Pigeonholed as a surf band due to music that they provided for the film “A Life in the Sun”, this disc sold incredibly well – their style was raw r’n'b!Īround May ’67 they did a three month residency at Digby’s nightspot on the Gold Coast, it is here that they were influnece by other styles of music and probably drugs too. This Novocastrian combo originally gigged as the Strangers (not to be confused with the Melbourne group of the same name) in 1964 playing Surf music, sometime later they retitled themselves as The 4 Strangers and had an instrumental release on the Astor label in late ’64, before showing their true indentity around a year later with another release on the Festival label.Īnother name change came about in late ’65 when radio station 2HD ran a competition for people to choose another name, the winning name was of course The Sunsets.
Let's start this year witth a very nice Surf Tune: Wind and Sea by the Sunsets (Australia) Smell Of Incense - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band That`s The Way It`s Gonna Be - Mallory, LeeĢ4. Astrologically Incompatible - Bonniwell Music MachineĢ0. Hell Will Take Care Of Her - Brass Buttonsġ7. Who Planted Thorns In Miss Alice`s Garden - Northcott, Tomġ3. Pandora`s Golden Heebie Jeebies - AssociationĨ. Hallucinations - Knight, Baker & The KnightmaresĦ. Here follows a list with all Bands and Tracks:ġ. Maybe you will not find so obscure tunes like in other similar compilations, but in this one you can dig the sound of this 60s era. For sure it worths to be in evert collector's personal collection. Nice melodies & tunes, and good performances are the strogest elements of this compilation. Here you will find bands and songs that are rare, but also more known bands and songs, and even more commercial bands like The Monkees or The Association who were influenced by this scene. This time we continue our trip into the 60s with a very nice compilation of psycehedelia from the USA, mostly from West Coast Bands.