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That’s Four More in the photo. Enjoy!

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1. “Ruined World” – The XL’s (Paro 100, 1966, Terre Haute, IN)

2. “The World Could Stop” – The Shillings – from the album “Allentown Anglophile,” a 21 song compilation of 1960s garage bands from Allentown, PA

3. “Daniela” – The Bullets – from their 2008 debut “Final Race” – another wonder from Greece

4. “Can’t He Take a Hint” – Kenni Woods (Philips, 1963) – Sandi Sheldon is her real name. She recorded a bunch of great stuff under different names and bands, i.e., The Pacettes, Jack & Jill, The Fantastic Vantastics, Kendra Spotswood , The Vonettes & Andy Alston & Alice Presley

5. “(I Fell in Love) For the Very First Time” – The Undertakers (Black Watch 5545, 1965)

6. “A Must to Avoid” – The Stool Pigeons – Sympathy for the Record Industry SFTRI 469, 1996

7. “Without You” – Kings Ransom – from a 60s garage compilation from ArfArf, “No No No”

8. “When I See You” – Billy & the Kids (Julian 109, 1966, Wenatchee, WA)

9. “Somebody Groovy” – The Mamas & Papas (Dunhill 4018, 1965) b side to “Go Where You Wanna Go”

10. “Pieces Fit” – Pieces Fit – from the 60s compilation “Diggin’ For Gold V3”

11. “But I Do” – Mark & the Spies - off their fantabulous 2007 self-titled debut album

12. “I’m a Fool” – The Bucaneers (Amigo 104, 1966, Philadelphia)

13. “Life” – Head & the Hares (Stanton Park Records, 1997, “from “Autumn Songbook”)

14. “You Can’t Win” – The Warlox (Vermillion 270, 1967, Alexandria, VA)

15. “Don’t Let Me Down” – The Candydates (Oak, 1966) – a rarity

16. “I’ll Walk Away” – The Ugly Beats – from the 2005 Get Hip release, “Bring on the Beats”

17. “I’m Sad” – The Black & the Blues (Rigby 1000, 1966, Magnolia, NJ)

18. “The 81” – Candy & the Kisses (Cameo 336A, 1965) – in case you’re wondering (I was!), the 81 was a dance in Philly

19. “Hey, Hey Babe” - John & Gunther (Counterpart 2585, 1967)

20. “Brook Street” – The Bordellos – from the 2007 album, “Meet the Bordellos”

21. “Selfish Confusion” – Goodies Galore (Liverpool 101, 1967)

22. “Whenever You’re Ready” – The Zombies (Parrot 9786, 1965)

23. “He’ll Make You Cry” – The Limits – from the CD Baby Limits compilation, “The Earley Daze 1965-68”

24. “Thoughts” – Yesterday’s Thoughts – from the recently released limited edition album, “A Moment to Pray”

25. “Black Lantern” – Caeser & His Romans (G J M 9000, 1968, Buffalo, NY)

26. “Gee, I’m Sorry Baby” – The Sapphires (ABC-Paramount 10639, 1965)

27. “Now I Know” – Scarlets – from the comp “Diggin’ For Gold V3”

28. “Cool Calm & Collected” – Druids (MNO 101, 1966, San Jose, CA)

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Photo is of the Quests.

Thanks for all the nice comments!! Sorry it took me a while to get to them but they piled up somewhere in the corner of the garage and I didn't see them. And yes, tagging is serious business! Sometimes I think that I spend twice as much time carefully tagging then I do with the music. -) Enjoy!

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1. “I Wanna Come Back (From the World of LSD)” – Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 (Lance, 1966, Albuquerque, NM)

2. “Heathen Set” – The Fuzztones – from the 2005 Fuzztones compilation “LSD 25: 25 Years of Fuzz and Fury”

3. “Shadows in the Night” – The Quests – (Fenton 2086 A, 1966, Grand Rapids)

4. “(My) Baby’s Gone” – The Sound Barrier (Pebbles, Vol. 5)

5. “My Baby Has Gone” – Little Miss Jessie & Group – from “The Girl Group Sound Vol. 8”

6. “Take Love, Give Love” – The Stool Pigeons (with Peter Noone) – Sympathy for the Record Industry SFTRI 469, 1996

7. “Care of Cell 44” – The Sneetches – from the 1994 tribute album, “World of the Zombies” [what a strange song!]

