60s Proto-Punk/Psychedelia Collection

This is a collection of 60's proto-punk/garage rock songs mainly taken from the albums Nuggets and the Pebbles Series. Not all the tracks are really proto punk, things like Indian Rope Man are just classic 60s psychedelia... which is no bad thing.

The Pebbles series describes the recordings on their albums as "Original punk rock and psychedelic rock from the fabulous Sixties." These recordings were primarily made by the numerous American bands that were formed in the wake of the British Invasion. Essentially referring to the young age and lack of sophistication of the musicians, the term "punk rock" was coined (or at least popularized) by Lenny Kaye, who was involved in compiling the original Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps mp3)...
01) Vox Wah Wah Ad (Electric Prunes)
02) Hey Joe (Golden Cups)
03) Bad Girl (The Zakary Thaks)
04) Louie, Louie (Swamp Rats)
05) Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Choice (Monks)
06) The Witch (The Sonics)
07) Matter of Fact (Unknown)
08) Indian Rope Man (Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity)
09) 7 And 7 Is (Love)
10) You're Gonna Miss Me (The 13th Floor Elevators)
11) Cracking Up (Wig)
12) Lost Innocence (The Buddhas)
13) I Can Only Give You Everything (The Little Boy Blues)
14) Maid Of Sugar Maid Of Spice (Mouse & The Traps)
15) Voices Green And Purple (The Bees)
16) Gone (Plastic Blues Band)
17) I Need You (The Rationals)
18) Hate (Stoics)
19) Story Of My Life (Unrelated Segments)
20) Beaver Patrol (Wilde Knights)
21) Searching (The Omans)
22) Run Run Run (The Gestures)
23) Flight (The Dearly Beloved)
24) Little Girl (Syndicate Of Sound)
25) Fight Fire (The Golliwogs)
26) Double Yellow Line (The Music Machine)
27) Dont Look Back (The Remains)
28) Who Do You Love (The Woolies)
29) That's My Girl (Monks)
30) Strychnine (The Sonics)
31) Wooly Bully (Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs)
32) Psycho (Swamp Rats)

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Five Day Rain

This post is to wish my mate Leon a happy birthday :)

Here's a copy of the Five Day Rain album (Leon's dad was the keyboard player). This was originally released in 1970 and is one of the best 60s-style (hippies ;) albums you've never heard.

Five Day Rain were basically a studio band. They never toured or did any gigs but spent their time with Homegrown Music writing songs either at Grahams cottage or in the studio. The line up was Graham Maitland (keyboards/organ/Mellotron), Rick Sharpe (lead guitar), Clive Burgess (bass) and the drummer who’s name was Kim (apparently). Added to this line up was John Holbrook who was another engineer at IBC at the time of the recordings.

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(following text from phrockblog.blogspot.com)
This band formed in late '68 as Iron Prophet, a heavy trio comprising Rick Sharpe, Clive Burgess and Dick Hawkes. They changed their name to Five Day Rain in early 1970 with the arrival of Graham Maitland. This is one of the rarest UK albums; just 15 copies of this album were put out but soon after someone circulated 'white label' copies of it so beware of these. The album was recorded at IBC Studios in Portland Place, London, during 1970. Some of the best albums and singles of the 60's and 70's come out of there but sadly the premises are now offices. Brian Carroll and the legendary engineer Damon Lyon-Shaw produced and mixed for their own 'HOMEGROWN MUSIC' company. Brian started as a disc cutter there, and cut the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces, and 'Live at Leeds' for the Who. Damon engineered all the major LP's of the late 60's and early 70's for everyone from The Who, The Small Faces, Status Quo, Cream and the Rolling Stones & albums such as Tommy and Farewell Cream. The incredibly talented Sharon Tandy was on backing vocals, along with Lynn Maitland (hello Leon's mum :), as were Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell & Dan Peek from the band America.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Marie's A Woman
02) Leave It At That
03) Don't Be Misled
04) Rough Cut Marmalade
05) Good Year
06) Sea Song
07) Lay Me Down
08) The Reason Why
09) Fallout
[Bonus tracks from remastered album (256kbps)]
10) Too Much Of Nothing
11) Antonia
12) So Don't Worry
13) The Boy
14) Wanna Make Love To You

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60s Proto Punk Collection (ORIG POST)

This is a collection of 60's proto-punk/garage rock songs mainly taken from the albums Nuggets and the Pebbles Series. Not all the tracks are really proto punk, things like Indian Rope Man are just classic 60s psychedelia... which is no bad thing.

The Pebbles series describes the recordings on their albums as "Original punk rock and psychedelic rock from the fabulous Sixties." These recordings were primarily made by the numerous American bands that were formed in the wake of the British Invasion. Essentially referring to the young age and lack of sophistication of the musicians, the term "punk rock" was coined (or at least popularized) by Lenny Kaye, who was involved in compiling the original Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968.

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD THE PROTO PUNK COLLECTION

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps mp3)...
01) Vox Wah Wah Ad (Electric Prunes)
02) Hey Joe (Golden Cups)
03) Bad Girl (The Zakary Thaks)
04) Louie, Louie (Swamp Rats)
05) Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Choice (Monks)
06) The Witch (The Sonics)
07) Matter of Fact (Unknown)
08) Indian Rope Man (Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity)
09) 7 And 7 Is (Love)
10) You're Gonna Miss Me (The 13th Floor Elevators)
11) Cracking Up (Wig)
12) Lost Innocence (The Buddhas)
13) I Can Only Give You Everything (The Little Boy Blues)
14) Maid Of Sugar Maid Of Spice (Mouse & The Traps)
15) Voices Green And Purple (The Bees)
16) Gone (Plastic Blues Band)
17) I Need You (The Rationals)
18) Hate (Stoics)
19) Story Of My Life (Unrelated Segments)
20) Beaver Patrol (Wilde Knights)
21) Searching (The Omans)
22) Run Run Run (The Gestures)
23) Flight (The Dearly Beloved)
24) Little Girl (Syndicate Of Sound)
25) Fight Fire (The Golliwogs)
26) Double Yellow Line (The Music Machine)
27) Dont Look Back (The Remains)
28) Who Do You Love (The Woolies)
29) That's My Girl (Monks)
30) Strychnine (The Sonics)
31) Wooly Bully (Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs)
32) Psycho (Swamp Rats)

[AUG 2012] NEW LINK (NETKUPS)
DOWNLOAD THE PROTO PUNK COLLECTION