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The Past & Present label presents a new kind of psych-rock compilation: Mindrocker. With the vast amount of '60s garage and psych compilations that have appeared from around the world in the last few years, it's easy to understand why so many fans of the genre have felt overwhelmed by the deluge. There are, however, a select group of compilations that are widely regarded as genuine must-haves for collectors of '60s singles. Alongside Nuggets, Rubbles, Pebbles, Endless Journey, Chocolate Soup For Diabetics and the Perfumed Garden, Mindrocker stands out as a treasure trove of '60s U.S. psych and garage music. Widely applauded for its high sound quality and detailed liner notes, courtesy of Hans-Herman Pohle, Mindrocker is widely-regarded as the launching-point of many a U.S. psych collection as well as an affordable way to locate rare singles by bands which went on to record classic albums for major record companies.

Review by by Garwood Pickjon, Popism Music:
Probably the biggest of all recent re-issue projects by Past & Present, the Mindrocker box is by all means a heavy one, gathering all 13 volumes originally released in Germany in the ‘80s. Instead of the obligatory “obscurity” tag, most commonly used on ‘80s comps, each volume features at least an entry or two that has grown to be considered for a garage-punk classic in the meantime, sometimes even being refered to as “oldies”, in the most commercial meaning of the word. There’s no way an average ‘60s nerd can get too excited these days after seeing names of The Seeds, Shadows of Knight, The Music Machine, ? & The Mysterians, The Charlatans, The Leaves, We The People or Fever Tree, but I’m sure every single one of them will still find enough to drool upon among the 196 tracks included. The ones making my own moptopped covered little brain melt are some of the entries that I haven’t managed to get hold of in a regular physical form so far (mp3s, CD-Rs are no good). Most of all, I’m thrilled to finally have both The Family Tree and Euphoria non-LP single sides, and I’m almost just as happy to have the pre-Fun And Games The Sixpentz single ‘Imitation Situation, The Gas Company’s Jack Nitzsche produced folk rocking protest ‘Blow Your Mind’, or the pair of John Fred And His Playboys’ gritty mid’60s r’n’b ‘Something’s Going On’ and ‘Boogie Children’, without having to dig deeper than necessary.
Review by Mark Deming, All Music Guide:
So just how much garage rock do you really need? This 13-disc box set begs that particular question, and not just because of its bulk. In 1979, as interest in rare 1960s garage rock singles was growing among collectors and music fans, the first Pebbles compilation appeared, and (in the manner of Lenny Kaye's influential 1972 collection Nuggets) featured 16 classic obscurities from the mid-'60s. The first Pebbles LP spawned a flood of similar albums over the next ten years, and in 1981 the first volume of the Mindrocker reissue series appeared from Germany. Compiled by Hans-Hermann Pohle, the Mindrocker albums (named for a celebrated single from the band Fenwyck) featured many notable U.S. garage and psychedelic rarities in better sound quality than most similar compilations; several of the early garage compilations were of dubious legality and fidelity (the early Pebbles volumes were nothing to write home about from an audio standpoint, even though the music was great), while Pohle insisted his albums were mastered from original tapes and were fully licensed. Eventually, the Mindrocker series grew to 13 volumes, and Mindrocker: Anthology of 60s US-Punk Garage Psych is a limited-edition box set that features the complete series on CD, along with a 96-page booklet with notes on every act featured. There's plenty of fine music here, but with close to 200 songs, some of these tracks are just filler, and others barely qualify as garage rock (the Hardly Worthit Players' novelty version of "Wild Thing" as sung by "Senator Bobby"? Jeannie Piersol's lovelorn pop ditty "Gladys"?). Just as importantly, a lot has happened in the world of '60s garage anthologies since the Mindrocker series kicked off in 1981; Rhino's 1998 Nuggets box set is rightfully considered to be the Gold Standard of garage rock compilations, and the Mindrocker box doesn't hold a candle to it in terms of killer-to-filler ratio, sound quality, and informative liner notes. While the sizable majority (though clearly not all) of the tracks on the Mindrocker box appear to have been sourced from tapes, the mastering doesn't flatter the sound of the music, and much of the material has a slightly flat, mid-range heavy tone even though better audio quality is now common on such collections. While a number of these tracks were hard to find in 1981, the explosion of quality garage reissues in the digital age has made much of this music fairly easy to track down, and often in superior fidelity. With comprehensive anthologies (or full original albums) by the likes of the Moving Sidewalks, the Music Machine, the Sparrow, We the People, the Fire Escape, and the Blues Things on the market, the presence of multiple selections by all of them here isn't the draw it once was. Given the short playing time of most of the original LPs, most of these volumes could have been doubled-up on CD with 28 songs per disc rather than 14, making the set a lot more portable. And since most of the best material is readily available elsewhere, the Mindrocker box set is going to duplicate a lot of what serious garage fans are likely to already have, with no new discoveries to compensate. Ultimately, only the most obsessive completist garage rock collector is going to need this box, and even then, an awful lot of it is going to be redundant; better to track down the individual volumes relevant to your interests than to fork over for this well-intended but indifferently executed set.
TRACKLIST
Disc One
01. The Brogues - I Ain't No Miracle Worker
02. The Chosen Few - Nobody But Me
03. The Au Go-Go's - All Over Town
04. Chris Morgan & The Togas - There She Goes
05. The Knickerbockers - One Track Mind
06. The Tikis - If I've Been Dreaming
07. Mark & The Escorts - Get Your Baby
08. The Other Half - Mr. Pharmacist
09. The Jefferson Handkerchief - I'm Allergic To Flowers
10. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - Time Is After You
11. The Seeds - A Thousand Shadows
12. The Fire Escape - Love Special Delivery
13. The Lyrics - Wait
14. Fenwyck - Mindrocker
Disc Two
01. The Del-Vetts - Last Time Around
02. The Banshees - Project Blue
03. Saturday's Children - Deck Five
04. The Knaves - The Girl I Threw Away
05. The Pride And Joy - If You're Ready
06. Sounds Unlimited - A Girl As Sweet As You
07. Shadows Of Knight - Someone Like Me
08. Oscar And The Majestics - I Can't Explain
09. The Lost Agency - One Girl Man
10. The Shady Daze - I'll Make You Pay
11. The Family - San Francisco Waits
12. The Cherry Slush - I Cannot Stop You
13. The Trolls - Don't Come Around
14. The Factory - High Blood Pressure
Disc Three
01. The Charlatans - 32-20
02. The Charlatans - The Shadow Knows
03. The Shades - Ballot Bachs
04. The McCoys - Don't Worry Mother (Your Son's Heart Is Pure)
05. The Myddle Class - I Happen To Love You
06. The Next Five - He Stole My Love
07. The Everpresent Fullness - Doin' A Number
08. The Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature
09. The Shags - Hide Away
10. The Fifth Order - Today (I Got A Letter)
11. The Shapes Of Things - So Mystifying
12. The Marauders - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
13. The Gray Things - Charity
14. The Kords - Boris The Spider
Disc Four
01. The Moving Sidewalks - 99th Floor
02. The Moving Sidewalks - What Are You Going To Do
03. The Moving Sidewalks - Need Me
04. The Moving Sidewalks - Every Night A New Surprise
05. The Great Believers - Comin' Up Fast (Part 1)
06. The Scotty McKay Quintet - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
07. A-440 - Torture
08. Johnny Winter - Birds Can't Row Boats
09. The Things - I Don't Believe It
10. The Stoics - Enough Of What I Need
11. The Pandas - Walk
12. The Bad Roads - Blue Girl
13. The Stoics - Hate
14. Satori - Time Machine
Disc Five
01. Lindy Blaskey And The Lavells - Let It Be
02. Lindy Blaskey And The Lavells - You Ain't Tuff
03. The Standells - Big Boss Man
04. Faine Jade - It Ain't True
05. The Leaves - Love Minus Zero
06. The Music Explosion - Sunshine Games
07. The Music Explosion - Road Runner
08. We The People - In The Past
09. Lord And The Flies - Echoes
10. Matthew Moore Plus Four - Codine
11. The Soul Trippers - King Bee
12. The Thyme - Love To Love
13. The Warner Brothers - Lonely I
14. Captain Groovy And His Bubblegum Army - Captain Groovy And His Bubblegum Army
Disc Six
01. We The People - You Burn Me Up And Down
02. We The People - He Doesn't Go About It Right
03. The Gas Company - Blow Your Mind
04. The Felicity - Hurtin'
05. Lyme & Cybelle - Follow Me
06. The Fantastic Zoo - Light Show
07. The Baroques - Musical Tribute To The Oscar Mayer Weiner Wagon
08. The Uniques - You Ain't Tuff
09. John Fred And His Playboys - Boogie Children
10. John Fred And His Playboys - Something's Going On
11. The Groop - Woman You're Breaking Me
12. The Lost Souls - Simple To Say
13. Jamie Lyons - Stay By My Side
14. Randy Fuller - It's Love, Come What May
Disc Seven
01. Mark IV - Hollow Woman
02. The Bad Seeds - King Of The Soap Box
03. The Surprise Package - Out Of My Mind
04. The Playboys Of Edinburg - News Sure Travels Fast
05. The Rising Sons - Candy Man
06. The Rising Sons - The Devil's Got My Woman
07. Larry Williams & Johnny Watson With The Kaleidoscope - Nobody
08. The Sparrow - Twisted
09. The Sparrow - Green Bottle Lover
10. The Denims - I'm Your Man
11. The Fugitives - Mean Woman
12. Dick Wagner & The Frosts - Sunshine
13. The Sparrow - Tomorrow's Ship
14. The Sparrow - Isn't It Strange
Disc Eight
01. The Bushmen - Baby
02. The Bushmen - What I Have I'll Give To You
03. The Family Tree - Prince Of Dreams
04. The Family Tree - Live Your Own Life
05. The Newports - The Trouble Is You
06. The Fantastic Zoo - This Calls For A Celebration
07. Poother, Unlimited - Tastee Freeze (Not Going To Wait Any Longer)
08. The Aztecs - Summertime Blues
09. Joey Paige - Roll Over Beethoven
10. The Minitmen - Smokin' In The Boys' Room
11. The Head Lyters - You'd Better Come Home
12. The Beeds - Run To Her
13. The New Yorkers - Again
14. Saturday's Garbage - River Of Styx
Disc Nine
01. The Others - I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
02. The Others - Until I Heard It From You
03. The Others - (I Remember) The First Time I Saw You
04. The Stained Glass - My Buddy Sin
05. The Stained Glass - We Got A Long Way To Go
06. Liverpool Five - New Directions
07. Stone Country - Wheels On Fire
08. Bedforde Set - Girl, Go Run Away
09. The Blue Things - La Do Da Da
10. The Blue Things - Doll House
11. The Blue Things - The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind
12. The Blue Things - Twist And Shout
13. The Blue Things - You Can Live In Our Tree
14. The King Bees - Lost In The Shuffle
Disc Ten
01. The Knight Riders - I
02. The Music Machine - Double Yellow Line
03. The Music Machine - Absolutely Positively
04. The Music Machine - The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly
05. The Music Machine - I've Loved You
06. The Royal Guardsmen - Leaving Me
07. The Whether Bureau - White And Frosty
08. The Uncalled For - Do Like Me
09. The Uncalled For - Get Out Of The Way
10. Teddy And The Pandas - (Bye Bye) Out The Window
11. Teddy And The Pandas - Once Upon A Time
12. The Energy Package - See That I Come Home
13. The Fallen Angels - Have You Ever Lost A Love
14. Primrose Circus - P.S. Call Me Lulu
15. The Wildflower - Baby Dear
16. The Wildflower - Wind Dream
17. Euphoria - Hungry Woman
18. The Other Side - Streetcar
19. The Wildflower - Coffee Cup
20. Harbinger Complex - I Think I'm Down
21. Teddy And The Pandas - Smokey Fire
22. The Wildflower - Jump In
23. The Other Side - Walking Down The Road
24. Harbinger Complex - When You Know You're In Love
25. Euphoria - No Me Tomorrow
26. Harbinger Complex - Time To Kill
27. Harbinger Complex - My Dear And Kind Sir
28. Teddy And The Pandas - We Can't Go On This Way
Disc Eleven
01. The Bold - Gotta Get Some
02. The Outcasts - I Didn't Have To Love Her Anymore
03. The Thomas A. Edison Electric Band - The Name Of The Game
04. The Rationals - Feelin' Lost
05. The Rationals - Sing
06. The Rationals - Leavin' Here
07. The Dantes - Can I Get A Witness
08. The Yellow Payges - Never See The Good In Me
09. The Yellow Payges - Jezebel
10. The Fabulous Pack - Wide Trackin'
11. The Pack - Harlem Shuffle
12. The Zoo - Where Have All The Good Times Gone
13. & The Mysterians - Do Something To Me
14. Senator Bobby - Wild Thing
Disc Twelve
01. Fever Tree - I Can Beat Your Drum
02. Fever Tree - Hey Mister
03. The Statesiders - She Belonged To Another
04. The Statesiders - Patterned The Same
05. Bob & The Avarones - Patti
06. Nooney Rickett And The Nooney Rickett Four - Bye Bye Baby
07. Rock 'N' Roll Gypsies - Love-In
08. New Colony Six - Cadillac
09. The Others - My Friend The Wizzard
10. Jeannie Piersol - Gladys
11. Parrish And Wilde - Don't Fight It
12. The Country Gentlemen - Saturday Night
13. Joey Covington - Boris The Spider
14. Hoppi & The Beau Heems - I Missed My Cloud
Disc Thirteen
01. Lance Fox And The Bloodhounds - That's Your Problem (It Ain't Mine)
02. Lance Fox And The Bloodhounds - You Got Love
03. The Sixpentz - Imitation Situation
04. The Clock-Work Orange - What Am I Without You
05. The Patriots - The Prophet
06. 20th Century Zoo - Bullfrog
07. 20th Century Zoo - Only Thing That's Wrong
08. Shane - Don't Turn Me Off
09. Shane - That Girl Of Mine
10. The Truth - I Can
11. The Bittersweets - Another Chance
12. The Bad Boys - Love
13. The Pasternak Progress - Flower Eyes
14. The Pasternak Progress - Cotton Soul
Recorded & Licensed for various Record Companies.
Originally Compiled & Conceived by Hans-Hermann Pohle.
Re-Produced from the Original Series with Remastered Digital Sound.
First Published in 1984 by Line Records, Germany.
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