048 - Black Narcosis and the Tuesday Blues

First up on this episode of Garage/Soul '66 is a blast of heavy psych. The Sound Expidition hailed from Lincoln, NE and recorded (as far as we know) just this one track -- but it's a good one. "Ultimate Power" proved to be the ultimate track for the band.

The Anglos take the Soul Spotlight with a sizzling lo-fi track, "Since You've Been Gone." Folks, there's more to 60's soul than Motown, as this 1967 track proves.

Black Narcosis is another of our mystery bands - they came into the studio, they recorded, they disappeared without a trace. I have a deep suspicion that their track "Land of Stone" was recorded while the band was, well...

The Tuesday Blues turn in a trippy, laid-back track from 1968. "Together We Stand" was recorded shortly before the lead guitarist joined Black Oak Arkansas (maybe he should have paid more attention to the lyrics).

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #048 - Black Narcosis and the Tuesday Blues

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This program we play:

The Sound Expidition  - Ultimate Power
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Black Narcosis - Land of Stone
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Anglos - Since You've Been Gone
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Tuesday Blues - Together We Stand
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

047 - Group Nine and Urban 44

We start the show with the Morning Disaster. This band wrote (and recorded) songs that were a cut above the run-of-the-mill garage band. For some reason, though, the tapes of their 1967 recording session were never released -- until Arcania International got hold of them, that is. From that legendary session we play their original tune "Urban 44."

Longtime listeners know our theme and background music is "Days of s Quiet Sun" by Wilson Castle. But it's not the only version of the tune. Group Nine first recorded the song, and as you'll hear it's very different then the later Wilson Castle track.

The Soul Duo take the Soul Spotlight with a cautionary tale, "This is Your Day." In this song the duo take the roles of a good woman and triflin' man. Fine mid-sixties soul.

As a group, the Woo Too Country Band didn't last a year, but they managed to accumulate a large following in both Arkansas and Missouri. Their track "Only Going Up the Road" is as gritty as they come, and help explain the band's popularity.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #047 - Group Nine and Urban 44

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This program we play:

The Morning Disaster - Urban 44
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Group Nine - Days of a Quiet Sun
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Soul Duo - This is Your Day
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

Woo Too Country Band -Only Going Up the Road
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

046 - The Greatest Moment, Are You Ready For This?

One of the best bands out of Richmond, VA kick off this episode of the Garage/Soul '66 podcast. Wilson Castle had strong songwriting skills and a mature sound.

For some reason though, their tracks were never released (well, until Arcania International came along that is). This episode they perform a heartfelt ballad, "The Greatest Moment," which might owe  a little of its sound to the Byrds.

Sometimes "rare" doesn't begin to describe the music Arcania International rescues from the past. The Psychotrons' "Death is a Dream" is the lone 45 rpm put out by the group. There are only three copies of this 45 known to exist -- and Arcania International had access to one of them. And so we share this single shot of psych with you.

The Soul Spotlight shines on Blue-Eyed Soul. Not the term, but the group of the same name. This integrated ensemble had a tough time getting gigs in the south, but when they took to the stage, they really delivered. "Are You Ready for This?" Are you ready indeed for Blue-Eyed Soul!

We finish with the Woo Too Country Band and their version of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Whatever you think this song will sound like -- you're likely to be wrong. The band strips this old song down to its essence and reassembles it as a raw-sounding rocker.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #046 - The Greatest Moment, Are You Ready for This?

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This program we play:

Wilson Castle - The Greatest Moment
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Psychotrons - Death is a Dream
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Blue-Eyed Soul - Are You Ready
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Woo Too Country Band -What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

045 - Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band and Green was Green

We start the show with a trippy tune from 1969 by the Group Nine. The group may have been a little tripped out themselves, as they never had as many as nine in their lineup...

Yes, Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band spelt it E-d-i-s-u-n. They follow the Group Nine with a mellow track of sunshiny psych titled "Common Attitude."

Laurie Tate steps into the Soul Spotlight with an outstanding ballad from 1965. The sound is definitely lo-fi, but the singing is top-notch.

