The Surf Teens – The Coast Controversy (1965) Album Edit

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

The Surf Teens are a great band that sadly didn’t get much appreciation. Their entire catalog is less than forty minutes. I couldn’t even find a picture of a band, so attached is an unrelated picture of teens surfing. Their one proper album in turn is very short, with only ten tracks. There are eight other songs they did, which will form this hypothetical second album. However, at least by modern standards, both albums could be considered EPs. Regardless, they’re still worth checking out. Note that I haven’t had much luck in terms of dates, but I think some are from 1965. The album title also doesn’t mean anything. For those that would rather treat all this as one big album, I’ve made playlists that list the second album directly after the first.

YouTube, Spotify

Surf Mania (1963)

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Moment Of Truth”
2. “Luau”
3. “Kalini Wipe Out”
4. “Surfin’ Tragedy”
5. “Steel Pier”

SIDE B

1. “Delano Surf Beat”
2. “Continental Surf”
3. “Chicago Surf”
4. “Bull Winkle”
5. “Intoxica”

The Coast Controversy (1965)

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Moonshine”
2. “Kalini Wipe Out”
3. “Bullwinkle”
4. “Sunset Beach”

SIDE B

1. “Longboard Surf”
2. “Panic Button”
3. “Point Surf”
4. “Church Key”

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

Claire Lane & The Ramrods – Frankie, Johnny & More Love Stories (1963) Album Edit

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

The music I’ll be covering here was a lot better than I was anticipating. Claire Lane has a strong voice, though the instrumentals have a great rock sound that reminds me of the Honeycombs. Note those instrumentals were not credited or treated as solo Claire Lane, but she was part of that band, called the Ramrods, and to my knowledge they never made a record without her. In my created album here, you basically jump back and forth from solo and vocal pop song to the instrumental and guitar-driven Ramrods. Despite the contrast, I think they work quite well together.

Claire’s career started as a series of singles, then an album, all happening within five years from 1959 to 1964, then she did a single in 1979. Sadly, a lot of her material is not accessible online, though I’d imagine you could get that stuff off Discogs if so inclined. The pre-album era is mostly available and is thus what I’ll be covering. The “bonus tracks” are the few tracks I actually could find from the album. Ideally, this project could’ve had one album of every early single, then the album, then the 70s single, but alas. Hopefully this article helps for those wanting good music and a list of what seems to be every recording she ever did. The album title doesn’t mean anything, I just thought of and liked it.

Claire Lane & The Ramrods – Frankie, Johnny & More Love Stories (1963) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. The Ramrods – “(Ghost) Riders In The Sky” (Released 1960)
2. Claire Lane – “I Love You So” (Released 1959)
3. Claire Lane – “An Orphan’s Christmas” (Released 1959)
4. Claire Lane – “The Boy Next Door” (Released 1959)
5. The Ramrods – “Zig Zag” (Released 1960)
6. The Ramrods – “Loch Lomond Rock” (Released 1961)
7. Claire Lane – “Isn’t It a Shame” (Released 1963)

SIDE B

1. Claire Lane – “Frankie And Johnny” (Released 1962 or 63)
2. The Ramrods – “Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle” (Released 1961)
3. Claire Lane – “Curiosity” (Released 1962 or 63)
4. Claire Lane – “I Dig That Guy” (Released 1963)
5. The Ramrods – “Boing” (Released 1961)
6. The Ramrods – “War Cry” (Released 1961)
7. Claire Lane – “El Diablo” (Released 1963)

BONUS TRACKS

1. ”Indian Love Call” (Excerpt)
2. “I Was Only A Stand-In” (Excerpt)
3. “Hey Lover” (From Drummer Girl Sings)
4. “Lonely Day” (From Drummer Girl Sings)

PERSONNEL

I could only find personnel credits for “(Ghost) Riders In The Sky”. I think this lineup played on every Ramrods recording, but that could be wrong. Even that credit for Sky is not verified.

• Eugene Moore – bass
• Claire Lane – drums
• Vinny Lee – lead guitar
• Richard Litke – tenor saxophone

Tracks I can’t find:

1. Claire Lane – “All By Myself” (Released 1959)
2. Claire Lane – “Run Run Run Away” (Released 1963)
3. Claire Lane – “Indian Love Call” (Released 1963)

Drummer Girl Sings (1964)

1. “Shangri-La”
2. “Moon River”
3. “Fly Me To The Moon”
4. “My Little Corner Of The World”
5. “More”
6. “West Of The Wall”
7. “Stolen Moments”
8. “You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming”
9. “Never On Sunday”
10. “I Was Only A Stand-In” (Released 1963 or 64)

Later work:

1. Claire Lane – “A Talking Christmas Tree” (Released 1979)
2. Claire Lane – “Reflections” (Released 1979)

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

Zakary Thaks (1966-1969) – 3 Fan Albums

Zakary Thaks has turned out to be one of my favorite obscure bands I’ve discovered lately. They seem to be really well regarded by fans of garage and psych music, so it’s a shame there was not the chance for them to record albums. They started recording music in July 1966, so if they had recorded one album a year, we’d have probably four proper albums and a handful of strays that might add on an album or two. As such, some of these songs come from slightly odd sources and don’t have as much cohesion as I’d like. The first is basically a greatest hits, mostly being singles and b-sides. It is the main reason I love this band, due to the fiery playing with little studio touches. There are some unreleased cuts and interestingly three members of Thaks backing someone else. That singer, Mike Taylor, worked with the band a lot and I think these tracks fit close enough to be considered Thaks songs, especially based on something that will come up later. While my Face to Face album is very close to passing as a proper studio album, it mostly being singles makes it not feel like albums of the time. It does help everything was recorded in just over half a year.

Zakary Thaks – Face to Face (1967) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Bad Girl”
2. “I Need You”
3. “She’s Got You”
4. “It’s the End
5. “People Sec. VI”
6. “Passage to India”

SIDE B

1. “Won’t Come Back”
2. “Weekday Blues
3. “I’d Only Laugh”
4. “Please”
5. “Face to Face”

PERSONNEL

• Chris Gerniottis – lead vocals (tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10-11)
• John Lopez – lead guitar (tracks 1-11) (Possibly not on tracks 5, 9)
• Pete Stinson – rhythm guitar (tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10-11)
• Rex Gregory – bass (tracks 1-11)
• Stan Moore – drums (tracks 1-11)
• Mike Taylor – lead vocals (tracks 5, 9)

The second album comes from a video the band recorded of covers. The recordings were not intended for proper release and thus the quality is a bit poor, but it’s a nice oddity to have. If Thaks was able to do one or two albums a year, this would probably not have been released, though there are some official live albums of the time with poor sound quality. The Summer of Love doesn’t have the excuse of capturing the band playing off a live audience of screaming fans, as this is basically just a rehearsal tape.

