Shindig! Dynamite To Your Ears

July 23, 2012

This is Garbage. Nope Mam, this is Garage!

Candy, time keeper :

The Chocolate Watchband!

(that also works for The Strawberry Alarm Clock)

Ok son, you won't hear my scratchy voice no more, but here's what you'll get : a full blast of garage to your lovely ears. If Music Was The Food Of Love ... Then Prepare For Indigestion!

You'll find below an exquisite introduction to Garage Rock that I strongly recommend to every newcomers to this genre. It's a mixture of classic Garage tunes and more obscure stuff. Dive into this dirty world, sing your soul out, jump out of your couch, burn the house down and get that crazy feeling!

Playlist:

I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes (Reprise - 1966) (CA)

Dirty Water - The Standells (Tower - 1965) (CA)

I Can Only Give You Everything - The Little Boy Blues (IRC - 1966) (IL)

Psycho - The Sonics (Etiquette - 1965) (WA)

I'm A Hog For You - The Groupies (Atco - 1966) (NY)

Laugh Laugh - The Beau Brummels (Autumn - 1964) (CA)

Stop And Listen - The Shag (Capitol - 1967) (WI)

Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl - The Barbarians (Laurie - 1965) (MA)

Hate - The Stoics (Brams - 1967) (TX)

Out Of Our Tree - The Wailers (Etiquette - 1965) (WA)

You'll Never Be My Girl - Thursday's Children (Paradise - 1966) (TX)

We Ain't Got Nothing Yet - The Blues Magoos (Mercury - 1966) (NY)

Bo Said - The Just VI (Wax - 1965) (CA)

You Burn Me Up And Down - We The People (Challenge - 1966) (FL)

Dr. Stone - The Leaves (Mira - 1966) (CA)

Psychotic Reaction - Count Five (Double Shot - 1966) (CA)

Feathered Fish - The Sons Of Adam (Alamo - 1966) (CA)

You're Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators (Contact / International Artists - 1966) (TX)

Steppin' Out - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia - 1965) (OR)

The Potato Chip Song - The Shadows Of Knight (Auravision - 1967) (IL)

Blackout Of Gretely - Gonn (Emir - 1967) (IA)

Let's Talk About Girl - The Chocolate Watchband (Tower - 1967) (CA)

Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day - Sir Raleigh & The Cupons (Jerden - 1965) (WA)

The Electric Prunes

The Standells

The Little Boy Blues

The Sonics

Go Sonics!

The Groupies

The Shag(s)

The Barbarians

The Stoics?

The Wailers

The Wailers Tonite(sic)!

The Blues Magoos

We The People

The Leaves

Count V

The Sons Of Adam

The 13th Floor Elevators

Paul Revere & The Raiders

The Shadows Of Knight

Gonn

The Chocolate Watchband

Sir Walter Raleigh

July 15, 2012

Shindig! Hidden French Special

The Telstar satellite

Here we are again, as I told you (well, a little bit late but whatever!), ready to enjoy a new piece of Shindig! with Cyril from Rockology as a special guest (so expect a show in French!). And guessed what, it's a semi-themed show (what, semi? I want my money back! Chill out, you'll got soul stuff in the second part). The theme is James Bond and the related space-age tunes. If that doesn't make sense to you, well listen to the grooves. This show was originally broadcasted on December 30, 2011.

Tracklist :

1. Telstar - The Tornados

2. James Bond Theme - John Barry & His Orchestra

3. From Russia With Love - Matt Munro

4. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey

5. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra

6. You Only Live Twice - Lorraine Chandler

7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - John Barry & His Orchestra

8. You Didn't Say A Word - Yvonne Baker

9. Girls - Major Lance

10. A Whole Lotta Woman - Sam Cooke

11. Be My Baby - The Ronettes

12. Not My Girl - The Platters

13. I Shall Be Free - Toots & The Maytals (short excerpt)

14. 007 Shanty Town - Desmond Dekker & The Aces

Backing Track : The Magnificent Seven - The John Barry Orchestra

followed by James Bond Theme - John Barry & His Orchestra

The Tornados

John Barry & His Orchestra

Matt Munro performing live "From Russia With Love"
in Australia in 1967

Shirley Bassey performing "Goldfinger" live at
Royal Albert Hall

Nancy Sinatra in all her glory in a cool ball chair

Yvonne Baker with The Sensations, her first group

Major Lance

Sam Cooke
Googling Sam Cooke, I found out that a young blond
plenteous woman shares that very same name
Who knew!

The Ronettes performing "Be My Baby" on Shindig! in 1965

Be My Baby - The Ronettes

The Ronettes performing "Be My Baby" and "Shout" at the
Big TNT Show, CA, in 1966

The Ronettes performing "You Baby" on Hullabaloo on
December 6, 1965

And a little Shindig! for you!
Including The Ronettes, Sonny and Cher,
Darlene Love and the Blossoms,
Bobby Goldsboro, Donna Loren, Glen Campbell, Billy Preston,
The Shindogs, and The Righteous Brothers
singing a medley of Rock'n'Roll songs from the '50s

The Platters

Toots & The Maytals

Desmond Dekker & The Aces

The Beatles TV Cartoon episode 28

Movie Of The Week
/
Go, Johnny Go! (1959)

Here's the theatrical trailer :

Fantastic Alan Freed movie with a galaxy of 1950s rock and roll stars! Jimmy Clanton stars as "Johnnie Melody," an unwanted teenager from an orphanage who sends a demo record to disc jockey Alan Freed and rises to rock and roll fame! Along the way he meets a cool chick (Sandy Stewart), falls in love, and gets arrested by the cops!

