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The Barbarians - Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?

Track listing:
  1. Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? 2:14
  2. Mr. Tambourine Man 2:11
  3. House Of The Rising Sun 2:48
  4. Marie Elena 2:23
  5. Bo-Diddley 3:14
  6. Memphis, Tennessee 2:30
  7. What The New Breed Say 2:14
  8. Take It Or Leave It 2:45
  9. I'll Keep On Seeing You 2:28
  10. Linguica 1:35
  11. Suzy Q 1:47
  12. I've Got A Woman 3:17
  13. Moulty 2:33
  14. Full Cd In Flac With Cue 32:05

Notes

1966, 1994 One Way Records


With their appearances on the Nuggets compilation and The T.A.M.I. Show, the Barbarians are one of the best-remembered garage bands of the '60s. Not that it's easy to forget the sight of a one-handed drummer, complete with hook, driving his band through a garage punk number in the company of the day's biggest British Invasion, soul, and surf stars. Moulty was hardly self-conscious about his handicap; on the tiny hit single immortalized on Nuggets (titled, logically enough, "Moulty"), he tells the story of the triumph over his loss in no uncertain melodramatic terms. The band also managed a somewhat bigger hit single, the British Invasion-inspired novelty "Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide



1. Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
3. House of the Rising Sun
4. Maria Elena
5. Bo Diddley
6. Memphis, Tennessee
7. What the New Breed Say
8. Take It or Leave It
9. I'll Keep on Seeing You
10. Linguica
11. Susy Q
12. I've Got a Woman
13. Moulty





Enjoy the album, cheers from Toxxy :-)





http://theband.hiof.no/albums/are_you_a_boy_or_are_you_a_girl.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarians(band)





Classic.

I can see why other reviewers panned this release. However, to those who were teenagers at the time and into rock and roll, this music has some validity. I remember when these guys came out. For me, they were just as rebellious as the Stones. The songs hold up extremely well. Although the playing is not all that great, its a case of "atmosphere" over ability (their take on Memphis a case in point). The choice of material was very interesting (the haunting Marie Elena next to the relentless Bo Diddily, for instance). Their set was quite representative of the contemporary underground scene at the time. For that reason it has value. I believe this album, like the Shadows of Knight albums, accurately reflects mid-sixties Brit influenced punk/R&B rock. My 5 star rating is based on their impact on me, an impressionable 13 year old wanna be musician. Oh, well, guess you had to be there. If you were, pick this album up for a trip back to a time and place you might have forgotten.. If not, you might not appreciate it.