Heroes & Villains: Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968 [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

Heroes & Villains: Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968 [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

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A four-hour, 90-track overview of the Los Angeles music scene between 1965 and 1968. Featuring a dazzling combination of major league LA players, enduring cult acts and ultra-rare garage punk 45s. Housed in a stylish clamshell box that includes a heavily illustrated and annotated (more than 20,000 words) 80-page bound booklet, 'Heroes and Villains' is a fascinating four-hour trip into the heart of the late '60s LA music goldmine. After The Beatles captivated a generation with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Los Angeles music scene moved beyond the previously-dominant surf, hot-rod and girl group discs to fashion a spirited response to the British Invasion. Hollywood studios and the Sunset Strip teen clubs played host to a thrilling assortment of bands, with such names as The Byrds, Sonny And Cher and the increasingly ambitious Brian Wilson leading the charge as LA established itself in 1965 as America's leading music city. The scene moved on to encompass Psychedelia, Sunshine Pop and Proto-Hard Rock before August 1969's horrific Tate-LaBianca murders traumatised LA's music community and brought the freewheeling '60s to a shocking, apocalyptic end. 'Heroes and Villains: The Sound of LA 1965-68' charts the entire cataclysmic scene, with classic hits from The Monkees, Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Association and The Grass Roots joined by vital cuts from Love, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Mothers Of Invention, Captain Beefheart, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas And The Papas. Featuring enduring cult names (Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Seeds, Electric Prunes), the new breed of Singer-Songwriter (Tim Buckley, Nilsson), the emerging wave of Heavy bands (Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly), nascent Country-Rockers (Gene Clark, Stone Poneys, Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band) and studio-based, Beach Boys-inspired harmony Pop acts (Sagittarius, The Millennium, The Parade). In among the unreleased-at-the-time demos, alternative versions and first-time releases, there's a raft of hugely obscure Garage Punk 45s - many from bands now stepping forward to tell their story for the first time, including The Satans (the notorious 'Makin' Deals'), Somebody's Chyldren (Hollywood legend Mae West's backing band on her brace of 1966 albums), The Prophets of Old, The Heros and The Odds And Ends.

Tracklist:

  1. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Single
  2. Version) - the Monkees
  3. Kicks - Paul Revere and the Raiders
  4. Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller Four
  5. But You're Mine - Sonny and Cher
  6. Tomorrow's Girl - Merrell and the 'Xiles
  7. Sand - Lee Hazlewood with Suzi Jane Hokom
  8. Acid Head - the Velvet Illusions 8 Along Comes Mary - the Association
  9. Don't Say No - Ruthann Friedman
  10. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) -The Mamas and the Papas
  11. I Cried My Eyes Out - the Misunderstood
  12. Our Love Should Last
  13. Forever - the Whatt Four
  14. Wanted: Dead or Alive - the Rogues
  15. The Wind Blows Your Hair (Demo Version) - the Seeds
  16. My Baby's Barefoot - the Syndicate
  17. Point of No Return - the Music Machine
  18. Chicanery - the Royal Teens
  19. Keep Your Mind Open -Kaleidoscope
  20. A Child's Guide to Good and
  21. Evil - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
  22. Floating Downstream on An Inflatable Rubber Raft - the Second Helping
  23. Let's Live for Today - the Grass Roots
  24. She Sends Me - the Roosters
  25. (Cause) You Don't Love Me - the Odds and Ends
  26. Help Yourself - the Sanctions
  27. I'm Going Back to New York
  28. City - Somebody's Chyldren
  29. The Trip - Kim Fowley
  30. Say What You Mean - Glad
  31. Come Looking for Me - Diane Hildebrand
  32. Where Do We Go from Here -The New Wave
  33. New Hard Times - Stone Poneys
  34. Hungry Freaks, Daddy - the Mothers of Invention
  35. Zig-Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Computer Girl - Urban Renewal Project
  36. The Most Up Till Now - the Peanut Butter Conspiracy
  37. It Won't Always Be the Same -The Millennium
  38. The Music Scene - Fapardokly
  39. Just Can't Wait - the Prophets of Old
  40. She Got Me - the Misunderstood
  41. Makin' Deals - the Satans
  42. Viet Nam - Bobby Jameson
  43. With None Shoes - the Leaves
  44. Be Happy, Baby - the Odds and Ends
  45. Tears in My Eyes - the Royal Teens
  46. Sunshine Girl (Promo-Only Stereo Mix) - the Parade Mr Richland's Favorite Song- Nilsson
  47. Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) - the Beach Boys
  48. Always You - Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends
  49. Carnival Song - Tim Buckley
  50. Fire Engine Sky - Michael Blodgett
  51. I'm Not Living Here -Sagittarius
  52. Don't Turn the Light Off -The Churchill Downs
  53. No Shame - the Touch (Hunger)
  54. Uncle Jack - Spirit
  55. August Mademoiselle -Children of the Mushroom
  56. Long Time - the Rose Garden
  57. Run- the Candy Company
  58. Too Many People - Jim and the Lords
  59. Just Wanna Be Myself - the No-N-Mees
  60. Say It with a Smile - the Heros
  61. Move with the Dawn - Mark Eric
  62. Yellow Brick Road - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
  63. She Comes in Colors - Love
  64. Time Will Show the Wiser
  65. (Album Version) - the Merry-Go- Round
  66. John Works Hard - the Laughing Wind
  67. Calm Me Down (Promo Single Version) - the Human Expression Why (Alternative Version) - the Byrds
  68. I Can Only Give You Everything-The Heros
  69. Golden Apples of the Sun -Grains of Sand
  70. Yesterday Holds on - Moorpark
  71. Intersection Windy - Ruthann Friedman
  72. Do I Have to Come Right Out
  73. And Say It - Buffalo Springfield
  74. Drivin' Sideways (On a One-Way Street) - Merrell Fankhauser and H.M.S. Bounty
  75. 9 O'Clock Business Man - the Peppermint Trolley Company
  76. The Great Banana Hoax (Extended Mix) - the Electric Prunes
  77. Isha - Chris and Craig
  78. Sit with the Guru - Strawberry Alarm Clock
  79. Trip on Me - the Forum
  80. Road to Nowhere - Hearts and Flowers
  81. So You Say You Lost Your
  82. Baby - Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
  83. Luxury Liner - International Submarine Band
  84. Runnin' on Back - Del Shannon
  85. She Sleeps Alone - the Parade
  86. Pipe Dream - Chad and Jeremy
  87. End of the Line - Boystown
  88. Summer Magic* - the Paper Fortress
  89. Cut Your Lawn - the Chyldren
  90. A Girl I Knew (Single Version) - Steppenwolf
  91. Flowers and Beads - Iron Butterfly
  92. Black Roses - Clear Light
  93. Hippy Town - Georgy and the Velvet Illusions

UPC: 5013929190900
Label: Grapefruit
Release Date: 5.27.22
Format: CD

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