Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 2: The Day Breaks at Dawn

Tony the Tyger Presents Fuzz Flaykes & Shakes (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 30, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bacchus Archives
• ASIN: B00002067G
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,384 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Last Night The Flowers Bloomed-Dave Travis Extreme

2. Oh Bob-Traces Of Time

3. Just Don't Complain-John English & The Lemondrops

4. One And Only Girl-Zorba & The Greeks

5. I Saw Her Yesterday-The Sunrisers

6. Stronger Than Dirt-Soul Inc

7. Lost Love-The Amoeba

8. It's Only When I'm Lonely-The Last Chapter

9. Somebody's Girl-The Deepest Blue

10. The Day Breaks At Dawn-The Backgrounds

11. Take A Bite Of Life-The Graven Image

12. Keep On Running Girl-The Hackers

13. Who Do You Love-The Tracers

14. Searching For Your Love-The Other Four

15. Salty Dog Man-The Denims

16. Take Me Away-Flowers Fruits & Pretty Things

17. Cool Calm & Collected-The Druids

18. Mr Custer-The Search

Editorial Reviews

If anything, the second volume in Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes is superior to its predecessor on purely musical terms, emphasizing bands with harder, more frantic, soulful psychedelic sounds. Dave Travis Extreme's "Last Night, the Flowers Bloomed" is a lost artifact of the Sunset Strip riots that is a match for the Standells' classic on the same subject; the Chicago-based Traces of Time's "Oh Bob" is an even harder and better-paced piece of psych-punk, and it only gets better from there. John English & Lemon Drops ("Just Don't Complain") and Zorbra & the Greeks ("One and Only Girl") are incredibly cool, frantic dance numbers with a hard psych edge, but the real revelation is track number five, "I Saw Her Yesterday" by the Sunrisers; these guys came from Whitestone, Queens (and nearby Little Neck), and they delivered up one of the smoothest, coolest, most well-played pieces of psychedelic rock ever to come out of New York City, period, with a great beat, memorable hooks, and mournfully frustrated teen vocals; this jewel from October of 1966 was, alas, their only recorded venture in the psych-punk vein. Soul Inc.'s "Stronger Than Dirt" is a funny psychedelic take on a pop-culture theme. The Amoeba ("Lost Love") out of McAllen, TX, may well have gotten tarred and feathered for pushing a sound this punked out in 1965 -- even the 13th Floor Elevators had to blow relatively cosmopolitan Houston, after all -- and these guys were just as direct in their punk sensibilities. The Deepest Blue, the Last Chapter, the Graven Image ("Take a Bite of Life," with a Bo Diddley-beat), the Hackers ("Keep On Running, Girl"), the Tracers ("Who Do You Love," with a pumping organ in the mix), the Denims, Flowers, Fruits & Pretty Things ("Take Me Away"), and the Search ("Mr. Custer") all acquit themselves well, but there are a handful of acts here that could easily have competed in the larger musical arena with the material or the talent they offer up here: the Druids with "Cool, Calm & Collected" (not the Rolling Stones song), and its catchy choruses and solid guitar hooks; the Other Four with "Searching for My Love," crunchy rhythm guitars (and one great lead player) and surging organ beneath an achingly beautiful melody, especially on the choruses; and the title track of this compilation by the Backgrounds, which is a great song handled by a lead singer who's trying just a little too hard to sound like Arthur Lee of Love. The sound on this CD is very slightly shakier than the quality of its predecessor, but the music is the purest, distilled psych-punk, with barely a mellow or reflective moment anywhere on this disc. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'Fuzz,Flaykes&Shakes,Volume 2:The Day Breaks At Dawn' (Bacchus Archives) Various Artists, April 23, 2006

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This review is from: Fuzz, Flaykes, & Shakes, Vol. 2: The Day Breaks at Dawn (Audio CD)

Whoa!Until just two days ago,I never even knew about this CD compilation.'Fuzz,Flaykes & Shakes' is a superb eighteen track collection of sub-underground/little known psych,garage and pop bands from the late '60's.One track per band.Tunes I liked the best(this was a tough call 'cause they're all good)were Dave Travis Extreme,with "Last Night...",Traces Of Time-"Oh,Bob",Graven Image,with "Take A Bite Of Life",The Hacker's trippin' "Keep On Running Girl" and The Denim's "Salty Dog Man".If you dig other various artists collections like 'Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks' or the Rhino 4-CD 'Nuggets II,Original Artyfacts',then this is a must-have for you.Highly recommended.Just remember to avoid the brown acid.