Tuesday, May 26, 2020
VA - Trash Box [2004] (5 x CD's)
PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE ROCK
VA - Trash Box [2004] (5 x CD's)
The Trash Box is a 5-CD box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. This box set is similar to the earlier Pebbles Box (a 5-LP box set) and includes almost all of the same recordings in that box set (and in the same order), along with numerous bonus tracks at the end of each disc. Supposedly, the Trash Box collects the first five volumes of the CDs in the Pebbles series (i.e., those released by AIP Records, not to be confused with the 4 earlier CDs that were issued by ESD Records). Overall, there are 109 tracks in the box set (excluding the introduction and ending cuts) as compared to 101 songs on the individual CDs and 72 tracks in the Pebbles Box. Although most of the recordings on the Trash Box were released at some point on one of the individual Pebbles albums, several of the songs have not appeared elsewhere in the Pebbles series. Inexplicably, one of these songs is the well-known hit "I Fought the Law (but the Law Won)" by the Bobby Fuller Four, which is also included in the Pebbles Box – in place of the much rarer "Wine Wine Wine" by Bobby Fuller that appears on Pebbles, Volume 2. (Wikipedia)
This collection isn't a lot of things! Firstly it ISN'T Pebbles, and the comprehensive notes explain exactly why it isn't Pebbles. It's a close relative of Pebbles - a first cousin rather than a brother though. It also isn't the 2004 ubik box set - it is the 2007 Hit Records box set. It is almost identical to the earlier release and very similar to the much earlier vinyl set of the same name. It isn't Pebbles volumes 1 to 5, although many of the tracks are from the Pebbles series. The compiler's notes explain how the tracks were chosen and why many favorites were left out (mainly better versions now on other compilations). It isn't a bootleg, although the tracks are taken directly from old vinyl singles without "official" sanction from the bands or the labels, so it falls into a rather grey area of legality. So just what is it you may well ask! Well, it's a good value, well produced box set of late sixties, rather obscure, American Garage Psych, and is based on the Pebbles Series. It could be seen as an American companion to the British Rubble collection. It has been carefully remastered, according to the notes, using parts of an old radio studio! Whether or not it's the same masters as the 2004 version I have no idea. The sound quality is very variable as the tracks are dubbed directly from vinyl, and the remastering is to the compiler's personal taste. I have some of these tracks on old vinyl Pebbles albums and they sound quite different to these. As sound quality is a very subjective thing I'll just say that this CD set sounds mainly OK to me. (Amazon)
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VA - Trash Box [2004] CD1+CD2+CD3
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VA - Trash Box [2004] CD4+CD5
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VA - Trash Box [2004] ALL
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Track lists
CD1
01 Mike Spenser Introduction 0:48
02 Litter Action Woman 2:33
03 Preachers Who Do You Love 2:17
04 Floyd Dakil Combo Dance Franny Dance 2:07
05 Shag Stop & Listen 2:35
06 Grains of Sand Goin' Away, Baby 2:11
07 Rogues Train Kept a Rollin' 2:36
08 Sweet Acids That Creature 3:00
09 Soup Greens Like a Rolling Stone 2:46
10 Wig Crackin' Up 2:09
11 Positively 13 O'clock Psychotic Reaction 2:01
12 Kim Fowley The Trip 2:02
13 Kim Fowley Underground Lady 2:15
14 Shadows of Knight Potato Chip 3:30
15 Wilde Knights Beaver Patrol 2:20
16 Stoics Hate 2:25
17 Grodes Let's Talk About Girls 2:39
18 Rogues Wanted Dead Or Alive 2:28
19 Third Bardo I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time 2:13
20 Fallen Angels Bad Woman 2:09
21 (Unknown) You Know I Love You 2:06
22 Ground Floor People Walking on Eggs 2:16
CD2
01 Split Ends Rich With Nothin' 2:22
02 Sons of Adam Feathered Fish 2:31
03 Road You Rub Me the Wrong Way 2:31
04 Buddhas Lost Innocence 2:10
05 Regiment My Soap Won't Float 2:17
06 Inmates More Than I Have 2:32
07 Inmates Fakirs & Thieves 2:00
