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@@EdwinJack64 I will definitely look into that, thank you!

@Rivmic You're welcome!

Thomas, buddy, after some searching I found some very interesting things about The Regents from Los Angeles. The Regents were the house band for the A.M.-P.M. Discotheque in Hollywood. The band line-up was: - John Harris (bass) - Mike McDonald (vocals, lead guitar) - Jerry Rosa (vocals, tambourine) - Craig Boyd (drums) - Tom Baker (12-string and rhythm guitar). They released several singles. "Their last 45 was “Russian Spy and I” written by Jackie Javellin (aka Casper Koelman) and originally done by the Dutch group the Hunters. The Regents version is probably the most well-known, at least here in the U.S. Though the Regents lift the opening riff directly from Hunters guitarist Jan Akkerman, the solo is much more intense, the tempo of the song quicker and the harmonies much more effective than the Hunters version. I bet they could have done a killer version of this live. Produced by Norm Ratner for Dot 16970 in November, 1966, the flip was a cover of “Bald Headed Woman”. Craig Boyd was later in US Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock band The Hook (1967-1969). Sources: Discogs, Rate Your Music, Garagehangover Cheers, Rhinetripper

Edwin Jack I never heard of these Regents (there are 5 Regents that I know of) What's wild is that this American garage band covered a Nederbeat tune when Nederbeat was almost unknown in the US in 1966. Tee-Set and Shocking Blue didn't come along until 1969. That's a cool scoop of info you put out there. This Russian themed garage tune makes me want to do the Cosssack dance. Na Zdorovie, amigo

@thomassmith8721 I learnt that from you indeed and that's what makes it so amazing! It makes you wonder what roads this song took to end up with a band in LA! Fascinating! The song was played a lot by pirate station Radio Veronica from the North Sea but I still don't believe California was reached with their broadcasts 😅 It did reach #10 at Radio Veronica/Top 40. Jan Akkerman, who plays the Gretsch himself here, called it a kind of balkan rock'n'roll...💃 Thomas, my friend, I just pulled out a reference book, OOR's Pop Encyclopaedia, 9th edition 1994, and it says that the Hunters achieved THE AMERICAN TOP 100 with "The Russian Spy And I"!!! Unbelievable right? This is something for you to find out Thomas! Which Top 100 is this?

​@@EdwinJack64 I don't think this song hit any chart in the US. It's pure underground garage psych. I don't know. Maybe it got local airplay. It's a puzzler. I'll have to dig for info. Rog Brown talked about pirate radio broadcasts. It sounds wild and cool. Kind of like off shore FM radio. Duane Eddy also played a Gretsch 🎸

​​@@EdwinJack64 Tremors- "Wondering Why" from Springfield/Urbana, Ohio released Dec "66 or Jan "67 (it's a fierce garage punker) The Savage Generation=👍👌

@thomassmith8721 Indeed! What a fierce garagepunker! Suitable song title 😅 Didn't know this one, thanks 👌 Got a spin on the flipside "What Have I Done" right away, completely different, very moody... * Squires - Wonderin' (1965)

I'm guessing they're two separate acetates. This group also recorded a slightly different take of Hey Joe, and a really good cover of Mister You're A Better Man Than I. Those are available on the Lows In The Mid Sixties comp. Maybe I'll post them soon...

Love the J Geils Band version, too!

Amen

This actually sounds better than their "studio" recordings. 😂

Are the mixes on the promo cleaner than this release?

@@Rivmic I remember thinking that they were more psychedelic! My stock copy was in storage when I bought the 'mono' copy so I wasn't able to verify this impression. I will try to do an A-B comparison of each track and I will let you know what I find...

@@Ted_Selke Interesting, let me know what you think!

@@Rivmic I finally got a chance to compare each track to your upload (my stock copy is still in storage). It's a white label promo with text only like a test pressing and the cover says 'mono'. But it is all stereo, and I don't think it even says mono on the record label. Your upload sounds great, but this promo LP sounds cleaner, with less reverb and boominess. And that might be a youtube feature - it's like when the loudness button is on. It's usually great but you want to be able to turn it off. Thanks again for uploading this fantastic and very psychedelic LP!

@ Thanks for the insight, I’d like to seek out a promo copy of my own at some point. It is true that the stock copies sound quite tinny, and the youtube auto compression does not help. But overall I’m glad with how this rip turned out. Thanks for listening

@@thomassmith8721 Mike tearing it up on the guitar on that last one

@@Rivmic Oh yeah

@@thomassmith8721 The cover by Phlegethon is probably the best rendition of this song I know of, that guy knew how to shred an organ. Interestingly he used a farfisa with a rotating Leslie speaker

I didn't think my spelling was right, but you knew what I meant because you're a garage person. Cool Farfisa and Leslie speaker combo created a unique sound. The organist shredded indeed. It's my favorite version. Van Halen"s wasn't too shabby. I have a feeling they heard Phlegethon"s version. Maybe the Ravin" Blues, too. Who knows? Both versions are obscure. They're both good. ✌️

@@sammy-wi8pi It's music for connoisseurs of the genre. It's truly majestic

@@thomassmith8721 true