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Various Artists - Teenage Shutdown: Jump, Jive And Harmonize (1967)

Track listing:
  1. Jump, Jive And Harmonize Thee Midniters 2:31
  2. Busy Body Jolly Green Giants 2:08
  3. Slippin' And Slidin' Five Americans 1:55
  4. The Alligator The Us Four 2:48
  5. Set Me Free The Incrowd 2:06
  6. I Wanna Be Your Love Cobras 2:57
  7. Can't You See Count And The Colony 2:43
  8. Move It On Over Del Shannon 2:58
  9. Get Your Baby Mark & The Escorts 2:02
  10. It's Alligator Time Jimmy Stokely & The Exiles 2:19
  11. El Monstruo Los Shains 2:21
  12. Monkey Man Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters 2:33
  13. Gorilla The Shandells 2:55
  14. 83 Centurys 2:30
  15. Rollerland The Twiliters 2:31
  16. Come On Come On The Esquires 1:46
  17. Who Do You Love The Preachers 2:18
  18. Take A Look At Me Mr. Lucky And The Gamblers 2:52
  19. Hog The Groupies 2:55
  20. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby The Human Beings 2:37

Notes

Teenage Shutdown: Jump, Jive and Harmonize, subtitled "Pounding, Pulverizing, All-Out Punk Dance Ravers," was the very first Teenage Shutdown collection to be compiled by Crypt Records' Tim Warren from mid-'60s garage rock/garage punk singles owned by collector Mike "Moptop" Markesich. As with the other compilations in this series, this one is lovingly prepared and features good mastering. There aren't too many band photos to be found in the foldout insert booklet; there are colorful scans of the single labels, but only a few black-and-white photos of the groups involved. The liner notes -- penned by Markesich -- go into a little bit of detail about the groups involved, many of which are more well-known, overall, than most of the groups which can be found included on CDs in this series. The first track, Thee Midniters' "Jump, Jive and Harmonize," is probably the hardest-rockin' single by the versatile East L.A. band. This 1967 single, recorded on two-track at a theater where the group rehearsed, is built around a crunchy guitar riff, singer Willie Garcia's raucous lead vocal, and a frenetic harmonica-organ duel. The Jolly Green Giants were clearly influenced by fellow Northwest rockers the Kingsmen (even taking their name from that band's Top Ten hit). Their song "Busy Body" (later covered by the Lyres) was the B-side of the band's Redcoat single from 1966. The Five Americans (from Dallas, TX) found success with their song "Western Union" before disbanding in 1970. Their single "Slippin' and Slidin'" was released early in their career, however, on the Jetstar label in 1964. The Shandells were from Eau Claire in northwest Wisconsin, and their track "Gorilla" (with its "go, go, go, go gorilla" chant) was released on Bangar in 1965; only 100 copies were reportedly pressed. "Come on, Come On" by the Esquires (from Irving, TX) was probably the band's best-known song, while Del Shannon's contribution here, "Move It on Over," was one of that artist's lesser-known songs, charting at 128 in the U.S. The Cobras, from Smyrna Mills, ME, are featured with "I Wanna Be Your Lover," the A-side to their Big Beat single from 1966 (incidentally, their producer, Bobby Herne, later produced and arranged various New England groups, including the Shaggs' infamous Philosophy of the World album). "I'm a Hog for You" by the Groupies, from New York City, has appeared on several compilations, as have the Human Beings, from Detroit, who are not to be confused with Ohio's Human Beinz.