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Ravi Shankar "Tilak Shyam" on The Ed Sullivan Show, October, 25th 1970.

 

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Great Move interview and amazing bit of them live. "We have tight trousers, you know?" 

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Groep 1850 - I Know La Pense (12.26.68)

 

"Groep 1850 was a Dutch psychedelic rock band. The band was founded in 1964 in The Hague by the name Klits and renamed Groep 1850 in 1966, when their debut single, "Misty Night" / "Look Around", appeared on the tiny Yep label."

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"Hiya" - The Group Image from Pebbles vol.14 on YT! ... Were they misplaced on such a seminal 60's Punk comp'? ;)

This Hippie Groupe commune managed to be compiled on the Cult original Pebbles' 60's Punk series (Vol.14) ... And I can see why, it sounds a 'bit like what the Pattie Smith Group would be doing 5-7 years later down the line : just watch how Chaotic and Anarchic it gets towards the end of clip!

 

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The Sparklings - "Brand New Cadillac" & "It's Alright" Live! (A Vous Daniel Wayenberg 9.5.66) Dutch Freakbeat/Pop-Psych

 

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"Gloria", It's a ... Crying Shame at the Music Hall! (Live on French Tv; Apr. 4th/ 1966) :

Derek's Weekly 45's: A Paella full of Spanish beat.

Some of the best nights of my life DJ'ing have been in Spain; there is an enthusiasm for the music that is unlike anywhere else. In addition to loving soul and beat of the 60's, the Spaniards produced some great sides on their own.

The first selection is not technically from a Spanish group, but they were living there when it was cut so I can't resist sharing it.

Darwin Teoria (not to be confused with Charles) were a Dutch group relocated to Spain who cut at least two singles, of which THIS is the one. Immediately we are hit with an overload of fuzzed out wah wah guitar and some Hammond organ that takes us on a wild ride whether it's the dance floor, living room or behind the wheel. Almost silly, nursery rhyme like verses make way for the anthemic chant of the chorus; my friend Brian (aka DJ Midnight Cowbwoy, and that is not a misspelling) played this song TWICE at Mod Chicago and when he played it again at around 3 AM Saturday night/ Sunday morning it was a call to arms that hypnotized and brainwashed me that I MUST HAVE THIS RECORD, while those of us still awake were tearing up the dance floor to this massive sound. Luckily I was able to score one of my own rather quickly. It's been stuck in my head ever since.

De La Ceca A La Meca (Sally's Uptight)

Los Bravos (The Brave) were the one Spanish group that served up an international hit; the excellent "Black Is Black' from 1966. In addition to that classic, this group from Madrid (with a German lead singer) released some other great singles within their career that ran from 1965 til 1974. In addition to English language singles, the group released several in Espanol. "La Moto" followed hot on the heels of "Black Is Black" in '66, and it's a fun record with a very dramatic vocal melody and great fuzz guitar. Their follow up English language single "Going Nowhere" is heard on Nuggets II and was a very minor U.S hit in late '66.

La Moto

 

Tragically, organist and founding member Manuel Fernandez took his own life in 1967 after the auto accident death of his wife. The group had one more minor US hit in '67 with "Bring A Little Lovin'"; a song originally recorded by Australia's Easybeats. The group became the stars of two Spanish films during this time, and this track was the theme song to the film ¡Dame un poco de amooor, itself a celluloid vehicle for the group.It's a rocking number driven along by some driving bass guitar, excellent, steady drumming and super vocals. 

Bring A Little Lovin'                                                                                    Los Brincos (The Jumps) are often referred to as 'The Spanish Beatles", and the group certainly shows a melodic prowess on this excellent double sider which was produced in London by Larry Page (Kinks, The Who).

"You Know" is an obvious attempt to cross over into the English speaking market, and the sound of the song is very much in the Beatles' Revolver vein; progressively psychedelic pop music that is very well written and performed (capped off with an amazing fuzzed out guitar solo). Almost better yet is "Nadie Te Quiere Ya", the flip side. It's dark, moody, and magnificent! The title translates to "Nobody Wants You Now", and the mood of the song captures a bitter relationship send off extremely well.

You Know

Nadie Te Quiere Ya

 Until next time!

Derek See 

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Video: "Mod Pot Party" - Narrated by L.A. Deejay "Humble Harve Miller" who later killed his wife.

 

The song they're playing in the background is either an instrumental version of The Zombies "You Make Me Feel Good" or they ripped it off pretty closely.

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UPDATE: From the comments: Jonathan King said: "They really did rip that tune off, didn't they? Pretty audacious. The narrator is the quasi-legendary Humble Harvey Miller, an L.A. deejay of yore who glommed onto the local youth market, such as it was, when he became a jock at KHJ-AM, the first 'boss radio' outlet, in the mid-'60s. (I myself attended the Humble Harve Hello Happening, a mega-event, at the Palladium in Hollywood one afternoon in 1966, I imagine it was.) He did time for murdering his wife in the early '70s ... must have been after the pot party shown here."

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