There is no download for this one I have this one on vinyl but currently the turntable is packed away for our";sometime" soon move back to St.Louis If your an avid cut and paste person you can track the tunes and make your own. Hopefully I will get s chance to run the vinyl to complete this one
One of the crowning achievements in classic oldies compilations was Warner Special Products' Wild Thing, a double album (don't think it ever came out on CD) concocted for the the TV marketing company LakeShore Music.
The collection compiled the crude recordings of America's favorite garage bands (or protopunks), primitive groups who, 15 years before the English and New York punk explosions, nurtured a raw sound built upon only three chords. (And what chords they were!)
These bands were not concerned with nihilism. Their revolution was a simple one--turn the amps up loud and blow mom and dad away!
The greatest example of this, of course, is the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie," which is punk incarnate, a drunken brawl with bodies and cymbals crashing. The record is so sloppy that, after the guitar break, the vocalist interrupts too early, nearly throwing everybody off the beat into a tumbling heap. This instant of brash carelessness defined American garage-punk rock.
The punk of the '60s is the most impudent style in rock history. As the Standells'"Dirty Water" fades out, the lead singer proclaims that he's the Boston Strangler. Or, consider the vehemence of the fuzztone on rabid classics such as the Leaves'"Hey Joe," Music Machine's "Talk Talk," and Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction."
Wild Thing contained 30 of these chaotic tunes--from frat-house romps like the Swingin' Medallions'"Double Shot" to psycho stomps like Balloon Farm's "A Question of Temperature. The only collection that can compete with this one in establishing the positive energy of the much-maligned punk genre was 1972's Nuggets--Original Artifacts from the First Psychedelic Era.
Track listing
A1 The Troggs - Wild Thing
A2 Love - My Little Red Book
A3 The Knickerbockers - Lies
A4 The Guess Who - Shakin' All Over
A5 The Castaways - Liar, Liar
A6 The Leaves - Hey Joe
A7 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks
B1 The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
B2 The Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
B3 Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About a Mover
B4 The Fireballs - Bottle of Wine
B5 The Strangeloves - I Want Candy
B6 The Music Explosion - Little Bit of Soul
B7 Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl
C1 The Music Machine - Talk Talk
C2 The Gentrys - Keep on Dancing
C3 The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake
C4 Los Bravos - Black is Black
C5 The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
C6 Dino, Desi and Billy - I'm a Fool
C7 The Rascals - Come On Up
C8 The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
D1 Question Mark and The Mysterians - 96 Tears
D2 The Five Americans - I See the Light
D3 The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
D4 The Balloon Farm - A Question of Temperature
D5 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
D6 The Standells - Dirty Water
D7 The Shadows of Knight - Gloria
D8 Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
Various Artists– Wild Thing
Label:
Warner Special Products ?– OP 2521, Lakeshore Music ?– OP 2521
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country:
US
Released:
1980
Genre:
Rock, Pop
Style:
Beat, Garage Rock, Pop Rock