collection of rare 1966-67 Garage and Psych 45s
- Painstakingly remastered at Pauler Acoustic
- first 500 copies w/ free unreleased 7" incl. two unreleased Nite-Owls tracks
- great LP sized full glossy coloured Inlay w/pic and liners
This collection covers the first two incredible years of Rembrandt Records, a Chicago based Garage and Psychedelic label of the sixties. After the first release by the Nite-Owls failed to chart, Rembrandt Records’ owner Reggie Weiss moved in a different direction. His next release, “Open Up Your Mind” by the Nuchez, merged pop with psychedelic music. The song was based on an LSD trip and response to the single was positive. Soon other psych and psych-pop singles were issued by The Circus, The Nickel Bag, and Monday’s Children. Cash Box magazine began plugging Rembrandt Records during the fall of 1966. By 1967, Weiss was devoting all of his time to promoting a high-school band called The Lemon Drops. He wrote another LSD inspired song titled “I Live In The Springtime” for the band. Unfortunately, the single was unable to chart, even regionally. Over the ensuing decades though, the reputation of The Lemon Drops, The Nuchez, The Nite-Owls and other Rembrandt artists has grown immeasurably. This compilation contains the most important singles sides issued on Rembrandt Records between 1966-1967, plus a number of essential previously unreleased versions that are appearing for the first time ever on vinyl. The fourteen recordings on this album make it apparent that Rembrandt Records was way ahead of its time when these treasures from the psychedelic 60’s were recorded.
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SIDE ONE
1. Nite-Owls – Come On Back
Rembrandt 6461 / A-side – 1966
2. Nuchez – Open Up Your Mind
Unreleased Mono Master / 1966
3. Nickel Bag – The Woods
Unreleased Mono Master / 1966
4. Circus – Sands Of Mind
Rembrandt 5003 / A-side – 1966
5. Lemon Drops – I Live In The Springtime
Rembrandt 5009 / A-side – 1967
6. Monday’s Children – Long Lost Friend
Rembrandt 5002 / A-side – 1966
7. Nite-Owls – It’s A Hassle
Unreleased Mono Master / Unreleased – 1966
SIDE TWO
8. Nickel Bag – The Woods
Rembrandt 5004 / A-Side - 1966
9. Nite-Owls – It’s A Hassle
Rembrandt 6529 / B-Side – 1966
10. Lemon Drops – Listen Girl
Rembrandt 5009 / B-side – 1967
11. Circus – Games We Play
Unreleased Stereo Master / 1966
12. Nuchez – Open Up Your Mind
Rembrandt 5001/A-side - 1966
13. Lemon Drops – Sometime Ago
Previously Unreleased / 1967
14. Nuchez – BG’s One Eye
Rembrandt 5001/B-side - 1966
7" Tracks: The Nite-Owls - Something you Got - Ooh Poo Pah Doo
First 500 copies w/free 7" EP
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