VA - Psychedelia - A Herbal Mixture Of Psychedelic Remedies And Freakbeat Fantoms (5 Disc Box) Part 1 Flac & mp3@320

''Psychedelia - A Herbal Mixture Of Psychedelic Remedies And Freakbeat Fantoms'' is a box released in 2015 by Rubble. The box contains five discs of psychedelic pop and rock by bands and artists you don't hear on every second sampler. I really love this box and i think you will do it, too. I want to post one or two discs a day. Today i begin with disc 1 called ''Psychedelia - Oil Emulsion Slyde'' and the complete artwork of the box. I highly recommend this box. On disc 1 you will hear bands such as Svensk, The State Of Mickey And Tommy, Alan Avon, Jackpots, Kinetic, The Gibsons just to name a few. I hope you will like it

Have fun
               Frank

                       
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Power Pop From Down Under: The Someloves - Don't Talk About Us : The Real Pop Recordings Of The Someloves 1985 - 1989 (2006 Half A Cow Records) Flac & mp3

The entire released output of this Australian power pop is contained on this two-CD compilation, with disc one presenting their sole album, 1990's Something or Other, and disc two assorted non-album cuts and previously unreleased items. Something or Other itself is esteemed by some power pop aficionados as one of the genre's best records, getting ranked in the Top Ten of a list of the 25 greatest such albums in a 1999 issue of Goldmine.

Power pop fanatics might be even more prone than other special-interest fan bases to zealously champion items non-specialists might find of average quality, but even taking that into consideration, it seems such praise might be overly generous. It's a well-done, confident power pop record, heavy on strident, assertive chords, vocal harmonies, bright ringing guitars, and upbeat romantic lyrics.

It's not, however, a strikingly original entry in the field, bearing obvious traces of some of key Someloves songwriters Daryl Mather and Dom Mariani's admitted influences, like Big Star and Dwight Twilley. At times it sounds rather like a more indie pop-oriented Tom Petty as well, particularly in the vocal delivery.

The production (with overdubs and mixing done at Mitch Easter's studio) is more layered and nuanced than many such releases, and if this kind of music had been a very commercial style around the globe in 1990, there seems little doubt that these guys could have sold a good many records. It didn't, however, leaving this as something primarily of appeal to power pop cultists, many of whom remain unaware of its existence, the Australian group being pretty obscure on an international level.

If you are one of those cultists, however, this reissue is something to treasure, with disc two adding seven previously released cuts that didn't appear on the album, as well as a demo of Something or Other's "How She Loves" and the "EMI mix" of their debut 1986 single, "It's My Time." This second disc actually has some songs with more obvious, catchy pop appeal than most of the tracks on Something or Other, such as "She's a Better Lover."

The package also has an amazingly detailed 36-page booklet by American indie rock expert Fred Mills with a group history, vintage photos and graphics, and interviews with the band and Mitch Easter, though somehow it does not manage to specify the original release details of all of the previously issued tracks on disc two.(Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com)

If you want to describe the genre'' Power Pop'' (at least in the eighties), you put on The Someloves and turn up the volume. I think this is a good way to describe the genre quite well. The band had everything to be successful. Dom Mariani was a really important man for the australian Pop and Rock music in the last fourty years. That's just a fact and can't say often enough. 
If you like Power pop you shouldn't miss this album. I highly recommend it.  

Listen loud and have fun
                                        Frank

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If You Like The Beatles Please Welcome... Joey Molland - This Way Up (2001, Independent Artists, USA) Flac & mp3

Joey Molland's group Badfinger was one of the great power pop bands of all time. Before the Raspberries, the Dwight Twilley Band, and other tunesmiths found the magic of energetic car radio melodies, Molland and crew led the way. This Way Up continues that work and is one of the best solo discs that ex-members of the Beatles never made. It bears repeating -- This Way Up contains the essence of what was great about those early solo Beatles albums, not surprising because Molland played on some of them. The surprise is that a sideman from those sessions has created a mini-masterpiece rivaling, and on some songs equaling, those classic and important recordings. As good as Molland's power trio is live, why it doesn't perform originals onstage the way they are presented on this disc is a mystery. Molland is an excellent guitarist, and in concert he can veer off from the hit material and rival Pat Travers.

