Thursday, 23 October 2025

The Litter "Distortions" 1967 - mono

Minneapolis was their home turf. But in the decades that followed, appreciation for Distortions swelled to tidal wave proportions among fans of amped-up, ramped-up, balls-to-the-wall rock 'n' roll. Headlined by two red-hot, stone-cold killers, "Action Woman" and "Soul Searchin'"--both penned by producer Warren Kendrick--Distortions is arguably the greatest private-press garage band album of the era...
...The Litter formed in 1966 as a merger between two popular Twin Cities combos, the Victors and the Tabs. They quickly established a reputation as the wildest, loudest band on the scene. Bill Strandlof was responsible for the incendiary, feedback-laced guitar work on "Action Woman"--a local hit for the band when released as a single in January 1967--but by the summer he'd been replaced by another fast-fingered guitar slinger, Zippy Caplan. Caplan's fiery leads helped ignite the remainder of Distortions, including smoking interpretations of the Who's "Substitute," the Small Faces' "Whatcha Gonna Do About It," an intense reading of "Codine," and a comprehensive reconstruction-destruction of "I'm A Man."
trax:
01 Action Woman 02 Whatcha Gonna Do About It? 03 Codine 04 Somebody Help Me 05 Substitute 06 I'm So Glad 07 A Legal Matter 08 Rack My Mind 09 Soul Searchin' 10 I'm A Man

8 comments:

RYP said...

The Litter "Distortions" 1967 - mono
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rntcj said...

Hi!

Thanx for this one. A "new" addition to their collection.
Much appreciated.

Cheers!
Ciao! For now.
rntcj

Done4it said...

Thank you RYP.

Searnav said...

I have more by the Litter if interested

RYP said...

I have 1 more: The Litter "$100 Fine" 1968

Rocking-Byrd said...
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Searnav said...

I have 3 more, including $100 Fine. I'll post both others.

RYP said...

Okay, I'll post them all in a row on the main page! Thanks in advance!