VA - People! Let's Freak Out, The Irish Rock Rebellion 1963-1970 [2019] (5 x CDs)

IRISH ROCK REBELLION

Previously posted March 10, 2020

VA - People! Let's Freak Out, The Irish Rock Rebellion 1963-1970 [2019] (5 x CDs)

While Ireland has never been given equal acclaim to that of its neighboring England, it nevertheless produces some of the most iconic and influential bands of the period. As Van Morrison and Them were leaving Belfast for London, a slew of new hopefuls arrived to establish their own niche under the nose of the dominant showband scene. Compiled here, are 125 original recordings featuring various groups from Eire and Northern Ireland, some of whom went on to huge success in the 1970's. From Ian Whitcomb to Eire Apparent, The Bye-Laws to the Belfast Gypsies and Gentry to Sugar Shack, People! Let's Freak Out is a fascinating account of Ireland's more obscure and vibrant music scene of the 1960s. Spanning five discs with rare and previously unreleased recordings, a plethora of memorabilia and expansive liners housed in an 88 page full colour booklet, People! Let's Freak Out offers an excellent companion to similar anthologies such as Nuggets, Rubble and Buried Alive!!

I have rarely, if ever, been as excited about ANY album release as I have been about this. And now that I have this wonderful box set I can confirm that my excitement has been fully justified.  The music scene in Ireland in the mid-to-late 60s has long been neglected. At least outside of Ireland itself. And the small amount of attention it has received has tended to focus on the showbands, while the multitude of beat groups that proliferated, especially in the cities and large towns, have largely been ignored. This excellent collection does a great deal to rectify this imbalance. This is a fantastic five-disc set. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Wheels - Bad Little Woman 2:49

02 Gary Street - Let Me In 2:38

03 Creatures - Hurtin' All Over 2:08

04 Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville - Dance Again 1:55

05 Mad Lads - I Can Tell 3:08

06 Spectres - The Facts of Life 2:03

07 Greenbeat - Just You Wait and See 1:26

08 Wheels - Call My Name 2:06

09 Dickie Rock & the Miami Showband - Boys 2:38

10 Royal Showband Waterford - Roll Over Beethoven 2:38

11 Mad Lads - Answer Your Phone 2:45

12 Alleykatz - The Friendly Undertaker 3:06

13 Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville - Boney Moroney 2:43

14 Chessmen - The Fightin 3:23

15 Debonaires - A Love of Our Own 2:35

16 Banshees - I Got a Woman 2:59

17 Margo and the Marvettes - So Fine 2:30

18 Sean Fagan and the Pacific Showband - Do What I Want You To 2:16

19 People - All Right 2:14

20 Joe Dolan and the Drifters Showband - When You Say I Love You 2:16

21 Just Five - I Will Have You 2:41

22 Ottilie Patterson - Baby Please Don't Go 1:45

23 Blue Aces - Land of Love 2:23

24 Bats - On the Waterfront 2:06

25 Luvin' Kind - Answers Please 3:18

26 People - I'm With You 2:03

27 Just Five - Well, Don't That Beat Them All 2:44

CD2

01 Blue Aces - That's All Right 2:54

02 Creatures - Someone Needs You 1:55

03 Belfast Gypsies - People, Let's Freak Out 2:34

04 Pan Pipers - Money and Love 2:40

05 Movement - Something You Got 2:38

06 Wheels - Gloria 2:39

07 Bye-Laws - Deep Water 2:24

08 Boomerangs - Upgraded 2:01

09 Stellas - Fortune Teller 2:28

12 Interns - Your One and Only Man 3:03

10 Wheel-A-Ways - Don't You Know 3:06

11 Blue Aces - Tell Me What You're Gonna Do 1:51

13 Kingbees - My Little Red Book 2:17

14 Banshees - Yes Indeed 3:24

15 Creatures - Turn Out the Light 1:49

16 Kingbees - I'm a Kingbee 2:28

17 Moses K & the Prophets - So Long 2:37

18 Bats - Lovers Lie Sleeping 2:05

19 Wheel-A-Ways - Bad Little Woman (Usa Version) 2:35

20 Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville - You Turn Me on (The Turn on Song) 2:39

