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  • " LOVE IT!!!!! had this song when i was eleven at primary school.

  • " LOVE IT!!!!!

  • Sounds just like Yardbirds so much so that they should be arrested and locked up for flagrant plagerism.

  • I went to Foothill College with the drummer. Anybody know what happened to the San Jose band The People?

  • @kixigvak 42 years old.ive in san jose work in foster city drive by foothill college during my commute and listen to ksjc from time to time.

  • A lovely tune... Wherein our heroes proceed to out yardbird the Yardbirds for a little over three minutes of Garage Rock ecstasy.

    Love the drummer.

  • @psychkoala yes indeed , I love a good drummer. So many good drummers around in the sixties

  • @Loofafa - Oh how I have learned the drumming in this tune, fantastic!

  • Nice mix on my laptop. He had a good voice, great photo of the guys in goth garb, looks like they're in front of the Winchester Mansion - a scary place......

  • I'm of the 70s generation, and one day on the "progressive rock" station, after a 32-minute ELP song, they put THIS on. I was STUNNED by how INCREDIBLY GREAT it sounded.

  • heart full of soul

  • sitting on the side of a huey in nam! on a m60! thats what type of song that is lol.

  • Go Sharks.....

  • They copied the Yardbirds.

  • San Jose's finest! Have you ever read the eccentric piece Lester Bangs (Psychotic Reactions & Carburator Dung) wrote about the Count V?

  • No, not read that.

  • @willbgood65 --- Yeah, I've read it, it was included as part of Edsel's Best-Of CD release. And dumbass me thought it was all serious at first, had NO idea he was making up albums that this band NEVER released!!! I was pissed when I later found out these guys lasted one album & one album only........LOL!!!!!

  • i had a psychotic reaction listening to it hahahahah

  • Although very young at the time, what hooked me on "Psychotic Reaction" was the fuzz box the guitarist used; it made the song seem more interesting and fast-paced compared to most of the US pop music of the time. In retrospect the Yardbirds were the first to have a hit song in the US using the fuzz box

    (1965) "Heart Full of Soul", yet this 66' song is a textbook example of how influential the Yardbirds were on 60's garage bands. Still a good listen after all these years.

  • @mrbag60 It's too bad The Count didn't come up with a few more hits this tune was awesome.

  • Awesome song - thnx for posting.

  • I don't remember these guys on The Munsters, but the Standell's did appear with Herman and Lilly and Co.! Drove a neat Barris built Fairlane with a half roof!!!

  • only the standells were on the munsters and that was early on before they became more "garage" like

  • Another good version of 96 tears was done by a band called "The Fire Escape", which was Sky Saxon of the Seeds, along with some studio musicians. Also "Positively 13 O'clock did an interesting version.

    As for the Count Five, I also always liked their song, "Double Decker Bus", and of course, their guest appearance on an episode of "The Munsters". was great fun.

    Thanks for posting.

    And don't forget, when you visit Mars, you are the alien.

  • Thanks for the tip, I'll remember it next time i'm visiting Mars. Mind you I feel like an alien every time I visit London now, so it won't be very different.

  • from an ole woodstock hippie---awesome!!!!!

  • Brilliant! love it, got a fantastic groove :)

  • @Loofafa

    Sho' do.

  • My old highshool band (The Doomsday Renewal Project) used to play this one. Any of you guys still out there?

  • I had a compilation I played as a very young kid over and over. It had Steppenwolf's 'Magic Carpet Ride', Cream's 'White Room', Donovan's 'Sunshine Superman', Castaway's 'Liar Liar', Music Machine's 'Talk, Talk', and a lot of others. This was one of my favorites (which was also on the lp), and I couldn't find the studio version on youtube and couldn't find a download (which is weird because I have almost 20,000 songs downloaded). So I thank you a lot for this posts hawkmoon.

  • I saw COUNT V last night at the John Byrne Tribute show, great show. They played Psychotic Reaction. RIP JOHN!

  • Great one Graham - do you know 96 Tears?

  • Question Mark & Mysterians?

  • Yes I know it. The original was ? & the Mysterians. I had a copy I taped from a friend in the sixties (naughty). Might still have it somewhere. I have another version by the Music Machine. Will upload that for you to hear later.

  • Question Mark & The Mysterians are interesting.... well Question Mark is because 1) He's never revealed his real name, 2) He's never seen without shades on, and of course 3) Because he's a freak and claims he's been with dinosaurs and that he's seen aliens when he used to live in Mars.... anyways thanks for posting this.

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