THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,972) The Trolls — “I Don’t Recall”
“[E]ar splitting garage manic madness!!!” (local_garage_enthusiast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY7DpbGR9V8) from a Pueblo, Colorado band — “a wild and very catchy song with repetitive tweeting organ notes, great fuzz guitar and bass, wonderful drumming and excellent vocals”. (Chris Bishop, https://garagehangover.com/trolls/) This one really burrows itself into your head and doesn’t let go. If the organ wasn’t actually buried in the mix, it would have literally blown minds. “Little girl you thought you were high and mighty . . .”
Mountainmusic.net writes:
A very “English” band from Pueblo they covered Stones and Kinks songs. They started with [lead vocalist Richard] Gonzales, [drummer Phil] Head, [Farfisa organist Fred] Brescher and one/two additional players in 1964 and made what proved to be a worthless trip to Los Angeles in the winter of that year. They retooled the band with the addition of [lead guitarist Doug] Rymerson and [bassist Monty] Baker from the visiting Radiants from southern Minnesota. . . . This lineup traveled to Amarillo, Texas to record for Ray Ruff and his new Ruff record label, already having regional (KOMA radio) success with the Blue Things. The first single “That’s The Way My Love Is”/“Into My Arms” featured both sides penned by . . . Breschler and while anywhere from four to ten additional tracks may have been recorded.. . . [a]ll masters where lost when Ruff’s facility in Amarillo burned in 1968. . . . The next recording session was in Clovis, New Mexico with Norman Petty in late 1965 or early in 1966. The resulting single “Stupid Girl”/“I Don’t Recall” . . . was released on the Warrior label…. One additional local recording session produced what Richard described as “all cymbals!” and resulting unhappiness with the master scuttled plans to release it as a disc. The departure of Monty Baker in the fall of 1966 was the end of band, he left to join the Colorado Springs band, The New World Blues Dictionary [a major fixture on the area’s live scene]. Richard stopped performing and moved to Orange County in Southern California for a few years, only to join in his drummer brother Leroy in White Lightning in 1968. During 1967 I believe Doug Rymerson and Phil Head worked with bands called The Chosen Few and the Rubber Band.
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