We finish with "Green was Green" by the Woo Too Country Band. It's a heavy concept, man, and a perfect end to this pysch-heavy episode.

Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #045 - Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band and Green was Green

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This program we play:

The Group Nine - Nights for Laughing
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band - Common Attitude
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore


Laurie Tate: Please Tell Me
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Woo Too Country Band - Green was Green
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

044 - Wilson Castle and Thunder Forest

We start the show with a mid-60's track recorded in Johnson City, TN. The Kool Kuzzins were actually a family band composed of two brothers and a cousin. And actually, all three were pretty cool.

The next track, "Party" comes from Washington DC-based Wilson Castle. Recorded in 1969, it sums up the closing era of peace and love (with a nod to John Lennon). Not bad for a group of teenagers.

Front and center in the Soul Spotlight this time is something of a mystery band. We don't know a lot about Zeke and the Soul Setters, save that they were based in Richmond, VA. Nevertheless, they produced a great lo-fi instrumental, and we have it. "Make My Love a Hurtin' Thing."

We finish with a group of young youngsters. If the lead singer of the Electric Sunshine sounds a little like Donny Osmond back in the day, there's a reason -- he's only nine years old. In fact, that was the average age of the entire band when they recorded their tracks in the 1960's. Now that's remarkable!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #044 - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' and the Morning Disaster

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This program we play:

The Kool Kuzzins - Love Can Be True
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Wilson Castle - Party
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3


Zeke and Soul Setters - Make My Love a Hurtin' Thing
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Electric Sunshine - Thunder Forest
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

043 - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' and the Morning Disaster

The world of 1960's garage music is full of strange stories. The Morning Disaster was an up-and-coming band that was soon hustled into the studio to record some of their original material.

They did so (and it's decidedly better than average), but the tapes were never released and the band broke up soon afterwards. From those lost sessions, we present a fine example of psychedelica, "Black Leather Books."

Alvin Delk and Rockin' Cavaliers give lie to their song "Ain't Nothing Shakin'"" -- in this barnburner from 1968 everything's shaking!

We finish with a down-tempo instrumental track from the Purple Canteen. Feel free to add your own melody...

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #043 - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' and the Morning Disaster

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This program we play:

The Morning Disaster - Black Leather Books
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3


The Barracudas - I Can't Believe
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Alvin Delk and the Rocking Cavaliers - Ain't Nothin' Shakin'
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Purple Canteen - If You Like It That Way
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

042 - Stonehenge and the Sunn Cycle

Another of our mystery groups kick off this edition of the show. The Sunn Cycle went into a studio in Asheville, NC in the late 1960's, recorded a track or two, then disappeared. We play their tune "Acid Raga, Part II." And no, as far as I know there is no Part I.

The Steve Peele Five sing what has to be one of the longest radio jingles ever -- a two-minute paen to a local record store/head shop known as Frankie's. And yes, it was really recorded as a radio ad, not a stand-alone song.

The Soul Spotlight shines on Junius "Bugs" Hughes with just what the doctor ordered -- a heaping helping of funk called "Just What the Doctor Ordered."

We finish with a song to bring everyone together (c'mon people now...). The Stonehenge sing the socially conscious "Try To Help Each Other." Peace, my friends.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #042 -Stonehenge and the Sunn Cycle

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This program we play:

Sunn Cycle: Acid Raga, Part II
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore!

The Steve Peele Five: Frankie's Got It!
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Junius "Bugs" Hughes: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

Stonehenge: Try to Help Each Other
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

041 - Ninety-nine and a Half -- and New Directions

We start with a band that reversed a trend. Many garage bands broke up in the 1960's when one or more of their members were drafted and sent to Vietnam. The Beachnuts was a band made up of young musicians returning from Southeast Asia.

The New Directions turn in a heavy dose of psych with their 1969 track, "Springtime Lady"

Mel Gaines and the Regents shine in the Soul Spotlight with "What'cha Gonna Do?" It's not only a good example of mid-60's soul, but perfectly captures the sound of East Coast beach music.

