Various ‎– Uptight Tonight: The Ultimate 60s Garage Collection.

This 26-track assemblage of vintage '60s garage band singles may not actually be the ultimate garage rock collection (the Nuggets box set probably has that distinction locked up), but Uptight Tonight: Ultimate 60's Garage Collection rips out the attitude and trash riffs pretty darn well, making it perhaps the ultimate single-disc set of this raggedly endearing (and enduring) rock style. There are some well-known garage classics here, like Count Five's genre-defining "Psychotic Reaction," Music Machine's ultra-assertive "Talk Talk," and the Seeds leave-me-be anthem "Pushin' Too Hard," but there are also some less well-known sides like the Sonics' Kinks-on-steroids monster "He's Waitin'," the Wailers' "Hang Up" fuzzfest, and Dean Carter's unhinged and manic version of "Jailhouse Rock." Serious garage band record collectors will already have most of these tracks, but listeners looking for a single-disc compilation to check out what all the fuss is about, or folks looking for a good purchase to supplement the Nuggets box, Uptight Tonight will be darn near perfect. Either way, it hits the nerves like an ice pick full of adrenaline.

Tracklist

1 –The Litter Action Woman

Bass – Jim Kane

Drums – Tom Murray

Lead Guitar – Bill Strandlof

Rhythm Guitar – Dan Rinaldi

Vocals – Denny Waite

Written-By – Warren Kendrick

2:21

2 –The Sonics He's Waitin'

Bass – Andy Parypa

Drums – Bob Bennett

Guitar – Larry Parypa

Saxophone – Rob Lind

Vocals, Keyboards – Jerry Roslie*

Written-By – Gerald Roslie

2:41

3 –The Outcasts I'm In Pittsburgh (And It's Raining)

Bass – Jim Ryan

Drums – Ricky Wright

Harmonica – Buddy Carson

Lead Guitar – Denny Turner

Vocals, Guitar – Jim Carsten

Written-By – James Carsten*

2:03

4 –The Unrelated Segments Where You Gonna Go?