21 Creatures - Love is a Funny Little Game 1:42

22 Deep Set - That's the Way Life Goes 2:04

23 Movement - Tell Her 2:36

24 Wheels - Kicks 2:30

25 Gene and the Gents - C'mon Everybody 2:30

26 Rising Sons - Just a Little While Longer 2:49

26. The Rising Sons - Just A Little While Longer

CD3

01 Strangers - Mary, Mary 2:18

02 Hat and Tie - California Jazz Club U.S.A 2:04

03 Finnavons - Mademoiselle Ninette 2:05

04 Concords - Hello Memories 2:07

05 Creatures - Looking at Tomorrow 1:49

06 Pan Pipers - Stop 2:27

07 Jon Ledingham - Love is a Toy 2:40

08 Boomerangs - Dream World 2:46

09 Joe Dolan and the Drifters - The Wrong Impression 1:57

10 Carpetbaggers - The Flea Teacher 2:43

11 Wheels of Time - 1984 2:19

12 Freaks of Nature - Secret Police (Aka the Shadow Chasers) 2:32

13 Movement - Head for the Sun 2:52

14 Dreams - Baby I'm Your Man 2:17

15 Real McCoy - I Get So Excited 2:31

16 Belfast Gypsies - Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) 2:06

17 Terry and the Trixons - Cinnamon 2:24

18 Gentry - Come and See 2:18

19 Derek & the Freshmen - Gone Away 1:58

20 Universals - I Can't Find You 2:12

21 Creatures - It Must Be Love 2:35

22 Strangers - Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow 2:20

23 Jon Ledingham - Thank You Mrs. Gilbert 2:08

24 Trixons - Sunny Side Sam 2:48

25 Arrivals - She's About a Mover 2:20

26 Gentry - Lonely, But Free 2:30

CD4

01 Dreams - Softly, Softly 2:01

02 Strangers - Step Inside 2:41

03 Jacobites - Choo, Choo Charlie 2:15

04 Real McCoy - Quick Joey 3:38

05 Deep Set - Spicks and Specks 2:52

06 Eire Apparent - Follow Me 2:40

07 Terry and the Trixons - Just Another Song 2:31

08 Universals - Green Veined Orchid 2:55

09 Real McCoy - Baby Go Home 2:32

10 Danny Hughes - Hi Ho Silver Lining 2:59

11 Butch Moore - A Good Thing Goin 2:52

12 Tina & the Mexicans - Just Hang On 2:12

13 Mellow Candle - Tea With the Sun 3:18

14 Pattersons - Sing Me Sunshine 2:27

15 Gentry - Sing Me a Sad Song 2:41

16 Gumm - Baby, We'll Glide Into Love 2:25

17 Gary Street and the Fairways - Hold Me Closer 2:10

18 Universals - Hey You 2:29

19 Chessmen - Loving You 1:51

20 Peter Law & Sound of the Pacific - My Jenny 2:12

21 Footappers - My Girl 2:18

22 Granny's Intentions - Hilda the Bilda 2:04

23 Philosophers - I Believe 1:56

24 Freshmen - Carpet Man 2:53

25 Dreams - A Boy Needs a Girl 2:23

26 Movement - Mr. Man 2:53

27 Simon Scott - Smiling Faces 2:43

CD5

01 Granny's Intentions - The Story of David 2:51

02 Orange Machine - Dr. Crippen's Waiting Room 2:54

03 Poets - Locked in a Room 2:57

04 Them - You Got Me Good 2:40

05 Gentry - Contact 3:07

06 Andwella's Dream - Midday Sun 3:21

07 Orange Machine - Three Jolly Little Dwarfs 2:13

08 Granny's Intentions - One Time Lovers 2:39

09 Skid Row - Saturday Morning Man 3:52

10 David McWilliams - Redundancy Blues 3:51

11 Them - Dirty Old Man 1:55

12 Crypt - Jane 2:51

13 Sugar Shack - Morning Dew 2:46

14 Orange Machine - Real Live Permanent Dream 3:08

15 Granny's Intentions - Julie Don't Love Me Anymore 2:33

16 Andwella's Dream - Shades of Grey 3:34

17 Taxi - Counting Time My Way 2:33

18 Freshmen - Who Else Can We Blame 3:01

19 Granny's Intentions - Sandy's On the Phone Again 2:11

20 Eire Apparent - Here I Go Again 2:09

21 Them - But It's Alright 2:39

22 Deep Set - Cinnamon Girl 3:02

23 Orange Machine - You Can All Join In 3:27

24 Eire Apparent - Rock 'N' Roll Band 3:14

25 Sugar Shack - Sunshine of Your Love 3:53

26 Crypt - Monday 3:03

27 Skid Row - New Places, Old Faces 3:18

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