free-for-all sixties guitar instrumentals weekender. post your fav & rare grooves here.

vale

singers. fuck them (actually don't, just to spite them).

they steal your girl (or guy), they steal your drugs, they always want a bigger cut of the door than everyone else & they never help getting the gear in or out. well sometimes anyway.
sixties instrumental guitar bands had it all worked out. & instrumentals are a bit of a lost art in that classic 60s 3 minute single way. maybe the format burned itself out but total fun while it lasted.

i have been listening back to some old mix cds from my uni days when i had a big 60s phase & am curious about what i don't know about. so thought a thread for weekend kicks.

poss my fav. not rare but hot.

historyisjunk

Would have liked to find a 60's version of The Pirates doing this, but this is very good.



Hopefully there will be more to follow...

MagicPigDetective

I've been trawling youtube for surf instrumentals, this one stood out

vale

from their pre-fame & fortune days when they felt they needed a shadows-type number to go head to head with 'the real thing'.
probably same year they were turned down by decca because they said guitar bands were on the way out. the poor babies! never let it be said they had an easy ride.
no 3x bedroom demos on myspace & a deal for them.

vale

this one so moody (& probs familiar to lynch & tarantino ppl).

presenter man: "and they're brothers"
(young girls in audience get restless)
"yes by jimminy, strap yourselves in now ladies"

innocent times.

vale

& i freakin love this. totally psycho ripped fuzz tones.

early outing for a young jimi with curtis knight & the squires.

dogload

I present a more 'introspective' Chocolate Watch Band

marantz1300

wonderful land
the first song i leared to play

historyisjunk

Perhaps not what was intended here but one of my favourites

Fretwired

bbill335

scrumhalf

I love both of these

Bridgehouse

Some cracking stuff in this thread. I approve heartily @vale - you have good taste

Fretwired

MagicPigDetective

vale

ok there's a lil bit of singing but 90% bollywood surf tijuana brass syncopated bongo la-la.
& dancing makes it a keeper.

wayneirie

 



 I could go on, that whole markeys album is killer, RIP mr Axelrod

mudslide73

fields5069

Have we had this yet? I loves it, I does.

Nitefly

@scrumhalf - the winner, for "Time Is Tight".

This made me want to be a bass player for a long time:

vale

had this bloody one in my head all day! gets right in. known as both the savage & the witch doctor. 2 versions. never let it be said geordies & cockneys don't do surf!
first is a dark & dirty radio luxembourg sesh or demo from the early 60s. faster & rawer.

second is from the film the young ones. i just like the quaint matching suits & steps thing.