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The The Trashmen had had a #1 hit with “Surfin’Bird” and SOMA Records
also had several records making the Top Ten national charts.
There were other bands like The Underbeats and The Accents that
although not reaching the national charts, had regional hits supported by
local Twin Cities’ radio stations WDGY and KDWB.
It was in this nurturing atmosphere that the beginnings of
The Batch were born.
Barry Thomas Goldberg and Gary Paulak started their first band, “The Shambles”,
as teenagers in 1966.
That year they had their first recording session at the legendary Dove Studios in
Bloomington
Peter Steinberg (“Flight Reaction”, Calico Wall) and Dale Menten (“Run, Run, Run”,
The Gestures), of Candy Floss Productions, were very impressed with
Goldberg and Paulak’s writing talents and made them partners in the
original writing and producing team of Candy Floss Productions.
Candy Floss had many regional and national releases.
The Batch rose from the ashes of Candy Floss and consisted of Barry Thomas Goldberg, Gary Paulak, Arne Fogel,
Jay Lee and
The Batch continued recording many hours worth of material in various Twin Cities’ studios but only released
one single, “Golden Sun/Hot Summer Nights” (Groove Soup, 1972; Unfortunately, only a handful of these 45s still exist).
The Batch called it quits
after years of being on the road touring Mid-America. But these are the raw and vital recordings
of a band at the very moment of finding their freedom and independence.
for collectors of 60’s and early 70’s Mid-American Rock ‘n’ Roll. Some months ago,
The Batch released 21 previously unreleased songs through their own HIJ/BECCA label
(which we proudly distribute in
From all those songs we present now their more psychedelic efforts, in this
11-track limited vinyl edition.All of the tracks recorded between 1968 and early 1970
and were home-recordings made on 2-tracks tape-recorders.
All of the included songs have been remastered and carefuly restored by the original master-tapes
(some also have the original song-length and different mixing) and have a much much better audible result
than the "Transistor" CD.
From the garage-pop tune of "Ha la la" to the mind-blowing psychedelic "Drifting",
from the acid underground sounds of "Wait 'til tomorrow"to the heavy "Untangle your mind" and from the
guitar-pyrotechnics of "Freedy Coolchick" to theDead-like "So sad", this BATCH album is a must for every
psychohead and soon it will find its place between the lost
From the master tapes and fully licenced by the band. Includes a 4-pages insert with bio, lyrics and
photos and a B/W reproduced poster.
High quality papers were used for the cover and insert. PVC protective outersleeve.
180gr. vinyl as usual. 400 black and 100 coloured vinyl edition.
RECORD SAMPLES
Spontan hingeschnecktfür meinen Server:
flexibel im
Umgang mit Hackern
und längst bezahlten
Rechnungen ist
seine Sache leider
nicht !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(rick)
Irgendwie wollen einen Cds wie Turkish Delightsoder Hava Narghile glauben machen, türkischer 60s
Rock , gezogen aus verstaubten Sammler Truhen,
läge nur noch knisternd vor.
Tatsächlich existieren Klassiker wie "Agit"
von Yabancilar auch noch in Top Soundqualität. Die
Firma Dogan hat viele der ALTIN MIKROFON
Aufnahmen ("compiling the 1965-68 year finalists")
als 3er Pack herausgegeben.
YouTube:MAVI ISIKLAR
YouTube:ALI ATASAGUN
YouTube:YABANCILAR
Kultur Tippp:DRIFTING UNDERGROUND TOUR
Treff heute (18.10.):
18:00Uhr an der Admirals Brücke.
Nächste Begehung anderswo am
25.Okt.
IT`S SCHMÖCKER TIME !!!!!Unlängst fiel mir auf, dass bei Ebay die schärfsten
Taschenbücher für absolut minimale Euros
verscheuert werden.
Zeit, wieder `ne Muffpappe statt Laptopper
reinzuziehn :
PAPER PLUNDER (Nr.0001)
ROBERT BLOCH
NACHT DER SCHRECKEN
Scherz Verlag Bern,1. Auflage, 1968
(plakat: seyfried)
Wieder da !!!!!
Hinweis:
für Led Zeppelin Fans,
die auch kuriose Fan Referenzen
sammeln, ist"Zeppelin Party" von
Quo Vadis sicher essentiell !!!!!!!!
Periodisch, ja fast schon
inflationär,erreichen uns Lp/Cd Ausgaben der
legendären RUBBLE Serie.
Nun schnurrts in
seiner perfektesten Variante:
Limited Edition
1000 Numbered
All New Liners & Images
Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve
Highly Collectable
und - das steht nicht in der
Werbung - 180g Press
Schon erschienen sind die beiden
ersten, die restlichen 18 folgen
wohl noch!!!!!!
LESE TIPPPHEINZ DIETZ / MATHIAS BUCK
DIE DEUTSCHEN BEATBANDS
