Garage/Soul '66

052 - Soulmasters and Bar Boys

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:38:00 -0500

The Bar Boys from Arkansas start the podcast. In the mid-60's they traveled up to Memphis to do some recording, and their song "That's the Sound of My Heart" comes from that session. I think they got their money's worth.

The Soulmasters may have been from the middle part of Virginia, but their sound was pure East Coast Beach. "You Took Away the Sunshine" has sassy brass and a shuffling groove to it that's perfect for the Carolina Shag (that's a dance, y'all).

We searched for some more vintage soul for the podcast, and came up with William Cummings and "Your Soul-Searching Love." A rock-steady bass and some sweet soulful singing. Score!

Robin and the Hoods finish things up with "Slow Down," from a live 1968 performance.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #052 - Lost Souls, Vol. 3

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Bar Boys - That's the Sound of My Heart
Lost Souls, Volume 3

The Soulmasters - You Took Away the Sunshine
Ol' Virginia Soul, Volume 1

William Cummings - Your Soul-Searching Love
Ol' Virginia Soul, Volume 2

Robin and the Hoods - Slow Down
Lost Souls, Volume 3

051 - Village of Love and Spontaneous Corruption

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:50:00 -0500

Another of our infamous mystery bands start off this podcast. Who were Les Soules? We're not sure. They recorded a song in Jonesboro, Arkansas, but other than that...

With a name like Spontaneous Corruption, you can bet the band's going to lay down some heavy sound. And they do. The Looking Glass of Time has all the cosmic psychedelica you could desire (maybe even more so).

The Soul Spotlight shines on Roy Hines. Hines had been in the business for over a decade when he cut this fine example of early 70's soul. When he hits the chorus with the brass behind him, everything's right with the world.

We finish with a test track. Jamie Holmes and some friends were asked to try out a newly-built studio at the local radio station, KBOA. They did, and promptly forgot about the track. Forty years later it was unearthed by Psych of the South and another fine example of raw garage was made available for us to enjoy.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #051 - Village of Love and Spontaneous Corruption

- The Radio Star

This program we play:

Les Soules - The Village of Love
Lost Souls, Volume 3

Spontaneous Corruption - The Looking Glass of Time
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Roy Hines - I Can't Live
Ol' Virginia Soul - Encore!

Jamie Holmes - Gloria
Lost Souls, Volume 3

050 - Lost Souls, Vol. 3

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:30:00 -0500

Fifty episodes of Garage/Soul '66! Hard to believe we're still going strong, and still have lots more vintage psych, rock, soul and pop to share with you.

To celebrate, we're marking another important occasion -- the release of Lost Souls, Vol. 3 by Psych of the South. This compilation digs even deeper into the Arkansas music scene of the late 1960's, unearthing rare acetates, rehearsal recordings, reel-to-reel tapes, as well as some tunes that actually made it to vinyl.

We start with the first track on the CD. Richard Vanover and Bob Ralph perform their original 1968 composition, "I Can See Your Ways." We then move to a classic. The Culls (like many other bands before and after them) performed "Suzie Q." This recording, though, doesn't come from a studio, but rather a rehearsal held in the drummers basement! (We may have to rethink that term "garage band"...)

And we also have a movie-related track from Billy Cole and the Fouke Monsters. Their release "The Fouke Monster" was written to promote The Legend of Boggy Creek.The Fouke Monster was sort of a Big Foot-style creature sighted around Fouke, Arkansas. Really.

Barbara Stants takes the Soul Spotlight with a song about sisters doing it.. to their men. "I'm Gonna Outfit You Baby" tells it exactly as it is. A welcome dose of sassy funk from Miss Stants.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #050 - Lost Souls, Vol. 3

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Richard Vanover and Bob Ralph - I Can See Your Ways
Lost Souls, Volume 3

The Culls - Suzie Q

Lost Souls, Volume 3

Barbara Stant - I'm Gonna Outfit You, Baby
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

Billy Cole and the Fouke Monsters - The Fouke Monster
Lost Souls, Volume 3

049 - A Double Shot of Soul!

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:54:00 -0500

There was more going on in Nashville than just country music in the 1960's. We start the show with a group from the Music City known as the House of David.

No, they weren't Jewish. They actually took their name from the recording studio they were in, the House of David. In any case, their 1968 track "A Long Way Back Home" serves up a nice slice of psych.

This time, we present a double shot of soul (just because we can). The first act is Al Glover and Gloria, a seasoned duo from Eastern Virginia. "Til the End of Time" is one of the few songs they saved to vinyl. It's a soulful, laid-back track from 1972.

