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4 weeks ago
Now I've Gotta Stay.wmv
From the band: Pepper Crystals, the song : "Now I've Gotta Stay " is from a record My family and I found after my dad passed away. He was in a band...
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3 months ago
16mm "Music Video" in Kodachrome
Bought a box of empty 16mm and 8mm reels, with a few of them full of leader... and THIS footage!
If anyone knows what it is or who the band is, or...
MopTopMike
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Whoops - KMBC channel 9 is based in Kansas City, Missouri, so the footage must have been shot nearby.
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5 months ago
The First Heavy Metal Song Ever Made (Bitter Creek - Plastic Thunder, 1967)
If you're thinking the Beatles' Helter Skelter came first you're wrong! And In A Gadda Da Vida may be a great tune but it isn't the FIRST heavy met...
MopTopMike
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If you're thinking htis is the first heavy metal song, you're WRONG.
This 45 was released in 1968 (late summer / early fall).
The flipside title is "Behind the Smiles".
Blue Cheer's remake of "Summertime Blues" is the closest foreshadowing of true heavy metal, which is sonic loud and power.
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5 months ago
SHERLOCKS-SKIN OF MY TEETH
THIS EXTREMELY FAST PACED ROCKER IS NO DOUBT DONE BY SOME FAMOUS CATS IN THE SESSION END OF THE THINGS. WHILE THEY MAY SING IT ,HAL BLAINE TOMMY TE...
MopTopMike
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Those guys were not involved with this group, that is a FACT!
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6 months ago
The Rats - The Rat's Revenge [1963]
The Rat's Revenge part 1 & 2.
Primitive Garage Rock band from Akron, Ohio
MopTopMike
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This record was recorded and released in 1965
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8 months ago
Starfires- I Never Loved Her -Long Beach Garage
Starfires- I Never Loved Her -Long Beach Garage 66
MopTopMike
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From DOWNEY, CA not Long Beach, dude
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9 months ago
Jason Merrick and The Finders - I'm Not What You Are
angry, intense sixties garage punk.....wonder how that would have gone down on teen time - let's find out...........
temporary tester, going to reload
MopTopMike
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His real name isn't Jason Merrick, that was a pseudonym used on the record.
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9 months ago
The Liverpool Set on CBC show Portrait ... aired summer '65 - PART 1
The Liverpool Set on CBC "Portrait" from summer '65 ... in studio at CBLT and also shots from High Park (?) Toronto.
Lachlan Macfadyen (Yves?) (voc...
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10 months ago
Jane & Eve and The Creations- Street King
Killer L.A. lo-fi girl-garage fuzz psych!
MopTopMike
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It's not bad..not what I'd consider a killer by any means, but good. The vocals could have been sung less"chirpy"
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10 months ago
The Infinitives - Heidi 1966
Infinitives - Heidi 1966
Crude '60s Garage
MopTopMike
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It's from 1966!
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10 months ago
THE WILD CHILDS - closer to you
Probably from 1967 ... wild garage-psych raver with loads of organ, wah wah and a bit o' fuzz.
MopTopMike
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Released in September, 1970
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10 months ago
The Knightriders-I June 2010
The Knightriders rehearsing "I" in June 2010. Featuring Jay Mierly-vocals, John Dawson-guitar & vocals, Rich Martin-lead guitar, Mickey Martin-drum...
MopTopMike
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I'd hire these guys! Great!
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10 months ago
Jam - Something's Gone (1968 USA Garage Rock)
I first heard this 45 back in the mid 90's on a mix tape that was dubbed from one of the old Pebbles LP compilations. Even in tinny fidelity It's b...
MopTopMike
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Dexter Foote is a pseudonymn of Richard Gottehrer. I asked him years ago, when I ran into him at the WFMU Record Fair if he remembered anything about the group, and he said they were from the West Coast - San Francisco area.
The 45 was released in March, 1968, got a pick hit mention in Record W...
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Sorry, for the late reply. I'm in southern Connecticut . That would be 590 miles away!