Freakbeat : that's the wildest beat

The Who

Hi-Ho daddy-O. Here's a new playlist concocted by your man for your own good. Be prepare for a sonic assault : dis is Freakbeat!

Playlist :

1. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere - The Who (Brunswick - 1965)

2. Daddy Daddy - The Birds (Reaction - 1966)

3. Making Time - The Creation (Planet - 1966)

4. Crawdaddy Simone - The Syndicats (Columbia - 1965)

5. Grounded - The Syn (Deram - 1967)

6. Why Don't You Smile - The Downliners Sect (Columbia - 1966)

7. No Good Without You Baby - The Birds (Decca - 1965)

8. The Ox - The Who (Brunswick - 1965)

9. Circles - Les Fleur De Lys (Immediate - 1966)

10. Take A Heart - The Sorrows (Piccadilly - 1965)

11. You're Holding Me Down - The Buzz (Columbia - 1966)

12. A Midsummer Night Scene - John's Children (Track - 1967)

13. Come On Back - Paul & Ritchie & The Cryin' Shames (Decca - 1966)

14. Understanding - The Small Faces (Decca - 1966)

15. Say Those Magic Words - The Birds (Reaction - 1966)

16. I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - The Flies (Decca - 1966)

17. When The Night Falls - The Eyes (Mercury - 1966)

18. Garden Of My Mind - The Mickey Finn (Direction - 1967)

19. Gamma Goochie - The Tribe (Planet - 1966)

20. How Does It Feel To Feel [US Version] - The Creation (Polydor - 1968)

21. Singing The Blues - Jason Eddie & The Centremen (Capitol - 1966)

22. Picture Of Lily - The Who (Track - 1967)

 The Who

The Who performing "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere" on

Ready Steady Go! in 1965

This is the song that created the Freakbeat genre

(although the name was coined more than a decade later)

An amazing performance of The Who at the Richmond Festival

in 1965 playing "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere"

Now, that's what I call Freakbeat

 The Birds

The Creation performing live "Making Time" in 

Offenbach, Germany

Ladies & Gentlemen, this is Eddie Phillips with his ... bow

The Creation are undoubtlessly the Kings of Freakbeat

The theatrical trailer of the excellent biopic about Joe Meek

"Telstar", released in 2009, backed by The Syndicats'

"Crawdaddy Simone"

The Syndicats
For me, The Syndicats' "Crawdaddy Simone" is
the epitome of Freakbeat 

The Syn

The Downliners Sect

Les Fleur De Lys (Sic!)

The Sorrows performing one of the greatest Freakbeat
tune ever "Take A Heart" in Offenbach, Germany

 John's Children

Paul & Ritchie & The Cryin' Shames

The Small Faces

The Mickey Finn

Jason Eddie

Picture Of Lily - The Who

The Beatles TV Cartoon Episode 33 Part 1


The Beatles TV Cartoon Episode 33 Part 2

The Beatles TV Cartoon Episode 33 Part 3

Movie Of The Week
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Wild In The Streets (1968)

Watch the theatrical trailer below

Max Frost and the Troopers are an extremely popular rock and roll group with all the teenagers. A series of events results in Max Frost becoming President of the United States. Everyone over 30 years old is sent to LSD camps. Psychedelic images and sounds.

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote soundtrack songs, with "The Shape Of Things To Come" being the big hit record. Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Richard Pryor, Diane Varsi, Ed Begley, Sr., Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins. Attorney Melvin Belli, Dick Clark and Walter Winchell provide cameo commentary. Companion film to, "Cult Of The Damned." Wild in the Streets!

The Video Beat

Fourteen Or Fight

Rock the vote!

Shape Of Things To Come  - Max Frost & The Troupers