Highs in the Mid-Sixties were a series of compilation albums released in the mid 1980s on AIP Records developed by Greg Shaw.[1][2] The series was spun off of the similar Pebbles series.[3] Each volume focuses on a specific geographical region.[4]

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1: LA '65 / Teenage Rebellion

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1
Compilation album
Released1983
RecordedMid-1960s
GenreGarage rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock
LabelAIP

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1: LA '65 / Teenage Rebellion is a compilation album of American garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings from the mid to late 1960s. It was the first in a series that is nearly as long as the earlier Pebbles series of similar music (for which the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series is a companion series), although the Highs albums concentrate strictly on particular regions of the US – in this case, recordings that were released in Los Angeles, California. (Despite the subtitle, however, not all of these records were originally released in 1965).

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2, Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3, and Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 20 also showcase music from Los Angeles; while two of the later CDs in the Pebbles series, Pebbles, Volume 8 and Pebbles, Volume 9 feature bands from throughout Southern California.

This album was released in 1983 as an LP by AIP Records (as #AIP-10003).

Notes on the tracks

The Standells were one of the best of the mid-sixties L.A. bands; this is a rare early track that was previously unreleased at this time. The flip side of "Linda" by the Starfires is one of the most valuable and sought after garage rock songs, "I Never Loved Her", which was featured on the Pebbles, Volume 8 LP and CD. The Epics have managed yet another take on the eternal "Louie Louie". Gypsy Trips are actually from Oklahoma but settled in L.A.; this song was later covered by the Electric Prunes. The Lyrics' "So What!" was a featured song on Pebbles, Volume 2.

Track listing

Side one

  1. The Avengers: "Be a Cave Man" (G. Paxton, G./W. Powell), 1:53
  2. The Colony: "All I Want" (Foley/Eucker), 2:28
  3. Sean & the Brandywines: "She Ain't No Good" (Rowbottom), 1:59 — rel. 1965
  4. The Epics: "Louie Come Home" (The Epics/Richard Berry), 2:30
  5. Limey & the Yanks: "Guaranteed Love" (Reed/Paxton), 2:24
  6. The Standells: "Someday You'll Cry" (Larry Tamblyn), 2:27 — rel. 1965
  7. The Spats: "Tell Ya All About It, Baby" (Showalter/Johnson), 2:11 — rel. 1965
  8. The Grains of Sand: "That's When Happiness Began" (Addrisi/Addrisi), 2:18

Side two

  1. Gypsy Trips: "Ain't It Hard" (Roger Tillison/Terrye Tillison), 2:21
  2. The Rumors: "Hold Me Now", 2:27
  3. Warden & His Fugitives: "The World Ain't Changed" (Shields), 2:40
  4. The Road Runners: "Goodbye" (Randy Hall), 2:25
  5. The 4 Making Do: "The Simple Life" (E. G. Wells), 2:00
  6. The Answer: "I'll Be In" (T. Anderson/C. Wright), 2:22
  7. The Starfires: "Linda" (Freddie Fields), 1:55
  8. The Lyrics: "They Can't Hurt Me" (C. Gaylord), 2:43 — rel. 1965

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2: LA '66 / Riot on Sunset Strip

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2
Compilation album
Released1983
RecordedMid-1960s
GenreGarage rock, psychedelic rock
LabelAIP

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2: LA '66 / Riot on Sunset Strip features recordings that were released in Los Angeles, California. Despite the subtitle, not all of these records were originally released in 1966. The subtitle is taken from Riot on Sunset Strip (a movie that was actually released in 1967); the film features live performances by two classic garage-rock bands, the Standells (featured on Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1) and the Chocolate Watchband.

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1, Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3, and Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 20 also showcase music from Los Angeles; while two of the later CDs in the Pebbles series, Pebbles, Volume 8 and Pebbles, Volume 9 feature bands from throughout Southern California.

This album was released in 1983 as an LP by AIP Records (as #AIP-10004).

Notes on the tracks

The Bees are the band that produced the classic psychedelic rock song, "Voices Green and Purple" (included on Pebbles, Volume 3), which is also the color scheme for this album's cover. Side 2 opens with what is probably the earliest recording of the early Monkees hit. The Sandals are best known for providing the score for the legendary surfing movie, the Endless Summer. The Satans appeared on Pebbles, Volume 2 with "Makin' Deals", a song that anticipated "Sympathy for the Devil". "Let Me In", by the Second Helping, featured Kenny Loggins on vocals in his first recording effort; Loggins wrote the song, one of three compositions released by the band as singles. The song is also found on Pebbles, Volume 9.