Zakary Thaks – The Summer of Love (1967) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “I’ve Got Levitation”
2. “Sock It To Me Baby”
3. “Love Is A Beautiful Thing”
4. “Mustang Sally”
5. “3/5 Of A Mile”

SIDE B

1. “I’m A Man”
2. “My Little Red Book”
3. “Shake”
4. “My Back Pages”
5. “Tell Her No”

PERSONNEL

• Chris Gerniottis – lead vocals (tracks 1-10)
• John Lopez – lead guitar (tracks 1-10)
• Pete Stinson – rhythm guitar (tracks 1-10)
• Rex Gregory – bass (tracks 1-10)
• Stan Moore – drums (tracks 1-10)

Not only is this last album very short, but it spans two years! This draws from a period where the band was changing and not making much music. The earliest tracks are the rest of what was recorded with Mike Taylor singing, though I’m unsure if two of them feature Thaks. I have them here as one unverified source says so and none say otherwise directly. After the final single with the classic lineup, Chris and Rex were both fired, then the band almost immediately broke up. You’d think Rex would be embittered, but it seems not as the two members that wanted him gone most got him back in the fold and they formed a power trio. That trio of Rex, Stan, and John recorded, amusingly having been the three members to also be on the Mike songs. That means the Mike recordings have all of an official version of the band. Chris would rejoin near the end. Note that if you took the “Footsteps” and “Mirror” tracks and moved them to the first album, then erased the Mike songs, you’d have all the studio recordings of the classic lineup. I didn’t end up doing that because I wanted everything in order and for this last studio album to not be so extremely dominated by Mike. That does mean that sadly this great band in its best configuration only managed eleven studio tracks! That’s similar numbers to the Big Three.

Zakary Thaks – Everybody Wants to Be Somebody (1969) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Can You Hear Your Daddy’s Footsteps”
2. “Mirror to Yesterday”
3. “Gotta Make My Heart Turn Away”
4. “I’m Nobody’s Man”

SIDE B

1. “My Door”
2. “Green Crystal Ties”
3. “My Last Day”
4. “Outprint”
5. “Everybody Wants to Be Somebody”

PERSONNEL

• Chris Gerniottis – lead vocals (tracks 1-2, 8-9)
• John Lopez – lead guitar (tracks 1-9), lead vocals (tracks 5-6) (Possibly not on tracks 3-4, 7)
• Pete Stinson – rhythm guitar (tracks 1-2)
• Rex Gregory – bass (tracks 1-9), lead vocals (tracks 5-6) (Possibly not on tracks 4, 7)
• Stan Moore – drums (tracks 1-9), lead vocals (tracks 5-6) (Possibly not on tracks 4, 7)
• Mike Taylor – lead vocals (tracks 3-4, 7)

The Electric Prunes (1965-1967) – ? Fan Albums

My favorite picture of the band.

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

Despite my mixed views on psychedelic bands, The Electric Prunes stand as a very quality example of the genre. While they had five albums before their 1990s reunion, that’s not nearly as appealing as it seems. After the third album, the entire band quit and was replaced! Thus, the last two don’t feature the real Prunes at all. Even the third features the band more minimally, with guitarist Ken WIlliams not on every track. The group’s singer only counts the first two of those albums as being kosher. I wanted to see if I could get a fourth (or third) “true” Prunes album from the 60s. In terms of stray tracks, there seemingly was a gold mine of high fidelity demos from 1965. However, the first session, which yielded a perfect twelve recordings, don’t have perfect sound quality and more importantly, aren’t that good of performances, nor do they have the band’s classic psych sound. After a little bit of fire in the beginning, the momentum of the thing kind of dies out. It’s not the worst thing ever, but not that interesting. I don’t even like to think of it as a real Prunes album. I do have a soft spot for teenage garage bands for all their faults. They can’t all be first lineup Kingsmen.

The Sanctions (1965) – Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Boys”
2. “Long Tall Sally”
3. “Moon Dog”
4. “Somethin’ Got A Hold On Me”
5. “Money”
6. “Love Potion Number Nine”

SIDE B

1. “Jack The Ripper”
2. “New Orleans”
3. “What’d I Say”
4. “Chicago”
5. “You Can Help Yourself”
6. “Louie Louie”

PERSONNEL

• James Lowe – lead vocals, guitar
• Ken Williams – lead guitar
• Mark Tulin – bass
• Michael “Quint” Weakley – drums

After this, there was another demo session that I liked more, feeling like the halfway point between the first twelve recordings and the classic sound. The main issue is the low audio quality being worse than the studio songs. There’s also a few studio strays before the first album and then later on a few after the second album, which I really like. I originally was going to make an album of either every stray track after The Sanctions or at least those in between that and the first album, but problem is they don’t gel together at all. Even if I was to collect them, they’d be a very short twenty-four minutes. Thus, I like to think of them as being released as a series of EPs. Down the line, what if they were released as a compilation called 3Ps?

The Electric Prunes – I’m Free (1965) – Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “I’m Free”
2. “I’m Down”

SIDE B

1. “Too Many People”

BONUS TRACK

1. “Little (Li’l) Olive”

PERSONNEL

• James Lowe – lead vocals, guitar
• Ken Williams – lead guitar
• Mark Tulin – bass
• Michael “Quint” Weakley – drums
• Dick Hargrave – keyboard

The Electric Prunes – Ain’t It Hard And Three More (1966) – Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Ain’t It Hard”
2. “Little Olive”

SIDE B

1. “World of Darkness”
2. “I’ve Got a Way of My Own”

PERSONNEL

• James Lowe – lead vocals, guitar
• Ken Williams – lead guitar
• Mark Tulin – bass
• Michael “Quint” Weakley – drums (tracks 1-2)
• James “Weasel” Spagnola – rhythm guitar (tracks 3-4)
• Preston Ritter – drums (tracks 3-4)