Our second shot is a lo-fi ballad by Reginald C from 1969. "Take What You Want But Leave a Little Bit" sounds like it was recorded in someone's bedroom, but there's a lot of soul that comes through in the vocals nonetheless.

We finish with "Roses, Roses," by I.D. Mitchell and the Amalgamated Taxi Service. This Arkansas group wrote their war protest song shortly after some of the band members became eligible for the draft!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #049 - Double Shot of Soul!

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The House of David - A Long Way Back Home
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Al Glover and Gloria - Til the End of Time
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

Reginald C. - Take What You Want But Leave a Little Bit
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

I.D. Mitchell and the Amalgamated Taxi Service - Roses, Roses
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

048 - Black Narcosis and the Tuesday Blues

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:12:00 -0500

First up on this episode of Garage/Soul '66 is a blast of heavy psych. The Sound Expidition hailed from Lincoln, NE and recorded (as far as we know) just this one track -- but it's a good one. "Ultimate Power" proved to be the ultimate track for the band.

The Anglos take the Soul Spotlight with a sizzling lo-fi track, "Since You've Been Gone." Folks, there's more to 60's soul than Motown, as this 1967 track proves.

Black Narcosis is another of our mystery bands - they came into the studio, they recorded, they disappeared without a trace. I have a deep suspicion that their track "Land of Stone" was recorded while the band was, well...

The Tuesday Blues turn in a trippy, laid-back track from 1968. "Together We Stand" was recorded shortly before the lead guitarist joined Black Oak Arkansas (maybe he should have paid more attention to the lyrics).

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #048 - Black Narcosis and the Tuesday Blues

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Sound Expidition - Ultimate Power
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Black Narcosis - Land of Stone
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Anglos - Since You've Been Gone
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Tuesday Blues - Together We Stand
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

047 - Group Nine and Urban 44

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:22:00 -0500

We start the show with the Morning Disaster. This band wrote (and recorded) songs that were a cut above the run-of-the-mill garage band. For some reason, though, the tapes of their 1967 recording session were never released -- until Arcania International got hold of them, that is. From that legendary session we play their original tune "Urban 44."

Longtime listeners know our theme and background music is "Days of s Quiet Sun" by Wilson Castle. But it's not the only version of the tune. Group Nine first recorded the song, and as you'll hear it's very different then the later Wilson Castle track.

The Soul Duo take the Soul Spotlight with a cautionary tale, "This is Your Day." In this song the duo take the roles of a good woman and triflin' man. Fine mid-sixties soul.

As a group, the Woo Too Country Band didn't last a year, but they managed to accumulate a large following in both Arkansas and Missouri. Their track "Only Going Up the Road" is as gritty as they come, and help explain the band's popularity.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #047 - Group Nine and Urban 44

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Morning Disaster - Urban 44
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Group Nine - Days of a Quiet Sun
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Soul Duo - This is Your Day
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

Woo Too Country Band -Only Going Up the Road
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

046 - The Greatest Moment, Are You Ready For This?

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:17:00 -0500

One of the best bands out of Richmond, VA kick off this episode of the Garage/Soul '66 podcast. Wilson Castle had strong songwriting skills and a mature sound.

For some reason though, their tracks were never released (well, until Arcania International came along that is). This episode they perform a heartfelt ballad, "The Greatest Moment," which might owe a little of its sound to the Byrds.

Sometimes "rare" doesn't begin to describe the music Arcania International rescues from the past. The Psychotrons' "Death is a Dream" is the lone 45 rpm put out by the group. There are only three copies of this 45 known to exist -- and Arcania International had access to one of them. And so we share this single shot of psych with you.

The Soul Spotlight shines on Blue-Eyed Soul. Not the term, but the group of the same name. This integrated ensemble had a tough time getting gigs in the south, but when they took to the stage, they really delivered. "Are You Ready for This?" Are you ready indeed for Blue-Eyed Soul!

We finish with the Woo Too Country Band and their version of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Whatever you think this song will sound like -- you're likely to be wrong. The band strips this old song down to its essence and reassembles it as a raw-sounding rocker.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #046 - The Greatest Moment, Are You Ready for This?

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Wilson Castle - The Greatest Moment
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Psychotrons - Death is a Dream
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Blue-Eyed Soul - Are You Ready
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Woo Too Country Band -What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

045 - Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band and Green was Green

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:45:00 -0500

We start the show with a trippy tune from 1969 by the Group Nine. The group may have been a little tripped out themselves, as they never had as many as nine in their lineup...

