamed in from another galaxy. Add to the package comprehensive liner notes and a center foldout depicting the legendary Flash Record Store, and it becomes essential for listeners seeking an antidote to the antiseptic sheen of contemporary urban music. Highlights include Gil Bernal's "The Whip," Johnny Wright's "Wine Head," and Flash Terry's "Cool It." (Jason Ankeny, Allmusic)

trax:

1. No Hootenanny - L.A. Brown 2. Rock And Roll Fever - Willie Egans 3. Cool It - Flash Terry 4. Papa Shotgun - Billy Stafford 5. Twisted - Paul Preston 6. Aw Shucks - J. J. Jones 7. Thunderbird - William "Thunderbird" Walker 8. Teenage Jamboree - The Dusters 9. Take A Bath - Charles Sims 10. Blacksmith Blues - Chuck Higgins 11. Half Ton Tillie - Little Johnny McCall 12. You Heard What I Said - Kid Thomas & Joe Bennett 13. Part Time - Hank Moore 14. Just Shuckin' Around - Slim Henry 15. Jealous Of You Baby - Gus Jenkins 16. Didn't It Rain - The Tormentors 17. Rock And Roll Is On My Soul - Chuck Grey 18. Too Fat - Little Freddie & Don 19. Don't Shine Me On - Franke And The Dell Stars 20. The Whip - Gil Bernal 21. Wine Head - Johnny Wright 22. Flip Your Daddy - The Cocoas 23. Love Blood Hound - K.C. Mojo Watson 24. My Girl Back In L.A. - Bob Starr

(Compiled by Dick Blackburn)

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"Bump Jump Jive" Vol. 4

Great collection of upbeat R&B and jump blues!trax:

1. Sally Zu-Zazz - Big Joe Turner 2. Good Rockin' Daddy - Etta James 3. Butcher Boy - Mr. Sad Head 4. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 5. Hog Wash - Louis Jordan 6. Ain't No Rockin' No More - Roy Brown 7. Lovin' Machine - Wynonie Harris 8. Them There Eyes - Varetta Dillard 9. House Party Tonight - Amos Milburn 10. Shame Shame Shame - Smiley Lewis 11. Ooo Wee - Louis Jordan 12. New Orleans - Rosco Gordon 13. The Chicken & The Hawk - Big Joe Turner 14. Jump Man Jump - Piano Red 15. I'm Gonna Shake It - Rosco Gordon 16. 'Lizabeth - The Thrillers 17. Drippers' Boogie - Joe Liggins 18. Riba Daba Doo - Mary Jones 19. Baby, You're Tops With Me - Calvin Boze 20. Fool Mule - Dossie Terry 21. Hurry Hurry Baby - Roy Brown 22. Open The Door - Nappy Brown 23. Summin' Jumpin' - Bumps Blackwell 24. Pinetops Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins 25. Flatfoot Sam - T.V. Slim 26. Ooh Little Girl - Floyd Dixon 27. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - Ruth Brown 28. Crazy About My Baby - Harold Burrage 29. I'm Gonna Catch You - Curtis Carrington 30. I've Gotta New Car - Troyce Key

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Kaiser George & The Hi-Risers "Transatlantic Dynamite!" 2006 + "Buzz Around With The Hi-Risers" EP 2006

What happens when you mix British Invasion Beat Pop with real Stateside Rock 'n' Roll? Don't try it at home folks, because Spinout Records have already conducted the experiment for you in the relative safety of the recording studio and the result is imprinted on this disc. Be sure to handle with caution for it truly is "Transatlantic Dynamite".Scotland's Kaiser George and Rochester NY's The Hi-Risers had a "jolly good time" and a "blast" during the recording of these fourteen brand new originals, so much so that it seems certain that we can look forward to more releases in the not too distant future. The janitor at Rochester's famed Saxon Recording Studio was heard to remark that it was "as if John Lennon had joined forces with Buddy Holly's Crickets". True? You be the judge, dear listener! One thing's for sure, Kaiser George and the Hi-Risers are an explosive combination when it comes to unbridled Pop 'n' Roll performed with irresistably carefree abandon.trax:

01 I'd Rather Be With You 02 Little Devil 03 Fine And Dandy 04 I Like That Peggy Jones 05 I'm Gonna Haunt You 06 I Like You 07 Shake In The Middle 08 Confession Of Love 09 Come Home To Me 10 Stick Around 11 Everybody Knows 12 Stand By My Baby 13 How Will I Know?14 I'll Be True.mp3

