Oh Yeah! The Best of Dunwich Records

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Compilation album
Released 1991
Recorded 1960s
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Length1:11:57
Label Sundazed
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Oh Yeah! The Best of Dunwich Records is a garage rock compilation issued by Sundazed Records featuring music made by acts who recorded for Dunwich Records in Chicago during the 1960s. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Dunwich quickly became one of the top independent labels in Chicago and, with national distribution through Atco Records, enjoyed hits by artists such as the American Breed and the Shadows of Knight, who were some of the best-known acts in garage rock, and are included here, along with the Del-Vetts, another well-known act. The set represents the stylistic diversity of the genre, featuring cuts that range from harder-edged and blues-based numbers to more pop-oriented fare. [3] Some of the tracks display folk rock and psychedelic influences and there are a few advertising jingles, which appeared local radio stations, as well as an interview with the Shadows of Knight thrown in for good measure. [3] The packaging includes thorough and we-researched liner notes by Jeff Jarema that provide information for the acts and their songs. [3]

Garage rock is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced various revivals since then. The style is characterized by basic chord structures played on electric guitars and other instruments, sometimes distorted through a fuzzbox, as well as often unsophisticated and occasionally aggressive lyrics and delivery. Its name derives from the perception that groups were often made up of young amateurs who rehearsed in the family garage, although many were professional.

Sundazed Records American record label based in Coxsackie, New York, United States

Sundazed Music is an American independent record label based in Coxsackie, New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s. In 2000, Sundazed had a staff of 15 and two mixing studios, including a vintage audio equipment collection.

Dunwich Records was an independent American record label started by Bill Traut, Eddie Higgins and George Badonsky in Chicago in 1965. Dunwich was also a production company which licensed recordings to other labels, including Atlantic, Atco, Columbia, Mercury and SGC. The label was primarily known for the release of singles from the emerging Chicago rock scene in the 1960s. Only two artists, the Shadows of Knight and Amanda Ambrose, released albums on the label.

Contents

The set begins with an alternate take of The Shadows of Knight's version Bo Diddley's "Oh Yeah", which provided the group with a minor nationwide hit. [3] The Shadows of Knight appear again in "Light Bulb Blues" and "Potato Chip"—the latter of which is preceded by an interview with the band. [3] The Warner Brothers were from Minneapolis, not Chicago, but recorded for Dunwich and are represented in several cuts including "Lonely", "I Won't Be the Same Without Her", and a version of Goffin and King's "I Won't Be the Same Without Her". [3] The Knaves, like the Shadows of Knight, specialized in a blues-based style of garage rock and do five songs including "The Girl I Threw Away", "Tease Me", and "Your Stuff". [3] The Del-Vetts were one of the best-known Dunwich groups, and their first cut is the stereo mix of the fuzz-driven "Last Time Around", followed by "Everytime". [3] They are featured on several other tracks such as the Dylan influenced ballad, "That's the Way It Is", and a song they recorded as the Pride and Joy, "Girl". [3] The Little Boy Blues's intense, pounding "The Great Train Robbery" is included along with the soul-influenced "You Dove Deep in My Soul. [3] The Bansheess "Project Blue" is the set's rawest cut, punctuated by a cathartic mixture of screaming vocals and relentless playing. [3] According to the liner notes Frank Bucaro, who is responsible for the track's "loose screw" screaming lead vocal, later became a Catholic priest. [3]

Bo Diddley American R&B musician

Ellas McDaniel, known as Bo Diddley, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Clash.

Gerald Goffin was an American lyricist. Writing initially with his wife Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the US No.1 hits "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Loco-Motion", and "Go Away Little Girl". It was later said of Goffin that his gift was "to find words that expressed what many young people were feeling but were unable to articulate."

Carole King American singer and songwriter

Carole King is an American singer-songwriter who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill Building and later as a solo artist. She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1952 and 2005.

Track listing

  1. The Shadows of Knight: "Oh Yeah" (Ellas McDaniel) 2:42
  2. The Warner Brothers: "Lonely" 2:10
  3. The Knaves: "The Girl I Threw Away" 2:41
  4. The Del-Vetts: "Last Time Around" 2:35
  5. The Del-Vetts: "Everytime" 1:54
  6. The Rovin' Kind: "My Generation" (Pete Townshend) 2:39
  7. The Sounds Unlimited Orchestra: "Gotta Get Away" 2:26
  8. Saturday's Children: "Radio Spot" 1:00
  9. The Mauds: "Searchin'" 2:51
  10. The Del-Vetts: "That's the Way It Is" 2:08
  11. The Warner Brothers: "I Won't Be the Same Without Her" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) 2:42
  12. Saturday's Children: "Man With Money" 2:03
  13. The Del-Vetts: "I Call My Baby STP" 2:11
  14. The American Breed: "Radio Spot" 0:37
  15. The Banshees: "Project Blue" 2:30
  16. The Shadows of Knight: "Light Bulb Blues" (Jerry McGeorge/Jim Sohns) 2:34
  17. The Knaves: "Tease Me" 2:16
  18. The Little Boy Blues: "The Great Train Robbery" 2:37
  19. The Sounds Unlimited Orchestra: "A Girls as Sweet as You" 2:24
  20. Saturday's Children: "Leave That Baby Alone" 2:27
  21. The Pride and Joy: "Girl" 1:59
  22. The American Breed: "Radio Spot" 1:25
  23. The Knaves: "Leave Me Alone" 2:33
  24. The Little Boy Blues: "You Dove Deep in My Soul" 3:40
  25. H.P. Lovecraft: "Radio Spot" 1:00
  26. The Mauds: "You Don't Know Like I Know" 2:47
  27. The Knaves: Inside Outside 2:01
  28. The Knaves: "Your Stuff" 2:10
  29. The Rovin' Kind: "She" 2:40
  30. The Shadows of Knight: "Uncle Wiggley's Airship"/Interview 6:25
  31. The Shadows of Knight: "Potato Chip"

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