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Uptight Tonight: The Ultimate 60s Garage Collection Various Artists (Big Beat Compilations)
Uptight Tonight: The Ultimate
60s Garage Collection
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BIG BEAT
CD CATALOGUE NUMBER
CDWIKD 255
LABEL
BIG BEAT
DISC01
01ACTION WOMAN
The Litter
02HE'S WAITIN'
The Sonics
03I'M IN PITTSBURGH (AND IT'S RAINING)
The Outcastsmp3 available
04WHERE YOU GONNA GO?
The Unrelated Segments
05LIAR LIAR
The Castaways
06HANG UP
The Wailers
07UPTIGHT TONIGHT
Flash & The Memphis Casualsmp3 available
08FOOLISH WOMAN
The Oxford Circle
0999TH FLOOR
The Moving Sidewalks
10SUZY CREAMCHEESE
Teddy & His Patches
11BOY, WHAT'LL YOU DO THEN
Denise & Companymp3 available
12NO FRIEND OF MINE
The Sparkles
13PSYCHOTIC REACTION
Count Five
14WE'RE PRETTY QUICK
The Chob
15TALK TALK
The Music Machine
16SCAREY BUSINESS
The Electric Company
17JAILHOUSE ROCK
Dean Carter
18I CAN'T MAKE A FRIEND
The Vagrants
19I'LL BE THE ONE
Madd, Inc
20PUSHIN' TOO HARD
The Seeds
21WASTIN' MY TIME
The Express
22MAID OF SUGAR, MAID OF SPICE
Mouse & The Traps
23THE ANIMAL IN ME
The Orfuns
24YOU AIN'T TUFF
Lindy & The Lavells
25GET OUT OF MY EYE
The Soul Vendors
26BEAVER PATROL
The Wilde Knights
 Various Artists (Big Beat Compilations)
courtesy Alec Palao
 

There has never been a more appropriate time to release UPTIGHT TONIGHT, since the late 70s re-issue of the "Nuggets" album at the dawn of punk rock. Today, bands such as The White Stripes and Hives are wearing their 60's Garage Punk influence on their sleeves, whilst the original garage 7"s going up in price all the time, through different auction sites and set sale lists.

What we have here is the cream of the crop, something for everyone: for the newcomers there are long time classics by the Sonics, Count Five, the Music Machine, and the Seeds; for the beginners there are big-money records from the Litter, the Outcasts, The Chob, Madd Inc, plus the rarest garage record of all-time (one known copy) Denise & Company's Boy, What'll You Do Then; and for the heavy collector's pleasure there are some unreleased tracks, from the Orfuns and the Soul Vendors.

Here are tens of thousands of pounds worth of records, for the price of a single CD. 26 classic tracks that never sounded better, thanks to the highest quality re-mastering allowing you to hear rock'n'roll as it was meant to be: primitive, pure, raw, and unadulterated.

This is the "Nuggets" for the 21st Century. Thank you Big Beat Records.

By Jim Lahat

Jim is one of the UK's biggest garage collectors.. To help fund his collection he is Head Of Music at BBC London where he produces the fabulous "Shake Some Action" show (Saturday nights from Midnight-2.00am). You can listen back to the show through ww.bbc.co.uk/london. Recent guests have included: Chocolate Watchband, Electric Prunes, Denise & Co., Alec Palao, Jon Spencer, Arthur Lee & Love, Kim Fowley and the Raveonettes and many others.

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