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I can't believe somebody released this stuff !!!:
I read a review of this disc two weeks ago in the Sunday Detroit Free Press. I was pretty impressed that there was a record company compiling and preserving stuff that was this obscure. From 1964 through 1967, there was a very active "teen club" scene in Suburban Detroit. The two guys that recorded all these bands pretty much started that scene. One of them, Punch Andrews, is still Bob Seger's manager. The Recordings themselves are better than I expected. The individual instruments and voices are all balanced adequately ,considering the mid-sixties technology. Everything is being played on vintage Fender, Gibson, and Rickenbacker Equipment, before it was vintage! The Material is real cool, a lot of originals, and some interesting covers. (Surprise Surprise, Stones) There is early Glen Frey in a Band called the Mushrooms, and Seger is singing and playing keyboards with Doug Brown and the Omens. There is also a very young Suzi Quatro (Leather Tuscadaro in "Happy Days") playing with her two sisters in the Pleasure Seekers. Unfortunately, there is only one cut by the Fugitives, argueably the best band in the Suburbs in 64-65. The book is nicely done. Great old pictures, and a lot of inside information on the early rock scene in Detroit. I heard most of these bands, and this disc brings back great memories. If you were a Detroit teen-ager in the mid-sixties, or just interested in hearing what it was like "at the creation", this is a must-have.
| Artist: | Various Artists | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0731253028724 | | Format: | Import | | Format: | Compilation | | Original Release Date: | 2001-09-25 | | Release Date: | 2001-10-02 | | UPC: | 731253028724 |
Tracks:- Friday at the Hideout - The Underdogs
- TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Friday) - Doug Brown and the Omens
- I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better - The Four of Us
- What a Way to Die - Pleasure Seekers
- Don't Pretend - The Underdogs
- I Tried
- Man in the Glass - The Underdogs
- Livin' - Hentchmen
- Youth and Experince - Doug Brown and the Omens
- Get Down on Your Knees - The Underdogs
- Never Thought You'd Leave Me - Pleasure Seekers
- You're Gonna Be Mine - The Four of Us
- Little Girl - The Underdogs
- Shake a Tail Feather - The Torquays
- Please Tell Me - Hentchmen
- Burned - Mushrooms
- Surprise, Surprise - The Underdogs
- Baby Blue - The Four of Us
- Batman - The Four of Us
- Norwest Lounge Radio Spot - Doug Brown and the Omens
- Friday at the Hideout - The Fugitives
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