#Nuggets - Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era

[rastronomicals]

11:24 PM EDT September 2, 2024:

The Music Machine - "Double Yellow Line" From the Compilation album   Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era,     1965-1968, Volume 3 (1998)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under:    Original Psychedelic Artyfacts, what else?

[oskarlevant]

Voices From The Garage: The Zonks At The Dairy Queen

Blast from the past May 22, 2011 at 11:02 p.m. | Updated July 7, 2015 at 5:37 p.m.

by Eric Nicholson

On a Saturday night during the summer of 1967, five teenagers scaled the Dairy Queen in Hope, Ark.

As people began to gather below, the sound of drums and an electric guitar cut through the air, and the Zonks began to play.

"We just said, 'Let's play on top of that sucker. Let's play on the roof.' And we did," said lead guitarist Buzz Andrews. "Did it before U2 and the Beatles."

The Dairy Queen was on U.S. Highway 67, the town's main thoroughfare. As word spread and curious passersby stopped to watch, the crowd overflowed the parking lot and began to spill into the street.

"We didn't really know how much of a following we had until that," said drummer Gary Thrasher. "It was kind of our own little Woodstock."

Arkansas State Police soon arrived. The band, and most of the audience, assumed they would disperse the crowd and shut down the performance. Instead, they began diverting traffic down other roads.

The Zonks weren't the first band to play atop Dairy Queen-that honor belonged to Rick Durham and the Dynamics-but that show "wasn't much," Thrasher said.

"It was a big deal for Hope, Ark.," Andrews said about The Zonks.

Satisfaction

According to Andrews, the Zonks were formed about 1965 as the Offbeats, a name they kept until a band member pointed out that they were on beat and shouldn't advertise otherwise.

They settled on The Zonks, which, all agreed, was "very original, very cool," Andrews said.

The band shifted over time, growing from a trio to a quintet, and adding new members as others lost interest or moved away. For a brief period before its dissolution, the band added a horn section.

The longest incarnation was the group that played atop Dairy Queen.

Alongside Andrews and Thrasher were bassist Alan Phillips-whose elder brother Ronnie was the band's manager and promoter; keyboardist Mike Westbrook; and vocalist Mike Tolleson, a charismatic Florida transplant with strong stage presence, on vocals.

The Zonks wasn't quite what Thrasher had in mind when he moved to Hope from Prescott. He had hoped to form a jazz trio, but it was the time of the British Invasion, and rock 'n' roll was in the air.

The band practiced at first in Alan Phillips' bedroom, until they played the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" within earshot of his mother.

"She's Church of Christ," Andrews said. "We were no longer allowed in her home."

They moved to Andrews' garage to get out of reach of prying ears. They rechristened it the Zonk Room.

The Zonks made something of a name for themselves in southwestern Arkansas during the late 1960s. They began playing carports and pool parties in Hope. Eventually, there were regular gigs at Hope Youth Center alongside bands with names like the Uniques, Mouse in the Traps, the Morticians and Squirrel Fever.

"It seems like we won second place in the poultry festival battle of the bands," Andrews said. "That sort of launched our musical careers."

When friends and siblings went off to college, The Zonks started to get gigs at parties at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia and Southern State (now Southern Arkansas) University in Magnolia.

They played at the grand opening of the Dairy Queen on East Street in Texarkana, Ark., and at an Arkansas High School homecoming. But the rooftop concert was the highlight.

The quintet reveled in their relative fame. Andrews, who was also starting quarterback and Mr. Hope High School, remembers the band being greeted by shouts of recognition as members walked through downtown Hope.

But fame was not quite enough to hold the band together. The Zonks, though they mostly wound up in Arkadelphia for college, dissolved after high school. They played at a couple of Hope High School reunions, but otherwise have pursued their own paths.

"I guess we weren't really dedicated to the band, because we didn't drop out of school and become rock stars," Andrews said.

Renaissance

The rooftop show at Dairy Queen would have marked the peak of The Zonks' fame had someone in the company's corporate office not happened upon a promotional photo for the show.

In the photo, the five band members are posed casually with their instruments on a vintage white truck covered with the DQ logo and parked in front of the restaurant. They look confidently at the camera.