The Electric Prunes (1967) – YouTube, Spotify

The Electric Prunes – Underground (1967) – YouTube, Spotify

The Electric Prunes – Shadows (1967) – Spotify

TRACKLISTING
SIDE A

1. “Everybody Knows (You’re Not In Love)”

SIDE B

1. “You Never Had It Better”
2. “Shadows”

PERSONNEL

• James Lowe – lead vocals, guitar
• Ken Williams – lead guitar
• Mark Tulin – bass
• Michael “Quint” Weakley – drums
• Mike Gannon – rhythm guitar

The Electric Prunes – Stockholm 67 (Recorded 1967) – YouTube, Spotify

The Electric Prunes – Mass in F Minor (1968) – YouTube, Spotify

The Electric Prunes – Artifact (2001) – YouTube

The Electric Prunes – Rewired (2002) – YouTube, Spotify

The Electric Prunes – California (2004) – can’t find

The Electric Prunes – Feedback (2006) – YouTube, Spotify

Without Ken Williams:

The Electric Prunes – Return To Stockholm (2012) – can’t find

The Electric Prunes – WaS (2014) – can’t find

Thus, I frankly can’t make a real “fourth Prunes album”. At best we have a few strays which admittedly are sometimes great. As a consolation prize, there is the live album and also a reunion career which originally featured the three main members of the band. Two of them have since left. I haven’t really taken any look at the reunion era. I will say I know there are at least some strays from then, but I don’t know much about them.

“Oh by gee, by gosh, by golly. Life to him was oh so jolly. Dad, what happened to the Toonerville Trolley?”

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

The Zombies March 2nd-September 20th, 1965 Stray Tracks Review

The Zombies in 1965

It’s been difficult trying to articulate what’s so great about the Zombies, especially from track to track. So many of their recordings offer their own flavor of magic that leaves you baffled those ideas hadn’t already been done and exploited. It’s not uncommon for bands to have vocal harmonies, but that double punch of Colin Blunstone backed by Chris White has a certain force that feels apparent and attention grabbing, while also soft and humbling. Many of these songs are about love and the problems that come from it. Blunstone yelling about his feelings for a certain girl being so impactful is probably a mix of being born with the right pipes and having his fair share of R&B and jazz classics to start off with, providing a level of sophistication lacking in average rock songs.

The sound of drums thumping in the back and organ pounding in the front immediately challenges those that think the guitar rules all. Despite that and the uncommon minor keys, there are many similarities to other pop rock music. There’s common subject matter for songs and lineup of instruments. The guitar and bass are not to be forgotten about and both serve their role. However, it’s as if the Zombies wanted to play different genres of music, such as jazz, and figured out how to translate that on rock instruments. Paul Atkinson’s solos on guitar sometimes feel reminiscent of jazz saxophone. The bass is very expressive, like in jazz, but we still get pop hooks. Ignoring solos, below the surface of the singing are little creative licks and flavors to enhance the music, with everyone enhancing in a single wall of sound-like unit or diversifying to give everyone a time to shine.

By extension, the studio itself is clearly doing its part, mainly in the part of singling in on one element to creative tension or release. The pain the singer sometimes feels is amplified by the beating drums, like a heart, or his joy showcased with a gliding and understated guitar part. These elements are apparent on the fourteen tracks I’ll be discussing here, listed in the order I listened in: “I’ll Keep Trying”, “You Must Believe Me”, “Don’t Go Away”, “Whenever You’re Ready”, “Nothing’s Changed”, “Just Out Of Reach”, “Remember You”, “If It Don’t Work Out”, “I Love You”, “It’s Alright”, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, “I Know She Will”, “Don’t Cry For Me”, and “How We Were Before”.

It’s often said that the Zombies were better at originals than covers. Despite the handful of very good covers, the ones here are noticeably lesser than the originals. As an example, “You Must Believe Me” doesn’t have the typical fire on some of the band’s originals. It sounds like it bores the band a bit, gathered from the lack of forcefulness and quirks in the playing. On these oldies, the group can’t write in their multilayered pop rockers. Colin as an example is singing someone else’s melody, which wasn’t written to accommodate his style and thus he’s not taken advantage of to his greatest potential. This does show how we’re evolving beyond the past where the covers fit in better. While some of the group’s earlier works had more of an R&B influence, here that’s mostly gone and in its place is not just pop, but an ethereal pop. The bass doesn’t just back the beat, it bumps along, like gliding along the bottom end. The singing lacks the attitude of before, replacing it with what at points feels like a plea. Objectively, you can’t say one is better than the other, but this later period is better liked due to the increased blend of ideas and development into uncharted territory of pop music.

Especially considering these songs aren’t from one cohesive album and instead a series of releases, there are variants in styling. “I’ll Keep Trying”’s low-key piano solo is so beautiful, functioning as an undercurrent. Those solos have usually been more aggressive. When we do get one of those on “Whenever You’re Ready”, it’s off kilter and jabbing. “If It Don’t Work Out” and “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” have their share of vocal strain, utilizing two singers to cover more ground than one alone could, while on “You Must Believe Me” Colin’s voice is atypically smooth.

The band did three songs for a film and they’re probably the strongest of the lot, working in unison with each other. “Nothing’s Changed”’s aggressive and somber drums and guitar paired with Colin’s depressed vocals make for a deeply relatable love ballad. The restrained singing and various little touches, like the “I know” dissipating out into space and the elongated final line make for one of the group’s finest early works. “Just Out Of Reach” is a banger that bangs through a slightly faster tempo and varying little sections to distinct itself. “Remember You” ties these up with a reflective and honest work. Note how the changing emotions of the singer are matched by changes in the background, like with the line “And if I should change my mind.” The harmonized “sometimes” line is a pretty and fine example of the ethereal pop sound, enhanced by the studio. The soundtrack songs are especially romantic and down to Earth, giving each player a little role in the piece to enhance what’s being intended to be conveyed. Studio touches may be the only real difference between these and others, which makes me wonder how all these would sound if mixed the same way?

