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LOST INNOCENCE (MUNSTER)

VARIOUS - LOST INNOCENCE 161929
Format:
2 LP
Release:
05.01.2024
Label:
MUNSTER
Kat.-Nr.:
161929
Barcode:
8435008844615
Top-rated West Coast garage sounds from the vaults of maverick genius Gary S Paxton. Acknowledged classics, tantalising obscurities and several previously unheard gems, all from the original master tapes, including tracks by Limey & The Yanks, The Avengers, The Whatt Four, The Buddhas_ among many others.

Vintage garage rock is only one of the many tributaries of popular music that the maverick Gary S Paxton recorded and produced in his 1960s heyday, and compared to other genres, the off-kilter genius behind 'Alley Oop' and 'Monster Mash' was hardly prolific with it.

But for a producer-engineer of his repute, it was inevitable that Paxton would cross paths with the sudden surge of teenaged rock groups that emerged in the wake of the British Invasion.

We've gathered the best of them on "Lost Innocence", and for any aficionado of the genre, a treat is in store.

As well as a brace of acknowledged Californian punk classics present and correct for the first time direct from master tape, this rockin' little disc also shares further booty from the Garpax vaults, including some obscurities well worthy of re-appraisal, along with completely unreleased nuggets of note.

Counting among the well-known are the Avengers, Bakersfield's top dogs in the punk bracket thanks to snot-nosed missives such as 'I Told You So' and the controversial 'Be A Cave Man'.

Ken & the Forth Dimension and Limey & the Yanks serve up the highly regarded items 'See If I Care' and 'Guaranteed Love' respectively, with a trio of ear-opening unissued tracks from the latter as a bonus.

Riverside's Whatt Four weigh in with the popular ear-burners 'Our Love Should Last Forever' and 'You're Wishin' I Was Someone Else'.

And the Buddhas' title cut is still the most eloquent ode to carnal knowledge in the entire 60s punk pantheon.

Compiled by genre expert Alec Palao and originally released by Big Beat/ACE on CD only a few years back, it is now available on vinyl for the first time.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. OUR LOVE SHOULD LAST FOREVER - THE WHATT FOUR
  • 1.2. BE A CAVE MAN - THE AVENGERS
  • 1.3. GUARANTEED LOVE - LIMEY & THE YANKS
  • 1.4. LOST INNOCENCE - THE BUDDHAS
  • 1.5. GREY ZONE - THE FOG
  • 1.6. I NEED LOVE - THE NEW WING
  • 1.7. SEE IF I CARE - KEN & THE FORTH DIMENSION
  • 1.8. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - MENTAL INSTITUTION
  • 1.9. WHEN IT'S OVER - THE AVENGERS
  • 1.10. YOU'RE WISHIN' I WAS SOMEONE ELSE - THE WHATT FOUR
  • 1.11. FLIGHT OF THE DEAD BIRD - LIMEY & THE YANKS
  • 1.12. MY DREAM - THE BUDDHAS
  • 2.1. I TOLD YOU SO - THE AVENGERS
  • 2.2. PEDDLERS OF HATE - DON HINSON
  • 2.3. MELODYLAND LOSER - THE NEW WING
  • 2.4. THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL YOUNG RUPERT WHITE - THE CHOCOLATE TUNNEL
  • 2.5. TOMORROW NEVER COMES - LIMEY & THE YANKS
  • 2.6. YOU BETTER STOP YOUR MESSIN' AROUND - THE WHATT FOUR
  • 2.7. SHIPWRECKED - THE AVENGERS
  • 2.8. THIS FREEDOM I HAVE FOUND - UNKNOWN ARTIST
  • 2.9. LEATHER COATED COTTAGE - LIMEY & THE YANKS
  • 2.10. BROWN EYED WOMAN - THE NEW WING
  • 2.11. MY TRUE TRUE LOVE - THE AVENGERS
  • 2.12. I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO - CARL WALDEN & THE HUMANS