maximum freak beat

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• The classic freakbeat compilation!""

• Finally available on CD again""

• 21 awesome tracks""

• UK / Germany / Australia / Sweden etc""

• 12-page full colour booklet""

• Detailed sleevenotes / discographies""

• Rare pictures""

Catching R&B as it morphed into psychedelia, but with an angry, frantic edge, freakbeat has become one of the most avidly collected genres in all of pop. This legendary compilation - unavailable for almost 20 years - gathers 21 of the genre's finest examples. Britain is amply represented by legends such as Wimple Winch, the Mark Four and the Syndicats, alongside furious contributions from Iceland (Thor's Hammer), Australia (the Missing Links, the Elois), Germany (the Ricketts), Sweden (the Lee Kings) and Holland (the Motions), proving that freakbeat was a truly international phenomenon. The package comes complete with a detailed booklet offering histories and discographies of the acts involved, as well as rare pictures."

Track Listing "

The Elois / I'm A Man"

The Red Squares / You Can Be My Baby "

The Truth / Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) "

The Lee Kings / On My Way"

Paul and Ritchie & The Crying Shames / Come On Back "

Wimple Winch / Save My Soul "

The Southern Sound / I Don't Wanna Go "

The Missing Links / You're Drivin' Me Insane"

The Mark Four / I'm Leaving "

The Wheels / Road Block "

The Syndicats / Crawdaddy Simone "

The Game / It's Shocking What They Call Me "

The Mascots / I Want To Live "

The Troggs / Lost Girl "

The Fairies / Get Yourself Home "

The Mark Four / Going Down Fast "

The Motions / Everything (That's Mine)"

Thor's Hammer / I Don't Care"

Allen Pound's Get Rich / Searchin' In The Wilderness "

The Primitives / Johnny No "

The Ricketts / Action Painting"