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Bob Stanley Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop

Lon I seem to have gone the other way round... after close to 25 years almost exclusively listening to jazz (and a little bit of blues), during the last five years I am getting back to some of my favourite rock bands and even exploring new (to me) music from the last decades and from way back in the 60s: more obscure bands or at least previously unknown to me. The latter is the case for several garage bands, some of which got US-wide coverage back in the second half of the 60s... and some even got a major hit, like the Standells or the Sonics, and the Kingsmen a few years before. This is not to say that I am not listening to Duke Ellington, James P or Tete anymore! 😊 That one is new to me, I will check. Thanks! Gov’t Mule is also a fav here!

Ditto!

That one includes tracks from The Remains plus some others prior to 1966, I think. Has anyone listened to their 2002 comeback disc 'Movin' On'?

I am too distant to this music, both geographically and time-wise, to properly understand the social and musical context in the USA and during the second half of the 60s; additionally, the distribution and media coverage for garage bands in Spain was close to zero when I was into rock. However, I have to say that discovering the recordings by The Sonics, The Remains, The Standells, The Kingsmen or the Seeds some 20 years ago was quite a shock for me. How could I have missed this wonderful music? And now we have Latin-disco, trap and reggaeton all over the place!!! 😡

I have yet to explore a good part of the QMS's recorded output. But definitely I agree that their first two LPs are simply superb! Now listening:

Piano Sonata #1 from:

Supergroup in the whole meaning of the word! Talkin' about Clapton-related supergroups, next I will revisit Derek & the Dominos and Blind Faith even smaller output... But first:

They were so damned good!!!

Very easy for Ireland. Its forward pack easily took advantage in most of the plays.

Yardbirds rule! 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

Same here in Spain, of course! I’ve planned to watch the most interesting matches live over the weekends plus some of them during the week at dinner time, using smart TV options.