Wild Things LP - Social End Products Of The World Unite

Wild Things LP - Social End Products Of The World Unite!
16 Kiwi freakbeat nuggets from 1966 to 1968 available on LP from Friday 18th May 2018

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In mid 1966 John Harris of Auckland group The Bluestars penned Social End Product . It is NZ's first punk single. Released independently by the local Allied International label in September 1966 on JAR 540, it is now considered the holy grail of NZ freakbeat and sixties punk. It is a record much coveted by collectors of the genre worldwide. This was not the only 45 from NZ that encapsulated the spirit of the time ... the defiant attitude, the fuzzed out guitars, the groups dandied up in the latest fashions of the day, topped off (usually) with the longest tresses (Most groups have a long hair tale to tell whether it being run out of a provincial town for wooing the local ladies with their shaggy do's, or war veterans berating them with "We fought a war for you!".) Social End Product is first out of the gate on this LP collection of wild mid sixties sounds from Aotearoa.

Wild Things was originally released in 1992 on Flying Nun. This 2018 volume is the redux 26th Anniversary “Wild Things” collection. Out of control, filthy & fuzzy mayhem from the ‘bottom’ of the world (Just ask Keith Richards & Viv Prince -both NZ tourists in 1965) . Kiwi teens out ‘prettying the Pretty Things with the Mod-ish fercocity of The Who and strong doses of Beck & Page–ish rave up-isms. Armed with locally manufactured guitars and amplifiers overdriven through home-made fuzz boxes, these 16 skullbusting mashers were recorded under basic conditions in primitive studios.

On Monday 14th May 2018 , on 95bFM's Dirtbag Radio at 7pm you can hear the BEST NZ Freakbeat from 1965 to 1968 from original 45s. Compiler John Baker, will join host Matt Rapley and be spinning the platters that matter! AND special guests will include members from the actual groups recalling memories of the cacophonies they recorded 50+ years ago. In Auckland tune to 95FM or listen online at www.95bfm.com
WILD THINGS a collection of NZ freakbeat and garage rock from 1966 to 1968. All in mono, Transferred from master tape, Inserts included.
Compiled by John Baker
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SIDE 1
The Bluestars - Social End Product
The La De Da's - Don't You Stand In My Way
Sandy Edmonds - Come See Me
Larry's Rebels - Whatcha Gonna Do About It ?
The Rayders - Working Man
Tom Thumb - You're Gonna Miss Me
The Pleazers - Hurtin' All Over
Grim Ltd - Milk Cow Blues

Side 2
Chants R&B - Neighbour Neighbour
The Roadrunners - LSD
The Smoke - No More Now
The Gremlins - Blast Off 1970
The Principals - I Can't Stop
The Troubled Minds - Finders Keepers
Ray Woolf & The Avengers - Little Things That Happen
Tomorrow's Love - 7 & 7 Is

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