Sixties Garage | Fruit Tree Records

As far as this site is concerned, the world of record collecting and crate digging does not get more exciting and as frequently rewarding as it does when exploring the genre known as Garage Rock. Especially the original explosion heard in mid-1960s sounds rising out of the US, the UK and beyond. Much like Northern Soul of course, no one was categorizing these records at the time, they were a world wide manifestation of the musical revolution in the wake of The Beatles and Rolling Stones beat music energy whereby doors of creativity were kicked open for anyone with an electric guitar to crank up with friends in an actual garage. But the best thing for me with these (mostly) 45s is that, ever since the genre was shaped by the first Nuggets compilation back in the early seventies, the well has never totally dried up; to this day there are still killer, previously little known, garage tracks from the sixties belatedly rising to the surface. So this series of the Fruit Tree Records music mixes will be an appreciation of the classics and the rarities, all played together in a number of ongoing bumper fun episodes, of which this is the first. Dig it!

Tracks – Fruit Tree Records – Sixties Garage Vol. 1

‘Till The End Of The Day – The Kinks https://www.discogs.com/release/541882-The-Kinks-Till-The-End-Of-The-Day

Writing On The Wall – The Five Canadians https://www.discogs.com/release/3560954-The-Five-Canadians-Writing-On-The-Wall-Goodnight

My Friend Jack – The Smoke https://www.discogs.com/release/1380455-The-Smoke-My-Friend-Jack

Voices Green And Purple – The Bees https://www.discogs.com/release/1088018-The-Bees-Voices-Green-And-Purple

Come On Back – The Crying Shames https://www.discogs.com/release/1457228-Paul-And-Ritchie-And-The-Crying-Shames-September-In-The-Rain

I Can’t Do It – The E-Types https://www.discogs.com/release/7154070-The-E-Types-I-Cant-Do-It-Long-Before

Try To Understand – The Seeds https://www.discogs.com/release/8889538-The-Seeds-The-Other-Place-Try-To-Understand

Wanted Dead Or Alive – The Rogues https://www.discogs.com/release/10952958-The-Rogues-Wanted-Dead-or-Alive-One-Day

Beaver Patrol – Wild Knights https://www.discogs.com/release/9289647-The-Wild-Knights-Tossin-Turnin

Come In It’s All For Free – Eagle https://www.discogs.com/master/705697-Eagle-Kickin-It-Back-To-You

You’ll Never Do It Baby – The Pretty Things https://www.discogs.com/release/4104424-The-Pretty-Things-Get-The-Picture