Garage/Soul 66 #001 - Pink and Green and Swinging Machine
Welcome to the Garage/Soul '66 podcast! Arcania International (AI) and Psych of the South (PotS) are two of the many small record labels that are collecting and reissuing forgotten pop, psych, rock, R&B and soul recordings of the mid to late 1960's.
Both labels are carried by DCD Records, and both were willing to share the music with you. These vintage recordings are lo-fi, raw, high-energy and authentic. And deserve to be heard again.
For
the first episode of our podcast series, we present four tracks of widely different stars.
The Swinging Machine was a mainstay of the eastern Virginia music scene, and it looked like they would break through in time. But the death of their lead singer in 1968 put an end to their dreams, and the band.
Shirley Hughey checks in with a slab of psychedelic pop titled "Pink and Green" from 1969. Far out and groovy, but many questions left unanswered, such as what does pink and green mean, and who was Shirley Hughey?
The Blue and Gray, as befitting their name, came from the deep south (Arkansas), where the Civil War is still the Recent Unpleasantness. Their track, "Don't Send Me No Flowers" has a protopunk swagger to it that's years ahead of its time.
Gene and the Team Beats/Gene and the Teen Beats. Same band, subtly different name. But solid soul no matter how they spelled it.
This show we play:
The Swinging Machine: Do You Have To Ask (1964)
from
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 1
Arcania International
Shirley Hughey: Pink and Green (1969)
from
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 3
Arcania International
Gene and Teen Beats: I'll Let Nothing Separate Me (1967)
from
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1
Arcania International
The Blue and the Gray: Don't Send Me No Flowers (1966)
from
Lost Souls, Vol. 1
Psych of the South
This episode we play a mixed bag of forgotten classics. Sir Guy and the Rocking Cavaliers lay it all on the line with their soulful ode to "Funky Virginia." An incredibly youthful group appropriately named the Live Wires heat things up with their 1964 garage band concoction of "Scrambled Eggs."