Something about the photo seems to capture the spirit of the era, said Dairy Queen spokesman Dean Peters.

The company obtained the rights for the photo and used it in promotional materials for its 50th anniversary in 1990. More recently, it began hanging the photo in Dairy Queen restaurants across the country.

"Nostalgia plays an awful large part of who Dairy Queen was and is," Peters said. "We thought our customers would enjoy it."

Unbeknownst to band members, the photo, 40 years after it was taken, was sparking a renewed interest in The Zonks.

"I got an email from my brother saying, 'Hey, I saw The Zonks on TV last night,'" Thrasher said, referring to the photo's appearance on a Food Network program.

The reappearance of the photo and the interest it generated was news to Thrasher, as it was to Andrews.

"We had let it go," Andrews said. "We had moved on."

Andrews, a high school track coach and blues guitarist in Dallas, now receives regular emails from curious Dairy Queen patrons who see the photo, Google Zonks and find Andrews' Facebook page.

"I now have two sets of followers. I have my Zonks followers, and I have my blues followers," he said.

The photo even inspired a self-published novel, available on Amazon, about a fictional Zonks reunion.

A real-life reunion, however, is unlikely. Alan Phillips died several years ago. Though Andrews is returning to his hometown to headline this weekend's balloon festival, the rest of the band are firmly entrenched in their own lives, he said.

Hope no longer boasts a Dairy Queen, but the flat-roofed building on which The Zonks played 44 years ago still stands on Highway 67, just in case they change their minds on the reunion.

[odk-2]

The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (1966) Ed Cobb from: "Dirty Water" (LP) "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" / "Why Did You Hurt Me" (Single) "Why Pick On Me | Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear" (LP) "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968" (CD 3 | Rhino Records | 1998 CD Re-Release)

Garage | 1st Wave Garage Rock | Proto-Punk

The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (w/ Studio Chatter) JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Dick Dodd: Lead Vocals / Drums Tony Valentino: Guitar / Backing Vocals Larry Tamblyn: Keyboards / Backing Vocals Gary Lane: Bass / Backing Vocals

Produced and Arranged by Ed Cobb

Recorded: @ The Columbia Studios in Hollywood, California USA 1966

Album "Dirty Water" Released: June, 1966 Tower Records

Album "Why Pick On Me | Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" Released: November, 1966 Tower Records

Single "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" / "Why Did You Hurt Me" Released: July, 1966 Tower Records

[muirneach]

why dont you go listen to nuggets original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era 1965-1968 and maybe you’ll calm down

[h21300796]

What are some good albums to listen to that you like currently?

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, On Fire, The Gilded Palace of Sin, Mambo Sinuendo, Penny & the Quarters EP, #1 Record, Moments of Clarity.

All stuff I have been listening to recently

[gerogerigaogaigar]

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

So this is a pretty great album. There's just, the one thing though ... No forget about that! Ace of spades is one of the foundational albums in the development of thrash metal, it brings us farther from the psychedelic influence of Lemmy's 70s work and closer to punk rock aesthetics. But... The one thing about it. There is one problem. Okay it's a really good album, very influencial. I just. Maybe just skip track 8 y'know?

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

I'm sure that After The Goldrush and/or Harvest will wind up in a higher spot on this list, but to me Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is the height of Young's career. The first album with backing band Crazy Horse and they add an edge that Young never manages alone or with his Crosby, Still & Nash pals. The crunchy psychedelic meets country guitar work on song like Cinnamon Girl and Down by the River feel like they could be the predecessors to grunge. And Young's haunted voice works so much better with the rough edges than with string swells.

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Irony poisoned, disaffected hipster bullshit. Stephin Merritt cannot possibly know what love is. He'd have to let some sincerity into his soul first. This is music for smug hipsters that think any show of sincere emotion is cringe. I hate this band! They clearly don't want anyone to think they cared about any of this shit music so why write it? How do you write 69 songs and not a single one of them is even slightly interesting! Three hours of music about "love" and all of it is stupid cheeky irony. What a pathetic way to live your life. Fuck you Stephin Merritt! Say something beautiful and true you coward!

Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

It was 1972 and the one hit wonders of the late 60s had already faded into obscurity. Singer songwriters ruled the airwaves and the teen garage groups had all gotten factory jobs in rust belt boomtowns. Many bands that were pioneering heavier sounds were already looking back to this era for inspiration but the release of the Nuggets comp brought the deep cuts of the psychedelic era into millions more homes. Nearly all of the early punk acts cite this album as an influence. The Cramps, The Ramones, Television, The Undertones, Blondie, Patti Smith. If you care about loud, raw, fun music. If you care about punk or 60s rock then you must listen to this album!

[allmusic]

AllMusic Staff Pick: Various Artists Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

Lenny Kaye's seminal collection of Sixties Singles, widely cited as the blueprint of the garage rock revival, celebrates its 50th birthday in 2023, and it remains one of the most purely listenable compilations of its kind. A savvy blend of greasy youth armed with fuzzboxes and music biz pros tapped into the teenage mindset, all 27 tracks are winners, from the buzzy mania of the Electric Prunes to the faux-lysergic musings of the Magic Mushrooms. - Mark Deming

[beatdisc]

RSD 2023 HIGHLIGHT: Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era (1964-1968) "50th anniversary of the groundbreaking and influential compilation of the first generation of psychedelic artists curated by Lenny Kaye. This box set includes the original 2-LP set, the planned but unreleased Vol. 2, and a single LP of songs that were considered for the original set but didn't make the final cut. Like the original, this set is curated by Lenny Kaye with the full involvement of Jac Holzman - the original pioneers of Nuggets. Lenny has also written new complete notes." 5xLP Box Set featuring 70 tracks, with 16-page booklet housed in a deluxe rainbow-foil custom box. We'll have 6 copies available for sale from 9am Saturday morning. $250 each. Stay tuned for our full RSD list which will be posted tonight! #RSDaus #BeatdiscRSD #RSD2023 #nuggets

[fleshybones]

My favorite bands are Live, Bush, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Motley Crue, Heart, Deep Purple, Porno for Pyros, Guns & Roses , The Shits, Minus the Bear, Blind Melon, Violent Femmes, Smashig Pumpkins, RealEstate, The Byrds, Pixies, America, Collective Soul, Interpol, Silversun Pickups, Kottonmouth Kings, Blur, My Bloody Valentine (when they were indie instead of Dark), Broken Bells,  Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Talking Heads, Foster the People, Neutal Milk Hotel, Queens of the Stoneage, Galaxie 500, Grizly bear, the Antlers, Arcade Fire, Rolling Stones, The Who

Live Concerts I had enjoyed that were deleted: Yes, Billy Idol, Todd Rundgren, Jane’s Addiction, the Doors, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Coldplay 

I am interested in Heart, Jefferson Airplane, The Association, Grateful Dead, Kenny Loggins, the Monkees, Boston, Poison, Motley Crue, cheech & Chong, cheap trip, the guess who, Peter frampton, grand funk (red), Gordon light foot, van Morrison , foreigner 

CD case fill with some psychedelic albums from 60s

Vintage cartoons from the 

Broadcast – haha Sound

Pharoah Sanders – Karma

Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs

Comets on Fire – Blue Cathedral

Silver Apples – Silver Apples

Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum

Radiohead – Kid A

Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right To Children

Baroness – Yellow and Green X

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information

Deerhunter – Cryptograms X

Lush – Spooky X

The Byrds – Fifth Dimension

The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Caribou – Up In Flames

Beach Boys – Surf’s Up

Olivia Tremor Control – Dusk At Cubist Castle

Hawkwind – Space Ritual

The Orb – The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld

Genesis – Foxtrot X

Talking Heads – Fear of Music X

Frank Zappa – Hot Rats

Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland

Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times

Shadow – Endtroducing…

Boredoms – Vision Creation Newsun

Yes – Fragile

Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Pink Floyd – Animals

My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

Mutantes – Os Mutantes

King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King

Sly and the Family Stone – Stand!

The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?

Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidananda

Pink Floyd – Piper At the Gates of Dawn

Love – Forever Changes X

Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Zombies – Odessey and Oracle X

Beach Boys – SMiLE

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew

Can – Tago Mago

The Beatles – Revolver

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain

Notes on Movies:

Malignant, Night House, Spider-Man Homecoming, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Alpinist, Swan Song, Old, Candyman, Venom , The colour out of space, Haunt, Doctor Sleep, The Lodge, Lucky Day, Stuber ,Tammy ,The Heat , Moonlight, Suicide Squad1&2, The Conjuring 3, Snake Eyes, Spiral , The Sparks Brothers, New Jurassic Park , Cruella, CryMacho , Halloween Kills, Ron’s Gone Wrong , The French Dispatch , Last Night in Soho, Antlers , Dune, Ghostbusters Aftrlife , Rava the last dragon , Licorice Pizza , The Lost City , The Northman , Father Stu , Firestarter , Everything Everywhere All At Once , Memory , Moon fall, Morbius , Ghostbusters Afterlife , Last Night in Soho , The Last Son ,No Time To Die , Nightbirde , Azor, Belfast ,Devil’s Fruit, Yellowstone , 1883, Encanto, The Matrix Ressurection, Voyagers, Of stars & Men , Tony Hawk Proving Ground , Skate Girl, Getting Nowhere Faster , Quit Your Day Job , Devoured by Gravity, Blade Runner 2019 , Battle of the sexes, Cake , Willoughbys , Tim burton , Night of the living dead, Fright night , The lost boys , Beetlejuice , Garden state, Orange County , Bubble Boy, Clueless , The Good Girl, Crazy/Beautiful, The Girl Next Door, Out Cold , Fast Times, Valley Girls, Grease , Donnie Darko, Brady Bunch , Bedknobs & broomsticks, Smart house , Johnny tsunami, Free Willy , Touchstone Pictures , Raiders of the lost arc , in the valley of the dolls, Rosemary’s Baby Ira Levin ,Down and Out in Beverly Hills.1986, 1987 Wall Street 

MOVIES: GENRE HORROR 

Amityville horror Portal  Halloween town Hour of the wolf Blue velvet  Thrilling Alfred Hitchcock Psycho Vertigo North by northwest Rear window Strangers on a train Dial M for murder  Rebecca  Poltergeist 1-4 When a stranger calls  Last house on the left  My bloody valentine 3D Happening  Disturbia Insidious 1-3 The conjuring 1-2 One missed call Stay alive  The fog The forest  Under wraps Hocus pocus  Flight plan  Mama  The eye  The thing Annabelle The visit The monster  The disappointment room  Viral  The Void  The love witch  Split Don't breathe  The Ring 1-2 The Evil Dead The midnight hour Bubba ho tep  Hotel Rwanda Darkness Falls  Bound  Tales from the crypt Sucker punch  The Heist  The vvitch

•My favorite movies : A Walk to Remember Hide&Seek  Breakfast Club Ed.tv  Toy Story  Ponyo Perks of Being a Wallflower  Child’s Play  Eurotrip  Napolean Dynamite  Signs Pursuit of Happiness  Da Vinci Code   The Watch Eternal sunshine  Dazed & Confused  The Fountain   Zodiac  Shawn of the Dead  The Reader  MissMarch  Fire it Up  Project X The Happening  Angels & Demons  Sex Drive Leprauchan Labyrinth  Butterfly Effect  Blue Crush ACM special classic Pocahontas Thebirds  Dr.Strangelove Smokey and the Bandit1  James Bond Skyfall  Who Framed Roger Rabbit  Neverending Story A Cure For Wellness Nocturnal Animals  Dr. Zhivago Stepbrothers Jaws  Clue  Children of the Corn  Saturday Night Fever  Crimson Peake  Tomb raider  Brothers Karamazov Snow white  The Box Trolls Kujo and the two strings  Singin’in the rain  Les Miserables SLC Punk  Cirque de Soleil AmimalHouse  one fell over the Cuckoo nest  west side story  Close encounters of the 3rd kind Swiss family Robinson thunder island niptuck  the big Lebowski  Sid the Kid ‘Syd & Nancy’   Little miss sunshine Mad world  The Outsider Lord of the Flies Willy Wonka  and the chocolate factory SecondHand   LionsThe Wizard of Oz  Revenge of the Nerds Alice in Wonderland  The Bad Batch  Point Break  once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Space Troopers SuperStar The Goonies  Little Shop of Horrors  Sleepy Hollow  The Prestige /Proletariat  The Lost Boys   Honey I shrunk the kid Dinosaurs  Freaky little Fuckers Coyote Ugly Rainbow Brite they smoke peyote in Amillion ways to Die in the West  Buster Scruggs brokeback Mountain  Silent Hill White Noise Sword and Stone Bedknobs and Broomsticks  Date Night ..

