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Garage Beat '66 Vol. 2 - Chicks Are For Kids! (2004)
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Length:  54:23
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Things To Come - Sweetgina    3:00
      2.  
      		 The Bold - Gotta Get Some    2:30
      3.  
      		 The Guess Who - Believe Me    2:54
      4.  
      		 The Jynx - Little Girl    1:55
      5.  
      		 The Gestures - I'm Not Mad    2:37
      6.  
      		 The Menn - Things To Come    2:07
      7.  
      		 The Sonics - You've Got Your Head On Backwards    2:22
      8.  
      		 The Best Things - Chicks Are For Kids    3:08
      9.  
      		 The Remains - Why Do I Cry    3:07
      10.  
      		 The Barbarians - Hey Little Bird    2:21
      11.  
      		 More-Tishans - (I've Got) Nowhere To Run    2:09
      12.  
      		 The Concepts - Faces Come, Feelings Go    2:50
      13.  
      		 The Go-Betweens - Have You For My Own    2:29
      14.  
      		 The Litter - Whatcha Gonna Do About It    2:27
      15.  
      		 The Electras - (Just A Little) Soul-Searchin'    2:46
      16.  
      		 Five Americans - I'm Feeling O.K.    2:19
      17.  
      		 Spiders - Don't Blow Your Mind    2:53
      18.  
      		 The Third Bardo - Lose Your Mind    2:14
      19.  
      		 We The People - When I Arrive    3:05
      20.  
      		 The Ugly Ducklings - I'm A Man    5:02
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      The second volume in Sundazed's Garage Beat '66 series follows much the same format as its predecessor: 20 garage rockers from all over America, though generally from the rawer end of the spectrum rather than the poppier side.

      There's a slightly higher concentration of names that'll be at least somewhat known to some of the less specialized listeners, though, including the Guess Who (their 1966 single "Believe Me"), the Remains, the Barbarians (with their crude Merseybeat-influenced debut 45, "Hey Little Bird," which was their best recording), the Litter, the Five Americans (with their 1964 single "I'm Feeling O.K."), We the People, the Spiders (who evolved into Alice Cooper), the Ugly Ducklings (with a previously unreleased version of "I'm a Man"), and the Sonics.

      That alone is enough to make it a better than average '60s garage compilation, and the sound quality (mastered, unusually for a garage anthology, from original sources) and detailed track-by-track annotation by Ugly Things publisher Mike Stax are other bonuses.

      As for the rarer, less-anthologized items here, some of these tend toward the more run-of-the-mill garage rock of the era, though the Bold's lewd "Gotta Get Some" (which recalls Paul Revere & the Raiders' toughest moments) and the weird ringing guitar of the Go-Betweens' "Have You for My Own" are ear-catching.

      The Jynx's 1965 cover of Them's "Little Girl" isn't nearly as exciting as the original, but does possess historical interest for featuring future Big Star member Chris Bell on lead guitar (by Richie Unterberger).


      Track List:

      01.Things to Come - Sweetgina
      02.Gotta Get Some - Bold
      03.Believe Me - The Guess Who
      04.Little Girl - The Jynx
      05.I'm Not Mad - The Gestures
      06.Things to Come - Menn
      07.You Got Your Head on Backwards - The Sonics
      08.Chicks Are For Kids - Best Things
      09.Why Do I Cry - The Remains
      10.Hey Little Bird - The Barbarians
      11.Nowhere to Run, (I've Got) - More-Tishans
      12.Faces Come, Feelings Go - Concepts (previously unreleased)
      13.Have You For My Own - The Go-Betweens
      14.Whatcha Gonna Do About It? - The Litter
      15.Soul-Searchin', (Just a Little) - The Electras
      16.I'm Feeling O.K. - The Five Americans
      17.Don't Blow Your Mind - The Spiders
      18.Lose Your Mind - The Third Barda
      19.When I Arrive - We the People
      20.I'm a Man - The Ugly Ducklings
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