We finish with a track from the Scorpios. Could it be that the title of the track "Ninety-nine and a Half" is actually a reference to "Ninety-six Tears?" There's a distinct similarity in the organ work...

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #041 -  99 and a Half and New Directions

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This program we play:
The Beachnuts: What Makes You Think
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1


The New Directions: Springtime Lady
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Mel Gaines and the Regents: What'cha Gonna Do?
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Scorpios - Ninety-nine and a Half
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

040 - The Land of Extremes and All the Time in the World

This podcast starts with another of our many mystery bands. We don't know who was in the band Don't Tread on Me, but we do know they were deep into the psychedelic scene. Their 1969 recording "The Land of Extremes" makes that very clear, indeed. Far out!

Last episode we featured a song by the Electrical Banana, a group Dean Kohler formed while serving in Vietnam. From that same Southeast Asian recording session, they play a cover of Lou Reed's "There She Goes Again" --  done mere weeks after the Velvet Underground's album release!

Ida Sands steps into the Soul Spotlight with a sizzling track she recorded in New York City. "Prophisize" is a gritty ballad well-suited to Sands' voice.

We finish with a gentle rocker from the Mods, "All the Time in the World."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #040 - The Land of Extremes and All the Time in the World

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This program we play:

Don't Tread on Me - The Land of Extremes
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore!

The Electrical Banana - There She Goes Again
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Sir Guy with the Speller Bros. Band - Let Home Cross Your Mind
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Mods - All the Time in the World
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

039 - Lovelight and the Electrical Banana

Dean Kohler didn't give up music when he was drafted in 1967. He formed a band with some fellow GIs and played in Southeast Asia. And they also recorded. We play their version of "I'm A Man" live from Vietnam!

Ever wonder about the theme music for this podcast? it's an instrumental version of "Days of a Quiet Sun" by the Baraccudas. You'll hear the finished version with vocals on this show!

Sir Guy is back in the Soul Spotlight, this time fronting for the Speller Bros. Band. They turn in a great perfomance on this 1969 track, "Let Home Cross Your Mind."

And we conclude with the Coachmen, who we featured last week. This group was active around Memphis and Little Rock, and racked up an impressive amount of regional airplay.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #039 - Lovelight and the Electrical Banana

The Radio Star


This program we play:


The Electrical Banana - I'm a Man
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Barracudas - Days of the Quiet Sun
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Sir Guy with the Speller Bros. Band - Let Home Cross Your Mind
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

The Coachmen - Lovelight
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

038 - The Nite Beats and the Phantoms

The Nite Beats walked the Southwest Virginia beat -- and did it pretty well, too. In 1966 they were invited to record a session at Sun Studios. Although the master tapes were lost soon after, we have the one surviving song from that session!

From the same part of the Old Dominion we also have the Phantoms. They played primarily the area where Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee border each other. Their one 45 "I Want to See Her Cry" is pretty rare -- but that's the way we like it on this podcast.

Wilson Williams takes the Soul Spotlight for this show. He was a fixture of the East Coast music scene, performing for over a decade at top clubs along the seaboard. And we finish with a track from the Coachmen and their 1966 rocker, "Two New Girls."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #038 Nite Beats and the Phantoms

The Radio Star


This program we play:


The Nite Beats - You're a Better Man Than I
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2


The Phantoms - I Want to See Her Cry
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Wilson Williams - I Got a Whole Lot to be Thankful For
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Coachmen - Two New Girls
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

037 - Flight Patterns and Groop Therapy

We start off this podcast episode with a little trip -- a psychedelic trip, that is. Denis and the Times took flight in 1967 with their psych classic "Flight Patterns." Great production values on this one! We stay up in the sky with the Pennsylvania-based Groop Therapy. "Leave This World" has a fuzzed-out guitar solo by 13-year-old Gayle Doughtrey.

Gene and the Team Beats take the Soul Spotlight this time around. They started out in 1959, but didn't cut this track until late 1966! It was worth the wait!

