In The Trashcan Records
GARBAGE108
"Some of these songs are perfect to be served with a slice of lemon and
an ice cube or two..."
Antwerp in Belgium was home for this instrumental band, sometimes called The Continental Jokers. On Arcade they released this twangy guitar instrumental b/w "Diamond strings" in 1965.
Once I was deejaying in Lerida, Spain, for the festival Go Lleida, a 60s weekender full of psychedelia, garage rock and beautiful Spanish girls. I first heard of this town in the North East of Spain when buying this 45 from these five Antwerp boys. This instrumental, however, sounds like a trashier version of a Herb Alpert tune.
Powerful version of the instrumental Booker T classic by the Ventures in 1962. On the same EP there is "Red river rock", "Telstar" and "Last night", all instrumental rock standards.
One year earlier, in 1966, Alpert recorded this catchy tune as flipside to "The work song".
There aren't many surf instrumentals that have the same explosive power. The Fender fuzz reverb sound mixed with a distorted sax gives this long forgotten gem that something extra.
Another major name, who's famous for his instrumental recordings, is Bert Kaempfert, also with a 1966 recording. This "Singing hills" EP contains two Kaempfert tracks and two by Max Greger.
Jacques Denjean composed all tracks on this EP, making this EP the second best he ever released. The swirling sounds of the Hammond organ take you along to his Trans-Atlantic flight from Paris to New York on Flight 847.
Time for a Verve release, that is more rockin' than most on their vast catalogue. King of the trombone Kai Winding played with many jazz legends. Here he is with a sublime version of the song made famous by Mel Tormé. It's the flip of "More". But on the "More" EP you won't find this. Go for the regular 45rpm release.
I have two different ABC-Paramount releases of this 45, one b/w "Station break" and one with "Scootin' along". Fantastic tune that should be selected for a future Las Vegas Grind volume. This 1964 instrumental was also written by Johnny Pate (see vol 64).
Chicago based combo and completely unknown. Also the label is a mystery to me. After two seconds you'll be shouting "Hey ho, let's go" Ramones style. On vol 117 you'll get the equally brilliant flip "The shake".
"Walter" Simtec Simmons had a weak spot for tea. On the flipside there's "Tea pot". Recorded in 1967 for the Maurci label.
Self-penned Tipsy is a 1963 piano instrumental on ABC-paramount, that has enough power to get people rockin' on the dance floor. I wonder whether he is the same Sherrill who wrote Tammy Wynette's "Stand by your man".
Joel Hill of Canned Heat fame was the founding member of The Strangers, a short-lived yet fabulous instrumental combo from California. In 1959 they released this frenzied guitar & sax stomper for Titan. See vol 107 for the flipside "A lost soul".
What a crazy instrumental "Blues on the rocks". I loved it from the very first time I heard it. One year earlier, in 1962, he recorded "Millie's riff", also for Coral Records. Who is this Millie by the way? The song was written by Johnny Lewis and Millie Lewis.
An uptempo r&b stomper on the sought after Galaxy label from 1965 by The Merced Blue Notes, who released "Rufus" in 1961 on Accent. A few months later they released their last 45: Mama Rufus.
Doug Fowlkes wrote both sides, "Drumsville" and "Just plain mess". This 1963 song is a dance floor killer. It's hard not to dance to these wild rhythms & beats. On volume 113 you can get the awesome B-side.