Yes, Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band spelt it E-d-i-s-u-n. They follow the Group Nine with a mellow track of sunshiny psych titled "Common Attitude."

Laurie Tate steps into the Soul Spotlight with an outstanding ballad from 1965. The sound is definitely lo-fi, but the singing is top-notch.

We finish with "Green was Green" by the Woo Too Country Band. It's a heavy concept, man, and a perfect end to this pysch-heavy episode.

Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #045 - Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band and Green was Green

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Group Nine - Nights for Laughing
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Thomas Edisun's Electric Lightbulb Band - Common Attitude
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Laurie Tate: Please Tell Me
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Woo Too Country Band - Green was Green
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

044 - Wilson Castle and Thunder Forest

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:07:00 -0400

We start the show with a mid-60's track recorded in Johnson City, TN. The Kool Kuzzins were actually a family band composed of two brothers and a cousin. And actually, all three were pretty cool.

The next track, "Party" comes from Washington DC-based Wilson Castle. Recorded in 1969, it sums up the closing era of peace and love (with a nod to John Lennon). Not bad for a group of teenagers.

Front and center in the Soul Spotlight this time is something of a mystery band. We don't know a lot about Zeke and the Soul Setters, save that they were based in Richmond, VA. Nevertheless, they produced a great lo-fi instrumental, and we have it. "Make My Love a Hurtin' Thing."

We finish with a group of young youngsters. If the lead singer of the Electric Sunshine sounds a little like Donny Osmond back in the day, there's a reason -- he's only nine years old. In fact, that was the average age of the entire band when they recorded their tracks in the 1960's. Now that's remarkable!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #044 - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' and the Morning Disaster

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Kool Kuzzins - Love Can Be True
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Wilson Castle - Party
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Zeke and Soul Setters - Make My Love a Hurtin' Thing
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Electric Sunshine - Thunder Forest
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

043 - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' and the Morning Disaster

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:33:00 -0400

The world of 1960's garage music is full of strange stories. The Morning Disaster was an up-and-coming band that was soon hustled into the studio to record some of their original material.

They did so (and it's decidedly better than average), but the tapes were never released and the band broke up soon afterwards. From those lost sessions, we present a fine example of psychedelica, "Black Leather Books."

Alvin Delk and Rockin' Cavaliers give lie to their song "Ain't Nothing Shakin'"" -- in this barnburner from 1968 everything's shaking!

We finish with a down-tempo instrumental track from the Purple Canteen. Feel free to add your own melody...

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #043 - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' and the Morning Disaster

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Morning Disaster - Black Leather Books
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Barracudas - I Can't Believe
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Alvin Delk and the Rocking Cavaliers - Ain't Nothin' Shakin'
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Purple Canteen - If You Like It That Way
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

042 - Stonehenge and the Sunn Cycle

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:54:00 -0400

Another of our mystery groups kick off this edition of the show. The Sunn Cycle went into a studio in Asheville, NC in the late 1960's, recorded a track or two, then disappeared. We play their tune "Acid Raga, Part II." And no, as far as I know there is no Part I.

The Steve Peele Five sing what has to be one of the longest radio jingles ever -- a two-minute paen to a local record store/head shop known as Frankie's. And yes, it was really recorded as a radio ad, not a stand-alone song.

The Soul Spotlight shines on Junius "Bugs" Hughes with just what the doctor ordered -- a heaping helping of funk called "Just What the Doctor Ordered."

We finish with a song to bring everyone together (c'mon people now...). The Stonehenge sing the socially conscious "Try To Help Each Other." Peace, my friends.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #042 -Stonehenge and the Sunn Cycle

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Sunn Cycle: Acid Raga, Part II
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore!

The Steve Peele Five: Frankie's Got It!
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Junius "Bugs" Hughes: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

Stonehenge: Try to Help Each Other
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

041 - Ninety-nine and a Half -- and New Directions

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:35:00 -0400

We start with a band that reversed a trend. Many garage bands broke up in the 1960's when one or more of their members were drafted and sent to Vietnam. The Beachnuts was a band made up of young musicians returning from Southeast Asia.

The New Directions turn in a heavy dose of psych with their 1969 track, "Springtime Lady"

Mel Gaines and the Regents shine in the Soul Spotlight with "What'cha Gonna Do?" It's not only a good example of mid-60's soul, but perfectly captures the sound of East Coast beach music.

