VA – Diggin’ for Gold 4 Volumes – A Collection of Demented 60’s R&B/Punk & Mesmerizing 60’s Pop
EAC | POP/ROCK | 4 CD | FLAC + CUE, LOG + Cover | 953 MB
Label: Music Maniac Records | Release: 2004 | Catalogue No: 66071-66074 | HF&RS

The first volume in a series that collects rare 45s from mostly forgotten 1960s garage and punk bands from Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Diggin’ for Gold is a collector’s delight. Most of these bands never had more than a regional hit, if that, and while there is a lot of energy, intent, and purpose on display here, it’s pretty easy to see why few of these sides ever penetrated too far into the international pop world. Full of chaotic, messy arrangements and production, these were records of the moment, and collected like this, they carry a kind of retrospective weight of importance that would probably startle anyone in the original bands. Nothing here rewrites the history of rock, but tracks like “Diggin for Gold” from the U.K.’s David John & the Mood, “Daddy Rolling Stone” from Sweden’s Horanges, “Summer Sun” from the Beathovens, also from Sweden, and a clever rewrite of the Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” called “One Third” from the U.K.’s the Majority are all interesting listens.

Tracklisting – CD1
01 – Thor’s Hammer – I Don’t Care (Iceland)
02 – the Other Side – Out My Light (Sweden)
03 – David John & the Mood – Diggin’ For Gold (UK)
04 – the Blue Aces – That’s Alright (UK)
05 – Simon Raven – I Wonder If She Remembers Me (UK)
06 – Vince Taylor et les Bobby Clarke’s Noise – My Baby Left Me (France)
07 – Horanges – Daddy Rolling Stone (Sweden)
08 – Thor’s Hammer – The Big Beat Country Dance (Iceland)
09 – the Beathovens – Summer Sun (Sweden)
10 – the Thunders – Take Me The Way I Am (Holland)
11 – the Throb – Believe In Me (Australia)
12 – Improved Sound Ltd – It’s You (Germany)
13 – Marty Rhone – Every Minute Of You (Australia)
14 – the Principals – Woman (New Zealand)
15 – John Hatton & the Devotions – I Should Be Ashamed (Holland)
16 – the Majority – One Third (UK)

Tracklisitng-CD2
01. The Undertakers – (I Fell In Love) For The Very First Time (UK) [0:02:37.59]
02. Nameless – Life (Holland) [0:01:50.53]
03. The Moods – ‘Cause Of You (Australia) [0:02:34.74]
04. Sound Ltd Set – Sunside World (Sweden) [0:03:47.25]
05. Group Soall – Will You Teach Me How To Love (Holland) [0:03:11.34]
06. Toperos – Come (Holland) [0:02:04.18]
07. Thor’s Hammer – My Life (Iceland) [0:02:19.25]
08. Dat En Wat – Dead Man Blues (Holland) [0:04:37.24]
09. Thursday’s Child – I Want You Back (UK-Germany) [0:03:36.54]
10. The Marksmen – Moonshine (Australia) [0:02:58.65]
11. The Beatnicks – Can’t Be Sad About It (Holland) [0:02:26.54]
12. The Inn-Sect – Let Me Tell You About The Things I Need (Holland) [0:02:40.60]
13. Thor’s Hammer – Better Days (Iceland) [0:02:38.00]
14. Dat En Wat – I Can Live Without You (Holland) [0:02:16.15]
15. The Rolling Beats – Don’t Ask Me Why (Holland) [0:02:48.58]
16. The Unforgettable Amnesiacs – Leave Me Alone (UK) [0:02:22.68]

Tracklisitng-CD3
01. Dayaks – So Long, Sad Sack [0:03:13.69] (Belgium)
02. the Moondogs – Trying To Make You See [0:02:16.09] (Denmark)
03. Mad Comics – So Down [0:02:47.20] (Sweden)
04. Paul & Johnny with the Blue Jets – I’m Free [0:02:35.56] (Belgium)
05. the Scarlets – Now I Know [0:02:32.58] (Holland)
06. the Leather Souls – What’s The Use [0:02:31.70] (Australia)
07. the Soul Agents – I’m Still Mad At You [0:02:38.61] (Australia)
08. the Rythm Checkers – Long Tall Sally [0:02:08.34] (Germany/France)
09. the Pieces Fit – Pieces Fit [0:02:20.31] (UK)
10. Paul & Johnny with the Blue Jets – I Like It [0:02:36.51] (Belgium)
11. the Robots – It’s Hard To Say [0:03:19.04] (Germany)
12. the Rythms – Everytime [0:02:22.04] (Holland)
13. the Party Brothers – Our Love Is Gone [0:03:18.07] (Germany)
14. Phase 4 – Listen To The Blues [0:01:45.60] (UK)
15. Cool Stove – Big Sensation [0:02:45.61] (Germany)
16. Tommy Scott – I Can Only Give You Everything [0:02:45.61] (UK)

Tracklisitng-CD1
01. the Beethovens – She Is My Love (Germany) [0:03:22.51]
02. the Spectacles – I’ll Be Satisfied (Holland) [0:02:51.29]
03. the Richard Wright Group – Miss Hargraves (Australia) [0:02:38.12]
04. le Bain Didonc – 4 Chevaux Dans Le Vent (France) [0:03:03.03]
05. Roger Young – It’s Been Nice (UK) [0:02:17.11]
06. Bobby James & the Vibrants – I’ve Learned (Australia) [0:02:17.18]
07. the Last Straws – A Woman Of Gradual Decline (Australia) [0:02:03.69]
08. the Hoochie Coochies – I’m A Boy (South Africa) [0:04:17.18]
09. the Charms – Coming Back (Greece) [0:02:51.23]
10. Robbie Peters – She Does Everything For Me (Australia) [0:02:07.51]
11. the Shangaans – Yeh Girl (South Africa) [0:02:16.32]
12. the Insect – Be Good And Go (Holland) [0:02:42.39]
13. the Clarks – All The Time (Holland) [0:02:50.23]
14. the Kingbees – I’m A Kingbee (UK) [0:02:29.46]
15. James Mean – Seeing Her (Holland) [0:02:17.05]
16. Tony Colton – I’ve Laid Some Down In My Time (UK) [0:02:33.63]

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