Track listing

Side one

  1. Terry Randall: "S.O.S."
  2. People of Sunset Strip: "Sunset Symphony"
  3. The Sandals: "Tell Us Dylan"
  4. The Chymes: "He's Not There Anymore"
  5. The Bees: "Trip to New Orleans"
  6. The Roosters: "One of These Days"
  7. Tangents: "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?"
  8. Ken & The Fourth Dimension: "Rovin' Heart"

Side two

  1. W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band: "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone"
  2. The Satans: "Lines and Squares"
  3. The Dirty Shames: "I Don't Care"
  4. The No-Na-Mee's: "Gotta Hold On"
  5. Opus 1: "Back Seat '38 Dodge"
  6. The Second Helping: "Let Me In"
  7. The Grim Reepers: "Two Souls"
  8. The Nite Walkers: "High Class"

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3: LA '67 / Mondo Hollywood

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3
Compilation album
Released1983
RecordedMid-1960s
GenreGarage rock, psychedelic rock
LabelAIP

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3: LA '67 / Mondo Hollywood is a compilation album in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, featuring recordings that were released in Los Angeles. (Despite the subtitle, not all of these records were originally released in 1967. Also, not all the bands are from Los Angeles; The Search and The Lyrics were from San Diego, California). The subtitle is seemingly taken from Mondo Cane, an influential 1962 documentary film.

Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 20 also showcase music from Los Angeles; while two of the later CDs in the Pebbles series, Pebbles, Volume 8 and Pebbles, Volume 9 feature bands from throughout Southern California.

This album was released in 1983 as an LP by AIP Records (as #AIP-10005).

Notes on the tracks

The flip side of "Every Night" by the Human Expression, "Love at Psychedelic Velocity", is better known and appeared several years earlier on the Pebbles, Volume 10 LP. The Grains of Sand (featured on the original Pebbles album), the Lyrics, and Limey & the Yanks also had tracks on Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1. The Kim Fowley track is one of his many pseudo-documentary explorations of part of the L.A. scene. The song by the Flower Children, which complains about miniskirts, shows that nearly every possible topic has been covered in one pop song or another.

Track listing

Side one

  1. Giant Sunflower: "February Sunshine" (P. Vegas/V. Geary), 2:35 — rel. 1967
  2. Limey and the Yanks: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (Duboff/Morris), 2:18 — rel. 1967
  3. The Search: "Climate" (Jim Mannino/Paul Mannino), 2:28
  4. Research 1-6-12: "I Don't Walk there No More" (R. Bozzi/M. Yess), 2:05
  5. The Lyrics: "Wake up to My Voice" (C. Carl), 2:44 — rel. 1967
  6. Kim Fowley: "The Canyon People" (Kim Fowley) — rel. 1967
  7. The Flower Children: "Mini-Skirt Blues" (L. Belden/S. Stoke/L. Starr), 2:05
  8. Somebody's Chyldren: "I'm Going Back to New York City" (David Allen), 2:00

Side two

  1. Hunger!: "Colors" (Mike Lane), 2:00
  2. The Fantastic Zoo: "Light Show" (Eric Carle), 2:20 — rel. 1967
  3. Time of Your Life: "Ode to a Bad Dream" (B. Renfro), 2:54
  4. The Human Expression: "Every Night" (The Human Expression), 2:35
  5. Hamilton Streetcar: "Invisible People" (P. Plummer), 3:05
  6. The Grains of Sand: "Golden Apples of the Sun" (M. Lloyd/The Wailers), 2:20
  7. The Painted Faces: "I Think I'm Going Mad" (O'Neil/Turano), 2:08
  8. The Love Exchange: "Swallow the Sun" (John Merrill), 2:35 — rel. 1967

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 4: Chicago

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 4
Compilation album
Released1983
RecordedMid-1960s
GenreGarage rock, psychedelic rock
LabelAIP

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 4: Chicago is a compilation album in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, featuring recordings that were released in Chicago, Illinois. Two of the later releases among the CDs in the Pebbles series, Pebbles, Volume 6 and Pebbles, Volume 7 also concentrate on Chicago bands.

This album was released in 1983 as an LP by AIP Records (as #AIP-10006).

