VA - 2131 South Michigan Avenue 60's Garage and Psychedelia from USA and Destination Record [2009] (2 x CD's)

 

60's GARAGE

VA - 2131 South Michigan Avenue 60's Garage and Psychedelia from USA and Destination Record [2009] (2 x CD's)

Jim Golden's USA and Destination labels put out so many killer garage-rock sides (both legendary and obscure) that it takes two packed CD's to hold just the cream of the crop! Buckinghams - I'm a Man ; Cryan' Shames - Ben Franklin's Almanac ; Flock - Are You the Kind ; Lord and the Flies - Echoes ; Park Avenue Playground - I Know ; Boyz - Come with Me ; Jokers - What'cha Gonna Do , and more including unreleased tracks.

Being a garage fan for years, I was dismayed to see the USA and Destination records labels still overlooked by compilers. Finally this label gets it due with a very classy compilation by Sundazed.  Despite being a tiny indie label, USA's president Jim Golden had a instinct for discovering local Chicago and regional garage bands with a gift for writing catchy pop-garage and pop-pysch songs and then crafting them for AM radio. Had USA-Destination had stronger promotion, many of these could have been national monsters like the Buckinghams "Kind Of A Drag" was. Everything is first rate here from the packaging, mastering from original tapes, liner notes and a excellent track selection. This is a outstanding comp, and a very necessary buy for Chicago and Garage rock fans. (Amazon)

 2131 South Michigan Avenue is a superb tribute to one of the key labels on the Midwest rock & roll scene in the garage rock era, along with the excellent bands who created music worth documenting, and this is likely to be the landmark garage rock reissue of 2009.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Lost Agency One Girl Man 3:04

02 Shady Daze I'll Make You Pay 1:58

03 Oscar Hamod & the Majestics Got to Have Your Lovin' 2:38

04 Foggy Notions Take Me Back and Hold Me 2:31

05 Lord & the Flies Echoes 2:05

06 Messengers Midnight Hour 2:32

07 Ronnie Ross & the Good Guys If You Ever Go 2:01

08 Oscar Hamod & the Majestics Soul Finger 2:33

09 Jokers I'll Never Let You Go 2:20

10 The Sheffields Do You Still Love Me 2:46

11 Great Society I'm the One for You 2:20

12 Cryan' Shames Ben Franklin's Almanac 2:02

13 Foggy Notions Need a Little Lovin' [Cold End] 3:00

14 Oscar Hamod & the Majestics I Can't Explain 2:15

15 Buckinghams Don't Want to Cry [Unedited Guitar Solo] 2:13

16 Boyz Come With Me 2:33

17 Cryan' Shames You're Gonna Lose That Girl 2:17

18 Cherry Slush I Cannot Stop You 2:38

19 Lost Agency Time to Dream 2:15

20 Buckinghams Rowe Jukebox Promo 0:30

CD2

01 Counts Stop Cheating on Me 2:34

02 Trafalgar Square Til the End of the Day 2:09

03 Boyz Hard Times All Over 2:14

04 Lord & the Flies You Made a Fool of Me 2:42

05 The Ricochettes I Don't Want You 2:23

06 Messengers Hard Hard Year 2:39

07 Oscar Hamod & the Majestics No Chance Baby 2:37

08 Jokers What'cha Gonna' Do 2:50

09 Gary & the Knight Lites I Don't Need Your Help 2:44

10 Flock Are You the Kind 1:57

11 Daughters of Eve Help Me Boy 2:36

12 Buckinghams I'm a Man 5:12

13 Oscar Hamod & the Majestics My Girl is Waiting 2:27

14 Michael & the Messengers Lifs (Don't Mean Nothin') 1:56

15 Park Avenue Playground The Trip 2:29

16 Park Avenue Playground I Know 2:17

17 Cherry Slush Gotta Take it Easy 2:07

18 Flock What Would You Do If the Sun Died 2:47

19 Lost Agency Time to Dream 2:17

20 Daughters of Eve Radio Spot 0:18

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