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"Buzz Around With The Hi-Risers"

The Hi-Risers play energetic, song-oriented rock'n'roll. Formed in 1997, the members are Greg Townson (vocals, guitar),Todd Bradley (vocals, bass) and Jason Smay (drums).trax:

01 Buzz Little Bumble Bee 02 Summertime Here We Come 03 Foundation Rock 04 Rockin Spree 05 Wheels of love 06 We're all on that train

Guantanamo Baywatch "Darling... It's Too Late" 2015

If you’ve been searching for your perfect summer soundtrack, you may look no further.Portland's surfin' party punks Guantanamo Baywatch have learned a few tricks in the three years since they released their first album, and 2015's Darling... It's Too Late is in practically every respect an improvement on their well-meaning but not so thrilling debut, Chest Crawl. Guantanamo Baywatch have worked up a better set of songs this time out; "Jungle Bride," "Sea of Love," and "Beat Has Changed" outweigh anything on the group's debut, and guitarist Jason Powell has not only sharpened his six-string skills, he's come up with some snazzy instrumental numbers, and "Raunch Stomp" and "Shenanigans" should separate the cool cats from the ho-dads in no time flat. (Powell also cooks up a nice cover of Eddie & the Showmen's "Mr. Rebel" for the historically minded.) The production and engineering (courtesy of Ben Coleman, Justin McNeight, and Ed Rawls) are cleaner and tougher this time out, and bassist Chevelle Super Sport and drummer Christopher Michael Scott are a stronger, steadier rhythm section after a few years' practice. And while slightly bent surf music is still this band's stock in trade, the slinky R&B-influenced weeper "Too Late" (including a guest appearance by singer Curtis Harding) and the stomping dance number "Boy Like Me" show they're adding new levels to their game and making it work. At just 31 minutes, Darling... It's Too Late feels a bit like a party that broke up before it really got into fifth gear, but this album is a much better expression of Guantanamo Baywatch's potential than their first long-player, and anyone who wished GB's music was as good as their ideas on Chest Crawl gets the payoff on Darling... It's Too Late. - AllMusic Review by Mark Demingtrax:

01 Jungle Bride 02 Raunch Stomp 03 Sea of Love 04 Corey Baum's Theme 05 Too Late 06 Mr. Rebel 07 Beat Has Changed 08 Shenanigans 09 Boy Like Me 10 Do What You Want

Ray Daytona & Googoobombos "a wild shot of..." 2000

The band is born in June, 1997, when four lads from Siena province in Tuscany decide to join in to play instrumental garage and surf tunes, revisited with an aggressive and modern attitude…...They take inspiration from Link Wray, The Sonics, The Cramps and those obscure garage bands from anthologies such as Back from the Grave, Nuggets and Pebbles; their aesthetic and cultural imaginary, fed by 50s and 60s B-Movies, brings them to choose nicknames: Ray Daytona on guitar, Madison Wheeler on drums and vocals, Doctor D on rhythm guitar and vocals, Red Razor on bass. Go-go dancers and the “space” sound of the Theremin often accompany their first gigs. In less than one year, thanks to an intense live activity and to four singles published in vinyl by Italian and European labels, the band bursts into the underground musical scene and is recognized by the media. In 1999 they play for the first time at the Festival Beat and soon after they sign for Mad Driver Records from Torino to record their first album.
Published in January 2000, A Wild Shot of… with its title pays homage to Henry Mancini and his soundtracks, while musically is a compendium of the music of the Sixties, from surf to garage punk, and is dedicated to the memory of Screaming Lord Sutch, met by Ray Daytona and Googoobombos a few months before he died. During the recordings Rosie replaces Red Razor on bass guitar.
After a year of gigs around Italy the bands records Space Age Traffic Jam, a new garage-punk release, with a more direct sound, made more solid also by the sound engineer in studio, David Lenci. The cover is an artwork by the American artist Winston Smith, known for his works with Dead Kennedys, Green Day, No Means No and others, with whom the band starts a long cooperation and friendship. Meanwhile the band keeps on playing live, opening for such band as Radio Birdman and Nashville Pussy.trax:

