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Yeah Yeah Yeah is a compilation of garage rock recording from the 1960s issued by Arf! Arf! Records, and is available exclusively on compact disc.[1][2][3] In keeping with the sub-heading that reads "28 Mega-Manic & Elusive '60s Garage Punkers", the set features mainly upbeat and hard-rocking examples of the genre, whereas Arf! Arf!'s previously released companion piece No No No, focuses instead on moody ballads and downcast songs of lament.[1] In customary fashion, the rear sleeve includes a brash description of the contents contained within:

Though large scale success eluded these prophetic '60s combos, consider them the foot soldiers in the holy war against the establishment. No shit Shirlock--this is the real thing: raw, crude, brutally honest and never to be forgotten.[4]

Also included in the packaging is statement much in the same vein that reads "Warning: this product may be addictive and lead to mental deterioration."[4] As is usually the case with Arf! Arf!, the mastering and sound quality is high.[1] Though the set has no liner notes, but it in the inner sleeve it displays a layout of photographs of the original record labels from the original 45s.[4] The front cover features a picture of the Nightrockers who sing "Junction No. 1", which is included in this compilation.[5]

The set commences with "I Know How" by the Maniacs, followed by the psychedelic "Down" by the Rockin' Roadruners, which begins with cryptic space-like effects, then transitions into upbeat rock and roll, including a "Paperback Writer"-inspired melody and a bee-sting guitar solo.[1][5] The Little Bits from Jennings, Louisiana are featured on "Girl, Give Me Love"."[1] The Barons from Orlando supply just enough fuzz to help drive the steam-driven pulse of "Drawbridge.[5] The Hallucinations play the most melodic cut on the set with "You Say You Love Me."[5] Using the motif of UFO's, Alabama's the K-pers use the motif of UFOs to lampoon the cold war in "the Red Invaders," which is followed by a similar flying saucer "caper" done by Young Savages, "The Invaders are Coming"—but in this song the aliens are humans out to steal the first person-narrator's girlfriend.[5] The Rocks perform "Because We're Young, a slow blues protest against the older generation.[5] "Your Driving Me Insane" features one of Lou Reed's earlier pre-Velevets' outings in the Roughnecks.[1][6][7] The Friars of Youth appear in two cuts, beginning with 1965's "All You Wanted was a Stand By", followed by a frantic anthem about a go dancer, "a Playboy picture from the pinup page", "Sparrley Manurpuss".[5] The set closes with the Batman riff of "Comin' Down" by the Boy Blues.[5]

Track listing

  1. The Maniacs: "Now I Know" (Gerry Grossman)
  2. The Rockin' Roadrunners: "Down"
  3. Little Bits: "Girl Give Me Love"
  4. The Contemporaries: "Fool for Temptation" (Doug Allen)
  5. Barons: "Drawbridge"
  6. Zone V: "I Cannot Lie"
  7. Colony: "Pseudo Psycho Intuition"
  8. The Shoremen "She's Bad"
  9. The Shades: "With My Love"
  10. The Mod IV: "What Can I Do"
  11. The Barracudas: "It's High Time"
  12. The Nightrockers: "Junction No. 1"
  13. The Id: "Stop and Look"
  14. The Hallucinations: "You Say You Love Me
  15. Sophomores: "Mama Wears the Pants"
  16. Apollo's Apaches: "Be Good to Me"
  17. The K-Pers: "The Red Invasion" (Richard Calhoun/Mitch Goodson)
  18. The Young Savages: "The Invaders Are Coming"
  19. The Skeptics: "Wondering"
  20. Worryin' Kind: "Wild About You"
  21. Roving Mob: "You're the One" (J.J. Campbell/Patrick Williams)
  22. The Rocks: "Because We're Young"
  23. The Midnight Shift: "Never Gonna Stop Lovin' You"
  24. The Roughnecks: "You're Driving Me Insane"
  25. Friars Of Youth: "All You Wanted Was a Stand By"
  26. The Friars Of Youth: "Sparrley Manurpuss" (Max Butler/Marty Conn)
  27. The Early Americans: "Night After Night" (Fuentes)
  28. The Boy Blues: "Coming Down to You"[1][3][8]

Catalogue and release information

  • Compact disc (Arf! Arf! AACC-075)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Unterberger, Richie. "Yeah Yeah Yeah: Review". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Various – Yeah Yeah Yeah". Discogs. Discogs®. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "VA - Yeah Yeah Yeah - CD Garage 60's Arf! Arf!". Green-Brain. Green-Brain. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Yeah Yeah Yeah. P.O. Box 465, Middleborough, Massachussetts: Arf! Arf! Records. 1999. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: location (link) AACC-075
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Markesich, Mike (2012). Teen Beat Mayhem (First ed.). Branford, Connecticut: Priceless Info Press. pp. 60, 69, 114, 125, 141, 203, 398. ISBN 978-0-9856482-5-1. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Roughnecks". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Sandlin, Michael (1999). "Lou Reed Pre-Velvevet Underground". Pre Vu Lou. Pre Vu Lou. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "Yeah Yeah Yeah - CD (Arf! Arf!, 1998)". Paradise of Gargage Comps. Paradise of Gargage Comps. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
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