French 2xLP copilation offering a lot both for collectors of rare cuts and students in rock history. Record one has fourteen tracks from US bands and record two fourteen from UK ones, all original mono. Apart from hard to find stuff by more known acts as Kim Fowley, ?Mark & The Mysterians, Electric Prunes, Nashville Teens, Trashmen and Yardbirds, you can also hear recordings from US bands like We The People, The Mojo Men, The Vejtables and Other Half. On the British part there's The Creation (with Ron Wood and Mick Avory), The Shake Spears, Maze, Hairy Ones (shortlived mid-sixties project with Jimmy Page and John McLaughlin), Primitives, Ingoes (later renamed as Blossom Toes) and Episode Six (then including Ian Gillian, Roger Glover and John Gustafson). The Ingoes "In The Midnight Hour" and Belfast Gypsies "The Gorilla" only released on French EP:s back then. Most tracks are garage takes and it seems the compilers just took them as they were without any embelle-shing measures, so the audio shifts from pretty good to good, depending on original recor-dings. Can't mention all my favorites here, but it's nice to have Yardbirds demo "Baby What's Wrong" and Electric Prunes debute 45 "Ain't It Hard". More below. This issue was French only, reissued on 2xCD 2008 (Eva 080150). Apparently the original vinyl was pressed either with white or black labels, some including a large booklet. Luckily this copy is blessed with one - 42 pages with info and sleeve pics on over 800 French 45:s issued between 1962-68. Meaty insert indeed. All wrapped in a single fully laminated cover. No secret I love vinyl compilations, especially those with rare takes or numbers. If You do too - here's a hundred or so more that might be worth checking out https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=S%C3%84M (SÄM*) (MFÄX*)
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