RARE 1966 ORIG THE TAGES "2" UK BEATLES BEAT FREAKBEAT POP R&B SOUL GARAGE GEM
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RARE ORIGINAL 1966 FIRST PRESS BEATLES POPSIKE GROOVES!
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THE TAGES
"2"
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SWEDEN - PLATINA - PALP 3002
PLAYS DELIGHTFUL!!!
RARE and highly desired (recommended here, but whatta we know?) =Original= 50 Years Old!
1966 FIRST PRESS on the Swedish PLATINA label... the TAGES were BEAT-GODS in their homeland of Sweden ... rightly so, they delivered a score of worthy 45's and Lp's, all of 'em tasty!
Includes the RARE printed Platina inner sleeve!
Sweden's Tages (pronounced "Ta-guess") are one of our favorite 60's bands - of all time even. In the space of their relatively short career (1964-1968) they encompassed a variety of styles/genres (all British inspired): beat music, r&b/freakbeat, "mod"/power pop, "Rubber Soul/Revolver" style pop, West Coast inspired pop and full blown psychedelic pop. Their 2nd LP falls in between their their mod/power pop phase and begins their flirtation with those two classic '66 Fab Four "Rubber Soul/Revolver" LP's. Like nearly all of the Swedish 60's pop groups all of The Tages material was sung in perfect English, so no language barrier for us Yanks!
"Tages 2" was launched in July 1966. By then the band had embraced their new "mod" image as evidenced by their near shoulder length hair vanishing in favor of center partings and their British op-art gear like lead singer Tommy Bloom's Keith Moon style t-shirt seen on the front cover (he's second from the right). Also in keeping with their new mod image the album contained a variety of beat-psoul covers. This is no better exemplified than by the LP's opener, a groovy-sound take on "Dancing in The Street" . It is followed by a band original "I Still Remember", a somber/moody little ballad with some cool jangly arpeggios. "Guess Who", another group original, is mod/power pop/pop art Tages at their best. From it's thundering drum intro to a cacophony of feedback, distortion, slashing guitar and the Nicky Hopkin's style piano tinkling during the rave up it's brilliant pure Who via Gothenberg! A cool cover of the garage fave "Get Out Of my Life Woman" is next, with a cheezy organ riff (not to mention some raw playing.) Next up is a total mod '66 punky cover of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates June 1964 single "Jealous Girl" amphetamine sped up and rocked out complete with a resonating main guitar riff, choppy rhythm chords and thrashing drums. Side A is closed out by another band original "In My Dreams" with acoustic guitars, bongos and some Medieval sounding woodwinds that are straight off of an 1966/1967 Donovan album. Side B is kicked off with "Crazy Bout My Baby" (incidentally their first single in England Columbia DB 8019) a tune that was once best described to me by someone "flamenco on speed", complete with a wiggy little skating rink organ solo! Elsewhere is "I Got You( I Feel Good)" w/ feverish James Brown deliver . Onward is: "Dirty Mind" akin to The Fab Four covering Buck Owens with a bit of harmonica and a blistering twangy Merseybeat style guitar solo. "Those Rumors" is next, another Tages exclusive with a thumping beat not at all dissimilar to '66 pre-psychedelic Hollies and the band's trademark harmonies. Their version of "Leaving Here", like the Johnny Kidd cover is hepped up and no doubt came from hearing The Who cover it (The Tages had played with The Who on stage and TV shows in Sweden where The Who were extremely popular in '65-'67). It's GREAT, delivered at double time and driven by a piano and with some thundering drums. "Go" is the closer, a two minute long band original that's sparse and our my fave track on the LP. It contains just bass, an acoustic guitar, vocals, bongos and some tastefully baroque harpsichord. It's lyrics concern a loose girl who has broken a string of hearts causing the gentleman community to decide "we don't want to be toys in the game you play, so just listen what I have to say, we have bought you a ticket to Siberia and that's where we want you to stay". The main chorus features the "Rubber Soul" like harpsichord tinkling and the main chorus "we don't want you around us no more".
The (rare) LP has not been reissued.
SIDE A:
Dancing in The Street
I Still Remember
Guess Who
Get Out Of My Life Woman
Jealous Girl
In My Dreams
SIDE B:
Crazy 'Bout My Baby
I Got You (I Feel Good)
Dirty Mind
Those Rumors
Leaving Here
Go
CONDITION: The cover: rated: highly laminated, super fragile, M- TOP COPY (((beauty))) 50 years of age yet still has a fresh appearance (no small feat for a '67 teen-scream relic) -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... VERY collection worthy ...
The vinyl: Rated: solid near VG++, minor light little scuffs and nothing significant, virtually no one interested would ignore this copy, not in the least!?! Retains lots of shine, so plays with super-very enjoyable CLEAN audio. Both Platina labels are CLEAN
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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