And we end with Saturday's Children, a Missouri-based band that not only went through band members like tissue paper, but also changed it's name in the process.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #037 Flight Pattern and Groop Therapy

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This program we play:


Denis and the Times - Flight Patterns
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1


Groop Therapy -Leave This World
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Gene and the Team Beats - I'll Carry On
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

Saturday's Children - Your Loving Ways
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

036 - Conformity to Society and the Right Track

One of the recurring themes of this podcast is the mystery of the mystery band. Many times studios were booked by teenagers who came in, recorded one or two songs, paid the engineer, and left. Often these bands broke up shortly thereafter. 45s were thrown away, and master tapes lost, save for the studio copy. But that copy usually just had the name of the group.

And so, forty years after the fact, there are many groups that are just names on a tape box. This time, we have something even more unusual. We know the name of the song, "Conformity to Society," but we don't know the name of the group -- let alone who was in it!

Also in this podcast we feature the return of Clover, and a gritty tune
Bee Gee Stan shines in the Soul Spotlight this time around with her song, "Front Page Love." Stop the presses!Remember -- you don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast. Just download it straight to your computer from this link!

Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #036 Conformity to Society and the Right Track

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This program we play:
???? - Conformity to Society
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Clover - The Way She Smiles
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Bee Gee Stans - Front Page Love
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Right Track - You Disturb My Soul
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

035 - The Incorporates, the Wanted & Co

This program we have two mystery groups. Don't know who they are, or even quite where they came from. But we do have the recordings they left behind. The Wanted & Co. recorded in a studio in the midwest. There are some indication that they may have been from Ohio -- or perhaps Kentucky. We're not sure...

The Soul Spotlight shines on the second mystery band, the Incorporates. In this case, nothing is known about the group -- even where they came from. But their track's a killer.

We start and end the podcast with some known groups. The Escorts hailed from Richmond, VA, which is where they recorded in 1966 and 1967. The Dust were students from Arkansas State University. Their track "Sky Flight" comes from 1969, the tail-end of the psychedelic era.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #035 The Incorporates, the Wanted & Co.

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This program we play:
The Escorts - My Only Love
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

The Wanted & Co. - Why
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Incorporates - Keep Her In the Groove
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Dust – Sky Flight
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

034 - Ida Sands and Dust

We start this edition of Garage/Soul '66 with the Flys. We don't know much about this group, save that they hailed from Washington, DC and cut a single track back in 1966. But it's a good one.

East Coast legend Lenis Guess returns, this time fronting a band that perfectly captured the East Coast Beach sound of the mid-60's. If you like Bill Deal and Rondells, you'll dig "Workin' for My Baby."

Miss Ida Sands makes a triumphant return to the Soul Spotlight with "You'll Lose a Good Thing." This 1967 recording had everything going for it -- save chart action. And after hearing it, you'll probably wonder why it didn't have that as well!

Dust was formed in 1969 from the dust of several groups we’ve featured on earlier episodes of GS66 (maybe that's where they got the name). Members came from the Blue and the Grey, the Purple Canteen, and the Tuesday Blues. The combination of all that talent produced some great psychodelic tracks. This show we feature one of them, with the heavy name "Through the Silk Keyhole." Far out!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #034 Ida Sands and Dust

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This program we play:
Flys – The Way Things Are
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Lenis Guess – Workin’ for My Baby
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Ida Sands – You’ll Lose a Good Thig
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Dust – Through a Silk Keyhole
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

033 - The Clover and the Honey Bees

We start off with a rare track from Richmond, Virginia-based band the Clover. They recorded just two songs back in 1966, and this episode we play the "B" side of that lone 45 RPM.

Then we jump back to 1963 for a song by the Satellites. According to Arcania International's Brent Hosier (who researched and compiled the "Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things CD series),  the Satellites were heavily influenced by the Beatles. I don't know, though. In the track we play, "Next Boy" sounds more like a Who song to me.

And in an interesting juxtaposition, we feature the girl group Honey Bees in the Soul Spotlight singing "It Happened on a Tuesday" then follow it with a song from Tuesday's Blues. Guess things didn't work out so well!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #033 Clover and the Honey Bees

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This program we play:

Clover -Remember
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Satellites - The Next Boy
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Honey Bees - It Happened on a Tuesday
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 1

The Tuesday Blues - Have You Ever Loved Somebody
Lost Souls, Vol. 2

032 - Sadie's Ways and the Hippie Queen

This time we have quite a selection of material. We start with Glennis Annette and the Confederates from Texas, circa 1968.