8. “She Does Everything For Me” – The Zombies – from the amazing 1967 album “Odessey & Oracle”

9. “If We Don’t Realise” – Higher State – from the 2009 album “Darker by the Day”

10. “I Don’t Believe” – The Moonrakers (Tower 239, 1966, Denver)

11. “Edi, Edi” – Angelica Maria – originally from the 1962 self-titled album [Mexico]

12. “Don’t Cry” – The Krystal Tones (Han-di, 1966, Schiller Park, IL)

13. “Don’t Want to Cry” – The Buckinghams – from the 1967 album “Kind of a Drag”

14. “Let Me Tell You ‘Bout Johnny” – Dodie Stevens (Dot 16259, 1961)

15. “Not Fade Away” – Corporate Image (MGM 13614, 1966)

16. “Forgive Me Darling (I Have Lied)” – The Ran-Dells (Chairman, 1963)

17. “Peaches ‘n Cream” – The Ikettes (Modern Records, 1965)

18. “The Setting Son” – The Setting Son – from the self-titled 2007 album on Bad Afro

19. “Never Coming Home” - The Delirium (Vibra 136-2, 1967, Mechanicsville, NY)

20. “When I’m Gone (2^nd version)” – Brenda Holloway (Tamla 54111, 1965)

21. “Lonely Everyday” – The Golden Earrings – from the 1965 album, “Just Earrings” [Dutch]

22. “Boy is Gone” – Lyn & the Invaders (Fenton 2040, 1966)

23. “Don’t Pretend” – Paul Hampton (Top Rank Int. 2095, 1960)

24. “I Can’t Live Without You” – Blues Inc. (United Audio 80846, 1968)

25. “Show You Love” – Hangee V – from their self-titled 2005 album on Monster Records [Italy]

26. “Gotta Have Your Love” – The Sapphires (ABC-Paramount 10639, 1965)

27. “Morning” – The What-Nots (Amber 102, 1966, Hillsdale, NJ)

28. “Never Ask Again” – The End Result (Chattahoochee Records, 1966)

29. “Mama Didn’t Lie” – Flip – the Joe Meek version; Jan Bradley made it a hit in 1963

30. “I Took My Baby Home” – The Kinks (Pye, 1964 & from their debut self-titled album)

Girls NOT in the Garage V5

Ellie Greenwich was the queen of the girls NOT in the garage. We will miss her. The first 2 songs are a minute sampling of the incredible breadth of work she lighted up our lives with.

Speaking of this genre, whatever you wanna call it [beehive pop?], it’s among my favorite music nowadays. I recently had a virtual conversation with someone regarding how our tastes seem to go around in a circle. Mine sure has, and, what a long strange trip it’s been. Not to bore you with my life history, but the executive summary goes more or less: doo-wop and show music courtesy of an older brother, to the Beach Boys (who never really left the circle though I went underground for a couple of decades for obvious reasons), to garage in my early teens thanks to the Friday night YMCA shows of enthusiastic (though mostly inept) cover bands, to the Beatles and Brittania, to the psychedelia of the latter 60s, to jazz, to a dabbling in punk, to 90s indie rock and finally back to where I started from. Of course the circle is not completely round. How the hell did I come across the Velvets? Whatever, I think I’m back to a very comfortable place, one where I’ll likely remain for a while.

Sorry to bore ya. Here's a compilation of beehive pop taken from recent GUTFs. Enjoy!

Girls NOT in the Garage V5

Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Ellie Greenwich
Let's Go Together - The Raindrops
Dynamite - Brenda Lee
I Met Him On Sunday - The Shirelles
Hello Stranger (LP Version) - Barbara Lewis
Raindrops - The Honeys
Wonder Boy - Lesley Gore
Nobody Loves Me - The Ikettes
Hey Everybody - Ramona King
It's Gonna Take a Miracle - The Royalettes
Our Day Will Come - Ruby & The Romantics
You Haven't Seen Nothing - Dee Dee Young
Love Me Like I Do - Mama Guitar
Crying On My Pillow - Dorothy Berry
Boyfriend - Serenadettes
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Betty Everett
Where's My Love - Jamie Horton
Dont Let It Go To Your Head - Lorraine Ellison
She Don't Deserve You - The Honey Bees
This Love - Love Potion / Joy Tones
(I Could Write A Book) About My Baby - Pandoras
Young Boy - Barbara Greene
Selfish One - Jackie Ross
Crying Inside - The Heartbeats
I Love You So - The Kittens
Stay Awhile - Dusty Springfield
I Think of You - The Chantelles
Gee What A Boy - The Fantastic Vantastics
Born Too Late - The Poni-Tails
Should I Cry [alternate take] - Jackie DeShannon

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Here’s another wildly dysfunctional compilation of 30 tunes (that coincidentally fit perfectly on a CD). This edition spans more than 50 years and includes teenage laments, snarly garage and soulful sisters and brothers and some other stuff that defies classification (or class). Thanks for all the nice comments. Enjoy!