01 Speed Limit 65 02 Gran Prix 03 It's Too Late 04 Jamie Lee 05 Rail-Vette 06 Real Black King 07 Here Come the Cops 08 Motodrome 09 Surf Party 10 Coyote 11 Smell of Zambra 12 Tellin' Lies 13 X-Mas Eve 14 Uncle Creepy Takes a Trip

"Bump Jump Jive" Vol. 3

Great collection of upbeat R&B and jump blues!trax:

1. Well All Right - Big Joe Turner 2. Mr. Bear Comes To Town - Teddy McRae 3. Good Morning Judge - Wynonie Harris 4. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 5. Chew Tobacco Rag - Lucky Millinder 6. Shake 'Em Up Baby - Roy Brown 7. Windy City Boogie Rock - J.T. Brown 8. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan 9. Birmingham Bounce - Amos Milburn 10. Rootin' N Tootin' - Smiley Lewis 11. Flip, Flop & Fly - Big Joe Turner 12. Boogie Boo - Jimmy Maddin 13. Who's Been Drinking My Wine - Eddie Snow 14. J.W. Boogie - Jim Wilson 15. Messy Bessy - Louis Jordan 16. The Hucklebuck - Earl Hooker 17. I Love My Baby - Harold Burrage 18. Nervous Man Nervous - Big Jay McNeely 19. Three O'Clock Jump (Part 2) - Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers 20. Slippin' And Slidin' - Calvin Boze 22. Chonnie On Chon - James Brown 23. Chicken Little - Ravon Darnell 24. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner 25. Bring It Home To Me - Buddy Johnson 26. Miss Mushmouth - Lloyd "Fatman" 27. Jam Up Twist - Tommy Ridgely 28. Do What You Did - Thurston Harris 29. Scortched - Varetta Dillard 30. I Got A New Car - Big Boy Groves

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John Fogerty's Blue Ridge Rangers Record Collection; The Original Versions & The Blue Ridge Rangers (Original 1973 Album)

Owing Fantasy Records one more album after the break-up of Creedence Clearwater Revival, JOHN FOGERTY decided to throw his fans for a loop by delivering a record of country classics under the name the BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN RANGERS. Fogerty had dipped his toe in country influences on a few songs on CCR’s later records but this time he decided to jump in head first.  The 1973 release did not even feature his name on the cover but the sound was unmistakably the former Creedence leader, this time playing all the instruments himself. It would have provided CCR’s audience with a much-needed lesson in C&W history but the album peaked at #47 on the charts (after nothing but Top 10 albums by Creedence). The songs on this collection are mostly the original versions but all of them are the versions that inspired Fogerty.(Mark R.)The Original Versions trax:
1. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues '38 - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers 2. Somewhere Listening (For My Name) '53 - The Original 5 Blind Boys Of Mississippi 3. You're the Reason '61 - Bobby Edwards 4. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) '52 - Hank Williams 5. She Thinks I Still Care '62 - George Jones 6. California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) '28 - Jimmie Rodgers 7. Workin' on a Building '36 - The Carter Family 8. Please Help Me, I'm Falling '60 - Hank Locklin 9. Have Thine Own Way, Lord '59 - The Country Gentlemen 10. I Ain't Never '59 - Webb Pierce 11. Hearts of Stone '54 - The Charms 12. Today I Started Loving You Again '68 - Merle Haggard
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The Blue Ridge Rangers (Original 1973 Album)trax:

01 Blue Ridge Mountain Blues 02 Somewhere Listening (For My Name) 03 You're The Reason 04 Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 05 She Thinks I Still Care 06 California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) 07 Workin' On A Building 08 Please Help Me, I'm Falling 09 Have Thine Own Way, Lord 10 I Ain't Never 11 Hearts Of Stone 12 Today I Started Loving You Again

