VA - Wig Out! Freak Out! Freakbeat & Mod Psychedelia Floorfillers 1964-1969 [2023]

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VA - Wig Out! Freak Out! Freakbeat & Mod Psychedelia Floor fillers 1964-1969 [2023]

Wig Out! Freak Out!, the latest compilation from Two-Piers, dives into the world of Freakbeat, Psych and Mod from 1964-1969. Pulling the cream of tracks from the UK and United States Freakbeat and Garage scenes of the time. Featuring tracks from The Sonics, The Kinks, The Action, Chocolate Watch Band, The Haunted, The Standells, Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Shadows of Knight, The Yardbirds, The Seeds and more Wig Out! Freak Out! is packed full of Freakbeat and Mod classics as well as rare sought after nuggets.

Aimed squarely at the Alternative and 60s Club Dancefloors Wig Out! Freak Out! Kicks off with the fuzz guitars of The Sonics ’Shot Down’, The Standells epic ‘Dirty Water’, and lesser-known gem '1-2-5’ by The Haunted, before taking you down a road of pure riotous Freakbeat joy with tracks by the likes of The Birds ‘You’re on My Mind', The Wimple Winch 'Save My Soul' and The Remains ‘Don’t Look Back’. Add the epic Freakbreat grooves of The Eyes ‘You’re Too Much’ and The Open Mind ‘Magic Potion’ an chuck in some brilliant covers by The Kinks, with their take on ‘Louie Louie, Paul Reeve and The Raiders sublime version of ‘I’m Not Your Stepping Stone, Girl group The Starlets garage cover of ‘You Don’t Love Me’, ‘Gloria’ reworked by The Shadows of Knight, and The Action covering ‘Land of 1000 Dances’ and making the track their own, and your feet can’t help but move. The compilation contains lesser known gems such as The Satans ‘Makin’ Deals’, Count Five ‘Double Decker Bus’, The Poets ‘Wooden Spoon’ and The Pirates ‘Cuttin’ Out’. It also takes a turn into Mod Psychedelic territory with the Hammond led grooves of The Quik ‘Berts Apple Crumble’, The Spencer Davis Group ‘I’m A Man’ and the glorious ‘Indian Rope Man’ by Julie Drsicoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity, before ending on the instrumental blues psych rock of Davie Allan and The Arrows ‘Blues Theme’ - a journey through the very best of Freakbeat and Mod Psychedelia at the peak of its powers 1964-1969. (Amazon)

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Track lists

01 Sonics - Shot Down 2:15

02 Standells - Dirty Water 2:48

03 Haunted - 1-2-5 2:30

04 Birds - You're On My Mind 2:48

05 Paul Revere & The Raiders - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone 2:47

06 Shadows Of Knight - Shake 2:31

07 Starlets - You Don't Love Me 2:17

08 Wimple Winch - Save My Soul 3:06

09 Action - Land Of 1000 Dances 2:51

10 Jacques Dutronc - Le Responsable 2:34

11 Eyes - You're Too Much 3:21

12 Remains - Don't Look Back 2:40

13 Kinks - Louie Louie 2:57

14 Rita Chaos & The Quests - Hanky Panky 3:01

15 Argyles - Farmer John 1:53

16 Poets - Wooden Spoon 2:30

17 West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Shifting Sands 3:55

18 ? & The Mysterians - Up Side 2:52

19 Third Bardo - I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time 2:16

20 Chocolate Watch Band - Let's Talk About Girls 2:46

21 Count Five - Double-Decker Bus 2:00

22 Satans - Makin' Deals 2:01

23 Quik - Berts Apple Crumble 2:14

24 Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man 2:51

25 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Indian Rope Man 3:23

26 Hi-Fis - Tread Softly For The Sleepers 2:11

27 Yardbirds - Stroll On 2:46

28 Pirates - Cuttin' Out 2:01

29 Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard 2:38

30 Davie Allen & The Arrows - Blues Theme 2:10

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