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Various Artists - Pebbles Vol. 1 (1992)

Track listing:
  1. Action Woman Litter 2:35
  2. Who Do You Love Preachers 2:19
  3. Dance Franny Dance Floyd Dakil Combo 2:10
  4. I'm In Pittsburgh Outcasts 2:05
  5. Going Away Baby Grains Of Sand 2:15
  6. You Treat Me Bad Ju Jus 1:56
  7. 1-2-5 Haunted 2:29
  8. Like A Rolling Stone Soup Greens 2:49
  9. Psychotic Reaction Positively 13 2:05
  10. The Trip Kim Fowley 2:03
  11. Spazz Elastic Band 2:49
  12. Rich With Nothin' Split Ends 2:26
  13. Interview Shadows of Knight 1:06
  14. Potato Chip Shadows of Knight 2:31
  15. Beaver Patrol Wild Knights 2:22
  16. Ain't No Friend Of Mine Sparkles 2:28
  17. Blackout Of Gretely Gonn 4:35
  18. It's Your Time Weeds 2:23
  19. Action Woman Echo & Bunnymen 3:26

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Artwork Included

Pebbles - Pebbles Vol. 1 (US Garage Psychedelia 1966-69)
Pebbles is a new series of collectors' albums, inspired by the brilliant Nuggets album, dedicated to bringing you the best of obscure '60s punk and esoteric rock. Volume One of the Pebbles series is concerned with classic punk recordings from some of the many local music scenes of the 1960's.

Included are 16 classics that collectors have read about, and despaired of finding, for years. Borrowed from the collections of some of America*s foremost authorities on '60s rock, these records are in many cases one-of-a-kind, and so obscure that few even remember who some of these groups were or where they originated from. However, again turning to our panel of experts, we have made every effort to find out as much as we could about the tracks included on this album.

01. Letter - Action Woman
02. Preachers - Who Do You Love
03. Floyd Dakil Combo - Dance Franny Dance
04. Outcasts - I'm in Pittsburgh
05. Grains Of Sand - Going Away Baby
06. Ju Jus - You Teat Me Bad
07. Haunted - 1-2-5
08. Soup Green -Like A Rolling Stone
09. Wig - Crackin' Up
10. Positively 13 O'Clock - Psychotic Reaction
11. Kim Fowley - The Trip
12. Elastic Band - Spazz
13. Split End - Rich With Nothin'
14. Shadows Of Knight - Potato Chip
15. Wild Knights - Beaver Patrol
16. Sparkles - Ain't No Friend of Mine
17. Gonn - Blackout Of Gretely
18. Third Booth - I Need Love
19. Weed - It's Your Time
20. Surprise Track


Pebbles - Pebbles Vol. 2 (US Garage Psychedelia 1966-69)
Not to be confused with The Essential Pebbles Collection, Vol. 2, which overlaps somewhat with this album, Pebbles, Vol. 2 is part of the original series of '60s garage punk collections that began in 1979 (the CD version omits a couple songs from the LP and adds six bonus tracks). The opening number, "Makin' Deals" by the Satans, is a mid-tempo rocker featuring a vocalist who snarled "Can you guess my name?!?" two years before Mick Jagger pranced through "Sympathy for the Devil." "99th Floor," an organ-driven stomper recorded in 1967, features ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons. Sons of Adam do a respectable cover version of Arthur Lee's "Feathered Fish"; this is followed by an extra track, a '60s commercial in which the Electric Prunes endorse the Vox wah-wah pedal. "You Rub Me the Wrong Way" is a good fuzz-drenched B-side by the Road from the surprisingly late date of 1969. "So What" by the Lyrics and "Bad Girl" by Zakary Thaks rank among the best numbers in this collection, which probably explains why they were included in the Nuggets box set. "Lost Innocence" by the Buddhas is hyped-up bubblegum rock, while the fantastically crude "Green Fuz" by Randy Alvey & Green Fuz makes the Cramps' cover version sound like a symphony orchestra in comparison. Little Boy Blues, who are from Chicago, do a spirited version of "I Can Only Give You Everything"; Bobby Fuller, who is from Texas, covers "Wine, Wine, Wine," which was a local hit for the Nightcaps; the Dovers, who do "She's Gone" and "What Am I Going to Do," are somewhat reminiscent of the Ju Ju's; and Phil & the Frantics, who do "I Must Run," are somewhat reminiscent of the Zombies. The Choir, one of the better obscure '60s bands (and the progenitor of the Raspberries), do the Merseybeat-influenced "It's Cold Outside" (which can be found on the Nuggets box set). The CD also includes their Rolling Stones-influenced "I'm Coming Home," which is not even on the group's Choir Practice compilation. Other CD bonus tracks include "Be a Caveman" by L.A.'s Avengers (not to be confused with several other bands with the same name, including the '70s West Coast punk band), "She'll Lie" by Satan & D-Men, "Freedom of Love" by Undesyded, "Don't Want Your Lovin'" by Mark IV, and "Crazy Things" by Quid; however, the CD version of Pebbles, Vol. 2 omits the Squires, who do "Go Ahead," and the Litter, who do a Yardbirds-inspired rave-up of Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man." In any case, this is an excellent collection that should appeal to those who are want to delve deeper into the treasure chest of '60s garage punk music.

01. Makin' Deals - Satans 1:59
02. 99th Floor - Moving Sidewalks 2:18
03. Feathered Fish - Sons of Adam 2:29
04. Wah-Wah Peddle - Electric Prunes 1:02
05. You Rub Me the Wrong Way - Road 2:30
06. So What - Lyrics 2:50
07. Lost Innocence - Buddhas 2:09
08. Bad Girl - Zakary Thaks 2:09
09. Green Fuz - Randy Alvey, Green Fuz 2:00
10. I Can Only Give You Everything - Little Boy Blues 2:32
11. She's Gone - Dovers 2:39
12. I Must Run - Phil & Frantics 2:38
13. What Am I Going to Do - Dovers 2:42
14. It's Cold Outside - Choir 2:38
15. Wine, Wine, Wine - Bobby Fuller 1:57
16. I'm Going Home - Choir 2:35
17. Be a Caveman - Avengers 1:56
18. Don't Want Your Lovin' - Mark IV 2:49
19. She'll Lie - Satan & D-Men 3:08
20. Freedom of Love Undesyded 2:49
21 Crazy Things - Quid 3:00