Chuck Berry has an acting roll and also performs some of his classics. Cool record store scene but the real treat is the 1950s rock and roll music: The Flamingos: "Jump, Children." The Cadillacs: "Jay Walker," "Please, Mr. Johnson." Harvey: "Don't Be Afraid To Love Me." Jackie Wilson: "You Better Know It." Chuck Berry: "Johnny B. Goode," "Little Queenie," "Memphis, Tennessee." Eddie Cochran: "Teenage Heaven." Ritchie Valens: "Ooh My Head." Jo-Ann Campbell: "Momma, Can I Go Out." Jimmy Clanton: "My Love Is Strong," "It Takes A Long Time," "Ship On A Stormy Sea," "Angel Face." Sandy Stewart: "Playmates." "Heavenly Father." Jimmy Clanton and Sandy Stewart: "Once Again."

Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, The Cadillacs, Jo-Ann Campbell, The Flamingos, Harvey Fuqua, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Cavallo and the House Rockers, Herb Vigran, Frank Wilcox, Barbara Woodell, Milton Frome, Joe Cranston, Martha Wentworth, Robert Foulk, Joe Flynn. Go Johnny Go!

The Video Beat

I saw the full movie on YouTube but unfortunately, it seems no longer available.

June 18, 2012

Radio Show #51 (04/05/12)

Wendy Rene

Here's the final installement of Shindig! radio show. But chill out, the good old Dr. Freed will come back soon with a whole lot of bonus. Expect hidden shows, groovin' 'n' smokin' playlists and original videos!

This show was originally broadcasted on May 4, 2012 :

Tracklist :

1. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu - Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns

2. Good Times - The Easybeats

3. Get Out Of My Life - Aaron Neville

4. Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad - Caleb

5. Crazy Legs - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

6. Never Mistaken - The Debonaires

7. Bar B-Q - Wendy Rene

8. You've Really Got A Hold On Me (live) - The Miracles

9. Mindrocker - Fenwyck

10. Little Egypt - The Coasters

11. Dixie Fried - Carl Perkins

12. I'll Hold You - Frankie & Johnny

13. She's Goin' Bald - The Beach Boys

Backing Track : Slim Jenkin's Place - Booker T. & The MG's

Huey 'Piano' Smith

Good Times - The Easybeats (1968)

Aaron Neville

Caleb Quaye

Ok, I'm absolutly not sure if these are The Debonaires
that issued "Never Mistaken", but it would be
a shame to pass them by

The Miracles performing "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
on Shindig! on November 4, 1964

Jerry Raye, member?/leader?/man behind? Fenwick

Maybe he was just backed by Fenwick on "Mindrocker"
Anyway, his name is associated with this particular recording

Here's a scandalous collection of smokin' sexy girls
form the first half of the 20th century doing
exotic dances to The Coasters' "Little Egypt"
"It is so sexy it is downright salacious!"

Elvis Presley performing "Little Egypt" in the
1964 flick "Rustabout"

Lee Curtis performing "Little Egypt" live
in Offenbach, Germany, in 1966

Carl Perkins performing "Dixie Fried" live
on Tex Ritter's Ranch Party in 1957

Frankie & Johnny

The Beatles TV Cartoon episode 27

Movie Of The Week
/
Beach Ball (1965)

Here's the trailer

"Surf ridin', skin divin', sky jumpin', drag racin', beach bashin' boys and their bikini beauties...in a blast of a beach brawl!" Three aspiring rockers in a group called, "The Wigglers," attempt to raise enough money to get their instruments out of hock. Very cool Long Beach, California custom-car show featuring the Silhouette!

"Beach Ball" feels like the companion film to, "The Girls on the Beach." The music will knock your socks off! Edd Byrnes says stuff like,"Don't bug me, baby. I'm in orbit." Look for Sid Haig as the drummer for Righteous Brothers!

The Supremes, the Four Seasons, the Righteous Brothers, the Hondells, the Walker Brothers, the Nashville Teens. Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Chris Noel, Robert Logan, Gale Gilmore, Aaron Kincaid. Dick Miller, Mikki Jamison, Don Edmonds, Brenda Benet, James Wellman, Anna Lavele, Jack Bernardi.

The Supremes sing "Come to the Beach Ball with Me" and "Surfer Boy"; the Four Seasons sing "Dawn"; the Hondells sing Brian Wilson's "My Buddy Seat"; the Righteous Brothers go ape on "Baby What You Want Me to Do"; and the Walker Brothers wail on "Doin' the Jerk". Other songs in the film include: "I Feel So Good", "Surfin' Shindig", "Wiggle Like You Tickled", "We've Got Money."

The Video Beat

June 05, 2012

Radio Show #50 (13/04/12)

Sir Douglas Quintet

Hey folks, are you ready to groove? So get your ticket to the rock'n'soul roller coaster of daddy rolling stone! Here's a new installment of Shindig!, dedicated to YOU! Originally broadcasted on April 13, 2012 :

Tracklist :

1. Honey Chile - Fats Domino

2. Don't Be Afraid Of Love - Oscar Mack

3. The Daily Planet - Love

4. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King

5. I Can Take A Hint - The Miracles

6. Get To Steppin' - Jackie Day

7. She's About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet

8. Changing The Colors Of Life - Los Chijuas

9. You Talk Too Much - Frankie Ford

10. Flyin' Saucers Rock'n'Roll - Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men

11. Fire - Gino Parks