"One Hand In The Darkness" 14 slabs of moody US '60s garage - VA

I’ve seen other rips of this LP on the internet, but enjoy this high-quality conversion of this LP with great sound. (Gyro1966)US '60s punk samplers keep coming out. Should we complain? Not really, as long as they're well done and the good news is that this one is Not great, but good, really good. The other positive fact is that more than half of the songs are reissued for the first time, while among the rest, most were only previously reissued on CDs.
And the music? The focus is on the ballad side of punk, but it's still pretty varied. Some songs are folky (the Big Inners' "Do You Wonder"), some are poppy (the Meen's "Say You Love Me"), some are punky (the Jades' "Change My Way"), some slightly-delic (the Rotations' "One Way Road") and some would have been perfect for the Honeycombs (Tommy & the Nightbeats' "Come On Darling"). Many have in common a certain weakness that is part of the charm. Among the obscure acts, we find a few famous names, in an Ugly Things kind of way: the Nomads (of Crypt fame), the Huns (with the flip of "Destination Lonely") or Spider & the Mustangs (go back a few issues for their story and hear the flip "So Long Child" on Garage Punk Unknowns). If you're dreaming of the Back From The Grave Vol.9 every night, you will probably not even notice, but those like me who just love that Amateurish American Teen Sound from the mid-'60s will be happy to listen to these 14 well-chosen sides. - Laurent Bigot (Originally published in Ugly Things #24, 2006) This LP is way out of print.traxfromwax:
1. goodbye (Salesmaker) - The Vy-Counts 2. you better change (Galaxie) - The Star Blazers 3. how many times (Stark) - The Nomads 4. winning ticket (Rock 'n' Jazz) - The Huns 5. you ask me why (Sands) - Spider & The Mustangs 6. life is too short (Pine Hills) - J. Walker & The Pedestrians 7. one hand in the darkness (Loom) - Frut Of The Loom 8. why (Style) - The Midknights 9. come on darling (Princess) - Tommy & The Nightbeats 10. change my ways (Denim) - The Jades 11. say you love me (Varmint) - The Meen 12. one way road ((My) - The Rotations 13. i don't have to wait (Style) - The Mid-Knights 14. do you wonder (Panorama) - The Big Inners
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