We finish with a track from the Scorpios. Could it be that the title of the track "Ninety-nine and a Half" is actually a reference to "Ninety-six Tears?" There's a distinct similarity in the organ work...

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #041 - 99 and a Half and New Directions

The Radio Star

This program we play:
The Beachnuts: What Makes You Think
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The New Directions: Springtime Lady
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Mel Gaines and the Regents: What'cha Gonna Do?
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Scorpios - Ninety-nine and a Half
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

040 - The Land of Extremes and All the Time in the World

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:49:00 -0400

This podcast starts with another of our many mystery bands. We don't know who was in the band Don't Tread on Me, but we do know they were deep into the psychedelic scene. Their 1969 recording "The Land of Extremes" makes that very clear, indeed. Far out!

Last episode we featured a song by the Electrical Banana, a group Dean Kohler formed while serving in Vietnam. From that same Southeast Asian recording session, they play a cover of Lou Reed's "There She Goes Again" -- done mere weeks after the Velvet Underground's album release!

Ida Sands steps into the Soul Spotlight with a sizzling track she recorded in New York City. "Prophisize" is a gritty ballad well-suited to Sands' voice.

We finish with a gentle rocker from the Mods, "All the Time in the World."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #040 - The Land of Extremes and All the Time in the World

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Don't Tread on Me - The Land of Extremes
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore!

The Electrical Banana - There She Goes Again
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Sir Guy with the Speller Bros. Band - Let Home Cross Your Mind
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

The Mods - All the Time in the World
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

039 - Lovelight and the Electrical Banana

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:00:00 -0400

Dean Kohler didn't give up music when he was drafted in 1967. He formed a band with some fellow GIs and played in Southeast Asia. And they also recorded. We play their version of "I'm A Man" live from Vietnam!

Ever wonder about the theme music for this podcast? it's an instrumental version of "Days of a Quiet Sun" by the Baraccudas. You'll hear the finished version with vocals on this show!

Sir Guy is back in the Soul Spotlight, this time fronting for the Speller Bros. Band. They turn in a great perfomance on this 1969 track, "Let Home Cross Your Mind."

And we conclude with the Coachmen, who we featured last week. This group was active around Memphis and Little Rock, and racked up an impressive amount of regional airplay.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #039 - Lovelight and the Electrical Banana

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Electrical Banana - I'm a Man
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Barracudas - Days of the Quiet Sun
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Sir Guy with the Speller Bros. Band - Let Home Cross Your Mind
Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

The Coachmen - Lovelight
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

038 - The Nite Beats and the Phantoms

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:03:00 -0400

The Nite Beats walked the Southwest Virginia beat -- and did it pretty well, too. In 1966 they were invited to record a session at Sun Studios. Although the master tapes were lost soon after, we have the one surviving song from that session!

From the same part of the Old Dominion we also have the Phantoms. They played primarily the area where Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee border each other. Their one 45 "I Want to See Her Cry" is pretty rare -- but that's the way we like it on this podcast.

Wilson Williams takes the Soul Spotlight for this show. He was a fixture of the East Coast music scene, performing for over a decade at top clubs along the seaboard. And we finish with a track from the Coachmen and their 1966 rocker, "Two New Girls."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #038 Nite Beats and the Phantoms

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Nite Beats - You're a Better Man Than I
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

The Phantoms - I Want to See Her Cry
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Wilson Williams - I Got a Whole Lot to be Thankful For
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Coachmen - Two New Girls
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

037 - Flight Patterns and Groop Therapy

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:35:00 -0400

We start off this podcast episode with a little trip -- a psychedelic trip, that is. Denis and the Times took flight in 1967 with their psych classic "Flight Patterns." Great production values on this one! We stay up in the sky with the Pennsylvania-based Groop Therapy. "Leave This World" has a fuzzed-out guitar solo by 13-year-old Gayle Doughtrey.

Gene and the Team Beats take the Soul Spotlight this time around. They started out in 1959, but didn't cut this track until late 1966! It was worth the wait!

And we end with Saturday's Children, a Missouri-based band that not only went through band members like tissue paper, but also changed it's name in the process.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #037 Flight Pattern and Groop Therapy

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Denis and the Times - Flight Patterns
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Groop Therapy -Leave This World
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

Gene and the Team Beats - I'll Carry On
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

Saturday's Children - Your Loving Ways
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

036 - Conformity to Society and the Right Track

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:04:00 -0400

One of the recurring themes of this podcast is the mystery of the mystery band. Many times studios were booked by teenagers who came in, recorded one or two songs, paid the engineer, and left. Often these bands broke up shortly thereafter. 45s were thrown away, and master tapes lost, save for the studio copy. But that copy usually just had the name of the group.

