Various
Blow My Mind!
'THE DORE, ERA, MIRA PUNK & PSYCH LEGACY' - Three of the quirkier imprints from Hollywood's heyday in the mid-1960s were the record labels Doré, Era and Mira. Like most seasoned indie producers in that epoch, their owners Lew Bedell, Herb Newman and Randy Wood struggled to get to grips with the onslaught of rock'n'roll activity that followed in the wake of the British Invasion. But amongst each company's catalogue of R&B, pop schlock and novelty discs were a number of outstanding garage and proto-psych 7" that today are sought-after collectors' items. TRACKS: 01. The Syndicate - My Baby's Barefoot 02. The Leaves - Do Me A Favor 03. The No-Na-Mees - Gotta Hold On 04. The Motion - The Thief 05. The Lyrics - So What!! 06. The South Hampton Story - Leave Me Behind 07. Simon T Stokes - Big City Blues 08. Yesterday's Tomorrow - The Other Half 09. The Regents - Worryin' Kind 10. John Winfield Jr. - She Touched My Soul 11. Ty Wagner - Slander 12. The Puddin' Heads - Now You Say We're Through 13. The Lyrics - They Can't Hurt Me 14. Spencer's Van Dykes - I'll Blow My Mind 15. The Decades - I'm Gonna Dance 16. The Wrench - The Day Is Hard 17. The Search - Climate 18. The No-Na-Mees - Just Wanna Be Myself 19. The Outlaw Blues - Non-stop Blues 20. The Front Page & Her - Shame 21. The Bees - Forget Me Girl 22. The Tormentors - She's Gone 23. Basil & The Baroques - It's No Use 24. Unknown Artist - To Make A Lie 25. Simon T Stokes - Cowebs