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Interval – Getting High in India
As far as I’m aware, apart from the original Simla Beat Contest-samplers there had never been other compilations focusing on Indian teen combos from the 60s. Recently though, Florian Pittner of the...
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Beat Wunderbar; Un-Lost Tommyknockers; R.i.P. #5
After some extensive trips around the globe, here we are back again in Europe with another homage to my good friend and spiritual companion, The Lolly Pope. I’m 99% sure he would select (again, note...
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Interval – Mod Party!
Don’t let the picture (showing the famous ‘64 Briton clash between Mods and Rockers) get you on the wrong track. This ain’t a selection of British Mod faves but my pick of highly danceable tunes from...
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UC170a/b - Swedish Delights, pt. 3
Back from vacation (in Turkey, highly enjoyable, try it!) here we go again with 40 non-compiled tunes from Sweden. Note that I avoided overlappings with the StoraPopBoxen-4CD set that appeared in the...
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INTERVAL – KID’S HITS! A Child’s Guide to Garage Music, pts. I & II
Strictly for kids, Garageheads stay away! This series is meant to approach kids (such as my two grandsons) to sounds I hope they’ll dig better than the traditional kiddies’ tunes and introduce them to...
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UC171 - US Garage Gems, Pt. 21 a /b
Back to the serious stuff! It might be true that many of these uncomped tracks might earn no more but 2 or 3 stars (of the TBM bible) but anyway I guess it’s safe to say you will most probably find...
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UC172 – Beat Schlagers
Welcome to another borderline installment. This set is trying to harvest some eatable fruit from a typical German genre dubbed Beat Schlagers. German Schlager-Stars in the attempt to jump on the Beat...
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UC173 - Non-Garage
When my pal Michael Zoot announced he’d send me a bunch of “tunes that seem not to fit in any of my posting plans” (i.e. of his fabulous GarageTapes Blogspot), I knew I’d soon hit big time! So actually...
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UC178 – Sounds to make you Shiver!
More moans from the graves, just in time for Halloween (which means before you DIE!) Sounds to make you shiver in your boots. However we will pull the power plug everytime it gets too scary so you have...
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UC 174 ÷ 177 (Tapes 216 ÷ 219): Shakin' All Over (Parts I, II, III, IV)
Garage Tapes Blog & 60s (Mostly) Uncomped present: 72 versions of "Shakin' All Over"I actually have no big merits in this monster project. Years ago, my good buddy HJ Klitsch, author of the Bible...
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UC 179/180 - Beat from the Boot, pts. 3 and 4
After nearly precisely 2 years time (when I posted parts 1 and 2), here we are back with more rare Beat from Italy. Again, in alphabetical order, you’ll hear a hodgepodge of all genres, with some silly...
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- Intermezzo - Grabaciones olvidadas, Grupos Espanoles
This double-set is a selection of uncomped tracks of the 33 volume series “Mi collecciòn de Discos” (done by Lomas) my friend José from http://tommentonenlacuadra.blogspot.com.es/ sent me. Skipping the...
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UC181 - Non-Garage 2
Once again, huge thanks to my brother Michael for sending me a bunch of tracks that “don’t fit in” the concept of garatapes.blogspot. I just added a few more from my own vaults and I hope the result is...
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Exitos de la Sicodelia Mexicana, Vols 1 - 5
Very much alike my recent “Grabaciones olvidadas” double set, this 5 piece installation yields from a box of 46 CDs “Exitos de la Sicodelia” that were sent to me by Juan Manuel Muñoz via my friend José...
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UC182 - Mexican Girls a Go Go!
I ‘m sure you won’t mind to stay in Mexico for another hour. After my last mega selection, it seemed only fair to take a glance at the girls. Michael Zoot of the fab Garagetapes-blogspot sparked this...
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Mas Exitos de la Sicodelia Mexicana
I promise this will be the last set of the series (‘tough another Mexican charge with non-covers is already in the can!). On the other hand, every party kicking off with Wolly Bully can’t be a lame...
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UC183 - Mexico a Go Go!
Well, I’m aware I didn’t keep my promise, but I hope you’ll forgive me as I just couldn’t resist to launch another set of unbelievably uncompiled Mexican mayhem. The tunes gathered here got all...
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UC184 - US Garage Gems, Pt. 23a/b
Back in the garages (and cheap recording studios) of the USA with a mix of Teen tunes from the 60s. Although quite a hodgepodge of various genres, the common denominator of this set should be fun, and...
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Interlude - Crayons to Perfume, Shows 1 to 32, selected tracks
I’m afraid I’m completely hooked on girl singers and girl groups so when I spotted WFMU Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban’s Crayons to Perfume podcasts, I was knocked out before the first round was over (see...
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TOMMYKNOCKERS BEAT CLUB – THE RIP-EDITION, VOLUME 6
Unapproved but unforgotten corpora delicti from the catacombs Back to Old Blighty again. Since the Lolly Pope left this world quite exactly 2 years ago, this is my 6th effort to hold the Union Jack...
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