U.S. 1960s


DEL CLOSE & JOHN BRENT How To Speak Hip/The Do It Yourself Psychoanalysis Kit Wisecrack CD www.cherrryred.co.uk


Latterly a member of the Merry Pranksters, spoken word artiste extraordinaire Del Close's 1961 meisterwerk How To Speak Hip is both a painfully sharp send


up and a merciless put down of the glut of language instruction records that were all the rage at the time. Formatted as a course in basic and more


advanced instruction in the nuances of hip talk the album has the unrelentingly hip Geets Romo (John Brent) being questioned by the ultra square (Close) on such concepts as the loose wig, the riff, the hang up, the put on, the put down, the come on, the come down and cool and uncool. For those in need of further guidance the album comes complete with its very own Hip Manual. By way of a companion piece this reissue


also includes Del Close's ’59 solo opus The Do It Yourself Psychoanalysis Kit which showcases Close as the de rigeur German-accented shrink and narrator.Yadig ! Grahame Bent


DOUGLAS DILLARD The Banjo Album Sierra CD www.sierrarecords.net


Doug Dillard is a rock ’n’ roll wildman trapped in the body of a gifted banjo picker. Amidst his collaborations with Gene Clark and around the time he


was taking on studio and touring side jobs for various name pop and rock outfits, he recorded this set of traditional bluegrass material.


Released in 1969 on the short-lived


Together label, this was the first album to be labeled a Doug Dillard solo project. But Dillard was far from alone in laying down the Flatt & Scruggs/Stanley Brothers-influenced tracks: playing along are the likes of Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon, Byron Berline, Vassar Clements and John Hartford. The performances are something that would


bring a smile to the face of your overall-clad Grandpa. But there’s also a frenzied feel to the whole thing and the occasional bit of Eastern instrumentation, so that it comes off at times as bluegrass seen through the vision of a punk rock Ravi Shankar. Brian Greene


CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION


One of the top mainstream American pop acts of the’60s finally get a cohesive overview of their best work. By GRAHAME BENT.


PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS Hungry For Kicks: Singles & Choice Cuts 1965-69 Rev-Ola CD www.revola.co.uk


single release of the decade, the soulful 'We Gotta All Get Together' from late '69 with original (and often markedly different) single versions rubbing shoulders with a selection of the Raiders' most happening album tracks and a rare radio promo from ’67. Whether its the out and out garage frenzy of 'Kicks', 'Hungry',


'Just Like Me', 'Steppin' Out', 'Louie, Go Home' or Boyce and Hart's 'I'm Not Your Stepping Stone' (which actually predated the Monkees’ hit version) or the more psych-tinged 'I Had A Dream', 'Peace Of Mind', 'The Great Airplane Strike', 'Why? Why? Why? (Is It So Hard)' and 'Tighter' you're well and truly spoilt for choice here whatever your bag.


ENDLE ST CLOUD Thank You All Very Much International Artists/Charly CD www.internationalartistsrecords.com Endle St Cloud's bizarrely off the wall album has the distinction of being the final long player to appear on International Artists before the label


folded in 1970. The overspill from label mates Lost And


Found –both in terms of personnel and material –is clear with the line up including Peter Black and two of the album tracks ('Professor Black' and 'Come Through' ) originally having been written for what would have been the second Lost And Found album.


Constructed around the distinctly off kilter


Endle St Cloud on piano and vocals, the album's baroquely scattershot approach includes a series of eccentric vocal and piano interludes which preceed each of the album's eight tracks. This deluxe limited edition digibook reissue


adds both sides of Endle St Cloud In The Rain's ’68 debut 'Tell Me One More Time (What's Happening To Our World)?'. Grahame Bent


JANIS IAN Janis Ian Now Sounds CD www.nowsounds.co.uk


Best known for the controversial ‘Society’s Child’, a hauntingly Spectoreqsue Shadow Morton production later covered by Spooky Tooth, Janis Ian was a talented 15 year old with a knack for rich melodies and social commentary. Her self-titled 1967 debut is a sheer delight, commandeered by Morton and featuring the skill of top session men that included Joe Mack and Vinnie Bell (the inventor of the electric sitar, which can be heard here on ‘Go ‘Way Little Girl’ – covered by pre-King Crimson Britpsych act The Shame). Moving from bare protest-themed pieces to


her more dense creations Ian’s sweet voice drifts from 17th Century folk singer to knowing street girl, her lyrics portraying far more insight than her tender age could ever suggest. Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills


Compiled and annotated by Shindig!'s very own Andy Morten, Hungry For Kicks is the first compilation to exclusively concentrate on the Raiders at the absolute peak of their hit making powers. Before we go any further, here are some statistics worth


pondering. During those all important years between 1965 and '69, the Raiders scored no less than 16 US hit singles, were the first rock act to be signed to Columbia –for whom they released eight albums –and, on the top of all this, had their own network TV show Where The Action Is. Built around the partnership of Paul Revere, Mark Lindsay


and co-songwriter and producer Terry Melcher, the 27 tracks on Hungry For Kicks represent no less than the absolute golden age of Raiders pop, if not American mainstream ’60s pop in general. The band's habit of dressing themselves up in cheesy


matching band outfits not to mention the notorious American Revolutionary garb may to a degree have compromised their credentials as a serious garage act but the real proof of the pudding lies in the quality and quantity of the selections showcased here. Sequenced in non-chronological order the track listing


literally bounces its way around between the twin landmarks of the Raiders' ’65 breakthrough 'Steppin' Out' and their last


62 “Darjeeling OK?” The Raiders try not to laugh.


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