Bass – Barry Van Engelen

Drums – Andy Angellotti

Lead Guitar – Rory Mack

Rhythm Guitar – John Torok

Vocals – Ron Stults

Written-By – Ron Stults, Rory Mack

2:45

5 –The Castaways Liar, Liar

Bass, Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals – Dick Roby

Drums – Dennis Craswell

Guitar – Roy Hensley

Guitar, Vocals [Falsetto] – Bob Folschow

Organ [Hammond B-3] – Jim Donna

Written-By – Dennis Craswell, James Donna

1:50

6 –The Wailers Hang Up

Bass – Buck Ormsby

Drums – Dave Roland

Guitar – Neil Andersson

Saxophone, Vocals – Ron Gardner

Vocals – Kent Morrill

Written-By – Ron Gardner

2:22

7 –Flash & The Memphis Casuals Uptight Tonight

Bass – Gary Hoffman

Drums – John McNutty

Guitar – Buddy Fowler, David Friener

Keyboards – Jim Dickinson

Vocals – David Fleishman

Written-By – Jim Dickinson

2:17

8 –The Oxford Circle Foolish Woman

Backing Vocals – Bob Salazar, Rick Salazar

Bass – Jim Keylor

Drums – Paul Whaley

Engineer – Eirik Wangberg

Lead Guitar – Dehner Patten

Rhythm Guitar – Gary Yoder

Written-By – Dehner Patten, Gary Yoder

2:31

9 –The Moving Sidewalks 99th Floor

Bass – Don Summers

Drums – Dan Mitchell

Organ – Tom Moore

Vocals, Guitar – Billy Gibbons

Written-By – Billy Gibbons

2:38

10 –Teddy & His Patches Suzy Creamcheese

Bass – Herbie

Drums – Steve Marley

Guitar – Bernie Pearson

Lead Vocals – Teddy Flores

Organ – Dave Conway*

Producer – Gradie O'Neal

Written-By – Dave Conway, Jerry Ralston

3:10

11 –Denise & Company Boy, What'll You Do Then

Accompanied By – The Answer

Written-By – Denise Kaufman

2:28

12 –The Sparkles No Friend Of Mine

Bass – Bobby Smith

Drums – Jimmy Marriot

Guitar – Gary P Nunn, Louie Holt

Vocals, Drums – Lucky Floyd

Written-By – Jay Turnbow, Larry Parks

2:23

13 –Count Five Psychotic Reaction

Bass – Roy Chaney

Drums – Butch Atkinson

Guitar – "Mouse" Michalski

Leader, Blues Harp [Harp] – Kenn Ellner

Vocals – John Byrne

Written-By – Craig Atkinson, John Byrne, John Michalski, Kenn Ellner, Roy Chaney

3:06

14 –The Chōb* We're Pretty Quick

Bass – Keith Bradshaw

Drums – Dave Elledge

Guitar – Quinton Miller

Organ – Robbie Crnich

Vocals – Dick Hanson

Written-By – Keith Bradshaw, Quentin Miller

2:24

15 –The Music Machine Talk Talk

Bass – Keith Olsen

Drums – Ron Edgar

Guitar – Mark Landon

Leader – Sean Bonniwell

Organ – Doug Rhodes

Producer – Brian Ross

Written-By – Sean Bonniwell

1:57

16 –The Electric Company Scarey Business

Bass – Dana Morgan Jr

Drums – Dick Sidman

Lead Guitar – John Glazier

Organ – Craig Parker

Vocals, Guitar – Dick Fletcher

Written-By – Dick Fletcher, George Brown

3:10

17 –Dean Carter Jailhouse Rock

Written-By – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

2:13

18 –The Vagrants I Can't Make A Friend

Bass – Larry West

Drums – Roger Monsour

Guitar – Leslie West

Organ – Jerry Storch

Vocals – Peter Sabatino

Written-By – Jerry Storch, Trade Martin

2:33

19 –Madd, Inc. I'll Be The One

Bass, Vocals – Gary Baermann

Drums – Keith Ferrin

Lead Guitar – Jody Payseno

Organ – Craig Prest

Rhythm Guitar – Rick Leal

Written-By – Gary Baerman, Rick Leal

2:38

20 –The Seeds Pushin' Too Hard

Drums – Rick Andridge

Guitar – Jan Savage

Keyboards – Daryl Hooper

Lead Vocals – Sky Saxon

Written-By – Sky Saxon

2:34

21 –The Express Wastin' My Time

Bass – Larry Berglan

Drums – Mike O'Neil

Guitar – Dennis Maxwell

Organ – Rex Caughron

Vocals – Charles Burroughs

Written-By – Dennis Maxwell, Rex Caughron

2:46

22 –Mouse & The Traps Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice

Bass – Dave Stanley*

Drums – Don "Levi" Garrett

Lead Guitar – Bugs Henderson

Organ – Randy Fouts

Producer, Engineer – Robin Hood Brians

Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ronnie "Mouse" Weiss

Written-By – Knox Henderson, Ronny Weiss

2:37

23 –The Orfuns The Animal In Me

Bass – Leonard Edington

Drums – Carl Spiron

Guitar – Skip Rudolph

Saxophone – Ron Carlson

Vocals, Guitar, Organ – Jerry McCann

Written-By – Jerry McCann

2:25

24 –Lindy Blaskey & The LaVells You Ain't Tuff

Bass – Danny Valdez

Drums – Chuck Buckley

Harmonica – Carl Silva

Lead Guitar – Steve Maase

Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Lindy Blaskey

Organ – Art Flores

Written-By – Knox Henderson, Lawrence Puckett

2:18

25 –The Soul Vendors Get Out Of My Eye

Bass – Marvin Yarborough

Drums – Greg Cooper

Guitar – Jim McClure

Lead Vocals – Stirling Hardin*

Organ – Dale Radcliff

Written-By – Jim McClure, Sterling Hardin

2:04

26 –The Wilde Knights Beaver Patrol

Bass – Rick Dey*

Drums – Roger Hyucke

Guitar – Rich Brown

Organ – Ray Kennedy

Producer – Paul Johnson

Written-By – Rich Brown, Rick Dey

2:17

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