TH#103 - Pigtails & Cocktails [Graham's 60's Selection Vol. 2]

After "Freaks & Leeks" (one of the first comps on this blog, over 13 years ago), here's the sequel, "Pigtails & Cocktails" !

Moody garage songs, glamorous Italian pop gems, cinematic instros, surfy Turkish rarities... all dating from the swinging decade.

I wanted to include a few Joe Meek productions ("I Don't Want Your Loving No More", "Pigtails" and "Bitter Sweet Love") and some of the great tracks from the obscure Milky Way label (mad drummer-singer Kookie Cook and amazing all-girl band The Cobras)...

The man on the photo is Tetsuya Watari, the only Japanese artist on the selection, who was also a famous yakuza film star.

Please note : there are 2 garage bands called "We The People", not to be mixed up ! One of them (n° 2) had to change its name for "American Zoo" half way through its (ephemere) career, due to the established success of the other one (n° 1)...

Apologies for the absence of R'n'B, doo-wop, rocksteady, etc. There are so many genres ! These could well be a focus for the next 60's comp – hopefully in less than 13 years...

Cheers !

Thanks : Dav' Grasselli, Beatmike

SIDE A
01 - We The People (1) – In The Past
02 - Robin Ward - Wonderful Summer
03 - Rita Pavone – Solo Tu
04 - Armando Trovajoli – Lady Luna
05 - Armando Trovajoli – F.M.B. Shake
06 - The Blue Rondos – I Don't Want Your Loving No More
07 - The Cobras – Try
08 - The Prisners Dream – Autumn Days
09 - The Bittersweets – Hurtin' Kind
10 - The Saints – Pigtails
11 - Cahit Oben – Hereke
12 - Human Expression - Sweet Child Of Nothingness

SIDE B
13 - Piero Umiliani - Fotomodelle
14 - Tetsuya Watari – Shu Be Du Be
15 - Kookie Cook – Working Man
16 - The Cobras – Goodbye
17 - The Humane Society – Eternal Prison
18 - Cahit Oben – Halime
19 - Mina – Il Cielo In Una Stanza
20 - Optikler – Köylü Kızı
21 - We The People (2) – Feelings Of My Emptiness
22 - B. Bumble & The Stingers – Nautilus
23 - The Riot Squad – Bitter Sweet Love
24 - Piero Umiliani – You Tried To Warn Me