The Monks -Hamburg Recordings 1967 -Rykodisc LP Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

01. "I'm watching you"
02. "Julia"
03. "P.O. Box 3291"
04. "I need U Shatzi"
05. "Yellow grass"

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Vinyl LP pressing. The Monks - a strange, rare group with a story that sounds like a drunk friend's generous hyperbole. A group of American G.I.s stationed in Germany on the precipice of Western cultural revolution starts playing music loosely connected to the rock n' roll craze, contrastingly incorporating a critical and often offensive avant-garde edge. Nothing was off limits - screeching vocals, dark aesthetics, staccato-strummed banjo, sardonic lyricism, critiques of the Vietnam War and full monk costuming down to the tonsure. When viewed on the whole, it seems like an art school student's senior thesis on what the craze means and it's future possibilities. Due in large part to original Polydor vinyl collectability and years in the word-of-mouth hype machine, their legend and cult status has steadily blossomed since their last shows in 1967.

- Heavy cover is black inside - Black circular printed sticker on shrink foil on front cover - Side B is etched - Includes 12" printed insert with photos, notes, track list and credits - Runout side A is etched On rear cover and label side A: ? &© 1967/2017 On insert: These five songs were recorded by The Monks in 1967 in Hamburg. ?I?m Watching You? was recorded on February 28that the same sessions that produced ?Love Can Tame the Wild? and ?He Went Down to the Sea" both of which were released as a single on Polydor in April of that year. The remaining four songs were recorded after hours in theTop Ten Club later that year, just prior to the break-up of the band. These songs have been unreleased for 50 years and are quite possible the last music to be heard by this legendary band. On sticker: "As vital and punchy as everything else the Monks recorded." - Dangerous Minds

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1354702289

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