Various Artists - Pebbles, Vol. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12

Subtitled: Various Misfits, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics


1992 Archive International Productions (AIP)

CD cat. #: AIP CD 5016



Pebbles is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP. Together with the companion Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, the Pebbles series made available over 800 obscure, mostly American "Original Punk Rock" songs recorded in the mid-1960s — primarily known today as the garage rock and psychedelic rock genres — that were previously known only to a handful of collectors. In 2007, the release of the Pebbles, Volume 11 CD marked the final album in the Pebbles series (curiously, Vol. 12 had been issued in 1999). The following year, Bomp! marked the 30th anniversary of the original Pebbles album with a spartan, limited-edition, clear-vinyl reissue complete with the original pink cover insert.

The Pebbles series played a significant role in the emergence of a "canon" of garage-rock music and artists in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In his review of the Pebbles series for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger comments: "Though 1972's Nuggets compilation reawakened listeners to the sounds of mid-'60s garage rock, it only focused on the tip of the iceberg. Behind those forgotten hits and semi-hits lurked hundreds, if not thousands, of regional hits and flops from the same era, most even rawer and cruder... More than any other factor, these compilations [in the Pebbles series] were responsible for the resurgence of interest in garage rock, which remains high among collectors to this day."

Including the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, Best of Pebbles series, Essential Pebbles series, Planetary Pebbles series, and two box sets, more than 60 compilation albums have been released using the Pebbles name. Following on the heels of the success of the Pebbles series, dozens of other series of garage rock compilation albums have been started, with numerous albums being released each year for several decades.




Originally compiled as a semi-bootleg vinyl compilation in the 1980s, as a thematic follow-up to the classic proto-punk anthology NUGGETS, PEBBLES VOL. 1 is now a legitimate anthology of rare and vintage garage rock singles from the style's 1960s heyday. The point of the PEBBLES compilations has always been that they take it as given that the listener is familiar with the best-known works in the style, such as the Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction." So these tracks are filled with the more obscure and often downright unhinged, like the Elastik Band's "Spazz," one of the most incoherent and bizarre singles ever released by a major label, or the Outcasts' apocalyptic study of disaffection, "I'm In Pittsburgh (And It's Raining)." This makes PEBBLES VOL. 1 an excellent second step into the garage rock underground.

--Charity Stafford, AllMusic.  Rating: 4,5/5 stars.


TRACK LISTING:  volume 1

01. The Litter / Action Woman - 02:33
02. The Preachers / Who Do You Love - 02:17
03. The Floyd Dakil Combo / Dance Franny Dance - 02:08
04. The Outcasts / I'm In Pittsburgh (And It's Raining) - 02:03
05. The Grains of Sand / Going Away Baby - 02:13
06. The Ju Jus / You Treat Me Bad - 01:54
07. The Haunted / 1-2-5 - 02:27
08. The Soup Greens / Like A Rolling Stone - 02:47
09. Positively 13 O'Clock / Psychotic Reaction - 02:03
10. Kim Fowley / The Trip - 02:01
11. The Elastic Band / Spazz - 02:47
12. The Split Ends / Rich With Nothin' - 02:24
13. The Shadows of Knight / Radio spot - 01:04
14. The Shadows of Knight / Potato Chip - 02:29
15. The Wilde Knights / Beaver Patrol - 02:20
16. The Sparkles / Ain't No Friend Of Mine - 02:26
17. Gonn / Blackout Of Gretely - 04:33
18. The Weeds / It's Your Time - 02:21
19. Echo and the Bunnymen / Action Woman - 03:26

Playing time...46:17


TRACK LISTING:  volume 2

01. The Satans / Makin' Deals - 02:00
02. The Moving Sidewalks / 99th Floor - 02:18
03. Sons of Adam / Feathered Fish - 02:30
04. The Electric Prunes / Wah-Wah Peddle - 01:03
05. The Road / You Rub Me The Wrong Way - 02:31
06. The Lyrics / So What - 02:51
07. The Buddahs / Lost Innocence - 02:10
08. Zakary Thaks / Bad Girl - 02:10
09. Randy Alvey and the Green Fuz / Green Fuz - 02:01
10. Little Boy Blues / I Can Only Give You Everything - 02:33
11. The Dovers / She's Gone - 02:40
12. Phil and the Frantics / I Must Run - 02:39
13. The Dovers / What Am I Going To Do - 02:42
14. The Choir / It's Cold Outside - 02:39
15. Bobby Fuller / Wine Wine Wine - 01:57
16. The Choir / I'm Going Home - 02:35
17. The Avengers / Be A Caveman - 01:56
18. Mark IV / Don't Want Your Lovin' - 02:49
19. Satan and D-Men / She'll Lie - 03:08
20. Undesyded / Freedom Of Love - 02:49
21. Quid / Crazy Things - 02:58

