[.ca] V8 Pt1 Pebbles Southern Calif

Yet another compilation of undeservedly obscure rock howlers:
The PEBBLES series, which doesn't really pick up speed until Vol. 7 (CHICAGO VOL. 2, which Amazon doesn't carry for some reason but is essential listening), continues with SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, gathering together rare 45 singles and acetates of garage bands and high school rock groups from Sacramento to San Diego, with plenty of small towns hit in-between. 2 of the songs, "Knock Knock" by The Humane Society (without a doubt one of the best unheard songs of the 60s) and "Hold Me Now" by The Rumors (which I dare you not to rock out to), are included on the NUGGETS boxed set, but they're surrounded by so many amazing gems here that this volume simply cannot be passed over. Terry Randall's anti-riot anthem "S.O.S." kicks off the album with a bang; this is one dark little mother of a single, half-sung, half-spoken by an unknown artist. Of the 25 songs, the highlights are: The Starfires' "I Never Loved Her", The Grains of Sand's "She Needs Me", The Cindermen's "Don't Do It Some More", The Colony's "All I Want", The Cloudwalkers' "Sunglasses", The Beckett Quintet's "No Correspondence", The Dovers' "She's Not Just Anybody", Sean and the Brandywines' "She Ain't No Good", The Rogues' "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (the guitar work is very similar to that of "Hey Joe"), The Last Word's "Sleepy Hollow", The Green Beans' "Who Needs You", Limey and the Yanks' "Guaranteed Love" and "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (a cover of a terrific single by New York City's Bit-A-Sweet, which has never been available reissued) are all singles which should have been national hits, blowing anything by The Dave Clark Five or Herman's Hermits out of the water. Not every song is a bonafide classic, but they're all sterling examples of what makes 60s garage rock a highly sought-after subgenre of classic rock.

• S.O.S.
• She's My Baby - Les Gigolos
• I Never Loved Her - The Starfires
• She Needs Me - The Grains of Sand
• Knock Knock - The Humane Society
• Don't Do It Some More
• Everything's There - Hysterics
• Hold Me Now - The Rumors
• All I Want - Colony
• Do You Believe Me - Byron & The Mortals
• I Don't Care
• Sunglasses
• No Correspondence - Beckett Quintet
• She's Not Just Anybody - The Dovers
• One of These Days - The Roosters
• It's Hard to Hide - The Avengers
• She Ain't No Good
• Wanted Dead or Alive - The Rogues
• Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word
• Friction \o#\c
• Who Needs You
• Got Love If You Want It - Bush
• Guaranteed Love
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind
• X + Y =13