That isn't always what his audience wants -- what his audience wants are the pretty guitar lines and vocals in a song like "The Bust," a slice of the stuff that made everyone into Badfinger fans, still alive and well and current. This is a very, very excellent recording, make no mistake about that. From the opening track, "Mirrors," to the bounce of "Happy," and from the cool John Lennon-ish "This Must Be Love" to the final production, a moody and melancholy "Isn't That a Dream," 13 perfectly constructed songs by Molland do more than just carry on a tradition -- they combine to give proof that this style of music is still so very vital.

This CD can satisfy the fans of discs like Plastic Ono Band, Mind Games, Ram, and All Things Must Pass. It has flavors of the song "Free As a Bird" and it has Molland presenting tremendous pop; just listen to the exquisite "Moonlight" to get that thrill the first McCartney solo project gave you. This album is everything a fan of those wonderful early solo Beatles albums is looking for -- great lyrics, pretty melodies, and elegant sounds. If you want to know where Tom Petty could go with his music, listen to "A Way to Be." Molland should've been in the Traveling Wilburys, and if that venerable "supergroup" did this album with the Badfinger guitarist, this amazing stuff would have had a fighting chance. In a perfect world, music directors would seek out superior sounds no matter if released on an independent, a major label, or the Internet.

This entertaining record deserves airplay wherever people like and want to hear the music of the Beatles. "What Else/Nothing" is just an incredible Beatles-style track from the man who played on the Imagine album, on All Things Must Pass, and on Concert for Bangladesh, a musician who the Beatles themselves signed and brought to the attention of the world. "Tell Me" could be the Traveling Wilburys, while "Three Minute Warning" is reinvented Chuck Berry by way of Marc Bolan before T. Rex. The final track is majestic, with a vocal like Ian Hunter and suspending guitar lines that chug along slowly. This Way Up is an incredible work of art that deserves worldwide exposure.(allmusic.com)

I heard the album years after its release. And it blew me away. I don't want to say too much about it. The Badfinger fans here will know the album. To all others: Listen! Absolutely. A brilliant album, Mr Molland.

Enjoy
          Frank

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VA - Nederbeat 1963 - 1969 Beat, Bluf & Branie (5 Disc Box Edition 2001 Hunter Music) Flac & mp3

Hi folks, I don't think I need to present this composition in a big way. The name says it all, and most of you are already familiar with the ''Nederbeat'' releases. Disc 5 is called ''Beat Behind The Dikes - Nederbeat Rarities'' and introduces some not so well-known artists. All in all 125 tracks of great sixties pop music from the Netherlands.
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I hope you have fun
be fast
          Frank

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Wreckless Eric - Wreckless Eric 1978 (1991 Repertoire Records) Flac & mp3

Wreckless Eric's eponymous debut is a ragged, endearing collection of crude rock & roll. In a way, crude doesn't even begin to describe Eric's music. A muddle of scratchy guitars, pounding drumming, and snarled, indecipherable vocals, the record is pure, primal garage rock in the old-fashioned sense. Although Wreckless Eric has the demeanor of a punk, his music is straight-out rock & roll in the old-fashioned sense -- there's even saxophones and organs popping out of the mix. What makes Wreckless Eric such fun is its combination of catchy hooks, spirited playing, and downright rudeness.
 

Only a handful of songs are fully formed, and those -- "Whole Wide World" and Ian Dury's "Rough Kids" -- are punk-inflected pub rock classics, pure pop songs in every sense of the term. The remainder are off-kilter, idiosyncratic pop songs -- about everything from "Personal Hygiene" and "Waxworks" to "Telephoning Home" and "Brain Thieves" -- performed with sloppy, drunken abandon. Too punk for pub rockers, too straightforward for punk, and too weird for everybody else, Wreckless Eric's debut album is one of the small gems of the punk era.(allmusic.com)

This guy have done a lot of fine albums with a very own kind of pop songs.

Enjoy
          Frank

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Psychedelic Pop from the Netherlands: Zen - Hair 1969 (2002 Rotation) Flac & mp3@320

Zen was a band from the Netherlands. They released their only album, called ''Hair'' in 1969. It is a beautiful album of psychedelic pop/rock. I highly recommend it if you like this kind of nederbeat or nederpop. This is the ''Rotation'' release from 2002 with eleven bonus tracks.

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Garage Pop, Rock, Folk: Those Guys - Behind The Glasses 1967 ( 2009 60sgaragebands.com) Flac & mp3@320

Realizing a good thing when one came along, Those Guys David Owens, Jimmy Owens and Bill Dabbs hooked up with Bob Barnes and Eddie Deaton shortly after that duo's own rock band--the legendary Elite--broke up. This line-up of Those Guys would soon become one of the most popular groups in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. The band scored a regional hit in 1967 with their version of 'People Say' but reached their peak behind the incredibly strong songwriting of David Owens. Over forty years later, their 'Stereopis Of A Floret' and 'Lookin' At You Behind The Glasses' have become recognized as garage rock and psychedelic classics.

