Fries

5y

I'm talking about stuff like this circa 1967, genuinely can't make it through a full listen

Elric

5y

didnt realize this was recorded in '64

rvi

5y

yeah apparently the widepsread release was 1965 but the recording and this obscure(?) US original release was 1964 so thats what ive always had it in my library as

https://www.45cat.com/record/31725

december 1964: "On the 14th, Billboard magazine has the first U.S. press mention of The Who in an article on Decca Records declaring that "I Can't Explain" backed with "Bald Headed Woman" will be "coming out this week". Two days later the first review appears in Variety followed by Cash Box on the 19th. Variety calls "I Can't Explain" a "typical rocking entry with a good sound." Cash Box gets confused, assuming "Bald-Headed Woman" is the A-side, and dismisses "I Can't Explain" as "an attention-getting shuffle-rock'er." It is unclear whether the single has its national release at this time."

so i guess its 1964 technically but pretty much 65

rvi

5y

speaking of primordial versions of artists... how about doo-wop Dio?

Elric

5y

more primordial iterations

Marc Bolans first single pre T.Rex

solo Steve Marriot biting Buddy Holly before he was with The Small Faces

Iggy Pops garage band pre Stooges

rvi

5y

speaking of primordial Iggy, guess who played keyboards in his next band the Prime Movers? none other than "Blue" Gene Tyranny. and he toured with stooges in 1973

dont remember if i aleady mentioned that so might have just repeated myself

Elric

5y

Don't think I know who that is

rvi

5y

dude whose long ass song i linked you before iirc

great mysterious album

rvi

5y

speaking of primordial Iggy, guess who played keyboards in his next band the Prime Movers? none other than "Blue" Gene Tyranny. and he toured with stooges in 1973

dont remember if i aleady mentioned that so might have just repeated myself

rvi

5y

Dead didnt form until 1965 and the earliest I heard from them is 1966

but check this out from 1964 with 3 dead members on it and a great band name

interesting that you prefer rootsy Dead to psych, but I guess it makes some sense given your attitude about their noodling. The rootsier stuff took me more time to appreciate, and I can tell I'll (hopefully) still come to appreciate it more in the future because there's a lot of stuff now I still don't love. but I'm hoping that it's just because of s***ty vocals and the country/folk style not being understood enough by me to really appreciate it

they introduced me to a lot of great songs though tbh, like Merle's Mama Tried and Sing Me Back Home, Johnny Cash's Big River, Otis' Hard to Handle, Kris Kristofferson's Me and Bobby McGee. i'll be extremely happy if my country (+folk in the future) learning leads me to appreciate their whole craft more. right now my Deadhead fandom has basically been going for the long and psych/jazz jams rather than the simple rootsy labors of love

making my 64 list rn btw

rvi

5y

dude whose long ass song i linked you before iirc

great mysterious album

Elric

5y

what about The Warlocks? didnt Jerry Garcia and Lou Reed both have early bands named that

rvi

5y

think the warlocks was the earliest incarnation of the Dead that came in 1965

Elric

5y

Check out Lou "guitar hero of 1966" Reed on that Primitives single you can already hear his aggressive rythm style on the b-side

rvi

5y

yeah ive heard that one before, probably from someone posting in the fam thread ages ago tbh. but dont think ive heard this sneaky pete one

lou such a legend

Elric

5y

Downliners Sect didn't have a very interesting '64 despite the reviews in case you were thinking of checking them out

Them of Glendora fame

rvi

5y

dont know if ive ever even heard "glendora"

Elric

5y

omg primordial Velvet Underground @RASIE

this is wild

Elric

5y

No way I haven't played one of my favorite nuggets for you

Elric

5y

also @RASIE ngl i dont think i knew this was The Four Seasons dont even think ive heard this since i got into them but i remember singing along to it as a kid

some nice phil spector drums in there or maybe they hired the Wrecking Crew