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1. “Come On” – Chuck Berry (Chess, 1961)

2. “You Gotta Let Me Go” – The Astronauts – (RCA LSP 3307, 1965 from the LP “Go Go Go”)

3. “Almost There” – The Turtles –b side to 1965’s “It Ain’t Me Babe” (White Whale 222) – I believe it’s a cover of the great garage tune by The Showmen

4. “I Ain’t Giving Up Nothin’” – Sonny Wilson (Candix 327, 1961)

5. “Some Guys Have It (Some Guys Don’t)” – The Scotland Yardleys (Smash 2036, 1966, Hollywood)

6. “Infected With You” – The Miracle Workers – from the 1994 Get Hip LP, “Moxie’s Revenge”

7. “Born Too Late” – The Poni-Tails (ABC-Paramount 9934, 1958)

8. “Stormy Weather” – Tommy Burk & the Counts (Smash, 1965?) – great garage cover of this classic!

9. “Make Me Stay” – Green Telescope (from “Two By Two” EP Imaginary Records 001 – 1985)

10. “Time Changes Things” – The Metros (RCA 47-8994, 1966)

11. “Soulmate” – The Setting Son (Bad Afro, 2007)

12. “Take My Heart” – The Romancers – from a compilation of east LA bands of the 60s, “The West Coast East Side Sound, Vol. 2”

13. “Nobody Loves Me” – The Ikettes (Modern 1003, 1964)

14. “Uncle Jack” – Spirit – from their self-titled 1968 debut album

15. “Candy Castles” – The Black & Blues (Talun 715, 1969)

16. “If You Want This Love” – West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (from the album “Part I, Reprise 6247, 1967 – also appears on Rhino’s recently released L.A. Nuggets)

17. “Oh What a Night” – The Dells (Vee-Jay, 1956)

18. “Now She’s Mine” – The Crescendos (Allied International[nz] JAR 548, 1966)

19. “Someone With a Heart” – Roaches (Springfield, 1964)

20. “I Saw Her Again” – The Mamas & Papas (Dunhill 4031, 1966)

21. “Like to Get to Know You” – Spanky & Our Gang (Mercury 72795, 1968)

22. “Only Human” – The Tuesday Club (Philips 40478, 1967)

23. “When You Said Goodbye” – The Shades (Cadet 5608, 1968)

24. “Super Group” – Shonen Knife – from the album “Super Group” released Sept. 2009

25. “For Your Love” – Ed Townsend (Capitol, 1958)

26. “Super Market” – Merrell & the Exiles – from the 1966 album “Fapardokly”

27. “Love” – The Runaways (Hitt 2001, 196?)

28. “People Say” – Rogues Inc. (Associated Artists 101, 1967)

29. “Don’t Make Me No Promises” – The Dramatics (Chess, 1974)

30. “Ain’t Got No Feelin’” – Derek’s Accent (Down Under, 1966)

Where The Action Was: More L.A. Nuggets

More L.A. Nuggets

Have we all had a chance to shell out a few zillion bucks for the recently released (9/22/09), "Where The Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968?" Well, it's actually reasonably priced considering what you get. And what you get is 4 cds of mostly spectacular unappreciated/under-appreciated garage, punk, pop and some downright weird and mostly forgotten tunes. "More L.A. Nuggets" is meant to be an addendum to the wonderful Rhino release. Enjoy!

Action - Freddy Cannon

Hollywood Nites - Lance Romance

Riot On Sunset Strip - The Hypstrz

Rebel Kind - The Chicks

It's The Little Things - Sonny & Cher

Poor Richard - Spirit

Softly to Me -Love

Someday Man - The Monkees

She Ain't No Good - Sean And The Brandywines

I Never Loved Her - The Starfires

Sorry - The Palace Guards

Lila - Merrell & the Exiles

Come to the Sunshine - Harpers Bizarre

She Works All Night - The Countdowns

Raindrops - The Honeys

She's Still Talking Baby Talk - Jan & Dean

This Whole World - The Beach Boys

You're Never Gonna Love Me Anymore - The Bucaneers

Rock & Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield

The Girl With No Name - The Byrds

Hang It Out To Dry - Bud & Kathy

I Need Your Lovin' - The Bushmen

She's Ready To Be Free - The Clear Light

Should I Cry [alternate take] - Jackie DeShannon

Makin' Love - The Dirty Shames

That's When Happiness Began - Grains Of Sand

He Makes Me So Mad - Hollywood Jills

Where You Gonna Go - Art Guy

Sure Gonna Miss Her [Single Version] - Gary Lewis & the Playboys

All of the Time - The Maltese Four

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Yet another compilation that defies categorization – 30 tunes that will regale you with unbound pleasure and unimagined pain. If you appreciate 60s-00s garage, funky soulful delights, chicks with beehive hairdos singing about love lost and found, doo-wop that eluded Alan Freed - ranging from the obscure and out of print to the Billboard top and bottom 100, download this wildly dysfunctional delight.