Admittedly, some of the originals don’t push the bar beyond where it’s already gone. “I Know She Will” has especially complex and ethereal singing at the beginning, though the rocking portions of the song are a bit less special, being a more typical rocking affair that lacks the forwardness of the backing vocals and drumming on other tracks. The lyrics and vocals of “Don’t Cry For Me” are particularly generic and feel like a bit of a reworking of other ideas. I do suspect that some of these tracks, like “How We Were Before”, would stand out more if we didn’t have the pop masterpieces to compare them to. That one turns in a particularly barebones backing and an unmissable guitar, making it a sharp oddity. While it lacks the best the group has to offer, it shows them trying new things. The same can be said for “Don’t Go Away”, which puts a rhythm guitar line in the front of the track, with the spot for the drums filled by a tambourine.

OVERVIEW

Despite the clear proof that the Zombies deserved respect and particularly albums, it does create the fear that the hypothetical albums would result in less time being devoted to songs and those extra tracks just being covers or filler. I long for more of their originals-based sound, which doesn’t sound quick or easy by any means. On their first album Begin Here, it’s known they rushed these along a little. Still, what can be said for sure is that we have another album’s worth of solid recordings that would’ve made a fine LP if released as such at the time. Thus, it’s a shame they aren’t better known, especially by those that like proper albums and don’t want to deal with searching through convoluted compilations for rarities.

Death/The 4th Movement (1973-1979) – 2 Fan Albums

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

Death is a classy early punk band that packed politically charged lyrics with aggressive and funky playing. They’re great players, which shows in a lot of my favorite songs of theirs being instrumentals. Still, “Politicians In My Eyes” is an iconic track. Their catalog is a bit confusing. It consists of the occasional non-album single and three LPs recorded with the classic lineup, one of which was not released for decades; then they reformed without their deceased guitarist David Hackney and are still actively recording. On top of all this, the bundle has gone through many name changes. I’ve defined the band as whatever includes its two constant members, Bobby Hackney on bass and vocals and Dannis Hackney on drums. Another amusing discovery is that before David died, the other two members formed a new band called “Lambs Bread” and released several obscure albums. If you consider that even in the music labeled “Death” the guitarist changed, then there’s no reason not to consider Lambs Bread more of Death. The cherry on top is that the guitarist of reformed Death, Bobbie Duncan, had played in Lambs Bread. It is worth noting that much of Lambs Bread is so obscure that I couldn’t find it online. I will still list the info I found.

Another frustrating fact is that while a lot of 70s classic lineup demo material has been released, some doesn’t come with a recording date. The release with this problem is listed as being cut vaguely from 1974 to 1976. It’s also said to mostly predate the band’s 1975 studio recordings. How I’ve ordered things, any song without a known recording year I’ll assume is 1976, which leaves one album’s worth of material with confirmed dates of some 1973 or 1975 and a follow up. However, I suspect that if I did have all the dates the first album would be the 1973 tracks and a ton of demos, then the second would be the studio sessions and what came after. Fortunately, the sequences I’ve made are still strong regardless.

Death – A Tribe Called Death (1975) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Introduction By David” (Recorded 1975)
2. “People Save the World” (Recorded 1973)
3. “RockFire Funk Express” (Recorded 1973)
4. “Free” (Recorded 1975)
5. “Bobby Bassing It” (Recorded 1975)
6. “First Snowball In Detroit” (Recorded 1975)
7. “Keep on Knocking” (Recorded 1975)

SIDE B

1. “Rock-N-Roll Victim” (Recorded 1975)
2. “Let the World Turn” (Recorded 1975)
3. “You’re a Prisoner” (Recorded 1975)
4. “Freakin Out” (Recorded 1975)
5. “Where Do We Go from Here???” (Recorded 1975)
6. “Politicians in My Eyes” (Recorded 1975)

Alternate ideas for this album title were the group’s early name RockFire Funk Express, their first album’s name …For the Whole World to See, or my Spotify playlist Introduction By David. I picked the one I did as it’s been a little joke that’s run through my mind for a while. This album is a bit longer than I’d have liked, but some of the band’s completed albums are similarly lengthy. Also note that for the World album, originally Death were to record twelve tracks, but only got to do seven. This resulted in a little under thirty minutes. Thus, you can imagine that those twelve songs may have totaled around forty-five minutes if completed. Another concern is that the album is front loaded with too many instrumentals, but I wanted to preserve the actual sequencing for World within this one. Otherwise, I might have moved one of the instrus to around the middle of side b.

Death – Can You Give Me A Thrill??? (1979) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Can You Give Me A Thrill???” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
2. “People Look Away” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
3. “The Storm Within” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
4. “David’s Dream (Flying)” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
5. “We Are Only People” (Recorded 1976)

SIDE B

1. “North Street” (Recorded 1979 Or 1980)
2. “Restlessness” (Recorded 1979 Or 1980)
3. “Open Road” (Recorded 1979 Or 1980)
4. “Dannis On The Motor City Drums” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
5. “Views” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
6. “The Masks” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
7. “The Change” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)
8. “World Of Tomorrow” (Recorded Between 1974-1976)

The 4th Movement (1980) – YouTube, Spotify

The 4th Movement – Totally (1982) – YouTube

Anything I couldn’t find by Lambs Bread is simply not linked. However, you can find some of their material for purchase on their website: https://www.lambsbreadband.com/

Lambs Bread – Truth Of It Is… (1986) – YouTube

Lambs Bread – International Love (1988)

Credited to “The Hackneys” (1992)

1. “Our Story”
2. “Under Siege”

Lambs Bread – Sign of the Times (unsure)

1993

1. “Let’s Go Flying (Musical Dub)”

Lambs Bread – Reggae Mood (1993)

1995

1. “Fire Up De Ganja (Revisited)”

Lambs Bread – The Hotter, The Better (1995)

Then to Now’s unreleased tracks (unsure of recording date)

1. “African Princess”
2. “Dread At The Lambsbread Controls”
3. “You’re A Big Girl Now”
4. “Sharing and Caring”

Lambs Bread – Brown Bag Special (unsure)

Lambs Bread – One Sweet Day (2011) – YouTube, Spotify

Death – N.E.W. (2015) – YouTube, Spotify

Finally, here’s every stray track after 1980 I could find, plus one oddity – YouTube

1. “Politicians in My Eyes” (Early 1974 demo)
2. “Yes He’s Coming” (1992 (Featuring Death’s classic lineup))
3. “We’re Gonna Make It” (1992 (Featuring Death’s classic lineup))
4. “The Masks” (2011)
5. “Keep On Knocking” (2011)
6. “Cease Fire” (2017)
7. “Give It Back” (2018)
8. “World In Disguise” (2023)

There are modern-era live recordings and a documentary for those interested. Considering how there are no released demos of the studio material of the 70s and 80s other than just once, I bet there are some that were recorded, but not released. Hopefully they will be in due time. More new music, such as LPs, would also be nice.