This collection of Those Guys recordings includes the complete recorded output of the core group, including their four single sides, six unreleased recordings enginnered by T-Bone Burnett and four bonus tracks recorded for the Sump'n Else TV show.

Very nice 60's popfolkpsychedelicgarage album. The band deserved more attention and success in my opinion. If you like it you can buy it here

Frank

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Sunshine/Harmony Pop The New Colony Six - Treat Her Groovy 1968/69 (2005 El Records) Flac & mp3@320

Though it's not obvious from the cover, this 22-track CD compilation is basically a reissue of the New Colony Six's third and fourth LPs (1968's Revelations and 1969's Attacking a Straw Man), presenting the albums one after the other with their original track sequences. This was the era in which the Chicago band, which started off with a rawer garage pop sound, softened its approach considerably and found some modest national commercial success.

Those who swear by the group's earlier work (particularly the excellent 1966 debut, Breakthrough) are likely to be disappointed by the far more mainstream harmony pop/rock of these records, though on the other hand, fans of groups like the Association might favor this era more than the previous one. Including the hits "I Will Always Think About You," "Can't You See Me Cry," "Things I'd Like to Say," "I Want You to Know," "Barbara, I Love You," and "I Could Never Lie to You," it's on the mild and indistinctive side of the style, sometimes incorporating light orchestration and brass, and making an unlikely venture into country on "Just Feel Worse." 

On Revelations, there's perhaps a slightly brasher, less slickly produced feel than numerous somewhat similar California sunshine pop acts had, as well as a greater British Invasion influence, though the baroque touches common to much late-'60s baroque rock are present. The British rock elements recede and jazzier ones (especially "Ride the Wicked Wind") rise more to the fore on the more middle-of-the-road Attacking a Straw Man, concluding with the maudlin recitation "Prairie Grey."(allmusic.com)

Although I like the band's first album very much, I am more a fan of the band's more pop-oriented stuff. This is also due to the fact that the later works of the band were arranged much more sophisticated than the early stuff. In any case it is undisputed that there was a band at work here with an environment who knew exactly what they wanted. I really like this compilation very much and all of you who are into sixties pop music should give it a listen.

Have fun
               Frank

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British Invasion From The Netherlands: The Golden Earrings - Just Ear-Rings 1965 (2009 RPM) Flac & mp3@320

Golden Earring were hailed as one of the hottest new bands in America when the song "Radar Love" from their album Moontan was released in 1973. Funny thing was, Golden Earring were hardly a new band; while they weren't well known outside the Netherlands, in their native Holland they were major stars who had been scoring hits for eight years. 

Just Earrings was their first LP, recorded in 1965 when they were still billed as the Golden Earrings, and it's fine British Invasion-style beat music that suggests the group was still formulating a sound of its own, but had absorbed the influences of the Who, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Zombies, and the Hollies and had fashioned the bits and pieces into a sound that was powerfully tuneful and engaging. The Golden Earrings wrote nearly all their own material at a time when even the U.K. bands they modeled themselves on performed a fair percentage of covers, and "Now I Have" and "Lonely Everyday" show they knew how put together a potent rock & roll number, while "I Am a Fool" and "When People Talk" are effectively moody downbeat tunes and "I Hate Saying These Words" is a light but effervescent pop song. George Kooymans and Peter De Ronde were a great guitar team, bassist Rinus Gerritsen and drummer Jaap Eggermont push the music forward with energy and imagination, and Frans Krassenburg's vocals show both attitude and aptitude, especially since he's singing in English (though the lyrics don't always survive close scrutiny).

If Just Earrings had been recorded by a British band, chances are good the group could have scored that first hit in America a lot sooner -- the album is certainly on a par with the work of most of the U.K. bands that were storming the U.S charts at the time, and if it took longer for America to warm to rock & roll from Holland, this is fun stuff that swings in any time zone.(allmusic.com)

The music on this album is completely different from what the later renamed Golden Earring played. This is a really strong album of so called ''british invasion'' sounds. You hear the influence of the Beatles, the Hollies, Kinks and all the british big bands of the time then. And the Ear-Rings have done it very well and i recommend this album to all of you who loved and love the british sounds of the mid sixties.
Have fun
              Frank

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