In The Trashcan Records
GARBAGE60
"15 instrumentals
and 1 quasi-instrumental from '59 to '69, a golden decade of decay and
decadence to some and of house parties, trips and free love to others.
Whatever it may be: a small step for man or a giant leap for mankind..."
On the magnificent compilation “Forbidden city dog food” compiled by Lux Interior you can find “Forbidden city” by this band. I went looking for the 45 from 1961 and here it is with two fantastic instrumental sides. “Chi chi” is an exotic tune which should be served with a Kahlua Mai Tai.
”Tonight today” was the first 45 without a chart entry, perhaps because of the departure of Dave Dee. Its B-side “Bad news” however is one of the best they ever recorded. Excellent fuzz popsike. One more 45 followed in 1974 on Antic.
Jazzy boppin’ blues by the legendary Louis Jordan describing a boogie woogie house party. It’s the b-side of “Hog wash”.
There are so many great recordings by Bill Black’s Combo, but this one seems to have remained hidden for compilers for some unknown reason. Cool instro side from the early 60s for lovers of hot wailing sax sounds and delightful guitar picking.
Mix that typical Les Saphirs sound with “Telstar” and you get the picture. Great '63 guitar instrumental from the Belgian band that also gave us “Jivaros” which already resurfaced on “Ils sont fous ces Gaulois”.
Another excellent undiscovered and uncompiled instrumental gem from an unknown band. Mix fuzz guitar with bongos, handclaps and a funky rhythm ; could be a perfect choice for a late 60s soundtrack. Who were Ronnie & The Jerrycans?
Here are the kings of Belgian instrumental guitar rock (well, they share the first place with The Cousins) with a splendid '65 rendition of that super cool oriental Duke Ellington tune. You should hear their version of Apache…
the t-bones
Female backing vocals in a tinkerbell cocktail of cool midtempo guitar sounds mixed with an organ: that sounds OK to me! The T-bones have released several good records, but this '65 one must be one of their lesser known platters.
And here’s a weird Belgian version of thee Shadows song “Apache”, not by The Jokers, but by old rock ‘n’ roll guy Burt Blanco. Spacey effects and twangy guitars are so prominent that it’s clear that this is not an early 60s recording. No, it’s from 1969, the year of the space walk on the moon.
Crazy organ instrumental version of that cool Johnny Cash standard by the infamous Lenny Dee. He did a lot of cheesy stuff, alas, but this orchestral recording equals his version of Caravan.
Two years earlier Andre Brasseur, the Belgian organ whiz released this instrumental on Palette together with “Black flowers”, a rather lame song. This song would be perfect for a soundtrack.
And here’s again an organ driven and jazzy instrumental tune. Little is known by this guy who released at least two more 45s on the Peacock label in the period of 1960-1964. This one is from 1962.
And again a Belgian instrumental track: organ, guitars and the same Las Vegas Grind style as Chi Chi. It’s the b-side of Peanuts which was their sole release from 1965.
The guitar riff is Peter Gunn but a plethora of strange sounding instruments do have the main part in this surf standard which doesn’t sound like surf music at all here. On the flipside there is the wonderful wacky “The twisting ghost” which has been compiled yet several times. From '62.
I suppose this band hailed from France as the b-side features Johnny Hallyday. This sounds early 60s to me: a wild exotic drum bashing jungle guitar instrumental backed by a live orchestra in some crazy night club. Twice you think it’s over, but then they start all over again.
This jazz-flavoured band has been one of my favourites since a long time. Starting from Rory Storm & The Hurricanes and Faron’s Flamingoes they started as a R&B trio but moved more towards jazzy sounds and sometimes even more into prog or psych like this b-side of “Sing me an old song”. This is not their most accessible tune but you won’t get bored when listening to these 5 minutes of brilliance.
