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Posted by softmachine on July 15, 2008 at 8:24am in Shameless Self-Promotion

What's the best Garage album? Come and vote or recommend albums you think should be on the list:

The best Garage album is...

Permalink Reply by swt on July 17, 2008 at 3:17am: The Nuggets box set (Volume 1, Rhino Records) is magical, but is IS 4 CDs, thus way too vast to be considered an "album."

So I'll vote for Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs' Their Second Album, the one with "Ju Ju Hand" and great covers of R&B and blues tunes including slow and greasy classics "Magic Touch" and "The Gypsy." Most the tunes had themes of magic, withcraft and voodoo. And it had a great cover (later used for at least one greatest hits compilation) that showed the band gathered around a cauldron with dry-ice smoke and a stuffed baby alligator.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hank Cockpit on July 17, 2008 at 5:15am: Reatards Teenage Hate; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gra Fiend on July 18, 2008 at 6:42am: THE SONICS - BOOM - No contest

However you may also want to list:
BACK FROM THE GRAVE Pick your own fav they are all fantastic - way more Garage punk than the Nuggets or Pebbles series
THE BEST OF PEBBLES Vol1 - GET PRIMITIVE - Love all three volumes but Vol1 is the cream of the garage from the pebbles series (The only one which is as close to BFTG).
GARAGE PUNK UNKNOWNS BOX SET- Yeah it's a box set but each individual album is a killer
TEENAGE SHUTDOWN - Jump Jive and Harmonize - Vol1 is still my fav of the series.
THE MUMMIES - Never Been Caught - They changed the scene and set the standard -God like album (yeah I know it's their second album but I prefer it to the first one and I'm refering to the band here)
SONGS WE TAUGHT THE FUZZTONES - Bit cheating as it's two albums - both amazing

All the above should be voted for; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hank Cockpit on July 18, 2008 at 9:30am: I find it hard to ignore the self titled Supercharger LP, and Sonics Boom and Never Been Caught are also up there for me.

I guess it really depends on what mood I'm in.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gringo Starr on July 18, 2008 at 8:14pm: Can't really argue with Gra Fiend.
#1 The Sonics - Boom (****) 4 star work of genius
Some very honorable mentions must go to:
The Seeds - Seeds (1st LP) & Web of Sound
The Music Machine - Turn On The Music Machine (although not all cuts are brilliant or original) + Bonniwell's Music Machine (Eagle never hunts the fly,Double Yellow Line,etc.--brilliant!)
The Remains - The Remains 1966 (****) you have to give this record 4 stars!!
The Count V - Psychotic Reaction (although in my opinion about 50% of the LP is truly brilliant)
The Electric Prunes - I had too much to dream last night
The Outsiders (Dutch) - The Outsiders (first LP) drummer blows my fucking mind!
The Monks - Black Monk Time (I would have a hard time arguing that this record doesn't deserve the #1 position)
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1972 (but it's a comp.)
Of course I assume we are talking about the golden age garage albums (1965-1968)? This discussion would be meaningless otherwise (in my opinion). And we are talking about full LP's, right? I think that is important and really narrows down the field. So many bands recorded genius singles/songs. I could type all night about one-off songs. A full LP is the way to find the best of the best. Thanks for asking.
Gringo.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SarahJayne on July 20, 2008 at 12:37am: Laugh all ya want, but the Shadows of Knight's 'Gloria' is pretty much my fave....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gringo Starr on July 20, 2008 at 7:46am: Well, I'm not laughing at you at all! More like laughing with you! I think you've now completed my last post!
The first two long players by The Shadows of Knight - Gloria (1966) + Back Door Men (1967) on Dunwich are definitely top contenders for best garage album (with songs like 'I got my mojo workin', 'Light Bulb Blues', 'I Just Want To Make Love To You' and of course their version of 'Gloria' by Them) 'I’m Gonna Make You Mine' (on Back Door Men) is probably one of thee GREATEST garage tracks of all time!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Hoodlum Circus on July 21, 2008 at 5:45pm: Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators... come on now, You're Gonna Miss Me, Roller Coaster, Tried to Hide etc. etc...

I'll also agree with the Mummies- Never Been Caught
Black Lips- Let it Bloom
The Stooges-Fun House; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gringo Starr on July 22, 2008 at 10:19am: I'll never be able to hold my head up high here at the Hideout!! Yessss! of course!
The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators (****)
You're Gonna Miss Me
Roller Coaster
Splash 1
Reverberation
Don't Fall Down
Fire Engine
Thru The Rhythm
You Don't Know
Kingdom Of Heaven
Monkey Island
Tried To Hide

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Permalink Reply by SarahJayne on July 22, 2008 at 7:23pm: Gringo Starr said:
Well, I'm not laughing at you at all! More like laughing with you! I think you've now completed my last post!
The first two long players by The Shadows of Knight - Gloria (1966) + Back Door Men (1967) on Dunwich are definitely top contenders for best garage album (with songs like 'I got my mojo workin', 'Light Bulb Blues', 'I Just Want To Make Love To You' and of course their version of 'Gloria' by Them) 'I’m Gonna Make You Mine' (on Back Door Men) is probably one of thee GREATEST garage tracks of all time!

I love that you can tell they were so young and enthusiastic, yet have such a snotty quality to them. And they proved just how good cover songs could be. To me Gloria just epitomizes the spirit of that era : ).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gra Fiend on July 23, 2008 at 12:44pm: It's all these one off greats that led me to choose the "Songs We Taught The Fuzztones Comp - for those not familiar with this comp here's a few examples of whats on there:
The Blues Magoos - Dante's Inferno
The Sparkles - No Friend Of Mine
The Haunted - 125
The Sonics - Cinderella / Strychnine / The Witch
The Electras - Action Woman
The Calico Wall - I'm A Living Sickness
The Fabs - That's The Bag I'm In
The Bees - Voices Green & Purple
The Bold - Gotta get Some
The Reengades - 13 Woman
The Heard - Your Gonna Miss Me
And there's more but hey I'm hogging a bit
Still have to vote for The Sonics "Boom" as best "Garage Album"
I'll leave it there....for now; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Barbacans on July 25, 2008 at 3:17am: Where are The Cynics, The thanes and The Morlocks.... Come on guys... '80s garage is not bad!; ▶ Reply to This