Jan 27, 2009

HARD TIMES - BLEW MIND (WORLD PACIFIC 1967) Remastered + 10 bonus




San Diego's Hardtimes were one of those oddities of the 1960's... the unknown group who had more exposure than most stars!... as regular stars themselves of Dick Clark's TV show "Where The Action Is!" along with The Robbs and Paul Revere And The Raiders among others, they had the nationwide exposure other acts only dreamt of...their records were produced at various times by legendary jazz producer and World Pacific Records boss Dick Bock, Byrd's manager producer Jim Dickson, and their close friend Mama Cass Elliot... and darn fine records they were too!.... more than justifying their hefty latter day price tags..
Well loved and much discussed among fans of Softpop, garage punk and folk-rock alike, this first ever CD release includes their complete World Pacific album, all their exciting and garagey non-album singles, and their last recording (as the New Phoenix) produced by Mama Cass Elliot......members went on to T.I.M.E., Steppenwolf, and The Union Gap, but none of these excellent bands were a patch on The Hardtimes!...[From the Rev-Ola page]
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8 comments:

mscmichael said...

I never had the chance to listen to these guys. Thanks...

GaragePunk66 said...

Thanks for this one, I am looking forward to previewing this one.

Georgie Hirezola said...

I got the original Lp in a flea market several years ago for just 1$...now it's very rare!
Okay... there's a couple of good songs or maybe more ("Fortune Teller","I'm a Rock" & the haunting "Blew Mind" of course!), but I guess the real gem here is the bonus material ....
thank you guys....

Anonymous said...

Just a Great Band a lot of good tunes!Thanks for this Post!!

Anonymous said...

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thanks!

Georgie Hirezola said...

you don't need password....
you better check it out again..

Anonymous said...

I have the album when I bought it in 1967! I haven't listened to this in over 40 years!! It is AWESOME!

ge said...

"Blew Mind"!