Her won’t go down to the water edge 🎵

[mondoradiowmse]

09/11/24 Mondo Radio Playlist

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Out Past Midnight", featuring classic power pop and more. If you enjoy it, be sure to also follow the show on Facebook and Twitter!

Artist - Song - Album

Cheap Trick - Hello There (Live) - Cheap Trick At Budokan

Nick Gilder - Frustration - City Nights

Raspberries - I Don't Know What I Want - Greatest

Nick Gilder - Got To Get Out - City Nights

Cheap Trick - Down On The Bay (Live) - Raising Hell: The 1970s

Rock City Feat. Chris Bell - Think It's Time To Say Goodbye - Looking Forward: The Roots Of Big Star

Big Star - In The Street - #1 Record

Alex Chilton - Can't Seem To Make You Mine - 19 Years: A Collection Of Alex Chilton

Big Star - O My Soul - Radio City

The Scruffs - She Say Yea - Wanna' Meet The Scruffs?

Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action - Shake Some Action

Dwight Twilley Band - Three Persons - On Fire!: The Best Of 1975-1984

Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You - Something/Anything?

Single Bullet Theory - There Is The Boy - SBT: 1977-1980

Borinquen - Himno De Los E.U.A - Temas Para Recordar …

The Nerves - When You Find Out - 25th Anniversary

The Nerves - Give Me Some Time - 25th Anniversary

The Romantics - Till I See You Again - The Romantics

The Romantics - Girl Next Door - The Romantics

The Wigs - 180 Degrees - Radio Ready: Wisconsin - Lost Power Pop Hits 1979-1982

The Tyrants - Hard To Get - Radio Ready: Wisconsin - Lost Power Pop Hits 1979-1982

The Baxters - What Ya Gonna Do - History In 3 Chords: Milwaukee Alternative Bands 1973-1982

The RPMs - I Don't Wanna Be Young - History In 3 Chords: Milwaukee Alternative Bands 1973-1982

The Shivvers - Please Stand By - Lost Hits From Milwaukee's First Family Of Powerpop: 1979-82

The Shivvers - Teen Line - Lost Hits From Milwaukee's First Family Of Powerpop: 1979-82

M&Ms - I'm Tired - The Roots Of Powerpop

Real Kids - Now You Know - The Roots Of Powerpop

Shoes - Tomorrow Night - Present Tense

Shoes - Too Late - Present Tense

The Records - Rumour Sets The Woods Alight - Crashes

The Spongetones - She Goes Out With Everybody - Children Of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996

The Barracudas - I Can't Pretend - Children Of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996

The Records - The Same Mistakes - Crashes

The dB's - Judy - Stands For Decibels

The dB's - I'm In Love - Stands For Decibels

20/20 - Yellow Pills - 20/20

20/20 - Tell Me Why (Can't Understand You) - 20/20

The Last - Every Summer Day - L.A. Explosion!

The Last - Be-Bop-A-Lula - L.A. Explosion!

The Plimsouls - I Want What You Got - The Plimsouls … Plus

The Plimsouls - Lost Time - The Plimsouls … Plus

Green - Baby Why? - Green

Green - I Play The Records - Green

[rastronomicals]

11:44 PM EDT July 15, 2024:

The Vagrants - "Respect" From the album   Nuggets - Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (1972)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

An Otis Redding cover featuring a young Leslie West. Originally Atco 45-6473, released March 1967.