That’s the Wild Cherries in the photo. Enjoy!

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1. “Got a Girl” – Six Pence (1965, Louisville, KY – from Quagmire #2)

2. “She Don’t Love Me” – Dead Beats (Gray Ant 626, 1966, Davidsonville, MD)

3. “Congo Part 1” – Twistin’ Kings (Motown 1023, 1961) – aka the Funk Brothers!

4. “I Wanna Be Your Boy” – The Setting Son (Bad Afro, 2007)

5. “Stay Awhile” – Dusty Springfield (Philips UK single BF 1313 (A-side), 1964)

6. “I’m Gonna Get You” – The L.A. Teens (Decca 31763, 1965, LA)

7. “Pretend” – The Dave Clark Five (Columbia, 196?)

8. “I’ve Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)” – Eddie Floyd (Stax STA-002, 1968)

9. “She Lives (In A Time of Her Own)” – The Cynics – from 2002’s “Living is the Best Revenge” off Get Hip, a cover of the 13^th Floor Elevators

10. “Searching For Love” – The Tidal Waves (Buddah 46, 1968)

11. “I Think of You” – The Chantelles (Parlophone R5431, 1966)

12. “Baby I See” – The Wild Cherries (Kapp 2113, 1970, Des Moines, IA)

13. “Don’t You Love Me” – The Heirs (1966, from The Northwest Battle of the Bands #3)

14. “When Two People (Are in Love)” – Story Teller (from “Teen Town USA #2”)

15. “Those Days are Gone” – Dee Rangers (from “5 Spanish Minutes”, 2005, Screaming Apple)

16. “People Say (She’s No Good)” – The Derbys (Dawn 303, 1966, NJ)

17. “Gee What a Boy” – The Fantastic Vantastics (Tuff TU-6015, 1965)

18. “I Told a Lie” – Sound of the Seventh Son (Tower 169, 1965, LA)

19. “I Don’t Want to See You” – His Majesty’s Coachmen (Gemini 1004, 1967, LA)

20. “It’s Gonna Take a Miracle” – The Royalettes (MGM, 1965)

21. “Ain’t Got No Time” – Mark & the Spies (Screaming Apple, 2009 from “Give Me a Look”)

22. “Bring Your Own Self Down” – Purple Gang (MGM 13607, 1966, LA)

23. “Wonder Boy” – Leslie Gore – b side of 1964’s “Maybe I Know”

24. “Sun Arise” – This Side Up (Prestige Productions 151, 1966, Birmingham, AL)

25. “Bad Girl” – The Miracles (Chess, 1959)

26. “No One Wants to be Remembered” – The Breakup Society (Get Hip, 2007, from “Nobody Likes a Winner”)

27. “(When She Needs Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me” – The Chicago Loop (Dynovoice, 1966)

28. “It Happened in the Springtime” – Head & the Hares (Stanton Park Records, 1997, “from “Autumn Songbook”)

29. “Dynamite” – Brenda Lee (Decca 300333, 1957)

30. “But I’ll Live” – The Livin’ End (KB 3008B, 1968?)

It's Time For - Jonathan Richman

It's Time For

Uploaded by special request (at 320kbps), "It's Time For" is an often overlooked album, not to mention long out of print. It also should be pointed out that it is not a favorite of Jo Jo's.

Trouser Press: "It's Time For" reunites Richman with erstwhile Modern Lover guitarist Asa Brebner. The audio fidelity is better; an accordionist, producer Andy Paley's guitar work and Richman's sax tooting make for an unusual, busier-than- ordinary (relatively speaking) rock sound. "Yo Jo Jo" is a crazed instrumental raveup, the most electric thing he's done in this decade. Richman's lyrical concerns are more general than in the recent past: for every "Double Chocolate Malted" (which has a strangely cranky tone to it) or "Corner Store," there are two songs (e.g., "It's You," "When I Dance," "Just About Seventeen," "This Love of Mine") that are less specific and to a degree less captivating. A confusing (or is that confused?) album, It's Time For has the aura of a transitional project.

It's You
Let's Take A Trip
This Love Of Mine
Neon Sign
Double Chocolate Malted
Just About Seventeen
Corner Store
The Desert
Yo Jo Jo
When I Dance
Shirin & Fahrad
Ancient Long Ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHR6LUuUs_k