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Friday, May 3, 2013

Various Artists - Destroy That Boy! More Girls With Guitars (1965-68 us / uk, attractive garage freak beat, blue eyed soul, 2009 Big Beat release)


This post is dedicated to Nelwizard by Jim the Greek 


“Destroy That Boy!”, the sequel to 2004’s “Girls With Guitars”, delves into the world of garage femmes and all-girl bands in a quest to prove that females of the species do indeed rock, roll and even snarl. In the post-Beatles beat boom, many an impressionable lass was inspired to take guitar in hand and toe the line with their male counterparts, with at least 160 touring female bands in the USA alone. A select few hit the recording studio to leave their aural mark on the decade, from which Ace has melded the cream of crop with some solo sisters to create another healthy 24-track dose of girl garage goodness.

This time old Blighty has its share of representatives, including fully-fledged female groups She Trinity and the Liverbirds. She Trinity – whose original members hailed from the UK, Canada and the USA, hence their somewhat confusing moniker – appear with their first and last (and most acclaimed) singles. The Liverbirds’ success was limited to their adoptive home of Germany, where they recorded two albums of R&B and rock’n’roll covers, three of which are showcased here. Schoolgirl duo the Termites get their pincers into a Stones classic, while South African ex-pat Sharon Tandy and Coventry’s Beverley Jones give out some gutsy performances too.

From across the Atlantic, alluring society girls the What Four open proceedings. The cover shows the Debutantes from Detroit, whose talents and glamorous image scored them a far-eastern tour and gigs alongside Motown’s finest. Another pivotal group was the Feminine Complex, formed by lead guitarist and songwriter Mindy Dalton, who achieved the rare feat of releasing an LP, but here we’re treated to two demos, including their wonderfully lo-fi version of the Monkees’ ‘(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone’, cut in their first incarnation as the Pivots.

Elsewhere come the Starlets with an attitude-soaked take on ‘You Don’t Love Me’, Swedish bombshell Ann-Margret with both decks of her single for Lee Hazlewood’s LHI label and Raylene Loos and her cohorts the Blue Angels, who contribute a rollicking rendition of ‘Shakin’ All Over’. The Girls (nope, not the same gang as on “Girls With Guitars”) debut with an unreleased cut produced by Sly Stone, while woe betides the man on the receiving end of Aussie Toni McCann, who let’s rip with ‘No’.

Jack Nitzsche protégée Karen Verros kicks off the mid-section with, a fuzz-laden mind-blowing gem written by Donovan. Project X (whose line-up included Scott McKenzie) delights with a jangly folk-garage affair and Cheryll & Pam wax lyrical in ‘That’s My Guy’. British Invasion off-shoots the Lady Bugs’ ode to the American fraternity is a hilarious romp and the wiggy Fondettes pay tribute to the mop-headed boys who started it all.

Much more info on these artists is to be found in the glossy feature-packed booklet, which includes interviews with Jan McClellan of the Debutantes and Beverley Jones. So let the girls blow the dust of their guitars yet again and take a trip down to the tougher side of girl-groupsville.
by Matt Meek


Artists - Tracks
1. The What Four - I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy - 2:04
2. The Starlets - You Don't Love Me - 2:15
3. Raylene and The Blue Angels - Shakin' All Over - 2:08
4. She Trinity - He Fought the Law - 2:20
5. Toni McCann - No - 1:54
6. The Liverbirds - He's Something Else - 2:16
7. Beverley Jones - Hear You Talking - 2:44
8. The Debutantes  - Shake a Tail Feather - 2:14
9. The Fondettes - The Beatles Are in Town - 2:02
10.Project X  - Don't You Think It's Fine - 2:37
11.Ann-Margret - It's a Nice World to Visit (But Not to Live In) - 2:27
12.Sharon Tandy - Hold On - 3:10
13.Karen Verros - You Just Gotta Know My Mind - 1:54
14.Ann-Margret - You Turned My Head Around - 3:19
15.The Feminine Complex - I've Been Workin' on You - 2:48
16.The Girls  - Here I Am in Love Again - 1:59
17.The Termites - Tell Me - 2:54
18.The Liverbirds - Talking About You - 3:04
19.The What Four - Baby, I Dig Love - 2:01
20.The Pivots - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone - 2:31
21.The Liverbirds - He's About a Mover - 2:38
22.Cheryl & Pam Johnson - That's My Boy - 2:05
23.The Ladybugs - Fraternity, USA - 2:26
24.She Trinity - Climb That Tree - 3:32

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19 comments:

  1. MANY+MANY THNX, Jim the Greek and Marios !!

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  2. Very cool!! Thank very much!!!

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  3. Many thanks, excellent compilation.
    Please, do you have the previous "Girls With Guitars"?
    Cheers

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  4. All right! I like girls with guitars! :D

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  5. Thank you very much Marios & Jim the Greek for this wonderful sampler!

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  6. Muchas gracias. Merci beaucoup. Thank you very much.

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  7. Thanks, all girl group comps are most welcome.

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  8. Thanks a lot !

    Chris

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  9. Thanks again for your hard work

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  10. Thanks a lot Marios, excellent comp. It would be really nice to listen to Vol 1 of this series. Have a great day amigo.

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  11. what is the password to open these? I cannot find information on what the password is...

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  12. AS ALWAYS , WONDERFUL WORK POSTING THIS GEM! NOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW MY FRIENDS THAT THERE WERE SOME GOOD FEMALE ROCK BANDS OF THAT ERA.THANK YOU VERY MUCH,MARIOS AND JIM THE GREEK WHEREVER YOU ARE.GREETINGS FROM PUEBLA,MÉXICO.

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  13. Hey Marios! So many thanks for posting all this wonderful stuff. However, when unpacking the flac-version, the resulting files produced a lot of hisssss. I've downloaded the files again, but hisssss once more. Any way you can repair this. Sooo many thanx!

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  14. Hi Anonymous, I've just unpacked the files and they worked perfectly, I'm not sure why you have problems, maybe your d/load wasn't completed, in any case I added new hostfile option. Thank you.

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  15. Hi Marios,

    Thanks so much, I'll try it once more and will let you know. Another question, actually it is a request. Do you perhaps have the Dana Gillespie albums on Rev-Ola. Very, very hard to come by. Kind regards, Frank.

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  16. Frank, for Dana Gillespie - Foolish Seasons / Box Of Surprises 1968-69 (2006/2008 remaster) see here: http://therockasteria.blogspot.gr/2018/05/dana-gillespie-foolish-seasons-box-of.html

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  17. Hi Marios, THANKS SO MUCH! Can't understand how I could've missed that. Incredible! BTW, I finally managed to unpack the 'Destroy That Boy!' CD successfully with another program. Another winner for sure. With kind regards from the NL, Frank.

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