Melts in Your Brain Not on Your Wrist: The Complete Recordings 1965 to 1967

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This mystic combo from San Jose, California has come to be known as the definitive psychedelic punk outfit, a notoriety derived from the handful of rare singles and LPs that they made, balanced between the Watchband's own intense Anglophilic blues wailing, and the mysterioso studio trickery supplied by their producer, Ed Cobb. 2005.

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Melts in Your Brain Not on Your Wrist: The Complete Recordings 1965 to 1967

Average customer rating: Chocolate Watchband-'Melts In Your Brain,Not On Your Wrist:The Complete Recordings-1965-1967' (Big Beat) PRETTY GOOD!!! The complete, untangled history of San Jose garage legends

Melts in Your Brain Not on Your Wrist: The Complete Recordings 1965 to 1967 The Chocolate Watchband Manufacturer: Big Beat UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Listen, Listen: The Definitive Collection The Best of ? & the Mysterians: Cameo Parkway 1966-1967 Before the Dream Faded Psychotic Reaction: The Very Best of Count Five Dark Sides: The Best of the Shadows of Knight ASIN: B0007RFONE Release Date: 2005-05-02

Tracks:

1. Let's Talk About Girls
2. Sweet Young Thing
3. Baby Blue
4. Blues Theme: The Hogs
5. Loose Lip Sync Ship: The Hogs
6. Don't Need Your Lovin'
7. Sitting There Standing
8. Misty Lane
9. She Weaves A Tender Trap
10. Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love In)
11. No Way Out
12. In The Midnight Hour
13. Come On
14. Gone And Passes By
15. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
16. I Ain't No Miracle Worker
17. Milk Cow Blues
18. Medication
19. 'Til The End Of The Day
20. Psychedelic Trip

Tracks:

1. Let's Talk About Girls
2. In The Midnight Hour
3. Hot Dusty Roads
4. Gossamer Wings
5. Baby Blue
6. Medication
7. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
8. Since You Broke My Heart
9. Uncle Morris
10. How Ya Been
11. Devil's Motorcycle
12. I Don't Need No Doctor
13. Flowers
14. Fireface
15. And She's Lonely
16. Dark Side Of The Mushroom
17. Expo 2000
18. Voyage Of The Trieste: The Yo-Yoz
19. In The Past: The Yo-Yoz
20. The Inner Mystique: The Yo-Yoz
21. The Uncharted Sea AKA Voyage Of The Trieste: The Yo-Yoz
22. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go: The Inmates
23. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go: The Inmates

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Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Chocolate Watchband-'Melts In Your Brain,Not On Your Wrist:The Complete Recordings-1965-1967' (Big Beat).......2007-02-10

A 2-CD, 43 track complete coverage (not compilation), but reportedly a complete repetoire of Chocolate Watchband's recordings. Cuts from their three 'proper' albums, 'No Way Out' ('67), 'The Inner Mystique' ('68) and 'One Step Beyond' ('69). See my reviews of all three. Plus,there are several exclusive cuts here that I've never seen available anywhere before. Like a couple of nicely done covers, Ray Davie's "Til The End Of The Day" and Don Everly's "Since You Broke My Heart".Plenty of other must-hear Watchband tunes here,like "Let's Talk About Girls","Don't Need Your Loving","Misty Lane","In The Midnight Hour",the jammin' "Milk Cow Blues", "Psychedelic Trip" and heavy-tripping "Voyage Of The Trieste" (seriously,if this cut doesn't get your toes tapping,you should seek professional help). Recently caught their club performance in an old movie 'Riot On Sunset Strip' (sort of like a movie version of the old Dragnet TV show). So highly recommended,it hurts.

PRETTY GOOD!!!.......2007-02-04

bands sound is very much in tune with the times then...i think you will like it, give it a try!...just do yourself a favor, and steer clear of this other group who calls themselves "the merry go-round", ugggh, the worst...ever! but these guys are a-ok.

The complete, untangled history of San Jose garage legends.......2005-07-15

Ace compilation producer Alec Palao has done a heroic job of untangling the convoluted history of one of garagedom's most revered bands. In doing so, he rewrites their not-quite-a-one-hit-wonderness into a compelling story of a great garage band that was completely undone by their producer, label and themselves. Fermented in the same San Jose, CA scene that produced The Count Five and Syndicate of Sound, the Watchband never managed a national chart breakthrough, and their signature recording, "Let's Talk About Girls," isn't wholly a product of the group. Their albums are at turns even more distant, featuring whole tracks recorded by other groups!

The entire history of the band - and more importantly the releases dropped under the name "The Chocolate Watchband" - is essayed here in excellent detail. Palao sorts through the various versions of the group, identifies the tracks that were altered by their producers (with substitute lead vocals from non-group members dubbed onto finished tracks), and highlights cuts recorded by completely separate bands and released under the Watchband's moniker. Interviews with the band's members help flesh out the various machinations involved in constructing these recordings, including the group's albums, all three of which were released after the Watchband disbanded.

What stands out most strongly is how good the results were - original, dubbed, and recorded by others. And even more surprising, how homogenous it seems. Even with the discography in hand, it's hard to internalize the crazy circumstances involved in waxing these sides. The best example is the band's signature cover of The Tongues of Truth's "Let's Talk About Girls." Watchband vocalist Dave Aguilar's original lead was scrubbed and replaced by non-band member Don Bennett's, who, in fact, was instructed to imitate Aguilar's original. This "original" Bennett version - the one most listeners are familiar with - is included alongside a version with a new Aguilar vocal dubbed in place. A similar pairing is included for the band's cover of "Medication." The newly cut vocals are truly more than a gimmick - they sound great and give a good idea of the band's original visions for these tracks.

Big Beat's double CD has it all - the albums, the singles, the oh-so-tangled story in words and pictures and poster reproductions. The discs also include bits of extra studio chatter, which are mildly interesting once and (due to the lack of separate CD index marks) intensely annoying on repeated plays. Worse, the chatter for a particular song is attached the end of the preceding track, necessitating manual editing (Goldwave, anyone?) of any rips that you make. This is a nit in the context of such a fine compilation, but one that Big Beat should think about for future releases.

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