THE ZAKARY THAKS - PASSAGE TO INDIA
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The
Zakary Thaks, were the penultimate 60’s garage band that reflected the
ever-changing musical trends of the 60’s with stunning precision. Starting out
as a surf band called The Riptides in 1964 they changed their name to the more
British sounding, Zakary Thaks, when the British Invasion was in full swing.
However, it wasn’t the pop sounding British bands like Herman’s Hermits, The
Hollies, and Freddie and The Dreamers, which The Thaks molded their sound on, it
was the raving, rocking blues oriented bands like The Rolling Stones, The
Animals, and The Yardbirds. The Thaks grew their hair long and wore mod
clothes, a brash statement of defiance in conservative Corpus Christi, Texas
1966, especially for a band whose lead singer was fifteen and whose oldest
member was seventeen. However, the rough and tumble sound of The Zakary Thaks
belied their adolescent age.
In the summer of 1966, The Zakary Thaks’ first single “Bad
Girl”, became a smash hit in Texas, reaching number one in San Antonio, Austin,
Corpus Christi, and McAllen. A few months later Mercury Records signed the band
for a national distribution deal and released the single, but failed to promote
it properly and the band returned to their original record label, J-Beck.
Subsequent singles by the band, such as “Face To Face” moved in the direction of
psychedelia with a full frontal assault of feedback and mind bending sound. This
direction is the immediate focus of this album. Thus, for the first time ever,
“Passage To India” (a Raga Rock song), “I’ve Got Levitation” (a cover of The 13th
Floor Elevators’ psychedelic ode to tripping), the LSD lyrically laced “Green
Crystal Ties” and “My Door”, plus “Face To Face” are presented in unreleased
versions, along with all the band’s other recordings, thereby nullifying any
previously released retrospectives. This album also comes with a twenty-page
booklet of recollections by lead singer Chris Gerniottis plus rare band
memorabilia, posters, and lyrics, which combine to make “Passage To India” a
journey into the psychedelic realm of The Zakary Thaks that can't be missed!!!!
TRACK LISTING
1.
Face To Face
2.
Passage To India
3.
Green Crystal Ties
4.
My Door mono
5.
Reality Is The Only Answer
6.
Can You Hear Your Daddy’s Footsteps
7.
Mirror Of Yesterday
8.
Please
9.
Bad Girl
10.
I Need You
11.
Won’t Come Back
12.
Weekday Blues
13.
Face To Face (alternate version)
14.
Out Print
15.
Everybody Wants To Be Somebody
16.
I’ve Got Levitation
17.
I’m A Man