And so, forty years after the fact, there are many groups that are just names on a tape box. This time, we have something even more unusual. We know the name of the song, "Conformity to Society," but we don't know the name of the group -- let alone who was in it!

Also in this podcast we feature the return of Clover, and a gritty tune
Bee Gee Stan shines in the Soul Spotlight this time around with her song, "Front Page Love." Stop the presses!Remember -- you don't need an iPod to listen to a podcast. Just download it straight to your computer from this link!

Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #036 Conformity to Society and the Right Track

The Radio Star

This program we play:
???? - Conformity to Society
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Clover - The Way She Smiles
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Bee Gee Stans - Front Page Love
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Right Track - You Disturb My Soul
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

035 - The Incorporates, the Wanted & Co

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:32:00 -0400

This program we have two mystery groups. Don't know who they are, or even quite where they came from. But we do have the recordings they left behind. The Wanted & Co. recorded in a studio in the midwest. There are some indication that they may have been from Ohio -- or perhaps Kentucky. We're not sure...

The Soul Spotlight shines on the second mystery band, the Incorporates. In this case, nothing is known about the group -- even where they came from. But their track's a killer.

We start and end the podcast with some known groups. The Escorts hailed from Richmond, VA, which is where they recorded in 1966 and 1967. The Dust were students from Arkansas State University. Their track "Sky Flight" comes from 1969, the tail-end of the psychedelic era.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #035 The Incorporates, the Wanted & Co.

The Radio Star

This program we play:
The Escorts - My Only Love
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

The Wanted & Co. - Why
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

The Incorporates - Keep Her In the Groove
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Dust – Sky Flight
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

034 - Ida Sands and Dust

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:14:00 -0400

We start this edition of Garage/Soul '66 with the Flys. We don't know much about this group, save that they hailed from Washington, DC and cut a single track back in 1966. But it's a good one.

East Coast legend Lenis Guess returns, this time fronting a band that perfectly captured the East Coast Beach sound of the mid-60's. If you like Bill Deal and Rondells, you'll dig "Workin' for My Baby."

Miss Ida Sands makes a triumphant return to the Soul Spotlight with "You'll Lose a Good Thing." This 1967 recording had everything going for it -- save chart action. And after hearing it, you'll probably wonder why it didn't have that as well!

Dust was formed in 1969 from the dust of several groups we’ve featured on earlier episodes of GS66 (maybe that's where they got the name). Members came from the Blue and the Grey, the Purple Canteen, and the Tuesday Blues. The combination of all that talent produced some great psychodelic tracks. This show we feature one of them, with the heavy name "Through the Silk Keyhole." Far out!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #034 Ida Sands and Dust

The Radio Star

This program we play:
Flys – The Way Things Are
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Lenis Guess – Workin’ for My Baby
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Ida Sands – You’ll Lose a Good Thig
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Dust – Through a Silk Keyhole
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock from Arkansas and Beyond

033 - The Clover and the Honey Bees

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:17:00 -0400

We start off with a rare track from Richmond, Virginia-based band the Clover. They recorded just two songs back in 1966, and this episode we play the "B" side of that lone 45 RPM.

Then we jump back to 1963 for a song by the Satellites. According to Arcania International's Brent Hosier (who researched and compiled the "Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things CD series), the Satellites were heavily influenced by the Beatles. I don't know, though. In the track we play, "Next Boy" sounds more like a Who song to me.

And in an interesting juxtaposition, we feature the girl group Honey Bees in the Soul Spotlight singing "It Happened on a Tuesday" then follow it with a song from Tuesday's Blues. Guess things didn't work out so well!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #033 Clover and the Honey Bees

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Clover -Remember
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Satellites - The Next Boy
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Honey Bees - It Happened on a Tuesday
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 1

The Tuesday Blues - Have You Ever Loved Somebody
Lost Souls, Vol. 2

032 - Sadie's Ways and the Hippie Queen

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:03:00 -0400

This time we have quite a selection of material. We start with Glennis Annette and the Confederates from Texas, circa 1968.

We follow them with one of the finest bands out of Virginia to almost make the big time (in my opinion) -- the Bosom Blues Band. Their acid-tinged tune "Hippie Queen" is pure psych. Hard to believe it's actually a group of teenagers! (and if you're fans of this track, we have it not only that track on the CD Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1, but the Bosom Blues Band's entire album reissued on vinyl).

