Psychedelic Crown Jewels, Vol. 2 by Various Artists

Description: Tracks:Love Go Round - The CounselorsWhyStrange Land, Strange PeopleCome Back to Me BabyUrban Meadows - The Rockin' RoadrunnersOver You - Mark V.Our Big ChanceYou Are Your Only Mystery - The Baroque MonthlySalesman - The Jelly Bean BanditsThings to Come - MennIf You Try - The HustlersIt Won't Rain on MeTalk to Me - The CheckmatesPeople SayShadows of You - The IllusionsWhen You Made Love to Me - The Prime MoverHave a Good Time on Me - Grapes of WrathTired of CryingYes It's Too Bad - The Gang of SaintsDeath AngelStory of Rich Man, TheDrawbridge - BaronsThird Eye, TheDifferent Than MeGo Away - The Rockin' RoadrunnersBad News - StixShe's Gone AwayTwo Can PlayFive Steps to Hell Performer Notes: Whereas the first volume of Psychedelic Crown Jewels contained many slightly higher-profile bands whose songs have shown up on other garage and psychedelic compilations, or that have full-length collections available, the second volume plucks some extremely unknown cuts from the vaults of the latter half of the '60s that have never appeared elsewhere. That can cut both ways: the listener could be treated to some mind-blowing obscurities, made even more mind-blowing by the fact that they have remained virtually unheard through the years, or the listener could be subjected to a song that remained an obscurity for good reason. Luckily, Gear Fab's Roger Maglio, with a little help from his friends (Max Waller, Ray Ehmen, Mike Kusiak, etc.), has an uncanny knack for wading through the fuzz-, vile-spewing, teenage punks and general garage mayhem and picking out legitimately great songs and performances. Throw in the fact that everything has been documented and released legitimately with the knowledge, and usually aid, of the musicians featured in the best sound possible with comprehensive liner notes, and you have yourself a nice little artifact to while away the day dreaming of girl, girls, and...well...girls. Most of these songs are much more garage rock or fuzz-punk than they are psychedelic. Not so for the wonderful "When You Made Love to Me" by New York's the Prime Mover. The song is a truly unbelievable psychedelic love (or, rather, sex) song with slide guitar and windchime percussive effects, as well as intriguing chord changes. The Grapes of Wrath, the Hustlers, the Baroque Monthly, the Barons (with the Paul Revere-type punker, "Drawbridge") and the Jelly Bean Bandits (perhaps the most well-known outfit of the lot) also chime in with excellent cuts, as do Substantial Evidence with uncanny Left Banke-influenced baroque pop on "Death Angel." In comparison to the all-out punkers, the ballads tend to sound a little too tame, and a few of the songs begin to blend into the woodwork. One can only listen to so many organs, fuzz guitars, and horny teenagers at once before wishing for, well, something with subtlety and texture. Like, say,the Rolling Stones. But the best of these songs is truly transcendent. True garage fanatics will, of course, want them all. ~ Stanton Swihart Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 18 August, 1999 Label: Gear Fab Dimensions: 12.7 x 14.2 x 0.9 centimeters (0.06 kg)

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Track #1: Love Go Round - The Counselors

Track #2: Why

Track #3: Strange Land, Strange People

Track #4: Come Back to Me Baby

Track #5: Urban Meadows - The Rockin' Roadrunners

Track #6: Over You - Mark V.

Track #7: Our Big Chance

Track #8: You Are Your Only Mystery - The Baroque Monthly

Track #9: Salesman - The Jelly Bean Bandits

Track #10: Things to Come - Menn

Track #11: If You Try - The Hustlers

Track #12: It Won't Rain on Me

Track #13: Talk to Me - The Checkmates

Track #14: People Say

Track #15: Shadows of You - The Illusions

Track #16: When You Made Love to Me - The Prime Mover

Track #17: Have a Good Time on Me - Grapes of Wrath

Track #18: Tired of Crying

Track #19: Yes It's Too Bad - The Gang of Saints

Track #20: Death Angel

Track #21: Story of Rich Man, The

Track #22: Drawbridge - Barons

Track #23: Third Eye, The

Track #24: Different Than Me

Track #25: Go Away - The Rockin' Roadrunners

Track #26: Bad News - Stix

Track #27: She's Gone Away

Track #28: Two Can Play

Track #29: Five Steps to Hell

Release Year: 1999

Format: CD

Genre: Oldies

Record Label: Gear, Gear Fab. Records

Artist: Various

Release Title: Psychedelic Crown Jewels Vol.2