CALEIDOSCOPIO ROCK USA ANNI 60
Per onestà intellettuale e correttezza in relazione alla storia del garage rock americano degli anni Sessanta, non si può fare a meno di parlare dell’etichetta di Seattle “Jerden”.
Il presente articolo ha un immediato collegamento con l’altro mio articolo uscito in periodo natalizio, relativo alla sotto-etichetta “Panorama”. Si ribadisce che “Panorama” fu una delle etichette “figlie” derivate da “Jerden”, di proprietà di Jerry Dennon [Gerald Burdette Dennon]. Allo stampo strettamente “garage” di “Panorama” si contrapponeva ovviamente un carattere più eterogeneo e variegato della madre “Jerden”. Nonostante ciò, quest’ultima compare in decine e decine di “compilations” incentrate sul garage rock del biennio 1965-66, ma è ben noto che la “Jerden” avesse inciso già interessanti esordi pionieristici nel 1964, sulla scia magica del successo degli stranoti “The Kingsmen”; ricordiamo per inciso che l’etichetta risorgerà negli anni ‘90, sfornando proprie “compilations” a tema, sottoforma di CD.
Dato il carattere variegato dell’etichetta “Jerden” (in genere col tipico blu chiaro di fondo, senza loghi particolari, se non la scritta ripetuta in linea diagonale nella parte alta su campo chiaro), qui di seguito si elencano i soli 45 giri surf rock e garage/psych rock degli anni’60, tralasciando album ed altri possibili generi compresenti:
– THE KINGSMEN “Louie Louie / Haunted Castle” (712) [1963];
– THE KINGSMEN “Louie Louie / Haunted Castle” [Monarch Record Mfg. Co.] (712) [1963];
– VINCE GERBER, BOBBY WAYNE & DENNIS ROBERTS “Torquila / Cyclone” (726) [1964];
– RON PETERSON and THE ACCENTS “Linda Lou / Sticky” (728) [1964];
– DOUG ROBERTSON & THE GOOD GUYS “Sweets For My Sweet / Greenfields” (729) [1964];
– THE HI-FIVES “Goin Away / Tort” (730) [1964];
– THE BEACHCOMBERS “Tossin & Turnin / The Wheeley” (734) [1964];
– IAN WHITCOMB “Boney Maronie / Soho” (735) [1964];
– THE JESTERS “Amazon / Alki Point” (741) [1964];
– THE CLASSICS “Till I Met You / It Didn’t Take Much” (742) [1964];
– BELLINGHAM ACCENTS “Bacon Fat / Sampan” (746) [1964];
– THE CHESSMEN “Mustang / Mr. Meadowlands” (743) [1965];
– VINCE and THE VICTORS “The Village ‘65 / Some Kind Of Drums” (744) [1965];
– HAROLD HORN “Dew B. Dewey / Miss Ann” (750) [1965];
– BOBBY WAYNE “Wheels / Moonshine” (751) [1965];
– THE [R]AYMARKS “Louise / Dollar Bill” (752) [1965];
– JAMES HENRY & THE OLYMPICS “My Girl Sloopy / Here I Stand” (753) [1965];
– SIR RALEIGH & THE CUPONS “Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day / Whitcomb Street” (760) [1965];
– DON & THE GOODTIMES “Little Sally Tease / You’ll Never Walk Alone” (762) [1965];
– THE BAG “Incubatin’ Middle Of The Night Gyratin’ Blues / Face It” (769) [1965];
– THE JUVENILES “Bo Diddley / Yes I Believe” (770) [1965];
– THE BANDITS “Little Sally Walker / Tell Me (You’re Coming Back)” (773) [1965];
– THE RAYMARKS “I Believed / Dr. Feelgood” (774) [1965];
– LITTLE JOHN & THE MONKS “Black Winds / Needles & Pins” (775) [1965];
– BLUESVILLE “As Tears Go By / Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” (788) [1965];
– THE BREAKERS “All My Nights, All My Days / Better For The Both Of Us” (789) [1965];
– THE OTHER TWO “Look Around / Don’t Lock Me In” (777) [1966];
– THE DYNASTYS “It’s Been A Long, Long Time / Forever And A Day” (783) [1966];
– SECRET AGENTS OF THE VICE SQUAD “I Saw Sloopy / Things Happen” (784) [1966];
– THE LIBERTY PARTY “Weep On / Get Yourself Home” (787) [1966];
– THE PURPLE GANG “Answer The Phone / I Know What I Am” (794) [1966];
– THE JUVENILES “I’ve Searched / Baby, Baby” (795) [1966];
– THE LANCASTRIANS “The World Keeps Going Round / Not The Same Anymore” (798) [1966];
– WOODY CARR & THE ENTERTAINERS “Hey, Little One / Just Another Fool” (799) [1966];
– THE DYNAMICS “I’ll Be Standing There / All She Said” (800) [1966];
– DON & THE GOODTIMES “Blue Turns To Grey / I’m Real” (805) [1966];
– PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS “So Fine / Blues Stay Away” (807) [1966];
– DON & THE GOODTIMES “You Were A Child / I Hate To Hate You” (808) [1966];
– THE SONICS “Love Lights / You Got Your Head On Backwards” (809) [1966];
– THE SONICS “The Witch / Like No Other Man” (810) [1966];
– THE MAGIC FERN “Maggie / I Wonder Why” (813) [1966];
– THE SONICS “Psycho / Maintaining My Cool” (811) [1967];
– THE SPRINGFIELD RIFLE “100 Or Two / Stop And Take A Look Around” (812) [1967];
– JIM VALLEY “There Is Love / I’m Real” (814) [1967];
– THE SONICS feat. JIM BRADY “Love-Itis / You’re In Love” (909) [1967];
– THE FOUR BELOW ZERO “Happiness / Getting Thru To You” (903) [1968];
– THE FEELIES “Louie, Louie / Warm Woman” (904) [1968];
– THE NEW YORKERS “Adrianne / Ice Cream World” (906) [1968];
– THE FEELIES “Happy / Look At Me” (910) [1969];
– THE SPINDLE “That’s The Time / Because I Love You” (911) [1969];
– JIM BRADY and THE SONICS “Near My Soul / Goodbye” (913) [1969];
– STEFAN ARNGRIM “You Got Style / Cloudy Day” (915) [1969];
– THE CROME SYRCUS “Elevator Operator / Lord In Black” (921) [1969];
– THE TWIGGS “Flowers And Beads / Moon Maiden” (917) [1970].
Gian Marchisio
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