The Droogs: Heads examined / Kingdom day / Stone cold world / Anthology

4 vinyles des Droogs. Je ne trouve pas tout sur youtube, mais ce groupe vaut la peine d'être présenté. Il est présent sur le coffret Children of Nuggets, mais il a encore sorti en 1973 un 45 tours réunissant très précocement une reprise des Sonics He's waitin' et une reprise des Shadows of knight Light bulb blues. Leurs albums sont également très bons.
Ils sont d'autant plus obscurs qu'ils ne sont plus réédités depuis longtemps. Je ne pense pas qu'on puisse trouver ces quatre albums en CD.

Droogs - Heads examined (1983)

"Our new grooves, from four renewed droogs re-enforced by a collectors pride, let you know you need your heads examined, il only to point out the ever-present choice that the great backdoorman made: "The basic feeling of being alive" - for him these exist. For in the half-drawn sunrise of Camelot, when the court was cleared of faded generals and unwanted dragons, there surfaced faster than any agency's dream, the path not taken. Here in, with garden tools, winter clothes and summer jam, these four harbor fate long enough to realize this epiphany is at hand." wayne davis

Vocals & Harmonica: Ric Albin
Guitars: Roger Clay
Bass: David Provost
Drums & Tambourine:
Phil Cohen

Keyboards: Courtesy of Tom Morgan, Textones.
Thanks to Steve Liberty, Bass on "Born to be wild", Adrian Foltz, drums, and Tom Musick, bass on "Garden" & "Game".

Side One:

98 steps
(Albin - Clay) 1983
You must be a witch
(F. Cole)
Garden of my mind
(M. Waller - A. Mark)

Side Two:
Only game in town
(Albin - Clay) 1982
Train she's on
(Albin - Clay) 1983
Born to be wild
(Mars Bonfire)

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Droogs - Kingdom day

Roger Clay: Guitar
Ric Albin: Vocals, acoustic, harmonica
Dave Provost: Bass, Hammond organ
Jon Gerlach: Drums

All songs by Albin and Clay, 1987, except Call off your dogs (Peter Case (Nerves, Plimsouls, carrière solo) & Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club)).

Side one:
Stranger in the rain
[Bonus : Stranger in the rain (live 1987)]
Quarry Street
[Bonus: Quarry street Live ]
Call off your dogs
[un autre lien : Call off your dogs]
Jack of trades
[Bonus : Jack of trades Live]
Kingdom day
[Bonus : Kingdom day Live 1987]

Side two:
Webster field
Collector's item
When angel falls
Countdown to zero

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Droogs - stone cold world
1984

eastside
Change is gonna come
Set my love on you
[Set my love on you live 1990]
For these remaining days
Stone cold world
[Bonus: clip du film Acid beach party: Stone cold world]
I'm waiting for the man

westside
Mr. Right
From another side
[Bonus : From another side live]
He's Waitin' (LIVE NYC)
Only game in town (SOUNDTRACK VERSION)

Roger Clay, guitars, Vocals; Ric Albin, Vocals; David Provost, Bass, Keyboards; Jon Gerlach, Drums, Percussions.
All songs by Albin-Clay except He's waitin' (Roslie) and I'm waiting for the man (Reed).

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Droogs - Anthology

Side One

He's Waitin' (G. Roslie - L. Parypa) Reprise des Sonics
Light Bulb Blues (Kelley - Sohns - McGeorge) Reprise des Shadows of knight
Set my love on you (Albin - Clay)
I'm not like everybody else (Ray Davies) Reprise des Kinks
[I'm not like everybody else live]
Ahead of my time (Albin - Clay) présente sur le coffret Children of Nuggets.
Get away (Albin - Clay)

Side Two

Overnight success (Albin - Clay)
Last laugh (Albin - Clay)
As much as I want (Albin - Clay)
Off the hook (Jagger - Richard)
Only game in town (Albin - Clay)
Garden of my mind (Albin - Clay)