Help Me Build My X-Mas List: Garage Punk Albums??

[Courtney Watson]

Hey folks. I need help from anyone willing. I am building a wish list for Baby Jesus Day, and need to add to my (ashamed to say) non-exisitent Garage Punk collection (I'm a podcast junkie).

Gimmie your top-ten must-have albums, or whatever recommendations you might have.

Mucho appreciated (;

[Courtney Watson]

Ooh and I already have Left Arm! I am trying to buy local CDs for pals for Baby Jesus day. Maybe I can finally get them to a show...

[Hank Cockpit]

A "non-existent Garage Punk collection" could mean a lot of things... anyway, for starters, I certainly couldn't live without the Reatards' Teenage Hate LP

[The Hydeouts]

Garage Punk Albums to Find:
1) King Khan and BBQ Show -"What's for Dinner" (In the Red Records)
2) The Urges - "PsychWard" (Screaming Apple)
3)Tell Tale Hearts
4) Miracle Workers
5) Zombies- "The Singles LP"
6) The Sonics "Sonic Boom" or "any rereleased 7" on Norton"
7) The Cynics- "Rock N Roll"- (Get Hip)

Hope this helps u in your record quest. Search out the Bomp mailorder or check out their website.

[Mr Yates]

Some cool Australian music to stuff your stocking with:
The Scientists - Blood Red River
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
Digger and the Pussycats - Watch Yr Back
Eddie Current Supression Ring - S/T
feedtime - S/T
Lubricated Goat - Paddock of Love
Anything by the Cosmic Psychos
Early Hard ons 7"s
Any Dirty Three release

[zacharythax]

Recent faves:
Creatures of the Golden Dawn: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Monks: Black Monk Time
Albums that were my meat'n potatoes that were the soundtrack to my coming up:
The Stooges: Raw Power
The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us
The Fuzztones: Lysergic Emanations
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Albums that I didn't like at first but really grew on my and became lasting faves:
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
X: Under the Big Black Sun (Described as "The sound of the 'live fast die young' generation finding out they're not so tough after all.)

Hope that helps get you started. When I first started getting into punk (at age 16 year 1984) I didn't like the Cramps or the Stooges at first. It took me a while for the hook to get into my skin.

[dumfuk]

Meat n potatoes garage punk stuff:

Johnny Thuders and the Heartbreakers: LAMF
NY Dolls: 1st 2 albums (NY Dolls and Too much too soon)
Nuggets box set (and Nuggets II box set, which isn't as good, but ya still gotta have it)
Velvet Underground peel slowly and see box set (or the 1st 3 VU albums)
1st 4 Ramones albums
all the early Buzzcocks stuff
all the Back from the Grave comps (already mentioned, I think)
all Oblivians (Soul Food, Sympathy Sessions, Popular Favorites, Play 9 Songs w.Quintron) plus whatever 7" you can get yr mits on
Compulsive Gamblers--3 albums: Crystal gazing luck amazing, Gamblin Days are over, Bluff City
all Dirtbombs--this includes a shitload of 7"s and three albums (Horndog Fest, Ultraglide in Black, Dangerous Magical Noise...and that If you need another look collection is good, too--so I guess it's 4 albums)
Mummies-never been caught
most early stuff on Ripoff records (Loli and the Chones, the Rip Offs)
All Devil Dogs: s/t, Big Beef Bonanza, Saturday nite fever, Choad Blast ep, Stereodrive ep
1st few Swingin Neckbreakers: Live for Buzz and Kick your Ass
Deadly Snakes: I'm not your Soldier..., Ode to Joy, Porcella
Rolling Stones: all of their albums chronologically up to Exile on Mainstreet (is the best --mentioned in an earlier post)...Includes Between the buttons, Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers.
first 3 Stooges albums: S/T, Fun House, Raw Power
Love-forever changes
Sonics Boom
the Norton Northwest Killers series (3 volumes)

Not bad for off the top of my head.
Now get started!

[Courtney Watson]

I've got The Stooges "Raw Power," Stones "Let it Bleed" and "Sticky Fingers"

Man, I'm lucky my birthday is next month, with this kickass list!

[Dead Boy]

I highly recommend "Showdown! 1981-1993" of the Nomads!!
http://music.yahoo.com/release/36266
They're a best Swedish garage band!

[kopper]

So how many of these did you actually GET for Christmas, Courtney? Hope you had a good haul!

[Courtney Watson]

Finally got started on it:


http://www.courtneywatson.net/?p=222

[michael fortune]

start your own 'garage rock' collection.

manilow, hooker, real kids, missing persons, falco. if it's in your garage and you rock to it, you just did your own math.

*youalwayshavetohaveanexploitedalbum

[SultrySalesman]

Someone from Lamps just put up a bunch of hard to find records on their ebay account:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmisterbidjangles