Another bit of a history lesson, kids.
This is the legendary series of DIY discs put out by one David Gibson, originally of Los Angeles, then Springfield, Oregon. In early 1977, a friend gave him an old record-cutting lathe. Wanting to play around with it, Dave decided to start a label. Thus was conceived, Moxie Records. The first releases were old '60s favourites, such as The Chocolate Watchband, The Tongues of Truth, The Sons of Adam, and The Rogues. Each came with a cheaply-printed picture sleeve. As Dave dug deeper and deeper into '60s Garage Punk records at swap meets and collectors' shows, he subsequently released various EP's on Moxie: a Surf EP, a Folk Rock EP, rare early Frank Zappa productions, etc. But of course, the reason we're here is for the collection mentioned in the header. The chronology, is pretty simple: in 1973, Jac Holzman and Lenny Kaye release Nuggets. In 1979, Greg Shaw put out Pebbles. A year later, came Dave Gibson's Boulders. They were raw; they were crude. Instead of remastering the cuts in a studio, Dave used the cheapest vinyl he could find. The sound quality was atrocious, and the cover art was nothing but photocopies of Polaroids and photocopies. Many of the albums weren't even sequenced. Having said that, tough, Dave was the first to uncover a lot of extremely rare, one-off '60s punk rarities. Many of the gems found here were later reissued elsewhere.
Once again, I got lazy and decided to crib the following descriptions from another site (hey...at least I'm honest about lying).
BTW: I'll post Volumes 8-11 as soon as I get the chance.
Cheers.
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 1 (1980):
One of the earliest series, dating from '79-80 and issued by Cal collector Dave Gibson. Hasn't got the best reputation but this first volume is a classic with every track a winner. A reissue is or was available. Essential to any punk fan.
1 | The Jolly Green Giants | Caught You Red Handed | 2:11 | |||||||
2 | The Beatin' Path | Original Nothing People | 2:03 | |||||||
3 | The Chylds | Hay Girl | 2:25 | |||||||
4 | The Hysterics | Won't Get Far | 2:03 | |||||||
5 | The Hysterics | Everything's There | 2:13 | |||||||
6 | The Avengers | Be A Caveman | 1:53 | |||||||
7 | The Fifth Order | Goin' Too Far | 2:41 | |||||||
8 | Smoke Rings | Love's The Thing | 2:00 | |||||||
9 | The New Wing | I Need Love | 1:59 | |||||||
10 | Sur Royal Da Count & The Parliaments | Scream Mother Scream | 2:49 | |||||||
11 | The Centurys | Hard Times | 2:26 | |||||||
12 | The Colony | All I Want | 2:32 | |||||||
13 | The Caravelles | Lovin' Just My Style | 3:03 | |||||||
14 | The Chocolate Moose | The Chocolate Moose Theme | 2:20 | |||||||
15 | The Chayns | Why Did You Hurt Me | 2:07 | |||||||
16 | The Rumors | Hold Me Now | 2:27 | |||||||
17 | The Shag | Stop & Listen | 2:31 | |||||||
18 | 49th Parallel | You Do Things | 2:21 |
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 2 (1980):
Trackswise almost as good as vol 1 but with the worst sound quality you'll ever hear. Literally unlistenable. Most of the best cuts have been re-ished elsewhere but a few are only available on this. Too bad. It seems the reason some of the Boulders sound so bad is that Dave G insisted on manufacturing them with his own old equipment rather than at a professional plant.
1 | Teddy and His Patches | Haight-Ashbury | 2:39 | |||||||
2 | Something Wild | She's Kinda Weird | 2:22 | |||||||
3 | The Gentle-Men | Come On | 2:06 | |||||||
4 | The Other Side | Streetcar | 2:23 | |||||||
5 | The Premiers | Get On This Plane | 2:30 | |||||||
6 | Rain | ESP | 1:41 | |||||||
7 | Rain | Outta My Life | 1:57 | |||||||
8 | The Early Rationals | I Need You | 2:21 | |||||||
9 | The Old Exciting Scot Richard Case | Get The Picture | 2:13 | |||||||
10 | The Bougalieu | Let's Do Wrong | 2:25 | |||||||
11 | The Rebounds | Steppin' Stone | 2:49 | |||||||
12 | The Country Classic Esquires | Nashville Blues | 3:20 | |||||||
13 | The Chocolate Moose | Take a Ride | 2:20 | |||||||
14 | The Canadian Squires | Leave Me Alone | 2:37 | |||||||
15 | The Odds and Ends | Cause You Don't Love Me | 2:25 | |||||||
16 | Samy Phillip | When I Say I Love You I Mean It | 3:07 | |||||||
17 | The Magic Mushrooms | Never Let Go | 2:34 |
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 3 (1982):
Again an excellent selection and with decent sound quality. Well worth getting. A close inspection of the sleeve will also reveal Mr Gibson's true source of inspiration...
1 | Topsy Turbys | Hey Tiger | 2:31 | |||||||
2 | Good Feelins | Shattered | 2:19 | |||||||
3 | Spats | She Done Moved | 2:28 | |||||||
4 | Red Dogs | Open Up | 2:03 | |||||||
5 | Sounds Like Us | Clock On The Wall | 2:55 | |||||||
6 | Sounds Like Us | Outside Chance | 1:58 | |||||||
7 | Checkerlads | Baby Send For Me | 2:10 | |||||||
8 | W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band | Hippy Elevator Operator | 3:05 | |||||||
9 | Beaux Jens | She Was Mine | 3:09 | |||||||
10 | Evil | Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It | 2:13 | |||||||
11 | Mustangs | That's For Sure | 2:08 | |||||||
12 | Evil | Always Running Around | 1:48 | |||||||
13 | Dave Myers & The Disciples | Come On Love | 1:53 | |||||||
14 | Wyld | Lost One | 2:18 | |||||||
15 | Mr. Lucky & The Gamblers | Take A Look At Me | 2:49 | |||||||
16 | Myddle Class | Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long | 3:28 | |||||||
17 | Gentlemen Wild | You Gotta Leave | 2:45 | |||||||
18 | Sheep | Thinkin' About It | 2:58 |
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 4 (1982):
...which could account for the bizarre scheme of alphabetical recycling that begins with this volume. In addition to the inevitable drop in quality there's fewer tracks here than before. Sound quality OK.
1 | The Brymers | Sacrifice | 2:16 | |||||||
2 | The Caretakers | Hidden Steps | 2:10 | |||||||
3 | The Beaten Path | Doctor Stone | 2:10 | |||||||
4 | The Badd Boys | Never Going Back to Georgia | 2:14 | |||||||
5 | The Ban | Bye Bye | 2:48 | |||||||
6 | Ambertones | I Can Only Give You Everything | 2:57 | |||||||
7 | The Banshees | They Prefer Blondes | 2:24 | |||||||
8 | The Beaver Patrol | ESP | 2:38 | |||||||
9 | Beer | Some Kinda Rich Girl | 2:28 | |||||||
10 | The Balloon Farm | A Question of Temperature | 2:42 | |||||||
11 | The Big Town Boys | August 32nd | 2:30 | |||||||
12 | Al's Untouchables | Come On Baby | 2:07 | |||||||
13 | Al's Untouchables | Stick Around | 2:32 |
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 5 (1983):
Some good tracks and some fillers. Pretty good sound quality.
1 | Cast Of Thousands | Girl Do What You Gonna Do | 1:50 | |||||||
2 | The Caretakers | East Side Story | 2:03 | |||||||
3 | The Cobras | If I Can't Believe Her | 2:12 | |||||||
4 | The Claytons | Puttin' Me On | 2:17 | |||||||
5 | Brand _X_ | She Lied | 2:28 | |||||||
6 | Cherry Slush | I Cannot Stop You | 2:25 | |||||||
7 | The Cellar Dwellers | Working Man | 1:35 | |||||||
8 | Chocolate Balloon Company | Gotta Get This | 1:55 | |||||||
9 | The Bassmen | The Last Laugh | 2:10 | |||||||
10 | Danny Belline & The Rich Kids | Money Isn't Everything | 2:11 | |||||||
11 | The Collectors | Make It Easy | 2:32 | |||||||
12 | Dan Curry | You'd Better Change | 2:27 | |||||||
13 | Children | This Sportin' Life | 2:44 |
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 6 (1983):
This one's pretty good. Several classic punkers and some spooky psych tracks. Could be worth it. OK sound.
1 | The Deepest Blue | Pretty Little Thing | 2:38 | |||||||
2 | The David | 40 Miles | 1:55 | |||||||
3 | The Deepest Blue | Somebody's Girl | 2:05 | |||||||
4 | Evergreen Blues | Three's A Crowd | 2:59 | |||||||
5 | The Ethics | (A Whole Lot Of) Confusion | 2:36 | |||||||
6 | Chapter VI | Fear | 3:08 | |||||||
7 | Cave Dwellers | Meditation | 3:53 | |||||||
8 | The Dearly Beloved | Flight Thirteen | 1:43 | |||||||
9 | The David | I'm Not Alone | 1:44 | |||||||
10 | Ebb Tides | Seance | 1:58 | |||||||
11 | Ritchie Dean | Time (Can't Heal This Pain Of Mine) | 1:58 | |||||||
12 | The Dinks | Nina-Kocka-Nina | 1:51 | |||||||
13 | The Edge Of Darkness | Mean Town | 1:44 |
(VA) Boulders - Vol. 7 (1983):
Again a decent selection of punk/psych but with too many fillers. Sound quality below average.
1 | The Mops | Please Kill Me | 2:50 | |||||||
2 | Jackasses | Sugaree | 2:39 | |||||||
3 | Country Gentlemen | Saturday Night | 1:51 | |||||||
4 | Cindermen | Don't Knock It | 2:10 | |||||||
5 | Clease | The Weird One | 3:05 | |||||||
6 | Chosen Few | Asian Chrome | 2:20 | |||||||
7 | Cheques | To Stone | 2:36 | |||||||
8 | Del Vetts | Everytime | 2:20 | |||||||
9 | Dewayne And The Beldettas | Hurtin | 1:47 | |||||||
10 | Don And The Agitators | Going Back Home | 2:33 | |||||||
11 | Escapades | Mad Mad Mad | 2:05 | |||||||
12 | John English II | I Need You Near | 2:07 | |||||||
13 | Butch Engle And The Styx | Going Home | 2:00 |
11 comments:
...cheers,man!nice post...even if i prefear good old punk stuff from 70's/80's,it's nice to hear it time to time something different,and i can't belive how suprisingly good were some songs...'till today i've heard only stuff from nuggets serie...keep goin and stay punk!
Hello:
I was hoping to e-mail you directly but ain't founded none. I do oldpunks.com and compile discs under the name Analog CyberPunk. I'm enjoying the Atomic Shockwave collections and look forward to downloading the 80's Nuggets things. That's all.
Emerson
...F..k,the Pirate Bay lost the battle,but i'll hope not the war!
Is that mean that all other blogs,this one too;will be ended?!?
Don't give up...Stay punk and keep the faith!
At the end,just one small request...V/A ALL YOUR EARS CAN HEAR,hope to see posted!
Hi Punkenstain:
Sorry, I've been busy with stuff and haven't been able to update this thing in a while.
Regarding AYECH:
I was thinking about that at one time, but I'm reluctant to post it up here, because a lot of good people put it out rather independently. And I think it's still available for something like 20 bucks. :o)
Wow!
Great to see the Boulders comps up again.
I can't wait for the next volumes to appear!
You are very wonderful!
Bye Bye - The Ban
Woe.
Thanx a lot!
...i was looking for john english II's "need you near" and i've found your blog...great job, thanks a lot !
Hi!
just got boulders vol. 1 from your site here. what a superb compilation, thanks! now, i see you havent been that active recently. but i might as well ask if theres a possibility that you could re-upload vol. 2 and vol. 3? i would love to hear those. well thanks again!
lito
Hey. Great stuff. Love the Boulders. All links seem to be deleted or expired. Any chance of a re-up?
Thanks!
Working link here,
https://kat.cr/60-s-garage-boulders-vol-1-11-t12074440.html
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