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[onenakedfarmer]

Playing

NUGGETS Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

[themanhattanbeat]

Golden Jubilee Anniversary! 50 Year Celebration of the Nuggets

July 29, 2023

by Everynight Charley Crespo

The two shows at City Winery NYC celebrated the release of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (50th Anniversary Edition). The limited edition five-LP box set was released on April 22 for Record Store Day 2023. The concerts also raised revenue for Jesse Malin’s recovery fund.

 more ....

[julio-viernes]

Recordatorio del glorioso álbum doble original "Nuggets" de El Niño para la revista Efe Eme. Una fascinante recopilación, tal vez LA recopilación, que ahora Lenny Kaye reedita ampliada. Además habla de la J. Geils Band y de Willie "Loco" Alexander. El Niño fue el batería de los vallisoletanos Fallen Idols y tocó mucho tiempo en Sex Museum.

[lastchancevillagegreen]

Monday, 6 March 2023:

Last Time Around b/w Tiger In Your Tank Condo Fucks (Cara) (released as part of the Cara Record Singles Club in 2020)

The Cara Record Singles Club is by far one of the most confusing entries into the whole ‘singles club” whereby you pay a certain amount of cash upfront to get a set amount of 45s over the course of one year’s times from artists that are kept secret, so, you never know who to anticipate but the hope is that there will be someone cool that you really adore.  In the case of this club, which I didn’t join because I couldn’t pony up the fee ahead of time (if I recall correctly it was well more expensive than the legendary Sub Pop Singles Club).  Much to my chagrin some of the bands included Robyn Hitchcock, Condo Fucks, Dump and The Minus 5 (doing two songs written by Scott Miller, the brilliant song writer who helmed Game Theory and The Loud Family).

This singles club is a tough one to find in the US.  Cara Records is a New York label yet the singles are predominantly located in Scandinavian countries.  They rarely crop up in America.  Even more frustrating is there is nowhere that I have found that explains the endless variants of these singles.  The Condo Fucks single comes on orange vinyl and on yellow/gold vinyl.  Virtually every single has anywhere from two to three variants, which I fail to understand.  Even more confusing are the mispressings of which Robyn Hitchcock’s single is one of them.  I’ll not even venture to explain that because it took me way to long to figure it out and I failed to write it down, and now alas, it’s vanished from my mind.

So, when I got this single from discogs I was immediately bummed to discover this one lacks a label on the second side.  It might have been useful had the dealer mentioned this.  He did mention it didn’t have the Singles Club sleeve which I somehow totally overlooked and which meant I took a double hit of unhappiness: no Cara Records Custom Sleeve and no label on Side 2.  Charming.  If I ever buy another Cara Singles Club single, you can bet I’ll have an endless array of questions to ask the dealer.

Condo Fucks is a pseudonym for Yo La Tengo who, under this guise, records some of the most abrasive music of their storied career.  I’m not precisely sure who is singing lead on either of these tracks, but I assume it is Ira Kaplin.  This particular single has an A Side that is a cover of a track from a Chicago band, The Del-Vetts.  The single was released in 1966 on Dunwich and can be found on Rhino’s four disc boxed set Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 released in 1998 (Disc 2 to be specific).  The B-Side is a Willie Dixon song (normally titled on records as I Wanna Put A Tiger In Your Tank).  It appears on any number of records by blues artists and knowing that the blues are exactly Ira Kaplin or Georgia Hubley’s favorite music, one assumes they came across this off the 1960 album Muddy Waters At Newport 1960, but that’s all pure conjecture on my part.  (Kaplin’s parents were adamant folk fans and this seems like the kind album they would have owned.)  Both tracks are a sonic-distorted blast of noise and it makes me actually want to break out my Condo Fucks album which Yo La released in 2009, a self titled album I gave little time to. 

The two photos at the top of this entry are of the A Side of the single (taken out of the white generic paper sleeve it arrived in) and you can see it is pressed on orange vinyl.  The second photo is of the flipside which fails to have a label at all, obviously a mispressing by Cara Records, is the B-Side.  Below you can see what the B-Side label should look like (in a photo taken from discogs) and then you can see this single in a Cara Records sleeve, also taken from discogs).

Next up you can see the orange vinyl in the bright sunshine of a beautiful 68 degree day in the dregs of Central Illinois. 

finally I have shots of both labels (including Side 2 only because I like the way it looks without the label).