The Early Years 1964-1965

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合計収録時間 : 00:36:13
Personnel: Dave "Day" Havlicek, Gary Burger (vocals, guitar); Dave Day (vocals, electric banjo); Larry Spangler, Larry Clark (vocals, organ); Roger Johnston (vocals, drums); Eddie Shaw (vocals). Audio Remasterer: Dave Cooley. Liner Note Author: Kevin Howes. Recording information: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (??/1964-09/1965); Tone Studio Scherer, Heidelberg, Germany (??/1964-09/1965). Editor: Nancy Lanthier. Photographers: Larry Spangler; Irene Havlicek; Geoffrey Weiss; Eddie Shaw; Gary Burger. BLACK MONK TIME represents one of the most distinctive slabs of garage rock ever created. Emanating from the partially shaved skulls of five American G.I.s stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War, the album seethes with the simultaneous anxiety and absurdity of its era. THE EARLY YEARS captures the band in nascent form tackling many of the songs that would appear on their 1966 masterpiece. Demo versions of "Monk Time," "Boys Are Boys," and "I Hate You" show a band not quite at its revelatory peak (the sound feels generally thinner than what was to come), but certainly working more outside the box than even the most oddball pop bands of the mid 1960s. That this set contains cuts from the Torquays, the band's pre-tonsure incarnation, makes it a keeper for not only Monks fans but '60s garage enthusiasts as well.
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