Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Beau Brummels -- The Golden Archives Series

  A collection of hits (64 to 68) by early Garage Rock outfit The Beau Brummels.  I hear they took their name so they'd be the next thing you'd find after The Beatles.  These songs are great artifacts of American Garage Folk masters, most are produced by Sylvester Stewart also know as Sly Stone.  However I do find these numbers mostly forgettable and vocally annoying.  They were a great influence on things to come in the 60's, but they were out done by their contemporaries like the Byrds.  Personally I'd rather stick with my Brummel 45's, a song here a song there, than an entire record ... but that's just my opinion!