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Forty-Four by Chocolate Watchband (CD, Jul-1990, Big Beat Records Garage Rock)
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Artist: Chocolate Watchband
Release Date: Jul 1990
Format: CD
Record Label: Big Beat Records (Garage Rock)
Genre: Psychedelic, Rock & Pop
UPC: 029667402521
Product ID: EPID3081466
Description: An ace collection by the UK's estimable Big Beat reissue label, FORTY-FOUR is a smoking set of singles, outtakes and rarities by San Jose's Chocolate Watchband, one of the greatest of the '60s garage-psych bands. More into trippy hard ro...
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60's GARAGE / PSYCH Rock
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The Chocolate Watchband was a very good 60's Garage band from California. They have a rather strange and disjointed history; which is extremely hard to follow. (Look them up on the net to learn more).
One thing which should be mentioned, though, is that producer Ed Cobb sometimes replaced the Watchband's vocals with those of another singer(?!) A strange decision considering that the group's lead singer at the time, David Aguilar, was quite good, sounding a great deal like Mick Jagger (maybe that was the problem, in Cobb's mind ?), and possessing a fair amount of charisma.
In fact Cobb, who was also the producer for The Standells; although being instrumental in helping create the band's often fascinating recordings; got carried away to the extent of hiring studio musicians to play on whole sides of the Watchband's LPs.
Apparently this CD attempts to present the band as they really sounded, without outside singers and musicians, and with Aguilar's punky vocals intact. A worthy goal, and "44" is a solid Garage/Psych CD.
I plan to acquire everything by the Chocolate Watchband which is available.
Recommended.
One thing which should be mentioned, though, is that producer Ed Cobb sometimes replaced the Watchband's vocals with those of another singer(?!) A strange decision considering that the group's lead singer at the time, David Aguilar, was quite good, sounding a great deal like Mick Jagger (maybe that was the problem, in Cobb's mind ?), and possessing a fair amount of charisma.
In fact Cobb, who was also the producer for The Standells; although being instrumental in helping create the band's often fascinating recordings; got carried away to the extent of hiring studio musicians to play on whole sides of the Watchband's LPs.
Apparently this CD attempts to present the band as they really sounded, without outside singers and musicians, and with Aguilar's punky vocals intact. A worthy goal, and "44" is a solid Garage/Psych CD.
I plan to acquire everything by the Chocolate Watchband which is available.
Recommended.
Review ID: 10000000009411070
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