Various – Pebbles Vol. 5

perhaps the best volume of the historical series . 100% 60's Punk !!!

One of the greatest entries in the Pebbles series, this volume contains a massive payload of '60s hardcore garage punk with the accent, thematically, on teenage heartache, loss and anger.

A masterpiece of the compiler's art from start to finish Pebbles 5 has essential teen grunt from The Tree (a band that seemed to have a lot of problems with those goddamned wimmin, coming across like hard-done-by 60 year old bluesmen on No Good Woman), The Dirty Wurds' Why - one of the rawest and punkest garage records ever made, and The Plague's Go Away, more nihilism from the brink of oblivion.

The Fe-F-Four Plus Two 'I Wanna Come Back From The World of LSD' really belongs on vol. 3 The Acid Gallery. Still - what a great name for a band (and great lyrics):
"I'm outside the world and I can't find a way to get in /
/ That cube I took must've cut me a little too thin".

The 5 Canadians, Little Phil, The Gentlemen, Yesterday's Children, Thursday's Children .... all 100% deluxe garage classics.

I could go through every track and explain why each one is a masterpiece (there's not a bad track on the album) but that would be quite boring. Suffice to say - this volume was exceptionally well compiled and the sleeve notes by Vic Figlar are very informative.

I got hold of my first copy around 1983 when I sent off for some records from a small ad at the back of Melody Maker (some guy was selling all his garage punk and psychedelic albums). When the record arrived it was cracked so the guy sent me a copy of Psychedelic Unknowns vol. 2 as compensation. Pebbles albums were really expensive in the 80s and it took me ages to get around to buying another copy of vol. 5 (it was playable but who wants a cracked disc?)

One of the greatest of the Pebbles compilations, if not the very best. All really amped-up aggressive garage punk of the first order. Lots of total classics from start to finish. Hard to single any out - they're all great - but The Dirty Wurds 'Why' must rank as the nastiest and heaviest garage punker of all time. The Tree, The 5 Canadians, Yesterdays's Children, Little Phil, The Plague..... YES!! Every one an absolute diamond. Even the sound quality on this one was better than most Pebbles.
Vic Figlar, noted US collector was behind this volume and it really shows - he knew what he was doing did old Vic. 17 sticks of dynamite. Highly recommended.