Playing time...50:57

TRACK LISTING:  volume 3

01. Dave Diamond and the Higher Elevation / The Diamond Mine - 02:16
02. Teddy and his Patches / Suzy Creamcheese - 03:10
03. Crystal Chandlier / Suicidal Flowers - 02:24
04. William Penn Fyve / Swami - 02:57
05. The Jefferson Handkerchief / I'm Allergic To Flowers - 03:27
06. The Calico Wall / Flight Reaction - 02:40
07. The Hogs / Loose Lip Sync Ship - 03:05
08. The Driving Stupid / The Reality Of (Air) Fried Borsk - 01:53
09. The Driving Stupid / Horror Asparagus Stories - 02:34
10. The Third Bardo / Five Years Ahead Of My Time - 02:15
11. The Bees / Voices Green And Purple - 01:36
12. Godfrey / Let's Take A Trip - 02:14
13. The Monocles / Spider And The Fly - 02:06
14. T.C. Atlantic / Faces - 02:45
15. The Lea Riders Group / Dom Kallar Oss Mods - 04:02
16. Race Marbles / Like A Dribbling Fram - 02:57
17. The Painted Faces / Anxious Color - 02:33
18. Adjeef the Poet / Iekk! I'm A Freak - 02:52
19. Adjeef the Poet / Squafrech Lemon Comes Back - 02:29
20. Beautiful Daze / City Jungle, Part 1 - 02:27
21. Catfish Knight and the Blue Express / Deathwise - 02:55
22. Oshun / Rattle Of Life - 02:14

Playing time...57:51



i tell you,l i dont have anymore energy to put up all the other songs
so, download this goddamn thing a give a listen..OK?
move your asses!!! do something!! go out from your gutter!!!
say it loud!!!   haaaarrghhhhhh!!!!  OK?

Notes:

All tracks licensed via BFD Records, Australia.

Due to a mastering error, many of the tracks printed on the artwork for this CD differ somewhat from the tracks actually included on the album. The above track list is correct.

The last track by Echo & the Bunnymen is listed as "surprise track" on the cover.

The small skip that occurs on track 1, "Action Woman", was present on the original record and could not be eliminated. Your copy of Pebbles is not defective... [The ripper of the CD sez: Don't know where this small skip is, I didn't hear/find it...maybe my ears/brain are too f***ed up due to extensive garage rock listening!]






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Pebbles series Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebbles_%28series%29

Wiki AIP Records page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIP_Records


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Vol. 1 Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebbles,_Volume_1

Vol. 1 Discogs page: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Pebbles-Volume-1/release/1619403

Vol. 1 Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/Pebbles-Vol-Original-Psych-Classics/dp/B000026HGN







The Pebbles CD series, released by AIP Records in the years 1992-2007:

Volume 1: Various Misfits, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5016] - Released 1992
Volume 2: Various Hooligans, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5019] - Released 1992
Volume 3: Various Burnouts - The Acid Gallery, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5020] - Released 1992
Volume 4: Various Hodads - Surf N Tunes!, Original Rare '60s Surf/Rod Classics [AIP CD 5021] - Released 1992
Volume 5: Various Morons, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5022] - Released 1992
Volume 6: Chicago 1, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5023] - Released 1994
Volume 7: Chicago 2, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5024] - Released 1994
Volume 8: Southern California 1, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5025] - Released 1996
Volume 9: Southern California 2, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5026] - Released 1996
Volume 10: Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5027] - Released 1996
Volume 11: Northern California, Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics [AIP CD 5028] - Released 2007 [NOT a typo! Vol. 11 was actually released 8 years AFTER vol. 12!]. Due to legal issues this CD was withdrawn soon after release.
Volume 12: The World, Original '60s Punk & Beat Classics [AIP CD 5029] - Released 1999 [NOT a typo! Vol. 12 was actually released 8 years BEFORE vol. 11!]