We follow them with one of the finest bands out of Virginia to almost make the big time (in my opinion) -- the Bosom Blues Band. Their acid-tinged tune "Hippie Queen" is pure psych. Hard to believe it's actually a group of teenagers! (and if you're fans of this track, we have it not only that track on the CD Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1, but the Bosom Blues Band's entire album reissued on vinyl).

The amazing Elsie Strong steps into the Soul Spotlight, with her song "This is the Last Time." And we round things out with a song that was climbing up the charts, until a radio DJ listened to the lyrics closely and banned it from the air. The Esquires perform their ill-fated track, "Sadie's Ways."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #032 Sadie's Ways and the Hippie Queen;

 - The Radio Star


The program we play:

Glennis Annette and the Confederates - You Better Find Your Way
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 4


The Bosom Blues Band
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1


Elsie Strong - This is the Last Time
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2


The Esquires - Sadie's Ways
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

031 - Electric Sunshine and the Electrical Banana

A mixed bag of tunes this time around. We start with East Coast favorites the Swinging Machine, and a great song from 1967, "Look Out!"

Then we follow Virginia artist Dean Kohler on his continuing adventures. We've already featured his previous group the Satellites, and we pick up the story after Kohler was drafted in 1965. It spelled the end of the Satellites, but not Kohler's musical career. On the transport to Vietnam, he formed a new group, the Electrical Banana, and even managed to record a few songs in Hanoi while on tour! You'll hear one of them in this podcast.

And we check out Raw Soul from 1972. Dorsey shows up to blow sax on the record, keeping the energy level high (before the lead singer kicks him off). We finish with the Electric Sunshine, a remarkable band of nine-year-olds from Jonesboro, Arkansas.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #031 Electric Sunshine and the Electrical Banana

The Radio Star


This program we play:

The Swinging Machine - Look Out
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 4


The Electrical Banana - She's Gone
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1


Raw Soul w/Dorsey - Leave My Beat Alone
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 3

Electric Sunshine - Stop!!
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

030 - Fragile Fruit and the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine

We have a couple of mystery bands on the show this time. They came, they recorded, they disappeared. We don't know who the members of the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine were, or who was in Shades, Ltd. But we do have two great songs from these bands that we share with you this time.

The Smacks return with another rocking cut from their 1966 45rpm. Lenis Guess is back in the Soul Spotlight with his very first recording from 1964, "For All You've Been."

The backup group the Idets (who sang with Ida Sands) step into the Soul Spotlight for a particularly funky version of "Doggie in the Window." And we end the show with the Modds from Missouri with a fuzzed out number, "Leave My House."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #030 Fragile Fruit and the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine

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This program we play:

The Satellites - I'm a Double Naught Spy
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Shades, Ltd. - Fragile Fruit
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2 

The Idets - Doggie in the Window
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Modds - Leave My House
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

029 - Bummed Out For All You've Been

The show starts off with the Satellites, a short-lived band from Norfolk, VA. The draft cut the life of the group short, but not the career of lead guitarist Dean Kohler. He went on to form another group during his tour in Vietnam! (We'll feature some recordings from that group in a future episode).

The Smacks return with another rocking cut from their 1966 45rpm. Lenis Guess is back in the Soul Spotlight with his very first recording from 1964, "For All You've Been."

And we finish up with Blackfoot, which grew out of the Sole Society (who we featured on a previous episode) and their track "Bummed Out."

One thing that may bum you out -- the disc they're featured on, Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas is just about sold out. And it's not likely to be back in print any time soon. If you're digging this music, the time to purchase is now.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #029 Bummed Out For All You've Been

The Radio Star


This program we play:

The Satellites - When Will You Say
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Smacks - Nobody Else is Going to Do
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2 

Lenis Guess - For All You've Been
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

Blackfoot - Bummed Out
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

028 - Mystic Illusion and the Wrong Crowd

A mixed bag on this edition of the podcast. We start with the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine. The title of their song is almost as long as the group name -- "The Girl With The Sandy Blonde Hair." Far out!