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

Misfits (1977-1981) – 2 Fan Albums

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

This project became a bit of a mess. I wanted to cover the many, many alternate versions of tracks. Just like Black Flag, Misfits loved to go in the recording studio just to do the same songs over and over, with most not released until compilations many years later. The various Box Sets are sequenced absurdly, with them being sorted in a very strange order. Releases claiming to be comprehensive tended to miss things. Also like Black Flag, Misfits is just okay. I think on average Danzig’s Conservative Merry-Men are better, for all their absurdity, but Damaged is still solid.

The first two albums are my fan albums (which feature no overlap with the two proper (extremely short) LPs), followed by a chronological mix of official albums and self-made compilations of alternate versions for those that don’t want to leave anything behind, other than the post-Danzig era.

Believe it or not, but Static Age is one of my all time favorite album covers. The music itself is okay. Halloween is a bit better, and the rest I’ve heard is just whatever, but I’ll still raise a glass to that cover.

Static Age (1978) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Cough/Cool” (Recorded June 1977)
2. “Static Age” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
3. “TV Casualty” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
4. “Some Kinda Hate” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
5. “Last Caress” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
6. “Return Of The Fly” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
7. “Hybrid Moments” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
8. “We Are 138” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
9. “Come Back” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
10. “Angelfuck” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)

SIDE B

1. “Hollywood Babylon” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
2. “Attitude” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
3. “Bullet” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)
4. “She” (Recorded January-February 1978 and Mixed February 24, 1997) (C.I. Recording 1978)
5. “Theme For A Jackal” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978) (C.I. Recording 1978)

Halloween (1981) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Spinal Remains” (Recorded January-February 1978 and Mixed February 24, 1997) (C.I. Recording 1978)
2. “In The Doorway” (Recorded January-February 1978 and Mixed February 24, 1997) (C.I. Recording 1978)
3. “Teenagers From Mars” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
4. “Children In Heat” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
5. “Rat Fink” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)

SIDE B

1. “Horror Business” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
2. “London Dungeon” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
3. “Horror Hotel” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
4. “Ghouls Night Out” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
5. “Where Eagles Dare” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
6. “Who Killed Marilyn?” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
7. “Spook City U.S.A.” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
8. “American Nightmare” (Recorded June 1981) (Newfound Sound Studios)
9. “Halloween” (Recorded 1981) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
10. “Halloween II” (Recorded 1981) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)

1977-1980 Rarities – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

1. “She” (Recorded June 1977)
2. “Bullet” (Recorded January-February 1978) (On Collection I)
3. “Teenagers From Mars” (Recorded and Mixed January-February 1978)
4. “Who Killed Marilyn?” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
5. “Where Eagles Dare” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
6. “Horror Business” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
7. “Teenagers From Mars” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
8. “Children In Heat” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
9. “Who Killed Marilyn?” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 2 of the 1996 Box Set)
10. “Where Eagles Dare” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 2 of the 1996 Box Set)
11. “Horror Business” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
12. “Teenagers From Mars” (Recorded January 26-February 5, 1979) (On Collection I)
13. “Night Of The Living Dead” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
14. “Where Eagles Dare” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
15. “Vampira” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
16. “Violent World” (Recorded June 1979) (The Song Shop 1979)
17. “Last Caress” (Recorded January 1978 and Remixed September 1979)
18. “Halloween” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
19. “Vampira” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
20. “I Turned Into A Martian” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
21. “Skulls” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
22. “Night Of The Living Dead” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
23. “Astro Zombies” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
24. “Violent World” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)
25. “Halloween II” (Recorded and Mixed August 7-September 5, 1980) (Master Sound Productions 1980)

1981 Rarities (Not On Spotify) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

1. “Vampira” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
2. “Nike A Go Go” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
3. “All Hell Breaks Loose” (Recorded 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
4. “Night Of The Living Dead” (Recorded 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
5. “Skulls” (Recorded 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
6. “Violent World” (Recorded 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)

1981 Rarities (On Spotify)

1. “Hate Breeders” (Recorded June 1981) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set) (Newfound Sound Studios)
2. “20 Eyes” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
3. “I Turned Into A Martian” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
4. “Astro Zombies” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
5. “Vampira” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set) (Mix-O-Lydian Studio)
6. “Devils Whorehouse” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981)
7. “Nike A Go Go” (Recorded and Mixed August 1981) (On Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
8. “I Turned Into A Martian” (Recorded 1981) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)

Evilive (1987) – YouTube, Spotify (Recorded 1981)

Walk Among Us (1982) – YouTube

1982-1983 Rarities – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

1. “Earth A.D.” (Recorded October 3, 1982)
2. “We Bite” (Recorded October 3, 1982)
3. “Demonomania” (Recorded October 3, 1982)
4. “Wolfs Blood” (Recorded October 3, 1982)
5. “Queen Wasp” (Recorded October 3, 1982)
6. “Devilock” (Recorded October 3, 1982)
7. “We Bite” (Probably Recorded July 1983) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
8. “Mommy, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?” (Probably Recorded July 1983) (On Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)

Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood (1983) – YouTube, Spotify

1985-1987 Rarities – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

1. “Static Age” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
2. “TV Casualty” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
3. “Some Kinda Hate” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
4. “Hybrid Moments” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
5. “Come Back” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
6. “Angelfuck” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
7. “Theme For A Jackal” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
8. “She” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
9. “Spinal Remains” (Remixed 1985 and Released on Legacy of Brutality)
10. “Where Eagles Dare” (Remixed 1986 and Released on Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
11. “Skulls” (Remixed 1986 and Released on Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
12. “Astro Zombies” (Remixed 1986 and Released on Disc 1 of the 1996 Box Set)
13. “20 Eyes” (Remixed 1986 and Released on Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
14. “Violent World” (Remixed 1986 and Released on Disc 3 of the 1996 Box Set)
15. “Mephisto Waltz” (Recorded August 8, 1986)
16. “Hate Breeders” (Recorded August 8, 1986)
17. “Cough/Cool” (Remixed 1987)
18. “Braineaters” (Recorded September 10, 1987)
19. “Nike A Go Go” (Recorded September 10, 1987)
20. “Devils Whorehouse” (Remixed September 10, 1987)

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

The Stooges (1969-1973) – 2 Fan Albums

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

The Stooges are one of the all time great rock bands. Personally, that’s mainly off the strength of their middle effort, Fun House. Still, it was clear there was more to love. There are a lot of live recordings and stray tracks, so it’d be fun to see what can be done, especially because many have given a shot at what could be called the “fourth” Stooges album. My love is mainly with the classic lineup of singer Iggy Pop, bassist Dave Alexander, guitarist Ron Asheton, and drummer Scott Asheton, so I wanted to see what we could cook from them mainly.