Gallon Drunk "Tonite... The Singles Bar" 1991

Throughout their entire career, every single GALLON DRUNK have released has achieved Single Of The Week in either the NME or MELODY MAKER.One thing that can't be said about Gallon Drunk is that they're easy to listen to -- far from it. The sound the band produces verges on coherency at times, but without enough of a focus to actually slap a definition on it. Tom Waits, the Pogues, the Sex Pistols, a hundred surf bands, the Kingsmen, the Troggs, the Stranglers and a half-dozen drunk Irish poets...
Gallon Drunk have elements of all the above, with the result that the sound veers from repulsive to crazily attractive in a very primitive way. Giving this collection of their single releases more than a fighting chance is worth the work, though. While tracks like Snakepit, hailing from their early days, are raw and obnoxious, there are also serious surprises and eye-openers to be had -- Gallon Drunk's version of Miserlou is a slow, dark pulse that makes it the high point of the album.
This is wild-eyed primitive rock & roll in no uncertain terms, the sort of thing that can easily make the average listener uncomfortable. Consequently, it's definitely worth checking out. There aren't too many bands as seriously deranged as this one. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music GuideGallon Drunk:

James Johnston (g, voc), Mike Delanian (bg), Max Decharne (org, dr) und Nick Combe, Joe Byfield (dr), Terry Edwards (sax)

trax:

1. Last Gasp (Safety) 2. Rolling Home 3. Snake Pit 4. Misirlou 5. Ruby 6. Draggin' Along 7. May the Earth Open Here 8. Please Give Me Something 9. Whirlpool 10. Gallon Drunk

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"Exotic Guitars" - An Xtabay Compilation 2007

Very very cool instrumental tunes, sit back, relax and listen to "exotic guitars"."Exotic Guitars" an Xtabay compilation 60 tracks of exotica surf madness generously compiled and shared by the australian mythic site "Xtabay's World" a site where exotica, lounge and space age pop music rules.trax dic 1:

1. Baia - 3 Balls of Fire 2. Beneath Mexican Stars - 3 Balls of Fire 3. Bongo Bongo - The Apemen 4. Blue Hawaii - The Aquamen 5. Quiet Planet - The Astronettes 6. Spy Vs. Spy - The Beat Tornados 7. The Cruel Sea - The Beat Tornados 8. Kanaka's Shack - Ben Vaughn 9. Club Cabana - Big Surf 10. Waikiki Storm - The Bitch Boys 11. Mystery Planet - The Bomboras 12. Cocktail Lounge - Bootcut 13. Maui's Sunset - The Dead Rocks 14. Cha Cha Guitars - Duals 15. Hynotic - El Ray 16. Namotu Moon - Gary Hoey 17. Least Favorite Martian - The Greaseballs 18. Diamond Head - Huevos Rancheros 19. Latin Ranch - Huevos Rancheros 20. Psycho From Ipanema - Hypnomen

trax dic 2:

21. Shalamar - Hypnomen 22. Malaguena - Invisible Surfers 23. Man With the Golden Arm - Jet Harris & Tony Meechan 24. Aspiración - Langhorns 25. Chaquita - Link Protrudi & The Jaymen 26. Reef Shadows - Longboard Ranch 27. Hotspot - Los Banditos 28. Corona Del Mar - Los Coronas 29. High Sierra - Los Coronas 30. Voodoo Astronaut - Los Plantronics 31. Kilahuea - Los Tiki Phantoms 32. Runaway From Zardoz - Los Twang! Marvels 33. Brasil - Los Twang! Marvels 34. Thunderbirds Theme - The Manatees 35. Agent Tremolo - messer chups 36. Celluloid Planetoid - The Metalunas 37. El Toro Gano - The Moon-Rays 38. Bandito - The Pastel Six 39. Istanbul - The Phantom Surfers 40. Evil Tiki - Los Plantronics

trax dic 3:

41. Area 51 - Ray Daytona And Googoobombos 42. Roswell - Retrofoguetes 43. Paint It Bond - The Reverberators 44. Wild As The Sea - The Sandals 45. Tiki Bar Crawl - Slacktone 46. The Apes of Wrath - The Space Cossacks 47. On the road to Sicily - Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited 48. Perfidia - Stringalongs 49. Aloha Alien - Supersónicos 50. Stranger In Paradise - The Supertones 51. Cocktails With Bond - The Surf Trio 52. Las Luchadoras - The Surf Trio 53. Ghost Rider in the Sky - Susan & The SurfTones 54. Hawaii 5-0 - The Swamp Coolers 55. Theme From The Ipcress File (A Man Alone) - The Torpedoes 56. Sunset Cruise - The Torquays 57. Evilvis - Tremolo Beer Gut 58. Matador - The Verbtones 59. Latin Vibrations - Vibrasonic 60. The Last Wave - The Volcanos