Various Artists - Nothin': Sixties Wild Punk and Raw R&B (White Trash Soul 60s Punk No.5)

 

Sometimes I feel like I'm repeating myself and I know I actually am. It's like listening to The Ramones and Motörhead albums basically, but I secretly hope that all of this is just as enjoyable for you as the songs by those legendary bands. I mean, what else is there to write about '60s garage punk that hasn't already been said? The same thing happens quite often with the songs I choose to take in. I can't and don't want to remember whether I've included them before or elsewhere and obviously I'm probably not introducing you to anything you don't already know or haven't listened to before.

I'd like to think that there will always be younger listeners and visitors, and that they will always find something new here. There's really no reason for this blog to exist if not to present something to people that might make their lives a little better. Yes, I'm one of those hopelessly romantic fools who believes that books, records and films can improve our miserable reality. Fortunately for me, it works still. Sometimes. Isn't that the essence of art after all, its offering and its necessity? Obviously, I consider rock 'n' roll to be an art form, especially when performed by teenagers who have the minimal of potential and are brimming with adrenaline, hormones and anger - emotions that they don't know how else to channel.

I've had this compilation on my phone and iPod for a while now. While I don't think there's anything here that fans of the genre don't already know or have on their shelves, I still think they'll enjoy it because it's been put together like a DJ set in a smoky basement club or something. For newcomers and youngsters who haven't already been immersed in BFTG - like series, this will be quite a wild ride. When I started picking out the songs, I wanted them to be as R&B and black rock 'n' roll-based as possible. I was keen for them to have harmonicas, maracas and tambourines maybe even more so than fuzz guitars or trashy organs. I wanted to hear Bo Diddley rhythms and Elmore James slides played by white punks out of their minds and had been raised in hell. And I wanted there to be plenty of snotiness. There are bands from all over the world, USA, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Oceania. Grab a beer and let's get started! 

1. Keep Me Covered - The Frays
2. You Got What I Want - The Boys Blue
3. I'll Be There - The Sons Of Fred
4. She'll Be Sweeter Than You - Nix Nomads
5. Things She Says - The In Crowd
6. Come Back Baby - Screaming Lord Sutch
7. Let's Make It - Cuby + The Blizzards
8. What'cha Gonna Do About It (Alt. Version) - The Small Faces
9. Please Go Home - The Rolling Stones
10. I Want You - Belfast Gypsies (Them)
11. 80-96 - The Dantes
12. Bad Little Woman - The Shadows Of Knight
13. Dance Girl Dance - Greg Barr & The Barr Association
14. I'll Make You Sorry - Our Mothers' Children
15. In And Out - Larry And The Blue Notes
16. You Don't Love Me - The Little Boy Blues
17. We're Pretty Quick - The Chob
18. Hate - The Stoics
19. Ugly Thing - The Creatures
20. I Need You There - The Chessmen
21. Project Blue - The Banshees
22. Hot Gully Wind - The Master's Apprentices
23. Cry (Over Her) - The Malibus
24. Like What Me Worry - 006
25. Nothin' - The Ugly Ducklings
26. Double Decker Bus - The Count Five
27. I'm Walkin' Babe - The Unusuals
28. Get Your Baby - Mark & The Escorts
29. Caught You Red Handed - Jolly Green Giants
30. Don't Go I'm Beggin' - The Untouchables
31. Don't Crowd Me - Keith Kessler
32. Hidden Charms - Link Wray And His Ray Men
33. Born In Chicago - The (Dirty) Wurds
34. Sitting There Standing - The Chocolate Watchband
35. At The River's Edge - The New Colony Six