On top of their two studio albums, I found eight stray tracks. Two live 1970 tracks are “Going to Ungano’s” and “Have Some Fun”/“My Dream Is Dead”. They suffer from poor sound quality and the first not being a song. However they’re still fun listens, so I’ve linked to them in their natural environment, Live at Ungano’s, August 17, 1970. Two tracks I hear are from 1968 are actually from 1971, “Ron’s Jam” and “What’s You Gonna Do”. Apparently two members of the Stooges, including famous singer Iggy Pop, were absent from these, so they’re getting tossed. The remaining four make for a surprisingly lengthy album of thirty-four minutes. It will be listed below with the surrounding albums. While noticeably less cohesive, it’s still a fine listen.

The Stooges (1969) – YouTube, Spotify

Freaks (1970) (Recorded 1969-1970) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Asthma Attack” (2019 Remaster)
2. “Lost in the Future” (Take 1)
3. “Slide (Slidin’ the Blues)” (Take 1)

SIDE B

1. “Freak” (Take 1)

PERSONNEL

• Iggy Pop – vocals
• Ron Asheton – guitar
• Dave Alexander – bass
• Scott Asheton – drums
• Steve Mackay – saxophone

Fun House (1970) – YouTube, Spotify

Alexander was later replaced. Nothing came of this period between him leaving and the first breakup other than some live recordings that weren’t released for a long time. I am not very fond of these due to low quality. There might be unreleased material with or without Alexander I don’t know about. I’m highlighting the following releases as they contain songs not featured elsewhere.

Have Some Fun: Live at Ungano’s (2010) (Recorded 1970) – YouTube, Spotify

You Don’t Want My Name… You Want My Action (2009) (Recorded 1971) – YouTube, Spotify

The band then famously reunited with James Williamson on guitar, Ron moved to bass, and the gang retitled “Iggy and the Stooges”. I was able to get one album’s worth of high quality strays for the follow-up to Raw Power that would’ve made a slightly lesser, but still solid installment. In parentheses are the compilations these are sourced from or some other identifier.

Raw Power (1973) (Highlighting the superior Iggy mix) – YouTube, Spotify

Jesus Loves The Stooges (1974) (Recorded 1972-1973) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “I Got a Right” (Born in a Trailer)
2. “I’m Sick of You” (Born in a Trailer)
3. “Louie Louie” (More Power)
4. “Scene of the Crime” (More Power)
5. “Gimme Some Skin” (More Power)
6. “Open Up And Bleed” (More Power)

SIDE B

1. “Money” (More Power)
2. “Cock In My Pocket” (2022 Mix)
3. “Jesus Loves The Stooges” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)
4. “Heavy Liquid” (Live at Richards, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1973)
5. “Born in a Trailer” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)

PERSONNEL

• Iggy Pop – vocals
• James Williamson – guitar
• Ron Asheton – bass
• Scott Asheton – drums

Now what of other tracks recorded around this time, sometimes of high fidelity? Well, I either found those other ones really poor songs or more often poor quality. I also didn’t want to bother sifting through the countless releases compiling various live tracks and other oddities, but just know they’re there if you like fuzzy guitar riffs and yelling. My current game is collecting stray tracks, so I thought of an idea.

Let’s say Iggy and the gang breakup, as happened in real life, then the record company asked for another album. Having no desire or ability to make a sixth studio album, and to embrace the punk rock spirit, Iggy took those low quality strays and made a giant and unlistenable compilation. Worried this would damage his career, he credited it as “Twiggy and the Tooges”. He also did himself a favor and got to work on the Kill City album. This album is two and three-quarters hours long. If it was released, it probably would have taken up about four LPs. Note that there’s no rhyme or reason to what versions of songs are picked. (I also don’t count this as a “fan album”. No way I’m relistening to these to make sure they’re sequenced well.)

The Shit Box (1975) (Recorded 1972-1974) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Instrumental” (Heavy Liquid)
2. “I’m Hungry” (Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition))
3. “Hey, Peter” (Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition))
4. “Doojiman” (Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition))
5. “Johanna” (Heavy Liquid)

SIDE B

1. “Rubber Legs” (Heavy Liquid)
2. “Pinpoint Eyes/Cry For Me” (Heavy Liquid)
3. “Tight Pants” (Heavy Liquid)
4. “Head On” (Rehearsal) (Raw Power (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition))

SIDE C

1. “I Need Somebody/Sweet Child/I Like The Way You Walk” (Morgan Sound Studios, Ypsilanti Michigan March 1973)
2. “Can’t Turn You Loose” (Morgan Sound Studios, Ypsilanti Michigan March 1973)

SIDE D

1. “Hey Baby” (Detroit Rehearsals Spring 1973)
2. “Wild Love” (Heavy Liquid)
3. “Till The End Of The Night” (Heavy Liquid)
4. “Head On Curve” (Heavy Liquid)

SIDE E

1. “I Come From Nowhere” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)
2. “Old King Live Forever” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)
3. “Look So Sweet” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)
4. “Mellow Down Easy” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)
5. “Move Ass Baby” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)

SIDE F

1. “My Girl Hates My Heroin” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)
2. “She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)
3. “I’m a Man” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)
4. “Ballad of Hollis Brown” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)

SIDE G

1. “Purple Haze” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)
2. “I’m So Glad” (New York & Detroit Rehearsals, 1973)
3. “New Orleans” (Live, The Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, 16 September 1973)
4. “Rich Bitch” (Live, The Academy Of Music, New York City, 31 December 1973)

SIDE H

1. “Wet My Bed” (Bimbos 365 Club S.F Jan 1974)
2. “Delta Blues Shuffle” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)
3. “Fire Engine” (Jesus Loves The Stooges)
4. “I Got Nothin’” (Bimbos 365 Club S.F Jan 1974)

Of course there would later be a well regarded live album:

Metallic K.O. (1976) (Recorded 1973-1974) – YouTube, Spotify

Kill City (1977) (Recorded 1975) – YouTube, Spotify

Kill City is not a Stooges album. It’s a collaboration between the two main minds of the latter day Stooges. It’s also a forgotten oddity, so for my money worthy of being featured. It, like all the other material, showcases Iggy and his gang as not perfect Gods of rock, but those that experimented and at times failed. Still, just because some of this is not perfect doesn’t mean it’s not sharp and helps to define five great musicians from Motor City. You could call them the Motor City Five. Attached below is my friend, Ken’s, concept for a follow-up to Raw Power. I had no part in this.

