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

The Radio Star


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.

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 #035 The Incorporates, the Wanted & Co.

The Radio Star


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