The Smacks were big in the Washington, DC area, and for good reason. One of the two friends that started the group lived in Virginia, the other in Maryland. Their song Reckless Ways is a corker from 1966. Our Soul Spotlight shines Prince George, a regional heavyweight from the Portsmouth, Virginia area. And we finish with the another psychedelic gem from Arkansas, "Colour of My Days" by the Mystic Illusion.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #028 Mystic Illusion and the Wrong Crowd

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine - The Girl With the Sandy Blonde Hair
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Smacks - Restless Ways
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2 

Prince George - Wrong Crowd
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2 


Mystic Illusion - Colour of My Dayes
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

027 -Now It's Time for the Clown Suit

The Wild Cherries kick things off with their mid-sixties track "I Cried Once," a song about love gone wrong. We continue the theme with the Del-Fi's from Washington, D.C. Their track "Now It's Time" has a different point of view -- the leaver rather than the leavee.

Terry Sinclair returns to the Soul Spotlight with a 1964 song, "Clown Suit." An outstanding low-fi groove going on in the background of this one.

And we close with the Sole Society with their frantic fuzzed out regional classic, "Psychedelic Cycle." Far out!


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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #027 Now It's Time for the Clown Suit

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Wild Cherries - I Cried Once
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Del-Fi's - Now It's Time
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Terry Sinclair - Clown Suit
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Sole Society - Psychedelic Cycle
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

026 - Dead on Arrival: Run Hide Get Away!

We start the podcast Dead on Arrival -- no, I'm not sick again. It's the name of the group. The lead singer and guitarist of this Arkansas-based band was a San Francisco transplant -- and you can hear it in their music!

We also check in with the Kool Kuzzins, two brothers and their cousin, who did some recording for the Spot label in the mid-60's. And we offer up another dose of psychedelica, this time by the Sunn Cycle and the appropriately-named Acid Raga, Part 2.

The Soul Spotlight this time shines on some blue-eyed soul, figuratively and literally. Figuratively, because this mixed race group had some white kids emulating the Righteous Brothers. Literally, because that was the name of the band -- Blue-Eyed Soul!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #026 Dead On Arrival: Run Hide Get Away!

The Radio Star


This program we play:


Dead On Arrival - Run Hide Get Away
Lost Souls, Vol. 1
Psych of the South


Kool Kuzzins - Love Can Be True
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 2
Arcania International


The Blue-Eyed Soul - Are You Ready for This?
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 2
Arcania International


Sunn Cycle - Acid Raga, Part 2
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Fore
Arcania International

025 - Planet of Union and Urban 44

We present a fine lineup of artists on this edition of our podcast. Denis and the Times open the show with their 1967 track "Flight Patterns." This Norfolk, Virginia band consisted of three brothers plus to friends.

LD Mitchell and the Amalgamated Taxi Cab Service offer up a slice of psychedelic goodness from the deep south with their song, "Planet of Union." This trippy tune belies its Arkansas origins.

The Soul Duo may not have quite hit the big time when they were active in the late 1960's, but they've achieved some stature among collectors and have shown up in several compilations of early soul. Their song "This is Your Day" takes center stage in the Soul Spotlight this show.

One of the most important bands in 1960's Virginia was the Morning Disaster. Their level of playing and the sophistication of their songwriting makes one wonder why they didn't break onto the national scene. Case in point: the excellent track we feature in this show by them, "Urban 44" could hold its own with anything coming out of San Francisco at the time -- yet the recording was never released. Another mystery from the halcyon days of rock in the Old Dominion.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #025 Planet of Union and Urban 44

The Radio Star

This program we play:

LD Mitchell and the Amalgamated Taxi Cab Service - Planet of Union
Lost Souls, Vol. 1

Morning Disaster - Urban 44
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Soul Duo  - This is Your Day
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 1

Denis and the Times  - Flight Patterns
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1