Various – Battle Of The Bands 60’s Garage Rock, Pop Music Album Compilation
Label: Star Rhythm Records – none, Onyx – none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Pop Rock
Tracklist
A1 The Here They Are– Baby Let’s Wait
A2 The Poets Of Merit– Nowhere Man
A3 The Apaches – Day By Day
A4 The Hearts Of Darkness– Better Man Than I
A5 Fugitives, Inc.– Ain’t Going To Eat Out My Heart Anymore
B1 The Vibrants – Time Won’t Let Me
B2 The Satisfactions – House Of The Rising Sun
B3 The Mods – 19th Nervous Breakdown
B4 The Stolen Minutes– My Girl
Produced At – Eastern Sound Studios – ES-80689
Consultant – Robert Petrucci
Cover – Larry Bretts
Engineer – Pat Costa
Liner Notes – Vince Mariano
1985 Star Rhythm reissue:
White cover without textured sleeve
Dark green label with small pressing ring
“(VPA-ES-80689)” appears below the original catalogue number on each side
The year “1966” is printed on the front cover
“Recorded Almost Alive”
Battle of the Bands competition on September 11, 1966 at the Frost Arena in Lawrence, MA. The night of the battle, the recording end did not go so well. So, engineer Pat Costa took all the bands into a studio the next day, recorded one song from each band in rapid succession, and pieced together a compilation of the tracks with dubbed in applause.
