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Rembrandt Records, a Chicago based label. The first release in March 1966 was a bluesy garage-band novelty record titled “Boots Are Made For Talkin’ ”. It was a parody of Nancy Sinatra’s, smash hit at the time, “These Boots Are Made For Walking”.  When the single failed to chart Rembrandt Records’ owner Reggie Weiss moved in a different direction, merging pop with psychedelic music, for the next single, “Open Up Your Mind”.  He wrote the song based on a LSD trip and response to the single was positive.  Soon other psych-pop singles were issued featuring The Circus, The Nickel Bag, and Monday’s Children

Cash Box magazine began plugging Rembrandt Records during the fall of 1966.  However, Weiss was unable to secure solid distribution and could not compete with the larger Chicago based record labels such as Dunwich, USA, and Destination.  By 1967, Weiss devoted all of his time promoting a high-school band called The Lemon Drops. He wrote another LSD inspired song titled “I Live In The Springtime” for the band. Unfortunately, the single was unable to chart, even regionally. Over the ensuing decades though, the reputation of The Lemon Drops, The Nuchez, The Nite-Owls and other Rembrandt artists has grown immeasurably.  This compilation contains all the singles issued on Rembrandt Records from 1966-1967, plus many previously unreleased versions and mixes that are appearing for the first time ever.  The twenty-two recordings on this album make it apparent that Rembrandt Records was way ahead of its time when these treasures from the psychedelic 60’s were recorded.

 

Long recognized as two of the best garage bands from Michigan, The Unrelated Segments whose “The Story Of My Life” has appeared on Rhino’s Nuggets box set and The Tidal Waves who scored a number one hit with “Farmer John” are the main focus of this compilation of Detroit garage bands. All of The Unrelated Segments and The Tidal Waves material are included on this CD, in the finest sound yet.  The other Detroit area bands, while nearly forgotten today, released a fine batch of recordings, the best of which are represented on this compilation. Inside this package is over 75 minutes of electrifying music and a 16 page booklet with numerous band photos, radio surveys, concert posters, tape recording sessions, and detailed liner notes and discographies for each band.  All tracks from the original master tapes. 

 

 In 1965, Barry Seidel formed a music company called Traydel Productions.   The first band Seidel signed was The Mad Hatters from Washington DC.   In the course of one year the band released three stunningly great singles- “I Need Love”, “Go Find A Love” and “I’ll Come Running”, all with Dylanesque-PF Sloan sounding folk-rock songs as the b-sides.  Mad Hatter live shows were legendary as well, as is exemplified by the explosion of the amps during their electrifying medley of “Since You’ve Been Gone>I’m All Right>The Mad Hatter Theme” and their rocking version of “I Need Love”, both included on this album along with all their singles, making this the most complete collection of Mad Hatters’ material ever released. 

       The Fallen Angels were the second band Seidel signed and they are represented by a six song set of singles and unreleased recordings from 1966.  These are the earliest recordings by the band and range from folk-rock (Pebble In My Sand, Hello Girl, I Have Found) to “Love”(Arthur Lee) type ballads (Have You Ever Lost A Love, Every Time I Fall In Love) and garage (Who Do You Love). In addition to all this excitement are two previously unreleased 1966 folk-rock Byrds sounding gems from The Loved Ones, plus a 1967 version of “I Need Love” by The Time Stoppers.  Rare photos and radio promos make this a complete trip back to 1966, when The Mad Hatters and The Fallen Angels were the two hottest bands in Washington DC and “I Need Love” mania swept the airwaves.

 

We’re not evil, but we do evil things. Anything to blow society’s mind.  When we play, we take people’s brains out and then put them back in. A dry-cleaning job”.  So said The Fallen Angels lead singer and songwriter, Jack Bryant, in an interview with the short-lived Dapper Magazine in 1968.  Since that time there has never been a live performance from the 60’s of The Fallen Angels released. This album seeks to rectify that situation and is a time capsule of that turbulent year

 Since Washington DC was the home for The Fallen Angels, the band did not miss out on radicalizing the 1968 Presidential elections-letting their disparaging views on the LBJ and his “Great Society” be aired.  Amidst all the politics is a great live performance by The Fallen Angels, combining original songs from their two psychedelic albums (“No Way Out”, “Poor Old Man”) with a previously unreleased song (“Everything Would Be Fine”), along with covers of Dylan (done acid-rock style), Donovan (raga-rock style), and Love (the highlight of the show, “Signed DC”, a nine minute tour de force, interrupted by a fist fight in the audience).  The Fallen Angels broke up a year later in 1969, but not before blowing many a mind on the east coast during their glorious reign in Washington DC.