Head On (1974) – Spotify

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

Black Flag (1978-1985) – 5 Fan Albums

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

Black Flag is a band that started off with a lot of recordings and not a lot of albums. Eventually they stabilized with few strays and a lot of albums. It seemed like a fun challenge to sort this all out despite not being terribly fond of the band. The product of the early tracks is an album I’m calling Nervous Breakdown. It contains every unique track pre-Damaged, not including anything re-recorded later. Surprisingly, the result is a shockingly short twenty minutes. Due to a lot of historically relevant alternate versions being left on the chopping block, I made an album of those alternates. There’s enough recordings between these two to make three full LPs. In between Damaged and My War are more alternates and four unique cuts. I decided to make a very short EP and a fuller alternate version album. Finally, two 1985 EPs are combined to create a disparate album, but not anymore than the official My War or Family Man. Minuteflag is left as an EP due to it being a collab with Minutemen and thus it’s own thing. Also, the alternate versions albums haven’t been listened to and were merely ordered in as close to recording date as possible.

In parentheses is the release a track came from.

Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown (1981) – YouTube, Spotify

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Nervous Breakdown” (Nervous Breakdown) (Recorded January 1978)
2. “Fix Me” (Nervous Breakdown) (Recorded January 1978)
3. “I’ve Had It” (Nervous Breakdown) (Recorded January 1978)
4. “Wasted” (Nervous Breakdown) (Recorded January 1978)
5. “Clocked In” (EWB track 13) (Recorded October-November 1979)
6. “My Rules” (EWB track 14) (Recorded October-November 1979)
7. “Jealous Again” (Jealous Again) (Recorded October-November 1979)

SIDE B

1. “Revenge” (Jealous Again) (Recorded November 1979 or April 1980)
2. “White Minority” (Jealous Again) (Recorded November 1979 or April 1980)
3. “No Values” (Jealous Again) (Recorded November 1979 or April 1980)
4. “You Bet We’ve Got Something Against You!” (Jealous Again) (Recorded November 1979 or April 1980)
5. “Louie Louie” (Louie Louie single) (Recorded January 1981)
6. “I’ve Heard It Before” (Six Pack) (Recorded April-May 1981)
7. “American Waste” (Six Pack) (Recorded April-May 1981)
8. “Machine” (Chunks) (Recorded April-May 1981)

PERSONNEL

• Keith Morris – lead vocals (tracks 1-4)
• Greg Ginn – lead guitar (tracks 1-15)
• Chuck Dukowski – bass (tracks 1-15)
• Brian Migdol – drums (tracks 1-4)
• Ron Reyes – lead vocals (tracks 5-11)
• Robo – drums (tracks 5-15)
• Dez Cadena – lead vocals (tracks 12-15)

Black Flag – Everything Went Black (1978-1981) (1981) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

1. “Gimme Gimme Gimme” (EWB track 1) (Recorded January 1978)
2. “I Don’t Care” (EWB track 2) (Recorded January 1978)
3. “White Minority” (EWB track 3) (Recorded January 1978)
4. “No Values” (EWB track 4) (Recorded January 1978)
5. “Revenge” (EWB track 5) (Recorded October 1979)
6. “Depression” (EWB track 6) (Recorded October 1979)
7. “Clocked In” (EWB track 7) (Recorded October 1979)
8. “Police Story” (EWB track 8) (Recorded October 1979)
9. “Wasted” (EWB track 9) (Recorded October 1979)
10. “Depression” (EWB track 11) (Recorded October-November 1979)
11. “Police Story” (EWB track 12) (Recorded October-November 1979)
12. “Jealous Again” (EWB track 15) (Recorded October-November 1979)
13. “Police Story” (EWB track 16) (Recorded October-November 1979)
14. “Clocked In” (Cracks In The Sidewalk (see note) (Recorded October-November 1979)
15. “Gimme Gimme Gimme” (EWB track 10) (Recorded November 1979 or April 1980)
16. “Damaged I” (EWB track 17) (Recorded August 1980)
17. “Louie Louie” (EWB track 18) (Recorded January 1981)
18. “No More” (EWB track 19) (Recorded January 1981)
19. “Damaged I” (Louie Louie single) (Recorded January 1981)
20. “Room 13” (EWB track 20) (Recorded April-May 1981)
21. “Depression” (EWB track 21) (Recorded April-May 1981)
22. “Damaged II” (EWB track 22) (Recorded April-May 1981)
23. “Padded Cell” (EWB track 23) (Recorded April-May 1981)
24. “Gimme Gimme Gimme” (EWB track 24) (Recorded April-May 1981)
25. “Spray Paint” (Licorice Pizza And More… bootleg) (Recorded April-May 1981)
26. “Police Story” (Let Them Eat Jellybeans) (Recorded April-May 1981)
27. “Six Pack” (Six Pack) (Recorded April-May 1981)

PERSONNEL

• Keith Morris – lead vocals (tracks 1-9)
• Greg Ginn – lead guitar (tracks 1-27)
• Chuck Dukowski – bass (tracks 1-27)
• Brian Migdol – drums (tracks 1-4)
• Robo – drums (tracks 5-27)
• Ron Reyes – lead vocals (tracks 10-11, 15)
• Dez Cadena – lead vocals (tracks 12-27)

Black Flag – Damaged (1981) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – What Can You Believe (1982) – YouTube (Tracks either from the TV Party EP or the 1982 Demos compilation)

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “I’ve Got to Run”
2. “My Rules”

SIDE B

1. “What Can You Believe”
2. “Yes, I Know”