08 Little Boy Blues I Can Only Give You Everything 2:33
09 Phil & the Frantics I Must Run 2:41
10 Choir It's Cold Outside 2:51
11 Journey Men She's Sorry 2:05
12 Wee Four Weird 2:03
13 William Penn Fyve Blow My Mind 2:12
14 Randy Alvey & Green Fuz Green Fuz 2:02
15 Bees Voices Green and Purple 1:34
16 Nobody's Children Good Times 2:42
17 Sparkles No Friend of Mine 2:23
18 Barbarians Hey Little Bird 2:19
19 Spades You're Gonna Miss Me 3:16
20 Ground Floor People It's Alright Now 2:33
21 Brogues I Ain't No Miracle Worker 2:40
CD3
01 Dave Diamond & the Higher Elevation The Diamond Mine 2:15
02 Teddy & His Patches Suzy CreaMcHeese 3:10
03 Crystal Chandelier Suicidal Flowers 2:24
04 Naked Truth The Wall 2:30
05 Electric Prunes Vox Wah Wah Commercial 1:02
06 Calico Wall Flight Reaction (Instro) 2:39
07 Hogs Loose Lip Sync Ship 3:04
08 Macabre Be Forewarned 3:27
09 Monocles The Spider & the Fly 2:06
10 Godfrey Let's Take a Trip 2:14
11 T.C. Atlantic Faces 2:47
12 Oshun Rattle of Life 2:15
13 Weird Street Carnival The Inner Truth 2:08
14 Driving Stupid The Reality of (Air) Fried Borsk 1:51
15 Driving Stupid Horror Asparagus Stories 2:35
16 M.G. & the Escorts A Someday Fool 2:34
17 Quest's Shadows in the Night 2:34
18 Pat Farrell & the Believers Bad Woman 2:07
19 Electric Company Scarey Business 2:53
20 Cave Men It's Trash 2:06
21 Teddy Boys Mona 3:00
22 Calico Wall I'm a Living Sickness 2:36
CD4
01 Dearly Beloved Flight Thirteen 1:48
02 Gonn Doin' Me In 2:47
03 Quid Crazy Things 3:01
04 Satan & the D-Men She'll Lie 3:07
05 Haunted Vapeaur Mauve 3:35
06 Phil & the Frantics Till You Get What You Want 2:42
07 Grodes Cry a Little Longer 2:04
08 Bobby Fuller Four I Fought the Law 2:14
09 Groupies Hog (I'm a Hog for You Baby) 2:52
10 Debonaires Never Mistaken 2:29
11 Oxford Circle Foolish Woman 2:35
12 Edgin Inds Don't Try to Hide It 2:28
13 Bethlehem Exit Blues Concerning My Girl 2:07
14 Spades We Sell Soul 3:17
15 Final Solution So Long Goodbye 6:10
16 Orange Wedge From the Womb to the Tomb 2:50
17 Choir I'm Going Home 2:35
18 Mile Ends Bottle Up and Go 2:14
19 Kit & the Outlaws Don't Tread on Me 2:49
20 Omens Searching 2:29
21 Id The Rake 2:02
22 J.D. Blackfoot Epitaph for a Head 2:24
23 Cannibals We're Pretty Sick (We're Pretty Quick) 2:18
CD5
01 Tree No Good Woman 2:39
02 Gentlemen It's a Cry'n Shame 2:33
03 Five Canadians Writing on the Wall 2:18
04 Satori Time Machine 1:38
05 Leather Boy Shadows 2:12
06 William Penn Fyve Swami 2:56
07 Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 I Wanna Come Back (From the World of Lsd) 2:19
08 Bitter End If You Want Somebody 3:12
09 Satyrs Yesterday's Hero 2:35
10 State of Mind Move 2:10
11 Yesterday's Children Wanna Be With You 2:32
12 Thursday's Children You'll Never Be My Girl 2:09
13 Thursday's Children Air Conditioned Man 2:13
14 Tropics I Want More 2:30
15 Black & Blues Come to Me 2:46
16 Gants Smoke Rings 2:37
17 Billy McKnight & the Plus 4 You're Doin' Me Wrong 2:06
18 Glass Sun Silence of the Morning 5:09
19 Plastic Blues Band Gone 2:10
20 Palace Guards No Comin' Back 2:21
21 Turfits Losin' One 2:26
22 Jury Who Dat 2:19
23 Mike Spenser Goodbye, So Long 0:08
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Hi Butterboy,
ReplyDeletethanks a lot for this incredible set. A lot to discover here.
Cheers
Hi Il Commendatore,
DeleteSure is a lot to discover and what a journey it will be.
Cheers.
Looking forward to these!
ReplyDeleteHi djmcblues2,
DeleteHope you will enjoy these tracks. Its a fun listen.
Cheers.
A lot of classic garage here. Very good to complete his own collection.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks.
Hi Racati,
DeleteMany great tracks to be found on this compilation.
Cheers.
I had these years ago but lost them somehow. Great to hear them again. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi hotrodmike,
DeleteMakes me happy to know they have found a good home. Enjoy.
Cheers.
Many thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome as always, jack
DeleteCheers.
Like hotrodmike said B.Boy. Gems abound here. J PS minding my mate's dog at the mo... a Sydney Silky. Quite a dog - credit to the nation. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi J,
DeleteEnjoying life I see. Enjoy this music too.
Cheers.