Notes on the tracks

The A-side of this single by the Foggy Notions, "I Need a Little Lovin'" is included on the Pebbles, Volume 10 LP and the Pebbles, Volume 6 CD. The better known "I Can Only Give You Everything" by the Little Boy Blues is on Pebbles, Volume 2. "(I) Live in the Springtime" also appears on the Pebbles, Volume 8 LP, credited to The Lemon Drops. "La Da Da" – a takeoff on a Dale Hawkins song called "La Do Da Da" – is the first single by the Malibus; another of their songs is on the Pebbles, Volume 7 CD. The final track is a plea by the band to get a spot on The Ed Sullivan Show, in the style of the 1960 novelty hit by Larry Verne, "Mr. Custer".

Track listing

Side one

  1. The Little Boy Blues: "The Great Train Robbery" (Jordan Miller), 2:38
  2. The Omens: "Searching" (Revercomb/Allen), 2:24
  3. The Shaprels: "Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn" (The Shaprels), 2:45
  4. The Boys: "Come with Me" (Ron Bucciarelli), 2:29
  5. The Misty Blues: "I Feel No Pain" (The Misty Blues), 2:31
  6. The Reasons Why: "All I Really Need Is Love" (Larry Basil), 2:29
  7. Buzzsaw (aka The Lemon Drops): "Live in the Springtime" (Roger Weiss), 2:55
  8. The Todds: "I Want Her Back" (Todd/Gluth), 2:30

Side two

  1. Group, Inc.: "Like a Woman" (Ron Ortega), 1:58
  2. The Foggy Notions: "Take Me Back and Hold Me" (Suekoff/Kaplan/Hoy/Mezique), 2:30
  3. The Pattens: "Say Ma, Ma" (The Pattens), 1:50
  4. The Malibus: "La Da Da" (The Malibus), 2:36
  5. The Delights: "Long Green" (Lynn Easton), 2:20
  6. The Untamed: "Someday Baby" (Reeves/Drews), 2:22
  7. Dalek: The Blackstones: "Never Feel the Pain" (G. Bryan), 2:30
  8. Warners Brothers: "Please Mr. Sullivan" (Warners Brothers/Whiteside), 2:32

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 5: Michigan

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 5
Compilation album
Released1983
RecordedMid-1960s
GenreGarage rock, psychedelic rock
LabelAIP Records

Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 5: Michigan is a compilation album in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, featuring recordings that were released in Michigan. Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 6 and Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 19 are later volumes that feature bands from this state.

This album was released in 1983 as an LP by AIP Records (as #AIP-10007).

Notes on the tracks

Other tracks by the Underdogs and the 4 of Us are included on Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 6, as are others by the Blues Company (though under a slightly different name).

Track listing

Side 1

  1. The Mussies: "12 O'Clock, July" (The Mussies), 3:45
  2. The Roadrunners: "Roadrunner Baby" (Thurman), 3:25
  3. The Unknown: "Shake a Tail Feather" (Hayes/Williams/Rice), 2:30
  4. The Bossmen: "I'm Ready" (Bartholomew), 2:10
  5. The Underdogs: "Surprise, Surprise" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richard), 2:40
  6. The Run-A-Rounds: "I Couldn't Care Less" (Roy/Valente), 2:20
  7. The Boss Five: "You Cheat Too Much" (Delorio), 2:20
  8. The Rationals: "Turn On" (The Rationals/Carrington), 2:10

Side 2

  1. The Quests: "Shadows in the Night" (R. Fritzen), 2:35
  2. Peter & the Prophets: "Don't Need Your Lovin'" (Samuelson/Boylan) — rel. 1966
  3. The Jammers: "You're Gonna Love Me Too" (Groendal/Snyder), 1:40
  4. The Undecided?: "I Never Forgot Her" (Blackmer), 2:20
  5. The Rationals: "Little Girls Cry" (Deon Jackson), 2:16
  6. The Legends: "I'll Come Again" (Hamberg/Vasquez)
  7. The 4 of Us: "Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan), 2:11
  8. The Blues Company: "Experiment in Color" (Tim Ward), 2:00

References

  1. ↑ Nodine, Steven; Beaumont, Eric; Carroll, Clancy; Luhrssen, David (2017). Brick Through the Window: An Oral History of Punk Rock, New Wave and Noise in Milwaukee, 1964-1984. Splunge Communications. p. 13. ISBN 9781985194700.
  2. ↑ Markesich, Mike (2012). TeenBeat Mayhem! Commemorating America's Forgotten Musical Heritage : Those Teenage Rock & Roll Combos of the Swingin' 1960s. Priceless Info Press. p. 40. ISBN 9780985648251.
  3. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Highs in the Mid Sixties, Vols. 1-23: Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  4. ↑ Attfield, Nicholas (2023). Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and the Music of the Loser. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9781789147377.
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