The amazing Elsie Strong steps into the Soul Spotlight, with her song "This is the Last Time." And we round things out with a song that was climbing up the charts, until a radio DJ listened to the lyrics closely and banned it from the air. The Esquires perform their ill-fated track, "Sadie's Ways."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #032 Sadie's Ways and the Hippie Queen;

- The Radio Star

The program we play:

Glennis Annette and the Confederates - You Better Find Your Way
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 4

The Bosom Blues Band
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Elsie Strong - This is the Last Time
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Esquires - Sadie's Ways
Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

031 - Electric Sunshine and the Electrical Banana

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:06:00 -0400

A mixed bag of tunes this time around. We start with East Coast favorites the Swinging Machine, and a great song from 1967, "Look Out!"

Then we follow Virginia artist Dean Kohler on his continuing adventures. We've already featured his previous group the Satellites, and we pick up the story after Kohler was drafted in 1965. It spelled the end of the Satellites, but not Kohler's musical career. On the transport to Vietnam, he formed a new group, the Electrical Banana, and even managed to record a few songs in Hanoi while on tour! You'll hear one of them in this podcast.

And we check out Raw Soul from 1972. Dorsey shows up to blow sax on the record, keeping the energy level high (before the lead singer kicks him off). We finish with the Electric Sunshine, a remarkable band of nine-year-olds from Jonesboro, Arkansas.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #031 Electric Sunshine and the Electrical Banana

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Swinging Machine - Look Out
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 4

The Electrical Banana - She's Gone
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Raw Soul w/Dorsey - Leave My Beat Alone
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 3

Electric Sunshine - Stop!!
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

030 - Fragile Fruit and the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:22:00 -0400

We have a couple of mystery bands on the show this time. They came, they recorded, they disappeared. We don't know who the members of the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine were, or who was in Shades, Ltd. But we do have two great songs from these bands that we share with you this time.

The Smacks return with another rocking cut from their 1966 45rpm. Lenis Guess is back in the Soul Spotlight with his very first recording from 1964, "For All You've Been."

The backup group the Idets (who sang with Ida Sands) step into the Soul Spotlight for a particularly funky version of "Doggie in the Window." And we end the show with the Modds from Missouri with a fuzzed out number, "Leave My House."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #030 Fragile Fruit and the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Satellites - I'm a Double Naught Spy
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Shades, Ltd. - Fragile Fruit
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

The Idets - Doggie in the Window
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Modds - Leave My House
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

029 - Bummed Out For All You've Been

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:55:00 -0400

The show starts off with the Satellites, a short-lived band from Norfolk, VA. The draft cut the life of the group short, but not the career of lead guitarist Dean Kohler. He went on to form another group during his tour in Vietnam! (We'll feature some recordings from that group in a future episode).

The Smacks return with another rocking cut from their 1966 45rpm. Lenis Guess is back in the Soul Spotlight with his very first recording from 1964, "For All You've Been."

And we finish up with Blackfoot, which grew out of the Sole Society (who we featured on a previous episode) and their track "Bummed Out."

One thing that may bum you out -- the disc they're featured on, Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas is just about sold out. And it's not likely to be back in print any time soon. If you're digging this music, the time to purchase is now.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #029 Bummed Out For All You've Been

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Satellites - When Will You Say
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Smacks - Nobody Else is Going to Do
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Lenis Guess - For All You've Been
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

Blackfoot - Bummed Out
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

028 - Mystic Illusion and the Wrong Crowd

digitalchips@aol.com (DCD Records) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:57:00 -0500

A mixed bag on this edition of the podcast. We start with the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine. The title of their song is almost as long as the group name -- "The Girl With The Sandy Blonde Hair." Far out!

The Smacks were big in the Washington, DC area, and for good reason. One of the two friends that started the group lived in Virginia, the other in Maryland. Their song Reckless Ways is a corker from 1966. Our Soul Spotlight shines Prince George, a regional heavyweight from the Portsmouth, Virginia area. And we finish with the another psychedelic gem from Arkansas, "Colour of My Days" by the Mystic Illusion.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #028 Mystic Illusion and the Wrong Crowd

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine - The Girl With the Sandy Blonde Hair
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Smacks - Restless Ways
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Prince George - Wrong Crowd
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

Mystic Illusion - Colour of My Dayes
Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas