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Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)

13. Baby, I'm Back

She Was Mine by The Kumari

WJLP - Hard Boiled - Pretty Good

Alicante

Bad Boy Shake 101. London.

Jay Winters - Vocals/Harmonica
Jimmy Jones - Guitar/Vocals
Rory Clark - Guitar
Shaun Clark - Drums
Sam Hall - Bass
London

The Dying Shames  THE BITCH

Terry Brandon & The Beatmen - Don't Bring Me Down

Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Garage rock, psychedelic rock
Years active	1966–1967
It's pretty close to impossible to explain in mere words the greatness of The Human Expression but I'll give it a whack. Most folks were introduced to this great Los Angeles group via their inclusion on garage/psych compilations such as Pebbles, Highs In The Mid 60's and Psychedelic Disaster Whirl, and of course I'm no different. Their records are beyond rare and when they do come up for sale, usually top $2,000 or more these days. I once bid $100 for one of their singles back in 1982 and didn't win the auction. So when it comes to the garage rock "holy grail" The Human Expression are near the top of the list.

The Human Expression were Los Angeles based and issued just 3 45's during their short lifetime (1966-1967.) It is quite possible they acted as support group to Love, The Doors and most probably The Seeds. The Human Expression's lead singer Jim Quarles had all Sky Saxon's moves down and then some. One could actually say he out Sky Saxoned Sky Saxon (if that makes any sense?) 

The Human Expression's absolute peak was their psychedelic free for all "Love At Psychedelic Velocity" which I spoke about on this site a few years back. But their second 45 "Optical Sound" is every bit as potent. Musically the song is the polar opposite of "Velocity" where that track was a non-stop train ride to the sun, "Optical Sound" is a slow, brooding almost menacing number that seemed to describe a bad LSD trip. The guitars sound like they were tuned by Sonic Youth, giving the whole song a disoriented feel somewhere in the direction of My Bloody Valentine meets The Ventures. Actually there was another record by a group Chapter Four called "In My Life" (reviewed on this site recently) that had a very similar guitar sound. 

"Calm Me Down" is more in The Seeds vein, this one starts kinda slow then just erupts in a frenzy with Jim Quarles again sounding like he got a hold of some bad LSD or Speed. The group just drive it home until the listener is just as disoriented as the band. High marks to guitarists Jim Foster and Martin Eshleman for their truly inventive playing. 

The Human Expression issued one final 45 in 1967 that coupled "Sweet Child Of Nothingness" and "I Don't Need Nobody", while this 45 has it's merits, it's not quite up to the standard of the first 2 singles. There was a great compilation of all the group's material "Love At Psychedelic Velocity" (Collectables) issued in 1994, but I'm not sure if it is still available. Finding that would be the most cost effective way of hearing this incredible band. In the liner notes Jim Quarles actually claims the Human Expression were first offered the demo of the Steppenwolf mega-hit "Born To Be Wild" by Mars Bonfire but passed on it. 

I always wondered what would have happened if groups like The Human Expression had the recording freedom afforded big name acts such as The Beatles and Rolling Stones. I guess we'll never know, besides the mystery surrounding these psychedelic unknowns makes their recordings that much more special.

The Human Expression - Calm Me Down(Original Master)

The Haunted were a Canadian garage rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The band was formed by Jurgen Peter (guitar) in 1965, and went on to release several records before finally disbanding in 1971.[1] They were among the first Canadian bands to achieve a level of success in their musical genre.

The Haunted 1 - 2-5

1966 little known garage punker from Utica, Michigan

Doug Hoppa (bass) - Larry Gazda (lead vocal) - Tom Boehmer (drums) - Paul Gazda (lead guitar) -

The Pseudos  A Long Way To Nowhere

Bye Bye Bye - 60s Pulp Fiction Surf Rock Style -NSYNC Cover Ft Tara Louise

Zakary Thaks - Won't Come Back

The Intruders were formed in 1964 by me and Bob "Bub" Evans, a guitarist and singer who lived in an even smaller town than I did. The original lineup was a four-piece consisting of myself on drums and vocals, Bub Evans on guitar and vocals, Terry Predmore (who could actually read music) on saxophone and Paul Crowder playing bass notes on a six-string guitar.

Intruders  Now That You Know

The Nightcrawlers.
 Were a garage rock band from Florida, who had a hit in 1967 with "The Little Black Egg". 
Although they only released one album, it has become a garage rock and psycadelic classic.

The Nightcrawlers - Who Knows

Out now via Daptone Records' rock subsidiary, Wick Records.
ORDER at dapt.one/wick

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