Description
DESCRIPTION
UK collection. Three of the quirkier imprints from Hollywood's heyday in the mid-1960s were the record labels Doré, Era and Mira. Like most seasoned indie producers in that epoch, their owners Lew Bedell, Herb Newman and Randy Wood struggled to get to grips with the onslaught of rock'n'roll activity that followed in the wake of the British Invasion. But amongst each company's catalogue of R&B, pop schlock and novelty discs were a number of outstanding garage and proto-psych 45s that today are sought-after collectors' items. Blow My Mind: The Doré-Era-Mira Punk & Psych Legacy collects together the best of this venerated repertoire in a power-packed set that also constitutes the first official reissue for many oft-bootlegged titles. Cuts like 'The Thief', 'Slander' and 'I'll Blow My Mind' would be expensive to acquire in their original, minutely-pressed incarnation. Here, with top-notch sound and extensive annotation, these totemic garage rock items shine brighter than ever. An unexpected bonus is a superb unreleased cut by 'Hey Joe' hitmakers the Leaves, along with off-beat garage-psych titles by Simon T Stokes, the Outlaw Blues and the Wrench.
Tracks
1 My Baby's Barefoot - the Syndicate
2 Do Me a Favor - the Leaves
3 Gotta Hold on - the No-Na-Mees
4 The Thief - the Motion
5 So What!! - the Lyrics
6 Leave Me Behind - the South Hampton Story
7 Big City Blues - Simon T Stokes
8 The Other Half - Yesterday's Tomorrow
9 Worryin' Kind - the Regents
10 She Touched My Soul - John Winfield JR
11 Slander - Ty Wagner
12 Now You Say We're Through - the Puddin' Heads
13 They Can't Hurt Me - the Lyrics
14 I'll Blow My Mind - Spencer's Van Dykes
15 I'm Gonna Dance - the Decades
16 The Day Is Hard - the Wrench
17 Climate - the Search
18 Just Wanna Be Myself - the No-Na-Mees
19 Non-Stop Blues - the Outlaw Blues
20 Shame - the Front Page & Her
21 Forget Me Girl - the Bees
22 She's Gone - the Tormentors
23 It's No Use - Basil & the Baroques
24 To Make a Lie - Unknown Artist
25 Cobwebs - Simon T Stokes