PERSONNEL

• Henry Rollins – lead vocals (tracks 1-4)
• Greg Ginn – lead guitar (tracks 1-4)
• Dez Cadena – rhythm guitar, vocals (tracks 1-4)
• Chuck Dukowski – bass (tracks 1-4)
• Bill Stevenson – drums (tracks 1-2)
• Chuck Biscuits – drums (tracks 3-4)

Black Flag – 1982 (1982) – YouTube (Tracks either from the TV Party EP or the 1982 Demos compilation)

1. “TV Party”
2. “Slip It In”
3. “Modern Man”
4. “My War”
5. “Black Coffee”
6. “Beat My Head Against the Wall”
7. “Can’t Decide”
8. “I Love You”
9. “Nothing Left Inside/Scream”

PERSONNEL

• Henry Rollins – lead vocals (tracks 1-9)
• Greg Ginn – lead guitar (tracks 1-9)
• Dez Cadena – rhythm guitar, vocals (tracks 1-9)
• Chuck Dukowski – bass (tracks 1-9)
• Emil Johnson – drums (track 1)
• Chuck Biscuits – drums (tracks 2-9)

Black Flag – My War (1984) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – Family Man (1984) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – Slip It In (1984) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – Live ‘84 (1984) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – 1984 Radio Tokyo – YouTube

Black Flag – Loose Nut (1985) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – I Can See You (1985) – YouTube, Spotify (Tracks either from the The Process of Weeding Out EP or the I Can See You EP. All apparently recorded March 1985.)

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Your Last Affront”
2. “Screw the Law”
3. “The Process of Weeding Out”

SIDE B

1. “Southern Rise”
2. “I Can See You”
3. “Kickin’ & Stickin’”
4. “Out of This World”
5. “You Let Me Down”

PERSONNEL

• Henry Rollins – lead vocals (tracks 5-8)
• Greg Ginn – lead guitar (tracks 1-8)
• Kira Roessler – bass (tracks 1-8)
• Bill Stevenson – drums (tracks 1-8)

Black Flag – In My Head (1985) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – Minuteflag (1986) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – Who’s Got the 10½? (1986) – YouTube, Spotify

Black Flag – What The… (2013) – YouTube, Spotify

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!

Clyde Stacy (1957-1961) – 2 Fan Albums

For those not in the know, fan albums are the attempts of me and many others to take songs and put them on an album, typically they’re made to improve upon something, such as an existing album or to take non-album tracks and put them on an album.

Clyde Stacy is a great country rock singer I recently discovered. I did some research and was fortunately able to find recording dates for most of his tracks. A few songs released on compilations for Clyde were actually recorded by a Clarence Stacy. I didn’t want those to fall in the abyss, so stay tuned to an article for him. “Dream Boy” and my introduction to Stacy, “So Young”, are my two favorites. “I Sure Do Love You Baby” and “Return To Me” are other particular goodies, though all this material is worth rescue from obscurity, though this second “album” is weaker than the first.

Clyde Stacy – Sings SO YOUNG And Eleven More Great Songs (1958) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING
SIDE A

1. “So Young” (Recorded May-June 1957)
2. “Hoy Hoy” (Recorded May-June 1957)
3. “Cotton Pickin’ Chicken” (Recorded May-June 1957)
4. “Dream Boy” (Recorded July-August 1957)
5. “A Broken Heart (Is So Hard To Mend)” (Recorded July-August 1957)
6. “Baby Shame” (Recorded January-February 1958)

SIDE B

1. “Nobody’s Darlin’” (Recorded January-February 1958)
2. “Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor” (Recorded April-May 1958)
3. “I Sure Do Love You Baby” (Recorded April-May 1958)
4. “You Want Love” (Recorded September 1958)
5. “Once In A While” (Recorded September 1958)
6. “So Shy” (Recorded 1950s)

PERSONNEL

• Clyde Stacy – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (tracks 1-12)

The Nitecaps

• John D. Levan – lead guitar, backing vocals (tracks 1-2, probably 3)
• Rick Eilerts – bass, backing vocals (tracks 1-2, probably 3)
• Bill Tolbert – drums, backing vocals (tracks 1-2, probably 3)

Other personnel

• Patricia Peyton – female vocal (track 1)
• Kenny Burrell – guitar (tracks 4-11)
• Al Caiola – guitar (tracks 4-11)
• Milt Hinton – bass (tracks 4-11)
• Panama Francis – drums (tracks 4-11)
• Ernest Hayes – piano (tracks 4-11)
• Ray Charles Singers – backing vocals (tracks 4-5, 10-11)
• Unknown – female vocal (track 7)
• Track 12 personnel likely one of the previously listed backing bands

Clyde Stacy – Scotch On The Rocks (1961) – YouTube

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1. “Good Rockin’ Tonite” (Recorded Summer 1960)
2. “I’ll Try” (Recorded Summer 1960)
3. “Be My Love” (Recorded Summer 1960)
4. “Return To Me” (Recorded Summer 1960)
5. “Well, I Love You” (Recorded Summer 1960)
6. “Scotch On The Rocks” (Probably Recorded Summer 1960)

SIDE B

1. “Tranquilizer Cins” (Probably Recorded Summer 1960)
2. “Summertime Blues” (Probably Recorded Summer 1960)
3. “Sit’in Down Crying” (Recorded July 1961)
4. “You’re Satisfied” (Recorded July 1961)
5. “Live And Learn” (Recorded July 1961)
6. “End Up With The Blues” (Recorded July 1961)

PERSONNEL

• Clyde Stacy – lead vocals (tracks 1-5, 8-12) (Probably serves some other role on tracks where he’s not singing)

The Four Flames

• Pete DeMarzo – lead guitar (tracks 1-12)
• Johnny Cognetti – bass (tracks 1-12)
• Sal Mecca – drums (tracks 1-12)
• unknown – piano (tracks 9-12)

Other personnel

• Vernon Sandusky – guitar (tracks 1-12), backing vocals (tracks 9-12)
• Big Al Downing – piano (tracks 1-12), backing vocals (tracks 9-12)

Here’s a fascinating link about the history of the song “So Young”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q76r0uJhv74

And another with liner note information for most these tracks:

https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/bcd17152ah

This is a passion of mine and if one person likes what I do, I’ll feel honored. I like suggestions on what artist to cover next, so if you know of one you’d like me to look at, feel free to suggest ‘em!