I putzed around in my stacks looking for a band who was clearly influenced by the Rolling Stones – the way that my “two-fer” from a few months ago was, the Richmond Sluts and Big Midnight – but I couldn’t find one right away. So I decided to go back to the mother lode of English beat bands, the English Freakbeat series that Greg Shaw put together, where I have found several other previous UARB’s. Sadly, these albums (both vinyl and CD) have been out of print for many years, but there are used copies available here and there.
Anyway, I found one right away: THE PRIMITIVES. That’s the Primitives with the crazy hair in the middle of the cover of the English Freakbeat, Volume 4 CD; the caption inside the booklet says: “The Primitives get their hair done!”).
(May 2015)
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I had my first “two-fer” this year, with the Richmond Sluts and Big Midnight, two related garage rock bands of recent vintage.
(Year 5 Review)
