Pebbles, Vol. 9: Southern California 2

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The second of the Southern California area-related Pebbles CD comps. Drawn from various Pebbles High Times... and other compilations. Subtitled Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics. First time on CD for all songs! AIP. 1996.

Tracks:

I'm A No Count - Ty Wagner
East Side Story - Caretakers
Won't Get Far - Hysterics
Someday You'll Cry - Standells
I'm Gone - Magic Mushrooms
IYE - Fenwyck
Lost Innocence - Buddhas
I'm Not Alone - David
40 Mles - David
Scene Thru The Eyes - Edge
Let Me In - Second Helping
Shattered - Good Feelins
Ain't It Hard - Gypsy Trips
I Dig Your Mind - Nervous Breakdowns
Up & Down - Moms Boys
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - W.C. Fields
August Mademoiselle - Children Of The Mushroom
Velvet Illusions - Velvet Illusions
Won't Come Down - Perpetural Motion Workshop
Mama Baby - Crumpets
Scene Of The Crime - Sounds Unreal
Here To Stay - Mal-T's
They Say - Thee In Set
Cry For Freedom - Starfires

Album Description

The second of the Southern California area-related Pebbles CD comps. Drawn from various Pebbles High Times... and other compilations. Subtitled Original '60s Punk & Psych Classics. First time on CD for all songs! AIP. 1996.

Customer Reviews:

More shiny rocks from SoCal!.......2007-07-12

Even though its not quite as good as its predecessor, the second volume of the Pebbles series to focus on ultra-obscure sixties garage rock from Southern California is still a smokin' collection of tunes, stuffed with mean fuzz guitars and primal vocals, courtesy of a whole buncha bands that just never managed to make it big. A few songs that make this disc a blast o' joy are Ty Wagner's "I'm a No Count," a nasty two-chord outcast anthem that bristles with teenage agression, as well as Thee In Set's stomping caveman frat pounder, "They Say." There's also "Someday You'll Cry," a snotty garage-pop tune from the pre-"Dirty Water" Standells, and the Care Takers' funky soul-shakin' cover of Bob Seger's "East Side Story" (shut up, Bob Seger rules!), not to mention the Velvet Illusions' menacing "Velvet Illusions" (gotta love bands with their own theme songs). The Children of the Mushroom's "August Madamoiselle" is a psychedelic tune that manages to pull of the neat trick of being both dark and whimsical. Great stuff. The David's "I'm Not Alone" is a fuzzy, flailing, organ-propelled fuzz thumper and the Second Helping's "Let Me In" is just plain wonderfully creepy. There are plenty of other highlights (don't even get me started on the W.C. Fields Memorial String Band!), but this set falls a bit short of the five star rating, thanks to the inclusion of a few tunes that are little more than by-the-book garage rock (I'm lookin' at you, "Won't Come Down!"). Still, this is an excellent disc, a really good addition to the Pebbles series, and it deserves to belong in every garage fan's collection.

Not as good as VOL. 1, but still has plenty of rockin' tunes.......2004-06-06

The follow-up to PEBBLES VOL. 8: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA isn't as jam-packed with classic garage soul-smashers as its predecessor, but still has several good songs I'm glad have been released somewhere! Highlights you'll find yourself loving: Ty Wagner's "I'm a No Count", The Caretakers' "East Side Story", The Standells' "Someday You'll Cry", The Magic Mushrooms' "I'm Gone" (yeah, believe it or not, they recorded something else after "It's A-Happening"!), Fenwyck's "IYE", The The Good Feelins' "Shattered", The Gypsy Trips' "Ain't It Hard" (the Electric Prunes' version is better, though), The Nervous Breakdowns' "I Dig Your Mind", The W.C. Fields' Memorial Electric String Band's "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" (better than The Monkees' more popular version!), The Velvet Illusions' "Velvet Illusions", Children of the Mushrooms' "August Mademoiselle", The Crumpets' "Mama Baby" (which sounds uncannily like The Chocolate Watchband's "Sweet Young Thing"), The Sounds Unreal's "Scene of the Crime", and The Starfires' "Cry for Freedom" (taken from the only surviving acetate!).

There are too many disposable singles here, unfortunately, but don't hesitate to add this to your garage rock collection. It's often better than previous PEBBLES installments in spots, and despite the inclusion of too much psychedelic pap, it's still essential listening.

Awesome Garage Rawk!!!!!.......2002-05-13

I think this was the first Pebbles volume I found (on vinyl)at a record show. It's still my favorite; I also own #'s 1,3,8 & 13.Great tunes especially "I'm Not Trying To Hurt You","Pretty Girl","Show Me The Way" (no not Frampton!!!), and "The Girl I Threw Away".

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